Saturday, March 12, 2022

What should we do with Putin?

Putin is a dangerous monster and something should be done about him sooner than later. Yet, the options are few and all are not really easy to implement. For the moment, no European or NATO nation wants to engage him for fear of escalation including a threat of nuclear response. Sanctions can only do so much and the man doesn’t seem to care anyway. 

Of course, there’s the $1 million bounty offered by Alex Konanykhim, leader of a Russian software company, for the capture and arrest of the tyrant, but I assume that the ex-KGB operative knows how to protect himself. There’s also all these oligarchs that supported him and are now feeling the squeeze and might change their tune about their country’s leader. 

Finally, there's Putin’s young companion, the 39 year old Alina Kabaeva and their four young kids are reportedly hiding in Switzerland since the start of the Ukraine war, staying in a “luxury and very private” chalet in some undisclosed location, perhaps in Tessin. She too and her kids could become a logical and powerful target in positively trapping the Russian dictator.

Yet, there must be many more creative and effective solutions to this pressing need, especially in view of Carlos Ghosn's evasion from Japan or of the Russian interventions against Putin’s enemies in London. 

What's your suggestion?

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