Financier Bill Browder has warned what will happen if Russia wins the war in Ukraine, and which countries Vladimir Putin will target next.
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After Ukraine will be 'Estonia, Lithuania or Poland'
Browder is an American-born British financier, political activist, and critic of Russia's regime. He is the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment advisor to the Hermitage Fund, and was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005.
Browder warned that if Russia wins the Ukraine war, Putin will target Baltic states and Poland. He wrote for the Mail on Sunday:
If Russia wins, this won't be the end of Putin's military adventures. I promise you this.
The next stop will be Estonia, Lithuania or Poland.
Then 'London, Berlin, and Washington'
He then warned that Putin would aim at the West next, namely the UK, Germany, and the US:
He'll point his guns at these countries and his nuclear missiles at London, Berlin, and Washington.
He'll laugh as our politicians and pundits go on TV and descend into endless sniping about the merits of risking millions of lives and countless treasure to engage in an all-out war with Russia.
Some people argue that we shouldn’t support Ukraine because it’s expensive. What they don’t understand is that if Putin wins in Ukraine, he will move further West and we will be in a direct conflict. That would be a 100 times more expensive. See my piece in the @MailOnlinehttps://t.co/Uv8vkOgBt2
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) February 19, 2023
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The West must do more to support Ukraine
Bowder emphasised that the West must do more to support Ukraine 'to avoid this scenario'. He said:
Ukraine must win. Right now, the Ukrainians are doing the West’s fighting for us. Like it or not, they are the tip of the spear, and we should give them every bit of assistance.
So far, we’ve given them enough not to lose. But we haven’t yet given them enough to win.
Bowder also called for more economic sanctions from the West and particularly 'neutral' countries such as 'China, India, Turkey, nations in the Middle East and Africa' in order for Ukraine to win.
If China starts supplying military aid to Russia, the scale of Ukrainian bloodshed will be unimaginable. The Chinese economy is extremely dependent on the West. We should make them pay if they follow this treacherous path. https://t.co/hyc3KxOLEY
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) February 19, 2023
He concluded by revealing a key detail about Putin:
One big lesson I’ve learned from my ongoing struggle with Putin is that 90 per cent of his strength comes from the perception that he is strong. I’m here to tell you that he is not. He knows this viscerally – it’s why he started this war against Ukraine in the first place – and he is terrified.
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"Putin needs to be at war to distract his people from being angry with him, because he's stolen too much money"
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 19, 2023
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Sources used:
- Daily Express: 'Putin will 'aim nuclear missiles on London and Berlin' if victorious in Ukraine'
- Mail on Sunday: 'If Putin wins in Ukraine, he will point his nuclear missiles at London... and laugh as we decide whether to engage in an all-out war with him, writes ex-financier and critic of Russia's regime BILL BROWDER'
- Bill Browder: 'Bio'