Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. Archive photoVOLGOGRAD, Jul 17The deep interests of the countries of the collective West lie in containing the Russian Federation, this is a conceptual task that does not change from year to year, said Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. «The deep interests of the United States of America, of a number of European countries, they, in their opinion, are to restrain the development of Russia as much as possible. In some ways they envy us, our capabilities, in some ways they probably fear us. But the most important thing is that they have this essentially that conceptual task that does not change from year to year and passes from one government to another,” he said at a meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War. » />Russia must be strong, Medvedev saidHe noted that the history of Russia's relations with a number of large states is very difficult: the countries were allies during World War II, and literally immediately after In the end, the Western allies began to pursue a course aimed at limiting the development of the USSR. «There are a lot of historical reasons, I will not dive into these nuances now … the problem is that today, in relation to our country, in relation to the Russian Federation, the so-called collective West or the Western world is pursuing a policy of limiting our development,» Medvedev said.
