Successful Russian author lives in the Confederation – and criticizes it sharply
Swiss mistakes led to the war in Ukraine
The Russian author Mikhail Shishkin, who lives in Switzerland, indirectly blamed Switzerland for the war in Ukraine. According to him, Switzerland’s mistakes go back to the 1990s. In his opinion, World War III started in 2014.
1/6
Mikhail Shishkin, the Russian star author, sharply criticizes his adopted country of Switzerland.
Mikhail Schischkin (61) lives in Switzerland, in Russia he is a successful author. The Kremlin blacklists him. In February he spoke to Blick about the invasion of Ukraine and was shocked. Now he’s sharply criticizing Switzerland – and indirectly blaming it for the war.
At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the Swiss “built their Hüsli there, and as a result we had the annexation of Crimea,” Schischkin said in an interview with Tamedia newspapers on Tuesday. The award-winning author has lived in Switzerland since 1994.
Russian author Shishkin: “I feel shame and guilt”(01:44)
Shishkin called for solidarity with Ukraine
At the 2018 World Cup, he called on Switzerland to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. “But the Swiss, like everyone else, wanted to play football.” The Russian head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin (70), got the message: the West is silently supporting the war. “This paved the way for the attack on Ukraine on February 24.”
According to Schischkin, Switzerland had already made mistakes in the 1990s. “Together with other Western states, it should have helped the young Russian democracy of the 1990s get back on its feet,” said the author, who was critical of the Kremlin. Instead, she helped the “new criminal dictatorship”.
Switzerland accepted “dirty money”.
As an interpreter working in Switzerland, Schischkin saw how Switzerland accepted “the dirty money with great joy”. Without the support of Switzerland, but also of London and the USA, no “bandit dictatorship” would have emerged.
As early as February last year, Shishkin hinted at the alleged role of Switzerland. When asked what the Confederation should do, he said: “The Swiss state worked as a money laundering machine. The government should apologize for allowing its own laws not to be enforced for so long.” (SDA)