Gone seem to be the days when former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was considered part of the moderate wing of the Kremlin. In a message posted on the Telegram network, Medvedev stated that he hates those who are against Russia and warned that “as long as I live I will do everything to make them disappear”
“I am often asked why I am so harsh in my Telegram posts. The answer is that I hate them. They are bastards and weak. They want our death, that of Russia. And as long as I am alive, I will do everything to make them disappear,” wrote the current vice president of the Russian Security Council.
The 56-year-old Russian politician and former lawyer was once the greatest hope of russian liberals seeking democratic change.
when putin elected him to be president in 2008many put aside doubts about the reasons for the maneuver and clung to the idea that reforms were coming.
Fifteen years later, there is little doubt that this image is in the past. In recent months, Medvedev’s statements have become increasingly aggressive in line with a more confrontational posture of Moscow with the West.
Medvedev was president of the Russian Federation between 2008 and 2012, and Prime Minister between 2012 and 2020.
Fierce statements by Medvedev
On Monday, again on Telegram, Medvedev had already attacked the European Commission for the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions, “surely to destroy the Russian economy“.
For the vice president of the Security Council, the sanctions are a failure because “there is no way to abandon our oil again” and the Europeans already suffer from the lack “of some types of fuel, such as diesel, necessary for trucks and agricultural equipment” .
Medvedev added that the financial sanctions, imposed “for the pleasure of shouting: ‘the goal has been reached, there is a default in Russia,'” had also failed. “This is just another lie. We do not refuse to turn off and the investment sector will take a big hit“, he added.
“The European imbeciles in their eagerness have shown once again that they consider their own citizens, their own businesses, as enemies as the Russians,” he added.
Last week, Medvedev had also made headlines after writing on Telegram that the sanctions against his country were the product of “I hate that they have Russiathe Russians and all its inhabitants.
Regarding the sanctions, he stated that they do not affect the Russian political elite and will not be “lethal” for large companies, but they are “directed precisely against the Russian population.”
He also added that the measures that affect oil and gas seek to force the government to make budget cuts.
“An embargo on the purchase of oil and gas from Russia? Which is the same: reduce budget revenues and force the state to abandon its social obligations,” such as raising wages in line with inflation, he wrote.
Source: ANSA and AP