Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former richest man in Russia, called Putin “a bandit” calling out European leaders, notably Macron, Scholz or Michel, not to try to negotiate with him. Khodorkovsky said:
The leaders of the major European countries still believe they can negotiate something with Putin without demonstrating their force and that they can talk to him from what he perceives to be a weak position. And this is a dramatic mistake because he is not a statesman like they are but a bandit. And what does a bandit do in this kind of situation when he considers himself strong and when he’s being pushed to make a step towards them? He tries to finish his victim off
He also touched the issues such as the impact of self-isolation that Putin imposed on himself with his closest friends in bunker taking extra cautiously Covid measures, EU’s sanctions and possible embargo on oil, what could be instead and alternatives to them
Below you can access to his two interviews in his first visit to the EU since the war in Ukraine began in late February