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"Spirit of Anchorage" was Trump simply selling Ukraine to Putin Garry Kasparov TVP WORLD
Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure have disrupted energy exports and caused fuel shortages. But will they be enough to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table?
“Putin has no intention of ending the war, even in the current circumstances,” Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, told TVP World’s Maciej Mikos, adding that public complaints matter little to the Kremlin, and that a popular uprising against the regime is unlikely anyway.
“Look, there’s no society in Russia. Russian society is equal to Nazi Germany in 1943 or 1944,” he said, dismissing contrary assumptions as “wishful thinking.”
“Because Putin made war the engine of his regime. War in Russia is everywhere, from kindergarten to the top of the government. It’s in the air in Russia. And if there are some people that are willing to end it, it’s not going to affect the general mood,” he added.
As for Russian top diplomat Sergei Lavrov’s recent reference to the “spirit of Anchorage,” Kasparov was blunt in defining it:
“I think Donald Trump sold Ukraine down the river to Vladimir Putin for great compensation for his family,” the chess grand master said.
He added: “It was about selling Ukraine to Russia. And Donald Trump cut most of the assistance to Ukraine, expecting it to collapse. The change of the mood in Washington is a simple reflection of the fact that Ukraine is doing great and Putin failed to win the war and Europeans claim that they can restart negotiations.”
Kasparov believes the war “will end only when Putin's resources have been totally depleted,” which “means also the end of Putin,” but warned of a possible escalation.
“I think the chances of Putin trying his luck by attacking NATO countries, primarily the Baltic countries, a limited incursion just to test the resolve of NATO, (...) are growing every day because Putin desperately needs to change the narrative,” something he cannot achieve through battlefield gains in Ukraine.
Chapters:
00:00 Will the Russians’ war fatigue push Putin to peace negotiations?
03:11 Why negotiations remain unlikely
06:35 What should the West do?
08:21 Historical tensions between Poland & Ukraine
10:30 Zaluzhnyi as possible challenger to Zelenskyy in post-war elections
13:24 Necessary conditions for war’s end & risk of escalation
“Putin has no intention of ending the war, even in the current circumstances,” Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, told TVP World’s Maciej Mikos, adding that public complaints matter little to the Kremlin, and that a popular uprising against the regime is unlikely anyway.
“Look, there’s no society in Russia. Russian society is equal to Nazi Germany in 1943 or 1944,” he said, dismissing contrary assumptions as “wishful thinking.”
“Because Putin made war the engine of his regime. War in Russia is everywhere, from kindergarten to the top of the government. It’s in the air in Russia. And if there are some people that are willing to end it, it’s not going to affect the general mood,” he added.
As for Russian top diplomat Sergei Lavrov’s recent reference to the “spirit of Anchorage,” Kasparov was blunt in defining it:
“I think Donald Trump sold Ukraine down the river to Vladimir Putin for great compensation for his family,” the chess grand master said.
He added: “It was about selling Ukraine to Russia. And Donald Trump cut most of the assistance to Ukraine, expecting it to collapse. The change of the mood in Washington is a simple reflection of the fact that Ukraine is doing great and Putin failed to win the war and Europeans claim that they can restart negotiations.”
Kasparov believes the war “will end only when Putin's resources have been totally depleted,” which “means also the end of Putin,” but warned of a possible escalation.
“I think the chances of Putin trying his luck by attacking NATO countries, primarily the Baltic countries, a limited incursion just to test the resolve of NATO, (...) are growing every day because Putin desperately needs to change the narrative,” something he cannot achieve through battlefield gains in Ukraine.
Chapters:
00:00 Will the Russians’ war fatigue push Putin to peace negotiations?
03:11 Why negotiations remain unlikely
06:35 What should the West do?
08:21 Historical tensions between Poland & Ukraine
10:30 Zaluzhnyi as possible challenger to Zelenskyy in post-war elections
13:24 Necessary conditions for war’s end & risk of escalation