The caustic rhetoric from Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, continues to draw attention with his recent comments on social media regarding the Ukraine peace conference, scheduled to be held in Switzerland without Russia’s participation. His remarks provide a stark reflection of Moscow’s current stance on the conflict and its peace initiatives.
Medvedev’s triple-point take on the Swiss-hosted peace conference openly mocks the efforts being made to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. He begins with a scathing reference to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “It’s actually threefold. First, it will come as yet another proof of failure of the so-called peace plan by the halfwit zelensky (sic).” Medvedev’s derogatory language does not stop there; he proceeds to further denigrate Zelensky by calling him “the bandera b******,” an attempt to link the Ukrainian leader with historical far-right elements in Ukraine, a narrative long advanced by the Kremlin and consistently repudiated by Western analysts.
Medvedev decries the perceived impotence of Western elites, who he accuses of self-sabotaging their ability to halt the military conflict. “Second, it will be visible evidence of the full impotence of the present-day western elites, who have performed painful self-castration of their own potential to stop the military conflict,” Medvedev’s post goes as far as to suggest that such inaction is a result of directives from “a group of senile doctors from Washington,” hinting at a conspiracy of American control over Western responses.
“Third, it will allow our Armed Forces to further cleanse Malorossia’s [little Russia’s] territories from neonazis without any hindrance and regard for some c***’s ‘peace initiatives’.” The third and final point made by the former Russian president claims that the conference will facilitate the Russian Armed Forces in their mission to “cleanse Malorossia’s [little Russia’s] territories from neonazis.” This statement ignores the widespread dismissal of the narrative of a Nazi threat in Ukraine by most international commentators and instead doubles down on the justification Moscow has used for its military operations.
Medvedev ends his post with a sardonic thank you to Switzerland, the host of the peace conference, calling it “the land of cheese and watches,” indicating Russia’s dismissive attitude toward peace talks it is not party to and highlighting the profound disconnect between Moscow’s official position and the peace-seeking efforts of the international community.
“The Kremlin considers British foreign minister David Cameron’s statement about Kyiv’s right to use British weapons to attack Russian targets dangerous,” said Dmitry Peskov. “This is a direct escalation of tensions around the Ukrainian conflict, which could potentially pose a danger to European security.”
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