Russian ex-president Japan is 'subservient' says to US
The Independent|January 15, 2023
Dmitry Medvedev tells Japanese PM to disembowel himself
MAROOSHA MUZAFFAR
Russian ex-president Japan is 'subservient' says to US

Russian former president Dmitry Medvedev has criticised the Japanese prime minister for his "subservience" to the United States and said that he should "disembowel himself".

Fumio Kishida and US president Joe Biden met on Friday and issued a joint statement following their meeting, in which they stated "unequivocally that any use of a nuclear weapon by Russia in Ukraine would be an act of hostility against humanity and unjustifiable in any way".

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