Moscow ? Russian analysts argue that Washington’s consistent efforts to redeploy its missile defense system closer to Russia’s borders may be an indication the U.S. administration seeks to revive the Cold War against Moscow and its allies.

The U.S. recently moved its largest sea-based missile defense radar in the Pacific from Hawaii to the Aleutian Islands, not far from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It also announced plans to install a radar system in the Czech Republic and a missile interceptor site in Poland, which it says it needs to protect itself against a potential threat from Iran.

Gleb Pavlovsky, Russia’s most famous spin-doctor, said U.S. plans to build missile defense sites in Central Europe might spur an arms race.

According to Pavlovsky, another sign of Washington’s increasingly hostile policies is Freedom House’s latest Freedom in the World survey, where the U.S. government-funded advocacy group placed Russia in the “not free” category, alongside North Korea, Cuba and Libya.