{"id":296260,"date":"2024-10-07T08:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296260"},"modified":"2024-10-09T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T07:30:01","slug":"medvedev-calls-for-sinking-of-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296260","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev calls for \u2018sinking\u2019 of Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT.com \u2013 Oct 6, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia\u2019s Security Council and former president, has suggested \u2018sinking Great Britain\u2019 as a way to solve the country\u2019s problems with London.<\/p>\n

The former president was responding to a statement made late last month by renowned Russian skiing champion Elena Vyalbe. In an interview with NEWS.ru<\/a>\u00a0outlet, the three-time Olympic champion and head of Russia\u2019s Cross-Country Skiing Federation slammed the West for banning the country\u2019s athletes from most international sports tournaments in response to the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

Vyalbe claimed that \u201cif we had dropped a serious bomb in the center of London, it would have all been over by now and we would have been allowed everywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Medvedev, who has become known for his sharp language in social media posts, argued that there are more effective ways to deal with the problem than bombing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur famous skier Elena Vyalbe suggested dropping a bomb on London. She\u2019s right, of course, but we need to solve the problem radically and just sink the damned island of Anglo-Saxon dogs,\u201d<\/em> Medvedev said. He did not elaborate on whether \u2018the problem\u2019 refers to sports or the state of Russia\u2019s relations with the UK in general.<\/p>\n

The UK and NATO have sided with Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, providing Kiev with financial and military aid and placing sanctions on Moscow. London was among 30 nations that urged<\/a> the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to uphold a ban it had placed on Russian and Belarusian athletes when it proposed allowing them to compete in the Summer Olympics this year.<\/p>\n

Most Western-based sports bodies banned<\/a> Russia and Belarus from taking part in international sports tournaments shortly after the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, including the IOC, FIFA, FIDE, and others. Moscow has repeatedly criticized the restrictions.<\/p>\n

In her interview, Vyalbe slammed the IOC, calling it a \u201ctrash heap\u201d<\/em> that is \u201cengaged in who knows what, but certainly not honest sport.\u201d<\/em> She added that while \u201csports has always been tied with politics,\u201d<\/em> the sweeping bans on athletes for political reasons \u201cno longer resemble sport at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2018Unstoppable\u2019 nuclear torpedo built by Russia to devastate cities with radioactive tsunamis<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n