RIA Novosti is a Government-funded/operated mouth piece. When the opportunity presents itself, that source will capitalize on 'polls' and other stories.

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Svetlana Mironyuk is editor-in-chief of the RIA Novosti news agency and also a member of the World Economic Forum which include such impressive members Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Dmitry Medvedev to name some but not all. Yep, these are all trustworthy and honest not to mention ethical people of positions of some power and control.

I'm sure there will be another "Cold War" with the U.S. being bankrupt to the tune of some 17 trillion dollars and the rich neo-Soviet Russia with Putin at the helm. Russia is not doing that well economically with Mr. Pootin driving the ship so if he decides to try to do USSR #2, the country is posed to collapse yet again. Russians that care to investigate can see that the country is not doing all that great so cannot afford another Cold War build-up.

The article just looks to exaggerate and fear monger so that citizens may accept or even support more security and military spending.