"Putin has no ability to stop the war because he started the war as a war of distraction against his own incompetence. This is a war not because there's any real problem with Ukraine. It's because he needs to be at war so that there's a foreign enemy and not people getting angry with him for a lousy life that he's created for most Russian people. And so if he were to stop the war, he would lose power."
"Bill Browder's fight against Vladimir Putin has seen him face threats, lawsuits, false accusations of murder and Interpol arrest warrants. The Ukrainians can't stop the war or can't stop defending themselves because they understand they will die. When they get occupied, Bucha is the model. The Ukrainians understand full well that the women will be raped, the men tortured and killed and the children kidnapped."
Bill Browder faced threats, lawsuits, false murder accusations, and Interpol arrest warrants during his campaign against Vladimir Putin. A disinformation-laden film targeted him. Sixteen years after Sergei Magnitsky's death in custody, Browder continues pressing for justice through sanctions and asset freezes that he estimates have cost Putin and his associates billions. Browder pursued corporate and political leaders at Davos to expand financial pressure on the Kremlin. Browder views the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a distraction from domestic failures; stopping the war would threaten Putin's hold on power and likely risk his life. Ukrainians fight to avoid occupation atrocities modeled by Bucha.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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