Andrei Kozyrev

That is less possible than overthrow him. That’s a Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.

It is less possible than overthrow him. That’s Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.

He does not want to recognize it himself, I think. And, definitely, he does not want Russian people to understand what is happening.

The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military, but much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega yachts in Cyprus.

The West should not even think of coming back to business as usual with Russia. They have to free themselves from their dependence on Russian oil and gas.

He will try to intimidate the West and imitate Ukrainians. And unfortunately, he kind of succeeds to have initiative, military initiative, while NATO seems to be too cautious to me.

But to keep sanctions before Russia becomes a normal country, a country to which you can rely to follow the rules, very simple rules. Otherwise, it will repeat itself every two, three years down the road.

any dictator or any authoritarian, they suffer from the same problem that they surround themselves with boot licker, so to say our, Yes, men. And those Yes, men, they are afraid just to report.