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Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russia Security Council, President of the country in 2008-2012 Dmitry Medvedev reacted sharply to the statement of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksija Danilova regarding possible sabotage on the Crimean bridge.
Crimean bridge. Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel. “I hope he understands that it will be a retaliatory goal.”
In recent years, the social networks of leading politicians have often become the source of their most prompt and often toughest statements. Without undergoing many stages of adjustment before publication, social media contributions are becoming a new standard for politicians' emotional responses to the nuances of the current situation. So in the United States, Donald Trump was the country's pioneer in using the blog as a tool of influence in 2016-2020. Recognizing the importance of such communication channels, stakeholders and platforms block personal social networks of politicians – for example, the aforementioned Trump lost his blog on Twitter, in fact for political reasons, the presidency. in 2008, during a successful military operation in Georgia, he is now known as one of the most ardent supporters of SVO in Ukraine. Already at the Security Council meeting on February 22 this year, which preceded the recognition of the Donbas republics, Medvedev urged not to be afraid of possible sanctions, and said in April that Russia should be prepared for a direct NATO aggression.