The Latest Breaking News from Dmitry Medvedev

The former defence minister of Georgia warned Putin "will not stop in Ukraine" if he wins the war there. The bloody war has seen thousands killed and has now been rumbling for nearly six months

The West wants to destroy Russia, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told TASS in an interview.

Dmitry Medvedev has continues to have a major influence in the Kremlin even after he stepped down as president. Russia's security council member said a post about reclaiming Georgia and Kazakhstan was a hack

Critics say former Russian leader’s furious tirades are a desperate attempt to retain political relevance

The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: what are those terms?

It’s childish, I realise, but I experienced a frisson of amused pleasure on watching the video of Vladimir Putin pacing up and down for nearly a minute while waiting for the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to show up for their photo opportunity when the two leaders were visiting Tehran…

Moscow’s military plans could intensify if the West sends Ukraine more long-range missiles, he added

As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv.

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Putin forges stronger ties with Iran’s supreme leader in Tehran; talks to resume Ukrainian grain exports have ‘moved forward’, Russian president claims

Mr Medvedev says Russia is on course to seize more parts of Ukraine