Putin and the Presidents: Eugene Robinson (interview) | FRONTLINE

[@stewpacalypse7104]

Remember at a 2012 Presidential debate when Mitt Romney said Russia was the biggest threat to the US/democracy and everyone laughed at him?

[@gingerfox7143]

Now they are saying it's not Russia, but china

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

None of them Chine want as some country want get richest country

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

Russia is not even thinking about us

[@christelthrasher]

This war is between.

[@metaparcel]

@@juniorroselynroselyn3277 What the hell does that even mean?

[@joeblow5087]

PBS does excellent interviews. I especially appreciate how they allow the person to fully answer questions.

[@mandrews1245]

I was a member of PBS and supported it for years. I now realize they are just another USA propaganda machine. They tell a story, which makes Americans feel good about themselves. They ignore all the atrocities the US commits in spreading democracy. They are the bully who beats up on small countries to make them kneel to USA wishes. One day those countries are going to group together and they will be strong united and Americans will feel what it is like to have your supplies, your food, your fuel cut off because of sanctions on the USA. America has lost its humanity and lives for power.

[@als1023]

i agree it's rare for American media to expect the listener to pay attention for longer than a few seconds. This is a great interview with a very experieinced writer. There are some excellent questions posed and answered. I believe the writer would have benefited from learning the ruzzian language and spending some time there in preprartion for his writings. Also this segment speaks volumes for it's ' US centric ' focus, something that keeps America from having closer friends in the world. The name Boris Johnson never was mentioned, someone who history will treat very well in relation to his leadeship during the war. Britain's and the intelligence gathered by all the countries around ruzzia, were substantial, and pivotal The Baltic states and Poland were never mentioned,,, crucial to Urkaine and it's initial efforts.

[@cavaliermama56]

Eugene Robinson is smart, informed, humble and engaging. I always pay attention to what he thinks. Thank you.

[@matejfabiani9573]

Murica good rest bad

[@Tbone1492]

Who is he? Never seen him. How would he know Putin if he's Rassiss🤔

[@BarnabyWild13]

I used to respect him, not after this

[@ca8111]

ok bot.... everyone know this is propoganda...

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

Really this gut are being told to spread hate against Russia and how this is smart tell me

[@ryankiefer1111]

excellent analysis on what went wrong in this echo chamber of ‘mis-leadership’ and how to foster more collaborative decision making in the future. current and future voters should take notes on THE man Mr. Eugene Robinson.

[@nathanyoung7587]

This "interview" is absolutely ridiculous its all political and speculative....whats the point it's like I'm watching MSNBC......we get it Trump is stupid Biden is measured, seasoned and calculating. I can turn on cable news to hear that BS

[@anabaird3835]

🙋‍♀️. Id vote for him!

[@Sailordude9980]

PBS - Your great Americans 🥰🫡 TY for your work

[@mychalharris]

Well done Eugene. Your geo-political contributions make a difference. Democracy has an obligation to our makers' most valuable gift, LIFE. Freedom for all must always be our aim point.

[@davidzolcer4848]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@@davidzolcer4848 The US does not need to be involved.

[@davidzolcer4848]

@@jakebredthauer5100 yes it does

[@rhythmcolorassociates2700]

@@davidzolcer4848 why?

[@davidzolcer4848]

@@rhythmcolorassociates2700 if you were the biggest and toughest kid on the playground woul could break up and stop any fight and you’d see a kid attacking another kid less than half its size for no good reason, what would you do?

[@pdunderhill]

Excellent interview and analysis from Mr Robinson, one more writer to watch out for. Thank you PBS for this series.

[@BarnabyWild13]

Sounds like a propagandist to this listener

[@ottomanstamper7609]

I agree with you; I was actually wondering what specifically made Peter Underhill consider this interview and analysis excellent. Views such as Putin sees himself as a tsar and wants to take over the whole of Ukraine and won't stop there if not discouraged are just put forward without any explanation as to what evidence there is to support that view. What I have seen makes me believe Putin wants to cooperate and do business with the West he just isn't willing to let the US dictate to everyone else. Is it not reasonable to want to sit down as an equal with other heads of state rather than as a vassal?

[@str8ballinSA]

@@ottomanstamper7609Lol

[@brightrail]

@@ottomanstamper7609 an excellent point!

[@arjan2777]

@@ottomanstamper7609 Nobody thinks about Russia as a vassal except maybe China. What you are implicitly saying is that Putin has the right to make Ukraine his vassal like he did with Belarus and that helping Ukraine to escape that fate is somehow a form of disrespect to Russia. Russia doing so scares the hell out of a lot of countries in Europe and America helping them and helping Ukraine is very important to them. Putin seeing himself as the new Tsar, the savior of Russia? Come on. That is obvious for everybody who really followed him. Maybe not literally but the signs are everywhere. He always has a statue of one of his favorite Tsars near and his ideas about Ukraine (little Russia) are directly from Tsarist propaganda. He is also a real autocrat. And he is a 19th century colonialist. And yes these things are obvious too. Ukraine was a colony and Putin tries to recapture it because great powers have a right to possess colonies. That is how he thinks and the US does not respect the right Putin has to handle his own colony and that is why the US is the aggressor. You can decide for yourself if you agree with that but the Ukrainians clearly do not, most western European countries except Hungary do not. The US does not.

[@conorkennedy3304]

I love the sound of Eugene Robinson's voice. He is an intellectual for the ages.

[@gingerfox7143]

Robinson is full of the American exceptionalism.

[@kalui96]

@@gingerfox7143 he does work directly for its benefit, so no shit sherlock. he's proud of his work, therefore proud of his country.

[@pirrracy]

Kermit doing NOS balloons

[@sandymckinnon9762]

It sounds like fozzie bear and kermit put together

[@gee3883]

As a brit this is the first i've heard of Eugene, he is a delight to listen too.

[@RioesanIsidro]

usa and 28 lakeys suck

[@tonyclayton6975]

As a Brit, this is the biggest load of bollocks I’ve ever heard. If you want a serious analysis of Putin’s speeches you should go to the Duran channel. This guy is just a shill for US imperialism. It was PBS that interviewed a Ukrainian mayor and blanked out the picture of the nazi Stefan Banderas behind the mayor.

[@gingerfox7143]

Watch "Ukraine on fire".

[@boynamesue7720]

Watch Winter on Fire.

[@bobbykomlo7694]

Many good parts in this piece BUT this guy is a bozo to blame Pres Trump for not being firm with Putin. Robinson insinuates that Pres Trump was sounding like he was going to let NATO swim by themselves if anybody was actually or potentially going to invade one or the whole lot. And this is years ago when Pres T insisted NATO countries put at least 2% of their GDP into their military forces, per the agreement; many were not & were counting on USofA to protect them from whatever problem(s) arose. And to say Biden Joe was tough, & sounded tough, towards Putin while Russia was building up forces is a shame. Putin would NOT have invaded IF Pres Trump was still CinC.

[@SledDog5678]

Pootin is so damn jealous of free Countries he can't stand himself anymore.

[@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211]

LMAO what?

[@charliecasas6864]

What does Putin offer his people? To give them the right to praise him and glorify him

[@OneSkyWarrior]

@@charliecasas6864 👍🏻 They better...or else.....

[@jdocean1]

@@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211 that was a well constructed sentence. What didn’t you get?

[@thatisabsolutelykooooge2211]

@@jdocean1 I hope you’re being sarcastic.

[@gailroberts3842]

Excellent interview. Thank you for this series.

[@kilmer009]

Thank you for this interview. PBS Frontline is killing it with this series!

[@lesilluminations1]

Excellent. These PBS interviews have given me a whole new respect for journalism. The depth of knowledge is impressive.

[@OneSkyWarrior]

This is PBS...FRONTLINE....so, Not propaganda.

[@om6035]

Wion covers this story better than us sources

[@mikemesheriakov]

One sided propaganda. No word on Ukraine bombing their own people in Donbas. No word of Minsk agreements. Russia didn’t attack Georgia. It was Georgia that moved in its tanks in Obhazia. For a low-info viewer who loves to hate Putin it’s a stellar documentary. For a historically knowledgeable people it’s outright hit piece on Putin to make him look like hell bend irrational maniac.

[@dezurniprovokator373]

To bad he is full of shit!

[@BarnabyWild13]

@@GrowingEvolutionary that’s called reviewing the history of the situation from both sides. Some people don’t have time for that and want Legacy Media to be their daddy.

[@a5cent]

Nah. Bush was a fool. Putin's speciality is communication and manipulation. That's what he learned in KGB. He knew exactly how to exploit Bush's evangelicalism with a huge story about a piece of jewelry Putin wore... a christian cross. Bush saw in Putin a fellow christian, which is exactly what Putin had planned. Bush was played. Just like Putin played Trump.

[@thefisherking78]

There are few things I appreciate as much as the opportunity to listen to smart people talk about foreign policy.

[@robertharneis9506]

Russians in eastern Ukraine were being persecuted by Ukrainian extremists. That's not paranoia.

[@patrickskramstad1485]

How many times should Americans have taken Trump seriously and didn't? Same with Putin. It seems like a strategy to me.

[@arthursimsa9005]

What.

[@matej2733]

not strategy but tragedy... for others

[@a5cent]

lol Half the time Trump himself didn't know what he was saying. Nobody except the intellectually challenged and gullible took Trump seriously. Some were just blinded by his inheritance. They misunderstood wealth to be a measure of competence. Putin we didn't take seriously because we were unable to see the world through his eyes. In part we still can't because he never shows his cards and is rarely honest. He should be taken seriously... to the extent we can.

[@jansix4287]

Exactly, we would’ve had another world war, if we had taken Trump seriously. Instead it was just a failed insurrection almost killing off US democracy. 😅 Same with Putin. If we take his nuclear treats seriously, we would certainly try to hit them first. But so it’s just another proxy war. 😊

[@sjl197]

I will never take trump seriously, he was a blustering fool. He massively weakened the USA in most international eyes, including and perhaps most importantly the eyes of Putin

[@wojciechgrodnicki6302]

The Russian state seems to suffer a massive inferiority complex.

[@jdocean1]

That’s what I think too. Always looking into their neighbor’s yard.

[@gogudelagaze1585]

Not just the state. The average people too. It's a fairly common thing in the whole eastern bloc. Some of us are slowly starting to overcome it, but it'll take a good long time until we fully process it.

[@dersu83]

The sad thing is how accurate and up-to-date this analysis is still now.

[@doointhedoo]

Eugene hit the nail on the head here --> 20:00 . This is EXACTLY the primary, if not the only, reason why Putin invaded Ukraine.

[@JamesMena-ym9vf]

just as America will never allow Mexico and Canada to become Russian satellites, Putin cannot let NATO setup shop at his border. WW3 was nearly triggered when Russia attempted to setup shop in Cuba. Just as Mercury has the most uncomfortable experience from being the closest to the sun. Ukraine has to accept that she will always be a Buffer country between NATO and Russia. So can be the curse of LOCATION, which can giveth and take Eth away.

[@gingerfox7143]

Watch "Ukraine in fire" on ytube.

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

Excellent analysis. I need to listen to more of what this guy says.

[@williamyoung9401]

He's aight. The thing about baby boomers is they think in terms of dollars and cents and Putin thinks in terms of square-kilometers. "At what point does Putin stop?" He won't stop. He doesn't know how to. If these journalists had done any kind of due diligence on Putin, they would have figured out when he was "deputy" mayor of St. Petersburg, he stole food meant for the people, pocketed the cash, and starved the city. When you starve your own people because they rebelled against the previous oppressive regime, you're a dark person indeed.

[@BarnabyWild13]

I used to like him, now I see we are being had by neoliberal fascist.

[@viktamoanjr1]

Watch Putins speech in Munich Germany 2007

[@juliiazubkova7284]

Putin never makes statements off the cuff. every word is he says is considered and intentional. West was asleep at the wheel last decade wrt monitoring him.

[@kingKong-fd7wm]

The arrogance of Americans reminds me of the Persian Empire in the movie 300. Who are the Spartans and who is Persia in this conflict between NATO and Russia? It seems to me Americans need an outta body experience and take a good look at themselves.

[@nuhumaishanu6944]

Is true that Russia's attempt to join NATO was rejected. I recall Putin making such claim

[@1965lks]

Another unfortunate expert who knows nothing about Russia or Ukraine, repeating standard mantras. "Expert" knows neither the history, nor the legislation, nor the mentality of the peoples inhabiting Russia, Ukraine With such "experts" the West will not come close to understanding Russia at all Well, I will especially note the standard arrogance of a pseudo-expert - "here is heaven, there is hell" Complete lack of reflection

[@theodoroseidler7072]

Excellent interview. One more in this excellent series. In my opinion, there is only one way to tackle this: Stepping up assistance to Ukraine. Send in Jets, long range missiles, tanks, a ton of artillery and ultimately, to allow Ukraine to strike within Russia and destroy russian factories, logistics, troops, support centers and infrastructure.

[@gingerfox7143]

This is a recipe for a nuclear strike from Russia and we will all be liquidated. It's time the USA allow Zelinski to seriously make peace with his neighbor Russia. We all lose if this war goes nuclear. Cowboy attitude is a failing strategy.

[@theodoroseidler7072]

@@gingerfox7143 It's simple: if Russia wants it to stop, remove their troops from Ukraine and bail. I am sure no one will follow them into Russia. If you do not do that now, when ? When Poland or Lithuania are invaded ? Not even then? If the world has to end, then let it end with us on our two feet and not groveling to Russia.

[@gingerfox7143]

@@theodoroseidler7072 your defeatest comment is sad.

[@theodoroseidler7072]

@@gingerfox7143 didn't understand your comment. You meant defeatist ? I think you gain nothing by bowing and kneeling to a bully. Only a show of strength will deter this ahole.

[@DETROIT1948]

Eugene Robinson Is a Good Man.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

Good for what? We don't need another war.

[@conorkennedy3304]

he has a wonderful voice

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

Yes but he is doing nuclear war propaganda

[@davidsawyer7880]

My perspective on Clinton's remarks about Putin having the capability. All of us have capabilites to do various actions or pursuits. It's desire and follow through that make the difference. Putin has no desire to pursue a more liberal or democratic policy. I think Clinton was calling Putin out. Oh, Frontline thanks for new presentations.

[@lennarthagen3638]

I like his voice.

[@conorkennedy3304]

Everthing about his speaking style is very captivating.

[@juniorroselynroselyn3277]

Jus his voice bc what he is saying is to pushing to a nuclear war against Russia yes this is a war propaganda

[@morpheus2573]

Kermit on half speed?

[@peterhumphrys]

I think that the insult that some American elites embraced was : "Russia is a petrol station posing as a country" if I recall some snide remarks correctly, apparently that petrol station has a fair few weapons in stock, thankfully internal corruption made them somewhat less effective than they could have been.

[@gingerfox7143]

This gas station can wreck the world energy supplies. Europe and America are still buying Russian oil through sophisticated third parties such as India and china. Europe and the USA are still buying Russia's uranium,diamonds, fertilizers, aluminum, and LNG. The sanctions placed on Russia was only on Russias imports and not Russia's exports. Reason why, because Europe can't live without Russia's resources. This is why the EU and America made Russia an enemy, so as to destroy Russia and get their hands on Russias vast resources, they have said it loud and clear. Watch "Ukraine on fire" on ytube. ,

[@ia24645]

Who said?

[@peterhumphrys]

@@ia24645 2014 Senator John McCain that fellow who ran for the presidency with vp candidate Sara Palin aka Caribou Barbie who could see Russsia from her front window

[@jansix4287]

@@peterhumphrys So what? He wasn’t wrong. Russia isn’t a functioning country.

[@debrapurvis4408]

Is this the best of American geo political analysis? Its why the US has brought this disastrous proxy war in Ukraine. When you have a 1/4 of the facts and half of those are incorrect. Ridiculous

[@jimvandam123]

Thank you for EUGENE Robinson's moderate insights. I wanted to yield Ukraine for peace. Eugene Robinson is genuinely an American's point of view. I would nominate Eugene Robinson for president for younger and broader support, if I could. Only, in a million years.

[@Flex385]

Would have liked to see Putin's face when Merkel said: The minsk agreement was only concluded to give Ukraine time to prepare....

[@jansix4287]

Minsk was only for Russia (not Putin) to eventually realize they made a huge mistake and give Crimea back peacefully. We knew full well how bloody this war was going to be eight years ago. ☮️

[@howardleach5340]

Thank you Eugene! This is a wonderful insightful into the problems we face with Russia. It is heartbreaking that an insignificant entity like Putin can cause us all so many problems!

[@jakebredthauer5100]

Let Putin have Ukraine.

[@tonyv5202]

Yes all the issues in the world are due to Putin's psychology. If only we could get him to see Jordan Petersen for some help. Once he is fixed he will be nice to us and then our rich people can make money in Russia again by exploiting their resources and colonizing the Russian people and then the world can go back to being like heaven 👍

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@Chris Viking He has no need or desire for my country if we would stop harassing Russia. I suspect Russia and China would invade down through the center of Canada due to US causing the world so much trouble.

[@cindyabraham5503]

@@jakebredthauer5100 if we let putin have ukraine we will eventually have to deal with him anyway. Do you want to do it on his terms or ours?

[@NicTheGreek1979]

@@cindyabraham5503 yeh, f*ck it then. Nuke em. That's the way right? Tell me, how do you feel about Nuclear power stations?

[@gregorydefeo7369]

i think Putin reacted to former Soviet states joining NATO. Once G.W. Bush tried getting Ukraine & Georgia to join he might've thought the --stan nations were next to join maybe.

[@gregorydefeo7369]

Yeah! If this happened then they couldn't call it "North Atlantic.." anymore.

[@davidgoddard5532]

Putin was invited to talk about it but refused because he wanted to invade. Maybe more effort to explain that NATO, being a defence coalition with set down articles Putin could read on the internet.

[@gingerfox7143]

@@davidgoddard5532 sources of when Putin was invited to talk and refused.

[@BioLogicalNerd]

@@davidgoddard5532 Explaining would make no difference to him, he wanted his USSR back again.

[@BioLogicalNerd]

Had Ukraine joined NATO long ago like the other EE countries they wouldn't have been invaded (well at least unlikely).

[@rochesterjohnny7555]

Listen closely to the last 5 minutes to really understand where we're at, idk if understanding it does any good for anyone but most people do not understand the intensity of how serious of a situation it all is

[@habibahas13]

Putin & Trump were like Pinky & the Brain

[@NathansHVAC]

No evidence though. Even the crowd strikee report on the dnc server had no evidence when presented under oath. You war mongers just want another cold war to feel needed.

[@Tbone1492]

Biden is the sharpest President in history🙄

[@jdocean1]

@@Tbone1492 says who? You?

[@SapperUSMC]

@@jdocean1 of you can't tell, thats sarcasm

[@BarnabyWild13]

How come the Muller investigation didn’t find anything? Hamilton 68 proves all we got was a bunch of Russia, Russia, Russia that was a bunch of propaganda.

[@jessetorres8738]

It's still strange to think that in the time we've had 5 Presidents in the U.S., Putin has been either President or Prime Minister during all that time.

[@carlosoruna7174]

Ahh the era of papa bush and putin.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Because he's superman.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

Putin is popular.

[@rhythmcolorassociates2700]

Trump is making same plans

[@ralphrodriguez9037]

He's like Robert DeNiro in casino: circumventing the rules by changing his title, lol. He'll be the Secretary of the State next term while whispering into some stooges ear.

[@onceuponadime978]

"So he grabs crimea" And for all our talk about learning our lesson from appeasement in ww2 we just did appeasement and just like in ww2 he wanted more more more and started another war war war.

[@ia24645]

He did not grab anything… The Crimeans voted to rejoin Russia, ask anybody there if they wanted that, you will hear their reply, absolutely yes! After the Donbas bombing by Ukraine and burning of people alive by the Ukrainian Nazzie thugs with over 40 people dead, in Odessa Trade Union House, the Crimeans were happy that they escaped such fate by becoming under protection of Russia. People were singing and dancing on its streets such a grabbing it was… Nobody asked the Crimeans if they wanted to become part of Ukraine when Khrushchev have it to Ukraine as a gift, one night the Crimeans went to bed as Russians and woke up in the morning as the Russians… well, the world did not protest…

[@ttrestle]

These are great interviews. Julia’s is the best.

[@tonybuckley6413]

the west and especially America use the word ‘democracy’ as in the need for it in relation to countries like Russia China and Middle East nations.. It’s just not how it’s done in these places and it’s been that way for centuries

[@gingerfox7143]

The West need to mind their own business. These ancient cultures will be around forever, as the western civilization fades away.

[@johnwalker4642]

"He is doubling down."

[@NathansHVAC]

60 billion lost rebuilding iraq.

[@BarnabyWild13]

And a war for oil, no less. Appears Frontline has joined the ranks of Legacy Media Propaganda.

[@Smc1248]

He sounds like Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[@minhsp3]

Except Robinson is smart

[@BioLogicalNerd]

@@minhsp3 Smarter... Not that NDGT is not smart

[@marywalker7542]

He loves making headlines

[@wiseian8473]

Putin was provided with the intelligence he wanted to hear.

[@ryankiefer1111]

would one be wise to call that ‘intelligence’?

[@OneSkyWarrior]

I pity the fool who tells him otherwise.

[@wiseian8473]

@@ryankiefer1111 or whatever else they call it.

[@jbninjah1776]

hug that steele dossier muh russia

[@ThienHoang-tr3dh]

@@ryankiefer1111 like the US intelligence who help Bush invading Iraq?

[@lilytea3]

0:00: 🌍 Vladimir Putin's worldview has hardened over time, viewing the West as an enemy and seeing himself as an imperial leader. 13:46: 🇷🇺 The video discusses the relationship between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, highlighting how Putin was initially flattered by Bush's treatment and saw Russia as an important power. 6:38: 😔 Initial optimism about Putin's leadership in Russia turned into disappointment and concern over his dictatorial tendencies. 19:57: 🌍 Vladimir Putin sees exercises in attempted or achieved regime change as a personal threat and believes Russia is on a better footing to stand up to the United States and the West. 26:26: 🚨 The speaker believes that the seizure of Georgian territory by Russia should have been a warning about their intentions in Ukraine. 32:55: 🌍 Biden took quick action to support Ukraine and strengthen NATO in response to the invasion by Russia. 40:11: 🤔 Vladimir Putin understood how to manipulate and flatter Donald Trump, who believed in dealing with Russia as a great power. 46:18: 😮 Putin is happy to see a U.S. president who accepts his view of Ukraine and the former Soviet sphere as part of the Russian sphere. 52:51: 🌍 The US intelligence warns of a potential invasion by Russia on multiple borders, causing concern for Joe Biden and the need for European readiness. 58:51: 🇺🇦 Ukrainians stood up to Russia and surprised them by defending their country. 1:04:34: 💣 The current situation between Russia and Ukraine is the most dangerous since the Cuban Missile Crisis, with Putin's unchecked power making it even more perilous. Recap by Tammy AI

[@SamsonZoomBespoke]

It started with Georgia not Crimea

[@kevenpinder7025]

After Kuwait, Putin ought to have understood that a war of aggression was the ONE thing that would galvanize the world into unified action.

[@marywalker7542]

His nukes can be malfunctioned And how he really knows if his nukes function properly

[@1984-m2i]

"Tell the Premier I'll have more flexibility after the election"

[@waldosgrade]

Thank you for an excellent series of conversations with astute observers. The interviewees are encouraged to speak uninterrupted and in paragraphs - a novel approach!

[@tenzindongak320]

OMG, the ignorance and arrogance concerning Russia is staggering.

[@davidlocke7541]

The USSR insisted on preserving the Russification in it's former Soviet states. There have been many wars in those Russification since the fall of the USSR.

[@SledDog5678]

Pootin gives up control if he allows his Country to grow. Keeping them hungry, poor and ignorant gives him control .

[@josephtemple1667]

Your ignorance is astounding. Russia's per capita GDP has more than doubled since Putin became president in 1999.

[@OneSkyWarrior]

@Charlie Cottontail Lol. That's where Republicans got their ideas the last 20 years. Btw, just the state of Californias' GDP is bigger than all of Russias'.

[@zer0homer]

@@josephtemple1667 actual Russian here. He actually has a point. The amount of squalor is astounding, your per capitas are surgeoned in a way to include all the corrupt politicians into the mix to raise benchmark consisting of babushkas barely scraping by with 200-300$ pensions in the regions. These babushkas later sold their votes for a bulk of buckwheat. I sh1t you not, I had a fight with the neighboring one on the subject

[@franciscojmedina]

What great insights. He is a genuine intellectual.

[@jbninjah1776]

LOL really

[@anabaird3835]

Apparently, Ukraine, THEMSELVES, didnt think much of Putin's condescending remarks about Ukraine either, or they'd have said something. So I think "Hindsight is 20/20" is perfectly reasonable & fair. There IS often a fine line btwn paranoia & taking something/someone seriously.

[@firuzpulatov7750]

Глубина и широта анализа впечатляет. Клоуны, а не СМИ.

[@viktorias63]

Watching interviews of western people just talking about ignoring Russia'a red flags.

[@kipwonder2233]

"...paranoia, grandeur, sense of mission..."🤔

[@mnymic]

3:07 to address the question. He stops at the point where he gets a nosebleed. unfortunately for all of us, that's the only kind of argument he and his fellow russians recognize.

[@bobbrown8661]

With any luck he'll bite down on his cyanide pill and call it a day.

[@vladimirelkin1686]

Mr Robinson, I agree with every single word you uttered. I was born and raised in the USSR, and I was totally amazed when Russia was defined as the "empire of evil" by President Reagan. Now I see that it is empire of evil and Putin is the head of that monster, and I want , I dream Russia would lose that war. Thank you, Mr. Robinson, for your words.

[@gingerfox7143]

And Putin said that the USA is "the empire of lies".

[@ia24645]

I was also born in the Soviet Union and this gentleman said nothing new than the Western propaganda has been saying for the last 40/50 years, no matter about Soviet Union or Russia. This guy does not understand Russian politics at all. And who says that the Russians should listen to the Americans. Iraq war has proven that this gentleman’s compatriots can draw the whole world into a war on false pretences. I do not mention other conflicts US has initiated over the past 60 years. Worming signs? Oh common, US is no longer a free democracy itself, not capable to conduct fair elections without fraud so developed it is… Claptocratic tendencies? It is laughable! What about the antics of Biden and his ill famous son? US should make its own yard into order before criticising the others…

[@eddyhilltown]

PBS is King, Frontline the brightest jewel in its crown. P.S. RIP Jim Leher’s On Air Career, and godbless all the viewers like me who have stuck around after trying desperately as children to understand why anyone would watch the programming after Arthur/Dragon tales time slot

[@dauharryrahman3398]

Tuo're a fantasstic person, Sir, when you say that Putin didn't consider Obama as a a rightful President because he was black. Really great when we consider that Russia has never evr indulged in salve trde, never colonise any African nation and has helped African nations in their fight for freedom and against apartheid. You are a great man ,Sir!

[@gingerfox7143]

In addition Putin has not sanctioned Obama and his family.

[@raymondparnell439]

Never indulged in the slave trade ? Wtf they are doing it now getting slaves from North Korea . The word slave means slavic as I. This is where it was invented. Mate you need to learn history I'm not being rude but you have it all backwards. The. Only people in the world who have ever fought against slavery is the British and Americans . Everyone did slavery so pointless say these people did this because we all did including Africans. What we didn't do was stop it . They did and they fought wars to make everyone stop .

[@dauharryrahman3398]

@@raymondparnell439 Yes, slavery existed everywhere. It does come from slav although it existed even before that under other appelations. But we, Africans, through our experience saasociate slavery with Western Whites not Russians and I find no reason to say that Putin considered Obama as a black President of a white country.

[@georgemala4046]

Russia is adept at accusing others of the very things they are guilty.Fighting colonialism in Africa while practicing it in their own country

[@dylandavis3518]

Wise man!!

[@KitJBenn]

We must never forget that the World's Rules Order during world war 2 was hoping that Hitler's neo-Nazi's was going to defeat Russia! Many in the higher echelons of the British Government including some in the Royal Family was disappointed that the Germans couldn't defeat Russia!! It's a fact but it's true!! That's why (I believe) many in the British government and the useless Government Labour Opposition (people like Keir Starmer are keeping very silent, because they are constantly reflecting on their neocolonialism past) Hence they see Ukraine fascist neo-Nazi's as a little ray of hope for the past and how it might have been! however the 🇷🇺❤️Great President Putin ❤️ 🇷🇺has arrived just in time with his denazificating policies.

[@martinbruhn5274]

There is nothing better to unite a divided people than an outside aggressor. Now, that is true for countries, but it also seems to be true for alliances.

[@tomiehellerstedt263]

Very interesting and good analysis from a very enjoyable voice! However it is clear that Robinson thinks that Donald Trumps disability of not separating foreign policy from his own domestic aims had a direct impact on Putin and is worth talking about! In that light it is a bit disturbing that there are no question about how much the disaster US withdrawal from Afghanistan possibly influenced Putin's decision to attack Ukraine!

[@FreedomSpirit7]

Eugene is intelligent but grabbing for straws. He has to be careful because he works with MSNBC.

[@eddiesanon8786]

Freedom you’re absolutely right

[@eddiesanon8786]

Freedom you’re absolutely right

[@sigurdur5606]

Well, I must say.this is what the world does not need.

[@kevenpinder7025]

I'm wondering why none of the people interviewed in this series have mused about Putin's frame of mind as he stares into the abyss of his own mortality, and the possibility that he might actually be unwell. Putin just aged past the Russian male life expectancy.

[@marywalker7542]

Russia and China neither have a clue about Turkeys plans both in the dark even if they think they knows they don’t 😂

[@bouboul8374]

I suggest to all the journalists to go back deep to history before they talk about anything.

[@marywalker7542]

IF Vladimir Putin decides to go ahead to launch nukes then The Most High will have to intervene

[@ernarc23]

Brilliant man and interview. Thank you!

[@Arcticstar69]

Norway stand with NATO. You should help Sweden with turkish hostility, US reps.

[@kludgedude]

Trumps FAULT

[@lambdacalculus8316]

Replace “Putin” with “Xi.” All the claims still holds true.

[@marsmember]

Russia allways wanted all of Ukraine, remember HOLODOMOR in 1931

[@camilove318]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you

[@groovinhooves]

12:50 - the thing is, though, even under the Soviet regime, even under the regimes prior to that, Russia has always been a kleptocracy. And that other word you were looking for is "nomenklatura."

[@fractalign]

So many critics argue that Bush or Obama inviting Putin to join NATO would have been a terrible idea. Prove it.

[@jamesedwards6173]

Of all things, I'm not sure I would have predicted that Russian disinformation efforts would be so concerned by PBS, but given how notably active it is on each of PBS's releases here, I'm forced to infer that it is, indeed, very worried by it. It's almost laughable how cookie-cutter and recycled are the "talking points" it relentlessly resurrects here, trying rather ineptly to counter the high quality information in these interviews. 🤦‍♂️

[@marywalker7542]

And his nukes can backfire He doesn’t have a clue what is going to happen

[@marsmember]

Remember Boris Nemzow

[@dennisjones-ex6xi]

unless you want to control the whole world you should have no probems

[@cesarcamey7076]

Putin sees the world as the town he grown. Do we get It?

[@pjpredhomme7699]

English language - do you get it ?

[@jdocean1]

@@pjpredhomme7699 he clearly doesn’t.

[@Jim73]

I'm watching all of these, and it's notable how frequently certain people say "umm". It's VERY IRRITATING.

[@joeyfotofr]

Should the US have paid more attention to what Putine said? Sure. But who would have know that? ONLY every Russian who was ever worth listening to... starting with Mikhail Khodorkovsky...

[@marsmember]

Once Putin had carisma, but it turned into evil

[@FreedomSpirit7]

Eugene Robinson is an intelligent man however, he's an MSNBC coorespondent. He has to be careful what he says.

[@psihopedia]

"Remarkable speech" of a great man who loves history and now even brings up proof that he's fighting nazies "the tanks have crosses on them". This can't get any better for the Z patriots! Look up "chosen trauma" for more insights!

[@pvm1081]

An outstanding analysis.

[@BarnabyWild13]

Hardly

[@pvm1081]

@@BarnabyWild13 Thanks...hardly less than outstanding.

[@BarnabyWild13]

@@pvm1081 more like elitist propaganda. Disappointing.

[@pvm1081]

@@BarnabyWild13 That is an opinion. Thank you.

[@BarnabyWild13]

@@pvm1081 tell me the names of journalists who appeared on national televised media coming out strongly against military efforts in foreign countries in the last 50 years. Go ahead, I’ll wait.

[@joeking1019]

Dublin Doon, the latest fashion

[@noahlupu5719]

What a great historical analysis of Putin, Russian and low self-stem after disolución of the Soviet union.

[@bclaverenz1]

If Trump was so bad and Putin played him for a fool over 4 years…. Why didn’t Putin INVADE UKRAINE THEN…?????? This is why I view these words with Skepticism….

[@Karamazov12]

Maybe he would have done that, given the idea that Trump might have been re-elected. Which was not unthinkable at the time. Thank the lord that did’t happen😉. But Trumps first term was a bonanza for Putin, why would he risk it. A jester in the White house, do not interrupt the jester. And lets not forget Covid, the world was different then.

[@bclaverenz1]

@@Karamazov12 Trump’s administration was a “”Bonanza “” for Putin…??? How…?? CLEARLY thousands upon Thousands Dead…Trillion of $$ spent fighting this war between Ukraine, NATO against Russia for how in the H knows for how long. All of Europe and the world on the BRINK OF A NUCLEAR WAR…. Seems a hell of a lot worse than ANY FUKING THING that happened during Trump…. But to TRUMP HATERS like yourself your are grateful Trump wasn’t re-elected……Aaaaa….ok…. Speaking from a purely practical point of view I think YOUR HATE for Trump has blinded you….

[@jesseparaguya5544]

Thank you for the Super interview. Now I know whom to vote in the next election. I'll go for an older very wise Stateman who will work best for the nation.

[@davidgoddard5532]

These interviews should have Russian subtitles or better still a version in Russian with English subtitles. Russians need to know other points of view.

[@Trippy_Gemini]

Someone will be having this same conversation about china's communist party claims to Taiwan not being a real country and historical claims of the South China sea and Tibet, Taiwan, the straight of malaca. Dejavu 2030

[@michelemathews2891]

If Presidential Immunity is the question... With benefits of Seal Team Six... isn't Biden the President?