A former Russian deputy prime minister has criticised the war in the Ukraine. “Wars are the worst things one might face in life …, including this war,” Arkady Dvorkovich told Mother Jones in an interview. Mr Dvorkovich, who served as a deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2018, following a stint as the top Kremlin economic adviser to then-President Dmitry Medvedev, said he remains living in Russia where he is “safe with my family and friends”.