MOSCOW (AP) — A top Kremlin official warned the U.S. Wednesday that it could face the “wrath of God” if it continues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine, while Russian President of the Lower House urged Washington to remember that Alaska belonged to Russia. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, denounced the US for its efforts to “spread chaos and destruction around the world for the sake of ‘true democracy’.” “The entire history of the US since the subjugation of the indigenous Indian population represents a series of bloody wars,” Medvedev said in a lengthy account on his Telegram channel, pointing to the US nuclear bombing of Japan during World War II. War and the war in Vietnam. “Was anyone held responsible for these crimes? What court condemned the sea of blood spilled by the US there?’ Responding to US-backed calls for an international tribunal to prosecute Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine, Medvedev dismissed it as an attempt by the US to “judge others while remaining immune from any trial”. “It won’t work with Russia, they know it well,” concluded Medvedev. “That’s why the rotten dogs of war bark in such a disgusting way.” “The USA and its worthless dogs should remember the words of the Bible: Judge not and you shall not be judged … lest one day the great day of His wrath come to their house,” Medvedev said, referring to Revelation. He noted that “the idea of punishing a country with the largest nuclear potential is absurd and potentially poses a threat to the existence of humanity.” The warning follows a series of tough statements by Putin and his officials that have pointed to Russia’s nuclear arsenals to warn the West not to interfere with Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president from 2008-2012 when Putin was moved to the premiership due to term limits, was widely seen in the West as more liberal than his mentor. In recent months, however, he has made remarks that sound far harsher than those issued by the Kremlin’s most hawkish officials. In another vociferous warning to the US, Vyacheslav Volodin, a longtime Putin aide who serves as speaker of the lower house of parliament, warned on Wednesday that Washington should remember that Alaska was part of Russia when it froze Russian assets. data. Russia colonized Alaska and established several settlements there until the US bought it from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. “When they try to appropriate our assets abroad, they should know that we also have something to claim,” Volodin said during a meeting with lawmakers.
