Mikhail Khodorkovsky, russian oligarch exiled abroad and one of the most critical voices with the current policies of the Kremlin, has transferred to public opinion a series of hypotheses in relation to the outcome of the war between russia and ukraine as well as the role it is playing in this conflict Europato which he transfers a council.
The businessman takes advantage of the platform offered by the website of ‘Politico’ to question if the measures taken by the West against Moscow, especially those related to economic sanctions against purchases of Russian oil and gas are having an effective impact since they barely represent 20% of the budget of the Government of Vladimir Putin However, he details that in the Russian Federal Reserve, where part of the budget for the war is allocated, it represents 50%.
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Given this scenario, Khodorkovsky pleads for the imposition of tariffs to Russian sales, since with the ceilings established on the price of gas, on many occasions the initiative may end up being detrimental to the West since “its complexity poses a series of problems” in addition to not convincing all the powers.
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In this sense, the ceiling for the price of gas could benefit countries such as china and india, which for the last few months are buyers of Russian oil, but would not represent a great impact on European nations in their attempt to reduce their imports and consumption. Khodorkovsky calls them “unreliable” and “accomplices of barbarism” the initiatives adopted by the Western powers, in addition to being very far from leaving the russian economy.
The businessman advocates promoting another series of measures based on real politics and not so much looking for a certain sensationalism in the media and public opinion, as he considers the current measures to be, which he calls not very rigorous, taking into account the historical past and economic needs.