Translating from UNIAN, May 16:
"Medinsky commented on the negotiations with fake quotes from Napoleon and Bismarck
...Medinsky cited several quotes attributed to various historical figures. The Russian opposition publication "Important Stories" noted that some of these quotes are fake. "As Napoleon said, war and negotiations are conducted simultaneously," Medinsky said, explaining the Kremlin's reluctance to conclude a temporary truce. Where he got these words from is unclear. No historical documents record such a quote from Napoleon.
In addition, in arguing Moscow's demands to hand over Ukrainian territories to it, Medinsky referred to the German Chancellor of the time of German unification in the second half of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck. "He [Bismarck] always said: "Never try to deceive the Russians and steal anything from them, because time will pass, and sooner or later the Russians always come for their own." This "Russians always come for their own" seems to me to be a very important lesson of history," Medinsky said. The source of this quote is also unknown. Similar statements by Bismarck do not exist in open sources in German. It is noteworthy that the authenticity of this quote is denied even by the website of the Russian Military Historical Society, which Medinsky himself created and heads."
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