Putin's Revenge: Yekaterina Schulmann (interview) | FRONTLINE

Watch Russian political scientist Yekaterina Schulmann’s candid, full interview on Putin and allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election - all part of "The Putin Files", FRONTLINE's media transparency project. ExploreSchullman's full interview and interactive transcript here: www.pbs.org/wg...
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[@naskray]

Непривычно слышать Екатерину Михайловну, говорящую со скоростью обычного человека😊

[@pavelbadikov7955]

Попросите сделать субтитры, ради бога

[@МарияКазаева-у6в]

Ахахахахах, дааа

[@pluff8]

Она к пятой минуте разгналась😀

[@Лия-л1з]

@@pavelbadikov7955 Тут можно включить хоть субтитры, хоть автоперевод

[@MrSveta1988]

Она просто с интервьюером пыталась синхронизироваться))) но потом да, как выше сказали, она разошлась

[@mayaluiolainen3729]

She is probably the best commentator on Russian events. I wish you could interview her again, commenting on Putin's decision to start a war with a neighbouring country.

[@VladVexler]

She has been wonderful over these last days.

[@desarc6855]

@@VladVexler Yes, she's very supportive to her people.

[@VladVexler]

@@desarc6855 Yes, justly adored!

[@nati9991]

KGB "banned" the group of her supporters in VKontakte. So many people's lives will be crushed by the oppression machine in Russia. It is worse than 1937....I pray for her ...and for so many people who is suffering now and will suffer in because of this senseless war.

[@janeclark6342]

Well we don’t want her to get in trouble if she did discuss that. It is super sad as the Ukraine is totally destroyed

[@yuryyarovikov3323]

You hear Yekaterina in English and you probably like her clear speech filled with precision of thought. Now multiply it by ten when she does this in her native language. That's how good she really is

[@alexl92]

I had to switch to 1,5 playback speed to get to her normal way of speaking.

[@АминаХалилова-т4с]

@@alexl92 :DDDD

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@alexl92 weird

[@PadfootHolmes]

Ekaterina Michailovna Schulman has her own KZbin channel where she talks about internal politics (it’s in Russian) and also a Tuesday program on Echo of Moscow (the radio station was shut down a couple of weeks ago). Listening to her is sort of reassuring for people in these times, she explains many things in such a simple yet eloquent way. We really love her and every now and then just hope some day a person like her would be the head of Russia. I personally think that this is a true patriot of our country, not the old f-ing spy with botox cheeks. I’m just happy English speakers can listen to her, even if it’s a small part of what she does and thinks.

[@AnastasiaYuryevna]

She always said, she don't wanna be a president, she want to write new laws, this is her passion. But, I guess, she has no choise))

[@PadfootHolmes]

@@AnastasiaYuryevna yeah, I know that. I’m happy she has a choice, I’m sad that she’s so unique that no one can compare to her. But people would dream about it anyway, you know? The only thing left for us to do is hope for a better future

[@AnastasiaYuryevna]

@@PadfootHolmes a better future will be, no doubt! I think, she is the most popular and known. no doubt, there're a lot of equal talent and smart people. we will certainly watch them shining

[@MP-wb5yd]

Russia could be such a bright country..with different leaders, hopefully when the soviet generation will pass away the blue sky will appear for Russia, this is my hope

[@СветланаС-р6и]

@@AnastasiaYuryevna please let's go such a way where everyone has a choice. Couple days ago we already were told that there was no choice

[@valentinapro4903]

Шульмоман найдет и послушает интервью даже на английском))))))

[@usertube5482]

😂😂😂😂

[@Youlovesky_Max]

настоящему бюрократу это даже приятнее, да и безопаснее , говорить о своем на ином языке

[@Not-s1v]

I'm from Russia and I'm so proud of persons like Ekaterina Shulman ,she is incredible, smarties, intelligent, real professional!

[@xino_z]

She reminds me of my Russian relatives more than any of the other speakers. She is thoughtful and serious.

[@janeclark6342]

Agree a true professional

[@vickyerickson9731]

I love this woman's commentary. She is no nonsense and 'tell it like it is'. I've watched many other 'Putin Files' on you tube but she is one of my favorites.

[@misumayay]

I agree, of course, she is a Political Scientist and this is her field she knows well.

[@nielshoogev1]

She really dispels many myths. I like how she opposes how many of the questions are framed and how she corrects them. Really impressive.,

[@Luvurenemy]

She is so self-aware. She is so bright.

[@zerksari]

It took 3 sentences to realize she is very gifted. A gift to us.

[@StrongyHot]

She is amazing and very smart. I love how she refused to guess what’s in Putin’s head

[@janlarin8198]

As a russian, I would translate our expression for 90s - "Lihii devyanostii" - "Лихие девяностые" - as "Bold nineties". As it contains a meaning of dangerous courage one should have had to overcome those boiling times. Such a joy to see Yekaterina Schulmann expressing her thoughts on a subject, being one of the very few people of today's Russia we are actually proud of. In a country, drunk with propaganda and held in an iron fist, we cherish those who are able to even think clearly, have an opinion and common sense, backed up with research and ability to analyse, and not to mention: express said opinion. Glad that people from other countries could actually see a rare Russian with a human face and brilliant mind. Thank you for who you are, dear Yekaterina Schulmann)

[@ппрол-м8ц]

Лихие от лихо, наш язык глубже, как и литература

[@alexchernyshev2748]

@@ппрол-м8ц что за шовинистический бред? Есть куча выражений, которые с английского практически невозможно перевести на русский. Есть выражения, которые с китайского не перевести ни на русский, ни на английский. А ещё русский язык так богат, что не смог придумать свои слова для слов: компьютер, смартфон, менеджер и ещё с пяток тысяч слов. В Китайском языке кстати нет ни одного англицизма.

[@xino_z]

I like "bold nineties" I know some things in Russian cannot be justly said in English but that seems right. Bolder is not always better 😅

[@janlarin8198]

@@xino_z Thanks) Yes, that's exactly the additional meaning needed here. It describes an action that is wild, fearless, risky but the outcome is uncertain. It's never clear if bold action is better

[@valentinaladnaya3642]

As a Russian I totally trust Shulmann in representing our country.

[@peterschneider6069]

I love how she clearly avoids personal statements allthough the interviewer tries several times to ask her about what she feels as a person. It would be great if more political scientist would follow her on that. Отлично!

[@peterschneider6069]

PBS thanks for publishing the raw material!

[@Merelymortalmale]

She’s brilliant.

[@xslt1692]

Schulmann is very clever and cunning. She seem to be the intermediary between the power in Russia and the globalists in a way. She is a member of various organisations both in Russia and International ones. She softs the edges when speaking about Russia (both for russian and english-speaking auduiences). And accurately promotes mainstream global trends in Russia. And she's always optimistic: all changes are for the better; we're all - even if slowly - are moving (being moved) in the right direction, towards the better future. She's carefull here as well in order for not to sound like she's spewing blatant propaganda. Although that's what it is, basically. Propaganda in a soft intellectual [pseudo]scientific wrapping. There is a target audience that is best influenced by this kind of propaganda.

[@xslt1692]

One may think of her as of Jordan Peterson in reverse. Who is also a shills for globalists (he officialy worked for UN) and avoids speaking badly of contemporar Russia (where he had recieved treatment from his antipsychotic addiction he got when had been 'medicating' his depression).

[@margaretmae5754]

She makes personal statements in virtually every sentence.

[@buttercrunch24]

This is the third interview I have watched in this Putin Files series and they just keep getting better and better. Thank you Frontline. And wow. Ms. Schulmann is clearly a supremely intelligent individual who is very clear about what she feels she can accurately speak to and what she feels is beyond her scope of expertise. The extraordinary thing about this interview for me was the many moments of validation regarding the wanderings of my own mind lately in regard to politics, the current moment, the impact of the Information Age, and the over importance of trying to "read people's minds." Her ability to place Russian political history within the context of political history in general is impressive and most helpful. There is so much worth learning in this one hour it is difficult to select anything as a highlight, but her comparison of the impacts of the Information Age to the impacts of the invention of the printing press felt so illuminating and spot on that for the first time in the past few years I was able to say, "Yessssss, now I get it, all of it."

[@StrongyHot]

Just imagine, how enjoyable it is to listen to her in Russian by Russians) She is amazing)

[@buttercrunch24]

StrongyHot I bet! I sent this video to my family and friends because I was so impressed by her. :)

[@Alyssa-yx5gs]

Hello=) You can also listen to her another lecture about russian society's values here: /watch?v=mQdriDI5cSI It's mostly about Russia, but in comparison with worlds ones. So It might be interesting for you too=)

[@buttercrunch24]

Alyssa thank you! Can't wait to watch this!

[@elenan599]

@@StrongyHot Oh, yes! We love her!!! ...oooops! I'm not exactly russian...

[@thebenefactor6744]

This woman's speech is eloquent., and she's quick to give a pinpoint answer to anything, down to the figurative nanometer, yet each answer has the depth of understanding of an ocean, and she just distills it like she's repeating your coffee order back to you. It's like listening to the sociological version of a master cake decorator.

[@indiradavletova7738]

She is even more impressive in Russian.

[@thebenefactor6744]

@@indiradavletova7738 hopefully more of this bubbles to the top of the Russian political structure. She and Kasperov could run that country.

[@MurarichSiberian]

Похоже что и этот комментатор русский наш ;))

[@lizp6859]

She does an excellent job of showing why it's important to study the past in order to understand the present.

[@annazyuzin753]

Yekaterina is brilliant, she is a professor at the university in Moscow, she is super professional and is my favorite speaker who guides my understanding in these terrible times. Thank you!

[@thefarmerswifeknits6190]

This is five years ago and now she is in Berlin, identified as a foreign agent by her own country.

[@elnuraa8737]

She’s truly amazing🔥. Intelligent, brave, open minded with a fantastic sense of humor. Literature fan. She analyzes politics in Tolkien universe just for fun 😆 Loving every word she says ♥️

[@JDzele]

She analyzes politics in Tolkien universe, really? Can you provide a link or a reference, please?

[@thesisthesis2763]

@@JDzele I've been looking, but it seems we need to learn Russian to get access to these gems :(

[@JDzele]

@@thesisthesis2763 yup, been looking too, and made the same unfortunate conclusion 😕

[@peepindis]

​@@JDzele she makes an offhand comment in her talk at St Paul's cathedral. She is phenomenal ♡ Her knowledge, wit, humor. She's fascinating to listen to.

[@JDzele]

@@peepindis oh, I think I've watched that talk on youtube, didn't notice that remark, been a while ago though, and maybe haven't watched all of it, gotta revisit... Thank you!

[@helenhaubensack-bitterli3733]

very impressed with her, she makes a lot of sense and does not come across as having political agenda like other Russians interviewed in this fabulous series

[@jenniraisovna5698]

Agreed 👍

[@eveleconomakis2850]

From a Greek-American historian who fell in love with St. Petersburg back when it was Leningrad in 1981, and lived in Piter from 1990 to 2005, hats off to you, Ms. Schulmann!! Your insight is wonderful and very rich. Forgive me for writing such a long message, but my Russian wife (a native Petersburger) and I have been shocked by what is going on in Russia. She is currently assisting Ukrainian refugees in a camp in Rafina, a small port 30 kilometers northeast of Athens, Greece, where we live. The other day, while riding my Yamaha, I was pleasantly surprised to see a car with a sign taped to the inside of the rear window that read “Russians against war.” The sign had a Russian and a Ukrainian flag on either side of a heart. I honked my horn and gave them the thumbs up! When the Soviet Union collapsed like a house of cards in 1991, the western establishment’s aim was to render Russia as weak and dependent as possible. Conversely, the Holy Grail for Putin has long been to break up NATO and cast himself as a national hero, a modern-day Alexander Nevsky, Peter the Great and Stalin guarding against foreign enemies. Washington used the lessons it learned from the Vietnam War to trick the Soviet Union into getting bogged down in Afghanistan. Now NATO has managed to lure Vladimir Putin into Ukraine. They did this by constantly expanding eastward and pretending they wanted Ukraine in the organization, when they didn’t. Whatever the outcome of the war on the ground, Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression has guaranteed the end of Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy that was forged in the nineties when the Mafia and the security services cooperated in looting the Soviet Union’s wealth. Putin’s implicit bargain with the Russian people was that he’d deliver economic growth and they’d let him erode their rights. When the oil-and-gas-fueled expansion ended in 2008, he put everyone on a daily diet of Great Russian chauvinism and imperial revanchism. The efforts bore fruit. Ask the average Russian teenager what they know about the revolution in 1917, and they’ll shrug their shoulders. But like parrots they repeat that Stalin, more than anyone else, saved the planet from fascism in WWII. Never mind that it was the Soviet people who defeated the Nazis, and not Stalin. Consciously or not, the Kremlin uses Hitler to whitewash Stalin. On the morning of February 24, when Putin ordered his forces to invade Ukraine, he declared on national television that Russia was fighting “drug addicts and neo-Nazis.” Perhaps Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has smoked a joint in his day but as a Jew he’s certainly no neo-Nazi. Putin’s loose use of epithets is reminiscent of Stalin’s during the Great Terror in the thirties. Thousands of people were sent to an early grave for being Hitler’s spies-when many were Jewish. Ironically-and quite tellingly-seven months ago, in July 2021, Putin’s government passed legislation making it a crime to equate Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Over the long years of his rule, many Russians became “Z”ombies, as Putin’s enemies dub them. They believe the Kremlin’s propaganda and support its war in Ukraine. Α month into the hostilities, however, more and more people are turning off the television and switching on their brains. They see their president’s folly and crimes. They see that they are waist-deep in the cesspool Putin dug for them. The refrigerator will beat the television in Mother Russia. So far the anti-war protests are by people with a university education, most of whom are liberal. They are immediately arrested. Interesting, though, the police quickly release most of them. This is weakness masquerading as noblesse oblige. Despite Putin’s Goebbelsian rhetoric about “purifying” Russia of “traitors,” the smarter siloviki, or “strongmen,” that is, members of the military, police and FSB, recognize the dangers of pressuring a discontented people too much. Some analysts argue that if Putin remains in power he’ll have to turn to China as a supplicant. They say Russia will become China’s vassal and that Chinese merchants and peasants will populate Siberia’s endless tracts of fertile, global-warming-thawed land. They believe Orwellian state capitalism will be imposed on Russia and corrupt businesspeople will be executed, as they are in China. With the exception of Chinese migration into Siberia, which is not new, this scenario is highly unlikely. It clashes with the entire dynamic of Russian history. From Byzantine times through Peter the Great and Lenin’s communists, Russia has identified with the West. Even at the peak of the Cold War, the country was never as isolated as it is today. Vladimir Putin has made his people feel like international pariahs. Even if a silovik isn’t found to arrest or kill the Master of the Kremlin, there are two formidable nemeses waiting around the corner for him. Disgruntled workers, many of whom are employed in the country’s large and politically neuralgic public sector, will take to the streets. Russia’s business class is another serious enemy now that the ruble has been destroyed. These people are now sworn foes of Putin’s. Sooner rather than later, the regime in Moscow will be replaced by a Western-looking government that will strive to be as unlike Putin as possible. Looking far down this road, the war in Ukraine may have opened the door for the eventual dismantling or collapse of NATO. The consequences of this war are enormous and reach far beyond Ukraine or Russia. The world middle class will receive its coup de grace and poor countries will suffer terrible privations. There will be anger and polarization everywhere, especially in China and the US, where inequality is extreme. Social stability will be shattered. Rather than a new world war, what we may be witnessing is the stage setting for world turmoil and revolution, with people in the US, China, Europe, India, Iran, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina all synchronously demanding drastic change. Again, apologies for my long-windedness and KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK (so long as you stay safe).

[@eveleconomakis2850]

@@Nina-bz2tf Yeah, they both have about as much chance of surviving as a snowball in hell.

[@thorbergson]

This trust in the workers turning against Putin is woefully misplaced. I've read a bit about Hitler's rise to power, but how it was possible kept eluding me. Okay, so everyone was poor, inflation was rampant, but couldn't they see the war would never make them better off? Now, this disaster has provided me an object lesson. People are happy with anyone doing anything to them, as long as they are given somebody they can feel superior to. This is, for example, how blue-collar whites felt about the Blacks in the US. But the ultimate superiority is the power to kill. This is how most of poorer Russians view the current Ukrainian bloodshed. With glee. I never thought I would live to see a woman cheering on a bombing of a kindergarten or a children's hospital. The way the country has descended into fascism is utterly horrifying. Unless the zinc coffins come en masse, I don't see an awakening coming. The Hitlerjügend fought to the last day.

[@eveleconomakis2850]

@@thorbergson We shall see. Most Russian workers are in the public sector and when they hit the streets it'll be like 1905 after Russia's defeat to Japan.

[@thorbergson]

@@eveleconomakis2850 As the saying goes, your words to God's ears. Though if it happens, it won't be pretty.

[@ladybug5859]

Economakis very interesting. WHAT I see you have done is to posit a Revolution as opposed to a World war. I have known for many a year that revolution is what is feared by governments not war because war changes nothing. Case-in-point, the American Revolution. THE English like to call it the WAR of independence but that would be something very little and it's NOT what occurred. It was a revolution and as they say it was a shout heard around the world. MANY other revolutions occurred at that time or shortly thereafter. I feel so deeply for the Ukrainian people and all the death and destruction they are having to live through and sometimes I wonder if Washington is just waiting for the Russian people to rise up against Putin and their leaders. I don't know if Washington thinks that long-term quite frankly but if it does, then and only then, maybe the tremendous death and destruction in Ukraine is worth it because Russia must be changed and transformed or this will never cease happening. THAT said, although you say that NATO is imploding, what we say in the States is that NATO has gotten much stronger and I do see evidence of that because ALL the border states with Russia are very much afraid of invasion and that would include non-NATO nations like Sweden Finland and Austria who now are seriously considering requesting NATO membership. I truly think that NATO will only cease to exist when Russia as we know it ceases to exist. Even with a revolution I don't foresee a democracy similar to what was occurring in Ukraine. WHY? 2 Reasons. THE first is geographic: because it's such a vast land and including places like Siberia which are very difficult to survive in and so democracy would find it difficult to seed itself n flourish. Secondly, due to its history which has never ever had a democracy nor an independent form of government which is mandated by a democracy. I listened to the history of Rus which is a two-hour program on the web and I found it fascinating. Basically they said that was the difference between Russia and Ukraine: in Ukraine the land has experienced many wars and many people crossing its terrain but always they fought for FREEDOM while in Russia to the northl, Moscow to be specific, they never fought for FREEDOM. They were conquered by one dictator after the other. WHAT do you think?

[@vKarl71]

This is a terrific series. One of the many things you can glean from this informative interview is how the American press's shameful obsession with personality prevents them from understanding the big picture, and the deep picture. It's great that Schulmann points out that the Russian govt is not just one man. Also, I love that she refuses to speculate about what is going on in other people's heads. We need more of that.

[@duchessofessex2550]

She is absolutely brilliant and has answered so many questions I have had about Russia and how Putin is where he is.

[@paulogauge8783]

Do you think she comes there unprepared!

[@RR-et6zp]

watch the new tsar by bbc

[@מיכאלמרטיןבנדיקטוס]

She has intelligent and kind eyes

[@4455matthew]

She's incredible.

[@estebandomanova]

Schulman for RF President in 2024

[@TheSapphire51]

Yes Russia needs an intelligent woman like this as President. Utterly impressive.

[@Youlovesky_Max]

2030

[@Marina-w7s9l]

There's an Ostrovsky's play called "Storm" which we all know from school since it is a part of the educational program in Russia. So its main character's name is Katerina, she's called "a gleam of light in the dark kingdom". Yekaterina Schlumann's videos are popular in russian KZbin, and the commentators often call her that🙌🏻❤️ just saying 😅

[@PadfootHolmes]

Oh yeah, so true! I’ve never thought about it

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Pray for this woman and her husband - (for) people who have so much courage!

[@thereznikovs]

Great interview. Ms. Schulmann is extremely knowledgeable.

[@twohornedpuppet85]

With more people like her Russia can have a great future.

[@BadgerDave]

I really enjoyed this one, i could listen to her for hours. Bravo, Frontline!

[@wonka4]

She looks like a time travelling intellectual from a couple centuries back

[@sparrowhawkerdesigns]

Such an insightful interview. I love how forthcoming she is.

[@cheshirecat7289]

Dear Ekaterina, thanks a lot for the bringing the light of your knowledge! And also i want to admit, your English is perfect. Thank you for improving my English and extending my English vocabulary.

[@DashieDe]

Давно смотрела интервью, но пришла почитать восторженные комментарии. Судя по всему, Екатерина Михайловна производит на всех такое впечатление))

[@sellogu]

This woman needs to be heard out loud in this world.

[@collinfraser1218]

Ms Shulmann is an impressive guest ! Especially how articulate she is in English, covered a lot of territory ! She is a reminder though in the shadows, Russia has huge resource of educated wide awake people. Here’s hoping they find their way out, to replace the madmen ! 🇨🇦🙏🇺🇦

[@gurvantsev]

From this whole series of episodes this is the only one (that I watched so far) which is very close to how it actually is because Schulmann is speaking about the facts, not about her own opinion. And I'm interested in others' opinions, the problem is e.g. Albats and Zygar are talking about their own POVs as facts and make too many assumptions.

[@pergamonrecordings]

what are you trying to say,,,say it ouloud...you spinner....

[@MErwin]

You can read and write yet too dumb?

[@pergamonrecordings]

No asking you to be explict instead of asking if something is a coincidence -- accusing people of spinning while doing it yourself...

[@MErwin]

I've set the tone. It's up to you to make up your mind. You know, there are bad people out there that will paint you bad by saying that you are anti-semetic for saying stuff freely.

[@pergamonrecordings]

Saying freely that the ethnicity of a group is responsible for the utterance and actions of individuals is like saying that whites are the problem of racism and colonialsm, whereas any dominant group would have taken the opporrunity in the 16-20th century -- taking the advantage of superiority. You are fighting against your own agenda!

[@phillipleconte3715]

posting these raw interviews provides a invaluable public service. thank you

[@erichodge567]

These "Putin Files" interview should be required viewing for everyone at this point in history.

[@pergamonrecordings]

I love this woman:-) The interviewer is (in all interviews of the series) fishing if it comes to the appartment bombings but never explicitly...and she just asks him...what is your question?

[@LN-fi1nf]

"...the period of tectonic change .." How beautifully she handles the language. If only Americans valued education so much that it allows more of them to master their own language with similar ability.

[@ksyushasam]

Yes, as for Russian her English is very very good. I'd like to speak like she do

[@eeveedee7842]

Agreed!

[@ghrian7515]

She borrowed that from earlier in the interview though. Wish Russians would pay more attention to what is said when.

[@petebrandon8164]

What a clever perceptive woman- I can watch her interview again and again; also the intrviewers probing questions stimulated her reflections so well. Bravo!

[@michelevee9238]

She is brilliant. Thank you, Yekaterina for your intelligent insights and calm delivery. Она великолепна. Спасибо, Екатерина, за умные мысли и спокойное изложение. (I'm trusting google translate here. Я доверяю гугл-переводчику здесь )

[@TheAszhani]

I have listened her in Russian many times and I am really surprised how good is her English.

[@PadfootHolmes]

Me too. It happens after school she studied abroad in a college in Canada

[@xino_z]

Her English is better than many native speakers. :)

[@keelyevans4695]

Thank you both very much for sharing your comments!

[@zsn75]

Очень интересное интервью. Катерина, мне так кажется, по английски я вас понимаю лучше чем по русски. Вы говорите медленнее, мысли выражены точнее. так мне кажется)

[@redacted-mw]

Да это просто лайфхак интервьюерам Екатерины!

[@vintprox]

I agree, English is mostly unequivocal and raw. I see a lot of change in people trying to express thoughts in foreign language, it's amazing! 👍

[@letnievechera]

Это забавно☺️

[@cheshirecat7289]

Зато в интервью на английском вы не услышите от Екатерины такие забавные выражения, как, например, "горюшко и бедулька" и "второй такой очаровашка вам не найти" :)

[@markoldys]

bullshit она бы в русском не сказала🤣

[@narkelnaru2710]

The Russian interviewees in this series were outstanding. Superb. I feel elevated, hopeful and chastened.

[@AlexanderDunetz]

Yekaterina must be exiled to Yekaterinburg and executed Romanov style for practicing such an unintelligibly violent accent against the English language. Her accent ranks with the most ghastly accents of England. Now she is talking about Hillary Clinton ..... Does she know that Hillary Rodham Clinton is the daughter of defector Soviet Army major General Alexander Rodimtsev ? Why bother asking She's not gonna ever be able to make an honest reply.

[@narkelnaru2710]

@@AlexanderDunetz Wow ! I don't know if you're from the IRA or Breitbart. Whatever Clinton is/was, she was infinitely better than the orange idiot. That was a FSB jackpot.

[@lucasbx1012]

Brilliant woman, brilliant analyse and brilliant responses!! Not so much the tv interviewer I must say, he is not at the same level as her

[@bobbiemiller8317]

Love these ladies from the other side in this series. They're so direct & literal & specific.

[@davisoneill]

The good effect of a Soviet education.

[@MikeL-7]

This lady does not tolerate fools gladly. I like her. 👍

[@yanakim746]

Thanks God for giving us Ekaterina Shulman ❤️

[@nielshoogev1]

What a beautiful mind. She seems to have a unique perspective on everything discussed.

[@fortuna7469]

She is amazing. Love from Finland.

[@karenrilke4718]

I love Ekatarina Michailovna. Listening to her on her KZbin channel is a challenge for non native speakers. She speaks so fast.But it is worth the efford. She's just brilliant.

[@too_emm]

It's a huge challenge for many native speakers as well, believe me :)

[@vredda1]

Doesn't speed control option help? )

[@bigthinks2290]

One of the outstanding Russian women!

[@xino_z]

That bit about the external locus of control being a sort of psychological disorder... that alone was so important and prescient. It was toward the end of the first half of her interview

[@herm1tt]

Yekaterina is a ray of bright intelligent guiding light for all of us, people, who need to see through the dark today.

[@melbenjochico]

I have to be honest here, some interview-documentaries are boring because there is nothing entertaining. anyways, as I go along listening to Ekaterina, you will never get bored, the way she express factual events and its rhetoric is very good to the ears, very intelligent presentation and explanation , and later yes, her beauty will make you mesmerize (haha). This 5yr.old interview feels politically like a current-date interview. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@vredda1]

For many Russians, she is kind of a goddess of healthy mind )

[@estherwiskel6550]

An intellectual. Truth Sayer👏👏👏

[@andreasaltelli7710]

Excellent! A pleasure to hear.

[@marianlenehan9618]

Brilliant interview. Thank you

[@ТатьянаПанфилова-ш2ч]

Yekaterina Shulman one of the bravest women in Russia. Love her Екатерина Шульман прекрасна. Она говорит правду

[@irinasafina9873]

Wow, the interview happened 4 years ago, and I caught it only today... Ekaterina speaks English with same clearness as she does it in Russian. Extraordinary Russian woman!

[@curtiswebb8135]

I love her way with words.... So honest.

[@faulker2p]

This was perfect thank you

[@ABar-u2b]

She’s amazing, always love her analysis

[@patrickemmett6269]

what a brilliant person!

[@akkisz]

she is amazing! really interesting what she says. now she is declared a "foreign agent". what a shame. keep going ekaterina !

[@pepechen]

Thankyou PBS, just wonderful material, I particularly love the lenght of it, very thorough, I love it.

[@tatianasimonchik8778]

Какая умница. My best analyst

[@catc8927]

I found 53:20 to be the most useful insight into Russian state TV’s obsession with what’s going on in other countries. It’s not a desire for approval or to one-up another country. It’s yet another manifestation of internal politics driving what looks like foreign policy.

[@mihaelapopescu3160]

Yekaterina Schulmann is brilliant 👍.

[@nozababaev1365]

Вижу Екатерину Михайловну ставлю лайк 👍🏻

[@woodywoodlstein9519]

So smart. Brave.

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

I love to hear her talk. She is very sharp.

[@vintovkin]

Interview Yekaterina again please!

[@cavaliermama56]

I find it illuminating to hear history from a Russian point of view. Thank you.

[@LiMarie25]

We love Ekaterina!!!

[@NastyaNearMoscow]

Thank you so much!

[@111cheyanne]

Amazing Interview. Amazing Insight, Excellent Questions... thank you both ..

[@eternaldelight648]

So far this looks like the only person on the list who breaks down the unbelievable prejudice of American journalists with intelligent, rational, realistic argument.

[@pergamonrecordings]

Ravel...I always get a bad taste in my mouth when Russians talk about the prejudice of American journalists...sure its there...they answer the questions of the American people (its mostly commercial press) and Americans love entertainment and simple solutions to complicated problems -- simple perspectives in terms of their own moral delusions etc. But there is a lot of good info they bring to bear which (with some knowledge of American political ideology) is decipherable. Only few Russian journalists in mainstream media do the same and Russian selfcentred ideology is rife in most Russian political discourses. There is also no internationally oriented mediafirm rooted in Russia that adds to the understanding of geopolitical realities in a constructive way. So --though i do not disagree thet American journalists are biased -- it seems absurt to point in that direction first. The latter reflex actually comes close to legitimising the cynical Putin doctrine declairing that all media are biased and so they better be that....so you can choose the preferred opinion.

[@cd4429]

trolling in russia... pathetic!

[@badunius_code]

The take on post-truth and informational/media revolution feels almost as if it is ahead of its time I am surprised they've touched it 5 years ago, and in my opinion their assessment is on point

[@SS-iy5zo]

Very smart. An actually smart person.

[@DarkoFae]

Amazing interview ✨

[@ldld2465]

Absolutely brilliant

[@silastorquato]

The most insightful interview of this series.

[@phillylifer]

Breath of fresh air that we get to listen to an analyst rather than an apologist

[@jujijiju6929]

Of all the Russia 'experts' I've seen in this series of interview, her and the other Russian journalist Albats seem the best informed.

[@maybememory1]

This woman is killing the vocabulary game, in what I assume is her second language. Also, the ‘lesser demons’ comment made me giggle 🤣

[@Blonde111]

She is extremely astute… learned alot

[@Makrania]

Вы замечательно взяли интервью

[@JDzele]

45:14 on post-truth, hierarchies of truth, consumers/producers of content, Gutenberg press... brilliant.

[@BreckThePanther]

Damn she's smart.

[@robertsyrett1992]

I appreciate the emphasis on material conditions influencing events and the de-emphasis of "great man" narratives.

[@antoniodesimone5097]

WHAT A LECTURE!

[@Seshihal]

The Goddess will bless KZbin algorithms for Yekaterina Mikhailovna in such an unexpected place She is wonderful

[@Sandrilyonaify]

Ekaterina is iconic. Love listening to her, no matter what language she speaks)

[@alexl92]

To get the full extend of Shulman’s “machine gun fire” style of delivery, switch to 1,25 (for the first time viewer) playblack speed. Her brain functions at 1,5 times of speed of a normal human.

[@meshgraphics]

I couldn't help but replace Russia with United States in most everything she said. Who will get the oligarchs to respect the law?

[@galinagreen6622]

Oh, she’s soooo good! 💖💖💖

[@terencewinters2154]

Very cogent analysis.

[@srmxe417]

Exquisite interview(ee)

[@natdell148]

Wow! So on point! Excellent interviewee!