"Chess game with death": Medvedev threatens with Putin's nuclear arsenal and the "fall of mankind"
Created: 09/09/2022, 05:00
By: Franziska Schwarz
Dmitry Medvedev was once seen as a liberal hope for Russia.
But since the Ukraine war, he has been particularly noticeable through hate speech, such as against "Uncle Scholz".
Now again.
Munich - Whoever follows the Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev on Telegram should not only be able to speak Russian - but also be able to deal with unpleasant threats.
Only on Sunday (September 4) did Medvedev again threaten the West with significantly higher prices in the energy crisis.
Now, shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral, he once again sent pithy words to the EU and the USA, as the US medium
Newsweek
first reported.
Medvedev again warned of Russia's nuclear weapons.
His threat read, translated from Russian, as follows: "The violent dissolution of a nuclear power is always a chess game with death." demise of mankind".
The Russian nuclear arsenal is "the best guarantee for the preservation of the great Russia," Medvedev added.
The Kremlin politician also had some insults ready.
He wrote of "filthy dreams of Anglo-Saxon perverts who go to bed secretly thinking of breaking up our state".
Photo from August 16: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov © Yekaterina Shtukina/Imago
Russian ex-president Medvedev: troublemaker in Europe
Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, Medvedev has repeatedly made harsh statements.
In the past few weeks, the former top politician has repeatedly expressed fantasies of conquest.
For example, by posting a map of a completely decimated Ukraine.
He once called Ukrainians “bastards and scum”.
Medvedev recently accused Germany in particular of a “hybrid war” against Russia.
Alluding to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he scoffed: "And this uncle is surprised that the Germans are encountering small problems with the gas!".
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Even before the Italian elections in 2022, Medvedev is causing a bad mood.
His statements in August that voters in Europe should "punish" their "stupid" governments sparked debate in the country about possible electoral interference by Moscow.
“Russian interference” was the headline in the daily
La Repubblica
.
Corriere
della Sera
wrote: "Russia disrupts Italian election".
The 56-year-old Medvedev is now chairman of the ruling party United Russia and vice-chairman of the Russian National Security Council.
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