A former Russian president and Putin’s ally exploded against the West: “I hate those who are against Russia and I will do everything possible to make them disappear”

The days of considering former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seem to be over part of the moderate wing of the Kremlin. In a message posted on the Telegram network, Medvedev said 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 tough 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 once was the greatest hope of the Russian liberals in search of a democratic change.

when put elected him president in 2008many have put aside doubts about the reasons for the maneuver and clung to the idea that reforms were on the way.

Fifteen years later, there is no doubt that this image is in the past. In recent months, Medvedev’s statements they became more and more aggressivein line with Moscow’s more confrontational attitude with the West.

Medvedev was president of the Russian Federation from 2008 to 2012 and Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020.

Ferocious 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 Europeans are already suffering from the lack “of certain types of fuel, such as diesel, necessary for trucks and agricultural equipment “.

Medvedev added that even the financial sanctions, imposed “for the pleasure of shouting: ‘the goal has been achieved, there is a default in Russia'”, have failed. “This is just another lie. We don’t refuse to turn it off and the investment sector will suffer a severe blow“, He added.

“The European idiots in their enthusiasm have shown once again that they consider their citizens, their businesses, enemies like the Russians,” he added.

Last week Medvedev 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 said that they do not affect the Russian political elite and will not be “lethal” for large companies, but are “aimed precisely at the Russian population”.

He also added that the measures affecting oil and gas try to force the government to do so 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 wage increases in line with inflation, he wrote. .

Source: ANSA and AP