Kremlin Official: US Using Ukraine to Weaken Russia
Kremlin Official: US Using Ukraine to Weaken Russia by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) Tuesday February 10 th , 2015 at 8:32 PM Voice Of America 1 Share A ranking Kremlin official has accused the United States of attempting to drag Russia into the Ukraine conflict with the aim of weakening Moscow and effecting regime change, according to excerpts of an interview published Tuesday by a Russian government daily. “For the U.S., Ukraine in and of itself is not a matter of interest. Their aim is to weaken our positions. The Americans are trying to drag the Russian Federation into an international military conflict, and with the help of events in Ukraine, bring about regime change [in Moscow] and ultimately dismember our country,” Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Kremlin's Security Council, as saying. Citing a Russian mantra which sees the United States as envying Russia for its territories, Patrushev also said Washington