Putin's Revenge: David Hoffman (interview) | FRONTLINE

[@faykguru]

In Russia, Communism was never the problem; corruption was. In the U.S., Capitalism is not the problem; corruption is.

[@mariannefaulkner3445]

Well Stated. ! Pelosi and Obiden have USA in stage 4 of 5 stages of Active Measures for Communism. Demoralization Done Destabilization Done Crisis Done Big Brother Done Normalization Not Done FJB. Elites = Obiden pelosi regime Peasants = USA taxpayers FJB

[@jacobrandall4891]

as long as there's human involvement, corruption is present in any communist societies. the only difference is that capitalism allows for more people to succeed in a corrupt society, hence is better

[@faykguru]

@@jacobrandall4891 actually, everyone succeeds in a true communist society: No homeless, no illiteracy, healthcare for all, etc. There are many capitalist countries that can't even offer that, currently.

[@jacobrandall4891]

@@faykguru yea sure on paper if you take out human nature of greed, corruption, selfishness. is it the best for practical society? no

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@@jacobrandall4891 you seem to have proved my point

[@Tsayoga]

I am a kid of the late Cold War 70’s till the fall of the Berlin Wall. Spent my childhood in Europe in the 80’s. My Russian ex girlfriend and other friends ascribe a good deal of the fall of the Soviet Union came from bootleg VHS tapes of movies, tv shows and cassette tapes. The exposure to western specifically US culture and consumerism & prosperity are what drove the populace to turn its back on Soviet Style Communism.

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[@dsoule4902]

And now the godless West falls. 🇷🇺

[@JurisKankalis]

@@dsoule4902 What? Are you sick? Or do those last letters RU indicate you're from a russian troll farm?

[@dsoule4902]

@@JurisKankalis no. But your opening sentence indicates that you're incapable of intelligent discussion. Ciao

[@КсюшаС-й7х]

People in the West are in a complete vacuum, all alternative information has been cleaned out, what is beneficial to your government is being served, the situation in Ukraine is not the same as your media draw, you live and look into a "crooked mirror" that distorts everything that is happening, I advise you, you need to look for an alternative, look for independent publications, information in the media to find out at least some truth.And I also want to ask a question to your media, journalists.1- why do you publish news only from the Ukrainian side?Why don't you come to the settlements where the Russian troops and the troops of the People's Republics are stationed, you don't talk to the residents of the territories liberated from the Nazi battalions, and they have something to tell you.2. why don't you come to Russia and talk to the millions of refugees who escaped the bombing of the Kiev regime and found refuge in Russia.3- why don't you show stories about how the Russian army delivers tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, rescues civilians from bombing by Ukrainian troops, the Azov regiment - real Nazis who do not spare anyone, it is profitable for them to kill more civilians and concoct a fake, a picture for the Western media, a living example of "Butch", it has long been proven that this is a hoax, there is evidence that it was done by the Ukrainian special services, but they will not show them to you.Journalists, come to Ukraine, but not to the western part, but to its eastern part, where people in the territories liberated from the Nazis will tell you a lot of interesting facts, come to Russia and talk to refugees from Ukraine.People are looking for an alternative, everything is not so one-sided, as you are told!The troops of the Ukrainian army have been killing people in the east of Ukraine for 8 years, children are dying, your media are silent!Putin came to put an end to this war, to stop the killing of people by the Kiev regime, thousands of adults and hundreds of children were killed, these are people who did not support the coup d'etat and European integration in Ukraine, first Poroshenko, now Zelensky, decided to destroy these people.And it is.

[@MartinaPaprika]

5 years later... In the meantime all the truth came out and we can only ask ourselves did he tell all these lies because he was paid or because he was just a naive ignorant? Or maybe something else? Thanks for keeping online these videos so that we can refresh our memories of what narratives were circulating at that time.

[@josedomingofigueroagarcia3005]

You are spot on 🎯

[@rasalasio]

Tell all these lies ? What you yapping about blud?

[@MartinaPaprika]

@@rasalasio do you even know that the guy who invented the Russia collusion stories admitted that was all fake? That Hillary staff guy I don't remember the name. And this is just one example. It all came out. The question is where were you to miss it all??

[@paulbarclay4114]

@@rasalasio everything in this video is a lie according to FBI investigations and congressional testimoney nothing in here is true the opposite is actually true, the russians were trying to help the DNC all of this is made up to manipulate the gullible liberals

[@tldacosta485]

Bill Binney told the truth about the Russian hack of the DNC computer. Data was transferred internally and taken out of the building. Guess that’s why the FBI refuses to release the file on a certain young who was caught up in a “robbery gone bad’. And when they do after 75 years it will be so heavily redacted won’t be readable.

[@ioannisdimakis7460]

It seems that this man really believes what he is saying.After 5 years propably he is enjoying hearing this again.

[@ezbody]

What are you farting about, putin rat?

[@wanderinggeri8477]

Why do you expound for us on what he’s getting wrong. We’re all ears here young scholar.

[@zurich7633]

Victoria Nuland’s 2013 speech she revealed that since 1991 the U.S. had spent $5 billion to help bring about Ukraine’s “aspirations.” Part of the $5 billion the U.S. spent was to help organize protests. February 4th 2014 National Endowment for Democracy board member and then Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland. (Nudelman) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which funds NGOs in countries the U.S. targets for regime change, had bankrolled 65 projects in Ukraine totaling more than $20 million. (NED) is funded primarily by an annual allocation from the the US Congress. (NED) received $300 million in 2021, from US taxpayers. The NED is Founded by Allen Weinstein and Carl Gershman who worked at B'nai B'rith and officer of the Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL), youth arm of the Socialist Party of America. These (Neocons) are the same people who in the last 30 years champion the U.S. to fight wars in Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya. America military leaders have warned us about this; “Rootless cosmopolitans” we have a huge problem with a class of so-called elites, the people who are wealthy, very wealthy in many cases and they are, as the Russians used to call certain individuals many, many years ago, rootless cosmopolitans.”, they have no connection to the country.

[@fifi23o5]

One of very few people who did their homework! NED and ISW, the, seemingly, are very different, have the origins in the same circles. There are so many parallels it is quite impossible that they aren't connected. What do Nancy Kagan (the founder of ISW, AKa Victoria Nuland's brother in-law's wife), Victoria Nulkand (AKA The Cookie Lady, also known for her middle name: F..k the EU), Jennnet Yellen, Anthony Blinken, UK's MoD Schapps, Zelenski, Yermak........ , have in common?

[@felixprime8291]

You can't create a popular mass protest movement by just throwing money at people. If it was true that the US could create massive popular anti-government protests out of the aether that would overthrown the government why would they be doing it in Ukraine instead of Russia? DARPA actually looked into this as a possibility in the 60s, called "Project Camelot". This was a failure. They tried to find "brainwashing" techniques with MK Ultra because they couldn't understand why Americans ended up supporting communism etc. and believed that the USSR and China had discovered a way to "program" the human mind (this was a result of a moral blindspot or really blindness given that these were the same people who were doing stuff like torturing Patrice Lumumba to death etc. and didn't see anything wrong with it). This is all Men Staring at Goats nonsense, it doesn't work, people need a reason to hit the streets, risk arrest, beatings, death etc. and a few hundred bucks or some sandwiches is not going to cut it. I really enjoy that you believe that the Socialist Party of America has a hold on the US government or is part of the neocon establishment. This is the party of Eugene V. Debbs, founder of the IWW, who campaigned on an anti-war platform during WWI and was arrested during his campaign under the sedition act for his opposition to the war (and continued his campaign from jail). As for the antisemitism, it's the anticapitalism of fools, trying to understand systemic problems in the world and coming up with a facile explanation "bad people control the world", a half-truth that is worse than a lie and leads people like you continuously tilting at windmills with your crackpot conspiracies in KZbin comment sections.

[@oddvardmyrnes9040]

Thank you very much for the info. Much appreciated.

[@oddvardmyrnes9040]

@@fifi23o5 .. They are Jews. That aside, it is more important that we focus on their political side, not sosio ethnically. They are Neocons. We have to look toward economic/politics motivation. If you want to read something that can explain where 'the deep state' got its money, you should read the book 'Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold by Peggy Seagrave'. It is still active today. This is the foundation of the American political system & foreign policy. If not stopped, it will kill us all.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

and a big part of organizing protests in Ukraine was the CIA training and arming nazi militias in that country

[@MrSA1829]

All the corruption and lies are going to finish us off. May God protect us ❤️

[@erics2033]

Hasn’t almost every word of this been completely discredited by now?

[@hansderaeymaeker9137]

....pretty much, yep - but no sign of a sheepish apology nor admission of r being wrong from the honourable gentleman....... hmmmmm

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[@taxirob2248]

It's a cursory overview of events to put it kindly. It's clear he admires Putin and is leaving out a lot of important details.

[@cocosocialistrat8979]

YES YES YES! 😂

[@dougm2745]

Boy this didn’t age well…

[@dswp4882]

Putin is kickin our asses! LoL

[@bhootpurvmanusya]

its does seem true in every words that's exactly the ground truth is in communist regime. there's a state in india which was ruled for 40 years by communist party. for them party was everything everything else is collateral. until a lady leader threw them out of the governance.

[@c.savvypnvevo2086]

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[@brendadrew834]

Thank you Frontline PBS and Washington Post journalist David Hoffman, most enlightening! I've also enjoyed the "Putin File" episodes as well. Keep up the great work!

[@lvkd4072]

Thank you Frontline for this excellent and most enlightening series. I would say that David Hoffman's take was the most concise and I really appreciate his insight.

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[@jeanninesilkey3878]

HE also lacks a good understanding of what the CIA does in other countries to Thwart true democracies from developing. PBS should think again about this interview.

[@phillipholland6795]

It's likely intentional

[@taxirob2248]

he's a true believer @@phillipholland6795

[@quickfeed7592]

Oh look a conspiracy theorist with all bluster no bite. Who would've thought we'd see one of those in the comments?

[@jeanninesilkey3878]

@@quickfeed7592 Do some research brainwashed.

[@suwiring]

Hats off to president Putin. I respect any leader that can pull the country out of the abyss of destruction!!!

[@slowpainful]

By visiting destruction on other people? What a disgusting comment. Any number of "good" (good for whom?) decisions (based on self-interest and fear) do not justify a marauding psychotic's invasion of a sovereign nation and the indiscriminate MURDER of innocent civilians in Ukraine, or anywhere, to prove his strength. Putin's actions in Crimea, in Ukraine, present a clear challenge: accept his arrogant show of force and tell the world that force, not the rule of law, is what matters, or respond in a way that leaves no doubt that his actions put the entire world in peril. His actions must elicit a strong and united response from all those who believe in justice, and thankfully, Biden and other nations have made this response. You should be ashamed to state publicly that you support him.

[@ezbody]

He (they) created the chaos, first, plundered the country, robbed its citizens, and then "saved" it, becoming insanely rich. Typical "heroes" of the ignorant fools. 😏

[@hernan5940]

Bush senior was the CIA director, was he ever measured against that?

[@phillipholland6795]

Certainly one of the biggest scumbags to ever sit in that chair but his son may have surpassed him on that regard as a record holding war criminal, even Putin couldn't hold a candle to his numbers.

[@anabaird3835]

FRONTLINE: These interviews are OUTSTANDING!! Thank you SO MUCH!

[@simamkelendima3024]

This interview did not age well😂😂😂

[@mortimersmithsr2522]

It's just standard lowbrain western propaganda. zzzzz

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[@jimmycricket7385]

Imagine going bankrupt and having your house taken from you because you get sick! Unaffordable medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in the USA.

[@MikeJones-yo8en]

LOL this has nothing to do with anything on this video

[@mariannefaulkner3445]

Welcome to the Obiden pelosi world and demise of the USA due to their regime. May we survive.

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[@lucylubinda9039]

HIS VOICE IS AMAZING I CAN LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY HE IS A GREAT STORY TELLER.

[@kellymaguire7912]

yes, the same "stories" that have kept an innocent man languishing in prison under false charges. Free Assange!

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[@rantsinarobe4099]

YOU MORONS ARE THE SPECIAL KIND OF DIPSHIT SIMPS PBS AND THE DEMS DEPEND ON. 😎 EGG ON YOUR FACE F*GGOT

[@AlySy-z2r]

I used to look for Mr Hoffman's article 20 years ago I learned a lot from him he is unbelievably great

[@redbird1490]

This interview just convinced me that whole this time USA is like a Sith empire and Russia is like Rebellion. What is great about him when from interview you clearly see that US was doing everything to damage Russia, and whenever caught he downplays it like it was misinterpreted by Putin. US owes Putin for those Hillary mails because she is a criminal.

[@pattersonlee062]

He is unbelievably delusional and believes no nation should have self-determination except the US and its European servants.

[@bigbrainb-ryan]

1:12:20 wasn’t intended to tear Russia 🇷🇺 apart… but we have it in our doctrine and millitary strategy to bulkanize Russia into many little rival states.

[@taxirob2248]

More like economic self determination of those states that want it, or have something we want.

[@thecoin5394]

​@@taxirob2248devide et impera 😅

[@curtisgrindahl446]

This is brilliant. This series of videos could well form the foundation of a graduate course in contemporary Russian issues. Deepest respect to the producers of Frontline both for doing these interviews and sharing them on KZbin. Thank you.

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[@jchaps1]

Who's watching in 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

[@ACGreviews]

Hello Comrade. I am here to talk to you about the importance of...water during an interview. All jokes aside. Tons of data really interesting to listen to .

[@margretblair5389]

That's why he took access to the sea. Is that the water you are talking about. Location. And Location. I hope it's true they are fighting hard for their country 😔

[@tashingamaroveke208]

David Hoffman is a dreamer

[@paulozimek276]

He's an imbecile.

[@Xxx-cd5ew]

Coming from an Asian country and living in US really made me understand that we have entirely different mindsets about democracy and US intentions. My own country, which has strong ties with Putin and faith in his system and power always interpreted political or economic problems as something to do with US. That US is surreptiriously steering the events behind the scene. Like he says information war is a true thing that change the outcome of elections drastically. Many in Asia, especially countries like India and Sri Lanka are quite good at using Putins tool box in diverging Socio-economic and political flow.

[@ccdanro]

The only ones engaged in an information war are the Americans and their cheap and stupid "allies".

[@Heathmcdonald]

i got news for you, the cia causes color revolutions. theyre the sole cause of them. they invented them. so yes the cia is usualy behind unrest but the cia doesnt represent america they represent the military industrial complex and the global elite

[@terrific804]

But not the U.S.😂 That's why Obama signed this??? Smith-Mundt Act prohibited the U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) from disseminating government-produced programming within the United States over fears that these agencies would “propagandize” the American people. However, in 2013, Congress abolished the domestic dissemination ban, which has led to a heated debate about the role of the federal government in free public discourse.

[@niarlatotepbasset]

Sure, Falun Gong, sure 😏…

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

I think your own country was dead on correct when it comes to the neo con foreign policy of the USA except for the 4 years under Trump.

[@peterklass7244]

Fantastic interview! I could listen to Mr. Hoffman for another 2 hours, he has a great voice and he is a superb story-teller.

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[@amandawhitney6255]

YES! You know about his channel right? Just got done reading his post today!

[@backwardthoughts1022]

this psychosis aged well 😂

[@damac5136]

Storyteller, indeed.

[@hansderaeymaeker9137]

Indeed, he certainly is a storyteller. And he hooked you in, line and sinker.

[@koala8353]

nearly every person that was interviewed stresses that putin saw and sees his power threatened by the united states 'out of a feeling' that he 'felt' that the us had a part in the colour revolutions and the protests in russia itself. i can't help but wonder how a guy who is otherwise described as a cold, intelligent and fast thinking person with the ability to set and pursue strategic goals would take such drastic decisions like sending troops to seize crimea out of a 'feeling'. he must have based his decisions on intelligence, right ?

[@csmith63]

Seriously?!? You can describe Stalin as intelligent, strategic, and all the wonderful qualities that gave him such immense power he slammed an Iron Curtain across Europe--along with creating roads of bones out of people randomly pointed out as enemies and targeted from a combination of paranoia, mental cruelty, mental health problems including psychopathy, and dictatorial authoritarianism. That was Putin's textbook as he grew up in a Hell of Stalin's making, and you think he can't have bats in his belfry AND run Russia like a basic back-alley thug?!?

[@nkenchington6575]

he's a greedy, venal rat, who hates the idea of losing his power and money

[@arthurswanson3285]

You're over rating his intelligence. He was a middling kgb guy who covered a corrupt mayors stealing money, covered Yeltsin as he stole money, and stole & paid off cronies. He's not that smart, just corrupt & lucky.

[@koala8353]

@@arthurswanson3285 @C Smith I'm sorry if I chose the wrong expression, I'm not a native English speaker. I actually meant that he must have based his decisions on reports from the intelligence community. I honestly don't want to judge his personal intelligence because I believe he is not emotionally stable at least not the way he projects, therefore his capacity to judge objectively is questionable. I can't asses whether this is actually true or based in reality, but there is a guy on twitter who claims to translate letters from an inside FSB source, '@igorsushko', this would explain why he actually really makes decisions based on false assumptions.

[@koala8353]

@@csmith63 I'm sorry if I chose the wrong expression, I'm not a native English speaker. I actually meant that he must have based his decisions on reports from the intelligence community. I honestly don't want to judge his personal intelligence because I believe he is not emotionally stable at least not the way he projects, therefore his capacity to judge objectively is questionable. I can't asses whether this is actually true or based in reality, but there is a guy on twitter who claims to translate letters from an inside FSB source, '@igorsushko', this would explain why he actually really makes decisions based on false assumptions.

[@JurisKankalis]

The knowledge the speaker holds is something I've don't think I've ever seen. When the war started - I posted a comment on some youtube video about the invasion. I've kept posting it on several videos, with small changes. It summarizes my view on the war - and on its initiator - from perspective of a 40 year old mostly apolitical guy (I mean, I'm not in any parties and don't plan to) living in Latvia. I'm getting more and more afraid of how many western researchers of Russia have expressed themselves along the same lines - and how still, nothing much - apart from Ukrainians bearing the brunt themselves - is being done. The comment reads as follows (I've been countered with lots of trolls - but they mostly "muddy the waters" - as this speaker says - because, in contrary to 2014, they know that primitive direct lies can be taken down by the platform holder). ESPECIALLY THE LAST QUESTION I ask causes me certain amount of fear and anxiety. What the world needs to understand - and can't seem to, so far - is that Putin is a sick ego maniac the scale of which the world has not seen since Hitler and Stalin. Of course - there are people like Idi Ammin, Muamar Gadaffi, Sadam Hussein and many more in terms of disregard of human life on the throne of (mostly sickly imagined) personal benefit - but among all of them, only Vladimir Putin has the means (the largest country on earth, a superpower) to execute his sickly "revenge" plans on the West - and on the world - which started hatching, probably, somewhere from the moment of loss of his two elder brothers - to the moment he was stationed and "left behind" in Eastern/Western Germany as a KGB agent (more on that - documentary by russian/US journalist Julia Loffe called "Putin files" on KZbin). He's a scrappy guy who has no naivity, no regard or care for "talks", diplomacy, pleading, decency, morality, values. He SAYS AND DOES WHAT AND HOW HE WANTS. This was, time and once again, seen during the gathering period of troops for several months on the Ukrainian border - when he was openly ridiculing and bluntly lying in face of all of the world. Biden said - no, I don't believe the pictures of APCs retrieving from border are real - and Putin was probably giggling a sickly grin somewhere - saying - good boy, Biden, well noticed, good boy. The problem with the first invasion of 2014 was that he was testing the world - does it care - and how much, apart from giving a "like" in Facebook or youtube - about Ukraine? And after 8 years of no problems occupying Crimean peninsula and swaths of land in East Ukraine - he understood - naah, the world doesn't care much at all. So - he gathers resources for 8 years - and cablamo, still no one cares - here we go, killing people, civilians, murdering pregnant mothers, slaughtering children and his own servicemen. Does Putin care what he says? Does he care the world "sees" that his "targeting military infrastructure only" is a complete lie? Does he care that calling Ukrainians nazists and drug addicts is BS only idiots could believe? NO! Because he has been feeding the majority of Russians his propoganda for decades - no one seemed to be minding, by and large - can he proclaim and postulate anything he wants? ABSOLUTELY! What does he have to lose? NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! He''s known about all the possible sanctions, about disconnecting SWIFT, about not cooperating with Russia, about closing bank accounts, sports events, IKEA, Volkswagen, McDonalds, etc., etc. - for at least 8 years. HE DOES NOT CARE! He is that small ego-centric sicko kid in the playground - whose mentally disturbed resolve only strengthens with every objection - only his toys are mothers, soldiers, children, lives, futures and dreams - under some sick pretense. The only thing Hussein, Ammin, Gadaffi, Assad, bin Laden, HItler and Putin understand or take into account - is blunt immediate force. Once again - the appeasement policy prior to WWII in respect to Hitler - did not work. Are countries like US, Germany, France, UK - and others - willing to take the same bet now?

[@lilymargaret447]

Well said.

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Gadaffi was nothing like the psychopaths you named also Japan dictator Tojo was the absolute worst the world has ever seen and Kim Jong Un of course but the rest you named doesn't even come close not even the African dictator Idi Amin and he was a nightmare himself but you forgot to mention the bush family and the rest of the American dictators especially people like Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan they both unleashed hell on their own and other nations all for colonialism to get their oil our military is fed propaganda and used as tools to spread it's colonial arm to African and middle Eastern nations. America helped create the path North Korea is on now not that they're solely responsible but America has a hand in it. Look what Bush did to Iraq smh

[@clarkblumenstein6134]

True insight. Thank you. Sometimes I don’t even know why I read KZbin comments and then I find one like this.

[@timetravelerchannel9912]

You talk alot of BS..

[@R6MPro]

I stopped Reading where you cited assad, gaddafi as ego centric . This comments only shows one things : despite your age you are still stupid and being fed by western Propaganda medias. Come on get yourself a life you are ageing

[@jaykay1053]

Excellent interview. I enjoy listening to Mr. Hoffman. He makes history come alive.

[@WeknowhoUR]

Especially from a fanciful, Victoria Nuland, US State Dept. fictional world!

[@chatmall]

OMG...I was in hight school back then and, had a history teacher that just immigrated to québec ca.. He got a job in my hight school as a history teacher. We all loved this class, he used to tell us all about the reality of things going on in Russia, the lack the country about being to provided for their people,for basic needs even. They had to line up for hours juste for rolls of toilet paper Meats ...forget it. There was none to be found. And here we are 2022, flash back, it so sad... , ,

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[@dan-bz7dz]

What's sad? They got it way better now

[@RoseSharon7777]

Communism and her sister Socialism ... It ALWAYS leads to dire suffering. Don't let anyone tell you differently.

[@beckyelliott2871]

V Ling - how would YOU feel and react to living in an atmosphere such as you speak of? I get so disgusted at the comments some of you folks make, speaking as though you have and face these situations that OUR president does. You are no more effective in changing our government from your armchairs than you are in changing the plays and final score of the Super Bowl! If you REALLY want to make changes in our government, GET INVOLVED BY VOTING INTELLIGENTLY!

[@waynedombrowski7568]

I agree, friend,but the key word is 'intelligently'. Our present American collective mind,in my opinion,is rotted out,purposefully,on conspiracy theories - to the point where almost half don't know what or who to believe or can discern plain reality. Our schools are failing to teach not what to think but how to think. They need to bear down on critical thinking,Deductive Logic, Political Science,History and journalistic integrity.

[@robertferguson4875]

And Religion... Fellow Christian... Blessings friends

[@TampaDave]

Robert Ferguson No, none of the things just mentioned, which relate to ACTUAL REALITY, have anything to do with religion.

[@TampaDave]

Wayne Dombrowski ... Yes, the point you bring up is important. Putin tried using propaganda to provide his side of the story. That wasn't successful, so he changed his strategy, and began promoting dozens of crazy, often self-contradictory, wildly divergent fake news items. These were successful in getting people to throw up their hands and say: I've done my best to research this and find the truth, but it is impossible to sort out what the truth IS. It is just too confusing.

[@TampaDave]

If any religion chooses to get involved in politics, it is no longer qualified as a "non-profit" organization, and needs to be licensed, regulated and TAXED exactly like any other corporation that includes lobbying in its activities.

[@twatts1523]

I wish Eisenhower could see where we ended up.

[@kafon6368]

I'm sure he could've guessed.

[@thomascleveland8121]

It would kill him. All that sacrifice. For this?

[@dneprina5978]

Remember growing up in the 80s when conservative absolutely hated Russia! To see what the GOP/MAGA base has came to would have St. Ronny Reagan rolling over in his grave!!!"

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

Ike must be rolling hard in his grave. He warned us about the military industrial complex and the CIA, Kennedy listened and was killed for listening and then his brother listened and was killed for listening and then everyone seemed to stop listening and forgot Ike's warning.

[@MH-jt3lx]

I paid $75 for my first car from a neighbor that needed $50 worth of parts. I put the new clutch in with advice from the school automotive teacher who I met at our vocational school I was required to take a class at. This was 1982 at that time in the Soviet Union it took ten year of waiting on a list to get a car and it cost you 15000 ruble or $80,000 in buying power as close as I can tell. God bless America and American production. 1975 Pontiac Sun Bird four cylinders of freedom and girls.

[@sabinegroe2006]

In East Germany we had to wait about 20 years for a Trabbi. Lada was a very Porsche of the east. Putin wants to exploit Russia for his own advantage (greed and obsession of money ) , dislikes the values of the west , but himself he wants to live like a billionaire in the west. Disgusting human being. I registered and take 2 adults and a child from Ukraine in. They might live with me for many years

[@Utuber-hk9xj]

Probably no longer possible. Detroit doesn't look like a very productive or prosperous city these days. People in Russia see what life has become in the West and they don't want NATO , US bases or EU on their doorstep!

[@coopoylozenge5964]

@@Utuber-hk9xjRussians now have to pay Mercedes money for a tiny, unreliable Chinese piece of scrap rebadged as a Moscovich. Well done Russia! I’m happy with my actual Mercedes.

[@SuperBadboy560]

Twisted half truths and in-your-face deceit.

[@c.savvypnvevo2086]

Russian bot 😂

[@MaestroShket]

This guy is misleading a little bit, European Union did send 900 pages agreement for Ukrane to become a EU member to Ukrainian government. Obviously journalists did let that information to leak out to public, while this was going on, the Ukrainian government finished reading that agreement and realized that if they will sign that agreement, the country was going to become an American & EU’s slave. For example, while Ukraine is in agreements with Russia, the country was selling to Europe billion dollars’ worth of grains, right after Ukrainians would sign it, they would be only selling $ 300 million worth of same trade deal! And there is 900 pages of that type of restrictions. In another words USA & Europe did know upfront that Ukraine in 99% of their time will never agree to that type of deal. On top of that, Ukraine was officially tight up by a bunch of different agreements with Russia and other ex USSR countries with Tax free or customs free trade unions , plus government already received $ 3 billion out of full 15 billion deal from Russia as a partner help. And after government speaker announced on TV that signature getting postponed or it never will be signed at all, Some liberal university students plus different people come out to Maidan district with disagreement protests, of course after some times the government had to culm this people down and get them of the streets. The local special force police operation unit called "Berkut" had to move on and clear the strikers. They were a little over the top, but never aggressive enough as French police dealing with Yellow jackets strikes in Paris. Anyway, after people got little beat the magic happens! Ms., Victoria Nuland shows up with some cookies and US decided to sponsor the another revolution, where they always unconstitutionally try to change regime and replace current president with new pro-American candidate. I can tell you so much info that you guys just don't hear or see in US with all those crooked tv channels like CNN will never tell you the tru story. If someone have a questions, you are welcome to ask.

[@petrkosvanec]

Hailing from Czechia. Good work. I also appreciate `I dont know` answers.

[@thejason755]

Its how we know he’s being honest in what he himself understands and doesn’t understand. He could be like “this is a fact.” When in fact it’s a supposition. It really is refreshing.

[@amybelyea6071]

This guy is a real piece of work!

[@leoprior3437]

He fails to mention U.S. involvement in the 2014 coup in Ukraine.

[@hansderaeymaeker9137]

Oh yes, he's a real piece of work all right. Oozing with heavily biased, subjective opinions, carefully intertwined in truthful history so as to cover deliberate lies. It's pretty easy to pick out what he has altered or omitted, but most here are way too lazy to check for themselves. Pity he doesn't reference his 'opinions' with credible sources. Q.E.D.

[@phillipholland6795]

@@hansderaeymaeker9137 Not to mention his total lack of awareness about the validity of that Munich speech!

[@pamelapiszczek8226]

I talk with so many people in Russia. They have great respect and are thankful for Putin. Life is so much better under his leadership. I expect Putin will win March 17 election by a landslide. The ones that left Russia didn't like Putin at the beginning of the SMO.

[@wilhouts6173]

Yes, the Yeltsin family looked for someone who would look the other way at all the wealth acquired being in control. A back room deal.

[@matsfrommusic]

Oh yes, never thought about that, that was probably the case.

[@rvz77]

HOW DOES THW SAME VIDEO I DOWNVOTED GET AUTO SELECTED AS THE NEXT VIDEO THAT COMES ON KZbin?? THIS has happened many times when I fall asleep and the TV stays on. I typically will wakeup to Frontline anti putin docs, even when down voting the exact video that will show up again and again. KZbin agenda, you are TOO OBVIOUS!!!

[@recalcitrantrecidivist5927]

He forgot to mention everything about the fact that the USA is basically down the fkn toilet.

[@kevkeary4700]

The idea that a post for Putin in East Germany was a boring outpost is absolutely ridiculous. It was the focus of the cold war!

[@kevkeary4700]

@Atlantis I was in Dresden 1988 the year before the Berlin wall fell. My point is that to say the Putin The "Rezident" had a boring menial job in Germany is simply ridiculous. He was at the center of it.

[@kevkeary4700]

@Atlantis I think you have been watching too many James Bond Movies. Yes there are field agents of course but much of the work is done from a desk using information gathering and making tactical decisions. If you were expecting to see Putin as a spy with shades and a trench coat, you would be disappointed..

[@kevkeary4700]

@Atlantis The KGB staff were all over the world and recruited people all over, so you are correct there. Do you think KGB bosses are hiding in bushes with cameras or are they behind desks? I say again, a spy agency is composed of all manners of staff from the field to the policy makers at the top. Just because Putin wasn't in the bushes with his camera, doesn't mean he wasn't an influential character in the organisation. How come many of his side kicks are also former KGB colleagues and he as President today? Of course he had influence in the organisation, it would be naïve to think he didn't. What Hoffman is saying is just an attempt to make Putin look like a disgruntled little man which does not do the history of the matter justice.

[@kevkeary4700]

@Atlantis you were the one who said Dresden not me, of course they were!

[@felixprime8291]

If you're talking about Berlin maybe, Dresden though? Firstly it was inside a Soviet puppet regime so he wasn't doing any foreign espionage, he was just handling people from the Soviet side of the iron curtain, secondly Dresden was a backwater town in East Germany (which was itself a bit of a backwater). He was collecting newspaper clippings and briefing/debriefing professors, managers etc. visiting the East on industrial espionage. It was a desk job which is why Putin's hard man persona is so funny, it's a fantasy.

[@ІринаЛапчук-м9ю]

Я😮Зеленський далеких від мене особисто Дякую за увагу за ефір в інтернеті є такі слова що не зашкодить нам

[@ladyfreddie7513]

Embarrassing PBS

[@ronmonks6325]

He also didn't mention that Putin was named because he promised not to prosecute Yeltsin or his family.

[@TheMolacho1]

This gentleman can go on for hours it seems. I CAN'T GET 4 WORDS OUT MY SONS AT THE DINNER TABLE!😒

[@drunkensailor112]

What age is your son?

[@parisbreakfast]

With hold dinner from the, until they use their noodles and express themselves.

[@SD-co9xe]

Haha- I can relate!

[@cianryan684]

What do your sons know about russia?

[@artmusic2]

Listening with fervor to this phenomenal narrative, which is equal to Masha Gessen's interview, in its vast scope of Putin. Thanks! Frontline's interviews as learning tools are superb; especially in 2023, as we maintain a pro-Democracy stance here in the USA.

[@mortenrobinson5421]

It's incredible that both Americans and Russians think that socialism and capitalism are mutually exclusive, and that you can't have democracy and socialism, or dictatorship or communism and capitalism... all of this is obviously complete bullshit. Any state economy needs a fair bit of socialism and capitalism in order to even work. And democracy is all about voting how much socialism vs how much capitalism you want. All people need socialism and capitalism, each and every one of us are born socialists, completely unable to take any kind of responsibility for our own lives, but rather just hanging on mommies tits. And then we grow up and learn to take responsibility and most people become more conservative and capitalist, because when you go to work and work for all your money, then you want to keep it for yourself. With pure socialism there is no wealth, there are only a bunch of people expecting a hand out, and none of them are working to create any wealth, because they are purely socialist and expect others to create the wealth for them and give it to them. With pure capitalism you get no welfare, only the working class get their wages and whatever trickles down onto the rest is down to the charity of whomever is earning any money. Socialism is defined as any redistribution of wealth.... well it would seem then that capitalism IS a form a socialism. It takes the wealth created by the workforce and redistributes it to the rich guy! The guy who started the business ;-) If you are a business owner, which anybody in the free world is free to be, then you have employees in your business and you capitalize on the actaul value that your workforce is creating. The capitalist does not create his own wealth, Bill Gates didn't program Windows 10 down in a basement all by himself and Elon Musk didn't design all of those spacerockets and Teslas that he is sending into orbit around Mars. The WORKFORCE creates the wealth. And when you capitalize on the workforce, it is completely fair and square that you pay taxes back to the state, because the state needs to look out and take care of the workforce and their families, and make sure that there even is a qualified workforce for the capitalist to capitalize on! The state can use those money that are collected through taxes and redistribute wealth and make a welfare available to the people, make sure that the working force and their families actually have whatever they need. And what do I mean by welfare? Well, it's nice to be able to send your kid off to school, nice to not have to worry about being able to get to a doctor if you are sick, nice to not have roads, pavements, bridges and all sorts of infrastructure. Nice to have some sort of security and feeling of safety, that if your boss fires you tomorrow, you will still be able to keep a roof over your hear, feed your family, send your children off to get educated and go to the doctors if you get sick. When we vote, we're simply towing the robe in each direction to get some sort of balance between socialism and capitalism. Want more socialism? Vote Bernie Sanders! Want more capitalism, vote Donald Trump. And if you think that there are too little viewpoints or ideologies represented in the political parties of your country, simply create your own party, try and recruit members, collect signatures and run in free and fair elections. That's freedom and democracy. And to be a little nationalistic here. I believe that I live in a country that struck gold regarding this whole robetowing between capitalism and socialism. I live in Denmark, a social welfare state, where we indeed pay a lot of tax, but at the same time have very strong unions ensuring a well paid workforce. After taxes, which are indeed huge. more than 50%, an average working class dane has just as much as an average working class american., and the minimum paid danish workforce have it much better better than the minimum paid american workforce. Any dane is free to start up their own business, and they will probably find it easy to get started since government is fairly quick to grant you investments to get started with the business. And any dane is also sort of free to simply just screw all of us and stay home and collect a welfare check every month to the day they die from boredom. They can go to the doctors. They can get educated. Tons of stuff that danes can choose to do with their lives, they can even start a small shop selling pillows and covers and grow it to a huge multinational business employing people all over the world. All in all i'd say danes are definitely more free than Americans and have far less worries in life :-) When it comes to the socialism vs capitalist robe towing it's also a balancing of the workforce, there is a publicly employed workforce and a privately employed workforce, and the more socialism you have within a nation, the bigger will be you public workforce, the more capitalism the bigger will be your private workforce, upto the point where the workforce is uneducated and died because they couldn't get medical help or whatever bullshit happened to them. We need both socialism and capitalism, and politics and particularly democracy is about towing the robe! Could we please get Russians and Americans to look at Denmark and Scandinavia and maybe stop all these brutal ideological proxy-wars throughout the world, with Russias communist ideology on one side, and Americas free market ideology on the other side?

[@georgelahmon4539]

When is the last time your country innovated a technology, or exactly how would you prevent Russia from invading you and completely stomping your ass. How much in foreign aid does your country give, how many immigrants of color including letting unvetted fighting age men? Face it you are like Canada and the E.U. living off the backs of the American taxpayers. How much does your country pay to NATO, are you even in NATO because I know only 2 countries were paying their fair share. Hell we just gave 13 billion to Ukraine alone how much did your country give. How many troops do you have available to fight in Ukraine. I for one am tired of paying welfare for the whole of Europe while idiots brag about how great they are while bashing America

[@TheReneepruitt]

And now you know it was all false.. so why is KZbin allowing this to stay up?

[@MsJakobsen]

I hope you do a follow-up with David Hoffman

[@elenalatici9568]

The description of Yeltsin as a bear with periods of withdrawal followed by great energy is a classic description of bipolar disorder. It would explain to a point the excessive drinking beyond the culture of drinking.

[@charlesnolan7602]

That is a very astute observation. Bipolar disorder can be better controlled in 2022 and also better diagnosed once symptons can be established. Certainly in Russia, that disorder was not well known.

[@wxdniy]

Bipolar disorder is just the way for the weak and selfish people to show how its important to be them cause they are able to feel different things and everybody must care. Here in real life we tell them to shut up and feel whatever they want somewhere else.

[@martijnfakkert4095]

Onggg

[@manuelayala926]

@@charlesnolan7602 iuuiiiieoeiroiiiiepeii

[@doberman1ism]

Boris Yeltsin was self-medicating through the excessive drinking of vodka.

[@michstockholm1164]

Why doesn't KZbin take this malinformation down?

[@tomv4408]

I've watched more than half of these interviews. So far, no Putin supporters as far as I can tell. Were any approached?

[@moodyrick8503]

The only "public" praising of Putin that i'm aware of came from Trump.

[@carter_1]

Its sooo slanted, the whole 2nd half, accepting US/NATO $ feeling "like charity" Nah, Putin was smart on Global elite & NWO. He was a nationalist not multiculturalist ×10. Just sooo many things, slanted by our Gov inserts. Putin & *many Russians would laugh at this propaganda peice

[@moodyrick8503]

@@carter_1 That KGB gangster, Putin, is still weeping over the fall of his beloved "Soviet Union".

[@TampaDave]

I suppose it is fair to let the criminals tell their versions of the crimes. But most of that information can't be released until after all the prosecutions are complete.

[@liamcragin]

There’s plenty of pro-Putin media out there if you want to find it. Much of it is state-sponsored propaganda tho.

[@meihom6375]

Excellent interview.

[@kerrysiah1180]

Thanks for being Honest!!

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

haha

[@slowpainful]

Having lived through this period in history, it is a real gift to hear this insider's report on what was happening in Russia, and also to have his insights into the Russian mindsight. Absolutely invaluable, a must-watch.

[@PeterCombs]

boy this didn't age well..

[@PrettyJenny-q1x]

Hello dear, how are you doing today, I hope everything is good today 😊

[@fpark101]

There were people who warned about Putin 20 years ago.

[@lizzettorres1111]

Rep.s hv always hated Russia more than anyone but they're praising him now. It's sick

[@phillipholland6795]

It's a shame more people were not able to warn us about the Bush crime family since they came to power a century ago...

[@jessicak4459]

Well it was interesting to see how americans see things. Unfortunately they are pretty bias and one sided. lot's of important details was not told in this video that would show Putin in different light. i wonder why...

[@blackenedblue5401]

Why does Google keep putting this russiagate BS in my feed😅

[@BenMonroe964]

Long form interviews like this are priceless. Amazing job David Hoffman and Frontline.

[@mikeansley5306]

This interview was so low level to me. Is this what liberals say is informative high level discourse?! I can see why America is falling apart. Yikes

[@pootieputin2771]

Well well... doesn't look like this lie is aging very well.

[@c.savvypnvevo2086]

Russian bot

[@alecspeer]

This is amazing. History recounted in a "telling the tale" style. Easy on the ears, food for the brain. Explains so much.

[@zombieGI]

Is this satire? I can't tell.

[@GodOfVictory501]

David Hoffman is a great author. I highly recommend his books - 'The Oligarchs', 'The Dead Hand', 'The Billion Dollar Spy', 'Give Me Liberty' - all of them engrossing pieces of non-fiction.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

Water comrade, water is SO, SO, more important than people think, especially in the Africa, middle east, China. Water is all ready being used as a weapon.

[@Dan.50]

So this guy was wrong about everything??

[@luisricardobras9454]

Basically

[@rushedandlost]

We are all screwed. Everyone worldwide. Only the oligarchs of the world will be o.k. It will take time but , we all are on our way down. We cannot even imagine ,how things will be in the future. We let it happen.

[@rebecasilva8991]

I know we can overcome what they are doing. It woll take sometime, but we can beat them in their own game by becoming educated in business and commerce. Their are many nuvo rich people that have created their own wealth. We can do the same, one step at a time. We just have to become smarter. It can be done, just educate youself.

[@oliverjamito9902]

Beloved, rushed...noone upon all dry GROUNDS. Will tell me your life and thy breath is worth nothing! Like a precious baby can be ABORTED like a clumped of cells. And can be disposed as they please. Beloved, all things you see nor exist! Don't you know God made just for you my beautiful beloved. Without you who can say nor glorify the creations, science, technology, and yet to come. Without you? Who can glorify the creations and God's Will. If you don't exist? BASICALLY thy breath nor thy MILEAGE from thy feet. Indeed came with sincere tears along the way. God is the God of the LIVING. LIKEWISE THY LIFE AND EXISTENCE WAS DESIRED BELOVED. TODAY NOR TIP OF TIME. WE ARE ABOVE GROUND. BELOVED TALK TO GOD WITH SINCERE CONVERSATIONS. REASON GIVEN LIFE. RELATIONSHIP. ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL. 1ST. LOVE GOD ALL OUR MINDS, HEARTS, SOULS, AND STRENGTH 2ND. LOVE THY NEIGHBORS AS THYSELF TRULY WITHOUT CEASING BUT DELIGHT. GOD'S GLORY IS EVERY .WHO HAVE BREATHE UPON ALL THE TRIBES OF JUDAH UPON ALL DRY GROUNDS NOR THE WORLD. INTENT, BASED, FOUNDATION, AND WHERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO. ALL TRUE GOD'S HOSTS AND OWN. GIVE OUR GOD. DESERVES. I JUDGE NOT YET YE BE JUDGE BUT YESHUA JESUS COMMANDED TO JUDGE THE TREE BY IT'S FRUITS.

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Actually, Jena was higher tech center than Dresden, and where the precision equipment for Robatron was designed and manufactured. In fact Jenaoptik (the East German branch of Zeiss, and where the company was founded) eventually became the dominant division of the company for integrate circuit manufacturing, and remains the global leader today supplying the optics for ASML, the leading IC Lithography tool supplier. Hoffman may know a thing or two about Putin, but he is no expert on technology in East Germany. Great story teller, but some of his statements are not factually accurate,.

[@coopoylozenge5964]

One small point - The primacy of Jena in optical technology predates WW2.

[@bigbrainb-ryan]

58:40 he says putin was wrong for wanting a strong security for a capitalist state. I wonder where he could have gotten that idea from? This guy is obviously 🙄 one of those people who criticise everything about everyone without realising weather it applies to themselves and the irony and hypocrisy involved

[@vietBitter85]

this guy acts like the US are saints and is willing to help anyone with no catches... yea right, putin was right to be cautious just as everyone should

[@racewayrenee8428]

This did not age well. Very disappointed in you, Mr. Hoffman.

[@AB-lq1zd]

This is all secondary information and or hearsay.

[@robertarmstrong3024]

I feel more knowledgeable after listening to this Hoffman interview. Knowing the details if history is one thing, but understand the psychology and human emotions involved in the making of history are two different things. The Post was so much more respected when journalists like Mr. Hoffman were there. Today's Post , regrettably, is overrun with "journalists" whose idea of the big question of contemporary history is "What flavor of 🍦 ice cream does Joe Biden prefer?" That, I'm afraid, is the best today's jounalists can do.

[@kelvinbennis2989]

His proof that the Russians did it is utterly shabby I mean it’s a joke

[@tdugue]

“Once it seems to be clear that it might be Russia” 😆

[@coopoylozenge5964]

Extraordinarily prescient! The civilized world can hardly plead ignorance about Russian aggression.

[@airborneranger-ret]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@watertech011]

He is a story teller alright.

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

I love these unedited interviews. They complement the structured program perfectly.

[@rantsinarobe4099]

EGG ON YOUR FACE F*GG*T. YOU ARE THAT SPECIAL KIND OF DIPSHIT SIMP PBS AND THE DEMS DEPEND ON. DONT OPEN YOUR MOUTH DUDE- SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY

[@matsfrommusic]

IMO the best and most interesting interview I've seen yet of the bunch, though I have a few left.

[@elenalatici9568]

Have you listened to Masha Gessen? Incredible.

[@matsfrommusic]

@@elenalatici9568 I think it's good but not as good as Hoffman who has more in-depth analysis.

[@timothygolden5321]

Yeah, it's an awfully long list. Quite a propaganda effort has gone on here. I know that NPR is doing its part as well. Sad to see these old truth tellers falling in line.

[@matsfrommusic]

​@@timothygolden5321 Care to share any specifics? No...? What a shock!

[@timothygolden5321]

@@matsfrommusic Normally I start with the Steele dossier, but since Hoffman here starts with the emails that is really the freshest start of Russiagate: the Podesta and then the DNC email leaks. Both attributed to Russia and both disproven. As he mentions Crowdstrike; a private company yielding a fraud report; whatever HRC wanted them to say was what they said. No FBI investigation. Sorry, but this stuff is so done now, yet I guess some slow pokes are still coming around. The lies that have led us to the brink of nuclear disaster were entirely optional. I do not blame HRC directly; I blame the deep state. They control this media now. Say good-bye to PBS and NPR. These are not the intellectual sources that they once were. Truth means nothing to them. Integrity is no longer a thing in America.

[@Wog68]

This is all BS. Location of from which computer attack is coming can be traced from IP address, MAC address and EMIE address combined. For example IBM put their download servers world wide. IBM can trace which customer’s computer downloaded from which server.

[@Davidfooterman]

David Hoffmann’s commentary on Putin and the USSR is very interesting and probably very well informed, although I am totally unable to assess the latter.

[@mastertechnician3372]

All what is said here is the outer layer of reality. Under the gloss of outer layer is struggling population of the country and it took around 20 years for the base population to adopt " somehow surviving " lifestyle. The two tier system is still very much alive in Russia. USA is the best. Preserve what little you have, or you will face the reality that the Russian people live in all this time.

[@theobserver9131]

Dude, look around! Where is the middle-class? It's almost gone.

[@deborapence7754]

Yea but doesn't Russia have moral highgroundan power is shiftingweakenngwitherawau

[@deborapence7754]

They took it upthe Kessler and moved on

[@Igorstadnick]

Mr. David Hoffman you absolutely don't know anything about Russian history since the Rurik dynasty (IX/X century). For instance, the Ukraine is not the Texan territory, land grabbed in the XIX century. Ukraine was the cradle of Rus, the first Russian state, which saw the arrival of Vikings and embraced Christianity from Byzantium (Orthodox faith) ca. 980 AD. The geopolitics of Russia is unique. You don't just step in to promote coups (Maidan), advance NATO into the Caucasus. Democracy building is the pretext. This idyllic image of the US was buried with Ted Roosevelt, the Cold War and so forth. American interventions set up dictatorships, brought chaos alway under the guise of exceptionality. Brazil has a radical right wing president, a true psychopath, who was installed with the aid of CIA. In 1964 you promoted a military coup which rendered 21 years of dictatorship with assassinations, disappearances and torture. So the US has not a good track record. Your portrayal of US foreign policy is extremely naive. I admire the American democracy but consider the US in the international arena one big failure. As much as I dislike Putin I think he's perfectly sound in being suspicious of US diplomacy. After all, the Islamic extremists in the Caucasus were bred by the US since counteracting Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Bin Laden was an offspring trained by CIA et al.

[@geralddarlington4165]

A typical sold-tool of the state. Shame on him and PBS.

[@phillipholland6795]

I liked PBS before but I'm starting to doubt this publication more and more each day.

[@paulozimek276]

@@phillipholland6795 Agree.

[@dokasaku1233]

have understood many things. an excellent historian on Red Russia

[@TeamLu]

I find it hilarious that all of these experts know Putin more than Putin knows himself.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

Hilarious too that all these "experts" PBS assembled for their "Putin Files" all say the exact same thing about Putin almost as if they are reading from a script; even more hilarious is how over the top obsessed and paranoid they are about Putin - on one hand they tell us how Russia is a faded declining power while on the other hand telling us how Putin has weaponized everything conceivable against the West and is behind everything wrong in the world.

[@dixztube]

Right it’s so ridiculous

[@RoseSharon7777]

I remember when USSR collapsed and how within a short time they allowed Christianity once again. The packed out stadiums when preachers made visits to the new Russian Federation. People all over the world were so excited. It was an amazing time.

[@rafail3]

13:22 "He had a brother who died before he was born." Well, the guy does not know a lot about Putin: "Putin's birth was preceded by the deaths of two brothers, Viktor and Albert, born in the mid-1930s. Albert died in infancy and Viktor died of diphtheria during the Siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany's forces in World War II." It's actually very telling why he, even mentioning his late elder brother, does not mention the cause of his death. Search the Siege of Leningrad, famine of which I am sure nobody of you knows. Nothing to make Putin look a little bit more human. His parents suffered so much no US American would imagine. The rest of his Putin knowledge is very selective and skewed. 40:49 Chechen "rebels"? Oh, how nice of you. What would you say if any Russian called the 9.11 terrorists "Saudi Arabic rebels" or even "Saudi Arabia freedom fighters"? You make lots of effort to make Russians call them this way.

[@bigbrainb-ryan]

Wow the Russian general was so right as america is doing exactly all that

[@LEONSKENNEDY91]

where what

[@bsnxenogear]

This is hilarious to watch now that the current sitting president is trying to jail his future competition.

[@suziemalloy7216]

Are you talking about the real president 😮or Biden? I think either way😢😮🎉

[@tesos2866]

BS, the legal system is attempting to (poorly)hold him accountable. You or I would have been put in jail had we done any of those things years ago.

[@ladislavkocman4933]

Thank you.

[@JeanSweeny]

Lying assumptions. It’s hilarious to watch a grown man just out and out lying, yet it does become nauseating in about 4 minutes or so. Who would want to leave this little legacy of lies for others to see such deceptive and cowardly behavior. Just yuck!

[@kimdejbjergjensen2201]

lying, pure fiction

[@enekervis]

Amazing and informative interview

[@punkypinko2965]

So ... do you know David Hoffman? I'm just curious why you immediately believe everything he says without question? Think about it ... maybe he's right, maybe he's wrong, probably both. You should be more skeptical. The world can't be explained by ONE PERSON. This interview is not journalism. A single source? So .. David Hoffman, as great as he may or may not be, is the sole source of truth and justice? Keep in mind, this is just an interview of one person's opinion, it's not truth absolute. Just saying.

[@jaykay1053]

@@punkypinko2965 If you don’t know whether or not Mr. Hoffman knows his subject material, why would you call it into question?

[@hansderaeymaeker9137]

@@punkypinko2965 ...when people see / hear what they 'want', all critical thinking is forgotten. This man does have a lot of factual information, but he is also languishing up to his eyeballs in biased subjectivity. Yet, few people here seem aware of it.

[@punkypinko2965]

@@hansderaeymaeker9137 Yeah critical thinking is rare, it seems to me. That's why politics is so polarized. Most voters are easily lead to believe whatever their political party tells them and the whole point of political parties, at least in America with the Republicans and Democrats, is to divide people.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

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[@aneetkaur9924]

the result of governments interferring in each others politics.. all very hyprocritical .. all in the name of democracy and human rights... really ? are all parties innocent or righteous? good guy/ bad guy nonsense..

[@jebidiahkorn]

What an elite storyteller. He makes it look easy. Great orator. You can see that he is choosing both what he says and how he says it. This is pure stuff, not cut with nonsense.

[@MasonCater-rx2bn]

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[@PrettyJenny-q1x]

Hello dear, how are you doing today, I hope everything is good today 😊

[@idesofmarchUNIAEA]

:33 History tells a different story. Actually the objective truth

[@kevkeary4700]

This is an interesting insight. However I do not agree with many of Mr. Hoffman's perspectives. Imagine if a US president, newly formed, was in charge, what would he or she do? One can not judge a person without walking in their shoes. My understanding is that there was a previous agreement that NATO would not try to expand into the deep X-soviet bloc but now there is much talk of it. Who remembers the Cuban missile crises when the Soviet Union put missiles 90 miles from Florida and Kennedy was complaining about it? This was caused because of US missiles across the black sea from Soviet Ukraine in Turkey. So why shouldn't Russia complain about western missiles in eastern Europe? Also, there is no fighting in Crimea now, it is peaceful.

[@E.N.travel]

that's misinformation ..

[@standalby6949]

@@E.N.travel the truth hurts hey

[@E.N.travel]

@@standalby6949 Never hurts , BS does .

[@thejason755]

@@standalby6949 and let me guess, the invasion of Ukraine really is the “Military operation” putin says it is and not an act of war against a sovereign nation?

[@phillipholland6795]

Finally, someone with an actual functioning brain and basic knowledge of history. I commend you (no sarcasm, unfortunately)

[@toddleroux4745]

Pretty skeptical of anything that comes from PBS now.

[@tesos2866]

Guess you know better,

[@ІринаЛапчук-м9ю]

Щоб ви знали. Президент це один з найбільших в світі..але якщо він робить для своєї країни і для людей

[@feliksandrzejsienko6939]

"Once it seems to be clear that it might be Russia". 🤔. ... Fascinating how bs can sound intelligent