Moscow – Russian news agencies quote President Dmitry Medvedev as predicting decades of instability in the Arab world if protesters whom he calls fanatics come to power, adding no such scenario will be permitted at home.
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State agencies RIA Novosti and ITAR-Tass cite Medvedev as saying at a security meeting on Tuesday that it is “quite probable” that “fanatics” could come to power. He didn’t name countries but was referring to the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa — which has brought down governments in Tunisia and Egypt and sparked protests in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Morocco and Jordan.
Medvedev said troubled countries face “fires for decades and the spread of extremism.”
Any attempts to repeat the scenario in Russia would be quashed, he said.
this guy has more brains in his pinky,than Hussein Obama in his empty head
It seems to me, that Mr. Medvedev is a little scared of his beloved Chechnians uprising against him. I find it kind of ironic that one of the top 20 most corrupt countries in the world, says that if they let countries have freedom, then there will be corruption!
scared of Chechen if he was he would have stopped aiding Iran long ago
as long as the Arabs were attacking the us , israel, or europe he didnt care but now with their new found strength and radical beliefs he better be scared russia has a large moslem populace and they will rebell
I think you will see a quick and permanent transition towards Muslim extremist governments in all countries in the region. Egypt allowing Iranian navy ships into the Suez for the first time in 30 years and the protests were only a couple of weeks ago.
It’s the Russians who are arming the Iranians and letting them get the nuclear bomb.
He may also be afraid of losing tens of billions of dollars in weapons sales if the current Arab governments go down. Furthermore, radical Islamists may then try to arm and assist the Muslims in Russia to revolt. That’s why he had to add that such an uprising will be crushed in his country.