Medvedev warned of the growing threat of nuclear war, which he said was now 100 times more likely than it was during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis...
Moscow has brought back the rhetoric of "Great Russia" and the danger of a nuclear war. Whenever Putin is in trouble, he brings out his benjamin, Dmitry Medvedev.
The latter declared today that the concept of Ukrainian independence "must be forgotten forever", as he ruled out peace talks with the current Ukrainian leadership, during a lecture he gave on Monday.
Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, gave a lecture on Russia's "geographical and strategic" borders.
Standing in front of a map in which eastern Ukraine is occupied by Russia and its western regions are divided between Poland and Romania, Medvedev told the audience that Ukraine was "undoubtedly" part of Russia.
"Russia's borders don't end anywhere," Medvedev said, quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he added that any peace talks with Ukraine could only be undertaken with a government that recognizes what he described as the "new reality" on the ground. .
Medvedev appeared to suggest the restoration of the "Russian Empire", which consisted of what he described as "Great Russia, Little Russia and New Russia", using the imperial names for Russia, Ukraine and Crimea.
Criticizing Western policy for seeking to "undermine Russian independence and sovereignty", Medvedev warned of the growing threat of nuclear war, which he said was now 100 times more likely than it was during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. .
Despite being regarded by many in the West as a relative liberal when he took over the presidency from Putin in 2008, Medvedev has recently made a name for himself as one of the most vocal and militant supporters of the war in Ukraine, and for his regular tirades in which he threatens the West with nuclear weapons. / Pamphlet
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