Putin’s mouthpiece issues thinly-veiled threat to UK | World | News

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev suggested the only important players in the peace talks over the war in Ukraine are Russia and the US. The Deputy Chair of the Russian Security Council reacted to the 90-minute long phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, during which a 30-day pause to attacks on infrastructure and energy plants in Ukraine was agreed.

Taking to X, he claimed: “The phone call between Presidents Putin and Trump proved a well-known idea – there is only Russia and America in the dining room.” Mr Medvedev, who was president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and is a staunch supporter of Putin, went on to taunt the European Union, Britain and France. In a thinly-veiled threat, he added: “On the menu: light appetisers – Brussels sprouts, British fish and chips and Paris rooster. The main course is a Kiev-style cutlet. Enjoy your meal!”

Medvedev has been a close ally of Vladimir Putin ever since their days working together in the Saint Petersburg administration in the early 1990s.

Under the patronage of the Kremlin boss, he rose to become a deputy prime minster before taking over as President in 2008 for a single four year term.

Many Russians regarded Medvedev then as Putin’s stooge, viewing him as a willing pawn in the former KGB officer’s political chicanery as he attempted to hold on to power.

According to constitutional laws at the time, no one political leader was able to run for more than two consecutive Presidential terms.

However, there was nothing stopping a third term after a period of four years out of office.

Medvedev was seen as keeping the presidential seat warm for his boss, and indeed decided not to run for re-election in 2012, handing back the keys of the Kremlin to his close friend.

This prompted a massive outpouring of public anger and led to street protests, the likes of which had never been seen before under Putin.

The protests were brutally suppressed and thousands were arrested as the Kremlin cracked its whip.

Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Medvedev has been one of Putin’s most loyal and faithful attack dogs.

He has launched regular diatribes against the West and talked up the possibility of nuclear armageddon on more than one occasion, as well as questioning the right of Ukraine to exist as a nation.