Midnight in Moscow: A Conversation with Ambassador John J. Sullivan

[@johnv.6136]

Thank you Ambassador Sullivan - I LOVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENTS!

[@stephencvogt]

Fantastic discussion, thank you Ambassador Sullivan.

[@MrBudgiejoe]

He is absolutely right when he says that we will all live to regret it, if we don’t stop Putin NOW!!! 😢

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

MrBudgie Why? Stop him doing what, and stop him how?

[@ds6914]

@@edwardmclaughlin7935 invading other countries, by giving ukraine weapons and allowing them to use them

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

@@ds6914 Who's told you all this?

[@ds6914]

@@edwardmclaughlin7935 who's told me what?

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

@@ds6914 That Putin 'invades other countries' with no account of the events that have led us here. Imagine Russia or China setting up a coup in Mexico, installing their man as President and setting up bases and missiles right up to the US border. If the US took action, would you label that as being invasion or defence?

[@maxheadrom3088]

He left one day before the invasion because the Secretary of State called back all diplomatic workers. He also told all US nationals to also leave Ukraine. He also recommended that all other countries do the same. Walter Russell Mead said it was the most stupid thing the US could do because it signaled Putin that the US not knew he would invade but also that the victory would be quick and that the US would not fight against him.

[@stevenpace892]

The other message was that we wouldn't risk the lives of our people for Ukraine.

[@MrStarstreak]

A pleasant conversation. However once again, very unbalanced without the opposing view. Quite a bit of propaganda creeping in which would stand out to anyone following the conflict closely. Russia Russia Russia .... does that ring a bell?>

[@VictoriaVelasco-y5x]

Well said sir.thsnk you for supporting democracy anf world order.trump should listen to you sir.slava ukraine freedom and democracy

[@pepechen]

Pretty good, surprising for a Trump appointee.

[@jessarranz4620]

Sullivan's memoir is a testament to his failure to convince his bosses to avoid war. It is a failure of diplomacy.

[@richardcory5024]

Yes, I agree. If the US had threatened Russia with armed conflict in the event of an invasion of Ukraine it might never have happened.

[@genemilosh1070]

Great interview. Basic question however remains is did we think Putin would give up Russian influence in industrially aligned Donbass and especially strategic Crimea ?. People like Kenaan, Mearshiemer, Goldman Sacks, Jeffrey Sachs and others warned Russia would in the end mobilize and go to war with possibility of Nuclear confrontation to keep those territories and repel further NATO expansion. Now it does seem Zelensky is in a weaker position after military attrition, loss of Ukraine population by half with Western support weakening as reflected in JD Vance election position and Orban EU position as well as in energy dependant industrial locamotive Germany. Additionally, Israeli/Middle East flare- up currently seems to be a priority critical for U.S. foriegn policy engagement, Global trade and financial currency strength. Zelensky demands for more resources in the future will be highly scrutinized including his future survivability after lifting of martial law allowing for elections in Ukraine. 2025 will be interesting and suggests another interview with Ambasador Sullivan.

[@carydepel63]

Herodotus wrote in the final 3rd of 400s bc that the peoples of the east all had a slave-master mentality, which is why the Greeks, in their nascent democracy, were unique and special. Freedom became the possession of those with arete.

[@vasylpidkaminetskiy4013]

Thank you for very informative interview! Please, remember Budapest Memorandum

[@shirdisaibabagermany]

Forget the guarantees of Putin. Budapester Memorandum was signed by Lawrow!

[@georgeallcorn6302]

Can we get on with it , all of these wonderful introductions take too much time ,

[@JackSmith-qe5le]

I', for one, is getting the book "Midnight in Moscow"! How about you??? Great, great interview. Well done CISI...

[@jamessullivan9992]

Missed the most important thing ,the split between old and young, young russians want to be part of the world.

[@JO-nh6mo]

.... be part of the world and still carry that sense of "russian exceptionalism" and "we are the victim" with them. They dont support Ukraine, they just dont like Putin.

[@richardcory5024]

Young Russians are all on their way to the Meat Grinder. They will be part of the world in a way they were not expecting, as fertiliser.

[@eduardselskiy320]

It is clear that US citizens do not know Russia, Russians and Putin well, but to find out that a well-educated person, an ambassador who lived for a decade in Russia, did not understand anything..... surprised me.

[@GitanaRusa2012]

I am bewildered too. I think a regular reader of New York Times and American wikipedia knows as much as he does.

[@Lex_Lugar]

Well, it appears that you don’t know how ambassadors get hired. It is a pay-for-play job. Ambassadors are not selected on intellectual merit.

[@lembergnative7731]

oh, we know russia just fine. There's no mystery there. It's vodka, mafia, rape, воры в законe, дедовщина, legal spousal abuse, war after war after war, imprisonment of anybody with brain and honor, chauvinism, deportations, neo-nazis, imperialism, gulags, poverty, mud roads and $900M yachts in Monaco while your old folks scrape by on $100 pensions. Did I miss anything?

[@ds6914]

examples for the uneducated please

[@BogdanOfficalPage]

there’s nothing to understand. Russia is a fucking shithole and that’s that. I should know as I am from that shithole

[@bmatt23420]

poor questioning

[@robertprawendowski2850]

⭐️

[@andersfant4997]

Russians with money sure likes Dubai and Thailand, so they dont all long for the West. Ambassador William H Sulivan could perhaps acted differently regarding Lima site 85..

[@dukeallen432]

Russian bot

[@richardcory5024]

Thailand and Dubai are Western pleasure centres and playgrounds, dummy.

[@charlesmackey8179]

Great insights.

[@nikitatrotsky6918]

a hereditary bureaucracy in america imagine my shock ⛈🌩⚡⚡

[@user-vs7cw2rg7r]

Zero introspection to be seen here. We did not need to interfere in Ukraine at all.

[@richardcory5024]

It was of paramount importance that the West gave tools to Ukraine to defend itself against the imperialist authoritarianism of Russia. Now it looks as though Ukraine can manufacture all the tools and weapons it needs to outwit and outmanoeuvre Russia, which fights like a blind dinosaur.

[@andraslippai3169]

Then why you invade Ukraine Igor? The wheater is nice in St. Petersburg?

[@user-vs7cw2rg7r]

@@andraslippai3169 Igor? "Everyone that disagrees with me is a Russian bot" eh? No, that's not it friend. Believe it or not, some of us have the idea that if our leadership class didn't meddle in the affairs of other countries the world might conceivably be a better place.

[@ldhorricks]

@@user-vs7cw2rg7r that is a very obtuse understanding of the world and of Russia...take this from someone who has spent 40 years on and of in the Former Soviet Union and now Russia. You have no clue what you are talking about.

[@user-vs7cw2rg7r]

​@@ldhorricks Appeal to Authority? Enlighten me. Did the colour revolutions make the world better? Safer? Has the 20+ years of neocon warmongering done the same? Would Ukraine be better or worse off if it had remained neutral? I hear every day how close we are to nuclear apocalypse and you say shush, little person, I and my kin alone know the truth. Do not speak of what you do not know. So if stay silent now, should I also not speak when you come to feed my sons into the war machine? The days of subservient masses are long past. Go and fight amongst yourselves.

[@maxheadrom3088]

Putin's descends from his father who fought in Stalingrad. I'm not a fan of the guy but ... c'mon ...

[@richardcory5024]

Putin's father has nothing to do with this. My father was in WW2 and my grandfather was in WW1. Putin was a mid level KGB agent (spy). So what?

[@michaelfaraday8391]

I'm shocked these arrogant elites try to underestimate his intelligence with insults. The man is one of the most intelligent politicians the world has ever seen

[@americiumamericium4442]

Clown show and clown author 😅😅😅😅

[@brian6937]

Interviewee…It’s called NATO encroachment. Your book sounds like it’s biased to me. I think you need to look at things from both perspectives. …This video sounds like an American one sided story and American exceptionalism to me. Honestly, I think this whole interview is trash. To one sided. I got to stop watching.

[@dukeallen432]

Don’t invade other countries Vlad. Very simple.

[@charlesurban3230]

Oh..so what's wrong with NATO? Why would nearly every Warsaw Pack nation join when they we freed from the old USSR? And yeah...America is exceptional. Russia (for now) is a country enslaved by an ex KGB thug. Yes it is one sided. Because we're not the bad guys.

[@lembergnative7731]

Tell me, "brian" - why did every single eastern european country BEGGED to join NATO? Including Hungary? Even Putin ass licker Orban doesn't want to live without NATO next to Russia

[@richardcory5024]

NATO expands because countries want to join it out of fear of Russia. No other explanation is necessary.

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

Fossils.

[@dukeallen432]

Educated scholars

[@MikusVilsons]

26:35 decision was made by the put1n, but there were many supporters of such a decision not only in the highest echelons of power, but also in between plebes

[@JO-nh6mo]

"plebs" as latin for ordinary people ?

[@nikitatrotsky6918]

evil ??? these guys talk like children

[@richardcory5024]

To recognise evil takes a mature mind.

[@nikitatrotsky6918]

@@richardcory5024 so someone should hand these two a mirror

[@stevenpace892]

It is a bit melodramatic, but given the persistence and scale of this behaviour, I tend to agree.

[@eyobtesfay]

How are u to prepear about Ukraine?

[@dukeallen432]

Russian bot

[@GalAxy-u9s]

Western bs distilled. Simple slogans, no depth, stereotypes. We are doomed if this guy represents our current Russia experts...

[@dukeallen432]

We? You are representing evil Putin.

[@richardcory5024]

How much depth do you need to understand imperialist authoritarianism? Maybe more than you have.

[@mavalupindo729]

Once again a bit of American propaganda, Russia phobia, Putin phobia this is getting old and boring. I couldn't carry on watching. I have listened and watched Russian leaders since 1990,this is bullsh*T.

[@ldhorricks]

care to expand no your vast understanding...probably not

[@mavalupindo729]

@@ldhorricks you know nothing about the world (you only know western propaganda) there is nothing great about westerners, you lie, you kill, you steal, you are unethical.you lied to Russian presidents, (from1991 "NATO will not expand an inch to the east" 🤷🏿‍♂️it did expand. You say all humans are equal? Bullsh*t. Why are you killing my brothers in Palestine? 🤷🏿‍♂️. Iraq, Vietnam, Libya, Yugoslavia, Chile, Afghanistan, Somalia, Cuba, Ukraine, Laos, Grenada, Syria, Japan, Philippines, China,just some of the countries the west has plundered. No Russian president ever wanted to rule the world (Stalin was not Russian). Educate yourself about the world. We(Africans) don't like people who lie, kill, steal (mineralsl) in the name of "western" democracy

[@steoderfragt1821]

My guy, you can read what putin wrote himself, none of this is propaganda. You were probably one of the guys that said the US was lying, Russia would never attack Ukraine, yet here we are. You fell down the „america bad“ propaganda so bad, you are defending authoritarian regimes…

[@michaelfaraday8391]

Anyone who has a short interaction with putin or have a brief stay in russia call themselves russian expert and start selling books to gullible westerners who are eager to read anything bad about putin and russia .

[@johnv.6136]

No offence but most of the quotes were from a "French Maquis" book vs. Amassador Sullivan's book - not sure if that's what I heard. So, I would rather have an interview moreso about the book. I love Ambassador Sullivan's insights on Putin and Russia and the Soviet Union. It was very interesting.

[@massimo9533]

Is this meant to be a joke?

[@dukeallen432]

Russian bot

[@user-vs7cw2rg7r]

​@dukeallen432 Said the CIA.

[@kingcrazymani4133]

Don Zimmer? Not even Bob Uecker? Thanks to both for this interview.

[@ashfaqueali555]

National emergency

[@NathansHVAC]

Sure

[@shahinrahmanian4269]

Brilliant

[@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt]

Yawn, all the usual cliched propaganda lines from a. Russiophobe.

[@ldhorricks]

My Czech family are Russophobes too...hmm I wonder why?

[@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt]

@@ldhorricks scapegoating is people who blame others for their own perceived shortcomings.

[@lembergnative7731]

Phobia means "fear". We are not afraid. Russia is a shitole that we hate.

[@JO-nh6mo]

@@ldhorricks Czechs, Slovaks, Poles know what russian "friendship" looks like, and they dont want it back.

[@richardcory5024]

A Russophobe is just someone who has just been brutalised by a Russian. Is it any wonder there are so many? But these people in this broadcast are anything but Russophobes

[@NeedaNewAlias]

Why do you post those with 5 minutes of waiting for the stream To start? Don’t you have editors or anyone who can use a computer?

[@itsme-nt6yu]

It has been like that. They didn't think of improving it at all.

[@irongron]

@@itsme-nt6yu Quit whining, it's not uncommon on KZbin, when a live stream is over it gets published straight away as is. This is no t the same as a "premiere" which is a pre-recorded and edited video which goes appears to be live at the time of the premier. Know the difference. Just FF to where it starts, it's not that hard you lazy d-bags.

[@joseruesta]

bullshit

[@nikitatrotsky6918]

russia will win 😸

[@bobace83]

In your dreams in ashes

[@tornado-s-2012]

check reality - british military is crap. one of Britain's flagship aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, experienced technical issues earlier this year. Specifically, a problem with the ship's "starboard propeller shaft coupling" was discovered during pre-deployment checks in February 2024. This issue forced the ship to withdraw from its planned participation in NATO's "Steadfast Defender" exercise, which was the largest since the Cold War. The HMS Queen Elizabeth was subsequently sent to dry dock in Rosyth, Scotland, for repairs, which lasted "four months". The ship has since returned to service after completing post-repair trials, but this incident highlighted concerns about the condition of Britain's naval forces. Interestingly, the sister ship, "HMS Prince of Wales", which had its own mechanical issues in 2022, stepped in to replace Queen Elizabeth during the NATO exercise. Both ships, despite being modern and state-of-the-art, have faced significant technical challenges, raising questions about the overall state of the Royal Navy and its preparedness for large-scale operations.

[@tornado-s-2012]

heavy censored comment section - new democracy 1984

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

He called Afghanistan an engagement. I think its time for these conversations to go private as the narratives become impossibly laughable. The new Chat GTP came out today and the real great contextualization of you by the world will commence.

[@php1980]

tell that to Trump and Vance

[@joshuapaul2022]

At this point unconditional surrender is the only practical solution for Ukraine. Hitler's Germany also refused to admit defeat until Hitler killed himself, then Keitel signed unconditional surrender.

[@dhoraray1310]

Putler is a coward to shoot himself.

[@R.Iamondi]

That is not going to happen, more likely Putin will have the same fate as his friend Hitler.