Talk of ‘Russian bear’ a lot of hot air, Moscow says

A senior Russian diplomat chided Canada yesterday for criticizing his country’s military training flights in the Arctic, accusing Ottawa of overreacting and reviving Cold War political rhetoric.

Dmitry Trofimov, head of the political section at Russia’s embassy, told a Commons defence committee that Canadian talk of the “Russian bear in the air” is overblown. “Let us not exaggerate this.

“The only bears which do really matter today are those who are responsible for the slump in our stock markets, whether it’s London, New York, Toronto or Moscow.”
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