Russian economist Sergei Aleksashenko: “When I read insane Matviyenko’s statement that the Federation Council is ready to support the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine, although no one has addressed such a request, I realized that our country is led by a crazy maniac: Who does not care about the fact that dozens or hundreds or thousands of young Russians will die on the fields of a useless war; who does not care that Russia will become a rogue state in the international community; and who does not care about the fact that his fellow citizens in other countries would appear as fratricidal maniacs.