Bonus | Putinism, memory politics, and the future of Russia | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast

Day 611. During the Ukraine: the latest team's recent trip to the United States, host David Knowles had the pleasure of visiting Georgetown University in Washington D.C to moderate a conversation between a group of academics.
In the first part of their discussion, they look at the politics of modern Russia, Vladimir Putin’s influence on it and how it may change in the future.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Professor Michael David-Fox (Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University).
Dr. Diana Dumitru (Ion Ratiu Professor in Romanian Studies at Georgetown University).
Maria Snegovaya (Senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service). @MSnegovaya on Twitter.
Jonathan Lincoln (Interim Director, Andrew Siegal Visiting Professor Center for Jewish Civilization, Georgetown University).
Read: The Ideology of Putinism: Is It Sustainable?, Maria Snegovaya, Michael Kimmage and Jade McGlynn: www.csis.org/a...
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[@andrewzaplatynsky4556]

Greatly appreciated presentation. Ethnic Ukrainian, American citizen, listening from Bogota, Colombia.

[@pattimontgomery1317]

Tuned in from Honaunau Hawaii, daily. Love your podcast ❣️

[@williamswenson5315]

A marvelous panel discussion, the like of which one hungers for given the low quality of much of MSM's offerings.

[@petemalone7897]

Great work, lively and so insightful. Many Thanks form N. Carolina in USA. Slava Ukraini

[@billyungen]

Excellent discussion! Contemporary politicians and journalists hold to a definition of "Right" and "Left" that proves absolutely meaningless. Witness not only Putin, but also Orban in Hungary and Fico in Slovakia -- and, especially, the Perons in post-war Argentina. A more appropriate spectrum of the political world would be that which was understood more than a century ago: liberalism (in the sense of classical liberalism) vs. authoritarianism. In the end, totalitarian systems -- whether ruled by Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, Peron, or Putin -- ultimately have far more in common with each another than any of those regimes have in common with democracies that recognize individual rights..

[@joythought]

💯

[@moussiagilda]

Absolutely true.

[@joket4445]

What rights do your democracies recognize for Palestinians? The right to die from "democratic" bombs?

[@charliebrenton4421]

Excellent and stimulating discussion tonight! Fascinating guests. World class analysis and explanation. This is news for grown ups.

[@todd1770]

This is rubbish it's very low iq it's only for sheeples that have already been brainwashed. Not knowing that Russia is a Christian orthodox country now.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

Wow, what a great discussion! Thanks! Slava Ukraini!

[@JewlenskyBot-d6c]

Jewlensky still needs his Billions?

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

@@JewlenskyBot-d6c Thanks, Ivan!

[@phillipseiver1163]

Slava, Ukraine, Laguna Hills, California, USA

[@bobosharifshokirov5448]

Slava Russia

[@petergreenwood7731]

@@bobosharifshokirov5448 Slava BRICS+++++++++

[@Straaker]

Outstanding guests!

[@michalperach984]

As an Israeli who supports Ukraine I'm waiting for part 2!

[@tubthump]

‘ Free Palestine ‘

[@robertnowac8094]

@@tubthump Free Russia!

[@tubthump]

@@robertnowac8094Russia is in the process of ensuring its security from NATO aggression. It will ensure its freedom from the Balkanisation and exploitation by USA which is at the root of this conflict

[@robertnowac8094]

@@tubthump Russia is the aggressor, not NATO.

[@robertnowac8094]

@@tubthump Putin's aggression is pushing neighbouring countries to join NATO which is the opposite of what he wants.

[@luiul1]

only 23 minutes in and already *THE BEST BROADCAST* . in 1917, the russians replaced their Gd fearing tzars with Gdless tzars.

[@Petenz81]

As far as deterrence is concerned ,Putin knows he will not survive in nuclear holocaust. If he uses nuclear he knows gaining Ukraine is over and his continued existence is ver much in doubt and his personal safety is very important to him

[@johncromwell2529]

Thx

[@shanecagney7451]

Excellent

[@reggienoble3195]

Fantastic panel!

[@christinegina9932]

❤❤❤

[@Cuzthatwouldbeweird]

Very good

[@MrTimejester]

Cornwall Canada 🇨🇦

[@midimusicforever]

The future of Russia is bleak, and Putin is to blame!

[@tubthump]

Putin is very popular indeed among the Russian population- he enjoys an approval rating consistently above 80%. They recognise that the special military operation is necessary to ensure ongoing security and prosperity for the Russian Federation while USA wants to Balkanise the region to exploit its vast mineral hydrocarbon reserves

[@goenzoy]

But thats nonsense Russia is the only country what naturally can pick between Asia and Europe for its future No other country can do this even if Brexiter let us believe that British Isles are somehow in the neighbourhood of Singapore

[@midimusicforever]

@@tubthump Soon the approval rates might even be 104%!

[@tubthump]

@@midimusicforever the polling agencies conducting their anonymous surveys are involved in an international pro-Putin conspiracy are they?

[@jojolafrite90]

Among the old farts that get the vote bulletin literally brought personally by FSB goons. All extremely uneducated and poor. Yeah, we know.@@tubthump

Russia has officially became a fascist state. Pogroms are all over Russian soil. In Dagestan , Makhachkala Muslim mob broke into. Airport in search of passengers of Israeli aircraft

[@16252]

Russian trolls don't seem to care about the massive loss of life in their army. See below.

[@john_in_phoenix]

They won't until they are conscripted. Unfortunately I suspect many of the trolls have left Russia to avoid conscription.

[@tubthump]

It is the other way round - as evidenced by the the Ukrainian conscription policy.

[@simonwatson2399]

Ukrainian are returning when conscripted. Russians aren't. Try again.

[@thinkerly1]

@@tubthump Now, Boris. Your government is kidnapping poor boys in your poor eastern provinces, and your vassal states -- Uzbeksitan, Kirgistan, Tajikistan -- are given up their young men.

[@burritosls]

Ukrainian trolls are also not worried about their losses. They have already lost 90,000 people during the "counter offensive". And total losses - more than 650,000. But who counts these Ukrainians?

[@imperatorvespasian3125]

I would spend more time worrying about Britain's future rather than worrying about Russia

[@Jazzisa311]

At least Britain has a future, unlike Russia XD

[@ericwillis777]

Great analysis from the experts, but I guess common sense isn't a part of the acedemic outlook - it's pretty simple - Russia's behaviour and governing system is quite normal for the 10 th centur y. A historian of the middle ages or earlier would be at home with 'modern' Russia ! Think about it - are there parallels ?

[@tubthump]

Russia is a democracy with political opposition parties. This cannot be said of Ukraine.

[@HungryGhost999]

@@tubthumpyou’re everywhere troll 😂

[@tubthump]

@@HungryGhost999everywhere dropping truth bombs on the deluded

[@ericwillis777]

@@tubthump what's it like in

[@ericwillis777]

the Serbsky Center ?

[@petermclelland278]

The only people still banging on about bloody Ukraine are the scribblers in the media zzzzzzz

[@PeterHanson-nz6wu]

The Donbass region is Russian, Crimea is Russian, Kosovo is Serbian.

[@Jazzisa311]

Russia is weak XD. Can't even hold the full territory XD

[@PeterHanson-nz6wu]

@@Jazzisa311 Russia holds 25% of Ukraine territory. Ukraine holds 0% of Russian territory. So who exactly is winning?

[@jeanlucdom5398]

Bruv Russia will never accept to be abortions pills swaloowers🤣🤣🤣

[@WangAiHua]

RuZZia is not Europe, nor is it Christian---(KGB Orthodox).

[@PeterHanson-nz6wu]

Lefty academic with a queer lispy voice, why am I not particularly surprised.

[@StefanLypka]

Normally like the discussions on this channel but found it mostly dibble and found it hard to get a handle on what was trying to be said. The speech pathways were all over the place and the woman speakers need to take Elocution lessons, not only painful for the ears, but a neurotic disconnect to the context, which was just difficult to fathom a clear context of what was really meant to be said. Incoherent to say the least.

[@mtam7575]

Russia is country of half Europeans and half Asian.

[@SS-zg6of]

half & half? maybe more like 60 /40?

[@mtam7575]

@@SS-zg6of maybe I am just guesting !!

[@chamoiscapicolus9795]

So far this is the weakest podcast in this series. Four speakers can't tell a word about genocidic nature of the war, neither they can figure out rise of xenophobia in Russian culture in general. This is much wider topic than putin's elites but who should say that if not four "scientists". And this old Russia lover who call Russians fled country "preservation of talents" forgot to say how arrogant most of them are when it comes to ukrainian war.

[@michaelh3857]

poorly expressed.

[@plweis7203]

Completely unobjective poor analysis.

[@PatrickBeowolf-jt4nq]

The speakers sound very young. What that means is their knowledge comes from books. People of a certain age lived it so are in a better position to judge Putin, the Soviet Union, ww1 and 2, Israel, Palestine conflict etc.

[@zedzoom9748]

Not many people around who "lived" ww1 I suspect.

[@joshuapaul2022]

Ukraine can't win this war and never could. No wonder weapon will save Zelenskyy hide as no wonder weapon saved Hitler's hide. Russians are fighting a war of attrition. It's not about getting more territory. It's about decimating Ukrainian army. In latest offensive that proved to be an epic unmitigated disaster Ukrainian army showed itself completely impotent. This impotence is the result of a successful implementation of this attrition strategy. According to Ukrainian soldiers interviewed by BBC Russians now have advantage in artillery 1:10. Russians use more than 100 precision glide bombs every single day and Ukrainian army has zero defense against them. Meanwhile Zelenskyy is running out of cannon fodder. He is forced conscripting even amputees, HIV positive and people with hepatitis. It's a sign of utter desperation and hysteria . At this point unconditional surrender is the only practical solution for Ukraine. Hitler's Germany also refused to admit defeat until Hitler killed himself, then Keitel signed unconditional surrender.

[@Nastya2352]

Attention here! Some bot that bought by russia. All his comments only about Ukraine lost this war.

[@John-jd8vx]

lol. OK Sergei

[@frederikzinn6568]

So many Ivans here in the early minutes 😂😂

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Bot o bot o botnik

[@16252]

Says the person who believes Putin's definition of winning... is the definition of winning.

[@todd1770]

Putting these clowns on to bash Putin is a joke..just rubbish these people don't even know Russia is a orthodox christian country because of Putin. Wake up people

[@quill444]

_For Halloween, Putin should dress up as a short dictator in a clown costume._ 🤡 ⚒ 🎃 - j q t -

[@pootieputin2771]

More laughable propaganda...

[@mryouben]

Another one of putlers trollbotboys

[@lukepowell9939]

​@@mryoubenspoken like a constipated fool would

[@samsungtap4183]

Yes the truth can be a bitter pill !

[@simonwatson2399]

Sounds like your speaking from personal experience.

[@MadisonSquareGardendidJFK]

@@mryouben Zionist UkroNazi go to bed