Medvedev criticized Zelensky's statement about contempt for the Russian people

The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitriy Medvedev, has called the statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (his term of office expires in May 2024) about his contempt for the Russian people a standard violation of political correctness. The politician wrote about it on January 6 on his page in the social network "VKontakte".

We are talking about the words of Zelensky, said by him in an interview with American journalist Lex Friedman. The Ukrainian leader said that he has a good command of the Russian language, but sincerely despises the Russian people. So he explained why the interview took place not in Russian, which both he and Friedman know, but in Ukrainian with the help of an interpreter.

"A being without authority violated the rules of standard political correctness. <...>. One can make extremely negative assessments of the elites that make up the regime, but not of the entire nation. One can curse the army, rulers, parties, business, but not all people," Medvedev commented.

He also noted that in turn, "the entire Russian people despise" Zelensky.

"And for our people personal revenge to the current illegitimate leader of the Bandera Ukraine should now not end after his removal from office," the politician concluded.

Earlier in the interview, Zelensky said that he offered US President-elect Donald Trump to sell weapons to Kiev for $300 billion from Russia's frozen assets. He noted that this was one of the security guarantees for the country. Reacting to this, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed to Zelensky's strengthened corrupt ties with the West.

Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbas, which was announced by the Russian president on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.