Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov26 February 2014 – Before It’s News In an interview published Feb. 5 by km.ru, Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the former foreign relations head of the Russian Ministry of Defense and current president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies, issued a sharp warning about the nature of the strategic crisis unfolding in Ukraine: “Apparently they [officials of the European Union and U.S.