Kasparov's article on the murder of Nemtsov

In an article by Kasparov, published in the Sunday edition of The Wall Street Journal, he writes that the question of whether Putin gave orders to kill Nemtsov today is “as empty as when the journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in 2006 year, when the same year, Putin’s critic Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in London or when a passenger plane of Malaysia Airlines was shot down over eastern Ukraine last year. ”

Kasparov noted that many leaders of the Russian opposition are behind bars or were forced to leave the country.

“And now this story with Boris, who was probably one of the most courageous of us, a proud man who criticized Putin,” said Kasparov. - By the way, he was preparing a new report on the Russian troops in Ukraine to prove the next lie of the Kremlin. His murder, and the murder, not in some dark corner of the city, but against the background of the Kremlin, is a terrible signal for everyone. It sows fear and terror, and therefore I suppose that the regime will benefit from this murder. ”

According to Kasparov, none of the opponents of the Putin government in Moscow can feel safe. In this situation, the US should not treat Putin as one of the democratic leaders, an activist believes.

“Stop concluding agreements and stop attracting Putin to the negotiating table, because his agenda is completely the opposite of the agenda of the United States and Europe,” he said. - Putin wants to destroy the Ukrainian statehood. Putin needs a crisis, because a crisis, wars, a lack of international security — all these elements are absolutely necessary for him to survive in Russia. ”

Kasparov says that the best thing that can be done in memory of Boris Nemtsov is to put a weapon to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists.