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  • Опубликовано: 17 авг 2024
  • Stephen Kotkin, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, joins TV Rain to discuss PMC Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's shocking but short-lived mutiny against Vladimir Putin. Did this rebellion indicate a lack of trust in the President's regime, and why has Prigozhin gone largely unpunished?
    0:00 Has Putin lost his aura?
    1:40 Impact of revolt on Putin's regime
    3:35 Could this help Ukrainian armed forces?
    5:05 Prigozhin's pardon
    7:44 Threats to Putin
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Комментарии • 253

  • @williamkz
    @williamkz Год назад +35

    One of the many pleasures in listening to Stephen Kotkin - apart from his authoritative knowledge base and scholarship - is his clarity. He is a brilliant communicator. Thank you Ekaterina for this excellent interview and for asking exactly the right questions.

  • @dichebach
    @dichebach Год назад +163

    Kotkin, one of the most-knowledgeable Western experts on modern Russian history and society.

    • @jameskonzek6730
      @jameskonzek6730 Год назад +11

      I cosign on that. 🖋️

    • @theprotagonist8755
      @theprotagonist8755 Год назад +10

      Factomundo

    • @jf7243
      @jf7243 Год назад +8

      No doubt, one of the very best experts in the field.

    • @ilyagulag
      @ilyagulag Год назад +2

      Key word is the "expert".

    • @AndLit79
      @AndLit79 Год назад +5

      Yet, he’s completely wrong about the current situation.

  • @luongv427
    @luongv427 Год назад +45

    Dr. Kotkin.....the TRUE EXPERT.......

  • @guydreamr
    @guydreamr Год назад +71

    Kotkin's biography on Stalin is legendary. Always good to hear from one of the foremost experts on Russia today.

    • @rationalbasis2172
      @rationalbasis2172 Год назад +1

      Is it because it's the one everyone likes, or because it's the truth?

    • @guydreamr
      @guydreamr Год назад +3

      @@rationalbasis2172 Can it be both?

    • @ransomcoates546
      @ransomcoates546 Год назад

      He seems like a typical globalist war-monger to me.

    • @ilyagulag
      @ilyagulag Год назад +2

      Typical western historian- tons knowledge and no clue what makes Russians tick simultaneously.
      He made Stalin into tremendous statesman in his writings all the while describing life of ordinary criminal. It must be a special talent!

    • @daydays12
      @daydays12 Год назад

      @@ilyagulag Have you written a book about Stalin? How is your understanding of "the West"? Mr Kotkin is honest and modest which I guess you are not. PS What's your favourite ( history ) book ( not the bible ) ?

  • @marcwhite6267
    @marcwhite6267 Год назад +23

    More interviews with Kotkin and Rogoff would really hit the spot.
    Invaluable insights.

  • @8fledermaus8
    @8fledermaus8 Год назад +70

    Thank you very much for this interview, Kotkin is one of the great contemporary intellectuals. His insights were poignant, as always. I am rather worried for Russia - I wish all the Russians opposing the war and Putin's regime courage and good luck!!! Greetings from Germany

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 Год назад +2

      I would say more penetrating and prescient than poignant, but fair enough.

    • @EmpoerterGeisterfahrer
      @EmpoerterGeisterfahrer Год назад +3

      Gut gesagt

    • @ilyagulag
      @ilyagulag Год назад +2

      Russians have tons of courage! Always had.
      Remember may 1945? From Russia with love!!

  • @andyreznick
    @andyreznick Год назад +19

    Excellent interview. Thanks!

  • @tophat593
    @tophat593 Год назад +21

    Kotkin is such an excellent analyst.

  • @stanchik25
    @stanchik25 Год назад +30

    I'm so glad that Mr. Kotkin has given this interview. Very knowledgeable and objective thinker and moreso a great analyst of history of Russian history. Keeping it objective as much as possible.

    • @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590
      @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590 Год назад +1

      There is nothing objective about this man.

    • @manysimilarshapes
      @manysimilarshapes Год назад +2

      ​@@dimitrioskantakouzinos8590says A random comment guy on RUclips without brining any arguments to the table

    • @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590
      @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590 Год назад

      @@manysimilarshapes He's an anti-Russian neocon. I've read some of his books, and they're good. But he's anti-Russi and anti-Putin.

  • @tomaspavelka4091
    @tomaspavelka4091 Год назад +18

    Again, thank you for making this interview. It's always a pleasure to hear opinions from Dr.Kotkin about situation in Russia.

  • @ptownzfinest12345
    @ptownzfinest12345 Год назад +35

    "He promotes people who are not clever" (end of quote) he hit it on the nail with this one!

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 Год назад

      That's true of almost all regimes.

    • @Thelostgoldhunters
      @Thelostgoldhunters Год назад

      Absolutely, all of his minions are just "useful idiots", when will they begin to realize that they have at best a 50% chance of survival with the other 50% divided between a prison sentence or death ?

    • @ldhorricks
      @ldhorricks Год назад +1

      @@kreek22 Including Trump's 4 year failed regime.

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 Год назад

      @@ldhorricks The problem is America is that the ruling class is treasonous, not that it is stupid. An American President must look outside that class if he hopes to make America great again. Trump failed to do this.

    • @ilyagulag
      @ilyagulag Год назад

      Brandon and Levine anyone?!😂

  • @michaelscott5653
    @michaelscott5653 Год назад +8

    I see new kotkin video. I click.

  • @anthonykenny1320
    @anthonykenny1320 Год назад +19

    Kotkin has become my beacon of truth knowledge impartiality and erudition
    Thanks for the interview

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 Год назад

      He's much better than the average public intellectual, which is admittedly a kind of backhanded compliment.

  • @6663000
    @6663000 Год назад +6

    This is the first interview I've seen with Stephen Kotkin since the "mutiny"... I wonder why?
    I've been searching RUclips every day for new interviews.

    • @letXeqX
      @letXeqX Год назад +1

      Haven't listened to it yet but he's done another one post your comment. It's on the NYT podcast channel, the Ezra Klein show. It's an hour long, sure it's a good one!

  • @briancase6180
    @briancase6180 Год назад +7

    Kotkin is the best. Thanks.

  • @danielmartin7838
    @danielmartin7838 Год назад +7

    Here is a guest speaker to actually listen to. Finally!

  • @paulforbes1217
    @paulforbes1217 Год назад +4

    Dr Kotkin is a national treasure.

  • @jahson460
    @jahson460 Год назад +6

    Vivez TV Rain... Vous faites honneur au journalism contemporain.
    Great job of Resilience🤜🤛 Greetings from Africa.

    • @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590
      @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590 Год назад

      Africans supporting Western imperialists who destroy their continent is really something.

  • @leighsherval1023
    @leighsherval1023 Год назад +12

    The apathy though, that is the thing. Russian's do not seem to really care about anything related to politics and that is by design

    • @andyreznick
      @andyreznick Год назад +2

      I'd say more hiding from politics, but it certainly amounts to the same thing and is certainly by design - at the end of a police baton.

  • @samizdatbroadcasts7654
    @samizdatbroadcasts7654 Год назад +2

    Only 11 minutes and 41 seconds. That's not enough. More Stephen Kotkin is needed.

  • @EnriqueDeQuesada101
    @EnriqueDeQuesada101 Год назад +6

    Great program!!

  • @mchozen2958
    @mchozen2958 Год назад +21

    Yes, the people heard the truth, if only briefly. Perhaps they’ll realize the emperor has no clothes and his minions are a bunch of dolts.
    As always, Дуже Дякою, Stephen and best of luck to TV RainNewsroom. You are both needed and appreciated.
    -from Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 Год назад

      People do not matter. Only the elite matters. If a faction of the elite self-assembles for a coup, then Putin is at risk. If the people decide they don't like Putin, but no elite faction dares oppose him, then Putin is not at risk.

  • @Mr.Altavoz
    @Mr.Altavoz Год назад +2

    Great 👍 S.Kotkin

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 Год назад +11

    What a great reminder: "What everyone discovered was what others think of the regime." This is an important key to breaking the spell in many Dictatorships.

  • @BlueBaron3339
    @BlueBaron3339 Год назад +3

    One of the few times you *know* that the guest on a zoom call has read *all the books on the bookshelf behind him.* 😂

  • @laurencefalconer925
    @laurencefalconer925 Год назад +4

    When I see Kotkin’s name or face, I click the button.

  • @ArtusMacada
    @ArtusMacada Год назад +3

    Mr Kotkin,your Glasses and your concerning of the positioning to the screen are so touching, you are a man who have self demanding in all aspect. Thanks, it's appreciated, a lot!

  • @graham6132
    @graham6132 Год назад +4

    Kotkin is a boss. I don’t know how many of you follow him, but I’ve read both his volumes on Stalin (eagerly awaiting the third) and in my opinion, he’s one of the most underrated contemporary geopolitical thinkers.

  • @andrewwhite3793
    @andrewwhite3793 Год назад +7

    Well done Stephen and he made me realise the Putin's behaviour on a lot smaller scale is reflected in the workplace where an manager plays the same games. Human nature

  • @mishacknthane1060
    @mishacknthane1060 Год назад +3

    I'm addicted to professor kotkin

  • @mwang688
    @mwang688 Год назад +4

    Kotkin is so intelligent.

  • @stephenbethell7548
    @stephenbethell7548 Год назад

    TV Rain and Stephen Kotkin , a great duo !

  • @jameskonzek6730
    @jameskonzek6730 Год назад +6

    Kotlin! Sporting totally bussin glassware! 👍 😎

  • @marcwhite6267
    @marcwhite6267 Год назад +4

    3:03 There were people on the streets - hugging the Wagner fighters, bringing them water and snacks.
    Now it's become clear who's loved ... and who's loathed.

  • @morningglory8841
    @morningglory8841 Год назад +5

    I like this guy

  • @sunshine4sue2
    @sunshine4sue2 Год назад +3

    🗽🇺🇸 Great reporting!!

  • @alacazaba
    @alacazaba Год назад +4

    X-ray specs giving us an X-ray into Russia. Great to see this interview, Mr Kotkin!

  • @nixonstrmelj7092
    @nixonstrmelj7092 Год назад +1

    I love the picture of Kafka in his background, very fitting.

  • @josefadams647
    @josefadams647 Год назад +1

    Loving the glasses on this legend. His lectures are amazing

  • @thecount1001
    @thecount1001 Год назад +1

    Kotkin is a great intellect and scholar. i would love to see him and Prof. Mearshiemer (also a great scholar) in a lengthy debate.

  • @getevennow
    @getevennow Год назад

    Great clarity

  • @pj61114
    @pj61114 Год назад +2

    Excellent!❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @fattguy21
    @fattguy21 Год назад +1

    I was (am) surprised that no one else seemed to notice the crowds on the sidewalks cheering the Wagnerites,

  • @highwayred480
    @highwayred480 Месяц назад

    Excellent perspective

  • @AlloBruxelles
    @AlloBruxelles Год назад +2

    Kotkin is always right !!

  • @Lafuerza_V
    @Lafuerza_V Год назад +1

    Kotkin is king!!!!

  • @MrParedex
    @MrParedex Год назад +7

    Love the glasses

  • @MarcosElMalo2
    @MarcosElMalo2 Год назад +5

    They should have called the march on Moscow “Wagner Lives Matter”.
    I enjoyed this interview of Kotkin very much.

  • @bennjmin
    @bennjmin Год назад

    Love the wall-of-books background, and Kotkin''s spectacles as well.

  • @RightSideNews
    @RightSideNews Год назад +2

    Kotkin is great

  • @DaDamuse
    @DaDamuse Год назад +3

    never seen this guy before but he is quite interesting. Seems like an informed and smart guy. had a very quick look as his credentials and i think i should check out a bit more

  • @tedbaxter5234
    @tedbaxter5234 Год назад +3

    Bless Ukraine and the exact opposite to the Russian Federation and Putin.

  • @OziBlokeTimG
    @OziBlokeTimG Год назад +3

    Stephen, love the glasses... ❤
    great to hear from you again. 👍

    • @rowdyzack5914
      @rowdyzack5914 Год назад +1

      Oh no way, those are emasculating to the max

    • @OziBlokeTimG
      @OziBlokeTimG Год назад +1

      @rowdyzack5914 for a brief moment i thought it was Elton John 😅🤣🤣 but i do love the guy...

    • @rowdyzack5914
      @rowdyzack5914 Год назад

      @@OziBlokeTimG me too

  • @kentinspacetime5378
    @kentinspacetime5378 Год назад +1

    Great analysis. Thank you.

  • @clearlight1834
    @clearlight1834 Год назад

    Great 👍

  • @inkipinki8468
    @inkipinki8468 Год назад +1

    Mr Kotkin says it as it is.

  • @siquq
    @siquq Год назад

    Brilliant man.

  • @susansmith9263
    @susansmith9263 Год назад +7

    Thank you for this great interview.
    Prigozhin as well as his friends in the Russian Military have been disillusioned about the pace of the war in Ukraine. They thought it would be a blitzkrieg. Instead, it's a long bloody war.
    Russian Military blogger and ex FSB officer Igor Girkin is pro war, but has fiercely criticized the Russian military for their incompetence and "insufficiency".
    8 days ago Girkin again, gave more scathing criticism of Putin's leadership. "Putin is not going to win this war" he warned.😮
    The Kremlin is like a Mafia organization. They sense weakness and the Capo's start vying for a bigger piece of the pie. 🙄

    • @kreek22
      @kreek22 Год назад +3

      Is it weakness or is it magnanimity? MacArthur defied Truman in Korea. He was relieved, not tried for treason. Why? Magnanimity. Truman could afford to forgive MacArthur because MacArthur was not a real threat to Truman's power. Also, MacArthur, like Prigozhin, was a national hero--he had earned some goodwill.

    • @user-uy4mn1jo3g
      @user-uy4mn1jo3g Год назад

      Вы неимоверно тупы !

    • @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590
      @dimitrioskantakouzinos8590 Год назад

      Ah yes, "Susan Smith", expert on Russian affairs because she turned on CNN. Maybe criticize your own war criminal leader.

  • @peterwhite7428
    @peterwhite7428 Год назад

    Hello,ykaterina. You conduct a great interview and you have a great smile.

  • @nialloftheninehostages1004
    @nialloftheninehostages1004 Год назад +1

    Love those glasses.

  • @agh0x01
    @agh0x01 Год назад +1

    Kotkin is a national treasure.

  • @NomadJoe0323
    @NomadJoe0323 Год назад +1

    Stephen Kotkin almost always gives a fascinating interview

  • @jaapfolmer7791
    @jaapfolmer7791 Год назад +1

    What a resounding refutation of authoritarianism. Anyone calling for a 'strong leader' should heed this man's words. Authoritarian regimes are always inefficient.

  • @barumbadum
    @barumbadum Год назад +1

    The best scholar of Rusia history and politics.

  • @jayeye4798
    @jayeye4798 Год назад

    Kotkin is looking sharp in those sweet glasses. Very nice, Stephen! And of course, brilliant as usual.

  • @predragnikitz9106
    @predragnikitz9106 Год назад +1

    Great channel!

  • @skyotter3317
    @skyotter3317 Год назад +1

    Brilliant analysis, as usual.

  • @Conn30Mtenor
    @Conn30Mtenor Год назад

    TV Rain. The voice of sanity from Russia. Thank you.

  • @jacqueskools2566
    @jacqueskools2566 Год назад +1

    Nice glasses !!

  • @joedonovan3820
    @joedonovan3820 Год назад +1

    Way cool glasses!

  • @mowlinholf4414
    @mowlinholf4414 Год назад +2

    I didnt know Joe Pesci's academic street education went this far into political science!

    • @tuttirulla
      @tuttirulla Год назад

      I thought there was something familiar about him but couldn't say what.

  • @esr243
    @esr243 Год назад +2

    I like this guy’s views

  • @zeus-bx9xw
    @zeus-bx9xw Год назад

    Great insight

  • @philqueeg7677
    @philqueeg7677 Год назад +3

    Prof Kotkin is always enlightening, but he might want to do a re-think on the new glasses.

  • @Allen-fe1nq
    @Allen-fe1nq Год назад +1

    Kotkin has always been my favorite historian and Russian expert. But, what's with his glasses? I'm sure they look good on Quicksilver, but Kotkin?

  • @richardhausig9493
    @richardhausig9493 Год назад +2

    This is the man who knows. Pay attention.

  • @chrisrutledge9330
    @chrisrutledge9330 Год назад +2

    A realistic and experienced Russian reporter in exile interviewing a foremost thinker on the structure and workings of the Russian authoritarian system. The broad perspective, instead of the musings of retired Western military sources speaking beyond their actual depth of historical or political knowledge.

  • @Igor-ug1uo
    @Igor-ug1uo Год назад +3

    Мне очень понравился его первый том о Сталине. Очень советаю. Второй ещё не читал. Стивен шарит.

  • @alexlong3714
    @alexlong3714 Год назад +3

    His comment about shedding Russian blood in Ukraine is different from shedding blood within the Motherland Russia. In fact, Russian blood were shed, with the downing of the Military helicopters and aircraft by the Wagner Group mutineers. No ?

  • @sedoff1948
    @sedoff1948 Год назад

    A bravura analysis, the best.

  • @arkadybelsky3150
    @arkadybelsky3150 Год назад +1

    Everything sounds very reasonable

  • @boggggggdan
    @boggggggdan Год назад

    Those glasses are a coded message

  • @frankdeville515
    @frankdeville515 Год назад

    Faultless bar the new glasses

  • @yevaburshteyn6938
    @yevaburshteyn6938 Год назад

    It's very interesting to hear details from Kotkin about Russian regime.

  • @Cipricus
    @Cipricus Год назад +1

    Is that Kafka in the photo close to his right shoulder?

  • @garypowell1540
    @garypowell1540 Год назад +2

    BTW. Why is Kotkin wearing his wife's glasses?

  • @caylynmillard
    @caylynmillard Год назад

    Great glasses

  • @yellowbug5113
    @yellowbug5113 Год назад +1

    I sure hope he writes a book on Putin.

  • @SkyGlitchGalaxy
    @SkyGlitchGalaxy Год назад +1

    Prigozhin might not be the best "option" for Russians, but anyone is better for Ukraine.
    The most important thing is to bring the war home to Russians.

  • @Conn30Mtenor
    @Conn30Mtenor Год назад

    What I noticed was the cheering crowds in Rostov who were waving Wagner flags and celebrating Prighozhin.

  • @dkoz8321
    @dkoz8321 Год назад +3

    Dr. Kotkin is on Putin's special 'list'. FBI needs to assign security detail to him.

  • @escapefelicity2913
    @escapefelicity2913 Год назад

    Kotkin is slick

  • @nlabanok
    @nlabanok Год назад

    Never underestimate the willingness of desperate despots and cult leaders a to do the unthinkable to avoid being held accountable.

  • @thomaswallis3084
    @thomaswallis3084 Год назад

    Kotkin! straight out of GoodFellas!

  • @thommyrubin1866
    @thommyrubin1866 Год назад +1

    Mr. Kotkin are spot on! It was a pleasure listening to him on this matter. Like to hear more from him. Thank you.

  • @ddkdkdkdkdkdk1
    @ddkdkdkdkdkdk1 Год назад +1

    Those glassed make him look cute 😅

  • @lindabondperry
    @lindabondperry Год назад

  • @anjaseidl4003
    @anjaseidl4003 Год назад +2

    But all Wagner warfare is illegal, be it MALI ... (ect.) and a lie. Why did he ADMIT the mistake this time. Because the task has become to difficult and he lacks "help".

  • @MouneSidara-sq7ou
    @MouneSidara-sq7ou Год назад

    No one big alone in this world.

  • @hardheadjarhead
    @hardheadjarhead Год назад

    Stephen…love your lectures. Ya gotta get new glasses though.

    • @tuttirulla
      @tuttirulla Год назад

      I can't get over the fact that to me they seriously look like a special effect added afterwards.