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Q: What do you think Putin’s end game is domestically and internationally? What is he trying to achieve and do you think he will maintain control of Russia?

[Russia] planned a military invasion and they chose the place to invade where they already had 15,000 troops, which was Crimea. [Putin’s] approval ratings go from 55 to 88% but the trouble is that after invading Crimea, he couldn’t just stop because everybody was in a nationalistic frenzy so he had to invade eastern Ukraine. So because this whole thing was based on his fear of losing power, he’ll continue these invasions and stay in Ukraine and push his way further in Ukraine and I’m sure we’ll see other geographic expansion in Moldova and Georgia and maybe even the Baltic’s. Anybody who thinks Putin is going to back down doesn’t understand this man.

Anybody who thinks Putin is going to back down doesn’t understand this man

Q: What’s it like to be an enemy of Putin?

They’re pursuing me in every possible way. They’ve recently failed in their third attempt to have Interpol arrest me at any international border. They’re suing me in different countries for spurious cases. They’ve approached the British government to have me extradited, they’ve sent me all sorts of threatening messages about physical violence and kidnappings so it’s a full-time occupation they have of harassing me and trying to terrify me.

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Q: What did you think of Prime Minister Stephen Harper telling Putin to “get out of Ukraine”?

I was extremely impressed and relieved that one Western leader had the guts to do that. All the rest were being diplomatic and polite. I was very, I can’t say proud because I’m not Canadian, but I was impressed and awed by his backbone and integrity for doing that.