VOLUME 3

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Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev is well known for his harsh and provocative statements in social media. He recently stated that in a couple of years Ukraine may “no longer exist on the world map.” The ex-president commented on the reports about the desire of the Ukrainian side to conclude a deal with the U.S. on the supply of American liquefied natural gas under the lend-lease on the condition of its payment in two years. According to Mr. Medvedev, the issue of preserving Ukrainian statehood is now not important for the United States, which is interested exclusively in the “anti-Russia” geopolitical project.

“I saw a report that Ukraine, under the Lend-Lease, wants to receive from their overseas masters LNG with payment for delivery in two years. Otherwise, the coming winter will simply freeze up. Just a question. And who said that in two years Ukraine will exist at all on the world map?” — asked the former Russian president on his Telegram channel.

According to Mr. Medvedev, the U.S. is so heavily invested in the project of Ukraine as “anti-Russia” that it no longer cares about possible economic losses. In his opinion, there is no economic logic in the actions of the U.S. authorities. Medvedev wants to appear ironic and make a bit of a joke on his American colleagues, hinting at the price they will have to pay for supporting Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia.

“Biden said that he did not decide on sanctions against Russia as president, but as commander-in-chief. Actually, it is bad when there are two characters dictating different wills to a person. Usually, this has a well-known medical name in psychiatry.

But that’s not the point. Once again, about senseless American doctrinairism. The biggest power decided to punish others for bad behavior — Russia, China, Iran, North Korea. Naturally, to no avail, because there is no way to change the policy of a foreign (much less nuclear) power. Not one bit. But the commander-in-chief decided and did.

As a result of decisions of this commander-in-chief, but not the president of the United States, a lot of American and international companies lose enormous multi-billion-dollar facilities in our country. And what’s in return is nothing. As there was useful and not so useful lemonade in Russia, so there will remain. Only under a different brand. As there were buns with meat, so they will remain. Under a different name. Not to mention food inflation and the price of a gallon of gasoline, which, as the American oil workers told the world, is not due to some mythical threat from Putin, but to the ill-advised policies of Biden and his administration in the field of oil production and refining.

At least America has once again shown that it is determined to fight for democracy! The question is, at what price? Well, the choice is in everyone’s head. Especially when the characters in one’s head are actually two.”