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Russia says 'cynical' U.S. policy pushing world towards new cold war

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Speaker of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin walk before Medvedev's address to the lower house of parliament in Moscow April 22, 2014. REUTERS/Ekaterina Shtukina/RIA Novosti/Pool

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Parliamentary Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said on Tuesday the "cynical and irresponsible" policy of the United States and its allies is pushing the world to the verge of a new cold war.

"The cynical and irresponsible policy of the United States and the those countries that are on its leash is pushing the world to the verge of a new cold war," Naryshkin was quoted as saying by Interfax during a ceremony to open the autumn session of the parliament's lower house, or Duma.



(Reporting by Thomas Grove, Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)