MOSCOW. Jan 24 (Interfax) - Relations between Moscow and Washington have not entered a pre-war stage, but the ongoing propaganda campaign of the United States is a kind of psychological warfare, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
"No, we are not at a pre-war stage. It is true that propaganda bacchanalia is part of the psychological warfare that creates a particular mood and mentally broadens the admissible boundaries. At least, some members of U.S. society now have a different idea of what is possible and permissible. This is a disquieting fact," Ryabkov told the journal International Affairs.
"There is no pre-war stage, but there is every indication that people aware of the essence of the issue should double their efforts and unmask those intentions," he said.