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Israel's judicial reform; Fixing the US immigration system; Inside Vladimir Putin's mind

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CHAPTER

Putin's Prejudice Against Ukrainian Nationalists

The subtitle of your book gets at a very interesting question that a lot of people have. I mean, everybody from Henry Kissinger to Europeans said they thought Putin was rational. Why did he make that decision? You know, Putin is not as rational as some people in the West believe. He is very irrational and most of his decisions are deeply rooted in his psychology. Most of his prejudice against Ukrainian nationalists is just because of his favorite novel.

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