03/03/2022, 13:17

Shortening the passage about the aim of the petition and making graphic changes in the text.


New petition description:

Russia sends more and more troops to Ukraine, bombs civilian objects and threatens the West with nuclear weapons. There is nothing to wait for any more. We have to use every possible sanction to get Putin’s regime on its knees as quickly as we can. A bankrupt country cannot wage war either with Ukraine or with any other country. Our objective, however, is not the suffering of ordinary Russian citizens, but making the ruling class of oligarchs so afraid of our resolve that they will be glad to stop this aggression.

That is why we, the citizens of countries of this world, request the following from our political representatives:

• immediately impose the strongest possible sanctions against Russia
• immediately impose equivalent sanctions against Belarus, whose regime takes part in this invasion alongside Russia
• immediately introduce a package of sanctions against China, whose economic support is what is enabling Putin to wage this war and soften the effects of the sanctions that were imposed

Our goal is not to forever cut the trade ties with these countries, but to end this war as soon as possible, so that the world can get back to normal again. If Putin loses the support of these countries and of the Russian oligarchs, this war will be over.

By signing this petition we accept consequences this can have on our comfort and standard of living, because even if we had to organize public fund-raisers to support our fellow citizens, it is incomparable to the suffering of the Ukrainian people, or to implications for our own security in the case of success of the Russian aggression.

+++ To clarify, theThe aim of this petition is not really the traditional collection of signatures to pass on to the political representation, but rather unitingunite and concentratingconcentrate the voices that are already calling for tighter sanctionssanctions, and raisingto raise awareness amongst those who still hesitate. +++

******* How to make this happen *******

1. Sign this petition.
2. Use the hashtag #bankruptPutin on social media.
3. Attend protests with a placard #bankruptPutin and demand tightening of sanctions.
4. Write to your political representatives with the #bankruptPutin in the subject line (some contacts are below).
5. Share this petition. Short link: www.openpetition.eu/!bankruptputin

Vladimir Putin thinks that democracy is weak.

We can show him that united we are stronger than he can possibly imagine.