Dmitry Medvedev speaks about the “kidnapping” of one of the most important European leaders: “There is a grain of reality in this scenario”
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia. Photo source: Kommersant Photo Agency / ddp USA / Profimedia
The former president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that he could imagine kidnapping operations targeting other world leaders, operations similar to that of the US in Venezuela, naming German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz among them, the German dpa agency reported on Sunday, taken over by Agerpres.
“The kidnapping of the neo-Nazi Merz can be an excellent turn in this carnival of events,” said Medvedev, who is currently the vice-president of Russia's Security Council, quoted by the TASS agency.
“And there is a grain of truth to that scenario,” he added.
“There are grounds for prosecuting him even in Germany, so it would not be a loss, especially when citizens suffer needlessly,” Medvedev said.
Dmitri Medvedev, who served as Russia's president from 2008 to 2012, has in recent years become among the Kremlin's most vocal hardliners, often making highly acidic statements against Ukraine and the West.
He also argued that the Trump administration's claims that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro – who was arrested in a US military operation on Saturday and taken to New York – is not legitimate does not stand up to scrutiny.
Medvedev then targeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, declaring that his mandate had expired long ago.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that Zelenskiy is an illegitimate leader because no new elections have been held. But Zelenskiy remains president in accordance with his country's Constitution, which allows the presidential term to be extended during wartime.
