Jerusalem Post quotes<\/a> Soros added that Putin’s plan is not going as he had predicted and may now be ready to negotiate a ceasefire.<\/p>\nBut it was not something likeable for the founder of the Open Society foundation.<\/p>\n
“A ceasefire is not reached anyway because you can not trust it. “The weaker Putin becomes, the more unpredictable he becomes.”<\/p>\n
Soros said the European Union understood that Putin should stop Russian gas, even though supply accounts for 40% of Europe’s needs. “It hurts a lot,” Soros said.<\/p>\n
The Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 24 has killed thousands, produced millions of displaced people and is provoking the most serious nuclear confrontation since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.<\/p>\n
Although Putin says the US is using Ukraine to threaten Russia with NATO enlargement, the West says these are baseless pretexts to invade a sovereign country.<\/p>\n
Soros defined Russia, the country with the largest space in the world, and China, the second largest economy in the world, as the leaders of a group of countries with “closed societies”.<\/p>\n
“Oppressive regimes are on the rise while open societies are being surrounded. “China and Russia are the biggest threats to open societies.”<\/p>\n
China has rejected the criticism, calling it “the outdated colonial mentality of the West” and defending itself by saying it has lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty.<\/p>\n
Soros criticized President Xi Jinping’s ‘zero-COVID’ policies, saying they led Shanghai to “open rebellion.”<\/p>\n
Along with COVID’s policies, Soros also predicted developments in China’s domestic politics, saying that Xi had made many mistakes that had cost him dearly within his influence within the party.<\/p>\n
“Contrary to expectations, Xi Jinping may not win a third term from the mistakes he has made, but even if he does, he will not have a free hand to elect the next members of the Politburo,” said the global policy financier.<\/p>\n
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