A regime similar to Kiev’s must not be allowed to take root in any nation, the former Russian president has said
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev speaking in Moscow, April 29, 2025. © Sputnik / Grigory Sysoev
The rebirth of Nazism cannot be allowed in any nation, and Europe may need an international de-Nazification effort, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
The senior official, currently serving as deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, addressed the threat of Nazi ideology during a public lecture in Moscow on Tuesday, in which he outlined Moscow’s foreign policy priorities.
He characterized the destruction of the “Kiev neo-Nazi regime” as a necessary outcome of the Ukraine conflict, before arguing for broader “decisive action by multiple states.”
”All measures need to be taken to ensure that such regimes never arise in any other nation. The price is too high,” Medvedev emphasized.
The senior official also ridiculed claims in some Western nations that Russia has plans to attack NATO members, calling the narrative “nonsense.” He claimed it was invented by relevant governments to explain their compliance with US demands to ramp up defense spending, as well as to scapegoat Russia for economic problems that their nations are now facing.
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Medvedev stressed the distinction between the current Ukrainian government, whom he branded “bloody freaks” and the Ukrainian state, saying that its future was uncertain.
Officials in Kiev are “cutthroats who are sending peaceful citizens of their own nation to the slaughter without a second thought,” and are not thus qualified to govern Ukraine, Medvedev stated. He stressed that “a regime founded on neo-Nazi ideology… has no right to exist.”
Ukrainian statehood may survive the current clash, Medvedev said, noting that he personally is skeptical based on what he views as its lack of utility to Western nations. If the country persists, it must not be allowed to join any military bloc hostile towards Russia, he stressed.
Russia’s victory in the conflict, which Medvedev considers inevitable, will serve “as the first step towards a sustainable peace in Europe and the creation” of a fairer multipolar world.