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Three of the four hits on Google links to EuroTrib quotation in a comment ... hmmm 🤨 .

The other is most likely the first source - War In Ukraine, Day 43

Here the full "quotation" from Medvedev, yet still not in context.

Russia continues shocking statements. Medvedev: "We want the opportunity to build a Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok"

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and former prime minister and current deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, says Russia's goal in a month-and-a-half-long bloody war against Ukraine is "the opportunity to build an open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok".

Medvedev made the shocking statement in a post on his Telegram account. He also said that Putin had "firmly set the goal of demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine", echoing the Kremlin's ridiculous rhetoric that the leadership of the Ukrainian state is "Nazi".

    "The most important goal is to change the bloody and mythical conscience of some of today's Ukrainians. The goal is peace for future generations of Ukrainians and the opportunity to build an open Eurasia, from Lisbon to Vladivostok," the Russian PM said.

Pentagon spokesperson: Ukraine can win the war

Asked in a press briefing if the U.S. goal is strategic defeat of Russia, Pentagon spokesperson, John F. Kirby said that "U.S. goal is to make sure that Ukraine can continue to defend itself as they continue to work on a on a diplomatic solution here. And then the secondary goal is to make sure that we can bolster NATO's Eastern Flank so that we can deter any aggression, any potential aggression by Russia and by Mr. Putin."

In context the full quote from an website in Azerbaijan as other sources with .ru suffix were blocked.

«Построить открытую Евразию от Лиссабона до Владивостока»: Медведев назвал «важнейшую цель» России

"To build an open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok": Medvedev named Russia's "most important goal"

The most important goal of Russia's "military operation" in Ukraine, which is being decided outside the battlefields, is to change the "bloody and full of false myths" consciousness of some Ukrainians for the peace of future generations and the possibility of building an open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in your Telegram channel.

According to Medvedev, the goals of "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine, which were set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, are not fulfilled at once and will not be solved "only on the battlefields," writes RBC.

"To change the bloody and full of false myths consciousness of a part of today's Ukrainians is the most important goal. The goal is for the sake of the peace of future generations of Ukrainians themselves and the opportunity to finally build an open Eurasia - from Lisbon to Vladivostok, "Medvedev wrote.



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Aug 21st, 2022 at 07:16:30 PM EST

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