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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:28 How Rational Is Putin?
04:44 What Is Putin's Rationale for the Invasion?
06:47 What It Was Like to Work for Putin
09:58 Putin’s Contradiction: Economic Prosperity vs Imperialist Ambition
12:02 Debate: Did NATO Provoke Russia?
19:51 Why the West Didn’t See It Coming
22:52 Why Sanctions Won't Stop the War
32:19 Psychological Warfare and Nuclear Blackmail
36:06 "Biden Will Do Nothing to Defend Europe"
39:04 How Should Europe Support Ukraine?
48:02 China's Role
49:54 Sanctions: Economic Consequences
55:45 Appeasement Won't Work With Putin
58:49 Why We Must Take Putin's Threats Seriously
01:01:03 Would This Have Happened if Trump Was in Power?
01:06:26 Did the Election of Biden Encourage Putin?
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The day is a former economic adviser to russian president vladimir Putin. Andrei let around of welcome to trigonometry will thank you for inviting me lou,
such a pleasure to have you on the show. Many of our audience will be familiar with your background and who you are, but for those of them who are not, please tell everybody who are you?
How are you where you are? What has been your journey through life? The lead you to be sitting here talking to us arousal life long so not have enough time to discuss all my life, but essentially I'm economies by training.
and I spent most of my time by being economist in writing economic stuff and it waiting on economic policy, and it happens that I spent some time about six years. It wisely and Mr Putin was economic advisor to the russian president. I will soon be in a russian sharp brought to g eight club of the most developed and then democratic countries, at least some of them, since you democratic one of them already, not any other sovereign. Five of serious series of serious conversations with my former boys, I resigned from
both of my positions as rational shepard and adviser have thought that in some time I left russia and now I'm living in the united states working for the sancho afford security deposit
and also spend some time in ukraine working for the ukrainian institute for future thoughts. My story, fantastic,
We are going to draw in your economic expertise in a moment, but one of the question
I think a lot. Of course
What normal people are asking at the moment is,
that trying to establish how rational vladimir putin is. There is a sort of a mad lad- narrative, that's emerging in the west, among some people so before weak
into the economics, the sanctions, the war, the military situation. What is your assessment of president Putin's mental state? You see some of the speeches that is given that seem quite belligerent and so on. What what do you make of that conversation festival
I don't buy that description that you have mentioned before, so he's pretty rational person. Probably he is the most rational person,
but ever met my in my life, and he continues to be as so. He is very calculated, he's very determined and he's are are accurately balancing when he tried to portray humans self as a so called of your users were mad, but that is just for producing some impression on weak people, especially my completed all the western countries than western leaders are like to
he it and MR put you know that, and that is why he plays a game or play the shore with them. He britain to be met, and they pretend to be here. So that's exactly what,
both sides would like to do so.
just like one put in
but then to be met and threatening
the nuclear blackmail? So some people, like President Biden, prefers to believe him ores.
european leaders of the inner which we cannot participate. We cannot participate in any
here is a resistance to Mr Putin so that it will get let's be fearful and do nothing, that's exactly what many important ones. So that is why he's very, very rational,
and calculated and speaking of rational, calculated, the obvious question and people are trying to answer for themselves in the last couple of weeks. You
we're talking since twenty fourteen about the fact that there would be a full scale. War. I've been talking is twenty fourteen on far less
I have far less expertise than you, but it was quite obvious to me also war,
fourchan is such a rational person explain to our western audience war?
is the rationale for his invasion. Is it nato expansion?
is it his own expansionist desires? Is that other things why
done this,
he's russian on, but he's russian, not in our sense, are not in the sense of civilised people who would like to live in peace and democracy with the rule of law he's a russian in the sands.
of being imperialist, so he studied to talk about give as Keith. What reims ever used to say in russia from evil saw them one so already for twenty one years so ends
these more than two decades he has written so many tax. He has made so many statements,
all of them
the body to ukraine and to give them
but he never hide it he's inventions to establish control over ukraine to catch a key and
He statement about the ukraine does not right to be an independent state, though. That is why it's not too hard to predict that he would do something. Moreover, he studied to do something like these aggressive actions from the year two thousand and three, and that his light was yellow southern sri in of the street tuzla in the strait of garage in the year, two thousand and eight he proclaimed in conversation with george bush jr of the ukraine
it does not give right to exist in year, two thousand and fourteen he captured and occupied crimea and studied war in donbass and in the year two thousand twenty one. He published a long essay explaining that ukraine,
should be put under his control, though it was rather hard not to see what he was doing and what he was saying. Aren't right I'll, never forgive myself! If I don't ask
I should so I have to ask what was it like to work for vladimir appear in the uk we site? Would you go for a point with him is ready?
foods. Somebody that you could imagine going to a bar drinking vodka with
easy, easy, a sociable man does. He have another side to him, or is it
what you see is what you get. I never did what you have mentioned right now. I never went to bar with Mr Putin. I was
an economic good, wives them- and I was invited to be an economic guidelines- have actually been invited sweet times, because twice I decline his invitation. I agreed only for the search
I saw- and I was working as economic advise on my idea- was to bring economic growth to russia, so I was advising on economic policies. That would be good would be
necessary to start in to continue very fast economic growth, and I succeeded in that the ten years that the policies that I recommend that were implemented were implemented best. He wrote in the russian economic history, russian gdp doubled russian gdp per capita.
A bold and private consumption per capita, grew two point three times within ten years. This is one again once again, its best economic growth spirit in the history of the country, so
That is why, from the kind of the professional point of view- and it was very productive for me- it was very productive. Four hundred and forty five million russian citizens and the
next question. I was gonna asking you ve kind of alluded to
so that he was a competent leader that, let's forget about,
not the warn you cry, but just when he came to power
Do you think he was a competent leader, the way you think he ran the?
on trade was effective, particularly when you compare it with former leaders. Certainly people like yeltsin union,
I understand that I did not discuss with him how to attack ukraine
and how many times you know it wasn't that right. I I m economist, and just I took him on economic policies, an unstable economy.
So- and I found him other person who is ready to listen and to learn something that he
didn't know. He was really rather unique in this regard compared to other russian political leaders and after that,
met. Many other leaders, including leaders from the west, and he was very, very unique in this regard because he tried to understand very complicated
shoes and some of them he learned and some of them he started to implement in his actions in these policies
and it is one of the explanations why that period than your spirit was such a good from there
the point of view of economic growth, so it do us he's contribution to this a result. No, no doubt.
It's is interesting that it seems it at to a man. I'm sure you'll explain to me why I'm wrong, but there seems to be a contradiction away. You're saying, on the one hand he is the guy
who learns shoes, smart, hoo, hoo devout. You know, you'd, listen
you and other people around him to dinner, to deliver thing
for the russian people and he's
rational. Yet this
time his imperialist
ambitions. You might have taken him to warn ukraine, which
hurt russia. Would you not say no, I
Would he agree with use? Actually I came to the same conclusion about
in the seventeen years ago. That is why I resign from a position of economic advisor,
but initially when I studied the work we do in the presidential administration, it was quite a shock for me because a before that, I thought that those people who would like to have economic prosperity for
Our own citizens would not do imperialistic policies and they would not destroyed.
My chronic constitutions, and
would not destroy rule of law and, to my great surprise, because frenzy fukuyama did not explain to us in his embassies
hurry he saw that everything should be in one direction and everyone who is supporting liberty or jim
where she and the well being of people that just one direction ah and the old evils will be on the other side. But I was able to see with my own eyes that somebody could be, or just a person with.
I was working for some time at the same time is have having inventions to aim
living standards of people who have been taken
me, girls, but at the same time, he's really very serious in destroying liberal institutions, democratic institutions, institutions of law and after that, to start imperialistic wars
At the same time, let me ask you andrea. If I may, I ask you about nato expansion and we win, we didn't quite address it. There are people like
john my shy. My old lady met pausing or there are
those who say the reason that this has happened is the west. Particular NATO pushed closer to the borders of russia,
Let him up and let him a partner, for example, would say the putsch and wanted to work with the west. He wanted russia to join nato. He wanted all poor, for you know fluffy
Mr Putin wants is for the nato not to have its missiles and true,
on its borders
ukraine is the equivalent of mexico for the united states, an expanding!
Otto into that areas is very threatening to russia
and that's the reason all of this is happening. What do you say to them? You know it's very interesting and what the asking for an especial it, because these two presentation
hence the shores of bulls? John me shine and regular? Posner became
A viral due to poor
This is of youtube because I saw both of those shows
some time ago, when the weather, just several tens of thousands of people watched it, but after the policy of youtube that recommended everywhere and to everybody, the number of people who were forced to watch those sure are rise up to twenty million, or something like that. So that is why it's a particular policy of our platform, our youtube platform to force people to which these two shows, which, from my point of view, are completely wrong. They crawl wrong in their assumptions they're wrong in their attitudes to be correct. I would say both of them, or at least John me from his definitely he belongs to the same class
of thinkers who prefer to see impious in this world, who does not give right of small nations ass small countries to be independent he's,
synchronize, actually to very well, I would say, rather spread the rot, rather popular view, among some political think is that not every country it deserves to be
independent, and there are some small countries. It should go around the circle.
umbrella of superpowers
of you- and I am sorry to interrupt, but isn't that true that I mean look at the cuban missile crisis. For example, did Cuba really have sovereignty where
The soviet union tried to move its nuclear missiles on,
to cuba, the united
states, said to you. We don't care by a sovereignty. We care about. Our security is that
John locke genre would argue. That's what added my pigeons doing. Ok, but it was nineteen sixty two. It was sixty years ago, were living in europe and sovereignty to saw an after ample the
It was the actual in meat of the cold war, and
and I do one cold war was officially declared finished solely saw you
in this in was a box he to exist.
and though the possibility to actually that
was claimed by many people, including by fanciful piano.
We're mentioned, and many others, but ok, yes, during the
cold war during the world war. That's a world war
in many regions of the world it was hot war. The after the finnish,
three world wars first, second and the cold war. It is possible for
small nation saw medium sized nations to be really independent, become real suffering to become.
Nobody should threaten them. So that is what is something happened in the past. Ok, we keep buying many historical examples.
before the first world war second world war menu,
cuba will be not the only one, but we live
in the twenty first century.
And nobody should use the instruments of the nineteenth century or eighteenth century, or even the first half of twentieth century against neighbors against small countries. Why ukraine or any other country could not leave like luxembourg or
It's a lump, luxembourg into smaller nations in ukraine. Nobody threaten luxembourg and switzerland from neighbours
Why are you crying does not have the same right as luxembourg, so I'm just play.
Devils advocate here because emotionally I agree with you very much. I do think that ukraine should have the right to do and choose any direction that it wants.
And I have found in ukraine, and I want them to have the same freedoms and the same quality of life that I do here in london. Of course
but on the other hand, if you fight what is perceived,
does a hostile power to the eu, placed its nuclear missiles or attempted to place its basis in luxembourg? I think other eu countries would be concerned
Well, I'm I will I'm getting out with. You is, isn't
the true to say that, of course, a country like
Russia, which perceives the united states as a strategic
adversary and best placed,
its basis, all placing its missiles on its borders is
they concern on what happened with lavished on
if you any etc. That was a little bit
from because those countries whenever in the long history, part of the russian empire, but but ukraine is different because there's that
you know emotional element as while on a much bigger country to know, but this is
If there is something that is quite opposite to what had been claimed by devils at the gate or Mr Putin, because essentially are ukraine did not place new glinda size on the stairs
through the woods. Nobody, a monk ukrainian politicians,
among you bring a statement of even the public leaders in public leaders who would ever suggest to placing to deploy nuclear missiles on ukraine that would threaten moscow or russia. Now the case was
exactly different. You bring in nineteen levy for a sign with the best memorandum through which ukraine removed
all nuclear weapons that what exactly located on the ukrainian territory and give-
all nuclear weapons, the russia? So that is why?
even the real threat, this threat from russia, but you re not from you bring to russia,
and actually the recent constitution of ukraine. In which stated very clear, there should be no foreign basis on ukrainian territory and there was only one before
military bases based on your bringing territory. It was a russian navy based in service in crimea, so that is what eve was any threat to anyone. It was threat from russia to ukraine, not
I worked vice versa and until the very last moment you bring was never played any potential that Ukraine never invited united states on. Neither to deploy nuclear me size or to deploy your troops on
bring territory or deploy a you're yours on made the basis on ukrainian territory, the
George, you bring in population war against NATO membership untill. Would you attack ukraine in April, saw them fortune occupying crimea, occupied sevastopol, studied war in dumbass, so reaction of ukraine to defend itself. It is the result of pollutants, aggressive policy and he's aggressions indians, ukraine entre, but why is it that so many people in the west was shocked when he invaded
very few: people predicted it because of the west is living in different reality. Many, I would say one leaders and western leaders, political leaders and western lit
in the sense of media and public opinion. They really decided that all gave the life that they are enjoying a spy
In europe and the northern america, the last several decades are so good that they prefer to forget all prefer, not
to see reality beyond europe, the borders or
north american borders,
and the raw thugs.
In the world that occupying the highest position in power in number of countries, the raw imperialists, they the aggressors, and they are using very different policies in different attitudes and different actions,
from those people who are living in europe. Just people pretend to see that that part of the world does not,
exist or if they would breach of some kind of goods horse. All
So called diplomacy, which means doing nothing that would help to save thousands of life from attacks of facts and imperialist,
they suggest mistakes and that you, by the way are you asked me before whether MR put in this
rational and very he well whether he understands was going around the world. Mr put another sums
the stones very well. What is going around the world, but me
the western leaders do not frances. Do you like pod costs and policies?
No, my alma real man, I'm only interested in football birds fast.
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your papers with that, and they might actually know what I'm talking about. Changing the loss to buy out on youtube or wherever you get your podcast
do you. The west has done enough in order to support ukraine. O d think that actually worked
should do is I should have put up my
stronger sanctions may be done more, particularly because maybe cute
well, then advance and try and take other nations the shop answers.
you know, and we can discuss what the west might do, one very basic principles
Actually it's coming from our earlier discussion is that if thanks
are already rolling. They cannot be stopped by sanctions. That's a very simple and not very pleasant lesson to leaders, the public opinion, the regular people thought
eerie if already war is started,
If members are flying, if miss tiles, a shilling cities and killing people on two things are rolling.
you cannot tell them by resolution of the united nations general assembly. You cannot stop there,
by sanctions. Whatever functions will be just please, let me just remind
and everybody in nineteen, thirty. Nine.
The soviet union studied war against a month. It is so called soviet
we need war or with the work that is known in Finland. A couple of words after that the soviet union has been
spell from the league of nations, the question is expelling of legal nations or from the united nations. It is if it would be day whether it stopped style him to continue here
attack and philip. No, he continued this war for another hundred days,
whether these expulsion
from the league nation. Stop stolen from occupation of baltic countries know inviting forty. Whether that fact stopped put you stop
Stalin. It's interesting! It's like a fight fraud like okay, so just when it stop starting from occupational
the site I've been, doesn't look, I've been looking for you know, and actually expulsion from the league of nations is a very serious action thought. It means that these particular their issue is acts, but we have seen in the past did not stop stolen or hitler when he actually, he himself left league of nations,
so either aggressive decides to attack neighbours, membership in international organizations or sanctions of economic type or transportation or personal sanctions do not play.
in your role. They would continue these aggression. They would continue their attacks,
so that is why it is necessary to change minds of those people who referred to think once again in those in event in ideas of sanctions,
the expulsion of what that, whatever no four hardware policies for hardware tat, it should be hardware response one living
can work. It's not what you mean by hardware response on track. It means resistance, its new, the forceful resistance
Do you know what, when I mention this, so you finish for of nineteen thirty nine. Ninety,
What do you do? You know when Stalin really
the war. Now when he received information,
that the british and french troops
embarking on the ships and are going to be shipped to finland, the white on the finnish site, as soon as Stalin received this information, he immediately stop focal peaceful negotiations.
And stop the war. The you know when putting stop the he's attack on georgia in the year two thousand eight. We know these just now.
by base. We know it's by our minutes. On august eleven April solvent eight george bush junior,
be it in front of the white house, lang by his menaced over the fence and assistance on national defence and proclaimed that he's directing use troops to the region
immediately use may be studied the move from mediterranean. The black sea in use air force has
deployed to romania and to talk here to be yours basis, twelve hours after that, we can stop attack on georgia. That's a powerful result of resistance of resistant, a very powerful country in this world, united states for aggression
I take your point on drawing its a hard line and you know it you all do it well. What would you say to the people going on a second here if you start
the part of how annoying resistance your words
we were on the we're on the path to world war. Three.
I really can part of the question on dry. If you use the example of Stalin, which again is a good point, but let's pisa study
Didn't have nuke, steady, ok, mister, wootten, first palestine ahead,
nukes the know anybody ninety got, but in forty nine
india. Would you know that I have already had the uk's after that there was a green war and how korea have been saved. At least part of europe have been saved, with resistance with resistance from it
nike state united kingdom, a number of other western countries who supported and defended south korea? It's only way to do it and actually even fallon did not use nukes in korean war. What about Mister Putin? Okay in the two thousand and eight during the russian georgian war, Mr Putin did have nukes. You can use it when the americans moved
troops into the region. No, what happened in April saw them fifteen when the russian one, by violating turkish airspace for forty seconds, took turkish jet shut down russian wanderers,
and to people one of them, pilots have been killed. What was the reaction of MR put you through the action of turkey? Not united states, turkey just needed alone. What what direction Mr Putin promised to punish turkish the made those, but he did not do even that sought after that. None of russian wonders
violated, bookish space anymore, and yet some eighteen, the group of russian missionaries, we're trying to capture
share the gas plant in their eyes, nor in syria. What happened after that america was kurds, destroy this group and two hundred mercenaries were killed.
Russian mercenary. What was irrational, Mr Putin, nothing deep silence for four years that continues up today.
we can never mention it had not not even use
nukes. He never mentioned dukes
He never mentioned this case. What is going
right now during these war against ukraine, what turkey did took. You did something that no one accompanied you took it
essentially participated in those war on the side of ukraine
do, you know about drones, yeah, no
draws on the very well known, took it closed straits.
boss, morrison that the nails!
the russian. Maybe he has been left
the minute uranium and again see those ships. Those navy that good
shell and bombard or death when you can live in other ukrainian cities saw juki closed the straits. What we hear from this, the boot him with a he's threatening to use nukes against her,
No, he never mentioned I publicly the once again weakens
We not only imagine such a night was mister started, not in getting fallen. Eight whispered. You were so georgia, but right now today, so
what countries and somebody this prefer not to be afraid to resist. What does rapporteur, MR putin? Nothing?
but those leaders who actually place for MR putin pretend to be afraid to prevent them.
Be fearful, and that is playing the game with meat. Pretty nine from poland, slovakia, bulgaria, it was a decision of MR by did not give those jets the ukrainians, because of news, because such a threat, ok, it's a game. Its is again for four. Hence, as we say in russia, since the games of two people, one person knows
The role of the bad cop, another is playing the role of good cop, but they're playing together against ukraine so
I know that a lot of people will be interested in you.
perspective, and I am very interested in the perspective. We bring that's, not an argument. I've really heard much in the western mainstream media at least
it is quite a scary argument for people, because essentially you're asking us to play chicken with nuclear weapons.
in the modern age in which they use
nuclear weapons would end all life on earth is
not really a rescue, you think they nodded states should be taking its re strange. Mr Putin was threatening to use nuke so he's playing, at least in both threat, so many times that those who preferred to not to hear what Mr Putin is doing, just who is
realistic, who is understanding what's going on? Mr Putin has already using blackmail by the threats, for that is what, if you refused to do it, you
a weak position? So it means you're, really surrender in this battle, whatever you can call,
the real war or psychological bethel or whatever. Just if one side is
then the refusing to use some particular instrument, or some particular weapons
it means you already surrender, because the other side is ready to escalate and if you are not ready to escalate, it means
ready for the immense you're ready to defend it,
only way, just ok, just let's
imagine that we and,
applying the geopolitical, but you happen to be.
The night oiling the evening did back corner some folks approaching you
the very clear intentions, but what
they're going to do with your with your friends all of your family? Ok,
What is your reaction, your reaction to defend yourself and you close once or to run if you're,
not if you're going to read the bible to that person or those persons,
Ok, you probably would not weak win this battle, so that is what either you white. It's not a guarantee that you can win
but at least you will try, you have a chance or
Is it oh, I'm not going to use my force, I'm going to
good book due to that person will get what they want to what's going to happen?
You will be in a very bad position, knocking
as I think, sprawling over simplification, but doesn't matter let's get into your recently by the way it is the same. Absolute. The same story is a psychological warfare leaders or become free, refuse to use the
instruments of the weapon that in their disposal today.
It means they don't have them just if you do not use nukes
Can you imagine imaginative or some kind of possession
it means you don't have it. It means are just you end up in the position of not luxembourg.
You are not united nations pay, you you're, not united states you're, not united kingdom you're, just luxembourg or switzerland or finland, but they do
that nuclear war can end all life on earth, I think place very much into making it a big array.
You then, just you being mugged for your money by I thought in the strait. There is events of the that's exactly the point
the put in these using because ok, because you are thinking in that particular approach- ok, just in the end this but
you're lying, ok and he's a very different one? Ok, that's exactly the
why you really ready to be defeated
your ring. I do. I need a good I'm ready to be completed. So explain this to me. What are you
policy prescriptions in this moment? How should the united states- because, let us be clear britain from
in germany they can all do things, but at the end of the day, it is up to the united states, the most powerful country in the world. By for its decision
make on these issues. Were
Would you have america do right now? That's another mistake by the way, konstantin geckos, we
Ask them to think about the united states. The most powerful country in this world and
That is why people just don't believe. Okay, so we cannot do anything. Just let's wait until
U s presently would do something. We are
position right now, especially with a arrival of new american president fourteen months ago
investigation where united states, at least under the current administration, is going to do anything in defence of freedom, democracy and law.
of million peoples around the world and for the first time since nineteen, forty nine, since the foundation of nato, the western countries free countries free world found itself in the position.
That they need to act without the united states, because the current EU us administration would do nothing. Almost nothing for defence of europe in europe woke up especial over the last four weeks, investigation that if europe itself
all european countries would not act by themselves, thought their risk and to be attacked next time. By put him if he will be able to win in ukraine
It is absolutely clear that he will not be stopped. He will go further and he's
goals are already known. He issued this ultimate
to make the to the west to the united states to europe.
In december last year, on the somber seventeen he published to suckle draft rigorous in which he proclaim he's goal, is so called returning.
To nineteen ninety seven division line in europe, which, with the so called d, not the icy of central and eastern europe,
which means an actual. They mention those countries- estonia, latvia, lithuania, poland,
Romania, bulgaria should stop,
members of nato and
he's not only do not always asian, it is definitely not the reservation of those countries. It is a text of these documents
Its exact time will show- and I read those tax andrei. So that being the case.
What should Europe do in
situation? In your opinion, right now,
understand. The strongest army on the european continent is ukrainian one. It's enough. It became known our last
for weeks, and the ukrainian nation is resisting this attack and
Is the strongest ally of europe in this battle against tyranny, against despotism.
So that is why it's not all need you to humanitarian
reasons it is necessary to support ukraine, but it isn't just for genuine european interest to do everything possible an impossible. That's the pollutants. Aggression against ukraine will be the last
One for him, though, that is why Europe european countries were.
The united states or without united states, does matter need to do everything just to support and defend ukraine.
and now we can discuss what exactly you can do.
But this is a very important mental point. Europe should not allow
grain to be subjugated by I kremlin's muster ok, grey,
I am with you a hundred percent how void.
Crucial point. Now is no fly zone, as we all know, and president allowance said it in all he's conversation with western leaders in his statements to the uk parliament, to the: u s congress, to anyone. So just help us to close this guy, it's kinda
in different ways, suddenly the best way is neither would pronounce no fly zone over ukraine. That would be the best solution. Ok, NATO scared. It is now
talk. Tokyo, turkey alone, can do whatever they like intellectual, the shop. Russian one was in the turkish state without any problem
but made these much smaller and weaker them. Drug deal on NATO cannot do it. Ok, but neither can provide ukraine with anti error that once was.
Anti missile weapons with many other weapons, with heavy military equipment that ukraine needs and ukraine is bleeding to provide them with all these weapons, and europe does not provide that weapons that ukraine needs at this moment. Actually, united kingdom
he's in the very particular position united kingdom is leading the so called jeff joint expeditionary force. It is a group of income
it's led by the uk. So it is expeditionary force you, these geoff can deploy their troops in, let's say west of ukraine. It's not necessary for a gf to participate in the battles, know Jeff would but would participate in peacekeeping missions
they would provide support for he went convoys bringing ukrainians to europe. They could provide security for those.
Convoys, with military equipment to ukraine? They would not participate in the battles. We would be just over there, just the physically present, and actually it would be another deterrent to MR lukashenko, who is still thinking whether to participate in the aggression and, yes, you going on up and actually that would be substantial real
of europe you, gay and Jeff. Do you great, but isn't that really where people's concern in the west comes from, because I hear what you're saying and I want to defend people in ukraine from russian aggression as much as you do, but what
weapons if NATO shoots down a rational russian plane or what
panes if russia,
It has done already bombs western ukraine to two to destroy base.
for training or whatever is killing british american or other european countries. Soldiers isn't
taking us on the road towards war, three which no one wants, and no one can afford. No. First of all, the world war three to some extent, have been announced proclaimed by Mr Putin. So there's a way. If you, if the way
is still don't here. That is the problem of the west, not of the reality of some of the best way to stop these particular were from,
evolving into real sword. World were he's just to participate in that particular actions and to stop these. What to defend ukraine, because if ukraine is defended
saw these potential third world war. They'll be stopped right now and right there in ukraine, but if it is not stopped, it can evolve and kids
lead to other countries, including europe. This is a basic lessons, all the.
Second world war, if he'd level, be stopped in czechoslovakia?
you would not go to poland if he would be stopped in poland's? He would not go to france. That's a very basic
lessons we are dealing with the same issue if put in, has not been stopped in georgia, human through ukraine. If Putin is not stopped in ukraine, he would go further saying
story. Entre do not worry that what patron is effectively done here, she's backed himself into a corner with by disorder.
to invite you cry.
and as a result he can't lose. He just call moves so if we start pushing up against
and if we start shooting down russian planes them, what effectively happens? Is
noisy antagonizing
It means that his presidency,
becomes more destabilized, which means he's Ethel more likely to do something rash, because
facilities. Actual position in life is under threat. Know you know what will happen if nato or Jeff or another coalition our western countries would declare no fly zone over ukraine and would provide necessary necessary.
To secure this no flies on. It will be the last day the russian jets will appear in the ukrainian sky. It will be a lot of state.
from Kremlin it'll be is not very
eyes words, whether we here, but in terms of that
from there will be none as it was in the case of turkey that not only declared no fly zone over turkish space
airspace, but effectively shut down the russian wander in turkey glow the stricken bosporus. There was nothing, no reaction,
for the same story will be in this case, russian place will stop the fly in the ukrainian sky? Simple, Mr Putin, as you ve seen him, he never did anything but comes from these particular picture. He so much afraid for his life, as we can
we have seen, but he's has business for ten metres when he is meeting french president or his assistance or he's ministers how a failure.
person could start a third world war. Real third world war was nukes if he so much afraid for his personal life.
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what is the role of china playing all of this on? Try because
initially there was some people worried that china was going with invade taiwan. Do you think that will happen, or do you think that, because it because a western
done more than we anticipated that made the chinese thing twice. First of all its by the dwarf chinese, I cannot,
talk on behalf journeys, the chinese leadership? What are they going to do? But from
what we are
what we know and from we're getting some kind of additional information.
I chinese leadership is not happy with what Mr Putin is doing in ukraine and how he's doing so?
That is why that gave them. Ah very
less and less on what might happen. If
china woods. Try to conquer taiwan,
with military means. Such an accurate picture does not attract channel
leadership, and that is why you could easily see the changes in the lex in these discussions on the part of chinese leadership compared to just few months.
Go when the sea was selling to buy them
that they wang the it'll be taken anyway, but now that they know only peaceful means. Chinese is very interesting civilizations and the interesting leadership, at least for the moment. It does not look like.
That they are ready to undertake adventure adventure similar to what Mr Putin is doing in ukraine.
And francis you want to ask about sanctions as well, then, yes, so own traded.
Wanting, I really wanted to talk about as constantine alluded to, was a sanctions question now, though,
to imposed some pretty strict sanctions, youths you'd
said that in the short term, that's gonna make no no real difference to the war in ukraine or no difference at all. Should I say
but the long term on try. It will die
Ultimately, we can indeed,
stabilize Putin's regime, because russia,
going to run out of money, or does it make no difference at all
First of all, we have a historic experience with scientists introduced again some other countries against iran against south africa, against north korea against cuba. What was the result of all those sanctions?
whether we seen any changes in political regime of those countries, not a single case.
Each of those countries. Much is my
smaller
then russia included
probably smaller, incomparably weaker, so eve that did not happen if such result.
Did not happen in any of those cases. What, if the basis to expect that all
The sanctions would lead in time
german medium term and long term with russia to now. There is no basis for that, but actual
The west did not introduced even curious sanctions against russia, for example,
Yes, IRAN, the west introduced embargo oil embargo, total oil embargo. Ok way, you can see it.
Well, I guess embargo against russia. No, you don't. We don't see it
so. That is why there is no real sanctions against russia. For the moment there are some, but not all,
was a serious one, because the motion
as one would be: sanctions against oil and gas exports,
russia and nobody- even talking about that.
but nobody knows in this case it would reuse. It was reuse. The potential economic potential for your breakfast
would agree with that, but it would not change the type of thinking of Mr Putin and his entourage Andrews
or to jump into your comes at a price, but Ferdinand american
have said they won't be buying russian oil and gas. Will they the? I understand their small customers, the few percentage of the total, but they have said that, so
There has been a little bit of movement on that hasn't it now, but it's not embargo its mean just ok, united states. It is buying what our one percent- those two percent of the russian oil
absolute. Ok. What does it am I right in blogger, it mean they're, just the
western countries, or countries to participate in these policies proclaim that no one can by russian
the russian gas, and they were ready to introduce sanctions against anyone who is trying to participate in such a great
So when I get a eurozone economic using economic experts,
Spend a long time helping russia,
rebuild its economy and get on his fate and you, as you said yourself, you you were successful in that-
how do you assess the sanctions that are currently in place? What will be the impact on russia
the economy and on the regime or do the results are actually the more seriously.
on that have been achieved by the western countries- is a freezing assets of the central bank. Russia, this,
it probably the most important step and with
actually will rather short term consequences, because these particular step essentially killed exchange rate markets in russia.
And deprives companies
since and the government from foreign exchange now. Climate change is a rational,
rushing in russia just not more than five thousand dollars. I
can be given to is that the private person up a company, but also for six months,
and actually even that amount is not available.
So that is why the single most important acts that have been taking recently
what will be next, ok
that will be a crisis little bit. Depression
business activity already down by eighteen percent. The forecasts for inflation this year would be sixty to seventy percent.
And the recent very bottom actually actual fact is the exodus of private companies from russia,
This is probably even more important than the decisions taken by governments, the private sector that actually
with you directed them. Nobody gave them orders, but many of the company's foreign companies, international companies decided to leave
We got this of their investments for last saturday, the swedish gates in russia saying
that ok, they cannot stay in russia on the current circumstances
this is a problem of the most important meaning.
The long term impact on russian economy.
so russia economy will come back to.
The level may be to the ninety. Ninety might is in terms of international isolation, though the period of soviet union ok, but
would not change. Calculation of MR put him in the would not change his type of thinking he does much. He will my change.
These intentions to wage war against neighbours. So that is why you need to some, but I have some
from in the EU. Those instruments I mean, I find what you are
Really interesting on dry, because the providing narrative in the west has been that we don't get involved, we don't escalate tension.
do you think that's a sign that we ve gone soft
that you're going to so called chamberlain type policies of nineteen. Thirty, eight that time it was called appeasement and it
to some extent understood because it was the first time in the history and second, it was under the first
We were aware. Britain and france lost, hundreds of thousands are their men, and that is
the main
but he was to do everything possible in the possible to avoid another world war, but ok, MR hitler and MR stolen. You have different,
I think, using different ideas and they were exploiting these so called pacifists. Dick attitudes of
British and french leaders for their famous
so we are dealing exactly or almost with a very similar situation right now, so Britain, France,
any other european country saying ok, we would like not to be involved. Ok, britain, also.
Not want to be involved in czechoslovakia affairs, also death among crisis, or to do some good of with,
of austria with action,
of gay. Ok, what happened after that and after that happen this
a second world war was born.
Think of london of coventry and with war he arrived through the british soil. So
if you do not stop war in some other places
what will come to you, do your homeless and do your people
you optimistic android that this will be solved. And, finally, the west will stand up.
in the manner that you wish, or do you think, it's cute and he's gonna keep infringing he's. Gonna kill me
bring forward- and eventually we
Who is inevitable.
It depends on the decision of western leaders. It depends
the decision of european leaders. It's not the bans on me. It depends on,
the decision of western leaders eve they would participate right now with the hardware.
policies and they will be able to defend ukraine. Yes, there is
I challenge the would be the last invasion and lost aggression from voting
eve. They won't do it. The reason
very high probability that the world will come to them to their houses and.
is it really true? I mean look, let's say for the sake of argument that
and again on planned devils advocate, because what you're saying resonates with a lot of my commentary in recent weeks, but I'm trying to understand
and my position and your position and to stress tests? So I know you are taking in that spur anyway. Let's say ukraine succumbs to goods and he takes over he. You know you install a puppet government
etc. Do you re? Are you really trying to tell people in the west? The poor
and would then attack and nato country knowing full well that nato has now taking
situation seriously and the nato would respond and nature may strike
even with nuclear weapons, if it feels that it has to
Are you really saying he's gonna, try and connect kaliningrad, for example through the EU any and latvia? In that way, probably you ve heard these stories from survivors of nazi concentration camps with they became rode to the popular. If somebody you threatened to kill you take it seriously,
The nothing that's a joke. Once again, I sought from me from survivors of nazi concentration camps. Now what
The person who repeated repeating again and again and again
he's going to come to the ninety ninety seven division line. He repeated
not only in december last year, but in january this year, in february this year on much eighth and ninth, it's already two weeks after luncheon he's attacking
ukraine, he's repeating and then again my purpose is
in isolation from of europe. My goal is to return
made up to ninety mighty. Seven division, like my goal, is to have baltic countries
poland, romania and bulgaria. They repeating that right now, so why?
I should not believe MR putin.
for the reason that you gave earlier, which, as you said, he is the most rational person you ever met and it's clean,
an irrational to attack a nuclear alliance, isn't it no looking what is a response from the current us administration
It's no doubt for me that if we can move the baltic countries, there will be no response from NATO, at least
from meat under the current use administration. No, and that is why Putin is russian so much
Does he need to finish all his business before yet something before it is absolutely clear because he used
actually very quiet.
When there was another? U S, president, he was very quickly.
I ask you in august by george bush and on the on the tramp,
why would you some nerve and they ve tromp was in power? No, because the trump
the russian mercenaries risk have been destroyed in syria and after that super.
surprise there was no any provocations on the russian side. In syria,
in ukraine. There was a substantial decline in hostilities. Anyone's was so called the mother
mrs, but there was a very substantial decline in shootings in the
in the line in dumbass every
has changed on January twenty first, yet southern twenty one next day
after biden- became you, president, the shootings the number should is increased ten times the number
ukrainian military had been killed in the bus increase than times in. Exactly from that moment, we can start. Did the mass I keystrokes on the ukrainian border. He did not have happened.
The trump it happened with MR by them. So that is why a book in london,
sounds very well that you have a window of opportunity you until by them
is the president of the united states. So that is why he would
try to do everything possible than impossible within the short period of time and to at least twenty twenty four.
and aren't. I do think that the debacle in Afghanistan influence Putin's thinking
watching what do you. I stood watching
They messed it up the complete disaster,
we think that just solidified his decision, no eight
just additional element in here thinking, because once again I mention this. The booty has studied to act actually against ukraine, another direction from january twenty first, twenty twenty one before tobacco
Gonna stop because wouldn't knew Mister Biden. Very well because MR bite on travel to moscow
even in soviet times in nineteen. Seventy eight
and during the meeting with his friends
the politburo of central committee of communist buddy, Mr Biden, betrayed russian.
Soviet dissidents. It is
on the record, MR booker, in he's archive, actually put all these documents,
on websites, you can read them both
from an english, so that as well,
the position of MR binding, the watch
so give this a dozen. Seventy eight thousand me monies in seventy five to courage. Later is very well known, MR bigham. It is his position.
Through all his life. So that is why our guns were not forced nations that have been betrayed by him and ukrainians is not the first nations. There are many others.
For that case. So that is why it was not hard to predict what kind of policy somewhat gather actions will be from MR by them. So that is why put in study to act on it
you think you're forced and what happened with I've been some only reinforced he's thinking, because he said it was exactly that we
An you remember, by the way, it was not only the battle in afghanistan after what happened in afghanistan. What happen Mr Biden, ask MR put them to deploy american troops in central asian countries in budget is done in kyrgyzstan in those biggest on what the shock united states president is asking is requesting the international fact an aggressor to deploy american troops in the third countries,
that's it! It's gonna its confirmation of the imperial type of thinking reagan, not only in part of Mr Putin, but on the part of MR by them, because mr pike by them is thinking in the type of speed of info
It's already give central asia the sphere of influence of water, and that is why he was asking pudding for permission. How did what is possible that united states present would be discussing with anybody else, except to the leadership of these particular countries with its possible are not possible. This is a reflection of our sphere of influences in MR violence.
Mind and in the minds of key skill, leaks well and any college has been at a berlin interview. Thank you so much for your time. I were going to ask you a couple of questions for
my local support, as the only they will see, but before we do, we've got gotta about travel.
it's no money, we say what's them
thing we're not talking about as a society that we should be putting in your case. I think you have such an
jesting in very different perspective to most people. What else should people know about russia and ukraine? The current situation? One haven't we
discuss what is really important for people to understand about the situation that you think isn't being talked about enough. There are men
seems to talk about, but just probably one of the topics that we just touched a little bit would be useful for our audience.
We need to understand that Mr Putin was able to act so aggressive land, so silly
the land so rudely only if there is a support from some western capitals. If such support- that's it hidden, suckled did not exist, wouldn't wouldn't
attack ukraine and thousands of people would never been killed that people should understand and the basis and the root of these thoughts of support for Mr Putin is exactly this particular type of thinking, suite of evil
This is exactly what you mention you remember when you you reminded about you,
miss meyer in he seemed in its exact
the school of so called international relations or diplomacy, and does it
the school of thought that has been shed by MR by them by
MR brons? She ate,
by MR blinkem, the state secretary of the united states and the current use administration. This is a rude. This is a problem.
The problem on the west, and that is why the youtube is spreading. These statements from
john me, smile or a bloody was now and so on. This is a school of thought that deep rife independent nations from their sovereignty from there.
independent choice, whether they would like to develop and due to the joint western.
union or whether wouldn't they would like to be within civilised
asian. All they would be under the boats from
the kremlin or any other dictator. Thank you.
so much for your time. It's been a real pleasure. If people want to follow a moron,
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