The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, answers the questions of journalists and readers of " Komsomolskaia Pravda."

Originally appeared at KP; Appeared in Bulgarian at Memoriabg; Translated by Valentina Tzoneva exclusively for SouthFront

Komsomolskaia Pravda: Sergei Viktorovich, good day.

Sergey Lavrov: Hello.

Komsomolskaia Pravda: "Let's take the bull by the horns straight away. We received hundreds of frankly disturbing calls. The situation in our country is extremely difficult. They tried to crush us with sanctions. NATO is already touching our borders, the are creating a system for anti-missile defence. In the foreign media, there is an unprecedented demonization of our country.

They do not want to hear us. At the head of this process is the United States. President Obama said that the American nation is exceptional and that other countries must play by the rules written by the USA. To us, evidently, the role of vassals does not suit us. Are we eternally doomed to rivalry and confrontation by the consolidated West, led by the USA, which can turn into a confrontation at any moment and let's not talk about the more dramatic scenario?"

Alexander Shmelev writes directly: "The people are increasingly talking that there is going to be war. How serious are these concerns?"

Lavrov: There will not be any world war. This was stated by President Putin in the movie of Vladimir Soloviov. And I am convinced that the responsible politicians will not allow this to happen, even from the side of the West. Because everyone still remembers the horrors of the First and Second World Wars. Russia suffered the greatest losses during the war in Europe. China, by the way, suffered the greatest losses during the war in the Pacific Ocean against the Japanese militarism. And the politicians, I repeat, can not allow this to happen. Of course, we can rely on others, but above all, we have to think about our readiness to prevent the fueling of a new war.

These attempts are made in relation to increasing of military potential over its reasonable sufficiency and they are also in violation of international agreements. You mentioned the anti-missile defence. In 2001, the USA withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. And at that time, George W. Bush told Vladimir Putin in response to his concerns: "Don't worry, this is not against you. I understand that you will have to take some retaliating measures. Do whatever you see fit."

We have to remember this when some of our nervous neighbours from Eastern Europe comment on our quiet alerts, that in case the military infrastructure of NATO gets close to our borders, we will take retaliatory steps. They forget about this and blame Russia for everything.