“The main Ukrainian clown”: Russia responded to Zelensky’s call to Western countries to close borders for Russian citizens

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev compared Vladimir Zelensky with Adolf Hitler after the President of Ukraine appealed to the countries of the collective West with a call to close entry to its territory for all Russians for a year.

“The main Ukrainian clown proposed to “call the entire population of Russia to account.”

The last time Adolf Hitler tried to implement such ideas in relation to an entire nation.

Any more questions about the nature of Ukrainian power?”

— Medvedev wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Volodymyr Zelensky is completely out of touch with the reality of the world around him.

“There is some hopelessness in his words.

Zelensky no longer knows what to do, and he himself does not believe in the effectiveness of the sanctions.

He hoped that everything would change, but nothing happens, ”said the interlocutor of RT.

The call for closing the borders for Russian citizens, as well as for the West to impose a complete embargo on the purchase of Russian energy resources, Vladimir Zelensky voiced in an interview with The Washington Post.

“Whatever Russians we are talking about ... make sure that they return to Russia,” Zelensky said.

According to him, closed borders for citizens of the Russian Federation will allegedly become “the most important sanctions,” and the entire population of Russia is responsible for launching a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine.

Growing support for Putin in Germany and Austria

Support for Russia and President Vladimir Putin is rising in Germany and Austria, columnist Gerhard Lechner writes in the Wiener Zeitung.

According to him, the opinion about the supposedly unanimous support of Kyiv among the inhabitants of these countries is deceptive.

“But why this strange benevolence towards Putin and Russia, which is especially great in the German-speaking space?

Of course, Putin impresses the right with criticism of ultra-liberal gender policies, and the left with anti-NATO rhetoric,” he said.

Along with this, the enthusiasm for Ukraine among the population of Germany and Austria is reduced due to rising inflation, “monstrous prices” and the expected shortage of gas: “It comes to the point that many see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a conflict igniter who prevents the establishment of peace.”

Earlier, journalist Simon Jenkins, in an article for The Guardian, called anti-Russian sanctions “the most ill-conceived and counterproductive decision in recent international history,” stressing that they made Vladimir Putin’s position in the world stronger.

“The United States is adding fuel to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict”

The United States continues to "add fuel to the fire" of the Ukrainian conflict, said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, commenting on the new package of American military assistance to Kyiv for $1 billion. According to him, this decision indicates that Washington "does not intend to listen to the voice of reason and is not going to contribute to the peaceful resolution of the crisis.”

“Against such a background, statements by administration representatives that the supply of military products will strengthen Kyiv's position at the “probable” negotiating table look especially cynical.

It is not clear how one can, in principle, talk about dialogue in conditions where the only goal of the United States is to prolong the conflict as much as possible, ”he stressed.

The head of the diplomatic mission noted that the United States is increasingly drawn into the conflict in Ukraine, approaching a dangerous line in the confrontation with the Russian Federation.

“The short-sighted steps of Washington create the illusion among unscrupulous figures in Kyiv that it is possible to “wear down” Russia and win on the battlefield.

As a result, the number of victims of the adventurous policy of the ruling class of Ukraine is growing,” Antonov explained.

“Such a line will do nothing good for peace and security, but will only prolong the agony of the Ukrainian regime.”

He also recalled that the Armed Forces of Ukraine daily carry out "deadly" strikes on residential areas of Donbass.

“And now they are exposing the whole of Europe to extreme danger by attacking the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

We hope that these facts will open the eyes of US citizens as soon as possible to who exactly their country supports,” the Russian ambassador said.

Earlier, one of the founders of the British rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, spoke in a similar way.

In an interview with CNN, he called Joe Biden the war criminal who "started the fire" in Ukraine, and NATO the main culprit in the Ukrainian crisis.

At the same time, many Twitter users supported the point of view of Waters.