A revolution is coming for Putin from his own oligarchs, says his former speechwriter | Frontline

What regrets does Putin’s former speechwriter have?
“That I worked for him.”
Abbas Gallyamov served as Vladimir Putin’s speechwriter for three years while he was Russia’s prime minister and president. As authorities clamped down on free speech, he went into self-imposed exile, and is now on the Kremlin’s wanted list.
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[@symbionet]

It’s so refreshing to have an interviewer who lets the guest speak.

[@JakeBrumby]

Yes. This guest should also let the interviewer finish her question.

[@bg1616]

Always helps when the guest actually answers the question that is asked.

[@A4ArchInc]

Hearing from Putin's former speechwriter about how he has change ins very insightful. His perspective reminds me of the old adage "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

[@tonupharry]

If putin and Ruzzia changed, what about the chechnya, and georgian wars?🤔

[@toi_techno]

I hate this false idea that Putin, The Butcher of Grozny, has ever been anything other than an absolute animal He literally planted bombs in residential buildings to consolidate his rule early on. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings This "speech writer" should be arrested and charged with being complicit in war crimes.

[@reekpeekseek]

​@@tonupharryEasy! Putin was always a ruthless leader. It wasn't his power or moral that got corrupted but his ability to make the right decisions.

[@officialsnufkin]

A lot of his power comes from his heel-lift shoes. You should try them. Once you get that extra 5 inches of height by combining them with long pants, you have the confidence to face the world with 1970's technology.

[@thinkerly1]

@@reekpeekseek If you are talking about Putin, you are far wrong. Putin is a racist. Putin killed 80-120 thousand Chechens in the Second Chechen-Russian War 1999-2009. Putin is also a dictator. Putin suspended the 2002 elections for regional governors, and appointed all 88 governors of Republics. Completely illegal.

[@tonupharry]

Despite all its land and resources, ruzzia chooses to wallow in self pity. Not content with that it tries to export its brand of misery as far and wide as possible

[@emm_arr]

Russia is unusual in that it's attempts to develop itself have never been as successful as its attempts to steal land from others. It ruins places then declares the wreckage to be part of Russia. It's the only remaining European empire - and one of the most dysfunctional.

[@maggieliz1059]

Agree. And according to this guest, it's because the Russian people keep getting board. Like, "Oooh Crimea was a good show, but now we're board, what else do you have?" It's very weird.

[@TonyHobbs]

Yup exactly always the victim when they could have been great...

[@emm_arr]

@@maggieliz1059 Not really what he said at all! Brainphart comment.

[@maggieliz1059]

@@emm_arr at 22:22 he says Russians were euphoric over Crimea in 2014, but by 2018 they wanted and needed something new. By 2021 Putin's ratings had dropped and the feeling of Russians grew more and more negative. Boom: Act II, Putin takes Kiev in 3 days! All the Russian TV propaganda hosts were downright sanguine about it. So you can call me names all you want, but the truth is the truth. I get that you don't understand the truth, because all the bright people, like this guest, already left Russia.

[@patobrien6364]

When you think it can't be beaten, you top yourselves with your interviews 💪 Incredible guest, with personal knowledge and understanding of that man. Bravo all concerned. Superb journalism 😎

[@jefferyshute6641]

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@Burkhard_Ehnes]

like the guy, trust the guy, appreciate, that a journalist did let him talk, and talk, and talk ... That format is a beacon in the information sphere.

[@msvictoriaoku6410]

Very insightful.

[@dpelpal]

Whoever wrote putin's "Kyiv in 3 days" speech deserves an award for comedy 😂

[@axelamps1279]

It's the presentation that makes me laugh, the one that says something like "Breakfast 9am, Kyiv by 3pm, 6pm evening drinks"

[@s0ycapitan]

You really have internalised Joseph Goebbels big lie theory. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it....” Two other big lies are the Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives. Ukrainians didn't win those, what actually happened was the Russians pulled back to defensible positions while inflicting terrible losses on the NATO trained Ukrainian army. They only managed to capture areas the Russians had decided to vacate. Because this mythology took hold the idiot planners of the current offensive massively underestimated Russian resolve and the result is a military disaster we have seen over the last 3 months.

[@dogwood100470]

The . 0p .p

[@dogwood100470]

😊😊😊😊

[@winstonbernard3443]

​😊😊😊

[@jonnyhifi]

Superbly insightful. Thank you for allowing him to talk without interruption. This made it a much much more interesting broadcast than it otherwise could have been, as when he touched on related areas it was always adding depth to his analysis, fascinating to listen to . I do hope we hear more of his analysis - again in a long format like this.

[@monsieurgrigny]

Quite agree. His digressions were really where he got going!

[@IBTU]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tord008]

Agree, very interesting.

[@ivyking4149]

Chris Hitchins was right about Putin, a long time ago. Saw right through it. Interesting interview.

[@djanitatiana]

Interesting how many of Hitchins' fans are now useful idiots for Putin and the Kremlin.

[@letXeqX]

Hitch was so brilliant. Thanks for the tip, will look it up.

[@Maggie_n_Mitch23]

Everyone knew !!

[@letXeqX]

@@Maggie_n_Mitch23 Absolutely not, very few, most were willfully fooled. Angela Merkel, George Bush (I looked into his soul...) Obama (tell Vladimir.....). When Mitt Romney correctly said that ruzzia “Russia, without question, was our number one geopolitical foe" Obama and half the US laughed at him.

[@aaronseet2738]

Typical dictator playbook: Start a war to distract from domestic problems and "prove" his strong leadership is needed to unite the country to defeat the enemy.

[@alka7145]

Very interesting insight from someone so close to the 2000s Putin.

[@center__mass]

lets not forget this guy was writing lies for a Maniac who was already invading his neighbors

[@alka7145]

@@center__mass No, I didn't forget that, and neither does he by the sounds of it. Still, it's a perspective we don't get so often.

[@center__mass]

@@alka7145 true

[@SerginhoPMoura]

From Kiev in three days to please North Korea give us ammo, Putin has gone a long way! 🤣🤣

[@dpelpal]

So very true. I'll never forget that clown screaming his "Kyiv in 3 days"

[@tonupharry]

Ruzzia chooses to wallow in self pity and poverty despite being rich in natural resources.. If only it didnt keep choosing psychotic leaders .

[@straightreject2947]

​@dpelpal Solovyov🤡, Ruzzia will raise a eyebrow and Ukraine will understand 😂

[@dpelpal]

​@@straightreject2947Yeah, you're gonna take "Kyiv in 3 days," too😂

[@jakoflynn2560]

Apparently even Vietnam 🇻🇳 and don’t imagine that Korea isn’t the back door to CCP 🇨🇳

[@andrewpaulhart]

So informative. So much of what has happened now makes sense. One of the best interviews I have heard in a while

[@sharon_shaw]

He says putin can't back down and needs to now bring things back that his country didn't have before. He's bringing... 1. Mounting KIA losses 2. Russians who left in drives to avoid mobilization 3. Rubble for a currency 4. Wealth frozen by foreign governments 5. Destroyed export industries to the West 6. Pariah status for him and his countrymen in much of the West 7. Being beggared by unprecedented sanctions That's just the start...

[@rickgbarlow1]

Fascinating interview

[@Jeeperskip]

This was really informative. The guest provided some insight into the war for me. I would hope that more people could listen to this. This was a very valuable broadcast. Thank you.

[@dpelpal]

I'm still laughing about putin screaming his "Kyiv in 3 DAYS!" nonsense lol

[@sharon_shaw]

Sep 11, 2001: Putin first to offer condolences to Bush Sep 11, 2023: Medvedev threatens to nuke the US for a new Sep 11 milestone Evil 💩💩💩

[@dpelpal]

​@@sharon_shawrussia is now a clown country lol😂

[@briancarno8837]

@@dpelpal remember the great offensive would push to the sea in 6 days.?

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

It's war propaganda.

[@johnobiro5202]

I can’t comment. Previous comments have said it for me. Superb. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@ashedarke]

It's nice to see this guy has been given a chance to talk without being interrupted like he normally does.

[@gaoxiaen1]

It's nice to see anyone get a chance to talk without constant interruption. Now, reporters seem to think that they are the news. For example, I can't stand to watch Piers Morgan. The person being interviewed has to struggle to get a word in.

[@mrsc120]

So true. Morgan is taking the Talk in TalkTV too far.

[@bizzylizzysmith7163]

Such a great and insightful interview. Thank you TimesRadio allowing Mr Gallyamov to share his interesting experiences and views with us.

[@bgt54rfvcde32wsxzaq1]

This low level speech writer spent 40 minutes double talking. Putin is the same man today as he was 30 years ago

[@mickmcgood6543]

Finally I understand this conflict.

[@davidwrigley5457]

That was great interview and very informative thankyou

[@OGUNite]

Great interview! Love that this guys was able to just talk. You learned alot more when people just talk and give thier honest opinion.

[@user-ng8fk8vn7q]

Thank you so much for letting him say his piece, and even for asking provocative questions that prompted him to share valuable thoughts he had forgotten about.

[@marcelocipriani308]

It was Very insightful to get perspectives from Putins former speech writer.

[@DeneF]

Brilliant as ever. Many thanks.

[@Whistlewalk]

That was a very interesting interview.

[@maggieliz1059]

Yes. On many levels.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

To be fair, criticism of non-democratic practices naturally leads to a desire to take over half of Europe. Its not like he was an ex-KGB secret policeman, and therefor predisposed to Russian authoritarianist expansionism or anything.

[@henriikkak2091]

Touche

[@sebastianwrites]

I'm struggling to relate to this... I suspected Putin was a problem as soon as I saw him become PM in 1999!

[@martavdz4972]

It's the difference between a non-Russian who can read people well, and a Russian who can't very well. I knew Trump was going to be trouble the moment I saw him, and yet there were people who only realized what he was like after 6 months or 3 years. My father thought Trump was quite OK for 3 years, only started really criticizing him after incidents like the shoving of the Montenegrin president piled up. And yet my father is incredibly intelligent and has brilliant insight into politics. It's surprising how people differ in discerning.

[@sebastianwrites]

It's called "confirmation bias..." people too often only see, what they want to see!@@martavdz4972

[@gav240z]

I hope Abbas Gallyamov doesn't fall out of any windows anytime soon.

[@jamesboddington9565]

Brilliant interview. Thank you

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

Brilliant interview, thank you.

[@carolwilliams8511]

You always have such interesting guests. Thank you.

[@twichyi3ones312]

If corruption is the norm, democracy cannot form.

[@user-gt6xj1cx7f]

Great interview

[@Rickuttto]

Thank you for this. Very insightful! 💙🙏💛❤️💙💪💛🌻

[@haladwm]

Excellent guest as usual!!

[@vincentgallagher7562]

Ah, The Murdoch Empire. Hardly a beacon of Truth.

[@FightXScience-wh6kx]

Ah, yes, but RT is 😅

[@KidarWolf]

An excellent interview lending a lot of insight into what has been going on since Putin came to power. I want to thank the guest for his on-topic ramblings, and the interviewer for letting him add those extra insights that only come from letting a person circle around to answering the question. This sort of interview skill is sadly lacking in most of reporting, so I really appreciate that this interview bucked the current trend - to borrow a phrase from the guest - "normalization" in interviewing again.

[@Viktor-bb]

Я жил и хрущевские времена я лучше понимаю ситуацию

[@cv5823]

Brave man 🙌

[@KameraShy]

Very interesting and informative. So much so that the ruzzian bots really have come out on the postings here. Unhappy times in the Kremlin.

[@klaasvakie]

Very interesting that you don't see Russia prospering and Europe in a steep decline. Look at the numbers and follow the money. Perhaps that's too much to ask a copium addict.

[@monkeymagic4555]

Talks utter nonsense.....

[@Chrisentiae]

Outstanding interview, well done. Also shared.

[@hauer54]

Only a question of time and it will lead to the end of Putin... justice shall prevail sooner or later! Perhaps even sooner than people think...

[@Viktor-bb]

А у байдена когда будет конец 😂

[@jameswhiteaker6430]

Yada, yada, yada. The Times said that Putin was finished after the Wagner revolt. The Times creates stories looking at a cracked crystal ball.

[@quixote1965]

Fantastic interview. Thanks for the perspective

[@user-rp8ri5lc9w]

Getting on Russia's most wanted list ......is the Russian equivalent of passing an IQ test.

[@philipmain5701]

Very good - better than the Fringe winner

[@dpelpal]

@@philipmain5701 Better than putin screaming his "Kyiv in three DAYS!" nonsense

[@vedser]

@@dpelpal he never said it clown

[@user-rp8ri5lc9w]

In summary......Pooty has a "tiny man complex" because of his diminutive stature and his rumoured tiny "manpart"

[@dpelpal]

"Mr. Kyiv in 3 days" is only 5 foot 3 inches tall🤭

[@_alienblood]

He comes into a ice hockey ring and scores 10 goals against the pros they have to let him win he's a small man they have to let him score or they end up in prison or worse

[@ztoob8898]

When Mr. Gallyamov said Putin at first seemed democratic, it reminded me of a story about President Clinton. Clinton spoke with Putin while Yeltsin was still President (in name, at least), and he warned Yeltsin about Putin. "Vladimir Putin," Clinton said, Gently tapping Yeltsin't breastbone with his index finger, "does not have democracy in his heart." Yeltsin reluctantly agreed, but felt it was too late to do anything to rectify the matter. If only...

[@milosbhat6920]

Putin's one big asset that got him to the top was his utter commitment to personal loyalty, a trait more congenial to a mafia with its own division of reality into sacred and profane. Personal loyalty is sacred and heroic and the only glue in a society infested with distrust. There are no institutional safeguards. Putin, Putin! What a missed opportunity. To create solid institutional safeguards for his traumatized citizens, no instead he is thinking about some American cowboys callously disregarding his demands, consistently Reacting, never transcending the constrained myopic world of pubertal Karate attitudes of bullies. No doubt it appeared to him, with Clinton and Obama that Might is Right. But really was it that? A filtered reality that is more complex than any pundit can imagine. No, not a statesman. But then except for Khrushchev in later years and Gorbachev, Russia has always lacked statesmen and visionaries. Hope the younger generation produces a few, who stay put and change mother Russia to an more enlightened state, with solid institutions.

[@martavdz4972]

Is there a record of that? It sounds like something that happened slightly differently and later was modified into a clear and melodramatic message.

[@Viktor-bb]

Клинтону понравился ельцин 😂

[@peterlehocky88]

i think it is naive to think that dictators do not evolve for the worse over time.. ok putin was not thinking of expansion but since he couldnt offer people future so he only could offer great past..

[@PennyDavis-cm9tl]

Kinda like driving in the the reaver mirror

[@EvelynMaguire]

Yes.

[@mrbigolnuts3041]

Such an important interview Kate and Abbas, completely contrary to the 'Russia Experts' Tucker Carlson and Robert F Kennedy perspective that it was NATOs fault Putin invaded

[@klaasvakie]

NATO was to blame. Do some unbiased research!

[@davewicks787]

IMHI Kate Gerbeau is a brilliant interviewer, and very professional and balanced.

[@peterhodge3931]

Interesting interview Kate. Good to receive and insight into Putin thinking. But on the down side, it doesn’t sound like Putin is going to change his stance on Ukraine anytime soon. Let’s hope the west wake up and give Ukraine militarily what it needs to defeat Putin’s disastrous regime. . Can’t see an internal uprising anytime soon either to dispose Putin.

[@martavdz4972]

Unfortunately, Putin not changing his stance has been clear for some time and is clearer now still. It's a weird simile, but he's like an animal that thinks it's been driven into a corner now. It's not "lose Ukraine, get a good economy and investments and new international projects" for him. Which would probably be the case, probably not much with the West but definitely with other countries. It's "lose Ukraine, lose everything" to him.

[@jonhubbard8013]

😂

[@Viktor-bb]

Украина не победит Россию, вам одно а вы о своём 😂

[@roberts7961]

We need people like this in Russia to change it and liberate it from a dictatorship

[@officialsnufkin]

What Russia needs is a revolution against communism. Everything that made classical Russia superb has been killed off by a century of communist leaders eating their own and pushing paranoid agendas.

[@carolwilliams8511]

Not going to happen sadly. Russia is lost for decades. Gone right back 2 centuries in thinking and outlook.

[@dpelpal]

@@carolwilliams8511 One thing putin and Peter the Great have in common....they both led russia into the 18th century lol

[@bruzote]

No, we don't. Political speech writers at his level are complete sell-outs. They are worse than public affairs people, even the top spokespeople. The latter at least face the public and so their reputations are held to account. Speech writers help politicians and especially dictators like Putin to deceive and succeed, and the speech writer goes unnoticed and suffers no reputational damage. In this video, you are believing what he says. It is lies and half-truths. My, how good of a fellow he looks to be when you listen to describe himself. Of course, he sounds good. He controls the description and sells it you, and you buy it right up, including his statements about how Putin was clearly a good guy at the time. Putin was never a good guy. Nobody who followed him (let alone somebody who wrote his speeches) would have lacked insight into who he was. This guy, though, works in sales via speech writing. He knows if you sell the idea, even to yourself, the story of your idea becomes the narrative and the narrative is what is real to most people, not the (lack of) facts behind it.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

Not true. The West and The USA are responsible for all of these problems. Continuous sanctions caused countries to reform and decide move away from the dollar. @@carolwilliams8511

[@randygram9310]

Oh no.... Putin on his last legs .... again...... 😅😅🤣🤣🤣😂😂🙂🙂😂🤣😂

[@ennediend2865]

AMEN TO THAT 🙏🙏🙏

[@francescachristy8761]

Brave man. Much appreciated.

[@rossminet]

He confirms Putin was reacting to Russian politics with actions outside Russia.

[@GraphicdesignforFree]

Great guest, made a lot clear.

[@kunsa1853]

Times Radio is more of a beacon of hopeful reporting than actual political news

[@war-painter]

Terrific interview Kate Gerbeau!

[@jrmerida]

It can't come soon enough. We keep hearing and not seeing it.

[@frankdegroot3732]

One oligarch at a time drops dead, Russian military grabs a few billion dollars The next oligarch kicks the bucket, Russian military grabs a few billion dollars And so on Which oligarch is next.....

[@intractablemaskvpmGy]

Putin could have been a Global Statesman- even with his reputation for having critics silenced. But he threw it all away thinking he was Caesar at the Rubicon. I'm sure he'll meet a similar end. Hopefully.

[@dpelpal]

To the world he's just the clown that screamed "Kyiv in 3 DAYS!" now🤣

[@federicogalimberti9707]

Excellent interview

[@outandabout4812]

The guys wrong.

[@thomasherbig]

It’s encouraging and important to hear from people of influence in Russia and who are rational, realistic, honest, and humanistic. I hope they will inherit the country, hopefully soon, and hopefully without further calamity on the way.

[@W_Bin]

21:24 "all he wanted is for Ukraine to meet at least halfway uh his um those demands which he made in uh in December remember he issued an ultimatum no NATO like status for the Russian language and some other things" - 1 correction - Ukraine OFFERED "no Nato", and "other things".- Putin didn't want that. He wanted to completely de-militarise Ukraine laying it open to him walking in at any time. According to Alexey Arestovich who was there, that was the sole reason the negotiations failed.

[@bezdownunder5481]

I do like the hopeful aspect of these... tend to be a little bit dreamy about the future

[@lisagrobbelaar-el6ls]

About time

[@benalexander2104]

"Putin used to be reasonable and statesmanly". *Goes on to describe a clearly deeply flawed man and leader*

[@lukethmpsn]

I just wonder what happens if he loses Crimea. Surely the knives will come out.

[@martavdz4972]

Don't even want to think about it.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Considering how Pooty Boy just narrowly avoided being couped by his own chef, I find it very likely that his biggest military/financial advisors are plotting to stab him in the back as well…

[@alextjb]

absolute power corrupts absolutely

[@johnfrancisco1851]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@frequencyharmonic2054]

How does she always get such great guests with great access. Another very enjoyable and very informing interview. Very tough to get both today and Kate's been pretty consistent. Thumbs up! 👍

[@wilsjane]

She probably gets the guests, because they know that she is genuinely interested in their points of view. Radio is an ideal platform for such interviews.

[@brunoserwaczek5232]

Vlad the Not-So-Great

[@dpelpal]

He's now bending the knee to--Of all people--Kim Jong Un.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stuartx7865]

@@dpelpal He may be bending more than that....

[@barryducret1052]

I call them oilly-sharks, 😂

[@katharinedavis4947]

This interviewer is far better than the other one. Courteous and she listens .

[@hardywatkins7737]

I think minding your own buisiness and not meddling in the affairs of others isn't really an excuse not be criticised yourself if your actions are abhorrent.

[@jakoflynn2560]

Of course but he’s trying to illustrate the degree of the slide into oblivion

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Especially if you willingly sign up to organizations such as the Council of Europe. Which is, of course, all about human rights and the promotion of democracy.

[@user-ce3jk9wc9g]

Люди. Которые. У. Власти. О. Них. Всегда. Говорят. Самокритика. Самооценка. Своих. Действий. Порой. Очень. Важна

[@whoisme678]

Its taking its time ...!

[@cynthiamarie2107]

Yep. 👍

[@Jeffei-qs7kp]

We're have we heard this before?

[@myrtenuman621]

Kate Gerbeau. This woman is gold. Her name should be mentioned in the description of the clip.

[@raishaferreira8099]

God bless ukanias family and volunteer 💙💛

[@grumpyoldsodinacellar3518]

My cousin's wife is russian, now in her 40's she told me that at school, they were taught that russia won world war 2 and that Britain and america only came in right at the end whena russian victory was assured. No mention of the Battle of Britain, no mention of the arctic convoys and certainly not a word about lend lease.

[@jonhubbard8013]

They did win the war they took out the nazis in Russia , weakened the nazis and British/USA finished the job

[@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473]

Without the Russians battling half of the German military, the Allied Normandy landing would have been wiped off the map. A critical amount of German troops had been transferred to the Russian front which weakened the German defenses in the West. The Allies did NOT win WW2 on their own power alone. In what western history books is mentioned the Russian part in the defeat of Hitler's Germany?

[@mrsc120]

@jonhubbard8013 The Allies won the war, then 🙄

[@vedser]

so its like the mirrored version of the western schools?

[@stuartx7865]

@@jonhubbard8013 LOL!!!! You forgot the part where the russians single handedly took out the Empire of Japan and Mussolini.

[@rodneyagesa1851]

Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That is Times Radio for you.

[@serviustullus7204]

It is

[@teresabaptista7016]

Definitely a "good" speechwriter, judging by his uncanny ability to evade questions... Once an FSB agent... Always an FSB agent.

[@ianworley8169]

So, in a nutshell, had the West not criticised Putin and allowed him to do whatever he wanted within his own spheres of influence and control, Putin would have been a friend of the West. So essentially, it's all the West's fault. Sounds like he's still writing Putin's speeches.

[@topoftherock3628]

Very open, honest, and intelligent commentary. I suppose we can only guess what a desperate Putin might do next to keep himself in power.......and after all, that's what it's all about.

[@monsieurgrigny]

This guy, Gallyamov, is really worth listening to. Future historians take note. Maybe the best account of events since 2002 I have heard. From someone who was there. Thinking and articulate.

[@Viktor-bb]

Галямов земляк😂

[@jakoflynn2560]

Maybe he has CTE I’ve been saying this but think about it the shock on the brain 🧠 from years of judo throws…sounds outlandish but it’s not

[@W_Bin]

23:28 "by something like 2020 uh Putin's electoral rating ... was something like uh 43 44 when they stopped publishing it" Why has western media not publicised this crucial piece of the jigsaw puzzle before? Thank you Mr Gallyamov and Times Radio! Please provide a link to fact check!

[@klaasvakie]

It's now over 80%, hence the reason to cease publicising it.

[@W_Bin]

​@@klaasvakie Try watching the video before you comment, Boris

[@klaasvakie]

Because I point something out to you copium addicts, I'm suddenly Russian! You're wasting your time watching Times Radio!,,😉🥃🇷🇺

[@bezdownunder5481]

Russia is growing currently according to the world Bank. Sometimes bitter people may over state the position

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

Huh? The world bank has Russia's GDP less than it was a decade ago.

[@klaasvakie]

Spot on!

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

@@klaasvakie but the world bank doesn't say that...

[@klaasvakie]

@@RaRa-eu9mwworking at Mac Donalds and a bit dimwitted are we? Study the reports and it will give you PPP, GDP, Projected Growth etc. Reports Don't speak to you, you have to study them!

[@viridian4388]

Could you *please* crank the volume up on your videos? I cannot play in in the background because the notification chimes of my PC will deafen me. Same with the next up videos. Please up your volume!!!

[@Itseasierthanwemakeit]

Good

[@michaelhenault1444]

Nice

[@ConradMurphy]

I find the Times Radio interviews very insightful. It would be great if you would add the name of the interviewer as well as the interviewee.

[@robbatayaki5505]

This country is going down to rubbles ...

[@mukenditshibangu6653]

AND THE FAKES CONTINUES

[@mak-mikko-karjalainen]

Russian offer never was about giving Ukraine a freedom to choose. Ukraine already had Budapest memorandum behind them which was supposed to guarantee Ukrainian sovereignty and freedom to choose. NATO or EU has nothing do with it. Russia knows both NATO and EU are not against them, they are backed by nuclear weapons after all. It is all about Ukraine refusing to join Eurasian Union. That is what has poisoned Ukrainian politicians and made presidents to turn against will of the people - because they were afraid being killed along with their families by FSB or GRU. Russia never give options, there is no freedom. It is always about gaining something to loot, peaceful border is just an excuse. Like in Africa, it is all about looting African riches, not to make Africans rich. I am not saying Europeans or Chinese are much better, but at least they are giving some freedom to choose. Russians give zero.

[@yarotic]

Excellent observations