[HN Gopher] Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are 'legit...
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       Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are 'legitimate military
       targets'
        
       Author : aguaviva
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2024-12-18 22:15 UTC (46 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | Terr_ wrote:
       | "Extremely important Russian politician threatens that Russia may
       | engage in state-sponsored international terrorism, mass-murdering
       | civilians in other countries."
       | 
       | _______
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       | > Medvedev, who cast himself as a liberal reformer promising
       | modernisation and democratisation upon becoming president in
       | 2008, has reinvented himself as one of Russia's most vocal pro-
       | war figures.
       | 
       | Some context for younger readers: At that time the Russian
       | constitution limited Putin to two _consecutive_ 4-year terms as
       | President (2000-2008) and Medvedev was put forward as a maybe-
       | moderate maybe-successor. However Putin just used him to keep the
       | seat warm while he kept ruling from the shadows. That was also a
       | period when some hoped it was a sign Putin was considering
       | retiring to a life of luxury allowing Russia to become less-
       | autocratic.
        
       | ChumpGPT wrote:
       | The man is a raging alcoholic who threatens the West with Nuclear
       | destruction at least twice a day. He is especially fond of
       | threatening all things UK. Perhaps they seized too much Oligarch
       | money and property.
       | 
       | A well-known fact amongst all Russians is that he is an imbecile
       | and only kept around as a placeholder.
        
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