Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Was this not in your July 25 newsletter? "ukraine is almost certain to lose significant territory to russia, beyond what it lost in the 2014 occupation"? And "the russian government will annex the territory they’ve occupied"? This is what I refer to as the defeatist Kremlin line. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Until the democracies of the world unite and fight to protect themselves, it will continue to be a one-sided battle. It's a war, and letting your enemy attack you and call it free speech or abuse the justice system is societal suicide. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @HRF: HRF calls on participating golfers to take a stand for human dignity and use the platform of LIV golf to promote support for human… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Russia's influence campaigns exploit free world greed, openness and misguided engagement/appeasement policies. Putin spreads propaganda, uses companies & oligarchs to lobby, etc. China, Saudis, others imitate while allowing no dissent at home. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @anneapplebaum: Mr. Putin’s success as president of Russia has rested on his ability to mete out daily humiliations to Russians and then… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

My article on Trump in @NYDailyNews in Apr 2016 was “Trump’s Vile Values.” “The values of the free world are under attack and must be defended. But the greatest threat comes from profiteers of fear, ignorance and hatred like Trump.” https://t.co/XOGNXFnby9 https://t.co/9PgdqnF5T2 — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Unfortunately, they’ve been fools for so long that they are used to it, and so is Putin. https://t.co/X0zaeGEfNv — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @mattia_n: Satellite images bolster accusations that Russia is transporting huge quantities of stolen Ukrainian grain to Syria. @radiosv… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

😂❤️❤️ https://t.co/9fKXkTyOow — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @maria_shagina: 🇨🇭Swiss exports of turbojets, air pumps and gas turbines to 🇷🇺surged in the past 2 months as companies raced to fill any… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

The Russian teams are banned from participating in the Olympiad as with many international sports events because of the war on Ukraine. But apparently many European federations are supporting the Russian FIDE president. Have they made public statements? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EnesFreedom: This is very emotional for me! I have been planning this basketball camp for years Today for the first time ever, I had a… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Good question. I washed my hands of FIDE politics in 2014, but before the upcoming election it’s worth asking which national chess federations are supporting a Russian now, even over a Ukrainian. Especially which European federations, and why. Anyone know? https://t.co/5jvqY8usuq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WarintheFuture: “Instead of pressing its advantages to promote democracy and prosperity, the free world has instead played down to its… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Bremmer adds to the "Ukraine can't win" chorus in his Eurasia Group newsletter. This is the self-fulfilling defeatist line pushed by the Kremlin & its allies lately. "We'd love to help, but UKR can't win." No. It's a choice, a moral and practical one about the world you want. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Defense cannot be treated as escalation. Defining it as such is Putin's framing and defeatist. Putin will escalate against weakness, as he always does, not strength. He will shout about nukes as long as it works. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Just 2 years ago, 85% of Hungarians supported staying in the EU. Despite Orbán's democratic backsliding, the EU has been delicate in responding, even after Putin's renewed invasion of Ukraine should have made Orbán's Kremlin-friendly positions unacceptable. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

If it's what Hungarians wish, the choice should be made clear. If they want to leave the EU & NATO after 20 years and cast their lot with Putin's collapsing energy empire against Europe and the rest of the free world, so be it. Better an honest foe than a false friend. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

As every autocrat must, Orbán moves more into demagoguery, nationalism, stoking ethnic tension, and cozying up to dictators like Putin he hopes to emulate. Would-be tyrants find it inconvenient to condemn actual ones, you see. Sound familiar, America? — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

As I said to @JohnAvlon a year ago. The enemies of democracy look for heroes and models, learn from them, and import their methods. The forces of democracy need to do a much better job of sharing what works to stop them. https://t.co/catGoPs3pV — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

Oct 3, NYC. Be there! #OsloFF — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

RT @Billbrowder: BREAKING: Russia opens a new criminal case against Vladimir Kara Murza for “participation in the activities of an undesira… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZerlinaShow: .@UrielEpshtein says Russia is “100%, no doubt about it” trying to cause a famine. https://t.co/3VFtVGbZbf — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @agarwal_mohit: “Dictatorships feel the perverse need to fulfill protocol, to have elections and trials even though the conclusions are… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MaxBoot: Stop letting Putin deter us from doing everything we can to aid Ukraine. Putin should be more afraid of us than we are of hi… — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

To the autocrat, using power is the first recourse, the fastest and most efficient path. If you have it, you use it. This is what the West didn’t understand about Putin–or about the new generation of populist, would-be autocrats in their midst. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

As he has for over two decades, and as dictators always think, Putin believes that if you had the strength to stop him, you would. Every concession, every negotiation, is a sign to him that you are too weak to do so. So he bluffs & escalates until stopped. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

NATO nations could obliterate Russia’s invading forces in Ukraine. They could provide weapons Ukraine needs to reclaim its sovereign territory. They choose not to. Every day they choose this as Ukrainians die for them. Putin sees this and believes he will outlast them again. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

As I’ve said countless times, Putin is a poker player, a bluffer. He can’t believe his luck in having opponents who keep folding their cards against his weak hand. You can understand how he’s grown so ambitious. — PolitiTweet.org

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63

The West could have saved tens of thousands of lives, food and energy crises, & $1 trillion by intervening immediately to defend Ukraine 8 years ago. Even now, the most powerful military force in history is self-deterring so as not to overwhelm Putin’s pathetic forces. — PolitiTweet.org