The Russian invasion continues: While NATO allies continue to supply weapons and aid to Ukraine and increase their package of economic sanctions against Moscow, President Vladimir Putin He already sees himself in the war against the West, a former Russian oligarch warned today (Thursday).
The billionaire Michael KhodorkovskyWho was in the early 2000s “the richest man in Russia”, said the remarks in an interview in Washington in which he claimed that the West did not understand the perspective of the Russian leader.
Khodorkovsky last met Putin 18 years ago, that is, at the time he was imprisoned for tax evasion and money laundering that he claimed were revenge for his support of political parties against Putin. He was released in 2013 and currently resides in London.
Claiming a stronger system of sanctions against Moscow with the entry of the Ukraine war into its second month, Khodorkovsky argued that the US should show Putin a “consistent force policy”, as economic sanctions against the country’s billionaires do not go far enough.
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Alongside this, the billionaire praised the president’s rhetoric Joe Biden Against Russia’s threats to deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, he argued that although his remarks seemed out of context, his calls for regime change were an important step. “If the United States wants to be a moral leader, it has to make a moral statement,” he said.