Putin’s imperial dreams shatter as Russia loses power | Mark Galeotti

[@raymason5779]

It makes me wonder what all the UK based Ban the Bomb protesters would say to the question, ‘if Ukraine had kept their nuclear arsenal after independence would Russia still have invaded?’ I think not.

[@mugenmugen9632]

Belarus and Kazakhstan also handed over their nukes after the collapse of the USSR but they were never invaded, and will never be invaded by Russia, because from Russia's perspective, the Budapest Memorandum is only valid for neutral post Soviet states, not NATO proxies and puppets.

[@vitezjura]

@@mugenmugen9632 Belarus is a russian puppet state tho.

[@MrGatzby]

They were never theirs. The Russians were the only ones who had the launch codes. FACT!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@foilhat1138]

@@MrGatzby So they can put the warheads in new launch vehicles, or replace the electronics. This is such a non issue I'm amazed it's repeated so often.

[@SpectatorAlius]

@@MrGatzby hank you for including that fact. It astounds me how many people completely ignore this very important fact. Without this fact, it is simply impossible to really understand what is going on.

[@mitchellkaplan651]

Russia is kaput.

[@Chereese0808]

🤞🤞

[@williamrutter3619]

but doing better than the rest of us.

[@anonymousonlineuser6543]

@@williamrutter3619 In your wet dreams only

[@russellspeed1693]

@@mitchellkaplan651 silly

[@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor]

@@williamrutter3619

[@SweetJungThang]

Your insights are invaluable, and brilliantly expressed. Makes facing doom slightly less painful.

[@juliechristianson8009]

Kate is just the best interviewer.

[@richardjones8303]

KB is just the best. She takes an interview and turns it into an informal erudite conversation. It helps having someone like Galeotti opposite.

[@milesnixon9554]

The gap between Russia, and how Russia's leaders perceive Russia, is clearly many many light years.

[@harry2019]

i think every one is of the understanding this isnt good ..

[@richiecooke69]

@@russellspeed1693 So Russell, how do you perceive Russia???

[@frankmcloughlin7076]

​​@@richiecooke69I'm quite certain that, 'Russell' has limited cognative awareness of the OP's contribution...

[@richiecooke69]

@@russellspeed1693 You totally avoided my question but hey, that was entirely expected

[@russellspeed1693]

@@richiecooke69 you need to put your manners back in first.

[@GaryBickford]

It's much as if Italy had nukes, and aspirations of restoring the Roman Empire. With similar population, worse demographics, less money, and a huge forest-covered money sink.

[@martycook6940]

And Italy tried that in early world war II with Mussolini's dream to restore the Roman empire with his grand scheme of invading Ethiopia first.

[@GaryBickford]

@martycook6940 Yes! And look how well that turned out!!🤣

[@russellspeed1693]

@@GaryBickford nope

[@dpelpal]

@@russellspeed1693 I am Russian, and Russia economy is actually smaller than Italy🤷🏼‍♀️

[@russellspeed1693]

@dpelpal what a silly bot, you are

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

yes, 'Decolonization of Moscow🇷🇺 empire is the only way to end its imperialism', And I don’t mean Putin´s imperialism, but Moscow imperialism in general , from Solzhenitsyn and #Brodsky to #Navalny and Dugin.

[@Zenon00007]

❤Ukraine ❤

[@michaelhenault1444]

Always learn something from Mark.

[@williamrutter3619]

those who send money and weapons dont.

[@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor]

NO more oil money for Mordor!

[@gammaraygem]

Russia, as then Soviet Union,in 1989 lost the war they started together with AH in 1939. They still arent over it.

[@s0ycapitan]

Communism collapsed in Russia but has reemerged in the West masquerading as Social Justice, Green and Marxist oppression ideology.

[@Rob-ik3fd]

If this guy takes his glasses off does the nose come with it?

[@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor]

@@Rob-ik3fd Ivan the walls around Mordor get higher and wider everyday.. NO more oil ships for ruSSia all sanctioned now.

[@hamish1309]

​@Rob-ik3fd you're watching radio times, delusion is the flavor. Russia lost a year ago according to them.

[@s0ycapitan]

@ Pinocchio comes to mind.

[@harryjohnson6527]

Why is Russia still on Security Council?

[@belindameitiboubis903]

Because the security council is made up of US proxies intent on starting wars.

[@sailingonasummerbreeze7892]

Great interview....Mark is very intelligent and provides very well-reasoned answers. Nice interview!

[@belindameitiboubis903]

He is a delusional idiot. Do you not look at independent reports of the war?

[@janorgaWB]

Trump forgot to mention that Russia helped starting WW2 and actually occupied countries after it was over.

[@G0ldfingers]

The problem with someone in the late stages of the disease of dictatorship is them becoming lost in their own paranoia, and doing something reckless like starting WWIII.

[@s0ycapitan]

Biden has been removed from office.

[@gardenjoy5223]

The 'disease of dictatorship' already has a name: Huge Narcissistic Personality Disorder (taught to be very selfish). At LEAST. Often the worse brothers of those: Sociopathic Personality Disorder (taught to be evil) and Psychopathic Personality Disorder (enjoys evil) are seen in dictators.

[@williamrutter3619]

Time we started looking closer to home then.

[@russellspeed1693]

@@G0ldfingers what nonsense

[@themcgeachys]

Ffs trump blamed biden and Obama for the air crash today

[@Runk-u3y]

An awful lot of disgruntled Ivan’s active on here😫

[@skymaster4121]

Yes, they have a particular affection towards the BBC and Times Radio 😂

[@memirandawong]

Kate and Mark "dance" so well together in these interviews. They would do well to have their own show.

[@s0ycapitan]

This offering has only managed 27,000 views in three hours.

[@memirandawong]

@@s0ycapitan I don't know....would that be considered excellent? Or sheietty?

[@s0ycapitan]

@ worse - irrelevant. No wonder the MSM are being sidelined by the Trump Whitehouse.

[@Chereese0808]

Just when you thought you've heard it all from trump. Wait until you hear his press conference about last night's plane crash into the Platonic river in DC. It's appalling.

[@govinda102000]

Insane. Blaming it on every dem.

[@davidg3944]

As an American, I am so very sorry we let this monster back in the White House. It's awful, and will get worse...

[@dpelpal]

I am Russian, from Samara, and I wish Government of Russia would help the regions heee in Russia, where people live very poorly. Yet in all my life this has never happen. War, corruption. That is my Russia😢

[@Travis_22]

3Daaayzz 😂😂❤

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

I'm hoping one day Russia will have leaders that care instead of mobsters. We're experiencing the same thing with Trump in the US.

[@declangibo2465]

Russia people are not bad only the leaders

[@dpelpal]

@@declangibo2465 Thanks u☺

[@gerrytushh]

The poverty of the majority of the Russian people, in a country so endowed with enormous natural resources, is appalling 😮😢

[@johncromwell2529]

Always enjoy Marks insights

[@pault1289]

Always worth making time for, it's very good

[@broski87dsakljadsf]

I know I'm being superficial. However, he looks like a younger version of the old man in Disney's Up

[@ytzpilot]

Once you Putin, you can’t Pull Out 😂

[@skymaster4121]

Lol 😂

[@johnnyquid-xj4kk]

Russia has nuclear weapons, so do we. Next.

[@MrGatzby]

With a comment like that luckily you don’t have any 👍👍👍😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂🤣😆😂

[@max_skim-pontoon-cough]

Russia also has a conventional army and navy. UK does not

[@emmaizu4406]

I'm sure you laughed 😂 after making such comment 😂

[@BarryWinsbury-j8y]

Difference is ours work his won't

[@BarryWinsbury-j8y]

​@@max_skim-pontoon-cough Had! Is the word here

[@guadalahonky4002]

Kim Jong Un called Donald Trump a 'dotard.' Spot on.

[@williamrutter3619]

A least he isnt Genocide Joe or his wonabe successor.

[@IronThreads08]

Russia has proven that the conventional methods of brute warfare that defined its military history, are obsolete in the face of quietly confident people using better technology.

[@ailinofaolin8897]

Those brute force tactics have shown to be very effective in the Donbass, the Russians have been taking territory non stop since October 2023 in that region where as Ukraine has captured nothing.

[@IronThreads08]

@@ailinofaolin8897 By very effective, you mean that after 3 years, Russia has got colossal numbers of its soldiers killed and still has only taken a fifth of Ukraine, and has lost territory in Kursk. Russia retreated 4 times in the course of this war, and the bloody advance in the Donbass is only measured by how many Russians die for each square mile. Ukraine on the other hand have managed to resist against a country 10 times its military power with drones, robots, javelins and modern-day maneouvres. Russia has displayed a pathetic disregard for life, and has already been defeated geopolitically the moment Finland joined NATO.

[@skymaster4121]

@@ailinofaolin8897…in fact, so effective that after three years russia haven’t even conquered the Donbas, lost 800,000 soldiers, they have been kicked out of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson and lost a part of Kursk.

[@GaryBickford]

​@@ailinofaolin8897at the rate of a few hundred square feet / tens of square meters per soldier killed. Consider that with almost one million killed so far, they are likely to have lost one percent of the entire population by the end of 2025, and three or four percent or more of all the working-age men. Plus an equal number who left Russia to avoid or escape mobilization. I would not be surprised if 10% to 30% of all the computer experts, young scientists, and actually competent engineers have left. So for Russia at this point, win it lose the nation has taken itself off the field of international relations. Far from a "world power", it is doomed to become a client state of China, a backwater, or break up into several regional groupings. Ideally those would become nations in their own right, but China is already making large inroads into the eastern regions where the total population is smaller than a neighborhood in any Chinese city.

[@richiecooke69]

@@ailinofaolin8897 Russia took approximately 0.02% of Ukrainian territory a week through December 2024 at a cost of ~10.5k 200's & 300's a week. Now do the maths....

[@lanceg136]

Trump admires Putin, XI and Kim. Thats all you need to know about Trump.....

[@nifralo2752]

At least he hated Assad

[@lanceg136]

@@nifralo2752 Assad was a failed dictator

[@kevinkevin-ug9po]

The fact that Trumpet thinks Putin and himself are having a good relationship, shows how silly he is.

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

The USSR´s empire is gone, the Romanov´s empire is gone. NEVER 2 WITHOUT 3, the Saddam Putsein ´s empire will follow!

[@GaryBickford]

One of my long term concerns is that the strong correlative feedback between culture and genetics has left Russia, and to some extent all of eastern Europe and central Asia with major genetic influences of Genghis Khan and his army. This has left, according to my Romanian friend, the incidence of psychopathic tendencies at as much as 25% of the male population in those regions. If true, even 100 years of forced/encouraged "liberal values" and governance may not change the culture and habits of the people. They may still be strongly attracted to brutal, domineering, psychopathic leaders and fall back into the Imperial mindset as soon as they are allowed to.

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

@@GaryBickford yes, 'Decolonization of Moscow🇷🇺 empire is the only way to end its imperialism', And I don’t mean Putin´s imperialism, but Moscow imperialism in general , from Solzhenitsyn and #Brodsky to #Navalny and Dugin.

[@LindaStevensBZ]

Thomas Friedman essay titled... Putin, the world's most dangerous fool... is still quite prescient after all this time.

[@ChristyBermingham]

There was never any need for trump to meet putin ! Ever !

[@peterware5173]

Little tyrant pootler is almost finished they will take good care of little man.

[@seanlander9321]

Vlad The Failure, the last tsar of Russia.

[@williamrutter3619]

why is that then, from all accounts he is one of the most successful leaders of Russia of all time.

[@seanlander9321]

@ Thanks for that, I needed the laugh.

[@williamrutter3619]

@ Still didnt tell me why.

[@richlancaster8336]

Seeing Thunderbird 2 on the bookcase is the best part of this video...

[@computerhelpcc]

AWESOME author. Practical, well-thought, not-overreaching.

[@jessicarowley9631]

Great interview. Thank you.

[@darelvanderhoof6176]

Russia? What is a Russia? Never heard of it!

[@memofromessex]

Eastern Ukraine

[@williamrutter3619]

i would look on globe its the biggest thing on it.

[@nifralo2752]

So hes in his bunker phase

[@bg1616]

How are we not already doing all sanctions

[@bryandimery6509]

Same reason ppl like you cannot fathom why it isnt working. Reason eludes you

[@bg1616]

@bryandimery6509 but it is working and I can fathom it. I just can't understand why we already aren't doing it all. I suppose people like you are quitters?

[@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor]

@@bryandimery6509 Ivan so glad that does not work causes 28% interest rates and rthe ruble to be rubble

[@bryandimery6509]

@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor mentally challenged individuals, such as yourself, have been screaming this for yrs(along with putins 4 heart attacks and 3 cancers). Will you ever get an independent thought? Actually ignorance is bliss so im sure youre in eternal heaven

[@williamrutter3619]

You cant sanction a self sufficient country, but you can make things really expensive here, good work.

[@kevinsummers1055]

We are in a great conundrum.

[@RichardKut-j7m]

"Gunboat Diplomacy" works. Realpolitik was never replaced by any system that worked.

[@memirandawong]

Putin: Heads I win, Tails you lose.

[@NoMoreOilMoneyForMordor]

More on says..

[@mikefoster6018]

Great interview.

[@LewisSkeeter]

Courageous and manly? Cringe-worthy? No. The simple truth.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

IN BRIEF: Trump plays a canny confuse-a-cat while Putin indulges his own passion for multi-dimensional chess and China takes a nap 😉 (GREEN FIRE, London, UK )

[@BumberClarke]

Speculation again, the times have been putting headlines similar to these for nearly 3 years at first i avidly watched, he is obviously not as weak and finished as the headlines say however I would like to see a peaceful end to this war for both sides even though I have vehemently supported Ukraine for nearly 3 years , even though Russia decided this war was the answer pity the losses of both countries at this stage .

[@RinaldoAscosa]

I agree. The headlines are predictably lopsided. They seem to resemble a wish list rather than reality. I, too, used to be an avid watcher.

[@daandutoit9705]

Can't believe that anyone would have a discussion with a person, making so many assumptions and homemade opinions, and take it as credible!

[@GafferBob]

Great informative interview with two of my favorite people in the info sphere. The best we Yanks have to offer is Jake Broe and Gen. Ben Hodges (who are both remarkable). Thanks to the Times for bringing me thoughtful, meaningful, yet accessible discourse.

[@peetky8645]

Deep Dive with daniel davis

[@mrbamfo5000]

trump can be manipulated with a tweet.

[@paulscousedownie]

The way to Trumps heart is through his EGO 😂 nice one Mark!

[@charlesmackey8179]

Never let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

He may have made the Pope wait but he also knows Ji made Putin wait!

[@user-fx3yf3vu8n]

Trump as the FSB's 'Agent Orange' 😂🤣😂. Very good!

[@marisabenson1222]

You know who's worse than trump? J.D Vance VP.

[@andsteve1138]

I do hope you don't think we are in any position to talk about paper tigers, when us brits aren't even capable of drawing a paper tiger. We couldn't put a military football team together.

[@jamesgraham446]

Remember when Tony (and Cherie) was the first Western leader to go and meet Putin in St Petersburg? Yet somehow there is a Trump 'strongman fixation '.

[@marcusparkus682]

Putin doesn't need an interpreter.He speaks good English. What is Galeotti smoking?

[@philipsefton5270]

He speaks good German. That is for sure.

[@eminbc]

It's about trust. The paranoid always think someone is trying to pull something over them.

[@Carstininvestments]

Times Radio’s coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine is one unbroken chain of cope.

[@bobohare4825]

"Chain of cope"? Is that supposed to be English?

[@mfl639]

@@bobohare4825 what does it mean? No idea.

[@silafaupaulmeredith7251]

These people live in an alternative reality even when UK economy is stuffed

[@jimtalbott9535]

21:00 Speaking as a very nervous NON Trump fan - I think Trump and Zelenskyy have a better relationship than was commonly perceived a few months ago.

[@petergorian535]

Never figure out whether to laugh or cry when I listen to this BS.

[@AndyM_323YYY]

The areas of Putin's empire that were used as a supply of cannon fodder need to be given their independence so they can never be exploited in that manner again.

[@ThePreittie]

Good Bye Putin. Your time is up.😮

[@efowlermail]

Trump thought Helsinki is in Russia.

[@davidandmelodyforrest1385]

Galeotti's rather 'precious' responses to questions about the Trump/Putin so-called 'bromance' strongly dent his credibility.

[@markchristopher2373]

Zelensky should tell Trump a few jokes - that would be amusing and play well for both men?

[@kappenmann12]

… but a simple one

[@terryharris1291]

He did ,he told Trump that poo ton thinks he is a man.

[@fhe3220]

what

[@brianearp5234]

It appears that the meek will not inherit the world after all.

[@edwardsawyer2369]

I agree Trump cares about Trump. Personal opinion. Beyond what you said, Trump absolutely does not want to look like Biden’s Afghanistan.

[@geofo60]

The Afghanistan deal was Trump's. Biden was committed to carrying it out as it had already been agreed. Trump also freed 5,000 Taliban, all known terrorists back into Afghanistan.

[@kappenmann12]

… but Ukraine is not Afghanistan… completely different case

[@fredrikh9299]

That might not be bad. I doubt he wants to be associated with success for Russia, North Korea, Iran and China

[@edwardhurst4069]

Trump prefers to get on with everybody. This does not mean he won’t ‘deal’ with them if necessary. 🙂🍃

[@jacobhelms4421]

They don’t get him. Especially here.

[@thomasabrials6190]

“Trump never met an autocrat he didn’t like” - you keep your friends close but your enemies closer. This fellow is supposed to be some kind of foreign policy expert. Why does he fail to understand that concept.

[@RJ-xv1nh]

Agent Orange,,,, Brilliant

[@anonymousonlineuser6543]

It could be all that of course. But isn't it evident to anyone that Dictators are not restrained by their parliaments or anything besides their own survival. SO naturally if you are looking to make a deal, the easiest way to come to an agreement is with dictator who does not have to run his every decision by constituents or political powers of his country. Trump understands this, why cant we?

[@ronmullard5718]

A small man with high ideals....

[@MrGatzby]

Yes Zelenskyy sure is 😂😆🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣

[@Grouse2275]

These are always talking about Trump as if they are really sure of what they believe...... they don't have a clue...

[@ruthwhall3020]

Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize 💴💸💲💲💲💵💸🎖🏆

[@vincentcrow8992]

Trump’s reckless unpredictability is what Putin fears.

[@TheFoolintherainn]

Actually - I've known Trump my entire adult life going back from the 70s. What they fear is Trump doing exactly what he says. He's very predictable. Go back 40 years - it's the same message. None of these ideas are his. Every president since the 1970s has signed off on building a border wall Including Democrats

[@richardhelfman903]

Hey, Mr. G, a simple question: If, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is not the greatest leader of the 21st Century, then who is?

[@charlessmyth]

[23:28] Strikingly similar to the current occupancy of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue :-)

[@explained8864]

Imagine Putin's soul after death.

[@williamrutter3619]

It would be in better place than Boris Johnsons, not signing a peace treaty.

[@bobohare4825]

@@williamrutter3619 Bizarre nonsense.

[@terrencebrewton8636]

A dead bear with nuclear tipped teeth.

[@williamrutter3619]

or was it hypersonic missiles, Millions shells, 20k of tanks, 100s thousands drones, 100s thousands of guided guided munitions. a production of steel and aluminum that exceeds the west, they have more oil and gas, they train more scientist and engineers than the usa. it is us who would us such a terrible weapon like used in japan, because we couldnt match what Russia really does.

[@BjorckBengt]

I got twenty ad breaks, terrible!

[@deirdreoliver1984]

Psychopaths all. Except, unlike Trump, some of them are actually intelligent enough to keep track of world affairs.

[@gregoryzeren5806]

Brits please. Grow up!

[@jungleboots769]

Ha ha oh he is.

[@tubejay1]

The way people who don't like Trump perceive him is always funny to me. They always dismisses him as sort of a bumbling idiot who isn't very sophisticated and is easy to manipulate. That's really not true. It is true that if you come at Trump, you're dead to him. That's it, he'll seek to destroy you. On the other hand, his policy positions he is transparent about, and he tries to achieve. Which is a breath of fresh air, compared to what most normal politicians do, which is state a position and do the opposite a lot of the time, or they just don't pursue the things people care about at best. Trump is a lot more savvy than his critics give him credit for. He wouldn't be as successful as he is in real estate, TV, and politics, if he were a bumbling fool. Everything with Trump is positioning, to achieve his goals.

[@michaelotieno6524]

That's how he beats people all the time, they underrate him.

[@marisabenson1222]

He was more successful as a celebrity and The Apprentice star than he ever was at real estate. From his birth he had a trust fund and was earning more than some executives. His golden cushion ensured that he could toss money about like a manic fly and take the wins and losses. Even so the losses outweighed the wins. Read Lucky Loser. I'm always surprised by how unquestioning and much the people who support him over estimate his abilities and believe the PR myth. It is true that he says what he's going to do but he uses unconstitutional means to achieve it and his policies will destroy the US. Very funny and makes me laugh how gullible voters are.

[@marisabenson1222]

​@michaeloti24 no they overrate the voters ability to not be conned and/or sucjed into what sound like easy solutions that never work. Trump will scroo the majority of people who voted for him.

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Times Radio.

[@charlesemond7916]

It's called reverse psychology ....of sorts, he doesn't understand this but hey, he knows it has worked in the past for him and that's all he knows about it. Yes it is a fallacy and I'm done talking about that.

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

More Propaganda and Misinformation 😊

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

When did Russia declare it's imperial ambition?

[@marisabenson1222]

Many many times.

[@skymaster4121]

With every war for expansion they started

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

@ Evidence free

[@imbalancedstatus8824]

@ War of expansion ?

[@josefnagy1697]

Yes, how serious is Trump about anything…

[@williamrutter3619]

More serious than most western leaders.

[@burtleboeuf1429]

Putin is Finished, Russia is Finished video 658. Honestly, what is this channel for, because, it isn't for sober analysis.

[@skymaster4121]

Of course. I mean, the international meter for “sober analysis” is based on your own subjective meaning of wether you like what they say or not, right?!?

[@burtleboeuf1429]

@@skymaster4121 No, I'm anti-Putin all the way but the drum beat of propaganda on this channel is not what the Times is supposed to do.

[@memirandawong]

Russia and the US are like two guys fighting over a woman (Ukraine), who, in reality, is in love with neither of them and just wants to be left alone. My kind of woman.

[@bobohare4825]

More like a guy walks down the street and sees another one r*ping a women. So he tells the r*pist to stop. The r*pist claims he's doing it because he feels threatened. And all the while the woman is screaming at the first guy to help her.

[@gerry4b]

“What do you know about Trump’s meetings with Putin?” “Nothing” “Fine, can you now please spend 30 minutes spouting juvenile condescension about this President you know nothing more about, than the opinions of other condescending European journalists?”

[@mikejackson9657]

lol... Agent Orange!!

[@Bslahsusnald]

Why does she keep using that filter It looks weird

[@carolthomas8528]

What do you mean ?

[@IronEagle585]

24:30 the comments about making orders however ridiculous, and expecting precisely that to happen,...remind you of Anyone Hmm?

[@dboy7161]

so uk is what? How ...what leader from uk can compare?

[@sej8806]

None. As poor as our recent leaders have been in the UK, none have been murderous thieving little gangsters. Russians need to get rid of Putin, he’s destroying their country.

[@kappenmann12]

We will see. Maybe Trump and Putin will fall in love. They go well together

[@elisabethnygaard8525]

Trump will fall asleep before Putin has finished his answers 😂

[@Epaminondas371]

Galeotti attracts a large number of bots and trolls. He can only take this attention positivity. Our pro Kremlin friends lack the intelligence to recognize this important KPI.

[@UtubeRwokeLefties]

Is he still alive?