The arrest and transfer to the US of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has sparked a wave of international reactions. One of the harshest was Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia and currently deputy head of the National Security Council in Moscow, who publicly speculated about the kidnapping of the German chancellor, labeling him a “neo-Nazi.”
In an interview with the Russian state news agency TASS, Medvedev said that, in his opinion, one could imagine "a kidnapping operation against Olaf Merz", in the style of what happened with the Venezuelan president, hinting that such an action would be a "legitimate response" to US actions.
" The kidnapping of neo-Nazi Merz would be an interesting twist in this series of farces ," Medvedev said, adding that there are " legal grounds for criminal prosecution against him in Germany ."
Medvedev's statements caused immediate reactions in Berlin. Sebastian Hille, deputy spokesman for the German government, described his words as "unacceptable threats" and "totally condemnable."
"We condemn these statements in the strongest possible terms," Hille said, adding that the federal government sees no reason to escalate security measures for the chancellor, who, according to him, is "under the full protection of the best security forces in the world."
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