Putin's Road to War: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE

In an interview for the FRONTLINE documentary “Putin’s Road to War,” journalist Julia Ioffe discusses Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine - and why she believes the Russian leader is now “more dangerous than he’s ever been at any point in the last 22 years.”
“What he has opened up with this invasion is unthinkable,” Ioffe tells FRONTLINE. “And because he is losing and because the sanctions and the Ukrainians are humiliating him, because he is backed into a corner, he is the most dangerous he has ever been, because it is now existential for him.”
Julia Ioffe is an American journalist who was born in Russia. She is a writer for and founding partner of the media company Puck. She previously reported on politics and world affairs for The Atlantic.
This interview was conducted by FRONTLINE’s Mike Wiser on March 3, 2022. It has been edited for clarity and length.
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[@dilaur2983]

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[@aliciagarses9470]

Why is "paranoia" to have asked to the NATO to stop installing military bases surrounding Russia? don't pretend to be a fool we are not fools! at least I see this is just gaslighting and deforming the reality: NATO and the U.S have been breaking the agreements that Russia and the U.S. had back in 1991. Why this Julia is not mentioning the United States bombed Yugoslavia without the authorization of the U.N and the EU? How the NATO have not been threatening russia? they have been surrounding them with military bases for the last 30 years!!

[@aliciagarses9470]

All this is because U.S. wanted to increade their economy by stealing the business of the natural gas of Russia. Ukraine was only the scape goat

[@dinamaksimova9359]

@@aliciagarses9470 I guess that's our "new normal". Statements only. No proves. No reasons. But ... all KZbin knows what Putin thinks, believes, wants and is fantacising about.

[@godanddevil.5331]

IF PUTIN GOT BALLS THEN HE SHOULD GO FOR WAR WITH AMERICA

[@rabblelevin6923]

We need more interviews like this where there is sufficient time on the clock and the expert is allowed to talk at length uninterrupted. That was an actual professorial explanation into Putin's probable mindset by someone steeped in the nuances of the matter.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

It's only one person's opinion. It's a qualified opinion, to be sure, but professionals steeped in the nuances of what they study frequently disagree and see things a great deal differently. Putin could be where she really shines, but I don't know. I do know that I've listened to her on other topics and at times was struck by just how much of an unquestioning/standard-issue 2000s collegiate mind she had. (This is a major hazard of attending a prestigious university-you trust everything you learn there, including the mistaken prejudices common among your fellow students, who are just leaving adolescence.) Not that I disagree with you, though. I do agree.

[@victorcates9330]

I would have preferred that they ask a couple more questions. There's been some focus elsewhere on Merkel having miscalculated (and Biden going along with this) and people claiming that Trump had made some accurate remarks on Germany's energy situation. A focus on the US doesn't address the role of Europe in filling Russia's coffers and putting them in a situation where - in the aftermath of pandemic related economic effects - they want their economies to return to life and are deeply compromised (Europe using Russian hydrocarbons and Britain regarded as morally compromising via banking). The other question where she kinda goes both ways is where this comes from. She addresses Putin's prior remarks, but there's a split on people who claim "this isn't the same Putin we knew" (which lets them off the hook) and others who regard him as always having wanted this (but having manipulated envoys and journalists etc). So I've noted experts who observe Putin initially sounded like he wanted to make Russia more liberal and others who say that he controls western perceptions (can be charming as needed, threatening when he feels like it etc). So I appreciate the journalism (and letting her talk at length) but would have liked some questions to test how her thesis responded to complications. These would have added nuance or allowed her to address why she thinks other narratives are wrong (and strengthen her position). To be clear, I found this interview to be profoundly interesting, but I've seen a bunch of other credible commentators (or at least people with decent bona fides) with disparate opinions. It's because I hold the interviewee in high regard that I'd want her thoughts on other narratives.

[@jaykay1053]

@@dixonpinfold2582 I encourage you to watch all of the episodes of the PBS series that aired on KZbin 4 years ago. This may give you the multi-dimensional view that you’re looking for. The Putin Files

[@cgsather3309]

@@jaykay1053 I watched all of them a couple of years ago. With one exception (don’t remember who), they were all shamelessly one sided, like they had been produced by the press office of the Department of State during the Obama administration. The entire series seemed like a hit job.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@jaykay1053 I saw The Putin Files shortly after it aired and watched it with great interest. Then I watched it again a year or two ago.

[@carriew92]

I think this woman encompasses EVERYTHING that so many of us have been looking for in a true journalist. Hats off to this woman. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@diosmios186]

she doesn't just encompass what you want in a journalist, she's also everything you could want in a woman, incredibly sharp, intelligent, beautiful independent woman

[@walterlefferts6297]

SHe tells it LIKE it IS No Bullshit !

[@Pinko-Diamond]

@bhakta_joe while Abby Martin is amazing and had done more work then this lady. She definitely has a strong amero-centric bias.

[@sheripaisley5263]

100%

[@peterhenman2662]

@@froggylegspeople Everything came out when Trump was investigated. Barr ran interference and the Senate did the rest. She makes total sense. Let me guess, you support Putin.

[@johnfraser4893]

Unbelievable that this interview is 10 months ago. It could've been minutes ago. Well done Julia, very respect for your insight...

[@MPP241]

I suspect she reads the NYT!

[@wncoulte]

We requested you, Julia Loffe!!! Thank You so much for coming back. You're Awesome!!!

[@darrenprior6339]

One of the most engaging, fascinating interviews I've ever watched. I could have listened to Julia all day. Very clear, and intelligent. Brilliant

[@situated4]

Nice cans too.

[@MAchannel2024]

@@situated4 really? U must be 12

[@joeking433]

She's amazing!

[@sg5720]

@@situated4 yah- you single and lonely. 🤦🏽

[@alexanderiliev9802]

@@situated4 Yeah, this comment will definitely get you canned. Get ready for a Socialist Justice gulag because you objectify women.

[@dooleyh158]

I could listen to her all day. What a breath of fresh air to listen to an intelligent, eloquent woman.

[@themuckler8176]

She's a globalist clown 🤡

[@rickhicks2445]

Brilliant reporting, that young lady (Julia Loffe) was gobsmackingly honest, I will never regret spending 40 minutes watching this, more people should see this. Thank you FRONTLINE, thank you Julia Loffe.

[@jason1656]

This is hands-down the best interview in the whole series. Julia Ioffe is a magnificent journalist

[@HKim0072]

Listen to her on the Larry Wilmore podcast. The most entertaining and a bit funny breakdown of the war.

[@danadams6477]

I agree.

[@grittychops6755]

She’s a duper, and your the fooled.

[@KanakarisGeorge]

@@grittychops6755 Source ?

[@EvoraGT430]

@@grittychops6755 You're, dummy

[@superbri007]

This is the first I've heard of Julia Ioffe and she is top shelf. I learned more about this whole situation, Putin, and Russia from a 47 minute video with her expertise than from any other source. It's refreshing how candid and organic she is, yet articulate as well.

[@155gerard]

I agree, beyond brilliant young woman, Incredible. Would make a great Secty of State

[@LNMarls]

She's definitely top shelf. I'd make babies with her 💯

[@rogersutton1768]

I concur completely.

[@PatrickBatefan]

putin live in American head 24/7 rent free

[@MrGercela64]

Julia Loff e is an activist anti-putin and AntiRusian, Don't take her statements as true, A journalist and Activist at same time the objectivity is totally at compromised. You can tell how she speak with terrible resentment.

[@paulnunya3429]

Julia is amazing, intelligent and human. Pure intelligence with a humble presence. I love her interviews.

[@MrGercela64]

I doubt her objectivity. Wake up my friend she is an activist totally AntiPutin, you can see how she speaks with totally resentmet .. The work of a Journalist who is at same time an Activist, should be considered not objective.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@MrGercela64 Oh please. Journalists can judge the subjects they cover and still manage their bias, in the same sense that historians who are 'anti-Hitler' don't for that reason have anything wrong with them as historians. My problems with her are her elite campus-y hipsterism and her ridiculously obvious, uh, lifestyle foible.

[@RR-et6zp]

its common sense

[@johnj8683]

I watched this shortly after the video was release and was very impressed. Now, a year later, it’s still spot-on.

[@johnduarte1428]

Two weeks on, the worm has turned.

[@b.terenceharwick3222]

Julia Loffe is a testament to what real journalism can look like today.

[@vidalskyociosen3326]

Not L , it’s letter I

[@HeyGuy4321]

It's creamy 🤤

[@danmarquez3971]

Julia is absolutely amazing! Her intelligence, wisdom, understanding, and articulation is impressive!!!

[@mickbond2895]

that's because u r stupid

[@ulrichulrich364]

and extreordinarily pretty, I may add

[@uggadugga8070]

@@ulrichulrich364 Yes, smart, HOT and down to earth!

[@HeyGuy4321]

She's to young to have wisdom but is smart

[@HeyGuy4321]

Baby making material right there.

[@robertginsburg8113]

Thanks for giving Julia the time to unwind all she has studied and give us a succinct look into Putin and the Kremlin. It's obvious the weight of the burden she carries for the people of Ukraine and Russia. You can see the pain in her face as she brings this stuff to the surface. Thank you Julia. Your voice on this subject is undeniably important.

[@jamesjoseph8343]

Olllkllo

[@sirshep4915]

what an incredible interview. this woman is amazingly insightful

[@Codetutor-DemystifyCoding]

Absolutely riveting interview. I am going to search more of her interview and binge watch them. Such eloquence, clarity of thought. Probably one of the best long interview I have seen in long time and didn’t get bored for a moment.

[@freethinker284]

No, it was absolute garbage. The lady is nothing more than a grifting propagandist.

[@Bisquick]

Lol, man how does this kind of shit work on people...before I flesh out why this is largely bullshit emotional rhetoric, as Atzlan was vaguely suggesting, with little grains of truth covering up a larger and more revealing context ("limited hangout"), I'll answer my own question and suggest people read Manufacturing Consent by Chomsky/Herman, Ukraine is a perfect example of a "worthy victim" in that text. Also, disclaimer, this isn't apologia/justification for the invasion, my only point here is to describe why this whole thing is _infinitely_ more complicated than the flattened palimpsest of history presented here which amounts to "US good, Putin bad" while simultaneously whitewashing the vastly more reprehensible crimes of the US corporate empire (lol my god, she even mentions the proxy conflicts in Nicaragua, El Salvador, et al. but leaves out of course the forces instigating and directing these conflicts at the behest of corporate/finance capital, the CIA - a perfect example of how a limited hangout functions to abstract away any grounded material realities behind a veil of emotionally driven nebulous speculation/nonsense - see Operation Condor, basically the Monroe Doctrine 2: no sovereignty for you). I mean like, if one wants to claim Putin is Hitler as the corporate media is brazenly pushing, despite being a tenuous analogy at best (woah they both invaded, what a parallel...literally where this parallel ends) but whatever, that's fine, but then extrapolating such a weak comparison would mean the US is Hitler x 1,000,000. To pretend US hegemony/global empire _doesn't even exist_ is quite the feat of "misinformation", simultaneously surprising and not at all surprising as this was very intentionally constructed, to quote -demonic arcon- CIA director William Casey in his hubris describing the efficacy of Operation Mockingbird, _"We'll know our disinformation campaign is complete when everything believed by the American public is false."_ Surely he's giving two thumbs up in hell, which is probably hard to distinguish from the world he helped create for us all, but I clearly digress, let me flesh this out a bit as I certainly don't fault anyone for not knowing this stuff as a capital-L Liberal cultural hegemony ideologically obscures even looking at what is really just hidden in plain sight at this point. The US is the global hegemon...we do imperialism by merely existing and as the "consumer of last resort" at the end of the global supply chain (that we enforce/coerce militarily/financially) to absorb capitalism's inevitable overproduction through cheap consumption or of course, as it relates here, through war and arms sales (military Keynesianism, the only button we can push at this point clearly). We accomplish this through the Bretton-Woods international financial system, leveraged by the US post-WWII by being the only industrialized nation-state _not_ bombed to shit and effectively taking the imperial baton from the British and their pound sterling, cementing the dollar as the "global reserve currency" and through the IMF/World Bank and its post-'71 (Nixon shock) -debt peonage/resource/labor control austerity policy- "structural adjustment" programs lend capital in dollar loans under the stipulation of absolute control of labor/markets/resources by US capital, "an offer they can't refuse" essentially - any nation-states refusing to bend the knee like Cuba (see: Operation Mongoose, Operation Northwoods a perfect template for the US "detachment strategy" aka the "strategy of tension", merely was prevented by Kennedy), Venezuela (sitting on the largest oil reserve in the world, what a coincidence), Iran (which we couped in '53 installing the Shah to prevent oil nationalization, shocker, Operation AJAX), et al. of course gets unilaterally sanctioned (we have sanctions on like 1/3rd of the world currently) and excluded from the global trade network run at our behest _at the minimum_ , but also perpetually coup-ed by the CIA or just overtly invaded. Aka "freedom" and "democracy" lol...I mean John Mearsheimer has been screaming about a war in Ukraine for decades, hell William Burns (now CIA director) has a cable you can read leaked by wikileaks that notes how consciously Russian security was known to be threatened by NATO expanding eastward and revealing how this was deliberately exploited for US interests, well US corporate/finance capital's interest that is (reneging James Baker's promise to Gorbachev in '91 promising NATO would not expand "one inch eastward", which one can read the transcript of in the natsec archives). So idk, let me do a rough sketch of some more historical reference points as there's an infinite amount of angles to get at all this, importantly this is grounded in _material_ reality to cut through rhetorical nonsense and so hopefully one can triangulate a fleshed out understanding of all this: Operation Gladio ("stay behind" fascist paramilitary "in case of Soviet invasion" ostensibly, "strategy of tension", see Aldo Moro's assassination & the bologna bombings blamed on the red brigades, aka the "years of lead" in Italy, insane honestly), Operation Cyclone (in the late 70s/80s before/after/during the Saur revolution in Afghanistan, the CIA funded/trained the Salafi-jihadist mujahideen separatists to, in the words of Zbigniew Brzezinski its cold-warrior architect, "give the USSR its own Vietnam", that insurgent faction later fractures into Al Qaeda and the Taliban..."oops"), Guatemala in '54 (Operation PBSUCCESS, modest land reform by democratically elected Arbenz, origin of term "banana republic" with United Fruit Company directly connected to Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, et al. which again she mentioned in passing leaving the implication that these were somehow connected to the USSR or something), Lumumba in the Congo (famous pic of JFK crying over this as he supported Lumumba's vision of a unified Africa, the CIA carrying this out right before he took office so he couldn't cancel it as he would have, corroborated by his cancellation of Operation Northwoods false flag for invasion of Cuba...gee, weird that guy got his head blown off and LBJ escalates Vietnam, what a coincidence lol...), Sukarno in Indonesia (The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins documents the grotesque genocide of at least 1,000,000 civilians at the hands of CIA-directed paramilitary - also check out the Phoenix Program in Vietnam, really "cool" stuff, can't imagine why the USSR was so paranoid...and yeah, sarcasm, hopefully obvious lol), the _first_ 9/11 in 1973 in Chile ousting democratically elected Allende to install Pinochet's military dictatorship, I mean sadly the tip of the imperialist iceberg here (realizing I'm gonna write a book before I'm done honestly lol), but I guess my point is "terrorism" is and has been cultivated to serve the perpetuation of capitalism and US hegemony immediately post-WWII. I mean really in the most important ways, the nazis didn't lose WWII, the only distinction between the US neoliberal corporate empire and the third Reich fascist project seems more aesthetic/ideological than anything else, chopping off the visceral ultranationalist id in favor of a generic "cost-effective" corporate sheen (unconsciously serving "the market" gods essentially, all possibility strictly bounded to profitability; Sheldon Wolin's conception of "inverted totalitarianism" elaborates this well). Hell, the US absorbs the _literal_ nazi leadership in things like Operation Paperclip and the ratlines to south america, putting many of them like Reinhard Gehlen, Paul Schafer (instrumental in Pinochet's ascension), Klaus Barbie (France/Bolivia), Otto Skorzeny (basically nazi james bond), et al. on the -SS 2.0 for transnational corporate/finance capital- CIA's payroll. NATO is an arms distribution network for the military industrial complex and essentially the public face of a European sphere of US domination, covertly enforced by the template of Operation Gladio, its mission as succinctly put by its first secretary general was/is to "keep the Americans in, the Germans down, and the Russians out". If not apparent from all of this, as it relates to Ukraine, conveniently there was a leaked phone call from Victoria Nuland to the Ukrainian ambassador during the '14 maidan uhh..."revolution" (I would say coup as though it starts with peaceful demonstrations it ends with an unconstitutional ousting of Yanukovych and is backed by the US/regional oligarchs aligned with the west, as the sniper insanity/this phone call reveals), where she tells the ambassador "f*** the EU" (the only thing the corporate media focused on of course, to misdirect from the more revealing/damning elements of US domination over this entire region, I would say at least) and "magically" picks the Ukrainian president installed. She says, _“I don’t think Klitsch_ [Vitaly Klitschko] _should go into government… I think Yats_ [Arseniy Yatseniuk] _is the guy…“_ The immediate issue was whether to accept a loan from the IMF which was going to require a 40% increase in natural gas bills or to accept a loan from Russia with the inclusion of cheap oil and gas. The opposition wanted the Yanukovych government to take the EU/IMF loan. The opposition was comprised of different factions, undeniably including the neo-Nazi Svoboda Party and Right Sector, but right there is where it all connects to financial empire of the US, the IMF/World Bank are essentially the financial tentacles of US corporate empire worldwide. If we ask the _only_ political question of cui bono? (who benefits?) shocker, as usual, the military industrial complex; their only success is the rest of the world's defeat (climate change _alone_ my god...), the common ruin of the contending classes. Socialism or [continued] barbarism.

[@spencer5028]

Look into Julia Ioffe's ethnic background and then also look into the main belligerents pushing Ukraine into conflict (Zelenshki, Kolomoski, Victoria Nuland, Kagans, Bliken and Wendy Sherman). Go through their wiki bios and tell me what dots are connecting the gl0ballists. The have a deep hatred for Europeans and especially Russians (and Ukraines as well). Recommend checking out 200 Yrs Together and Kultura of Critique

[@koolaidimmunity4032]

@@freethinker284 You have to explain why you think that in order for anyone to take you serious. What do you know that she doesn’t?

[@rob9726]

@@Bisquick You know, if you wanted to say, "she glossed over all the context I think is important," you could've just said that.

[@davidsasvari1309]

This was 40 mins well spent! I didn't know who Julia Ioffe was. But I'd like to congratulate her. This is a remarkably insightful and informative interview... an analytical summary with great clarity of thought. Hats off & greetings from Hungary.

[@vodkaboy]

@@paulzx5034 "Foggy Bottom clerk" yo what "He is one of us." Servant of the People would have been better.

[@paulzx5034]

@@cubuffsfan4147 I believe UN count 500 dead civilians after two weeks. I remember same UN count 65.000 dead civilians after two weeks of your invasion in Iraq. You better shut your f*** up and look at what is REAL WAR means, not your carpet bombing everything colonial-style safari.

[@buddywilliams5650]

@@cubuffsfan4147 poop 💩 In 🚽. Putin's time is gonna come.

[@buddywilliams5650]

@@paulzx5034 Iraq was a sacrifice. Saddam Hussein killed and gassed his own people. Plus he treated his people like animals. I was very close to going in the military in 2004 right after a year later when I was supposed to graduate high school. Talked to a military officer looking for young men to die for old men. My uncle who I never got to meet died in Vietnam he was a Medic. Plus my great,great, grandfather was buried with a mini ball in his hip after the battle of Shiloh in 1862. Fighting for the CSA. My family has seen enough blood and guts.

[@buddywilliams5650]

@@paulzx5034 One Moore thing I was in the hospital for a week about five six years ago. And my roommate was a Iraqi Vet and the stories he told me was pure PTSD. I mean real life nightmares. I was surprised he opened up to me about his experience over there. The treatment he received was a real eye opener. I feel bad for the guy when he left I shook his hand and hugged him and said thank you for your service. He was a Puerto Rican about seven years older then me. His job was to deactivate bombs but he became color blind which is useless with IEDS. So they put him in the infantry. And he seen people blown to bits kids blowing them selfs up. He was shy at first and a little stand off but after a few days he opened up about his nightmares and PTSD. Which is what I suffer from also. I hope he doing ALot better be r knowing half the stuff he told me he's probably been dead for a few years. And he told me he hates Iraqi people. I told him it's not his fault it's the government's fault. Just like my neighbor old Henry hated the Germans. I picked him up from the hospital one time. And was told not to bring up the war. Henry fought at the Battle of the bulge in 1944. And he killed over 20 Germans. He seen ALot of his friends blown up and shot to bits. He brought back a MG-42 and some Scumbags stolen it from his home. He told me if he ever caught the person that did that to him he would kill them. Old Henry has been dead for years.

[@49prodog]

What a great interview, Julia! I really appreciate your historic knowledge and your unbiased commentary.

[@4X10S]

"historic knowledge and your unbiased commentary" For a shithole like CNN or MSNBC - yes. But she speaks no facts, she doesn't touch the dark side of Ukraine in this conflict and all she does is constant bashing on Putin that he's the sole reason of this war. Does this sound unbiased when you're not even trying to look for a reason of WHY this is happening and simply shove it under the rug as Russian propaganda and Putin mad he gonna nuke us all..

[@bhunjiboyy]

She is biased

[@jayspik6498]

She is completely biased..

[@richardstephens9647]

This is a great interview. Thank you Julia Ioffe for a concise and exemplary analysis.

[@tpreston8453]

This woman is freaking brilliant. I've watched dozens and dozens of hours of her interviews and lectures. An encyclopedic, scholarly mind.

[@carlamerritt490]

Yes! She's absolutely incredible. Such thorough and deep insight. I sure hope she or people of same caliber advising western actions now.

[@Av-vd3wk]

Pretty too!

[@jakebredthauer5100]

What religion is Putin?

[@michaelnguyen8166]

@@Av-vd3wk The last message she said that Putin will use Nuclear is scary shit.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@@michaelnguyen8166 Washington has been advancing on Moscow.

[@tabithabryan]

I can listen to her all day. Her Frontline interview 4 years ago is just as relevant to this present day as this one.

[@papatrev6465]

I just watched that three days ago and was blown away by her insights.

[@rosemullen1856]

All lies. She is great at it and it is absolutely scary how someone can change the whole story and sell Americans these lies. Nothing about the American led coup in 2014, assisting neo nazies to power murdering the east bombing the people they have 15 bio weapon labs along the border Putin asked them to stop repeatedly for 8 years, everything she says is a lie. This is why the US people have no idea what our leadership is really doing . Please research gif the truth do not get your info from TV shows. They call it the boob tube for a reason..

[@unicorn_6932]

So happy to see another interview with her!

[@Yomi4D]

@@rosemullen1856 Hey Einstein

[@stephensaines7100]

@@rosemullen1856 Say, weren't you at one of the Trucker rallies a few weeks back?

[@henrikmadsen6446]

This lady. She really knows her stuff and well spoken and perceives perspective. Fun fact: In Danish we got the Russian way of saying "round numbers". I leave a like to her and the journalists giving her a mic. Edit: Those final comments seems like a correct assessment - chilling realistic outcome.

[@nimanthanadunge4549]

wake up Henrik

[@VVsess]

She’s brilliant, well versed on the history and antics of leaders! Bravo and we need more people like you. Thank you 🙏 Julia and PBS

[@rogerfournier3284]

"SHE KNOW JUST ABOUT 12%, THAT'S ALL SHE KNOWS!

[@MDQBox]

Absolutely love all of Julia Ioffe's interviews. Great insight and analysis.

[@ValeskaTruax]

yes she is great

[@MDQBox]

@@JohnMoran Can you give examples or direct me to your sources?

[@buckin8969]

@@MDQBox He definitely cannot 😂

[@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN]

JESUS KNOCKS ON YOUR HEART AND LONGS FOR YOU TO ANSWER! HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE PERISH INTO HELL. GOD LOVES YOU SO HE GIVES YOU FREE WILL AND A CHOICE TO ACCEPT HIM OR REJECT HIM. TO LOVE HIM OR TO LOVE SIN/THIS WORLD. CALL UPON JESUS & ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS! SURRENDER YOUR WILL & YOUR LIFE TO HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN! PICTURE YOUR BEST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HEAVEN! NOW PICTURE YOUR WORST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HELL! HE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT IF YOU REJECT HIM, TOTAL SEPARATION FROM HIM & HIS BLESSINGS (LOVE, PEACE, JOY, HOPE, FRIENDS, FAMILY, REST, ETC). IN HELL YOU WILL BE ALONE, YOU WILL BE HOPELESS, YOU WILL BE IN DESPAIR & AGONY FOREVER! GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD, GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE AND LAID DOWN HIS LIFE AS AN OFFERING FOR ALL PEOPLE'S SINS! YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT ON JUDGEMENT DAY & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS. WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS! MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/PRIEST/MARY OR SAINT DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO IDOLS OR FALSE GODS DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ACTOR OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS! JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK SOON WITH JUDGEMENT! PREPARE YOURSELVES! IT'S NOT ABOUT RELIGION, TITHING, CHURCH... IT STARTS WITH ASKING HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS & INVITING HIM INTO YOUR HEART/LIFE, SURRENDER ALL TO HIM! IT'S ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CREATOR, DONT WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU! Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6 "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33 “For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23

[@verve4000]

@@JohnMoran she's not spewing Bunk, so she can't b "De-Bunked"

[@steveclarke1857]

My goodness she's remarkable. Her opinions and depth of knowledge are impressive. An excellent addition to the documentary.

[@j.ochsenreiter]

walking talking beautiful encyclopedia of Putin

[@BernieHollandMusic]

My goodness - how ignorant and stupid can people be ?

[@michaelmcilrath9466]

Absolutely powerful insights! Listening to Julia more than a year after this interview and this information is astounding.!

[@jaymesnin]

I agree. She's vrry intelligent. Shes very interesting to listen to

[@raypresley7965]

As a foreign policy major and concerned citizen, I am totally amazed by Julia Loffe. Very inciteful and articulate

[@kayakingirl7252]

Julia, if you're reading this, I am simply BLOWN AWAY by this interview. I've never seen or heard of you before and just was browsing, looking for new info on Putin/ Ukraine and am so glad I stumbled apon this. Your sense of humor and way of explaining this subject in layman's terms really got me hooked! Thank you so much!

[@denisefelton5207]

WORD

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

She did a great job. A very unique perspective on the situation

[@lillydogpoo65]

I hadn't heard of her before either til yesterday and I saw another Frontline interview from 2017.. watching it I have a better understanding 👍

[@nobody.123]

Go watch her interview *“Putin Files: Julia Ioffe”* from 2017. It’s basically the prologue to our present day/this interview.

[@audreylappan3046]

Sure anytime

[@suttonmatthew]

Julia Loffe nails down the entire situation with clarity and understanding.

[@mattjones8254]

Propaganda......Its no secret, the side putting out the most propaganda is the one loosing the war..... its always been that way. The Ukrainians will not win this war.

[@ellaavakova8093]

@@mattjones8254 you would know

[@ruoyuli4091]

she is speaking through the lens of the west, Not exactly an unbiased view of what's going on in russia

[@michelsavoie8262]

Not only does she express herself with ease, perspicacity, and intelligence but, in addition, she is pleasant to watch.

[@helgabaroness]

Because she is Russian…. Her English is perfect and Russian pronunciation of Russian names having no accent in Russian … WOW 😮

[@luth3713]

PBS/Frontline is THE best source of information available to the American people on matters of such importance.

[@peterstadler6217]

This woman is so bright and eloquent, she should play a major public role

[@michaelsize]

As fantastic as the full Frontline shows are, I've found these "unabridged" interviews to be incredible supplemental materials that offer so much additional and useful context. Incredible journalism, thank you.

[@robrowe9866]

Do you mean when the speakers have insight?

[@JoeCohenSaxophone]

Great for frontline binge watching!

[@thrownbear]

Things always Great when it fit your narrative NATO was created to keep the German down and the Russian out that facts, I seen those propaganda when they west was wagon war against Irag and Syria and Libya etc they always manage to justify because the West has MasterCraft they propaganda machine, NATO could avoid this war if they have tiny interest in peace ☮️, not the people of Ukraine paying the price so sad 😢I hope they come to peace 🕊️ agreement because only the poor people paying the price women and children, this to me nothing but tool to justify upcoming war

[@xino_z]

I vastly prefer these interviews to the documentaries. The documentaries are okay but leave so much out

[@stratocasterblue]

@DonaldJ Words came from her too ya know, geeez

[@EricBishard]

Please do more of these unabridged interviews, this is massively helpful to understand where we are today.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

We should probably try to get another perspective before we go to war with Russia.

[@user-vl5qh7zq6z]

@@jakebredthauer5100 сперва мы построим новую Югославию Потом проведём марш победы в Нью Йорке

[@amandaw6872]

Most of the Frontline documentaries have the full transparency interviews posted in playlists..... 😉

[@godanddevil.5331]

IF PUTIN GOT BALLS THEN HE SHOULD GO FOR WAR WITH AMERICA.....

[@jonv2911]

I’ve watched this great interview two times already, Julia Loffe is a top expert on the Russia-Ukrainian situation, so much information she gives here.

[@emmagriffin2802]

Wow. What an interview. Kudos to the interviewer who let her talk uninterrupted.

[@chemweapon]

These long-form interviews are great. Keep 'em coming!

[@jakebredthauer5100]

It seemed to me it was about Putin.

[@nothembagoldstein9428]

Hands down THE most comprehensive, logical and fact bearing opinion on Putin I have heard, EVER. Julia Ioffe presents horrific and disturbing facts in a calm graceful manner. My God. Her ability to analyze matters on the ground and give them a logical voice is a gift.

[@DickToles]

She should cover interracial violence in America next

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

@@DickToles Not her area of expertise.

[@nothembagoldstein9428]

@@DickToles Agree. She could easily. She would not be accepted in the position to do so being white and Jewish and female, but she is seriously phenomenal imo.

[@zforzone]

It’s Night and day, her interview compared to Meg Kelly’s on Sky Australia. Ms Kelly’s sounded gossipy and her feelings towards the Biden’s administration is intertwined with Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@@zforzone Judging by the results, she was hypnotic.

[@HannahTrapeze]

WOW. Powerhouse analysis. Possibly the best, most comprehensive I've heard so far, and since feb 24th I've been closely following the war, reading analyses of history, current events, people, military, etc etc.

[@lucdelhaize4029]

This is the second video that I am watching featuring this woman and frankly I am impressed with her knowledge, understanding and assessment of the whole Putin and Russia situation. She also has an amazing personal presence, but her last sentence is the most sanguine of the entire interview. I am now very worried.

[@juuze4581]

This is how you should conduct interviews. Let the person speak the whole point instead of most interviewers interrupting before they can finish providing fuller understanding with context

[@anitak3795]

Of course, she is allowed to speak. She says the western mainstream))

[@omarionflores5874]

I could listen to Julia talk about history all day! amazing interview.

[@maryleehillenbrand2152]

A very educational interview. Thank you Julia for helping me put perspective on this nonsensical war

[@graemehansard884]

Hi, this is one of the best documentaries I have ever heard on this subject. Well done Julia!!!

[@markanthony1972]

Julia is super advanced in her knowledge and experience 9n foreign affairs and more importantly Eastern Europe. She is a master communicator. I highly respect her. A very very smart woman. Wow....

[@waseatenbyagrue]

@EnjoyYour Life You get my future wife's name out of your mouth!

[@JR-playlists]

24:24 tRump is a traitor TRE45ON DOJ DYJ DO YOUR JOB!!!

[@xXxTeenSplayer]

She is amazing! It's almost too hard to pay attention to what she is saying because of how drop dead gorgeous she is though, just saying...

[@bryanemmel6516]

One of the best liars in the business!

[@waseatenbyagrue]

@@bryanemmel6516 What did she lie about?

[@wilhouts6173]

My favorite interview. Please have Ms Ioffe back. Very educational. Good sense of humor. Amazing match.

[@rogerfournier3284]

IT'S CIVILIZED TO WHAT SHE IS STATING ABOUT PUTIN. IN REALITY PUTIN WILL BE TRIED FOR "WAR CRIMES" AND WILL BE "SHOT IN THE HEAD" BY SOMEONE IN THE KREMLIN!

[@shanehenderson630]

The journalist we all need! So clear, concise and well explained 👏🏼

[@salembuckeye9030]

She is, by far, the most eloquent, deeply informed expert in this area. Her cultural background adds a depth that others do not possess.

[@djdrocco]

It reassures and comforts me that this woman exists and does what she does. I fervently wish people of this caliber were not so exceedingly rare.

[@andrei89er]

Well...invest in education, then.

[@seanmurphy26]

I was thinking the same thing! What a high caliber of woman!

[@kashatnick]

​@@andrei89er Its not education, its indoctrination, who is is favored in those systems now? The compliant. She skips over all geopolitical and historical realities and resorts to thinly veiled school yard female aggression, queen bee smears, attacks for reputational damage, reframing interactions to sway people to her narrative. But the proof that this is post hoc rationalization is simple, her favored administration did not have insight, it did not prepare, in fact it did the opposite, making the west even more dependent. Your gas prices and inflation will continue to prove it as it all becomes self inflicted damage. People of her caliber caused this, and unfortunately they are not rare.

[@djdrocco]

@Haung Jo Bad take, yo.

[@seanmurphy26]

@Haung Jo , just cuz they calibrated you "Hung Jo," doesn't mean you have to show off and wave it in our faces!!

[@KennyEvansUK]

Never seen or heard of Julia before. What an amazingly intelligent and articulate woman, so knowledgable on this subject. We need to get this info out there!

[@shanemac1646]

She was a huge pusher of "Havanna Syndrome" a made up sickness that a bunch of CIA goons made up when they were hungover. She's a HUUUUGE Dunce.

[@maroli8023]

@@shanemac1646 spot on Shane

[@skyhigh1154]

And beautifull to look at also ;)

[@Kitzkrieg]

@@shanemac1646 she's hawt af, so I'd listen to her babbling 😁

[@darrylpowell9361]

@@skyhigh1154 ya right with her 15 hairs on her head ,did you just get out of prison or something ??

[@luanloca6397]

Julia does a great job with these interviews! Keep them coming🙏

[@nwlondonmetaller3427]

An interview you do need to watch from beginning to end. Very informative and powerful.

[@CCCP1968]

I’ve been waiting for a long form interview from her since the war started. Thank you PBS 👍

[@tabithabryan]

Me too.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

Should Frontline try to get someone with an alternative point of view?

[@user-uj6pc7bc5t]

@@jakebredthauer5100 Ukrainian?

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@@user-uj6pc7bc5t United States should stop supporting Ukraine and Zelinski should end the war now, quit. Continued resistance is harmful to the Ukrainian people. Risking a nuclear war for humanitarian reasons does not make sense to me. The important issue glossed over is why Russia invaded Ukraine. Frontline view is, Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin has a defective personality.

[@user-uj6pc7bc5t]

@@jakebredthauer5100 May be, but this is not your choice, neither it is mine or Zelenski in this matter. Everyone should do what they had to do at this point and let’s hope that God forgive us for violence.

[@asphaltpilgrim]

That last line gave me chills, "... believe me, he knows - and that only makes him more dangerous."

[@zenscout]

And driven by him "getting high on his own supply" The Horror.

[@patlynch6517]

Yup, it’s terrifying!

[@bogdanmeleshchenko6706]

i t is RUSSIA WAR (not only Putin) 75 % IS supporting . Putin support only grows. !!!

[@asphaltpilgrim]

@@bogdanmeleshchenko6706 That's how war propaganda works, it I hope it will go down, but saying "yes I support" in a poll means nothing. Especially in the early weeks. I don't know what your stake is, and if this affects you deeply then my words don't mean much but I don't believe this war starts without Putin... now that it has started... I don't know. :( Stay safe

[@iamf6641]

wise words. he knows and hes dangerous reallly words of pure substance. no contect rewlly makes for good pr.

[@topgrain]

This woman has the most soothing voice I've ever heard. The first time I listened to this, I did it to get informed. But, strange as it may seem, I have returned to it several times just to listen to her and chill out.

[@alanpranke3299]

Had to pause many times between 41 and 43 min. Her empathy and compassion touch that level of human experience that is barely just underneath the divine.

[@tasty_ak_keto8165]

From a Russian married to Ukrainian but living in the US: Great interview summarizing all my thoughts about Putin and HIS war in Ukraine. Absolutely agree that he has no choice to stop now, I mean I hope I’m wrong and so is Julia cause I have so many relatives and friends in both Ukraine and Russia and it breaks my heart to see all of them suffer from a one persons shallow Ego.

[@magstar19]

Sadly now they know how the Iraqis, Syrians, Afghanis, Libyans & people of Yemen have felt. Every time the US meddles in a country, war & destabilization ensues.

[@pacu9]

You should listen to the interview magstar19. It is Russia that has invaded Ukraine, not the US.

[@spencer5028]

Interesting that she totally omits the US backing of the coup by her coethnics, the Globalists narratives are so predictable and ideologically monotone

[@conquiserpent9757]

@@spencer5028 stop drinking the koolaid

[@user-ft8wi9th9g]

The United States invaded Ukraine 8 years ago, organizing a revolution there, and preparations began much earlier. What would have happened if Crimea had not gone to Russia and Donnbas had not resisted the Kiev regime? Now there would be US bases in Crimea, and installations for launching missiles would be on the eastern border of Ukraine. Did Putin come to the US borders? No, the United States came to the borders of Russia. And Putin warned - stop, you crossed the "red line". You were struck by the virus of omnipotence and impunity. But this time, next target does not want to be a victim and turns into a hunter. How unexpected, isn't it?

[@jayjaygee3306]

The first Julia Loffe interview I've seen. Impressive. I like getting a full discussion and more insight into the questions and the context of the discussion. Love it. This is getting much closer to REAL journalism. More please!

[@kashatnick]

She is a system pig, and knows the audience doesn't know enough to know better. Talking about feelings and building a narrative rather than dealing with the basics of geopolitics, instead they tell stories like the world is harry potter, its why they didn't prepare, in fact doing the opposite, its why your gas prices are expensive, and why europe will now be cold and poor.

[@jayjaygee3306]

@@kashatnick Why do you have to call her a pig? Is that necessary? Is it helpful? And I'm curious: What are the "basics of geopolitics" she should be dealing with instead? What source do you recommend? Lastly, I didn't say I agreed with her. I just appreciate getting the full picture of how her mind works and where she's coming from rather than getting a bunch of 10 second sound bites pieced together. I liked seeing the entire interview. It's just one perspective, but at least you get a lot more.

[@paolopericolini9894]

@@kashatnick classic racist comment , you cant bring any decent reason to counter what she says, so you just bring ur ignorance in here.

[@tamasgyorffy1]

Julia, THANK you for the Heart you were so brave to show and share with us, through this interview. Clarity of mind, being knowledgeable and have the full picture is the fundamentum on which emotions make it Human, and the strong basis give a higher dimension to the feelings appearing all along, here and there. You gained my respect and my sympathy. Closing lines may go down historic.

[@meso8848]

but she didn't do anything.. just repeating bs for Western audience 😂

[@evileye1983]

Can’t get enough of Julia, brilliant intelligent lady Incredible Thank you

[@hilaryalexander6510]

Julia Loffe always provides superb analysis of Russia and the machinations of Putin’s thinking.

[@curiousottman]

I have no idea who this person is but I sure know that we need more people like her in the world. Sane, rational, intelligent and she makes it easy for normal folk (like myself) to understand these complex geopolitical issues.

[@jinimurray4090]

Couldn’t agree more. She’s real personable and easy to listen and understand! I’ll have to look for more of her reporting!

[@JustMe-nf1mf]

She was born & raised in Russia. She has studied & spoken out against Putin for years! You should watch pbs frontline interviews from 'the putin files' 4 years ago.

[@JustMe-nf1mf]

@@jinimurray4090 Watch Frontline's interviews from 'The Putin Files' 4 years ago! Very informative & relevant today.

[@TesserId]

She's worth looking up. She's been a guest on Stephen Colbert. Wikipedia: "Julia Ioffe is a Russian-born American journalist who, in June 2021, became a founding partner and the Washington correspondent for the news site Puck. Previously she covered national security and foreign policy topics for GQ." There's a longer interview under Frontline's The Putin Files in just this style and worth every bit of the almost two hours it takes to watch.

[@kashatnick]

Its telling the praise is like that given to a child. You are better off watching The Duran, or even Gonzalo Lira. If her ilk had any insight, your gas bills wouldn't be exploding. Pat Buchanan predicted this in 1999, and he was hardly alone. She talked little geopolitics, more reality tv psychoanalysis, which is why things now end in disaster.

[@gomey70]

Kudos to PBS, their coverage of Russia is always top notch.

[@DJL-ms5xl]

I could listen to her all day .

[@barbarawilson958]

She is great , concise , articulate and very knowledgeable

[@davidmackintosh429]

What a brilliant lady, so precise and knowledgeable with her information. Saying what needs to be heard.

[@thomasp.crenshaw185]

And absolutely beauitful!!! Her husband is a very lucky man! :) She'd be gorgeous in bed.

[@stj971]

LIES

[@BernieHollandMusic]

No, she is just saying what any racist xenophobe would want to hear

[@StephanieGould]

She's such an amazing journalist. Her interview is the best I've seen.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

Julia Ioffe she look very slavic.

[@stuartmoore6310]

@@safuwanfauzi5014🎯 born in Russia

[@PKP1]

It's so attractive to hear a lady speak articulated around geo political subject matter with a balanced independent critical mind.

[@KB4QAA]

Every point holds up 8 months later. A great analyst.

[@SlurryNoises]

She's very soft-spoken. It's soothing hearing her talk. Great interview!

[@johnnygreen1376]

"He will not lose. He will grind the country down to a fine, fine ash" - literally sent a shiver down my spine.

[@jabatheshort660]

Jesus

[@martinmcguire5458]

He WILL not lose! I agree! It's pretty simple to win when you're willing to use chemical and biological weapons, drop bombs onto maternity Hospitals full of Women and Children, fire missiles into occupied residential buildings full of terrified families and threaten to use nuclear weapons on anyone who tries to assist his victims risking Armageddon for all humanity. How could anyone lose who is willing to take things to the levels that Putin is? He's already displayed his willingness to murder innocent civilians én massé without hesitation and that's without any credible resistance. Imagine what he'd be capable of doing if his back was against the wall and he was under attack himself? He's already attacking Babies, Pregnant Women, Children, Civilians, Schools, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques, Cities and food supplies leaving people to starve to death. He's already despised by the majority of the civilised world. He will not hesitate to launch a nuclear warhead directly onto any City in any Country without giving a shit about wiping out a couple of million people and erasing an entire City in a heartbeat. One nuclear warhead has the capability to achieve that devastation. Putin has 12,800+ of them. He'd only need about 6 of them to wipe out the whole of the United Kingdom. He has enough of them to wipe out the planet 2 or 3 times over.

[@blackshirtsd9916]

He’s been able to get away with all that only because the U.S. was busy with Iraq & Afghanistan the last 20 yrs. Now he’s got our full attention, he’s second guessing himself. Now we just wait for him to realize he’s made a huge mistake or wait for his own people to overthrow him. Either way he’s done. His army can barely handle Ukraine, let alone a whole other united army (UN).

[@steven-nb6rt]

God will bring him to a fine ash for eternity. Eternity is a long long time.

[@monicascott2354]

I would hope that Russian citizens would rise up if that were case. I'm curious to see what happens from that chick who crashed the news with her "you're being lied to" poster.

[@aamir-hk8px]

There can never be a better speaker as in this instance of a purely versatile conversation.

[@oscopin74]

This is fascinating. Julia obviously knows what she is talking about. Very enlightening. Thank you once again Frontline!

[@Tempestzzzz]

The best interview I have seen ever. Interviewer did not interrupt. Ms. Ioffe insight is amazing and fully on display. She has command of her subject matter.

[@aeneas237]

She’s my favorite authority on this topic. The Frontline studies of Putin are great but their posting of these long form interviews is awesome

[@user-mc7ez6lm4x]

Sorry to be you. Look for facts, not opinions.

[@satoshinakamoto7253]

the 2018. documentary on putin is the best one

[@citizenwr1823]

We need more journalists like Julia Ioffe...

[@tilik13]

No one ever asks Julie where does she get all these wondrous stories from and I think I know why they don't.

[@richardvervoorn6626]

I’m heartened by how the interviewee has studied so deeply the actions of the enemy. This is a stark indicator how dramatically necessary it is to have honest objective reporting coverage of politicians. I’ve never been so grateful to have these checks and balances in democracy. The older I get, the more I realize how imperative it is to have intelligent people doing this important work. Thank you so much, 4th Estate !

[@dagjohansen8641]

She didn't just study it, she lived it. She's from Russia.

[@jrdelag]

Equally impressed by this journalist.

[@jackyblevins8724]

​@@dagjohansen8641 born in Russia, family had to left when she was young

[@polarexperts2125]

A lot of people and polititians and Ukranians told quite the same things about announcement of beginning of the conflict toward Ukraine. Just watch this original video where Putin did asked others about the beginning of military operation on TV channel. You will see all she says yourself

[@qvintuse.urvind7002]

She knows the subject very well. She's an American journalist, born in Moscow, Oct 1982, Russian Jewish family, moved in 1990 to the US, degree in Soviet history from Princeton in 2005, lived and worked in Moscow 2009-2012.

[@wattheheck6010]

Miss Julia is a voice of history past, present and sadly future for Ukraine. I hope more people watch, listen, reflect and learn. Thank you for posting.

[@NAFO_Badger_Brigade]

Julia's interviews are simply breathtaking! She gives remarkable insight into Putin's cruel leadership!

[@raysmith8273]

Julia Ioffe is insightful and so clear on exactly what Putins war at home is, Julia you truly have the inside track, more please!

[@idiedoflaughterinc.4418]

Julia is simply amazing. I love her deep insight and fluid articulation. I want more Julia!

[@jakebredthauer5100]

Would you like to have Frontline do a video opposing World War with Russia?

[@user-vl5qh7zq6z]

@@jakebredthauer5100 все русские хотят мировой войны с Россией Чтобы провести марш победы в Нью Йорке

[@jakebredthauer5100]

@@user-vl5qh7zq6z I don't read that.

[@user-vl5qh7zq6z]

@@jakebredthauer5100 вы можете не ЧИТАТЬ Но когда придет русский Солдат Не спрашивай Что нас Мы не причём Все причем Так как не захотели видеть зародыш Неонацизм неофашизм А русские солдаты придут и уничтожат на любой точке планеты

[@idiedoflaughterinc.4418]

@@user-vl5qh7zq6z вам промывают мозги российские государственные СМИ. Путин - военный преступник и полный сумасшедший.

[@towedarray7217]

Some of the intel analyzed by Ioffe and others has been available online for a while but this is a super revealing and an excellent piece of journalism. Here we see Ioffe show her grit, her guts and her thought leadership. This is what true journalism looks like, from an impressive person whose knowledge is very real. For newcomers to this space it might seem convenient or timely in March of 2022 but Ioffe is no spring chicken. This candid PBS coverage goes back awhile. When it comes to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other adjacent countries, she was way WAY out ahead of this in terms of open-source intelligence. They (PBS, Ioffe, others) have been really gutsy, talking truth to power and have done it for a long time. This is not an example of a random journalist doing a hit piece. Ioffe has been on top of this for a long time and now that the “story” has picked up due to the war - this isn’t new. Any notion of it being new is just a western construct. She has been covering this story with authority for a very long time. I hope more people pay attention to what she is saying here, and I hope people educate themselves about this issue and recognize her clear-headed, sober assessment of where we are right now and let’s pray that they listen. She has been playing this song for awhile and truthfully, she warned us. At her own risk, she stuck her neck out, made people aware of this conflict. She probably saved a few lives along the way. Major hero here. She may not wear a NATO/US military rank on her shoulder but has certainly earned the right to some high-level rank as an intelligence authority.

[@jakebredthauer5100]

I feel that she left out many important facts. The interview was admittedly restrictive.

[@markleggett3648]

Brilliant! An extraordinary dissection and a comprehensive one. Team Frontline and Julia Ioffe... thank you!

[@harryrocco7139]

@mark

[@guidodiiorio6183]

It is surprising how Julia Ioffe elaborates such an accurate and exhaustive picture, within a complex speech but remaining extremely understandable. This is pure talent.

[@yassersyd154]

is that right 😂

[@ondrovaquero1372]

What an absolutely incredible woman! Julia, you are a true Queen! We absolutely need women like you in top leaderships everywhere around the world. Smart, educated, driven, focused and with the huge empathy for what's right and what's wrong, Thank you. Sincerely Ondrej.

[@birgitteb.m.bourgois2813]

Clear and concise, compelling and communicative -- what a phenomenal journalist

[@markmakallister4653]

Not really, Julia Loffe starts out with some smug face, her whole argument being that Putin doesn't use a Knights of the Round table...she knows better...a REAL MAN doesn't need to stand up while they pee. She is utterly useless as an expert...yes she has a Russian background, but her whole world outlook is based on the meaningless rhetoric of postmodern thought. Putin will lose because he meets in giant gilded halls with him sitting higher then the rest. I mean he took over a whole nation...but this woman thinks he's tacky, so she gets to have the smug face?? Nope, not buying it...this is a terrible way to try to understand what is going on.

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

@@markmakallister4653 Oh my is the little man offended because a woman is smarter than him? Too bad it's 2022 not 1922, grow a set.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@markmakallister4653 So? Her Princeton self-satisfaction doesn't do a thing to make Putin any less of a skumbag. Your boy is smugness personified himself. With her smugness she calls him tacky. With his smugness he puts thousands of women and children to death.

[@williammilestone5386]

@@markmakallister4653 I’m interested in your take, and I would like to know the other side of the story in order to form an educated and unbiased opinion on the matter at hand, however I’m having difficulty finding anything like this that speaks on the side of Putin (other than Jimmy Dore or Tucker Carlson). Are you able to provide some links, maybe to other videos that discuss Putin’s struggle?

[@155gerard]

This woman is beyond Brilliant. She could be Secty of State.

[@klyxrasta]

This woman really has a way with words. Further the interview goes more thrilling it gets. Her answers are like a movie script. "Getting high on his own supply" is not a phrase a political journalist would use. It's really not something I would ever have said in a thousand years. But that's a really unique perspective on this whole last 3 year period in regards to Putin. Her journalism scope must be crazy. Recollection of events is remarkable. Well prepared, knowledgeable, quick-witted. She's giving interview in a way she as a journalist would like to receive one. Casual and formal at the same time. Great job Frontline, this interview might go down in history.

[@dantakeoff]

It looks really good because its not news, its a movie they want you to see, scripted and well acted.

[@mihaigrigoras7956]

@@dantakeoff care to counterargument what she's "acting"?

[@alpenglow1235]

I hope you have read her bio on Wikipedia. Russian born… Jewish… Princeton - Magna Cum Laude…

[@alpenglow1235]

@Tony TorresJoined Mar 20, 2022. RusBot. Tony, You are babbling. What she says is corroborated by others.

[@chrisfraser9220]

@@alpenglow1235 corroborated... You got THAT part right...

[@HumanOneGoodGirl]

Extremely well-spoken journalist. Deeply into the subject. Inspite of the fact that it's terrifying topic, I couldn't stop listening of Julia. Great interview. Thank you so much for clearing a lot for me.

[@anitajonsson4379]

Ms. Loffe is extremely well versed on Putin, the History of War in the World, how the U.S. factors in from Putin's vantage, and the diminished standing of Ukraine. Great interview, excellent questions perfectly timed. A clear, fulsome conversation that feels honest, a convincing analysis, strangely beautiful and descriptive language utilized perfectly to bring the actors, politics, war measures, intentions and outcomes come alive... in some respects it feels sickening, scary and as real as it was then and is now.

[@EmilyKnight413]

Not a wasted word. Watching this for the fourth time. Julia is awesome.

[@SM2005_]

Man she’s a powerhouse on Russian policy, politics, and history. Excellent interview.

[@O1OO1O1]

She's Russian. She lived there. And she's a journalist. No surprise.

[@Ebiru2387]

I could listen to her all day. So well informed and well spoken!

[@ssorgpm]

Thank you Julia for your story. I believe you, and you can’t imagine what your story has done to help me understand much more, and to confirm what I did know. You are incredibly believable.

[@fs5775]

I felt exactly the same way!

[@jfrmfrjm]

Excellent interview! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@mokrulgobline9403]

"Mr. Putin, I respectfully disagree with your positions ... I'll just show myself out the window now" Best line from Real Time with Bill Maher

[@yogicfly4bliss]

This is one of the most helpful interviews! Julia is a pleasure to listen to and she is so clear and compassionate and inspiring. Thank you for sharing this!

[@I_Am_H8d]

This is simple propaganda, I don’t even know which of the European countries. You all look the same. In the European Union, genderless politicians, no one resisted the termination of mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia in the energy sector. Europe could produce competitive goods with cheap energy from Russia, but has caved in under American threats and has imposed or is threatening to impose sanctions against Russia. You will all be told about bad Russia and bad Putin without any background and reasons that led to the conflict in Ukraine. Nobody will tell you that the Ukrainian president threatened to withdraw from the agreement according to which Ukraine should not have nuclear weapons. Nobody will tell you that in Ukraine there are special Nazi battalions in the army. These battalions with the same worldview as the SS were in Nazi Germany. No one will tell you in your media about how Ukraine shelled its own cities with artillery guns and threatened the Russian population. Europeans, Americans, don't be fooled by propaganda! They will all present Ukraine to you as a victim without any background, without the cruelty that the Ukrainian army did against its population and against the Russians who live on the territory of Ukraine. It was the genocide of the Russian population, which was carried out by the Ukrainian government against the Russians. Look for the causes of this conflict rather than watching propaganda that presents you with the consequences in a way that is beneficial to the Western collective government.

[@paty1083]

Do you believe her lies? he is a spy.

[@kashatnick]

She tells a story missing all concrete geopolitical factors to manufacture a tale of psychobabble. War is about concrete interests, and there are many, its why Russia is rich with energy, and why sanctions are the west hurting ourselves. If people like her had insight, we would have prepared, and not done the opposite. Just look at the gas pump and realize the cost of having foreign policy being based on stories in a woman's head.

[@leeanucha]

and what an ending too. wow. she explains everything very very well.

[@stepsvideos]

Poor Putin apologists. They are getting slaughtered in the comments 100 to 6 just like in Ukraine. It's interesting that the number of clueless Russian soldiers pointlessly dying in Ukraine, is increasing at about the same rate as the number of protesters being jailed in Russia. It's like a detonating cord being lit at both ends, with Putin in the middle.

[@HH-qk2or]

I wish I had known about Julia before. This interview was so insightful and she is so knowledgeable. As someone who majored in poli sic/ international and is current events/history nerd relations I find the short surface level interviews so boring with no new info and perspectives to learn. It is as if everything has to be “byte size”, rapidly shot off, and easily digestible for the modern shortened attention span. The interviewer did a great job as well.

[@gbarkerification]

To my mind, nobody else understands or communicates this stuff better or even as well. I may or may not listen to this in an earbud every night as a sleep aid, because it’s so perfectly truthful and phrased to me, that it’s reassuring. There is no bullshit.

[@lucyarroyo6186]

I love all of Julia’s interviews.