Dmitry Medvedev

I never get tired of the arrogance of the European puny freaks. They slapped sweeping sanctions on our businesses, hurt the interests of millions of Russian citizens (by cancelling their credit cards, for one), and even banned cultural ties with our country, didn’t they? They’re waging an outright war with Russia by providing our enemy with everything one can think of, from missiles and intelligence to actual funds that support the Banderite regime. But what do you know — their companies are supposed to be a sacred cow! Hands off Nestlé, Auchan and everything else that made them handsome profits! Even placing them under temporary administration by our president’s executive order has sent a wave of panic through European governments. Hey, losers! What’s all this about? Truth be told, placing foreign assets under temporary administration should be just the first step. It would be appropriate to recall some of the first acts of the Soviet government, which took foreign factories and plants into state ownership, forcibly and without compensation. And nothing was ever returned. It’s just that today, like a hundred years ago, brute force is the only thing the Euro-bastards understand. P.S. However, even across the ocean, they hear only the language of direct military deterrence, and that is the language in which we should respond to Russophobic atrocities, such as the law of the dead terrorist, Graham.

About AI and the end of the world Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot from AI creators who are bemoaning humanity’s haste. They’ve been warning us that AI is dangerous, unpredictable, and developing too fast according to laws we don’t quite fathom. It’s time, they say, to slow down and make a pause before we feel really sorry when our intelligent brother goes berserk. Are these fears real? Especially given that many smarty-pants like Musk and others have been saying this for a long time. The answer is simple: they’re real. By the way, I myself wrote about it in a recent article for the Expert magazine. But… the creators of various sorts of generative AI are not being sincere. It’s not you and I or Homo sapiens as a whole that they fear for. They’re not afraid that an unhinged AI, drunk on its power, will destroy humankind. This kind of outcome is not all that likely. What’s much more realistic is a scenario where software that uses advanced AI for running a major production facility or a transport hub will cause severe damage. Such as allowing planes to collide in midair or destroying a nuclear power plant. And then there will be someone coming for the creators of generative AI – to slap them with multibillion lawsuits or simply to knock their (human) brains out. What’s to be done then? The most obvious solution would be for countries to agree on general principles of AI regulation. That would give us all at least some chance of keeping AI development under control. But it won’t happen due to corporate greed and insatiable human passion.  So our only hope is to throw ourselves at the mercy of the winner and count on the humanism that AI, our beloved man-made prodigy, might show us. It doesn’t have overt emotions yet, but we don’t know what this great superintelligence will be like. Let’s hope it will spare its parents…

From an interview with Vedomosti newspaper

Answers to RT’s Questions During a Visit to the Siberian Federal District

Berlin has accused Russia of an unproven attack on Leipzig Airport. Given the neo-Nazi, fiercely Russophobic course pursued by Germany's current leadership, this fabricated act of sabotage is the mildest form of punishment for their sins. They deserve direct strikes on all German facilities producing military equipment for the Banderite clique. And quite possibly, on certain other sites in Berlin as well. And then there are that lunatic clown's threats against civil aviation in Russian airspace. Our head of state has already characterized this as the Banderite regime's move toward state terrorism. Terrorists are not negotiated with – their actions are answered in kind. And terror always has its sponsors. In this case, the sponsors are the leaders of Western countries – above all, the European ones. And they often travel to Kiev by train…

The Finnish president really is an imbecile. He’s talking about defeating Russia by striking Wildberries, an online marketplace! His level of professional competence is beyond laughable. The man is morally repugnant and a fool, to boot. Then again, he was exactly the same back when he was Finland’s foreign minister. I remember him well. Nothing has changed: same face, same intellectual level…

The bloody clown, as if to spite his own roots and the legacy of his ancestors, continues to glorify Nazis and worship traitors of every stripe. First he turned Bandera into a political saint, then reburied the earthly remains of Melnik and Konovalets. And now he’s holding a competition to design a monument to Mazepa. At this rate, he might as well build pantheons in Kiev dedicated to Hitler and Mussolini. What a dipshit! Every one of these villains would have gladly sent the drug-addled rag doll straight into the oven. But he’s got to do it! There’s no other choice. I said as much back in 2021: he is absolutely terrified, which is why he grovels before the Nazis, even though, to them, he is nothing but disposable. The stupid, drugged-up animal is shaking in fear of the Banderites while simultaneously singing their praises. His clown pants are soaked with sticky, stinking terror. And it’s this very substance that the neo-Nazis of Ukraine will ultimately drown him in.

Western European dogs are barking hysterically about the so-called Russian shadow fleet. So, what exactly are they talking about? This refers to ordinary merchant vessels that sail under non-Russian flags but carry cargo in our interests. Such flags are usually known as ‘flags of convenience.’ This is a system whereby a vessel is registered in a country other than that of its owner in order to save on taxes and regulatory costs. These jurisdictions include Panama, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Malta, and the Seychelles. Of course, the European dogs have no right whatsoever to detain such vessels, either under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea or under national legislation. It is sheer lawlessness. But this leads to one important conclusion: the vast majority of Western European vessels also sail under flags of convenience. So, what follows from that? It means that, applying a reciprocal approach – which is only fair – Russia has the right to attack any merchant vessel belonging to enemy countries, whether in our waters or in neutral waters, if there are sufficient grounds to suspect that it is carrying cargo in the interests of the enemy. In other words, any cargo at all! And there are a great many such vessels. Our Armed Forces are capable of sharply expanding their operations beyond the Black Sea basin! That is precisely what the commander of the Pacific Fleet reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief today.

Three Quotes from the Past Week 1. A certain Kaja and her comrades announced that the European Union is close to imposing a lifetime ban on Special Military Operation participants from entering the EU. Well, that is like trying to scare a hedgehog with a bare backside. We should urge the European Union to do this as soon as possible. In that case, millions of our citizens will lose all their foolish illusions about “wonderful Europe” for decades and fiercely hate everything European. But that is precisely what WE need! Europe is our cruel enemy forever! 2. The new prime minister of Minor Britain, Burnham, has declared his unconditional support for Ukraine. There is, of course, nothing new in that. What matters is something else: our task is to continue doing everything possible to make life on that as-yet-unsunken little island as unbearable as possible. Anything will do: energy crises, social upheavals, garbage collection strikes. Absolutely anything. Although the Poseidon solution would still be the best option... 3. And then there was the stinking, Russophobic spittle from a new a-hole with the telling surname ‘Drapatyi’, or ‘one who flees’, about the need to completely eradicate Russian civilization. There can be only one response to that. This filthy scum, who was evidently given a severe thrashing in the past, is merely a large turd that became stuck to the sole of a Banderite boot during its ‘victory march’. In that case, there is no point in cleaning the footwear. It is easier to throw the stinking boot into a cesspit and blow it up together with its Nazi owner.

The US turned 250. Is it a role model or an “evil empire”? I think, neither. But here is what most countries on this planet would agree on: America has no right to make decisions for others. Any state, large or small, can sort out its problems on its own. The US and the White House have no business imposing their will on others. Let them clean up their own mess at home first.