{"id":53975,"date":"2023-05-09T16:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/when-we-talk-about-ukraines-potential-nato-membership-we-should-not-be-worried-about-russias-reaction-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:43:26","slug":"chatherine-belton-on-what-the-west-got-wrong-about-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/en\/chatherine-belton-on-what-the-west-got-wrong-about-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatherine Belton on what the West got wrong about&nbsp;Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<\/p><div class=\"gem-youtube gem-wrapbox gem-wrapbox-style-no-style rounded-corners gem-wrapbox-position-below\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"gem-wrapbox-inner gem-ratio-style\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%\"><iframe class=\"gem-wrapbox-element img-responsive\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0PfSGwnCZQ?rel=0&amp;wmode=opaque\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u201d.vc_custom_1508251598805{margin-top: 30px !important;}\u201d][vc_column width=\u201c2\/3\u201d css=\u201d.vc_custom_1508252250311{padding-right: 20px !important;}\u201d][vc_column_text]\n<div>\n<h2>British author and journalist Catherine Belton says that the West and especially Western business ignored early alarm bells like the jailing of Mikhail Khodor\u00adkovsky, believing that through trade they could foster a&nbsp;good and stable relationship with&nbsp;Russia.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe West wanted to believe that (Putin) was liberal and progressive and when he turned out not to be, they continued to believe that he was someone they could do business&nbsp;with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Even after he began taking over the country\u2019s energy sector, jailing its richest man on trumped up charges and completely carving up the biggest Russian oil major YUKOS, Western business still jumped on bandwagon, it wanted part of the profits, it wanted to take part \u2013 We see this too in the policies of the German government, when they were anxious to build Nord Stream gas pipeline and believed that through trade they could foster a&nbsp;good and stable relationship with&nbsp;Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>People were too eager to brush over elements of Putin\u2019s criminal past and his past in the KGB, not realizing that perhaps amid all his talk of democracy and market reforms he had a&nbsp;more covert agenda to undermine the West and expand the Russian empire<span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span> Obviously, the West has learnt a&nbsp;lot since then \u2013 in the worst possible fashion. 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