After a drink, Medvedev snacks on manifestos

One might not pay attention to the latest rantings of the former Russian president and now deputy head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, if it were not for one significant detail. Between the lines of his post-alcoholic rants, one can sometimes read what other actors in Moscow's burnt-out theatre do not dare (or do not want?) to articulate in public.

This is the case with an article in the official Rossiyskaya Gazeta, which Medvedev pompously titled "The Age of Confrontation". The author overdid it with the opening - what he tries to present as a modern fact has long been understood and chewed over. The era of opposition of autocracies and dictatorships to the spread of democracy has lasted for at least a century. Over time, it has acquired new shapes and shades. For example, by tearing off the masks of pseudo-democratic regimes that are tired of inventing ersatz neologisms to cover up their tyrannical nature - all sorts of "sovereign democracies", "one country, two systems" or "third ways".

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“Well, Medvedev is not so "professor" as to engage in such "academic" political science, exploring the nature of "tectonic fractures". The task of his "manifesto" was unitary and banal: to lie once again, adjusting the main task of Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine. The unprovoked war against a peaceful neighbour is now being explained as the West's encroachment on the territory of the former Soviet Union”

Note how the Kremlin's horizon of claims has narrowed: from cries of "NATO's advance" to the 1997 borders to fixing the real status quo.

"We have always asked for only one thing: not to invite former parts of our country to NATO," Medvedev says, suffering from a hangover and forgetting Putin's own recent "toast". And "our country" (read the USSR) is the height of madness.

But, of course, the Kremlin does not like the mood of most North Atlantic Alliance countries, which, ahead of the Vilnius summit, are in favour of inviting Kyiv to join their security club. Yes, there are nuances and reservations, and there are outspoken opponents of this option, such as Hungary, but the fact that Ukraine will be present in NATO in any case (even if it is currently in the Council format) "worries" Moscow.

“It is so disturbing for Moscow that Medvedev does not mince his words about his opponents. With the "Kyiv Nazis", everything is clear: Russian propaganda has clung to this worn-out cliché and considers it to be ironclad. But "Western political morons" or "impudent English pigs and other cattle under their command"... An example of Russian statecraft diplomacy on the pages of, I repeat, the official Russian government body…”

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But there is a positive side here too. Especially for the British Lords Richard Balfe and Robert Skidelsky, who enjoyed vodka and caviar at the Russian embassy in London on Russia Day. The latter, in particular, made a point of greeting Ambassador Andrei Kelin: "I wanted to show my respect and affection for the Russian people on their national day, especially under these circumstances." You show, you get a response…

The circumstances are, of course, dire. No wonder Medvedev is once again threatening the West with nuclear apocalypse. But in vain: the very next day after the publication in Rossiyskaya Gazeta, PACE recognised Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. This was followed by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands, and Slovakia. After all, this is a natural reaction to Putin's own confession, who, apparently in preparation for The Hague, had blabbed about funding from the Russian state budget for Prigozhin's private terrorist gang. If this confession is taken into account in Washington, the consequences will be more concrete: according to the law there, Russia will be removed from the political map of the world.

Therefore, after a drink Medvedev should snack not on epistolary genre, but at least eat what Russian embassies serve to their "useful idiots".

About the author. Ihor Hulyk is a journalist and editor-in-chief of the Espreso website.

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