Russia no longer a superpower, for this reason, not talking about the cold war Between Moscow And Washington, said Tuesday the official authorized White house Josh Ernest. "There is no doubt that we have serious disagreements, most in Ukraine And Syria. But the cold war was characterized by a confrontation between 2 superpowers. Currently the situation is different. Russia no longer a superpower ", - quotes the message of Ernest, RIA " Novosti ". However, he clarified that the only friends of Russia in the world remain the governments of Iran And Syria." The state of the Russian economy deteriorates, Russia is isolated very seriously. And this comes not only from European countries, " he said. According to his statement, " as further deepening in sectarian quagmire in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Russians find that their only friends, who are willing to fight together with them, are floundering Syrian government And the Iranian regime ". Ernest also said that " Russia currently has no such influence in the world, had some time ago, the Soviet Union ". However, on Wednesday U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry, speaking with an installation speech on the Middle East at the Washington-based Carnegie endowment, said that the modern world is "much harder" than the former √ bipolar. Remember, before the Russian leadership has stated a desire for a truly multipolar world, in which there is No hegemon, But there is a balance of power. However, as stated in their own view at the UN General Assembly the Russian President Vladimir Putin, "completion Box" cold war " in the world there was only one centre of domination."" And then those who rose to the top of the pyramid, there is a temptation to think that if they are strong And exclusive, you better all know what to do, " he said, alluding to preach by the U.S. authorities the idea of American exeptionalism.