Former Russian president and premier Dmitri Medvedev's threats to "eliminate" opponents of Russia are "extremely serious and dangerous" and fuel a campaign of hatred, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday.
Russian Security Council Vice President Medvedev's statements that he "hates" opponents, whom he characterized as "bastards, degenerates and klutzes", are "unacceptable words, which concern us strongly also because they come from the deputy president of the Russian Security Council," said the Italian foreign minister.
"It is not a sign of dialogue, not an opening towards a cease-fire, it is not an attempt to find peace, but they are unequivocal words of threat towards those who are insistently seeking peace".
Medvedev, seen as Russian President Vladimir Putin's right-hand man, said he would "do everything I can to eliminate those who oppose Russia".
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