Dozens Of Nobel Laureates Publish Appeal To International Community

The signatories are concerned not only with the fate of Ukraine.

Nobel laureates have published a call for the international community to significantly increase support for Ukraine amid the invasion of the Russian occupation army. In a letter obtained by Spiegel, they call on the international community to take stronger action against Russia.

“We call on world leaders to dramatically increase aid to Ukraine. Ukraine must win, not just “not lose,” dozens of Nobel laureates have made an urgent appeal.

The signatories are concerned not only with the fate of Ukraine.

“The Putin regime has shown that it poses a clear and present threat to humanity,” the letter now includes 39 Nobel Prize winners among the signatories.

Signatories accuse many governments of underestimating the danger posed by Putin and instead pursuing dangerous appeasement policies similar to those pursued early in Adolf Hitler's reign. Politicians and citizens around the world must “abandon any illusions about Putin and his criminal regime. History teaches us that appeasing an aggressor encourages further crimes against humanity. No temporary gain can justify this. We are determined that Munich 1938 will not be repeated!”

In their open letter, the Nobel laureates formulate five points:

1. Significant expansion of assistance to Ukraine. Timely assistance will reduce the number of victims and help oust the aggressor from Ukrainian soil;

2. Support for the opposition in Russia. The lives of political prisoners such as Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Liliya Chanysheva were in “imminent danger” after the murder of Alexei Navalny, so the international community must do everything possible to protect them;

3. Strengthening support for Russian citizens who fled because of their political convictions and need asylum abroad;

4. Expanding support for Russian opposition organizations and independent Russian media, whose role in a possible regime change is extremely important;

5. Delegitimization of Putin’s illegal retention of power in Russia. The world must make it clear that it no longer views Putin as a “partner.”