Bleyzer: The time to fight for Ukraine is now

The Kharkiv native who brought Volia Cable, beauty and health chain Kosmo and tons of food to Ukraine is trying to help rouse the West for the civilizational struggle under way.Michael Bleyzer, 63, the president of SigmaBleyzer private equity fund, sees Russia’s war against Ukraine in epic terms.

A decade ago, when Russian President Vladimir Putin called the collapse of the Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, many in the West dismissed it as harmless nostalgia.