Any war necessarily ends in an agreement, making negotiation with Putin unavoidable, but negotiations can only succeed when Putin is in a weak position; if Putin has the upper hand in negotiations, he will deceive because deception is his fundamental method.
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Mikhail KhodorkovskyEvidence Quote
“any war ends in in an agreement so it's unavoidable in this case as well the question is when to strike such an agreement indeed if we did it now if there was a negotiation now unfortunately you cannot strike an agreement with a person like Putin when he has the upper hand he can actually deceive you”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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