Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев) (born in Leningrad, September 14, 1965) as of 2024 served as deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. He is the former prime minister and former third president of Russia from 2008 to 2012. Vladimir Putin served as prime minister under Medvedev's presidency. Medvedev was inaugurated on May 7, 2008, having won the March 2nd election with 70% of the vote.[1] He is the chairman of the party United Russia.[Citation Needed]
Dmitry Medvedev has close ties to then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and has been accused by opposition and numerous experts in the West as being heavily under his influence. In 2005, then President Putin appointed him as First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and subsequently endorsed him for the presidency when Putin was term limited out. Medvedev previously served as chairman of Russia's enormous state-run gas monopoly, Gazprom.[2]
Medvedev is an ex-atheist.[Citation Needed] He was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church at the age of 23, a decision he said he took himself.[3]
Russian sanctions
- See also: Russian sanctions
In response to the latest round of Russian sanctions in June 2024, Medvedev wrote:[4]
| "Here are the new American sanctions. There will be new European ones soon. Do we need to respond to them? It seems not, their number is already measured in tens of thousands. We have learned to live and develop with them.
On the other hand, it is necessary. Not only for the authorities, the state but for all our people in general. To everyone who loves our Motherland - Russia. After all, they - the USA and their darn allies - declared war on us without rules![5] How to react? I already talked about this once, but it’s worth repeating. Every day we must try to inflict maximum harm on those countries that have imposed these restrictions on our country and all our citizens. Harm to everything to which harm can be done. Harm to their economies, their institutions, and their rulers. Harm to the well-being of their citizens. Their confidence in the future. To do this, we must continue to look for the critical vulnerabilities of their economies and hit them in all areas. Cause damage in all places, paralyzing the work of their companies and government agencies. Find problems in their most important technologies and strike them mercilessly. Literally destroy their energy, industry, transport, banking, and social services. Instill fear of the imminent collapse of all critical infrastructure. Are they afraid of handing over our weapons to the enemies of the Western world? We must transfer to them all possible types of weapons, except nuclear (for now)! Are they afraid of anarchy and an explosion of crime in major cities? We must help disorganize their municipal government! Are they afraid of war in space? This means they will receive it too. Let everything stop for them, let everything deteriorate, let everything go to hell! Are they afraid of social explosions? Let's arrange them! We need to throw all the most ominous night terrors into their media sphere, and use all their terrible phantom pains. No need to spare their psyche anymore! Let them shiver in their cozy homes, let them shiver under the blankets. Are they yelling about our use of fake news? Let's turn their life into a completely crazy nightmare in which they will not be able to distinguish wild fiction from the realities of the day, infernal evil from the routine of life. And no rules regarding the enemy! Let them get everything in full for harming Russia and as painfully as possible! Everyone can contribute! Remember: Tit for tat! "fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him" (Leviticus 24:20)" |
Quotes
- "We are well aware that no non-democratic state has ever become truly prosperous." - Dmitry Medvedev
- "Even if the state retains a controlling interest... we aim to create public companies with a substantial share of foreign investment in their capital." - Dmitry Medvedev
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/29/russia
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/europe/11medvedev.html
- ↑ Dmitry Medvedev - An Orthodox Christian, March 02, 2008. moonofalabama.org
- ↑ https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/505
- ↑ A seeming reference to the Crocus Hall terror attack, which is widely accepted in Russia as a CIA organized massacre to "bring the war home" to civilians. The murder of 143 people attending a rock concert in a terrorist attack in the nation's capital sparked widespread anger and cries for revenge not unlike the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
External link
- Dmitry Medvedev's Speech On Russia's Strategic Borders, April 17, 2024