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5 Feb, 6 tweets, 2 min read
I wrote about how Biden and the West can help Navalny, Russia, and themselves by standing up to Putin. Do it by listening to Navalny and treating Putin like a crime boss. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Meanwhile, the EU spent the day humiliating themselves before Putin again. He kicked out some diplomats because he knows that's what they care about. They will respond diplomatically, which he doesn't care about at all.
This is the asymmetry I wrote about in the WaPo and Mig explained more in his thread last night. () There's no leverage with Putin unless you go after what he and his gang care about: money and access for themselves and their families.
If the West really wants to help Navalny—and themselves—they should listen to him. There's a reason Putin hates Navalny and is scared of him, because he hammers Putin's weak spot. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Btw, we updated my piece quickly last night to mention Biden's speech: "Biden spoke directly at Putin in his foreign policy speech on Thursday, an important step, but he will have to back it up or Putin will know it’s all for show."
One unrelated thing stood out to me. Biden criticized Trump's pathetic relationship with Putin, correctly. But the 2016 hacking and election interference, and slow response, were on Obama/Biden's watch, not Trump's. We must stick to the facts, even if inconvenient!

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4 Feb
Navalny was sentenced on Feb 2, Groundhog Day, and for Russia it's been like the movie, repeating the jailings, murders, and repression over and over. In the WaPo, I explain how to break the spell. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Momentum is already slipping away. Macron is talking about "maintaining dialogue" with Russia and the EU sends Borrell to chit-chat without the precondition of meeting Navalny. Putin loves this part. Kill, invade, take hostages, then "dialogue"!
Biden must stake out his own doctrine on Russia to break the cycle. 1) Listen to Navalny and go after Putin like the crime boss he is. 2) Show his gang that they and their families aren't welcome in the free world. 3) Isolate Russia until it ends its rogue aggression.
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3 Feb
My op-ed on Navalny's sentencing is up at CNN. He knew it was going to happen and he explained why in the courtroom. Putin wants to use this cause fear in others since he couldn't scare or kill Navalny. cnn.com/2021/02/03/opi…
If you say it's not the free world's duty to stand up to Putin now, count the trillions of dollars they have given Putin over 20 years to build up his police state thanks to "engagement". His aggression will only increase, as it has at every unpunished step.
The roadmap to fighting back is no less clear for being difficult. Sanction Putin and his cronies out of the free world. Every dollar, every asset, every institution, every family member enjoying their rich life in West, funded by Putin's dictatorship.
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2 Feb
Navalny sentenced to several years in prison, but my rage is not just for Putin's KGB dictatorship. Its nature was known. I want to hear now from Putin's appeasers, who knew exactly what he was and enabled him for years as he turned Russia into a police state.
Let's hear from the European Parliament, that just readmitted Russia, or the UN Human Rights Council, with Russia as a member. What does Obama say now about his "reset" after Putin invaded Georgia set the stage for Syria & Ukraine? Navalny's name should be ashes in their mouths.
As the "grave concerns" come in for Navalny from around the free world today, remember what they said after Politkovskaya, Georgia, Crimea, Nemtsov. Then what they actually did, engaging with Putin's dictatorship, doing business, finding "common ground".
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25 Jan
A sign of how shaken Putin is by the Navalny palace video and protests is his appearing at Davos on Wed. He's desperate to reassure his cronies he's still acceptable in the West despite his brutal crackdown. And Klaus Schwab and WEF are eager to help.
This is the real "foreign interference" in Russia, giving credibility to our illegitimate dictator. All WEF guests should boycott Putin's event. Show respect to Navalny and the 3700 Russians arrested for nonviolent protest on the 23rd.
You always hear how hard it is to do anything about Putin. Well here is something easy. Don't go. Boycott him. Let him talk to an empty (virtual) room. And if you have guts, tell Klaus Schwab & the WEF what you think about their throwing Putin this lifeline now.
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23 Jan
Hundreds of videos like this coming out of Russia today. Putin has spent 20 years building up the security forces and looting the country while Russia stagnates. They come out to support Navalny and their own future.
Young people have lived their entire lives under Putin's brutality and his turning the country into a pariah for the personal gain of him and his cronies. But as long as he has so much international support, removing him will be very hard.
The Russian people are furious at the corruption Navalny exposes. But as long as the West is happy to do business with Putin and his mafia, they can turn the country into a prison while still enjoying the rich life.
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22 Jan
I'm glad to be back in the pages of The Wall Street Journal with a blunt message: Trump was rock bottom and either the GOP faces reality and deals with its extremists or becomes extinct. wsj.com/articles/the-g…
Any conservatives fretting about the far left need to look in the mirror first and deal with the far right radicals who took over the GOP. America needs two parties (or more!), but one cannot be grounded in lies and demagoguery.
The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was the rock-bottom moment that asked if the GOP wants to go through the pain of rehabilitation and live, or die in ignominy. There can be no pretending it didn’t happen. wsj.com/articles/the-g…
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