Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. Archival photoMOSCOW, Mar 26The fabrications of Western politicians that they are now «swabbing» Russia, as they once were the DPRK or Cuba, and will keep it in such a state, are not based on anything, it is impossible, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with RIA Novosti. «Yes, no one (in the West) thinks so (turn Russia into a semblance of North Korea or Cuba). Although I criticized during our interview the mental abilities of the people who come up with these sanctions against Russia , but there are different people there, there are also those who understand what is happening,» Medvedev said. According to him, everyone realizes that Russia is not Cuba or North Korea. «Russia is Russia, it is the largest country in the world, it is a permanent member of the Security Council, this is a colossal economy, this is a nuclear power.Therefore, all their fabrications that they are now swaddling us, like the DPRK or Cuba once were there, and will keep in such a state, they are not based on anything, it is impossible. It's simply impossible in principle, even if so x it seems to individual representatives of their political elite,” said the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
