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Alar Karis: Putin must not be given any lifeline or ray of hope

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Alar Karis: Putin must not be given any lifeline or ray of hope Russian leader Vladimir Putin must not be granted any lifelines nor any glimmer of hope that Russia's aggression in Ukraine will ever reap benefits, President Alar Karis said. The collective West must remain firm in every sphere, at a time when Russian participation has been creeping back into cultural and sporting events, the head of...
Alar Karis's speech is a rallying cry for European assertiveness, framing the conflict in Ukraine as a civilizational struggle between democracy and autocracy. The strongest version of this narrative is its moral clarity: Europe's prosperity and identity are rooted in freedom and the rule of law, and complacency risks eroding these foundations. Karis effectively steelmans the case for European leadership by tying military investment, economic resilience, and enlargement to a coherent vision of s...