Sergei Ryabkov

Sergei Ryabkov

In a HARDtalk interview broadcast on 21st and 22nd August, Stephen Sackur talks to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister.

From the Caucasus to the Baltic the cold war no longer seems like a distant memory.

In the last two weeks Russian tanks have been on the move in neighbouring territory.

NATO members have been holding crisis talks and accusations are flying between Moscow and Washington.

Stephen Sackur asks Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov - is a new East-West confrontation really in Russia's interest?

HARDtalk is broadcast on BBC World News at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 14:30 GMT, 20:30 GMT and 22:30 GMT

Hardtalk can also be seen on BBC News at 04:30 BST & 23:30 BST