…ow the message of this sentence would be much different from what you are blaming the Russians for. I don’t consider myself or my relatives, friends, or colleagues in Moscow to be responsible for the acts of war conducted by Putin. I never voted for him and used lawful means available to me to direct my country to peaceful development. My personal responsibility for this war is much, much less than the responsibility of the Western leaders like Biden, or Trump, or Obama, or Merkel, or Scholtz. They had real power and influence over the development of things in Ukraine and Russia and have been doing very little for the last 8 years to prevent this terrible conflict and negotiate peace in our troubled lands. I cannot say that they wanted or provoked this war. Of course, it is Putin’s unilateral decision to attack. But the effort of those with real power and …
