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Johan Norberg: "Putin does not lead a military superpower: he is just a despot with a nuclear button"

The Swedish thinker, the greatest defender of liberalism, defends the strength of democracies when they are besieged by tyrants.

"Putin ridiculed Ukraine as a country of comedians, consultants and influencers, but they are teaching him a lesson in courage," he says.

Jesper Sandström