Russia's former top diplomat says the West's previous appeasement of Putin has made him 'delusional'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Russia's former foreign minister said the West's past appeasement of President Vladimir Putin has made him "delusional" amid his ongoing war against Ukraine.

"[Putin] is kind of delusional now, partly because of the long story of Western — including French — appeasement policy," Andrei Kozyrev said in an interview with CNN that aired on Thursday.

His comments came in response to a question about Putin's phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron earlier on Thursday, which left Macron thinking "the worst is yet to come" in Ukraine, according to a senior French official.

Kozyrev, who was Russia's first foreign minister under Boris Yeltsin during the early-to-mid 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed, said there needs to be "more severe sanctions now and more weapons delivery to Ukraine now."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-s-former-top-diplomat-says-the-west-s-previous-appeasement-of-putin-has-made-him-delusional/ar-AAUzA1s

Not to mention Trump's appeasement. I'm sure Pooty Poot misses that.

[C_U_L8R]

1. All that GOP asskissing. Went right to his head.

Pootie got high on his own supply of Republican subservience.

[radius777]

2. Agree, this is the real story,

that Gary Kasparov also speaks to. The West - especially Europe - long appeased Putin which is why Ukraine and Georgia are not in NATO/EU and why this attack is occuring. European leaders were corrupted by the oligarchs and by Putin's oil/gas. Europe tended to view America as the bad guy and Putin as unfairly demonized by the US.

Establishment 'experts' have failed in their analysis and it's time to listen to those like Kozyrev and Kasparov who have a better perspective on how Russians and Putin thinks.

Putin has long been a thug - but he was normalized and appeased just like Trump was.

[JoanofArgh]

5. +1

[orwell]

3. Kinda getting tired...

...of the blame shifting.

We are in this mess because the Russians elected a monster.

We are in this mess because this fucker is acting out his small man insecurities with his hand on the nuclear button.

This is Putin's war!

[NBachers]

4. Years of trump / republican teabagging brought putin to his present state of delusion.