Foreign Affairs article predicts the collapse of Putin's regime this year

published in the American Foreign Affairs magazine

predicted the collapse of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin this year if the West continues to provide military support to Ukraine, saying that the end of this regime will lead to a radical change and a historic transformation in Russia and the world.

The article - written by Garry Kasparov, the famous former world chess champion and Russian dissident, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian businessman and dissident who lives outside his country - stated that Putin's regime lives in lost time.

Fear of chaos

The article called on Western countries - especially the United States - not to fear the demise of Putin's regime, and not to resist providing Kyiv with the weapons it needs to deal a fatal blow to this regime, noting that the administration of US President Joe Biden seems to be afraid of chaos that may accompany the end of Putin's regime, which would lead to It pushes the nuclear-armed country to commit unimaginable consequences, and perhaps to strengthen China, adding that Washington refuses to send tanks, long-range missile systems and drones that would "allow Ukrainian forces to transfer the fighting to the positions of their attackers, restore their lands and end the war."

The article stated that the pro-democracy Russians who reject Putin's regime - which is the group to which the authors belong - are doing their best to help Ukraine liberate all occupied lands and restore its territorial integrity in accordance with the internationally recognized borders of 1991, and are also planning for the day after Putin.

Unreliable positions

He said that the Biden administration has not yet united around a clear end to the war, and that some US officials have suggested that Kyiv consider giving up part of its territory in pursuit of peace, describing this as not reassuring, and he also indicated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear that the Ukrainian people will not He never accepts such a deal, and any concessions in Ukrainian territory to Putin will inevitably lead to another war in the future.

The article described these fears as exaggerated, saying that the danger of Russia's collapse is real, of course, but the longer the current regime remains in power, the greater the risk of an unpredictable rupture, "so Washington should not be afraid of the collapse of Putin's regime, but of its continuation."

The current moment is decisive for Ukraine

The article went on to reassure the West by saying that Putin's military defeat would help stimulate political transformation in Russia, and that pro-democracy Russians had drawn up a blueprint for re-establishing the Russian state on the principles of the rule of law, federalism, parliamentarism, clear separation of powers, and giving priority to human rights and freedoms over state interests. naked.

The article elaborated on the details of this scheme, and concluded by saying that the current moment is crucial for Ukraine, and it is possible for Biden to turn the tide in favor of Kyiv by backing up his statements of support with the delivery of tanks and long-range weapons, and he can also hasten the demise of the Putin regime, opening up the possibility of a democratic future for Russia and showing " folly" of military aggression to the world, adding that the United States could not let its fears stand in the way of Ukraine's hopes.