“Every Russian living in Russia now is part of the war machine,” and those who want to be on the right side of history should leave, chess player and chess player Harry Kasparov said in an interview with the German publication Spiegel. activist against Vladimir Putin’s regime, The Guardian reports.

Kasparov says that he fought with Vladimir Putin for 20 years:

• “I have always said that his regime will inevitably become a fascist threat. Not only for Russia, not only for its neighbors, but also for the whole world.
• It would be great if a few more people took this warning seriously.”

When asked by Spiegel whether, having been abroad in political exile since 2013, he does not feel he is still in a comfortable position to ask those who have not yet left Russia, Kasparov said that every Russian citizen, including himself , is responsible for this war:

• “It’s a war. You’re either on one side or the other.
• Every Russian citizen, including me, bears collective responsibility for this war, even if it is not personal responsibility.
• Today, Russia is a fascist dictatorship that, as we say here, commits crimes against humanity. And everyone who is still living in Russia now is part of this war machine, whether they want it or not.”

The US-based former chess champion also said that Russians seeking asylum in another country must first sign a three-point declaration in which they will “declare that war is a crime, Putin’s regime is illegitimate, and Ukraine is indivisible.” . By signing such a document, a person will be prosecuted in Russia on three counts under the laws that Putin introduced.

Kasparov, 59, finds it interesting to say that Putin “never played chess, but he played poker and was good at geopolitical poker”: “He often played bad cards and won because his opponents were bluffing.”

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