Author says Russia’s leadership creates a ‘New Cold War’

WASHINGTON - Russia and the West have entered what a new book calls a New Cold War, the author explained in a talk Wednesday.

Edward Lucas, a reporter for The Economist, discussed his book, "The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West," at an event sponsored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

He said he is not arguing that the old Cold War is coming back or that everything that  happened in the 1990s in Russia was bad.

Lucas said the New Cold War is not a global war, but it's important in Eastern Europe. The weapon is money.