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'''Dmitry Rogozin''' is a Russian politician, known for his ardent defense of [[Russia]]’s national interests.<ref>[https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/dmitry-rogozins-blood-soaked-message Dmitry Rogozin's Blood-Soaked Message to Macron], Mark Sleboda, ''The Realpolitick, January 20, 2023.</ref>

'''Dmitry Rogozin''' is a Russian politician, known for his ardent defense of [[Russia]]’s national interests.<ref>[https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/dmitry-rogozins-blood-soaked-message Dmitry Rogozin's Blood-Soaked Message to Macron], Mark Sleboda, ''The Realpolitick, January 20, 2023.</ref>

In the 1990’s Rogozin fought in the conflicts in [[Moldova]] and [[Yugoslavia]].  He served under the [[Vladimir Putin|Putin administration]] as Russia’s ambassador to NATO, where he became infamous for his passionate rhetoric and heated and sarcastic verbal and [[social media]] sparring with then NATO head Anders Fogh Rassmussen, often right in the middle of NATO-Russian council sessions.

In the 1990’s Rogozin fought in the conflicts in [[Moldova]] and [[Yugoslavia]].  He served under the [[Vladimir Putin|Putin administration]] as Russia’s ambassador to [[NATO]], where he became infamous for his passionate rhetoric and heated and sarcastic verbal and [[social media]] sparring with then NATO head Anders Fogh Rassmussen, often right in the middle of NATO-Russian council sessions.

He also served as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry and head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos.

He also served as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry and head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos.

I recall with pleasure my conversations with you on joint trips to the Borodino field and Baikonur. At that time we discussed a lot and often the prospects for Russian-French political and economic cooperation.

I recall with pleasure my conversations with you on joint trips to the Borodino field and Baikonur. At that time we discussed a lot and often the prospects for Russian-French political and economic cooperation.

Unfortunately, the position of your country and the [[NATO]] countries on growing a military threat to Russia near our borders has led to a tragic ''denouement''. The words and deeds of France miraculously diverged diametrically. Official [[Paris]] betrayed the cause of the great [[de Gaulle]] and became one of the most bloodthirsty states in [[Europe]]. Your country has submitted to the dictates of [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and has become a [[puppet state]] in the style of the [[Vichy government]], serving the basest instincts of the [[Nazi]]s. I am writing about this with pain, because I have always loved French history, I know the language and culture of [[France]], and I honor the memory of the glorious deeds when the Russians and the French fought together against common threats.

Unfortunately, the position of your country and the NATO countries on growing a military threat to Russia near our borders has led to a tragic ''denouement''. The words and deeds of France miraculously diverged diametrically. Official [[Paris]] betrayed the cause of the great [[de Gaulle]] and became one of the most bloodthirsty states in [[Europe]]. Your country has submitted to the dictates of [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and has become a [[puppet state]] in the style of the [[Vichy government]], serving the basest instincts of the [[Nazi]]s. I am writing about this with pain, because I have always loved French history, I know the language and culture of [[France]], and I honor the memory of the glorious deeds when the Russians and the French fought together against common threats.

Recently, as a result of a vile [[terrorist]] act in Donetsk, I was seriously injured. It is only thanks to the great skill and patience of Russian military and civilian doctors that I am alive and almost healthy again. In this envelope, along with my letter, you see a fragment from a shell fired by the French 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery mount. It pierced my right shoulder and stuck in the fifth cervical vertebrae, just a millimeter away from killing me or rendering me immobile. This French howitzer shell killed two of my young friends, leaving their wives as widows and their children as orphans. These guys accompanied us on a trip to Baikonur, you shook hands with them. Now they are killed by weapons supplied to [[Ukraine]] by your country. You probably know how many civilians were killed in Donetsk and the front-line cities of Novorossia by French weapons and French mercenaries. There are hundreds of people, including children.

Recently, as a result of a vile [[terrorist]] act in Donetsk, I was seriously injured. It is only thanks to the great skill and patience of Russian military and civilian doctors that I am alive and almost healthy again. In this envelope, along with my letter, you see a fragment from a shell fired by the French 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery mount. It pierced my right shoulder and stuck in the fifth cervical vertebrae, just a millimeter away from killing me or rendering me immobile. This French howitzer shell killed two of my young friends, leaving their wives as widows and their children as orphans. These guys accompanied us on a trip to Baikonur, you shook hands with them. Now they are killed by weapons supplied to [[Ukraine]] by your country. You probably know how many civilians were killed in Donetsk and the front-line cities of Novorossia by French weapons and French mercenaries. There are hundreds of people, including children.