Medvedev: The West is Undermining the Foundations of International Law

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev stated that European countries are undermining the fundamental principles of international law. Medvedev noted that the West has not abandoned its idea of racial and national superiority and that Ukraine lacks genuine sovereignty.Medvedev, in his speech at the St. Petersburg International Law Forum, said, "The Europeans have once again dynamited the fundamental pillars of international law with their own hands."

Beautiful texts have failed to uproot the ideas of racial and national superiority from the minds of Western elites for decades. Nazism, which could not be completely eradicated at the time, has found fertile ground among the ideological and direct biological 'descendants' of that era, including some of those who are at the helm of European politics today.

Medvedev pointed out that the West, particularly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, has made significant efforts to undermine the systematic integrity of international law in the political and humanitarian spheres. Medvedev emphasized that Russia is ready to fight for genuine international equality, including the complete abandonment of neocolonial practices.Medvedev stated that the collective West's establishment of military bases on foreign soil "escalates international and regional tensions." Regarding military support for Ukraine, Medvedev said, "Ukraine's unprecedented militarization is an attempt by the West to curb Russia's efforts to follow a sovereign path."Medvedev, regarding Russia's special military operation launched in 2022, said, "Russia had no choice but to launch the special military operation to protect its millions of citizens."Medvedev noted that the West's "enormous resources are being directed against Russia in a military, political, and economic struggle," resulting in "a significant collapse of Western economies."Medvedev said, "Russia's fight against the Kiev regime and its patrons has exposed the weakness and groundlessness of the neocolonial minority."Medvedev pointed out that the Soviet Union played a historic role in "making the victory over Nazism a prerequisite for the establishment of a new world order." Medvedev accused the West of "declaring countries that do not suit their interests as enemies" and trying to "legitimize any illegal actions, including terrorist attacks and military operations, against these countries."Medvedev used harsh language against the Ukrainian administration, calling Kiev a "puppet regime." "Ukraine has only declarative sovereignty, it does not have real sovereignty," Medvedev said, emphasizing that the Kiev administration has turned the country into "a hotbed of Nazism and corruption."