Historical Figure
Dmitry Medvedev
b. 1965
Russian politician (born 1965)
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Biography
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is a Russian politician and lawyer who served as the President of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and Prime Minister of Russia from 2012 to 2020. As of 2020, he has served as the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia.
In Their Own Words (5)
I tell you the first and last time. Together with a nuclear suitcase the president has a folder, which is top secret and devoted entirely to the report by the Russian secret service which handles the control of extraterrestrials in our country. After the term, the two folders and a small nuclear suitcase are transferred to the new president. How many of them are among us I cannot say because panic might begin.
collective-evolution.com , 2008
Has the threat of a nuclear conflict passed? No, it has not passed. It has increased. Each day when foreign weapons are delivered to Ukraine ultimately brings this same nuclear apocalypse closer.
Said in video shared on Telegram, quoted in "Threat of ‘nuclear apocalypse’ growing, says former Russian president", Yahoo! News (24 March 2023) , 2023
Somebody should be extremely punctual, while somebody else is exhausting all the limits for being late.
"Dmitry Medvedev muses on aliens and Vladimir Putin's lateness", The Telegraph, 8 December 2012 , 2008
On the one hand, insane sanctions are being imposed against us, on the other hand, they are demanding food supplies. Things don't work like that, we're not idiots.
Said about the Russian blockade of export of millions of tons of grain from Ukraine, quoted in "'Insane' sanctions or food supplies, Russia's Dmitry Medvedev tells West", Times Now (20 May 2022) , 2022
The goal... is to finally build Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok...
Posting on Telegram channel (in Russian, 5 April 2022), quoted by , 2022
Timeline
The story of Dmitry Medvedev, told in moments.
Joined Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign staff. When Putin became president in 2000, Medvedev became his chief of staff, then first deputy prime minister.
Elected President of Russia. Putin, constitutionally barred from a third consecutive term, became Medvedev's prime minister. Critics called it a "tandem" arrangement.
Signed the New START nuclear arms treaty with Barack Obama. Launched a modernization campaign called "Russia Forward!" It aimed to diversify the economy away from oil and gas.
Stepped aside for Putin to return to the presidency. Putin appointed Medvedev as prime minister. He served until 2020, then became deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council.
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