Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia's opponents are leading the case to a third world war. He said that in such a conflict "winners, as you know, by definition can not be" Russia's task is to return the world order to the principles of equality, he said.
He was speaking at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum. The Russian president also said that the U.S. and Europe are trying to create a "hybrid war"