“From Lisbon to Vladivostok,”Russian ex-pres. Medvedev unveils Putin’s goal

Russia’s goal is to build an “open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok,” Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, former President Dmitry Medvedev has spoken on his Telegram channel, explaining why Russia needs Ukraine’s “denazification and demilitarization”. 

 

The answer, Medvedev said, lies in counteracting “fakes to dehumanize Russia and denigrate it to the maximum.” 

 

The goals of “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”, he noted, “are not fulfilled at once” and they would be solved “not only on the battlefields.”

 

“To change the bloody and full of false myths consciousness of part of Ukrainians is the most important goal. The goal is for the sake of the peace of future generations of Ukrainians themselves and the opportunity to finally build an open Eurasia – from Lisbon to Vladivostok,” Medvedev stated.

 

“From Lisbon to Vladivostok” is a paraphrase of a quote by French President Charles de Gaulle, who in the middle of the 20th century talked about “Greater Europe” on this scale. 

 

It meant an economic integration of Soviet space and European countries. Politicians of different levels turn to this concept from time to time when it comes to relations between countries.