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In 2014, President Obama named the three major threats to US national security; ISIS, Russia and Ebola (because spiralling national debt, unequal distribution of wealth, over-incarceration, climate change etc are less pressing issues.) It would be fair to say that Russian politicians took much offence to being placed in this list, next to a terror organisation and a disease. In relation to this statement, Putin answers a number of questions from a US journalist at the Valdai International Discussion Club, late 2014. I'm not affiliated to them but I encourage those interested in Eurasian politics to follow Valdai on Facebook, for insights with leading experts.
