INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev marked Russian Unity Day on Friday with a blistering Telegram post in which he excoriated the
West, Ukraine, and some of Russia's erstwhile allies for a litany of percieved transgressions and betrayals.In a post entitled "Why our
world.""They are a bunch of insane Nazi drug addicts, a nation drugged and intimidated by them, and a large pack of barking dogs from the
Western kennel," Medvedev wrote.Stressing that Russia's immense size and wealth meant that it didn't need any new territory, the former
president nevertheless stressed the existence of land "which is sacred for us, where our ancestors lived and where our people live today
And we will not cede it to anyone.""We are fighting for all our people, for our land, for our thousand-year history," Medvedev
continued.Suggesting Russia had a messianic role in liberating the Earth from the West, Medvedev wrote "our awakening was awaited by other
countries, raped by the masters of darkness, the slave masters and oppressors, who dream of their monstrous colonial past and yearn to
maintain their power over the world.""We were abandoned by some frightened partners, who cares about them," Medvedev said, adding: "Cowardly
the country after Putin launched an unprovoked attack on Ukraine on Feb
A second wave left after Putin announced the mobilization of 300,000 reservists on Sept
21.Since the invasion began, the 57-year-old Medvedev has often taken to social media to write increasingly anti-Western posts and has made
a name for himself as one of the most vocal cheerleaders of the war.AFP contributed reporting.
