"Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after the US president said sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine had left the Russian economy in tatters.
"Obama's address yesterday shows that there's just one thing at the heart of (their) philosophy: 'We are number one' and the rest should acknowledge that."
"This is a bit out of date and does not correspond to modern realities," Russia's top diplomat added in televised remarks.
"It shows that the United States wants to dominate the world," he said, adding that "being first among equals" was not enough for Washington .... http://news.yahoo.com
