'You have to communicate to other people surrounding Putin that Putin is unacceptable to the world .. weakness never stopped a dictator, only strength.. Putin will do everything what he believes is right if he smells weakness. Weakness is the best food for a dictator.
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You have to be prepared to take up weapons when dealing with Putin. Don't try to buy peace with weakness..
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Putin has been steadily destroying the European security and global security .. We learned in 1938: there were many people in Western Europe that believed that they should not be engaged for the battle in Eastern Europe .. we have already heard it and we know the outcome.'<blockquote>'[Putin] is potentially the most dangerous men in history. Hopefully there are other Russian generals that will block [Putin]. You have to communicate to other people surrounding Putin that Putin is unacceptable to the world .. weakness never stopped a dictator, only strength .. Putin will do everything what he believes is right if he smells weakness. Weakness is the best food for a dictator.
Putin has been steadily destroying the European security and global security .. Putin destroys everything, he defies agreements signed by Russia that will lead to dramatic consequences around the world. Putin is not a partner to negotiate, just write him off.
Any dictator needs his army, generals, colonels, lieutenants, bureaucrats. Now learning from the thirties (what Churchill and other smart politicians said, had been telling and not listened on time) communicate that dictatorship is unacceptable. Make sure that people who are behind [Putin], that following a dictator will be decremental to their own interests.
You have to be prepared to take up weapons when dealing with Putin. Don't try to buy peace with weakness .. In 1994 the Ukrainian government, under pressure from the Americans agreed to five up [their] nuclear weapons, the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Ukraine had more nukes than China, England and France combined. Twelve hundred nuclear warheads. If these warheads were now five hundred miles away from Moscow, Putin wouldn't be so arrogant.
So in exchange for the guarantees of territorial integrity. Russia signed it and now Putin defies all of them. Ukraine isn't asking for boots on the grounds, it is asking for weapons, to defend itself against blatant aggression.
We learned in 1938: there were many people in Western Europe that believed that they should not be engaged for the battle in Eastern Europe .. we have already heard it and we know the outcome.
Everyday that Putin succeeds with his agenda the changes that his inner circle—the Russian elite—will eventually rise against him are being reduced. So political strength is needed. There are many [things] the West can do to damage Putin's regime.
The final measure is to cut off SWIFT. Even between de current weak sanctions and cutting SWIFT, so many things can be done. Putin believes he can buy everything with gas and oil and that is why he doesn't care. MH17, litvinenko's poisoning...
Putin will not leave the Kremlin peacefully. Russia will not experience a transition to democracy without blood. .. [The] best chance for the survival of [Russia] and the best chance to preserve what Europe worked out over decades is to make sure [Putin] disappears sooner than later.
- Gary Kasparov, (
Source, March 22, 2015)</blockquote>
'..According to the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), at least one-third of the Russian diplomats in the country are actually spies..'<blockquote>'..in recent years there has also been an uptick in operations by spies whom the Russians term Illegals, meaning intelligence officers who serve abroad without any official protection, often posing as third-country nationals. The massive 2010 round up of a whole network of SVR Illegals in the United States proved a serious blow to the Kremlin, and their espionage still exhibits weaknesses, as evidenced by the recent arrest of an SVR Illegal operating in New York, a second-rater who did not belong to the elite of Russian spies.
Such Kremlin activities extend beyond NATO as well, and now it’s Sweden’s turn. A neutral that’s prone to downplaying threats on political grounds, and is always careful not to needlessly aggravate the Russian bear looming across the Baltic Sea, Stockholm has nevertheless had enough of clandestine Russian shenanigans in their country. This week they have gone public with the extent of the Kremlin’s Special War being waged against Sweden.
According to the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), at least one-third of the Russian diplomats in the country are actually spies. Recent months have seen repeated incidents of Russian intelligence provocations — submarines off the coast, SVR and GRU ramping up clandestine in-country operations — and Stockholm is worried, particularly because Kremlin efforts to recruit spies inside Swedish military and political circles are increasingly obvious.
Gone are the bumbling, vodka-swilling Russian spies of the 1990’s, when the Soviet collapse curtailed much espionage abroad. Since 2006, SVR and GRU operations against the West have risen steadily, to the point that current activities are as intense in number and audacity as they were at the height of the Cold War. Sweden is no exception, and Säpo’s chief analyst noted that Russian spies today are “highly educated and often younger than during the Soviet era. They are driven, goal-oriented and socially competent.” Not to mention that this is only talking about Russian
Legals, not Illegals, who can be assumed to add to the ranks of Kremlin spies in Sweden, perhaps considerably.
As always, these spies are recruiting sources, disseminating disinformation, and fomenting dissent in the host country, per longstanding Russian espionage practice. This has become so serious that Stockholm now considers Russia to be the top threat to Swedish national security. The Säpo analyst bluntly
explained, “There are hundreds of Russian intelligence officers around Europe and the West. They violate our territory every day … We see Russian intelligence operations in Sweden—we can’t interpret this in any other way—as preparation for military operations against Sweden.” '
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Putin Turns Up His Special War Against Europe, March 19, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote>'Denmark's foreign minister Martin Lidegaard said Vanin's comments were unacceptable.'
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Russia threatens to aim nuclear missiles at Denmark ships if it joins NATO shield, March 22, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote>'Russia is still pouring heavy weapons into Ukraine, signaling that President Vladimir Putin has no intention of abiding by last month's ceasefire agreement, NATO's top military commander warned on Sunday.
U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove told an audience here at the German Marshall Fund Brussels Forum that Moscow continues to ramp up military and economic support to separatists in Eastern Ukraine..'
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NATO Says Russia's Still Pouring Arms Into Ukraine, March 22, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote>'NATO's top military commander says the West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, including sending defensive weapons.'
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NATO Commander Calls For Using 'All Tools' To Help Ukraine, March 22, 2015</blockquote>
<blockquote>'He says it was widely accepted there that the separatist forces are completely controlled by Russian military advisers. Separatist fighters believed that Viktor Penner, economic adviser to Luhansk separatist head Igor Plotnitsky, was in direct contact with Kremlin presidential adviser Vladislav Surkov.'
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Kyrgyz Mercenary Details Russian Military Role In Ukraine, March 20, 2015</blockquote>
Context '..appeasement encourages the aggressor to greater acts of violence..' - Donald Tusk<blockquote>
([Russia has] become a threat to the world..) - 'Hodges said neighbors like the Baltic states and Georgia appear to be safe for now, but possibly not for long.'Global Magnitsky Act - '..it is essential that by April 2015 Ukraine should be engaged in a radical reform program that has a realistic chance of succeeding..' - Soros'..Archduke Otto .. warned .. Russian imperialism .. conquering Ukraine, folding it into Russia and using it as a platform for further major operations in Europe..' - Prince Michael of LiechtensteinUS & EU versus Russia - '..hybrid warfare..' - '..to exit “the unified energy system of Russia” by 2020.''..Putin’s peace plan .. a Russian occupation plan.' - Samantha PowerRussia - 'I Hold Putin Responsible...' - 'The Payback Will Be Ruthless..'</blockquote>