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The fight for Ukraine — and democracy

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Is That the End of the World?

I think poton is a little bit trapped in his own story, which makes me think that the way he sees this war is probably three or four weeks behind the way the average person in the west sees it. It's hard to break through into a new conversation without just the basic facts and almost nobody in russia is reporting the basic facts. And then, as you say, it's hard to imagine certain things. I mean, we have a taste of that in america. We all know people who are addicted to their facebook feed and really believe it. But you have to imagine that pretty much everybody is living in a very high level of fear where your whole life can get thrown

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