Medvedev: No grounds for new Cold War with US

There are no ideological grounds for a new Cold War, or any other kind of war, with the United States, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. Russia's relations with the US were already at a post-Cold War low when they were further damaged by Russia's war with US ally Georgia in August. Russia has complained vehemently about what it says is a growing US military presence near its borders. But Medvedev said that the Cold War was based on ideological differences between the US and the Soviet Union. He said that no differences today are strong enough to spark similar conflict with the United States.