How Dangerous Is Putin? Hear Ex-Russian Oligarch's Answer

Mar 24, 2022 • Former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was once the richest man in Russia before spending 10 years in prison for going against Vladimir Putin, speaks with CNN's Erin Burnett about the Russian president's mindset and the state of the country's military a month into the war in Ukraine.

Establish a no-fly zone immediately! Grow a pair, for God’s sake! We are on the brink of World War III. Putin must be stopped – now! He will never be satisfied merely with the establishment of Russia’s control of the Ukraine. After the Ukraine, he will move on to other ex-satellite states of the one-time Soviet empire, like Poland and/or the Baltic states. The less you do now, the greater the danger for the future. That should be clear to us all by now. Unfortunately, it appears not to be. We cannot avoid conflict with Russia whilst Putin is at the helm, whichever way we slice it. We have been here before–in the 1930s; so we don’t need, or want, to travel the same well-trodden path to disaster we travelled before. Pluck up the courage and act – NOW! The West’s current strategy is not only weak, but it is immoral, too! – © Mark