Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns of imminent nuclear world war and accuses West of brinksmanship

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the planet is on the brink of a nuclear world war, and Vladimir Putin is ready to be the first to push the atomic button.

Medvedev, one of Putin’s closest henchmen, chose an audience of Russian teenagers to threaten Armageddon, blaming the West for the brink.

Russia has always said that it would only use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack, but in recent months it has been adamant that it would not hesitate to do so if necessary.

Medvedev, 57, told his young audience in Moscow that the threat of climate change was nothing compared to the possibility of nuclear war.

“The world is sick and is on the brink of World War III,” he said.

Dmitry Medvedev is shown speaking in front of a young audience in Moscow, where he threatened Armageddon.

“And even though we tried to avoid war for 30 years, it was forced on us.”

Medvedev is Putin’s deputy on Russia’s powerful security council and a former Kremlin president and prime minister.

He told a questioner at a Knowledge educational marathon: “You said Russia would never use nuclear weapons first, but that’s not exactly the case.”

The former president, who had his finger on the Kremlin’s nuclear button for four years between 2008 and 2012, said: “There really is a lot wrong with our world…

‘Let’s talk about the preservation of humans…

‘Enough of complaining that the temperature rises 1 degree a year…

Medvedev, 57, told his young audience in Moscow that the threat of climate change was nothing compared to the possibility of nuclear war.

In the photo: Medvedev holding a rifle. He is Putin’s deputy on Russia’s powerful security council and a former Kremlin president and prime minister.

In the picture: Launch of the Sarmat ballistic missile in April 2022 (file photo). Medvedev told a questioner at a Knowledge educational marathon: “You said Russia would never use nuclear weapons first, but that’s not exactly the case.”

‘Do you really worry that much about the weather?’

He added: ‘In my opinion, this is nothing compared to being at the epicenter of an explosion with a temperature of 5,000 Kelvin, a shock wave of 350 meters per second and a pressure of 3,000 kilograms per square meter.

‘With penetrating radiation, that is, ionizing radiation and electromagnetic impulses.

‘It is [threat] exists today, unfortunately…

‘And it’s growing every day for known reasons…

“The western world was unfair to our country to a great extent…

Medvedev said: ‘The world is sick and is on the brink of World War III. And even though we tried to avoid war for 30 years, it was forced on us’

Russia’s Security Council Deputy Head Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting with officials and employees of the military-industrial corporation ‘Scientific and Production Machine-Building Association’ in the city of Reutov in Moscow Region, Russia, on April 25, 2023.

Speaking to the audience in Moscow, Medvedev added: “In my opinion, this is nothing compared to being at the epicenter of an explosion with a temperature of 5,000 Kelvin, a shock wave of 350 meters per second and a pressure of 3,000 kilograms. per square meter’

Medvedev (pictured at the event in Moscow) refuses to blame Putin’s aggression in Ukraine for the crisis facing the planet.

‘Did you hear us?

‘No they did not.

‘They just mocked [us] all these years, wearing us down…’

Medvedev refuses to blame Putin’s aggression in Ukraine for the crisis facing the planet.

Instead, he says this was a response to the West encroaching on Russia as NATO expanded east.

‘What can we do [in response to NATO’s expansion]?

We are already doing something. The special military operation is our response to the endless expansion of NATO…

“Our enemies only understand the language of the use of force and do not want to hear or understand anything more than that.”

Warning that Putin might strike first, he referred to Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

“It makes it clear that nuclear weapons can be used if Russia faces an act of aggression involving other types of weapons, which threaten the very existence of the state,” he said.

“In fact, it is about using nuclear weapons in response to such actions.”

Medvedev warned: ‘Our potential adversaries should not underestimate this.

‘All these speculations about how the Russians will never do this or the other way around – ‘The Russians keep scaring us with nuclear weapons’ – are useless.

“Western analysts and Western commanders, both military and political leaders, should simply assess our rules and our intentions.”

Medvedev also mocked the UK, claiming it was destined to be torn apart with Ulster’s union with Ireland and Scottish independence with a return to the EU.

“The situation in the UK does not give cause for optimism,” he said.

At the event in Moscow, Medvedev said: ‘Let’s talk about the preservation of humans… Stop complaining that the temperature rises 1 degree a year…’

In the photo: Medvedev, 57, vice president of the Russian Security Council and president of Russia between 2008 and 2012, clutches a rifle.

Particularly when there is, just to say the least, a freak show in power.

‘Just look at your last three prime ministers [Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak]’.

Medvedev’s comments come as Vladimir Yermakov, the foreign ministry’s head of nuclear non-proliferation, told the TASS news agency that Washington is increasing risks through its conduct with the Kremlin, the latest in a series of threats. of senior Russian officials.

He said the risks of a direct military confrontation between the two nuclear powers are growing steadily, suggesting to the Russian state news agency that Russia could withdraw from a shorter-intermediate-range nuclear missile treaty.

“If the United States continues on its current course of confrontation with Russia, with the stakes constantly on the brink of slipping into direct armed conflict, then the fate of the START (nuclear weapons treaty) may be a foregone conclusion,” Yermakov said. . .