Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a stark warning on Friday, vowing to send Russian tanks to Germany’s capital in response to a “revanchist” article published by a German newspaper, intensifying the already fraught relations between Moscow and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Medvedev’s comments on Friday come amid an extremely tense global context more than two-and-a half-years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has threatened a wider war. Medvedev has often made headlines with threats ranging from a total occupation of Ukraine to a nuclear confrontation with Kyiv’s Western backers.
In February 2022, Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine, sparking the largest military conflict and refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. The invasion has been widely condemned by NATO allies, international organizations, and numerous countries around the world. Meanwhile, Belarus and a …