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“Khodorkovsky thinks that NATO does not understand that the West is already in a life and death struggle with Putin and that he will certainly attack a NATO country if not beaten back in Ukraine: “I’m fully convinced that if they don’t demonstrate to Putin right now, that he will lose if he doesn’t come to negotiate, then during the next two years there’s a ninety percent chance that NATO will have to go to war with Russia, because that’s beneficial to Putin…”


(9 minute video)

“Putin’s oldest enemy” has advice for Western leaders
CBC News: The National, Published on Jul 10, 2022
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the richest man in Russia until he challenged Vladimir Putin and was sent to jail for 10 years. Now, he has advice for Western leaders trying to deal with his former adversary, telling CBC’s Terence McKenna that a show of strength is key.” https://youtu.be/n5IXIYuHobk
He also reveals that he lived with his great-grandmother in Ukraine until he was 4 years old.

The French and Germans understand very well the need to be tough, but they don’t want to give up their business deals or cheap energy. In the case of France, this includes state-owned business. Furthermore, the historic importance of the Communist Party for these two countries means that something else may be at play.

However, people from more gentle backgrounds need to understand how to deal with Putin, or any other bully. And, it’s not by cowering. On the contrary.

“We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted.” Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention, July 17 1980 https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/permanent-exhibits/peace-through-strength