The rebirth of Nazism cannot be allowed in any nation, and Europe may need an international de-Nazification effort, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

The senior official, currently serving as deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, addressed the threat of Nazi ideology during a public lecture in Moscow on Tuesday, in which he outlined Moscow’s foreign policy priorities. He characterized the destruction of the “Kiev neo-Nazi regime” as a necessary outcome of the Ukraine conflict, before arguing for broader action.

”All measures need to be taken to ensure that such regimes never arise in any other nation. The price is too high,” Medvedev emphasized.

A real de-Nazification is required. Nazism needs to be rooted out not only in Ukraine, but in all of Europe.

Medvedev stressed the distinction between the current Ukrainian government, whom he branded “bloody freaks” and the Ukrainian state, stating that its future was uncertain.

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