We need to think openly about Putin's outrageous policies. The main reason for his aggression against Ukraine, which has already cost thousands of human lives, is that he wants to stay in power in Russia to repress & steal as he loves to do. This must not be allowed.
Rather than talking to Putin, the West should sanction him and his ilk, reveal and freeze his billions abroad. There is no reason to treat Putin better than the ayatollahs in Iran. He should be declared out of bounds as the lawless terrorist he prides himself of being.
In the same way as the world could not get any peace until Hitler and Mussolini were dead, the world is likely to suffer one threatened disaster after the other until Putin is out of power and Russia transformed to a nice democracy as Nemtsov & Navalny aspired to.
Putin's and Shoigu's lies today crossed the crucial line between leaders that you can talk to and those that you can only condemn. There are no US military contractors in Donbas; the US is not playing with chemical weapons there. Shoigu was just lying. Condemn him!
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