Galina Ackerman - Putin Appears to be a Badly Programmed Set of Autocratic Responses and Aggressions

[@mikekolyshkin3931]

Galina's an extraordinary mind. Thank you, Jonathan, for this great conference! ❤

[@mvjh2277]

First to comment, it seems. Always delighted to hear your guests. Now I have yet another source to follow, Galina Ackerman

[@djparn007]

Thank you, Jonathan. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

[@geoffgill5334]

You ROCK sir and always have great guests

[@markc5025]

One of your best! Ms. Ackerman has a very interesting perspective.

[@marthacichon5950]

Fantastic interview🇺🇦🫶🏻😍✌🏻 Thank you very much ! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦✌🏻

[@SiliconCurtain]

👍👍👍

[@rachelkraut46]

This is brilliant, thank you for another fascinating Interview

[@tadeuszburkiewicz8655]

Thanks Galina ! That was very informative indeed

[@normandduern2413]

Another great guest. As a Francophone (Canadian) I am delighted to learn of Galina's French-language site - and I especially appreciate the rare insight into the persistent influence in French diplomacy of a sort of nostalgia for empire.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Macron has woken up to what Putin and Russia really are. However why did he naively sit at opposite end of Putin’s silly table. Why did he choose to believe his meeting would change anything Putin was planning? Why has it taken 2 years for him to begin full support of Ukraine?

[@DarkestAlice]

Thank you, Jonathan and Galina Ackerman, for your very insightful conversation. I hope, you will continue it soon. Merci beaucoup! 🇺🇦 Перемоги і миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦

[@cheryldavis7813]

Thank you Galina. So many good people speaking up. It is so necessary in the face of Russian propaganda and Western hesitancy.

[@michelemarr76]

I really enjoyed hearing her contribution.

[@deanejoyce5393]

Timely! 🙌

[@TeresaMoretto-e5z]

Brilliant questions Jonathan. Thank you.

[@MartinLundström-l4v]

Responsiblity. 100% on target!!!!! Just "excel" in survive & suffer, is not enough...

[@user-gf7kc5fc5m]

Thank you, Jonathan, for another outstanding guest and interview! Thank you, Galina, for your excellent insights! I am hoping for a change for Russia which will feature the increasing strengths of the ethnic peoples.

[@sallywilton2236]

I like this lady. Great detail from the past.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

What an amazing guest! She had fantastic insights into things in Russia. Please have her back again sometime?

[@nemosthlm]

Tack!

[@nadenek]

This lady is spilling all the tea. Another great guest!

[@Anton-pu3jz]

Bedankt

[@tisme9690]

Merci beaucoup Galina et Jonathan.

[@joaquincapiro8919]

Great post

[@SiliconCurtain]

Thanks!

[@Save_UA]

She’s on point with everything - you found a treasure, Jonathan 👏

[@johncromwell2529]

Thx both!

[@sammacfarlane8037]

Thanks. Interesting and relevant interview

[@skippy9659]

Thank you for just allowing her to talk freely. That was real helpful information from a beautiful woman

[@nigelwiseman8644]

lovely lady

[@ronsweeney5898]

Truly excellent! Again a woman who has a remarkable insight. Very best wishes.

[@janniemeyer9951]

Another insightful interview. You are rolling them out. What commitment. Slava Ukraine from SaLovesUkraine

[@pierresaelen3097]

@SiliconCurtain Dear Jonathan maybe that Madame Ackerman is the right person to explore the historic ties between France and russia in a future interviewi. She referred to those in passing. I suspect they go back to absolutist France, even though Peter the "Great" didn't visit France on his trip to Western Europe, he dud it at a time that France was at the top of its power, which got only surpassed by it under Napoleon. As a Belgian I can only notice the similarities with absolutist France: - a highly centralized vertical of power; - endless wars of aggression to secure "safe natural borders"; - a systematic and continuous effort to eradicate any local language or dialect and its accompanying culture, looking down on those as belonging to boorish peasants ( quod non). So, I am curious about the history of those strong ties and these similarities. Thank you in advance and keep up your great work.

[@michelemarr76]

Thank you, again for your great podcast. Your interviews are always pertinant for understanding tbe Ukrainian cause and world politics! ❤🇺🇦

[@pierrevanhalteren5733]

Excellent !

[@andreeavicol1190]

Thank you for inviting Mrs. Ackerman! I'm reading Desk Russie regularly and greatly appreciate it. Mrs. Ackerman is one of the main authors of the Black Book of Vladimir Putin (Le Livre Noir de Vladimir Poutine) - I hope it will soon be translated into english, it's a very thorough book about the life and deeds of this person, written by eminent historians.

[@TKMcClone]

Wonderful conversation! Political apathy is the perfect climate for a society to absolve itself of responsibility for the action of the state. I shiver to think what our favourite Russian pundits will be saying about responsibility when Putin goes.

[@terryhand]

Galina Ackerman is outstanding. This is the best and most consise explanation of Russian imperialism I have heard so far.

[@charlesmackey8179]

Once again, very informative and educational.

[@1Rene9Night5cart0]

Vlad the Terrible is a soul-less ghoul in hominid form.

[@luckyluckydog123]

an exceptional guest, who also speaks excellent English. If you can, Jonathan, try to find more expert who can report on the situation in their country regarding support for russia.

[@rafaelsanz3441]

I hugely recommend her book about the Chernobyl disaster (edited in 2006), it´s a must. Just amazing the big networking of Jonathan, a big thank you again !!

[@sumiland6445]

💛💙💜💙💛 I'm a little late, but I'm here now, listening uninterrupted 😊 🇺🇦 🌏 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

[@chilli_bean_23]

Very interesting views from Ms Ackerman, thank you both. I didn’t know about France’s historical bias towards Russia. Lovely detail about the stamp on the chairs and sheets!

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

Je suis francophone française aussi

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

Débarquement de Normandie Russie n’a pas invité à l’anniversaire 80 de débarquement de Normandie

[@saint-miscreant]

that’s a hell of a thumbnail

[@dwarftomatoproject]

Another insightful guest and interview! It is clear that the “Russian identity” is little more than a montage of wishful thinking, a danger we should try to avoid.

[@PortAntissues]

a brilliant analysis, great insights. Particulrly interesting the comparison of USSR in different periods and Putin's country. Thanks.

[@andrewplowman1002]

Always interesting interviews

[@CollectiveWest1]

What an excellent and interesting guest! From what Ms Ackerman says, it sounds as if some French diplomats are deluding themselves that the priority should be to maintain good relations with the gangster regime in the Kremlin and look to some kind of cordial postwar future after the current unpleasantness. As Ms Ackerman said, it is pointless to talk with Putin because he does not listen.

[@PlanetFrosty]

Excellent interview and understanding of Russian USSR foolishness.

[@sierratango3015]

Love what Galina said. Amazing insight into the Russian mindset. We need more brilliant minds like this in discussions about European security. Great job Jon🙌

[@betterdonotanswer]

The Muscovites are not Russians though, and thus have no Russian mindset.

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@Donovanwashere]

🇺🇦🙏🇺🇸

[@jarnix2]

Galina ❤

[@vonries]

I wonder what her opinion is about all of the minority groups who will return from the war battle trained. Will they want to free themselves from Russia dominance? Are most already dead?

[@TeresaMoretto-e5z]

Thank you for your tireless work to expose Putin's lies.

[@MartinLundström-l4v]

"Mother Russia" is not a state. "Mother Russia" is a RELIGION!

[@TKMcClone]

or a cult

[@Anton-pu3jz]

And e.g. Douglas MacGregor one of the prophets.

[@betterdonotanswer]

Muscovy is not Russia though.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Fatherland, Motherland, what’s the difference?

[@dutchtrader8795]

Galina is such a wise woman. It comes with the ages, only not for Putin.

[@chuckkottke]

What the future holds is a bit of a mystery, but I do appreciate Galia's view on what is possible for Russia. Hopefully less imperialistic 🪆, and more humane ❤️

[@rafaelsanz3441]

In Brezhnev era, each governor was the head of the regional mafia. It was a mafia then, but not was well internationally connected (with London, Nice, Paris, Tel-Aviv, Switzerland..) and not soooo wealthy as now, but the control was the same. Organisatsya is not something of Putin era, it´s a soviet heritage. But the Czarist era was extremely corrupt , and the White Army at civil war as well.

[@YNM19]

Amazing how the issues of identity linked to lust for domination raised by Galina in Russia can be so easily transferred to other authoritarian regimes, like for example Muslim countries.

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

Galina je suis française et je suis prof du business et j’habitais en russie en 2006 sur la même rue ou Anna P journaliste était tuée

[@rashkavar]

A historical correction: Stalin was, in fact, quite pleased that D-Day happened, and had been pushing the British to open up a new front with Nazi Germany since 1942. He was of the opinion that Churchill's obsession with the Mediterranean was a waste of time and resources. Indeed, things had gotten to the point where Stalin was refusing to launch Operation Bagration until after the Allies conducted the invasion of Normandy, be it in June as planned or July when the next new moon came around after June landings had been pushed back due to poor weather.

[@betterdonotanswer]

Anti-historical correction is negated, Stalin surely planned the invasion of France that was officially considered the main adversary of the USSR and this fact was explained in the Muscovite military doctrine before the WWII, so she was absolutely correct and he was not pleased indeed.

[@terryhand]

@@betterdonotanswer I think both statements could be true. Stalin may well have considered an invasion of France before WWII, but it is also a historical fact that Stalin was impatient for the Allies to open a second front towards the end of the war.

[@betterdonotanswer]

Both cannot be true since they are contradicting. Stalin surely considered the invasion of France, which fact is proven by multiple documents. And therefore lied about the second front, one way or another.

[@arnegerhardsen3755]

Where are Konstantin Samoilov?

[@Grahamgusbull]

👍🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@Ernie161]

If you have the Godfather and the Sopranos on endless loop you validate your own behaviour, insane as it is.

[@christinamuzzu6414]

Fantastic questions and interview style. She is very much afraid there will be no moral force in Russia leading to repentence; I am as afraid that our multi-culti relativist it's-all-good current Western rejection of moral clarity will lead to exactly no one exacting it from Russia. Europe too cannot get back to pre-invasion relations fast enough. So much money to be saved at the gas pump and made behind silicon and velvet curtains! I work with young people and ocer tge years the lack of willingness in parents to teach any kind of accountability has skyrocketed. The lack of disgust disgusts me.

[@drreaganeliedithphd6526]

Après Napoléon était battue à Waterloo etc je pense France doit être activé en affaires du monde

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

slava ukraine!!!! 🔱💙💛🌻✌

[@jimgraham6722]

Crikey is he really an AI, I thought he was an N(not so)I?

[@joanofarc6402]

“ The Rotting West! “ ~ Comrade Stalin 😂😂😂😂😂 Now Putler is a symbol of good ! Oh brother. I hope NO ONE believes this.

[@B_r_u_c_e]

I ❤ Galina. Is she single?

[@tornado-s-2012]

😊The World Bank has revised its data for 2022 and declared Russia not the fifth, but the fourth economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). Updated figures are published in the organization's report. The material states that in 2021, Russian GDP in PPP terms amounted to $5.7 trillion, thereby our country surpassed Japan and Germany in this indicator, taking fourth place in the corresponding ranking. At the same time, the positive trend continued in the next two years with indicators of 6 trillion and 6.45 trillion, respectively.

[@davidwright5094]

Ooooo, that's Great!! 24:49

[@CatalystD9]

Putin Hulio