INTERVIEW: Vladimir Putin & "The Cult of Death"
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- From poisoning those who oppose him to encouraging what our guest calls a “cult of death”, Vladimir Putin leads the country with the largest nuclear arsenal in the world-Russia.
The controversial Russian president finds himself in the center of three storylines during this news cycle:
This week marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine under Putin's direction, and ten years since Russia annexed Crimea (an area in southern Ukraine).
Last week, we learned of the murder Alexey Navalny, a high-profile opposition leader imprisoned under Putin’s regime.
Earlier this month, American host, Tucker Carlson, aired a high-publicized interview with President Putin, igniting headlines worldwide.
Joining us is journalist and author, David Satter, who worked as a correspondent inside Russia during the fall of the Soviet Union and rise of Putin.
In 2013, David became the first U.S. correspondent expelled from Russia since the Cold War.
With incredible perspective on Russian life, and invaluable sources, David explains what most Americans don’t understand about the Russian leader and the Russian way of life, adding context and insight about this news cycle.
This interview covers a lot of ground! Some key words:
Yevgeny Prigozhin: The former leader of the Wagner Group - a mercenary military force connected to the Russian government. Despite a strong relationship with President Putin in the past, Prigozhin became critical of the war in Ukraine and eventually led a revolt against Putin in 2023 that Putin deterred. Prigozhin died several months later, in a plane accident often suspected as a murder orchestrated by Putin.
Alexey Navalny: A high-profile opposition leader against Pres. Vladmir Putin, who not only pursued political office in Russia but published investigative work exposing what he believed to be the corruption of the Putin regime.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17: A civilian flight traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, July 17, 2014, carrying 283 people and 15 crew. The Boeing 777 flew over eastern Ukraine - an area of conflict between Russia and Ukraine - and a rocket shot it down, killing all 298 people on board. Later reports blamed Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Evan Gershkovich: An American journalist imprisoned in Russia. Gershkovich lived in Russia and reported for The Wall Street Journal. During a reporting trip on March 29th, Russian security forces arrested him; Pres. Putin said Gershkovich acquired classified information.
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I've been searching for a David Satter interview post Navalny murder and was delighted to find this! Thank you
Yes, me too.
Thank you for this interview. I appreciate the insight from an expert on Russia. There is so much to learn and understand.
You and David Satter both made compelling arguments regarding the interview. You noted the importance of showing Putin. While David indicated that the audience needs some guidance and an expert conducting the interview.
The interview between Tucker and Putin was very interesting. However, I would have loved fact checking running in tandem. Perhaps there was more fact checking and discussion in parts I missed and/or behind the TCN pay wall. What can journalists do as they conduct interviews to reduce the need/desire for fact checking?
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This interview is five months old and it has 54 likes. David deserves millions of likes considering his wealth of knowledge and reinforcing the need to defeat this empire completely.
10 year war going on 11
I believe you both added important insight to the TC interview. David Satter has such a vast historical/political background on USSR/Russia that it is hard to match. I find his perspective so interesting. Particularly interesting is his insight @50:00. If we don’t look at the interview through a historical and skeptical lens, we will see it much differently. It’s all about context and perspective. Thank you for bringing David in for this story!
Good catch for the interview. David Satter is an expert. Carlson is a disgrace.
Sounds alarmist but what few are discussing yet lurks in the off limits of very manys' thinking, are the use of nukes. Would Russia launch a pre-emptive hit on American soil if the Kremlin calculated an attack on any NATO member would fully engage America's military response? I question if MAD is the equation it was at Cold Wars end, or have the duel might of Russia/PRC found ways of rendering that stalemate obsolete?
Does Russia have a Spartan complex?
she is irritating
Propaganda.