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Ep 335: A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Russian Invasion of Crimea

In February, Putin invaded Crimea and in April, Putin started a war in Donbas. Both times, on both sides, at first it was claimed, oh, no, this is not Russia. These are local people. This is a rebellion by local people who want to be embraced by Russia. But actually the Ukrainians who are fighting against Ukraine and Russian propaganda is very effective. You'll be amazed at the number of people in India who have bought into a lot of this many Indian newspapers regularly carry Russian propaganda. And it's really, it doesn't stand up to a little bit of scrutiny, as does a lot of fake news. It seems shocking to look back, but with the benefit

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