Putin scrambles to fix 'hollowed out' military | Bill Browder
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2023
- "Putin thought it would be a three day war where he could shore up his popularity. I think this is the war that will end his power."
Putin is 'scrambling to turn around' Russia's 'hollowed out military' as drone strikes on Moscow continue, says financier and campaigner Bill Browder.
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Mothers of Russian Dead Soldiers Group was forcibly disbanded as Mothers risked jail
I heard about this. Yes, let's put the Soldiers mothers in _jail!_ Russia is a circus at this point, just hilarious lol
Many bereaved mothers are spread out in distant provinces where there isn't strength in numbers.
DID BILL SAY THIS? 😂😂😂😂🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
Love Bill Browder and the book Freezing Order. What a thriller!
Well done Mr. Browder.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last."
-Winston Churchill
The biggest traitor in British history, and you quoted him.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Huh? Most of the British public regard him as one of our greatest leaders. Like everyone he had his flaws but he was not a traitor…
@@SuperNova-py1ec Exactly. He liked a fight, was not the best leader in peacetime, but did introduce the elements of the Welfare State, and if the UK Parliament had taken his warnings seriously a few years earlier, WW2 could have been avoided. O'Dell's comments just don't add up.
@brianblackford2224 there was NEVER any need for ww2. As far as I understand the Germans never had any designs on Britian or any other part of western Europe and offered multiple peace offerings to Britain after the war had started. They were totally justified in reclaiming territory lost after the disgraceful versailles treaty robed them of 10% of land mass and 13% of population. If you care to check its not difficult to find that the German population in these lost territories were treated appallingly, especially by the poles who stole their farms and distributed the land to poles ,essentially ethnically cleansing the German population they were supposed to protect. Winston Churchill seems to have had a problem with German existence in and of itself and was just a warmonger in my opinion ,who committed many unnecessary war crimes against civilians and in the process destroyed great Britain and the thing he loved the most ,the British empire. Look around at the wreckage of the once proud and beautiful nation that is Britain. I don't think it was worth the death and destruction .
@@davieodell9369wow is that the best you can do? The talent pool at the GRU is getting shallow.
The saying was never more true that if you fail to learn from your mistakes you made in history then you are destined to repeat them in future. Appeasement never works long term
"thinking that by feeding the crocodile you will be eaten last" CHURCHILL
THIS TIME....no appeasement ...Ukraine able to defend itself now and for the foreseeable future by Land . Sea . Air . Jens Stoltenborg NATO summit. Vilnius, Lithuania June 2023. Thats the mission. Now is the actual operation.
This interviewer is really good. She is asking very concrete and adequate questions and is letting the guest answer without interrupting him.
I think she is the worst on Times Radio. She barely knows more than the basics about the conflict, and I find that most of her questions can be improved upon. I have now seen several interviews with her, and it's always been the same problem: her questions seem badly thought out, and she tends to be all over the shop, jumping from topic to topic, and hardly following up on anything. Admittedly, none of this really matters because the guests normally answer their own questions. But her colleagues do better in my opinion.
Thats just what a BOT would say....
I totally agree with you. I hate interviewervwho interrupt frequently in the middle of the conversation.👍
@@bryandimery6509coming from a RuZZian troll 😂
@@HungryGhost999 We dont know if hes a russian troll
NEVER trust a tyrant,a traitor,or a thief.
@@lyndaevans1504 Working for russian propaganda? With what they are paying now? Shitcoins?
@@lyndaevans1504nah, agent orange is the (Individual One) I'M thinking of, 3 out of 3. 🤢🤮 ADD Liar to that too plz.
Putin. Trump. Johnson.
@@lyndaevans1504 Blair? Jesus, topical! What about that Dwight Eisenhower!
@@TimPoolGotNoChick.WorkOutWhy add Starmer and Yousaf to that list
Bill Browder is the best!
The interviewer is excellent, allowing the interviewee to give a great interview hats off to her.
Kazakhstan should be acknowledged as a country to replace Russia as being on the UNSC as pointed out by a wise contributor. Kazakhstan has vast natural resources to be
able to replace the reliance on fossil fuels Aside of one wise vocal Russian scientist , no -one else is interested in the Global Climate Damage over there & quite frankly not many countries in the West care either. An Iron Curtain with Russia would solve this problem . Dont allow Russia to make a move on Kazakstan ! Or China!
Thank you bill browder always a pleasure to listen to your insight into things .
Thoughtful questions - and Bill Browder, as ever, spot on. Appease a bully at your peril. Jane Soole
Yes, this was an excellent discussion. The lady asked some great questions.
Great reply’s, but the interviewer is not up to the task.
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection.
Good interviewee, good interviewER. Seems like she's actually listening.
Thank you Mr. Browder and the interviewer for this. Love listening to this man. Agree with all that he says especially about Putin. Glory to Ukraine. 🙏 🇺🇦💙💛💕❤️
Finally someone talking sense!! Stop appeasing Putler!!!
Give Ukraine what they need ASAP! Well said Bill 🫡
We know the truth,Putin tried to stop the war long time ago,this aint Ukraines war
Ukraine needs peace, ASAP. While there are still young Ukrainian men! I'm sick and tired of ads for Ukrainian women looking for love
And give them the right to strike deep into Russia with western weapons, see how POS Putin likes that.
@@tonidimitrova6078, you probably need to modify your general viewing habits if that's the targeted advertising you get...
@@baldyslapnut.😂 yup
Aloha to you, courageous soul. You are a model to us all. Thank you for the enlightening interviews.
Bill Browder knows his subject very thoroughly! What a great interview! Slava Ukraine!
He knows the western narrative
Deaht to Nazikraine muppet of the Nato.
Was his father the long-time head of the USA Communist party?
He surely knows how to obey his puppet masters...Not a shred of truth in what he says
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection. Everyone that watched this has lost IQ points as a result.
I love to think that every day Pootler is sitting there afraid he's going to be hanged from a lamp post!
Mr Browder speaks sense with every word and every sentence. We need more people like Mr Browder in influential places. He shines a light towards a peaceful future.
I have not heard a single sentence or word of truth: only conjecture and propaganda. However the majority hear exactly what they want to hear. I rather listen to Douglas MacGregor, since he does not lie, or stoop to ridicule.
He hates Putin because Putin wants him killed. Who wouldn't! But it makes Browder irrational. If you look back at his statements over the past 18 months you'd believe less of what he says.
@@henniedevilliers7570 Indeed, there is no evidence proving that the lawyer of the aforementioned individual was subjected to torture and execution, nor that his company avoided paying taxes or that substantial amount of money went into the pockets of Putin. All of it remains just imaginary assumptions. In reality, the Russian military operates effectively, and Putin commands it deftly, showcasing his great strategic skills, much greater than legendary chess master Kasparov, who himself was accused of wrongdoing involving bribes and sexual abuse. This is all factual.
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Browder types in influential places is like injecting yourself with AIDS. The first thing that goes is attachment to base reality and then suddenly you notice you live in mafialand. On second thoughts, we already have the British Uniparty, can it get any worse?
I loved that tiny little smile when he said Putin was afraid everyday that he was gonna be hung on a light post
At 17:09, "Putler hung from a lamp post." I'll buy a ticket to that show. When does it play?
still with the lynching model , yeah keep thinkin like that mate see how it goes , aye !
Thank you for standing up for righteousness Mr. Browder. You are a great inspiration for all who crave justice and peace.
Great inspiration to which herd? Biased opinion. Wonder what his getting paid to mislead the masses...
Exactly. putin will not stop until he is forced to stop. 👍👏👏👏
The EU and UK will crumble to dust before anything like that happens
Why should he stop , Ukraine is the axis of evil on this earth . He will never stop , this fight is until Armageddon. The end . Instead of hating , you should try some resolve . Maybe you got it all wrong , maybe your fully brainwashed into believing lies of msm and nato
Ok Forrest
Just like all bullies...
Putin won’t stoop until someone smokes him
I could listen to Bill Bowder all day. He is logical, sensible and realistic. Don’t get that much these days.
He has written a couple of books that are well worth reading. Red Notice and Freezing Order.
Yes, so refreshing to listen to a serious expert who has no political agenda. Praying for Putin’s downfall.
I honestly feel sorry for the average soldier. Constantly called upon by tyrants to die.
Excellent comment. It reminds me of the Roman Empire. Each emperor had to put his mark on history, which was often achieved by inflicting war upon one neighbour, or another 🫢🇷🇺🏛️⚰️
@@PortsladeBySeamany Roman emperors were overthrown by their own elite guards.
@@joachimfrank4134 well yeah but not for noble reasons they literally murdered a emperor for refusing a wage increase for the bodyguard. Yes you are correct in terms of it is up to the Russians to actually refuse to fight and refuse to go to the front and to actually band together and ensure putin is the one on the front with an ak and tank from the 1940s and see how he does
I enjoy these videos from Times Radio but for one thing. I find short segment at the beginning that is then repeated later in the video very irritating.
Me too
double propaganda mate , simple , aye !
Ukrainian must not negotiate, Putin must pay
He should go on holiday to the Hague
Negotiations would have more value, even after Putin's evil, IF it would stop it going further. On previous behavior however it'd more likely encourage worse from him in atrocities, complete disregard for agreements which he'd blaim on the Ukrainians, & consolidation prior to further attempts of conquest.
If negotiations include complete withdrawal and reparations I think it's appropriate to negotiate safe passage for troop withdrawal and how reparations are structured.
Ukraine must not negotiate? That must be hard for you to say from your comfortable home. Ukraine is destroyed or will be a shadow of its former self. For all those saying Putin is such a bad guy, well he now has the most powerful military Russia had had in a long time. Russia is in a much better position than it has been for a long time, so we’ll done.
Well maybe then you are willing to help them on battlefield? They are in need for people coz dead people couldn't be replaced this fast you know.
Nine billion people on the planet and we're letting one monster rule us all. Humans never learn.
I agree with you, Biden needs to go.
All the most important questions and answers in 17 minutes. Perfect.
not really, he is lagging behind with news.
Too many Chamberlin's not enough Churchill's
That's good, agree completely. Negotiations will be Munich, 1938 all over again.
@@azdaz7109 WTH are you even talking about?
Love this guy. Says it like it is. If only Russians could be unbrainwashed….
He's a lying POS
Yes that would be great !! Maybe they can count you in ! All this news everyday of Putin this Putin that smells like indoctrination !!
Actually he's a propagandist. In all those years he's been after Putin, he hasn't said one positive word about him which cearly indicates he's a biased opinion maker.
They CAN, but usually it takes a 9mm "injection" to the back of their cranium!
😂😂
"Unbrainwashed"..is that what you say on this channel?
This guy is spot on. He is also calm and reassuring. The lady interviewer is polite and also calming. The BBC could learn a great deal here! Very helpful and informative.
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection. Everyone that watched this has lost IQ points as a result. If you want the truth, check out Col Douglas MacGregor, Col Tony Shafer, Maj Scott Ritter.
Mr. Browder is right on the money & highly regarded.
"Highly regarded" by those that want Russia gone and the Zionist neocons that rule US foreign policy. He is a fraud, a con, go to Wikipedia to C how or live igngnorane and chumpland.
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection.
ha no he aint .
Some great points, Bill... He's right on...
He's one of the most knowledgeable people about how corrupt the russian government is. He estimates the russian government has stolen over 6 trillion from the russian people
A great analyst and orator.
great man bill talks complete sense
yeah non sense .
@@thomasw.glasgow7449 well you must be used to nonsense in Scotland 🏴
@@johncleere6293 well ah might be but am in london . 😎
Well said Bill. We need to hear more from you.
For Zelensky and a number of NATO countries, the war will be not over when Russia leaves all Ukrainian territory. There is the matter of war crimes, paying for rebuilding Ukraine, and child abductions. It is hard to see important political leaders ignoring these.
i mean will Zelensky pay for the war crimes of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of russians before the war began? i mean ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries and it is crazy how you believe this
Russia will be paying for decades...
Have some unicorn meat with your fantasies. Do you know whether the UK will even get through the winter?
Unfortunately, all will soon be forgotten in the scramble by Western multinationals to begin trading with ruSSia again. Under the guise of reintegrating ruSSia into the global economy, of course!
The justification will be to allow ruSSia to generate money to pay for reparations. A new outwardly humble and contrite political leadership might emerge to facilitate the West's greed. Simmering away in the background will be the old order, ultra nationalists and hard-liners, feeding on grievance and perceived humiliation (all entirely self-inflicted by their cohort in the first place). Reparations, if any even get forwarded, will start to dwindle. 'National priorities' will change, a military rebuilding will have been ongoing, and it will start all over again. Maybe not with a Ukraine as a NATO member, but it will happen somewhere on ruSSia's border. The imperialist 'DNA' of a particular type of ruSSian cannot be altered. Hopefully, generations of 'normal' ruSSians will breed it out. I don't see much hope for that aspiration, though, since a huge proportion of men who might be fathers of the next generation have been sacrificed on the altar of putin's ego.
@@SterileNeutrino Useless contribution from Ivan there.
This man understands the situation perfectly. Well done Bill
"... This man understands..." in a "war-hawk" kind of way, sure.
... which means you consider yourself to also understand the situation perfectly?
@@FistandFootMartialArts If I assume your comment is honest then I think BB understands that the alternatives that you believe exist actually don't.
My dog has a better hold on reality
@@davidwright5094 I just mean that I've seen a few things with him as "the expert" that ignores the fact that he has a agenda to push, with very little nuance.
Such an interesting intelligent man I could listen to him all day..Thanks for the great interview..
A scorpion wanted to cross a river and asked a frog if he would carry him across on his back. The frog said no because you will sting me and I will die. The Scorpion laughed and said he wouldn't do that because they would both drown. So the frog agreed and sure enough half way across the scorpion stung the frog. The frog said "why did you do that because now we will both drown to which the scorpion answered "This is the Russian Federation"
More like America!
Would there be a war if right-wing Ukrainians hadn't overthrown their democratically elected government in 2014?
Putin is a crook and should be in prison, but two wrongs don't make a right!
The UK can't afford to pay its nurses but can afford to keep arming right wing dictatorships that pretend to be democratic but who actually ban opposition parties and a third of their population from voting.
I'm glad Russia lost the cold war because if it had been the other way around, we would be atomic dust by now!
Have no doubt that America would never have allowed Russia to break some of their states away from the US and arm them and I wouldn't blame them.
But Russia also thinks like that.
The Americans are losing their dominance of the world and are trying to split up the opposition, divide and rule has always been their got to place.
Well, Russia and China aren't having that anymore and who but absolute right-wing nut jobs would like to live in a country like America, which has school kids being shot dead nearly every day and more people in prison than China and more people in absolute poverty than China according to the UN.
The USA is a great place for the rich, they have a justice system that favours them and a political system as well.
If it was truly democratic it would have the person with the most votes as president and not the electoral college.
The UK is just as bad with its first past the post system, which is just another way of slanting democracy in favour of the rich!
I appreciate hearing this guy's perspectives very much.
If the allies want Ukraine to win, when are they provide the weapons that is necessary for a victory on the battlefield?
Dementia Joe is slow rolling support.
It is happening.
Yes, the US is stepping it up now with support of the grain issue, F-16-s and more. This guy is lagging a little behind with the news.
@@nolaserva few F-16s won't win the war for Ukraine. They need so much more
F-16s will certainly help. I think we should just sink the black sea fleet and call his nuclear weapons bluff.
There's Ol' Bill Browder! Gog bless him. He never passes up a chance to get on a public forum and give Putin what for.
Love that Bill Browder and I’m beginning to really warm to your interviewer now too. Speaking from experience, it’s tough being an American female working in London, although probably easier than in the seventies (!) she’s doing a great job.
Well said, Mr Browder. We have sought to appease Putin for far too long, and he has grabbed everything we offered. In the meantime, we did nothing to provide proper deterrence. As Gen. Ben Hodges has said, the war in Ukraine is the result of failed deterrence; this is what failed deterrence looks like. Whatever we think deterrence costs, it is as nothing compared with the costs of war and its aftermath.
an what would yi call more than doubling the size of nato then , a deterance that caused this ? not workin well there mate , we broke so many deals wi Russia ah don't blame them so go Putin
Q
Thank you Bill!
All of Bill's interviews are enlightening and informative. 👍🏻🇬🇧
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection. Everyone that watched this has lost IQ points as a result.
I could listen to Bill Browdet all day long.
Shame they booked Bill Browder instead.
I like fairy tales to but isn't fact😂
A clear sign of early onset dementia.
@@Robert-xy4xi😂 Listen to Russia news 🤡
@@Robert-xy4xiget your English right , dude
I have been following Bill since his first book. It is hard to imagine someone more knowledgeable about Putin.
You know who his Grandfather was right?
@@StreetSoulLover it doesn't matter
If he was so knowledgeable. He won't be providing hearsay as factual.
@@StreetSoulLover I don't, who is his grandfather?
@@mikehunt6218 Earl Browder, leader of The Communist Party USA, Pro-Stalin, working for Soviet Intelligence along with various members of his family. Make of it what you will
Love listening to Mr Browder
" Mr Browder speaks sense with every word and every sentence. We need more people like Mr Browder in influential places. He shines a light towards a peaceful future", and he has since the beginning of this war in 2014... Well said, I agree with all the positive comments made below. We need to end the war first, for Ukraine, the Russian people and our civilised world.
Browder is a crook
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection. Everyone that watched this has lost IQ points as a result. If you want the truth, check out Col Douglas MacGregor, Col Tony Shafer, Maj Scott Ritter.
try tellin that ti the us then mate !
'Hung from a lamp post" great idea Bill.
yeah him first though , aye !
I think the question should have been “Will the rest of the world ever trust Russia again”?
Russia didn't lie about anything. The EU and Biden did.
Never. Rusky cannot be trusted ever. Well, only when they move back to Mongolia
Or respect Russia again
The last time Russia deserved trust was under Gorbachev.
The next time will be when they've paid for this war & we've had a couple of decades without any aggression on their part.
Never under Putin. Russia needs to give up its imperialist ambitions and simply become democratic, free, and join the west. Be stronger together than apart. But Putin and his cronies gotta go.
Bill Browder is brilliant. Clarity and honesty. "This man is a menace to the world" Putin.
MAybe for Putin - ok, but not for the world
Not sure about his Russian casualty stats though... Over 200,000 dead seems way too high.
@@karmakazi101Sounds like western propaganda.
@@polarvortex3294He also misused the term, "iron curtain" a number of times. This guy strikes me as that guy everyone knows, who watches the news all day and thinks he's a policy expert.
@@polarvortex3294He also misused the term, "iron curtain" a number of times. This guy strikes me as that guy everyone knows, who watches the news all day and thinks he's a policy expert.
Very good! Lets hear more from Bill.
Bill is on point! Crystal clear! 👍👍👍
On point. Well said. Great interview
I don't think it was that Wagner were not being sent ammunition, it was more a case of them being reduced to the same ammunition quantities as the rest of the Russian forces. Wagner were apparently firing multiples of the amount of artillery as the rest of the Russians, but a new overall commander probably took exception to that.
They also had to show something for what they were firing. There was definitely a quarrel between Prigozhin on one side and Shoigu and Gherasimov on the other. Which most likely caused Wagner to be under-supplied, if not compared to other Russian troops then at least in relation to what they were tasked to do. If only Prigozhin wouldn't have stopped the march of his men on Moscow ...
Love your books Bill.
Thank you for this clear and straightforward analysis and explanation. Glad I watched this update.
Vlad should get out there on the front line and lead his troops into battle!
Yes! He should be shirtless, riding a white horse and carrying a sword.
@@Apollonos
Since Putin is so obsessed with Crimea and having more than one way to access it, perhaps make a deal that if his forces leave Ukraine quickly, and all of the children who were removed from Ukraine are returned to their relatives, then he can stay in a house in Crimea permanently surrounded by a thick walls, protected by guards provided by Ukraine and the ICC!
With his money stolen all these years.
Bill browder is one of the few people that can make real sense out of what's going on,. I respect his opinion greatly,. I wish we had more bill browder's in this world 🌎
Browder is one of the few non-Russians that really knows whereof he speaks. So many Americans talk smack about Russia but honestly, do they have a clue? Most don’t even speak Russian for a start. Now the Ukrainians, the folks in the Baltics, Finland, all the ex-Soviet republics, they know a thing or two. I could listen to Masha Gessen or Garry Kasparov all day long, but they LIVED it.
I don't think Russian Grandees really want Vladdy to stick around to try to fix a serious problem of his own making. As Mr. Browder says, Putin stayed in power not be governing well but by allowing kleptocratic opportunities to expand.
Browder is a fraud. His claims about Russia/Putin are pure projection. Everyone that watched this has lost IQ points as a result. If you want the truth, check out Col Douglas MacGregor, Col Tony Shafer, Maj Scott Ritter.
Very impressive presentation 👍
Very clever perspectives you present. I love your arguments and rationales 👍
This is about as good as it gets. Kudos
Excellent points Bill 👍
In the Afghan war, many of the soldiers were kids of high ranking party officials seeking credentials because their families believed it was an easy war. In this war it was and continues to be the poor and people separated from the cosmopolitain centers who are dying. That is why the mothers factor is diminished.
@@yanksbiglywvil I cant disagree with that. Both things are definitely true.
Problem with putin is that "he can't take a word from anyone including his advisors "
An autocrats favorite mistake!
Thats not his only problem , he has serious personality issues .
Uh?
@@smoothoperator2008sGood point. It's always the case that other people know more about a person than that person knows, until they know themselves. An extremely good comment.
How do you know this unless you are James Bond.
Yes, naZputin would look great decorating a lamppost..... Time will tell.....
Thanks mr browder
💙💛🙏Slava Ukraine and the Brave Heroes fighting for their Country and their Freedom 🙏💙💙💙💛💛💛🇺🇦❤️🇵🇹
Putin is not scared enough...he's still alive, sadly.
He's just hiding in a bunker lol.
Sadly so is Nuland and Blinken
@@HAASMINIMILL1yeah sure Russian. Edit: neither of those two people have to hide in bunkers nor are they internationally wanted kidnappers either. So they got that going for them 😂.
@@HAASMINIMILL1 russian bots deffinetely dont bother with updating their guidelines
@@dpelpal
Bunker Opa Pootin 🇷🇺👌🏻
☝️ I admire Ukraine more and more even with everything that is going on, which is not little! but it gives pleasure to see that the democratic independent ukrainian state that is working very well even with this unjust war aggressor invader they continue to keep Faithful or democracy and justice...Slava Ukraini ✌️🇵🇹🇺🇦🇪🇺 3:05
Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just a question of concern: is Ukraine truly "democratic", without free elections and free press?
@@proudamerican1443 It has elections and is working towards being a full democracy. Russia on the other hand is a dictatorship and getting rapidly worse. The only real democracies are in Europe. The US was downgraded thanks to Trump.
@@proudamerican1443 the electorate that voted for Zelensky was and is entirely free
@@proudamerican1443 Zelenskyy and Poroshenko ran a Ukraine that was 50% / 50% pro-West and pro-Russia after Euromaidan and before this war. Putin runs unopposed and with high approval. Guess which one has free elections and free press. (Hint: It ain't the latter.)
Anyone who thinks that pootin will survive this mess, is nuts.
Wise words and a good analysis regarding the political, economical and military situation on the Ruzzian - Ukraine war by Mr Browder
Slava 🇷🇺
3:50 it's not clear "Prigozhin didn't show loyalty to Putin." His military insurrection was said to be against the head of the military, NOT against Putin. Of course I don't think I'd believe Prigozhin, but, there's no specific reason he'd have to go after Putin, his force was laughably small for such an attack and telegraphed it's move to Moscow over several days, which no coup would actually do. (If Putin is indeed thrown out of office by force, Putin will not know from where the coup came or what form it took until he literally feels the physical knife or bullet entering his body. He's not going to have TV footage for three days.) Finally, don't ask me what convinced me it wasn't a coup attempt, ask Putin what convinced Putin it wasn't a coup attempt. The guy's still (apparently) alive which is more than I can say for the top two military figures.
I think so too
great point! You don't want an assassin to know where you are. Maybe it was a ploy to put Prigozhin's troops into Lukashenko's hands so the monkey would be on his back about the riots in Africa. Only time will tell if Putin and Russia doesn't run out of it.
But Putin himself called him a traitor that needed to be punished. In fact he was so scared putin left Mosco in a private jet. Putin has lost a lot of power.
@@juliettewhittaker8904 > But Putin himself called him a traitor that needed to be punished
I don't speak Russian so didn't get the full nuance of Putin's comments, but I don't think Putin was saying Pregozhin was trying to do a coup, or that he was PERSONALLY disloyal, did he? "traitor" could mean a person attack, or an attack against the nation, or could mean simply that he was making a huge problem for Putin withouth actually being disloyal.
> In fact he was so scared putin left Mosco in a private jet
My understanding is that one of the many jets Putin travels on was seen on international navigation systems as leaving Moscow. I don't know if there's any record Putin was on it or if Putin was spotted actually outside of Moscow. It doesn't make sense though that if Putin thought he might be attacked by Pregozhin that he'd flee on a plane with a publicly-accessible flight plan! Putin also travels all the time so even if he travelled there's not much to be read into that. Putin also has a dozen locations, apparently, with exactly the same office built, so no-one he's talking to can be sure exactly where he is. It's also possible Putin fled at first just in case, but soon or soonish was in touch with Pregozhin and understood better what was going on.
But back to my original statement: I'm not saying Putin wasn't the target of a coup. I'm just saying Browder seems to assume it but that I haven't seen ANY such evidence (except, as you say, very circumstantially, one of Putin's planes leaving Moscow in a very visible manner with a public flight plan that particular weekend).
Of course, it was a coup attempt. If Prigozhin had replaced Shoigu and Gerasimov, that would have demonstrated that he - and not Putin - was the most powerful man in Russia. Prigozhin was probably counting on help from discontented elites in Moscow, but when that he didn't materialize, he called it off.
These interviews are really fascinating
I agree with everything you’ve said. Thank you.
The world really needs people like you Bill and hopefully Putin and his followers go down very soon. 🥰 Thank you Bill 🙏
Good interview!
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏🙏✌🍀💙💛
Would there be a war if right-wing Ukrainians hadn't overthrown their democratically elected government in 2014?
Putin is a crook and should be in prison, but two wrongs don't make a right!
The UK can't afford to pay its nurses but can afford to keep arming right wing dictatorships that pretend to be democratic but who actually ban opposition parties and a third of their population from voting.
I'm glad Russia lost the cold war because if it had been the other way around, we would be atomic dust by now!
Have no doubt that America would never have allowed Russia to break some of their states away from the US and arm them and I wouldn't blame them.
But Russia also thinks like that.
The Americans are losing their dominance of the world and are trying to split up the opposition, divide and rule has always been their got to place.
Well, Russia and China aren't having that anymore and who but absolute right-wing nut jobs would like to live in a country like America, which has school kids being shot dead nearly every day and more people in prison than China and more people in absolute poverty than China according to the UN.
The USA is a great place for the rich, they have a justice system that favours them and a political system as well.
If it was truly democratic it would have the person with the most votes as president and not the electoral college.
The UK is just as bad with its first past the post system, which is just another way of slanting democracy in favour of the rich!
Very good analysis, I see it the same. I have been married for 21 years with a Russian woman, and I learned step by step to decode Russian souls, and there is unimaginable despairation. And their worst problem is that they can not admit this despairation.
I’ve always thought that they have a huge chip on their shoulder as we say in Australia, but you’ve described it better.
despairation or desperation? Can you enlighten us more please? It’s interesting because I have experienced something very similar and for the past year I’ve been trying to share this with everyone I know to help them understand what’s going on. Thank you for your commentary.
I don't know the difference between desperation and despairation. I am not a native English speaker but the comment of the Australian watcher with the chip I like. Yes, if you look at the Russian history. It's unfortunately a history of too much misery. They are actually very smart and handy people, but their potential was always limited because a small leading group was only focused on ruling this incredible big country by force. And I think in this sheer big size of the country, the actual burden for each Russian is given. Till today, their is no concept to keep the country across 11 timezones and different ethnics together except by force and force is no concept.
@@christianfaust5141 great. Thank you. Despair is a great word. Despairation is not an actual English word, but it is a GREAT concept. It is better than desperation in this case. In English we can create words that have no actual official meaning, but people will still understand what you mean. You did it perfectly here. It is a deep despair in the soul. A tormented soul from generational abuse. A brooding, distrustful darkness. The Ukrainian soul is light, wild, and free. They will drink and happily sing songs. The Russian soul will drink and brood. The Belorussian soul is gentle, polite, peaceful. An example: In one of the prison camps, a woman said: “The guards were local people hired to watch over us. They could only treat us well if no one was looking.” In other words, there was peer pressure, societal pressure, pressure from Russian leadership to be cruel to innocent people who want to be free. The key point: In their mind, it’s not their fault. Even if they felt guilty, in their mind it would not be their fault. Because they were “forced” to treat their fellow human horribly. So they take no responsibility for it. They treated the prisoners horribly because someone told them to. Because that’s how it goes. Deep down, they serve a central authoritarian master.
Edit: I just want to add, the Russians who would be light and free inside of Russia itself have to hide it within themselves. Like Dudayev said… a rising Ukrainian Sun can brighten the darkness
This gentleman knows his business. He makes sense.
No he doesn't, he's lying through his teeth throughout this interview.
Loved that especially the ending, "hung from a lamppost" you know when the entire western world is not even willing to spell your name with capitals that "a lamppost" is the highly likely ending.
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ha am rootin for Mr Putin
@@thomasw.glasgow7449 I'm sure Russia will welcome you with open arms,before they send you to the zero line
Why is there always a double take on the interviews, it's frankly annoying Times Radio
Thank you for ur honest thoughts Mr.Browder ur insight highly appreciated.
Excellent.Thank you
Has he heard of the Minsk agreements? How can he say Putin never negotiates?
Perhaps he meant Putin reneges on his negotiations? Putin’s negotiations are worthless, Russian treaties are pointless/cancelled/invisible/non-viable/unable to complete in the timeframe provided, meaning not possible because words. Aren’t. Real.
Exactly, then after the US military-industrial complex sent in their stooge, Boris Johnson to tell the comedian that he must not negotiate, the order from Washington was that they must fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood. If anyone on this channel thinks for one minute that Washington cares one jot about the people of Ukraine then they are deluded, they care about corporate profits, that's it, nothing else matters to them, nothing.
Outstanding analysis!
Nobody predicted "Russia would win this war in three days"... Who is he quoting as everybody?
the westerners and brainwashed bandera-idolaters are not interested in truth. They scared themselves with the "Kyiv in three days" at the start of the invasion and then they believed "it was said by Putin himself". Living in faked reality is their only way of coping with the real one. Don't expect them finding any quotings
He's quoting me
@@Jack-xy2pz Russia held out for 45 years in the form of the cold war, until glasnost and perestroika. Why does everybody assume they suddenly can't survive this conflict?
@@Jack-xy2pz "quoting me" 🤔
...hey, how are you Mr Putin?
Could listen to Bill for hrs..
14:45 This particular war actually started in 1992 when Muscovy made an attempt to annex Crimea for the first time. There was even some shooting in Sevastopol, but the Ukrainian military somehow managed to contain the situation on the verge of a full scale invasion. The point is that the 537 years long Muscovite invasion of Ukraine started centuries before Putin and will not stop after Putin until the final collapse of Muscovy.
Amen.
Medieval Ukraine wished it have Himars to fight off the Mongols, Putin's ancestors!!!
Back in 1240 the medieval HIMARS were on the Mongol side, in the form of Chinese siege engines. As for the proto-Muscovites, meaning several renegade Ruthenian princes from Zalesie and their Finno-Ugric subjects, they served the Mongols and took part in the invasion of Rus (Ukraine) and Severia (Ukraine).
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If Rifles existed back during the time of the Vikings then the world would be in a much better place
Viking and Nomadic raids would be very rare
He is absolutely correct.💯
Salute to Zelensky & Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇸🫡
Thank you for mentioning the atrocities.
I couldn't agree more with this man on a Strategic Geopolitical outlook for NATO. This is the way to go for Western Civilization.
I also agree on giving UA all the support they need to win this war in the battledfied ASAP. Giving them ATACAMS and F-16s to start with.
>>"This is the way to go for Western Civilization."
It went a while back.
@@jackburgess274ruzzian troll. Wake up, you’re on the wrong side of history.
@@jackburgess274where 14:18 back did it go than ...? Be more specivic....!!
Or maybe you are a BOT ..........
@@leoplaate1165
Being finished, it went into the dustbin of history.
SLAVA UKRAINI 💪💪💪
Thank you Bill Browder !!! Very clear and comprehensive commentary!!! 🇺🇦
The man has Putins type of Russian well sussed. The Homicidal Dictator.
Best interview I've heard. I'd like to follow him.
yeah right off a cliff mate
Ruzzia would be more excited if those drones were delivered by the supersonic missiles.
Completely sensible & sound observations. Thank you. All personnel need training & support. All infrastructure (buildings and missiles) needs maintenance. When Putin & Company rob their personnel and neglect their infrastructure for 2 decades it is not rational to expect those personnel to properly maintain their infrastructure or their equipment to function as designed. By “hollowing out” Russia in order to build more mansions and attend more parties, Putin exposed his own frauds when he picked this obscene fight. Russia has been getting away with far too much for far too long, because we have been timid. Russians need to remove Putin and we collectively need to stop allowing them to harm anyone outside the Russian borders. Slava Ukraine!
and we are still being timid. Its time to end Russians incursions into other lands forever. Get NATO boots on the ground, Planes in the air and kick them out of Ukraine and then construct a huge "Iron Wall". Do not allow Russians free movement within the West. Remove all trade with Russia. Kick any company who wants to do business in Russia out of the West. Yes, its fantasy but to most sane people that is what we should be doing. Blame Politicians of all Countries and all Parties because just like Putin they all have a vested interest.
….Glory to all of the Heroes of Ukraine..and anyone who aids Ukrainian Victory…Including Bills insightful words
sounds just like the U S there mate , aye !
@@mike4480 ha ha ha .