> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.europeans.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # It’s time to fight Putin! – Garry Kasparov. - URL: https://www.europeans.today/2022/02/25/its-time-to-fight-putin/ - Published: 2022-02-25T03:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2022-02-26T04:28:51.000Z - Description: How to checkmate Vladimir Putin, according to the former World Chess Champion, political activist and harsh critic of the Russian president. - Author: TODAY - Tags: War in Ukraine, Garry Kasparov, Russia, Russia Propaganda, Thread, Ukraine-Russia Crisis, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin ### How to checkmate Vladimir Putin, according to the former World Chess Champion, political activist and harsh critic of the Russian president. ###### First published: February 2022. --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2022/02/www-175.jpg) ###### Garry Kasparov. | [Flickr/US House Committee on Foreign Affairs](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hfacrepublicans/7187544323/?ref=europeans.today) ### **[Garry Kasparov](https://www.kasparov.com/?ref=europeans.today), Russian Chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, Writer, Political activist, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation:** *“Ok, after years of warnings were ignored and hearing “Garry, you were right!” all damn day today, I’ll repeat what I said in 2014: Stop telling me I was right and listen to what I’m saying now.* *“My recommendations follow:* - *Support Ukraine militarily, immediately, everything but boots on the ground. All weapons, intel, cyber.* - *Bankrupt Putin’s war machine. Freeze and seize Russia’s finances and those of him and his gang.* - *Kick Russia out of every international and financial institution. PACE, Interpol, etc.* - *Recall all ambassadors from Russia. There is no point in talking. The new unified message is “stop or be isolated completely”.* - *Ban all elements of Putin’s [global propaganda machine](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/04/05/we-must-rethink-russias-propaganda-machine-in-order-to-reset-the-dynamic-that-drives-it/?ref=europeans.today). Turn them off, shut them down, send them home. Stop helping the dictator spread lies and hate.* ### No billionaire owner. No wealthy shareholders. **PMP Magazine** only exists thanks to donations from our readers. [Support our independent journalism](http://support.pmp-magazine.com/?ref=europeans.today) - *Expose and act against Putin’s lackeys in the free world. If [Schröder](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/business/russia-ukraine-corporate-boards.html?ref=europeans.today) and his ilk continue to work for Putin, bring charges. Ask the owners and advertisers of networks platforming Putin propagandists like [\[Tucker\] Carlson](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/these-are-the-american-right-wingers-covering-for-putin-as-russia-invades-ukraine-1311965/?ref=europeans.today) why they allow it.* - *Replace Russian oil and gas. Pressure OPEC, increase production, reopen [Keystone](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-canceled?ref=europeans.today) \[pipeline\]. You can’t save the planet if you don’t save the people on it.* - *Acknowledge there will be costs, sacrifices. We waited too long, the price is high, but it will only get higher. It’s time to fight.* *“We cannot ignore the political fifth column of Putinists, from the far-right and left in the EU to the tankies \[communists\] and [Trump](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/donald-trump-praises-putin/index.html?ref=europeans.today) and his GOP followers in the US.* *“They may have the right to support a brutal dictator’s war in order to criticize Biden, but it’s disgusting and anti-American. Do not forget.”* *— Source: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/1496865471995523080?ref=europeans.today).* [Follow Garry Kasparov](https://twitter.com/Kasparov63?ref=europeans.today) ![PMP Magazine](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png "PMP Magazine") 🇺🇦 **[Support Ukrainian Refugees in Poland](https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-for-ukraine?ref=europeans.today) –* Donate to help us provide food and essentials for Ukrainian families forced to flee their homes.* --- **What did you think of this article?** [🤩](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Great") [😀](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Good") [🤔](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Not sure") [😴](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Boring") [😮](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Surprised") [😭](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Sad") [🤬](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Angry") [🤯](https://forms.gle/tRe7igVtMPaiAPtJ8?ref=europeans.today "Gobsmacked") --- | **— AUTHORS —**▫ *PMP News reporting.* | GET THEM INVOLVED: Contact Your Politician | | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | --- ### Going further: - *[Putin's Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy](https://amzn.to/3HoiwdX?ref=europeans.today) | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers* - *[We must rethink Russia’s propaganda machine in order to reset the dynamic that drives it](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/04/05/we-must-rethink-russias-propaganda-machine-in-order-to-reset-the-dynamic-that-drives-it/?ref=europeans.today) | London School of Economics Blog* - *[Some, but not all, former European leaders quit Russian boards.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/business/russia-ukraine-corporate-boards.html?ref=europeans.today) | New York Times* - *[These Are the American Right-Wingers Covering for Putin as Russia Invades Ukraine](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/these-are-the-american-right-wingers-covering-for-putin-as-russia-invades-ukraine-1311965/?ref=europeans.today) | Rolling Stones* - *[Owner cancels Keystone XL pipeline months after Biden revoked permit](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-canceled?ref=europeans.today) | The Guardian* - *[Why Donald Trump can't stop praising Vladimir Putin](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/donald-trump-praises-putin/index.html?ref=europeans.today) | CNN* --- ##### Sources **Text:** This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 25 February 2022\. | The author of the tweets writes in a personal capacity. - **Cover:** Unsplash/[Vladyslav Melnyk](https://unsplash.com/photos/5Z2zgqFZWBg?ref=europeans.today). - Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. 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