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Medvedev served as Russian president before Putin in 2008-2012 and he’s been the deputy chairman of his country’s Security Council for the last two years. In whispered conversations in the Kremlin's corridors, he's even touted as a potential successor to Putin. Medvedev presumably drew on all that diplomatic and security expertise when he threatened European leaders with: “Don’t forget that there are nuclear sites in the European Union, too. And incidents are possible there as well.”