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A Soviet Reunion: Michael McFaul On What Putin Wants

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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Puton's Not Getting the Information That He Wants From His Associates

I'veie fought about him a lot. I dealt with him for five years in the government. He really doesn't like me. And i'm on the sanctions list, on the first wave of sanctions back in two thousand 14. So i want to make sure i say that before i try to analytically answer your question. But as a result of that, he does live in this bubble. When people say he's sui all and he's willing to risk nuclear war. This is a guy that's not trying to commit suicide nuclear holocost any time soon.

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