Echoes of History: The Threat of Authoritarianism

Day 961.

Today, we report accounts of house-to-house fighting in Donetsk, discuss Zelensky’s impromptu tour of key European capitals, and hear extraordinarily candid reflections from Washington’s most senior man in Moscow at the time of the full-scale invasion.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondant). @JamesERothwell on X.

With special guest John J Sullivan (United States Ambassador to Russia, 2020 - 2022).

Content Referenced:

Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West (by John J. Sullivan)

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-j-sullivan/midnight-in-moscow/9780316571111/

Episode interviewing Stephanie Barker on the economic war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8a0e74pgSA

Russia on mission to cause mayhem on UK streets, warns MI5 (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e15yr1gwo

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