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| | '''Dmitry Rogozin''' is a Russian politician, known for his ardent defense of [[Russia]]’s national interests. | | '''Dmitry Rogozin''' is a Russian politician, known for his ardent defense of [[Russia]]’s national interests. |
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| − | In the 90’s Rogozin fought in the conflicts in [[Moldova]] and [[Yugoslavia]]. He served under the [[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 90’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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | Rogozin was gravely wounded in [[Donetsk]] on December 21, 2023 in a salvo of precision artillery strikes by the [[Kiev regime]], an obvious targeted [[assassination]] attack, on the hotel where he was briefly staying, in the midst of a dinner celebrating his 59th birthday. The strike also killed two friends and colleagues, with several others wounded, including the [[prime minister]] of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]], Vitaly Khotsenko. | | Rogozin was gravely wounded in [[Donetsk]] on December 21, 2023 in a salvo of precision artillery strikes by the [[Kiev regime]], an obvious targeted [[assassination]] attack, on the hotel where he was briefly staying, in the midst of a dinner celebrating his 59th birthday. The strike also killed two friends and colleagues, with several others wounded, including the [[prime minister]] of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]], Vitaly Khotsenko. |
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| − | The former space boss suffered a [[concussion]] and was wounded in the right shoulder with shrapnel which landed “a millimeter” away from his [[spine]]. The shrapnel removed from his back in a delicate operation by surgeons proved to be from a NATO 155mm shell fired from a French Caesar Howitzer. | + | The former space boss suffered a concussion and was wounded in the right shoulder with shrapnel which landed “a millimeter” away from his [[spine]]. The shrapnel removed from his back in a delicate operation by surgeons proved to be from a NATO 155mm shell fired from a French Caesar Howitzer. |
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| − | Rogozin later sent a letter along with the [[shrapnel]] fragment removed from his own spine to the French envoy Pierre Levy in [[Moscow]], to be passed on to the French President [[Emmanuel Macron]]. He also posted the contents of the message to Macron on social media. It reads, | + | Rogozin later sent a letter along with the shrapnel fragment removed from his own spine to the French envoy Pierre Levy in [[Moscow]], to be passed on to the French President [[Emmanuel Macron]]. He also posted the contents of the message to Macron on social media. It reads, |
| − | {{wquotebox-float|'''TO THE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Mr PIERRE LEVY,''' | + | {{quotebox-float|'''TO THE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Mr PIERRE LEVY,''' |
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| | Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador! | | Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador! |