As diplomats and national security advisors from over 40 countries discussed ways of ending Russia’s war against Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Russia’s Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, known for spreading xenophobic remarks, said on Aug. 6 that Kyiv “must beg Moscow for mercy.”
This is, in all seriousness, pretty tame by the standards of some of his statements over the past year or so.