Medvedev called for a fully independent foreign policy

VOLGOGRAD, Jul 17 Russia will be strong if it pursues a completely independent foreign policy, in otherwise, the country will simply be torn to pieces, said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council. «Our country, it is absolutely unique. The largest country on the planet. And it can be strong only if it pursues a completely independent foreign policy. If it protects its borders, borders along the entire perimeter. If it is protected by the most modern types of weapons,» he said at a meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War. >15:10 You can't please everyone, said Medvedev «Otherwise — this has happened more than once in the history of mankind — they will simply tear us apart,» Medvedev added.