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    Commentary: Garry Kasparov: How the free world gave Putin the green light

    by Garry Kasparov, Chicago Tribune Mar 01, 2022 6 minutes
    Ukrainian tanks move on a road before an attack in Lugansk region on Feb. 26, 2022.

    Early Thursday morning, Germany invaded Ukraine. So did the Netherlands, Italy, France, Great Britain and every other country that has supported Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s war machine for the past decade.

    The missiles that slammed into Kharkiv, the helicopters attacking an airport near the capital Kyiv, every bullet in every Russian paratrooper’s gun — all were built or bought largely with money from the free world. That same free world now stands in shock that these weapons are being used to do what they were designed to do.

    Europe bought Russian gas and oil and welcomed Putin’s oligarch cronies’ looted billions in IPOs, real estate purchases, and political donations legal and illegal. Even after Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and annexed Crimea, Europe tried to keep business as usual separate from Russia’s assault on European security and the global world order.

    On Thursday, Putin repaid them in full for their years of appeasement. After weeks of posturing

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