Dmitry Medvedev—once Russia’s prime minister and president, and now deputy chairman of the Security Council—used his two latest posts on X to threaten the EU and NATO with war.
The first post, published on 3 December 2025, addressed the dissolution of the NATO–Russia Council, announced by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. “From the formal decisions, please note the Secretary General’s statement that the NATO–Russia Council no longer exists (…). These were institutions created at a time when it seemed possible to build European security together with Russia. Those times—ended by Russia’s own decisions to launch invasions—are over. Today we are building European security against Russia, and this has now found its institutional expression,” Sikorski said.
The NATO–Russia Council was established in 2002 as a forum for consultations on security issues. Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, it has not convened.
In response, Medvedev wrote on X that he shared NATO members’ “excitement” at the Council’s dissolution, because the Alliance is “an enemy of Russia.” He underscored his point by quoting the Russian writer Maxim Gorky: “If the enemy does not surrender, he is destroyed.”
The following day, he went a step further, commenting on the idea of transferring frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. “If the crazy EU does steal frozen Russian assets for a “reparations loan,” we may view it as a casus belli with all the relevant implications for Brussels & Co. Then, these funds may have to be returned, not in court but as real reparations paid in kind by Russia’s fallen foes,” he wrote.
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As a reminder, Medvedev has previously made false claims about Poland and its history. In July 2025, he said that “the West, even before the war, nurtured and supported Hitler’s regime, and after his defeat did everything to ensure Nazi ideology survived.” According to him, the consequences of this alleged policy are still visible today, especially in countries such as Poland, the Baltic states, and Ukraine, which he described as “servants and expendable material” for the Third Reich.
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