It feels like the situation is different now. We've had this full-scale withdrawal of Russian troops from around Kiev, which looks something approaching a defeat for them or at least not a success. I think perhaps the point I'm making is exactly opposite. This is the time to sue for peace. Putin has had bloody nose. He's more motivated to come to the table, but somebody has to offer him that table. And Zelensky cannot do it on his own. You need leadership from the United States of America.
Commentators on the war in Ukraine seem to have come to a consensus: public figures have a moral responsibility not to challenge anything other than the Russian narrative.
This rejection of balance in favour of propaganda poses a problem for political thinkers like Yanis Varoufakis, who has been accused of 'Westsplaining' and being a Putin apologist in the last week alone.
To give this controversial conversation a chance, Varoufakis joined Freddie Sayers for a wide-ranging discussion about Western pressure on Russia and finding a space for debate in what feels like a binary moment.
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