Garry Kasparov’s historic fight against the Kremlin’s policies does not stop. The five-time world chess champion has been in exile in the United States for a decade, where he has founded Free Russia Foruman opposition body to Vladimir Putin. Now, he has launched a warning that has not gone unnoticed.
“The war in Ukraine is a cancer. And you cannot negotiate with cancer. It must be eradicated before it spreads. Putin could extend his war to Europe this year,” he said in a statement. “Under Putin, Russia will remain in a state of permanent war.”
Kasparov compares it to riding a bicycle: “You have to pedal, otherwise you fall. For a dictator like Putin, war is the only way he can justify his stay after 26 years. “The Baltic countries know well that this war can only extend. It’s like a cancer, and you can’t negotiate with cancer; it must be eradicated,” he continues.
Of course, the former chess champion assures that “the climate is deteriorating”. “Putin had made sure that the main cities, , did not suffer the consequences of the war, and now the constant attacks with Ukrainian drones are a shock,” they explain. He assures that “more attacks against Ukraine” and “more force in Europe” are needed.
“Unfortunately, I fear that Putin is increasingly likely to extend his war to Europe,” he insists. “The EU has resources, but it lacks political will. The future of the very idea of Europe is at stake,” he believes.
In a possible scenario in which, the expert assures that “the combined military force of the Baltic, Scandinavian and Polish countries is much superior to that of Russia.” “The question is whether their populations are prepared to withstand the repercussions of a war if Russian drones attack, and whether NATO is willing to attack the territory of a nuclear power,” he anticipates.
To prevent this from happening, Kasparov believes that “Ukraine must win and Russia must lose”. And to do this, he proposes starting from Russian public opinion: “We must create the conditions so that Russian public opinion recognizes that the war cannot continue.”
