Russian Ambassador: "Just as we forecast, NATO is being drawn deeper into war in North Africa"

President Dmitry Medvedev has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to help prevent civilian deaths in Libya, even as Russia's NATO envoy warned that the U.S.-led military alliance could be dragged into a full-scale war.

NATO has control of an arms embargo on Libya and agreed last week to assume command of a no-fly zone over its territory, but Washington has been left in control of conducting airstrikes against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's ground forces. The United States hopes to hand over control of the airstrikes as soon as possible and said over the weekend that it expected NATO to take command of it soon.

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin said Saturday that NATO risked being caught in a war in Libya like those being waged in Afghanistan and Iraq...

"The statements we are hearing today from NATO members and the alliance on the whole could draw this bloc into a full-scale operation on Libyan territory, which means essentially the U.S. and its closest allies could be drawn into a third war in addition to those in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russias-nato-envoy-warns-of-libya-war/433825.html

The article reinforces what I've seen on Russian TV
Putin appears to be taking a more active role
I'm a little surprised the group Memorial was given that much mention.