"Vatungamiri vemabhizinesi pasi rese vanga vachiona kuvakwa kwemauto eRussia nemidziyo kumuganhu weUkraine nekunetsekana kukuru. Uku kwave kuri kupokana kuri kupisa kwemakore mazhinji, paine dzimwe nguva kuputika, sekutorwa zvisiri pamutemo kweCrimea neRussia muna 2014.
"Asi mumakore achangopfuura hakuna kumbove nenjodzi huru yehondo-yakazara muvhu reEurope - hondo iyo, seyakawanda kwazvo isati yaitika, isingaite chinangwa chakanaka kana chiri pamutemo. (Zvakaoma kuti chero mumwe wedu avanze kutsamwa kwedu panguva ino. Muna 2022, chii chiri kuitwa nenyika imwe kuunganidza matangi kumiganhu yeimwe nyika?)
“Ndakapedza nguva yakawanda youpenyu hwangu hwomunhu mukuru ndichirwisana nedzandakaona sehondo dzisina kururama dzenguva yedu. Muna March 1968, ndakakumbanira makumi ezviuru zvevechiduku paTrafalgar Square yeLondon vachiratidzira vachirwisana neHondo yeVietnam, kurwisana kwaikura nokukurumidza kwakauraya vanhu vasingaverengeki, kwakaremadza mazana ezviuru zvavana navakuru, uye kwakaguma mukukundwa kunonyadzisa kweU. vabatsiri vayo. Makore 35 gare gare, ndakanga ndiri mumwe wemamiriyoni pasi rose akapinda mumigwagwa achitsutsumwa nekupinda muIraq nechisimba, nhamburiko yokusangwarira yakadzoresa Middle East uye yakaita kuti pasi rose risachengeteke.”
“Makore masere apfuura,” VaBranson vanopfuurira kudaro, “apo vavariro dzaPutin muUkraine dzakanga dzava pachena zvikuru kunyika yose, takatanga nhamburiko yokuunganidza vatungamiriri vebhizimisi veRussia neUkraine kuti vave varevereri vechisarudzo chine rugare pakati penyika dzavo. Ini ndinorangarira misangano yakawanda ine njere uye kufona nevatungamiriri uye nyanzvi mune zvematongerwo enyika nebhizinesi, uye isu takagadzira kunzwisisa kuri nani kwemasimba emasimba arikuchidzira kukonana uku. Takakurumidza kuzivawo kuti hapana mumwe wevataitaura navo vokuRussia, kunyange zvazvo aipikisa pachivande kupindira kwemauto eRussia, aida kutaura pachena. Takapa chiziviso chebhizimisi kuti vatungamiri vemabhizimisi vokuMadokero neUkraine vakafara kusaina, asi takakundikana kuwana kana siginicha imwe yeRussia nokuti kutya kwavo kuzotsiviwa nehurumende muMoscow kwakanga kwakanyanyisa.
“Panguva iyoyo uye zvino, zvisinei, avo vandakataura navo vakanga vakabatana mumurangariro wavo wokuti hondo ipi neipi pakati peRussia neUkraine yaizova nemigumisiro inoparadza uye inotyisa. Kutanga, yaizowedzera kuparadzanisa Russia nemutungamiri wayo kubva kune dzimwe nyika uye kukanganisa hupfumi hweRussia. Uye zvechokwadi, zvaizokonzera kukuvadzwa kukuru uye kutambura kune vanhu vadiki nevakuru vanoedza kugara murunyararo kumativi ese emuganhu. Senguva zhinji, vanenge vari vanhuwo zvavo ndivo vachatakura utsinye hwacho. Hondo yevagari vemuSyria ine ropa rakawanda, umo mauto eRussia nevarwi vanga vachiita basa rakaipisisa, chiyeuchidzo chakajeka chezviri mungozi. "
VaBranson vanoenderera mberi vachiti, “Iyi haisi hondo iyo Mutungamiriri Putin anogona kukunda mukufamba kwenguva. Kunyangwe achiita seasina hanya nezvinofungwa nenyika nezvezvishuvo zvake zvezvematongerwo enyika, anofanirwa kuita hanya zvakanyanya kuti ramangwana renyika yake richange riri rei. Pane imwe nguva, vanhuwo zvavo vekuRussia vanozoona kuti vanokodzera zvirinani, kunyanya kana mamiriro ezvinhu akasvika padanho rekuti kumukira kusingadzivisiki kwevaUkraine vachidzivirira dzimba dzavo, misha nemataundi kunodzosa fungidziro inotyisa yekutadza kweSoviet muAfghanistan uye kufa kwayo. pamusoro pevanakomana vokuRussia, vakoma nemadzibaba.
"Kune vatungamiriri vebhizinesi, ino inguva yekuuya pamwe chete kumiririra hutongi hweUkraine. Kunyangwe zvikasvika pamutengo, isu tese tinofanira kutumira meseji yakajeka kuti hutsinye hweunilateral hahugamuchirwi uye kuti nharaunda yebhizinesi repasi rose ichatsigira huwandu hwakazara hwezvirango kune chero nyika inoda kutyora hutongi hweimwe. "
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- In March 1968, I joined tens of thousands of young people at London’s Trafalgar Square demonstrating against the Vietnam War, a rapidly escalating conflict that cost countless lives, crippled hundreds of thousands of children and adults, and ended in a humiliating defeat for the US and its allies.
- Even if it comes at a price, all of us should send a clear message that unilateral aggression is always unacceptable and that the global business community will support the full range of sanctions against any nation that seeks to violate the sovereignty of another.
- At some point, ordinary Russians will come to realise that they deserve better, especially if the situation reaches a point where the inevitable insurgency of Ukrainians defending their homes, villages and towns brings back the haunting spectre of the Soviet failure in Afghanistan and its deadly toll on Russian sons, brothers and fathers.
