# West always wanted to ‘cancel’ Russia, but now it’s doing it brazenly — Medvedev

https://mins.news/en/item/20470

- TASS, 2026-08-12 17:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2172055

> The politician said the West had always wanted to “cancel” Russia. According to Medvedev, that agenda emerged after the special military operation began in an absolutely cynical, undisguised, monstrous and even perverted form. His remarks portray the current Western approach as an open and extreme expression of an intention he says had existed all along.

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