Brave Russian regime critic Alexej Nawalny - Death by Putin's regime

Brave Russian regime critic Alexej Nawalny - Death by Putin's regime

My job is now to stay the guy who is not afraid. And I'm not afraid! " These were sentences by the courageous Russian regime critic Alexej Nawalny in autumn 2020. Wladimir Putin's ice cream. Strapacic relocation to various gulags and was physically and mentally destroyed by brutal isolation.

that Nawalny had to die now shows both the determination, but also the fear of Putin of strong, charismatic opponents. The indomitability was the death sentence of Nawalny, how the courage to disobedient was the death sentence of the brutal mercenary leader Prigoschin. Of the various oligarchs and ex-friends of the President, who have fully fell from various windows in recent years.

Russia's president shows the whole world that his long arm is sufficient everywhere. We remember: also to Germany, as the murder of a Chechen asylum seeker, only a few hundred meters from the headquarters of the Federal President.

The brutal end of Nawalny's is another reason for determined together in Europe compared to Russian aggression. The agreement between Germany and Ukraine has been praised by the Chancellor and the Ukrainian President with great words. But it can only be a first step, because now much more commonality is required. Especially if the danger threatens that a US President Donald Trump will write down Ukraine during his tenure and may even drop it.

Europe would have to double its efforts in Ukraine support, and the political will for this is nowhere really recognizable. That can't be. However, it cannot be that Germany should permanently shoulder the main burden on Ukraine aids. This is neither to be held in domestic policy, nor will it be enough to achieve the ambitious war goal of the Ukrainian leadership. Kyiv still sticks to the preservation of all limits. This is understandable, but in view of the Russian determination and the huge resources of Moscow, seems more and more questionable.

It made a look at the head of the Munich security conference for the first time about a negotiating solution. Christoph Heusgen, ex-security consultant in the Chancellery, knows the true situation better than many others and will hopefully produce smart answers this weekend. Because without an answer neither the military pressure on Ukraine nor the murder of Nawalny may remain.

Source: Berliner Morgenpost/OTS