By Shane CroucherShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberA top Kremlin official launched a tirade against female European Union leaders, calling them "crazy hags" and "half-witted old biddies" for their stance on the Russia-Ukraine war.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Security Council, and a former president and prime minister of Russia, lashed out in a new post on Telegram early Wednesday.
"As Russia and the US try to negotiate an end to the conflict, frigid Europe, headed by half-witted old biddies called Ursula and Kaja, is pushing for war to the last Ukrainian," Medvedev wrote, referring to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.
Medvedev cited the corruption scandal now engulfing Federica Mogherini, who previously held Kallas's foreign affairs role. Mogherini was arrested by Belgian police in a fraud investigation relating to contracts for training aspiring European diplomats. She now heads the College of Europe graduate school in Bruges.
He made reference to the British movie In Bruges. "One can only hope that these two crazy hags will soon follow in Ms. Mogherini’s footsteps," Medvedev said. "Or end up like the two protagonists of the aforementioned movie. And I sincerely hope they will."
Of the two protagonists in In Bruges, one dies by suicide and the other is shot, with a question mark over his survival.
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