Exiled Russian billionaire living in Scots castle says west must not fear Putin

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A Russian billionaire who lives in a Scots castle said the West must stop being afraid of Vladimir Putin. And he added that the Russian president is turning into a modern-day Adolf Hitler.

Dr Boris Mints – previously seen as a key Putin ally – described the war in Ukraine as “the most tragic event of the 21st century”.

The businessman and philanthropist, who has an estimated £1billion fortune, said justification for the invasion was “outright lies”.

Speaking to the Sunday Mail via a translator, he called for further action to stop the war.He said: “The West not only should, but must, stop being afraid.“If we fail to act, we will be outside observers of demonstrations of lawlessness, the death of innocent people and accordingly, to some extent, accomplices in this.“The history of World War II showed the tragic consequences that a war has for both the countries involved at the start as well as those that initially tried to maintain the status of outside observers.“Today, the same fate awaits us, if we act as mere observers.”Father-of-four Mints and his family live in exile and split their time between London and his baronial castle in Perthshire, the Tower of Lethendy in Meikleour.He bought the 39-acre estate, which has its own golf course, in 2016 via a family trust.US pop star Taylor Swift was also reportedly interested in the castle, which was put on the market for offers over £4.6million.The property is reported to have been at the centre of a legal bid by Putin’s regime to claw back interests linked to Mints.The doctor added: “It [the invasion] is the most tragic event of the 21st century to date, tantamount to Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939.“It is worth noting how similar the ‘excuses’ are for the invasions