Russian officials make a series of public statements on various topics

Several high-profile Russian officials have made separate public comments on a range of issues. Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Russian official, posted a meme about winter in response to the New START nuclear treaty not being extended and criticized his liberal critics. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interview to RT where he discussed the 'Deep State' and Western politics, and separately stated that Nazism is a European value.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on the sale of masks with Vladimir Putin's face, compared concerns about artificial intelligence to the reaction to the first machines in England, and a political analyst suggested tennis player Daniil Medvedev could have achieved more. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that Russia did not participate in a 'vampire ball' and pointed out what she called a trait that discredits Ukraine.