Alfred Koch: “The money thesis doesn’t work”
“Of course, Putin’s money motive is important. But everything, in my opinion, is more complicated. What makes me think so? I will answer. Take, for example, opposition leaders. They cause him a lot of trouble. So many. And they really bother him. All this is lies, that the opposition is toothless, that it is not dangerous for the Kremlin, that they are insect creatures and are opposed to Putin like a carpenter is opposed to a joiner, etc. Of course, he takes the opposition very seriously.