Exiled Russian journalist, Regina Revazova, says that Putin is caught in a “trap” and told Fox how the loony dictator found himself in this predicament in the first place.
“Vladimir Putin is, right now, in a trap,” Revazova told co-hosts Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro. “He is in a trap that he’s been carefully building to stay in power since early 2000s when he first went after media, when he… went after business people, business world of Russia; and then the last part was his opposition within the country.”
“I don’t think that, now, there is any real strategy there; [they are] just destroying as much as they can,” she continued.
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When asked if she thinks anyone surrounding Putin would be willing to push back on his egregious attacks, Revazova responded by saying, “I don’t think so.”
“These are the people Putin was raising for 22 years surrounding himself,” Revazaova explained. “Yes men who cannot even… say anything that would threaten the immediate existence.”
She insisted more Russian sanctions are vital, but time is needed to ensure the effects are felt.
I think her explanation is pretty much what most of us expected. Putin surrounded himself with ‘yes men’ too afraid to tell him the truth, and now he’s committed to it. He better hope peace talks saves his skin.
The UN’s Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, meanwhile, said Russia’s allegedly indiscriminate attacks on populated areas of Ukraine “may amount to war crimes”, according to the BBC.
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, she said there were credible allegations that Russia had used cluster munitions in populated areas on multiple occasions. Such weapons are widely banned by an international treaty, but neither Russia nor Ukraine are signed up to it.
Her office has also verified 77 incidents in which medical facilities had been damaged – including 50 hospitals.