Dmitry Medvedev denounced the US for what he described as its efforts to \u201cspread chaos and destruction across the world for the sake of \u2018true democracy\u2019\u201d
\nNews Agency
\nMOSCOW
\nA top Kremlin official warned the U.S. Wednesday that it could face the \u201cwrath of God\u201d if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia\u2019s action in Ukraine.
\nThe Russian lower house speaker urged Washington to remember that Alaska used to belong to Russia.
\nDmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia\u2019s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, denounced the U.S. for what he described as its efforts to \u201cspread chaos and destruction across the world for the sake of \u2018true democracy.\u2019\u201d
\n\u201cThe entire U.S. history since the times of subjugation of the native Indian population represents a series of bloody wars,\u201d Medvedev charged in a long diatribe on his Telegram channel, pointing out the U.S. nuclear bombing of Japan during World War II and the war in Vietnam.
\n\u201cWas anyone held responsible for those crimes? What tribunal condemned the sea of blood spilled by the U.S. there?\u201d
\nResponding to the U.S.-backed calls for an international tribunal to prosecute the perceived war crimes by Russia in Ukraine, Medvedev rejected it as an attempt by the U.S. \u201cto judge others while staying immune from any trial.\u201d
\n\u201cIt won\u2019t work with Russia, they know it well,\u201d Medvedev concluded. \u201cThat\u2019s why the rotten dogs of war are barking in such a disgusting way.\u201d
\n\u201cThe U.S. and its useless stooges should remember the words of the Bible: Do not judge and you will not be judged … so that the great day of His wrath doesn\u2019t come to their home one day,\u201d Medvedev said, referring to the Apocalypse.
\nHe noted that the \u201cidea to punish a country with the largest nuclear potential is absurd and potentially creates the threat to mankind\u2019s existence.\u201d
\nThe warning follows a series of tough statements from Putin and his officials that pointed at the Russian nuclear arsenals to warn the West against interfering with Moscow\u2019s action in Ukraine.
\nMedvedev, who served as Russia\u2019s president in 2008-2012 when Putin shifted into the prime minister\u2019s post due to term limits, was widely seen by the West as more liberal compared with his mentor. In recent months, however, he has remarks that have sounded much tougher than those issued by the most hawkish Kremlin officials.
\nIn another blustery warning to the U.S., Vyacheslav Volodin, a longtime Putin aide who serves as the speaker of the lower house of parliament, warned Wednesday that Washington should remember that Alaska was part of Russia when it freezes Russian assets. Russia colonized Alaska and established several settlements there until the U.S. purchased it from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.
\n\u201cWhen they attempt to appropriate our assets abroad, they should be aware that we also have something to claim back,\u201d Volodin said during a meeting with lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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