1000's of Russian Intellectuals, Activists Urge Kremlin To Avoid 'Immoral' War With Ukraine

[Budi]

Thousands Of Russian Intellectuals, Activists Urge Kremlin To Avoid 'Immoral' War With Ukraine
February 01, 2022
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-activists-intellectuals-statement/31681047.html

More than 2,000 Russian intellectuals, including prominent rights activists, have urged the Kremlin to avoid starting an "immoral, irresponsible, and criminal" war against Ukraine amid global concerns that Moscow may be on the verge of launching a wide-scale invasion of its western neighbor.



A statement from the Congress of Russian Intellectuals was made public over the weekend as Russia continued its buildup of troops -- now estimated at well over 100,000 -- near the Ukrainian border.

"The flow of disturbing information about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine is intensifying," the statement said.

"Russia does not need a war with Ukraine and the West. Nobody is threatening us, nobody is attacking us. The policy based on promoting the idea of such a war is immoral, irresponsible, and criminal, and cannot be implemented on behalf of Russia's peoples. Such a war cannot have either legal or moral goals.... Russian citizens are actually becoming hostages of a criminal adventurism into which Russia's foreign policy is being turned," it added.
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[Texaswitchy]

1. Brave people.

It's Putin greed.

[PortTack]

2. Very brave indeed!

[Texaswitchy]

7. You bet.

Putin has backed him self in a corner.

He thought NATO would back off.

All those countries will fight back.

[electric_blue68]

4. Thanks for this. Brave people.

[BigBearJohn]

5. Just received an email from a friend in Russia who is being drafted into Russian service

He is scared shitless

[Texaswitchy]

6. I bet.

Putin does not care who he kills.

Just cannon fodder.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

8. "Nobody is threatening us, nobody is attacking us..."

Boom. The truth right there.
Just a bigger global grift from Polonium Poot, no longer content with owning the planet’s biggest country.

[Budi]

9. Yes. This is the one line in the article that made me pause also.

"Nobody is threatening us, nobody is attacking us"
My 1st thought was of Navalney & hoping he was allowed to hear this.
May the Russian people began their rise upward against Vadimer Putin.