Medvedev summed up the results of 2022

The outgoing 2022 has shown that there is much less in common between Russia and Western countries than it seemed before, normal relations with these states will not be possible “for decades to come.” About this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta informed Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.

“Unfortunately, we now have no one to talk and negotiate with the West, about nothing, and there is no need to. It was the events of the past year that annulled the very possibility of a confidential and respectful dialogue with representatives of this world “pole.” <...> This is not our choice. Now, let’s do without them, until a new generation of reasonable politicians comes to power there. Let’s be careful and vigilant. We will develop relations with the rest of the world. Fortunately, it is very extensive and treats us normally, ”he said.

Medvedev also called former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s statement about the goals of the Minsk agreements a manifestation of cynicism. On December 7, in an interview with Die Zeit, she said that “everyone understood” that the Minsk agreements only froze the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but did not solve it. According to her, the 2014 agreements gave Kyiv “priceless time.”

The saddest outcome of the year, Medvedev called the revival of Nazi ideology after World War II. “Neo-Nazism has found support even in countries that have always declared their rejection of Hitler’s ideology, whose historical memory is full of pain, shame and anger. We could not calmly look at how the odious nationalist regime of the heirs of Konovalets, Bandera and Shukhevych, with the support of their curators, seeks to reduce to zero not only Russia, but the entire “Russian world”, to which hundreds of millions of people proudly consider themselves, ”- Medvedev explained.

The deputy chairman of the Security Council urged not to succumb to lies, “tempting promises or outright pressure under the guise of protecting the “true values ​​of democracy”, which as a result led to tragedies. Medvedev pointed to the need to keep a cool head and “draw conclusions based on objective facts.”