Brexit is a chance for Vladimir Putin to further his strategy to divide and conquer Europe, Russian chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov wrote in an opinion piece Friday.
Writing in The Guardian, Kasparov said the Russian president’s goal “is to weaken the institutions, including NATO and the EU, that could thwart his neo-Soviet ambitions.
“The Kremlin was in mourning when Scotland narrowly voted to stay in the U.K. Putin sees Europe as his enemy and wants his adversaries to be divided, smaller and weaker.”
As a result, “Brexit isn’t simply an item on Putin’s wish list,” Kasparov said, citing the number …read more
Source: European Voice
