The US and Russia are preparing for "many long years of confrontation," according to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Writing on Dec. 10 in the Russian state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the 83-year-old delivered his grim assessment, warning that the frosty relations between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin could have "terrible consequences".
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Huffington Post: Gorbachev warns that America and Russia are preparing for ‘many years of confrontation’
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev gestures during the presentation of his new book \"After the Kremlin\" in a book store in Moscow on November 20, 2014.
