Oleg Orlov said that Russia is the main threat to Europe. He was jailed in his home country for criticizing Putin's war. Image: trapezoid
Oleg Orlov, a Russian opposition activist living in Germany, has clear views on the war in Ukraine. He warned against false compromises with the Kremlin.
a prominent one Russian civil rights activist Oleg Orlov Advocates full support for Ukraine and resists the war launched by Moscow.
“We absolutely must help Ukraine because failure would have dire consequences for them and for my country,” said the exiled co-founder of the Russian human rights group Berlin-based DPA Memorial.
The 71-year-old warned European countries not to allow themselves to be intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He emphasized:
“If you want to appease European aggressors, you're going to have a terrible, cruel, aggressive empire on your borders. I don't understand European politicians who don't understand that.”
Why did Orlov warn against false compromises?
Orlov said that judging from his conversations in Germany, some politicians see danger.
“But there are also forces that are willing to compromise for the sake of voters and the Bundestag's mandate, which would lead to disaster.”
He may be referring specifically to the Russian government-backed populist parties AfD and Sahravagenknecht (BSW).
Recently, representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) have also made eye-catching pro-Russian remarks. New SPD general secretary Matthias Mirsch has publicly backed controversial Putin lobbyist and former chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
What does victory in Ukraine mean?
Orlov said military support for Ukraine and a possible defeat of Moscow were Russia's most important opportunities for democratization in the future.
“I can't say 100% that this will lead to the collapse of Putin's regime. But his victory will 100% bring stability to the regime and Putin's following.”
Therefore, it is impossible to say which is tactically more important: “In the fight against the war, Putin is fighting, and in the fight against Putin, the war is fighting. “It is inseparable,” Orlov said.
The Russian opposition in exile has called for an anti-war demonstration in Berlin, the German capital, on November 17. In addition to Navalnaya, Kremlin critics Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Karamusa were also announced as spokespersons.
Russian opposition in exile
Orlov was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Moscow in February for protesting against the war. But he was released in August in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the West.
Russia's democratic opposition is unanimously opposed to the war, but has different views on Ukraine. Julia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who died in custody, criticized Western arms shipments in a Time interview because the bombs were also affected the Russian people. This brought her a lot of criticism.
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