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Aug 3, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
OFFENER BRIEF VON GARRI KASPAROW AN HEIKO MAAS. Ex-Schachweltmeister und Menschenrechtler fordert deutschen Außenminister zur Unterstützung der russischen Protest-Bewegung auf. bild.de/politik/auslan…
The English version of my open letter to German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas, who called Russia's return to the Council of Europe "good news for Russian civil society" when it was great news for Putin instead. facebook.com/GKKasparov/pos…
Putin's regime celebrated the good news by beating peaceful political protesters and then arresting over a thousand. Going to the European Court isn't justice. Only Putin's exit can bring that, and welcoming him in international institutions entrenches him further.

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Jan 15
When you think of despots and media, it's often of Big Brother on every screen or Pravda publishing the party line. That may be how it ends, but that's not how it starts. Chilling effects, appeasement, producers and publishers toeing the line unquestioningly. My latest:
It's natural to question the source when something is published by an outlet known to be in the tank, or in the pocket, of a partisan owner. But when a previously respected outlet like CBS suddenly starts acting like a White House press shop, few are prepared.
As documented about the fall of Russia's free press, it doesn't all become Pravda overnight. Having nominally critical outlets support the regime in one specific way, or via a few specific people or shows, is more effective early on than blanket censorship or control.
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Jan 3
Maduro is a dictator who stayed in power by force after losing an election. No one who believes in democracy should mourn his fall. Trump's pretexts and potential geopolitical deals especially w Russia deserve scrutiny, but the Venezuelan people deserve a chance at freedom.
As with everything Trump does, his motivations will be about personal power and enrichment. This does not contradict that Maduro was an illegitimate thug allied with others like him. However his removal was arranged (deal?) it shakes the global forces of dictatorship.
Condemning a nation's people to authoritarianism and repression because of potential bad outcomes after the fall of their dictator is a free world observer's luxury. Democracy and prosperity can never be guaranteed, but the opportunities for them should be promoted.
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Jan 2
🎯 Mamdani's "warmth of collectivism" line, naive or ominous or both, is becoming a teachable moment. It would be nice if people would learn about the bitter realities of socialism this way instead of the hard way of living through it.
As I explained back when it was Bernie Sanders saying similar things & was defended in similar ways, it's not a matter of rhetoric or intentions. Obv they aren't Mao, it's not the USSR, etc. It's what people in power with a collectivist mindset do when things don't go well.
If the economy does poorly, do they admit error and ease off, try other methods, etc? Or do they invent scapegoats and insist that the system will work if they have more (and more) authority to enforce compliance? We know the answer from history.
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Dec 17, 2025
Putin has made this clear dozens of times. He wants Ukraine and cannot afford to stop war. Now the usual cycle of Trump officials and Putin‘s European sycophants downplaying or simply ignoring it and saying Russia wants peace in order to delay European action.
Trump has made his alliance clear. He wants Russian money and a peace prize and believes Putin can get both for him. And that Zelensky and Ukraine refusing to surrender to occupation, murder, kidnapping, torture, and national destruction are roadblocks in his way.
The US side is collaborating with Russia against Ukraine and Europe. They are propagating sham negotiations to help prevent Europe from taking the decisive action required to end the war the only way it will ever truly end, with Russia leaving Ukraine.
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Nov 26, 2025
All true, but focusing on Witkoff misses the big picture in these so-called peace plan revelations. It’s what many of us have said since January: The Trump family & team are allied with Russia against Ukraine and Europe for profit, and there are no US national interests involved.
Where the plan came from, Russia, is irrelevant to them if it helped them get what they want from Russia. Witkoff is loyal—but to the goal of unlocking Russian business and billions for Trump and cronies. Ukraine is an annoyance, blocking this plan by refusing to surrender.
Trump's envy and affinity for Putin, MBS, and other dictators has always been clear. They do state business the same way, for personal power and profit, not national interests. It’s easy, behind closed doors with no record, oversight, parliament or free media to interfere.
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Nov 21, 2025
To paraphrase a great Ukrainian patriot, "Russian peace plan, go f*** yourself!"
Do not fall for the desired Kremlin/Trump narrative of Ukraine "rejecting peace". The plan was a surrender document that would have crippled Ukrainian sovereignty, which is what they’ve given so much blood to defend since the Maidan Revolution exactly 12 years ago today.
No one wants the war to end more than the Ukrainian people and President Zelenskyy. No one. But they are not willing to betray the memory of their thousands of dead—the brave soldiers and innocent civilians—by rewarding Russia and weakening themselves for the next attack.
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