Ex-Russian president Medvedev calls Belgian defence minister an ‘imbecile’

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Theo Francken created the controversy after saying in an interview that a Russian attack against Brussels would lead to a total response from NATO. Former President Dmitri Medvedev, in particular, reacted.

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Belgian Defense Minister and Former Russian President Clashes on Social Media Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken and Russian Security Council Vice Chairman and former President Dmitry Medvedev are in a social media spat, Politico reports. Francken became Medvedev's target after making a scathing comment in an interview with a Belgian newspaper on Monday. In the interview, Francken threatened that NATO would wipe Moscow off the map if Russia …