Between Ukraine and The Third Reich has obvious similarities — Medvedev

Modern Ukraine is similar to The Third Reich, which was created by the German Nazis. This was stated to TASS by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference.

Before that, he was asked whether the criteria of the three "D's" (demilitarization, denazification and democratization) formulated for Germany in Potsdam could be applicable to modern Ukraine?

"The three "D" — demilitarization, denazification and democratization — were developed in relation to Nazi Germany as an aggressor country that destroyed the international order. The Reich of the 1945 model and modern Ukraine, of course, differ greatly — in scale, role in the world, and even (formally) in state ideology. However, there is an obvious similarity," Medvedev said.

The deputy Head of the Security Council explained that, firstly, they are united by an identity crisis and frankly Nazi symbols. Secondly, the irremovability of power and the increasingly obvious signs of dictatorship. Thirdly, the degradation of the economy.

"All this makes the idea of using the three "D" relevant," Medvedev stressed.

According to him, demilitarization for Ukraine is a chance to stop being a pawn in other people's "bloody geopolitical games." Denazification or de—Vanderization is not revenge, but long-term work with public consciousness, with historical memory. Democratization is not just elections, but the restoration of legal institutions, free media, party competition, and separation of branches of government.

"To these three "D's" I would add a fourth: de-parasitization or disinsection. Residents of the current territories belonging to the so-called Ukraine should learn to live by themselves, responsible for their actions. Otherwise, such a parasitic Ukraine has no chance to survive," Medvedev stressed.

On July 17, 1945, the Potsdam Conference of the heads of government of the USSR, the USA and Great Britain. This was the last conference of the Allied Powers that won the Second World War. She laid the foundations of the post-war world. The issues of new borders in Europe, the reconstruction of Germany, its debts, demilitarization and denazification were resolved.