The Implications of a Peace Settlement on Russian Terms

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ David Satter is a journalist, author, historian, and foreign policy expert –– who is widely regarded as one of the world’s preeminent experts on Vladimir Putin / Russia. In December 2013, after years of exclusive reporting on Putin’s crimes against humanity, David became the first Western Journalist ever banned from Russia (by their government) in the post-Cold War era.

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0:00 - Putin & the 1999 Apartment Bombings; German Ugryumov

9:58 - Maidan 2013 - 2014 in Ukraine; Donbas region

18:33 - Current Status in Ukraine War; Client States

25:45 - Deterring Putin & Russia

36:12 - Putin’s health; Regime change in Russia?

41:07 - Chamberlain Precedent

44:44 - Russian Citizens’ Opinion on War; Economic Ties to Russia

54:09 - Zelensky’s political career

58:03 - Ukraine’s Military Command Structure; Ukrainian Intelligence Service

1:02:30 - Chechnya now allied with Putin; Russian Energy still in Ukraine

1:10:07 - Nord Stream Pipeline Bombing

1:14:32 - The Red Terror of The 1930’s; Joseph Stalin & the KGB

1:24:31 - Stalin’s Russia

1:34:58 - Gorbachev, Perestroika, & Putin

1:38:04 - Russian Oligarchs status in the war

1:45:14 - Is David afraid of getting merked

1:51:09 - Paul Klebnikov Murder; Alexander Litvinenko Murder; Sergei Skripal Attempt

2:02:26 - The Mysterious 2022 death of Dan Rapoport

2:07:33 - American societal division & its impact on the war

2:20:47 - The Viktor Bout - Brittney Griner Trade

2:28:04 - The man who helped Putin gain power; Western intel in Russia

2:31:24 - Ground Commander makes interesting comments about Ukraine

2:39:30 - The new books David is writing

Intro Credits:

Escape From Stalin’s Death Camp (2017)

Bridge of Spies (2015)

A Day In The Life of a Dictator (2015)

Katyn (2007)

Salt (2010)

Death to Spies (2019)

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