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UK foreign secretary says it’s wrong to talk about new Cold War with Russia

Johnson doubts that today's Russia can be compared with the former Soviet Union
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson EPA/ANDY RAIN
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
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LONDON, October 13. /TASS/. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday it is not "entirely right" to talk about a new Cold War with Russia and called for interaction with Moscow.

"I don't think it's entirely right ... to talk about a new Cold War," Johnson told members of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. 

"It [Russia] is doing many, many terrible things," Johnson said.

"But I don't think Russia today can be compared with the Soviet Union that I remember as a child. I don't think it is as much of a threat to the stability of the world as the former Soviet Union," the UK Foreign Secretary added.