Obama compares Russia's policy with Ebola threat and Islamic State

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, ARMENPRESS: US PresidentBarack ObamasaidRussianpolicy is one of the three main reasons Americans should worry about, along with theEbola virusand the Islamic State terrorist group.

"But people are still anxious. And they’re anxious for three reasons: one, internationally, we're seeing a tumultuous time in the Middle East... The Ebola crisis... The situation in Ukraine and Russia’s aggression - that has concerned people. So you have this sense of uncertainty overseas," Obamastated Monday.

Armenpress reports, citing RIA Novosti that earlier, such statements by Obama were met with sharp criticism from Moscow.

For the first time,Barack Obamaused the comparison of Russia with terrorists and the Ebola virus in the September speech at the UN General Assembly.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called Obama's speech "a set of clichés and propaganda slogans." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that such estimates were "beyond good and evil."