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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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Apr 3
During Trump‘s first term, I pointed out that anyone skeptical of what propaganda could do in an authoritarian state like Russia only needed to look at how easily one cable channel and some talk radio hosts flipped the GOP into worshiping a reality show host and hating the FBI.
Surveys follow the Dear Leader's agenda with terrible predictability. Russians had balanced views of the United States & NATO and were positive on the European Union until it suited Putin to make enemies out of them one by one. Public opinion quickly followed the propaganda line.
27% of Republicans now call Canada unfriendly or enemy. Canada! It is a measure of propaganda power and cult loyalty tests. Do they believe it or just know that’s what they’re supposed to say now? Is there a difference in practice? Russia and China as friends coming up next…
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Mar 27
🎯 Ceasefires and negotiations are a way of telling Russia you are weak. Dictators act only from strength and assume others do the same. If you wanted them to stop and were strong enough to stop them, you would. If you don't, it's a green light.
Realize this is not a failure of Trump's negotiations. This is the actual point of Trump's negotiations, to protect Russia & Putin and to divide Ukraine into pieces and assets. There is no longer a charitable interpretation. It's Russia & USA vs Ukraine and Europe.
I'll keep repeating this because I still see people speaking as though Trump has been tricked by Putin or that he and his incompetent administration are just ignorant. No. Trump & Musk are taking instructions and working to save Putin & Russia and to destroy and loot Ukraine.
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Mar 26
My new op-ed in @Welt on the need for Europe to prepare itself to wage war--without Trump's pro-Kremlin America. This will require matching Ukraine's level of courage, and now. | Garri Kasparow: "Europa muss bereit sein, Krieg zu führen" welt.de/debatte/plus25…
This WH's contempt for Europe was again on display in the "secret" chat. Trump is fulfilling everything on Putin's wishlist, so Europe needs a checklist to stand up to Russian aggression. It cannot wait and hope for when Trump & his gang leave power.
Items include: Shut down Russia's oil shadow fleet; suspend Hungary's voting rights & EU aid; form a European defense bloc separate from NATO; arm Ukraine to the teeth, the only way real peace will ever happen.
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Mar 25
How far down is the Trump admin on the autocracy fuckup checklist? Deny, lie, attack the source, attack the media, say it was someone else, say it was no big deal, say it was a brilliant maneuver, boast about it, create new scandal. Let’s see how good at Putinization they are.
Never admit error, never apologize, always double down, always counterattack, always distract. It’s better to be twice a liar and do more damage than for Dear Leader to show weakness by admitting error or apologizing to those harmed.
Trump appointed amateurs and known security risks whose only job is to please him and Senate Republicans enthusiastically confirmed all of them. Realize that Goldberg is the tip of the iceberg. It was a lucky fluke. The stupidity and corruption you don’t see is far bigger.
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Mar 16
A core point we’ve been trying to make for years is that "let Ukraine win" hasn’t been tried yet. From Obama’s naive peace-mongering to Biden & Europe's love of the status quo to Trump’s open embrace of Russia's goals, Ukraine winning simply hasn’t been given a chance.
The absurd idea of Russian invincibility was collapsed by Prighozin’s mutiny, Ukraine’s Kursk op, Russia's need for Iranian & NK weapons and even NK soldiers, and the tiny amount of UKR territory taken against massive RU casualties. All despite regularly starving UKR of support.
Meanwhile, despite European profiteering with trade with secondary countries, Europe funding Putin’s war with energy purchases, China's support, and now Trump holding out opening US trade and lifting sanctions, Russia continues to implode, as all dictatorships must.
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Mar 16
This whole conversation takes place in an alternate universe where Russia didn’t invade Ukraine unprovoked, bombard Ukrainian cities to the ground, commit thousands of documented war crimes, or couldn’t end the war tomorrow if Putin chose to.
Trump makes demands of Ukraine and even removes resources vital for its defense. Russia demands impossible concessions that would become the end of Ukraine as an independent nation. Meanwhile, no demands are made of Russia, no concessions asked.
Does anyone who has watched Trump in action over the last two months believe for a moment he has the capacity or desire to negotiate a tough agreement with Vladimir Putin? Everything from this White House has been about how to force Ukraine to surrender and reward Russia.
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