Western governments see all gestures of goodwill as signs of weakness, the former Russian president has said Only the “animal fear” of unacceptable losses will prevent Germany and the wider “United Europe” from launching another attack against Russia, the head of the Russian Security Council and former president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote in an article ahead of the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Moscow has condemned what it described as reckless militarization by the EU, accusing