The Putin Files: Yevgenia Albats

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[@hannahbeanies8855]

Saw her recent interview. She’s still in Moscow and did the interview from there, so very, very risky. The interviewer asked if she was scared, and she said it was too late to be scared. I don’t think I could ever be as brave as this woman. I greatly admire her.

[@fruitypebbles803]

I guess this is a case where being invisible as an older woman is a good thing?

[@Cryin_Lion]

Where can I find that please?

[@fitztastico]

@@Cryin_Lion She's done a number of interviews recently, so I don't know which one the OP is referring to, but I would suggest searching her name in KZbin and using the filter to limit results for the past month 👍

[@AB-li1eo]

I'm worried for this great lady ;/ We should help her relocate to Europe or the US ...

[@zenekzamorski9384]

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[@eileeneamon9070]

What a brilliant interview on insight into Putin and Russia. Stay safe, Yevgenia Albats...this was priceless. We need journalists like you. Thank you for your bravery and dedication to exposure of the truth.

[@RR-et6zp]

Check out The New Tsar 2008 documentary it’s the best one

[@laurielamoore2941]

This is probably the saddest interview I’ve maybe ever listened to. I wish every member of the State would be forced to listen to this. She proved the point of why We must do better. We have to fix our situation at home by respecting the rights of minorities and clean up our governmental integrity. She also brings an understanding of how easily We could lose our freedoms if We don’t do everything possible to preserve it.

[@fhowland]

Now THIS is journalism. Great job PBS. I especially like the interview style. Great questions, and knowing when to be quiet and listen.

[@peainapodtube]

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[@countchoculitis1528]

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[@punkypinko2965]

Lol no this is asking ONE PERSON what she thinks the truth is. THIS IS NOT JOURNALISM. A single source? Seriously? Lol you have no idea what real journalism is. This is story telling. I guess her Russian accent convinces you that she's "the real deal". Maybe she's right; maybe she's wrong. But she's a SINGLE SOURCE. That is not journalism. So ... she's the single source of al truth about Russia and Putin? Don't you think that seems a little ... suspicious? She seems to know all lol. Yeah, right. Come on, stop being so gullible. Again, maybe she's right; maybe she's wrong. But there is absolutely no reason for us to just believe everything she says -- that's not journalism.

[@hanswouters4421]

@@punkypinko2965 That's truly a dumb remark! OFCOURSE she's a single source, what else CAN she be?? It's a ONE-ON-ONE interview!!! That's the format here. If you believe because she's a single voice in this interview, this makes her story by definition illegitimate.. than why even bother EVER having any one-on-one interview ever at all?? Makes no sense. Furthermore, NOWHERE in this whole segment does it state that she is 'The One' source of ALL TRUTH on Putin's Russia & we MUST believe everything and anything she says. Nor that our single source of information should be this one video & interview. Yes, this video is just ONE person's story, but it's part of an entire series. Why do you think that is?? To top off, Yevgenia Albats isn't a nobody! Within the opposition, she has been doing journalism for over 30 years. That should give her atleast SOME right to share her thoughts or opinions, if not to say that it's her DUTY to do so. No? Not that we the people shouldn't have any scepticism, cause we do & do need it at times... but Putin's nihilistic believe & rethoric that society's fiber purely exists of corruption & therefore must assume all is false... well I guess if we decide to simply agree, then...1984, here we come!!

[@SherrySaundersNC]

@@hanswouters4421 + I'm so glad to see someone here with some common sense!!

[@Merceade]

It’s incredibly unfair that this conversation only has 152K views. Out of all the Putin File interviews the in depth knowledge of both Russia and American politics is on a different level in both understanding and depth. Thank you PBS, this is a must must watch/listen.

[@HelsinkiFINketeli_berlin_com]

Indeed. This is the most important and thus the only conversation with the real importance if one wants to understand anything about the last 25 or so years not only in Russia but in Europe and Australia and especially in the USA. Yet, I recommend to look closely China these very days now, to take a very good look at Xi, not only focus on Putin and Ukraine.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

The entire series is a gold mine. My knowledge about these topics was limited to the few snippets one acquires with is a 30 second interview on the news I found them & am watching 1/day because they are so rich & detailed. There is so much to learn. I was really looking forward to Yevgenia Albats & I am not disappointed!

[@elaineburnett5230]

keep sharing...someone just shared with me and with gratitude, I will share again.

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@HelsinkiFINketeli_berlin_com We are now focused on things that used to pass us by!🙄🤫🤨

[@winstonmaraj8029]

EXACTLEEEEEEEE my thoughts. Maybe she has to be on FUCKS NEWS. 😒

[@harrickvharrick3957]

What a sweetheart this woman. She truly is someone you could love, simply for how straightforward, honest, smart and intelligent she is. She (now, at the age she is) is the aunt, the grandmother anyone would wish he or she would have. A person who always knows how it stands, who cannot be fooled, but is not above sitting with you and explaining things in simple words to a simpler soul than she is herself.

[@DR-pj7sr]

or as President of Russia

[@Sweetjudiblueyes]

Just saw this interview today, March 2022, 11 days into Putin’s War. This is mandatory knowledge & Ms. Albats so articulates this beautifully. I was in tears around 1:19:00 or so when she talks about individual happiness & how incredible this is a concept of democracy is. That no leader in her country ever considered the happiness of their people. This is Russia’s fatal flaw…it is not the people…their leadership has been selfish, power hungry & cynical.

[@carolpascua1848]

I got emotional when she said that too. While the "pursuit of happiness" is written in the Declaration of Independence, as opposed to the Constitution (which disables it from being a legal right), this singular concept of the legacy of happiness is unique to the American experience. I think most Americans take for granted the amount of freedom we have in the US because although many countries around the world have democratic governments, the idea of happiness as a cultural right is truly an American one.

[@Sweetjudiblueyes]

@@carolpascua1848 beautifully said!

[@docadams1]

The whole series is essential.

[@amagnifica]

But people under influence of Soviet Union ( Russia) are not happy. How they can be with such a repressive sistem above their heads? ?

[@martysamson3635]

So is the same in USA same greed of power to control lie and get filthy rich just a different name democracy which is a self destrocting with in it self you know the way the system works it's just like agressive type of Cancer period

[@rachs57]

What an amazing woman; this was so thoroughly stimulating and is a teaching moment but unfortunately those that need to sit and listen to how life and its prospects are in Russia, will never hear her. Thank you Frontline and Ms. Albats for sharing so much.

[@bechet12]

The reality! Governments and business folk control everything all around the globe under different cloaks!

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@bechet12 That may be true but some government still think they must listen to the governed every so often...in Putin's view. No need to listen to citizens ever at any time but citizens damn well better pay attention to the government whenever it speaks: and it speaks 24/7...😒🤔😑😐🤨😒

[@bechet12]

The ordinary person has little to no power against the business and political elite!

[@martinkelly1856]

this is a brilliant interview. It's so good to listen to someone who knows what she's talking about

[@minagica]

Who's watching this in February 2022? 🙋‍♀️

[@--Skip--]

Me too 🙋‍♀️

[@kelliadams-chance2229]

Me too!

[@dorothywarner8141]

Me too. She has confirmed my thoughts .

[@AlexanderBarnett]

Excellent. This lady knows her subject from A to Z. I don't want outlines. I want people who are steeped in their subject. Unfortunately, we live in an age of outlines and superficiality.

[@pergamonrecordings]

and she's naturally biased as hell, knowing her subject.....Unfortunately, we live in an age of outlines and superficiality presupposing the existing of unbiased truth...

[@pergamonrecordings]

but I like this lady as you do...

[@valgehiir]

Yes, this level of professional journalism is so rare, I can't think of last time an honest, detailed facts of Russian regime is laid out, like in this Frontline series. This is by far the best segment of the series. I'm blown away that someone actually produced an honest picture of today's Russia

[@valgehiir]

Pergamon, by biased, you mean she is speaking the truth, without fear? Ok, call it biased if you must. But you sound dumb, and uninformed by calling her biased.

[@jollyroger7102]

Alexander Barnett - this woman is a lier. Obviously a feminist who hates Trump and can’t get over Hillary’s loss. She speaks of the KGB when it should be the FSB. She seems stuck in the Soviet Union. She smears Putin at every opportunity completely overlooking the good he has achieved for his country and its citizens. She claims he is not scared of war, which is an obviously lie, remember his speech to Western journalists when he said I can’t get though to you? She maintains he is a threat to the world, which is utter rubbish if you know anything about the man and his stated objectives. She says Russia is not democratic and journalists are murdered if they write anti Putin articles, yet she feels free enough to go on TV and ridicule Putin to the point of absurdity. I could go on, but I’m tired of pure propagandists like her and fools like you that believe her BS.

[@solobano570]

I love this lady a lot. Brave and intelligent. I hope for the best. There are brilliant people in Russia, but Putin and his ilk undermined everything, everyone who could move this society in the modern world.

[@Caperhere]

Yes. Now think about what has been going on in the US , as oligarchs have taken control of government, as a very large contingent of right wing‘Christians’ and woefully undereducated angry white people are looking for someone to blame for the loss of manufacturing jobs, and as the want of a strong megalomaniac king grows, encouraged by the press…

[@caesarforlife1663]

There is no modern world as all will become the past. Thinking so is naive when the truth is nothing changes and the idea of a perfect world if it were to exist would only last as long as the Garden of Eden.

[@leonardselenide2204]

I was born and grown in Soviet Union - all she told about KGB power and activity is true. They were in charge for what is right and what is wrong for the Soviet State, they shaped the internal and external policy through direct control of the media and they fed info to the Soviet Government.

[@jollyroger7102]

Leonard Selenide - perhaps you have not yet woken up to the fact that it is no longer the USSR, it is now the RF.

[@jollyroger7102]

Leonard Selenide - the interview was not about the Soviet Union. It was simply intended as propaganda against the RF and Vladimir Putin.

[@Smoker2110]

no, actually, at the beginning she's talking about the soviet union. she gets to putin later.

[@plunderpunk2]

Roger G - Leonard Selenide's grammar would agree with your assertion that the USSR was in the past in his usage of such words as "was", "were", shaped", fed" - all past tense words. You've attempted to make a very silly point in your slag of a comment.

[@user-vt5sp3fj2s]

@@jollyroger7102 perhaps you should understand that RF and former soviet union is practically the same. same anthem (former music), same shitty propoganda. same everything.

[@lsd8497]

First commentator who really nails it, who describes perfectly who is Putin.

[@resevoirdog]

This lady is crazy smart but you gotta watch the Julia something I forget her last name but its on this Frontline thing lol she's amazing smart when it comes to putin. Super smart, great interview

[@liviusss]

@@resevoirdog Julia Ioffe, and yes her interviews were also very insightful. I have watched Masha Gessen in the same series.

[@justafan323]

Like many, I am here in the midst of the Russian invasion on Ukraine, trying to understand the man behind the madness. These interviews are FASCINATING, I recommend watching them all. That said, she is the first person, I believe, to say that Putin does not believe in 'free will', that everyone is corrupt or corruptible, and are unable to decide for themselves what kind of society they want to live in. Mind blowing to me.

[@k-isfor-kristina]

Yeah and the other part that she doesn't really touch on, Putin's influence and charm has allowed him to convince the Russian people to believe that they, the people, don't really have the right to have a say in government actions. You see this in many videos like the channel 1420 where people on the streets of Russia are asked political questions. They say like "I'm not really informed enough to give my opinion" or "it's not really any of my business". Which is so wrong, a democratic government is one chosen by the people, that works for the people. But Putin doesn't believe this, and he's doing his best to make sure that his people don't believe this and he is trying to make sure that the people of Ukraine don't get this "crazy" idea either. That's why he gets along with china.

[@elaineburnett5230]

But accurate...why would one think they could (and should) control the world if you also respected that each human being had free will (and had a duty to use it) as a full fledged human being...two ideas diametrically in opposition!🤫🤫😑😐

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@k-isfor-kristina holding a loaded gun to a person's head could be described as "charming" I guess🤭🤗🤫🤔😑😐🤪😄

[@ritemolawbks8012]

I strongly recommend both video interviews from Julia Ioffe. She explains the mystery of Kremlin politics and what Putin wants better than anyone I've seen.

[@karlvonbahnhof6594]

Most scary thing that this agent has access to nuclear weapons...our only hopes are either someone gets rid of him or Russian nuclear weapons are in the same state like Russian army, coroded, without fuel, stolen parts, in 2 words, not working, it's just a bluff, but we cannot count on this, I'm Slavic, like Russians, but what Putin is doing, is unjustifiable, illegal, criminal, there are no words to describe it, I think, Wali, the best sniper now, should go to Moscow, and take down the most important target to save our civilization, after that, we make him president of the free world 🙂

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

I want all Russians to be free and happy .

[@timsullivan4566]

I am truly in awe of this woman's courage to speak as she did INSIDE a country where journalists who draw the wrath of Putin have been harassed, beaten, jailed and murdered. Never before have I appreciated just how vital a role American played for people of the world for whom a life free of oppression is an extremely unlikely possibility, a mere dream. YET, though but a dream, it is a life-line of hope. Ms. Albats has shown me that far from being a corny relic from a naive and corny "Leave It To Beaver" age, the Statue of Liberty remains a POWERFUL icon throughout the globe. No matter how distant, her faint flickering flame beams the hope of future freedom - a hope without which SO many might slip into the darkness of despair. How deservedly ASHAMED I feel at my thoughtless indifference, my taking for granted that which was paid for with blood - our freedom. that is denied to so many. Before now, my not uncommon responses to our current slapstick politics were a mix of astonishment, embarrassment, indignation and rage - all colored with a tinge of resentment, as if it were all a personal affront, as if my sense of entitlement were under attack from decidedly unworthy quarters. NOW, humbled by the words of this brave woman, I feel this self-centered and superficial outlook dissolve. I'm sitting here thinking how much MORE devastating Trump's attack on American institutions and values have been for the world's oppressed. How could I think it okay to just whine and grumble about this? Is making facile jokes online my response to a vicious assault on the hopes of a helpless humanity? These people are in FAR greater peril that I am; for their entire lives they could count on no-one and nothing except AMERICA to champion their struggle for freedom. This is NOT just corny - it is REAL, it is HAPPENING and I need to figure out what to DO. Please forgive me, Yevgenia and thank you.

[@DrGoldsylver]

Tim Sullivan yeah the rest of the world is so freedomless, like prisons everywhere around that lovely lonely island of freedom in the epicentre of the world. This island with 22% of the whole world incarcerated people and making a business of it.

[@timsullivan4566]

Sorry DrGoldsylver for not expressing myself more clearly. I believe I have no illusions regarding the true nature of our society. I am keenly aware not only of the gulf between this grim reality and the nation's idealized self-image, but also how aware of these myths are the very instruments vital to maintaining the collective self-deception safeguarding those hijacked national institutions which are manipulated for the advancement of private interests. That American society is largely defined by the pervasive effects of this systemic hypocrisy is HARDLY surprising given that it is a nation conceived in the union of wealthy psychopaths and starry-eyed dreamers who drafted a constitution which asserted the equality of all men and was dedicated to ensuring the preservation of their God-given freedom to define and pursue their own destiny, and which was signed by slave-owners, atheists, religious zealots, intellectuals and opportunistic merchants. So the grotesque inequalities of wealth and application of justice, the blatant manipulation of government agencies facilitated by the corruption enshrined in electoral financing laws, ALL of this is painfully obvious, but my previous comment was a poor attempt to express my surprise and shame for not seeing past my own disillusionment and disappointment to recognize how important the American ideal was in providing EMOTIONAL SUPPORT for many of the world's oppressed, an ICON (however simplistic or even ironic), a one-size-fits-all symbol for all they are lacking, for all the rights and freedoms they may not even be able to articulate - that's what America still represents for many people and so my shame is this: that I went NO FURTHER than just determining the degree to which America fails it's own people WITHOUT giving a thought to the millions who would think it a blessing just for the chance to be counted among the most grievously deprived of American's. So the sign on my forehead reads: ======== PERSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENTS IN PROGRESS ========

[@DrGoldsylver]

Tim Sullivan seen like that, that sounds more accurate, apologise for my cynism then 😁

[@Yamatogura]

You very exaggerate situation. She knows that there is nothing to fear - so she speaks what she wants to speak.

[@stupidtreehugger]

Way to ruin a conversation Igor. I bet they love you at parties

[@lilyblossom8655]

Bravo, Yevgenia. @1:24:15 I am in tears. Thank you so much for sharing all this.

[@christinevr7698]

1:39. "He may become a very very dangerous man for mankind." And here we are 5 years later. Pray God for peace in Ukraine and the downfall of corrupt government everywhere.

[@user-qq2xt4he7m]

Евгения Марковна, смотрю и наслаждаюсь Вашим интервью. Спасибо большое за мужество, глубокий анализ и прекрасное знание предмета!

[@DeMonSpencer]

Are you Russian?

[@michaelhenault4381]

Quite good. My favorite of all the interviews because I learned the most from her. A very smart lady.

[@williamyoung9401]

I think I'm starting to understand why Russians only smile ironically. (just kidding!)

[@JetLee1544]

One of the last remaining real journalists in Russia. They just closed access to her newspaper website on 27th February, 2022. Now she's live-streaming interviews on KZbin.

[@MsRedsphere]

Her interview on cnn on 3-13-22 brought me here. She is a brave woman. Probably the last remaining independent journalist in russia.

[@Guardian__Angel]

That's a breathtakingly thorough analysis. She absolutely nailed it.

[@martita441]

OMG She nail it when she said "Putin is a Stalinist"...I have the same perspective on him. I adore this women she is so brilliant and brave.. All of the people interview in this documentary are so brave.

[@mjxw]

Brilliant interview. I found her point about the utility of competing intelligence agencies rather than a unified agency to be especially pertinent.

[@germannarlington186]

Do you really believe that the American Intelligence Agencies compete with each other? The only competition they have is who finds most commies.

[@mjxw]

@@germannarlington186 Of course they do. For funding, for prestige, for domains of control. If you think giant security bureaucracies are different in that respect from other bureaucracies, I think you're being a bit naive.

[@germannarlington186]

@@mjxw American Intelligence Agencies have different areas of competence and involvement, CIA does (or is meant to do) nothing inside the USA, FBI - nothing outside, NSA does surveillance but no clandestine operations, etc. All this "competition" is for show. Which American Intelligence Agencies failed to secure funding any time recently?

[@caesarforlife1663]

Competing against as opposed to working with? It's just perspective. If it's a matter of shared control the Government in the end is in control regardless and who controls the government?? With regards to the US certainly not the people. It's centralised power vs centralised power regardless of the system.

[@bollakarthikeya4633]

Wow! This woman knows her subject in and out. The depth of her research is projected by how well she connects events around a man and his life.

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[@henrysmommy7]

I always find it interesting how many authoritarian countries refer to themselves, or rather their country as the "Democratic" Republic of such and such... If the name of the country includes the word Democratic it seems like a clear sign that they're anything but democratic.

[@TampaDave]

That is something a stamp collector would have noticed in the sixties.

[@johnnysack3673]

Always strikes me as a win for democracy. Even the countries whose leaders hate democracy have to pretend to be a democracy because they know their ideas are shit.

[@wuodanstrasse5631]

Exactly the same as with the so-called "Democratic Party".

[@johnnysack3673]

@@wuodanstrasse5631 lol, last I checked it was the GOP that insists they win elections that they lost because they don't trust the results. Democrats are the only party in the US that actually values democracy, GOP is despised worldwide.

[@peterwhite7428]

A truly brilliant woman,

[@dotpeat1372]

I am really impressed with the entire Putin File series! There is one question burning, especially now, these are insightful reflections, is there an upload, how best to get rid (the sooner the better) of Putin & his inhumane regime?

[@ArturoGarzaID]

America bombed two cities with nukes, I guess America is inhumane too huh?

[@dotpeat1372]

@@ArturoGarzaID following your reasoning, every Neanderthaler was/is(!) inhumane...

[@Anil18834]

When we talk about American beliefs, we're talking about the right to liberty as much as the pursuit of happiness. If we believe in liberty, we know our liberty has limits and it goes only as far as it begins to infringe upon the liberty of others. Every country is sovereign. Every other country must respect that sovereignty. It is upto its citizens to change the direction of their own government. Haven't you been watching this series?

[@cjbotts]

@@ArturoGarzaID militarily? Absolutely. No question. But the difference is we have elected officials that will speak out against the atrocities, a press that will expose the atrocities, and a public that will speak out against it

[@carynmartin6053]

@@cjbotts not anymore; that's only the ideology of our gov, not the reality

[@estherwiskel6550]

Very provocative interview, most credible reportage that merits an excellent-factual conclusion that merits acknowledgment .👏👏👏

[@mihaelacrainic5334]

Unbelievable how actual it is what Ms. Albats said 4 years ago. Amazing person, I very much admire her and I hope she will stay safe.

[@kathleenhandron3092]

She came out on MSNBC this last week and described the continuation of the KBG state with Putin. Says she is so ashamed right now and feels like a failure.

[@terencewinters2154]

Creating cynicism about our democracy served putin as validation of his view that democracy is a facade.

[@mariolabrooks8740]

At 1.39- her premonition IS SPOT ON -As of TODAY.

[@mamabook7364]

Strong women. Strong interview. I am afraid for her now.

[@fleischwolf82]

Brilliant interview! I watched and read alot about Russia, Putin, Oligarchs but this is by far the most insightful!

[@genomic_]

Wow!! She is an epitome of a smart and confident woman!!

[@breahsaldana3728]

She's speaking truth to power..just watched CNN and God bless her I hope all is well 🙏 ❤

[@cica8427]

CNN :-) is a joke

[@vlera8447]

Comprehensive and deep analysis. Much appreciated

[@sherizamani6619]

She is excellent journalism everything just makes sense also she is brave as well.

[@catc8927]

Good gracious, this interview was so tragically prophetic that it's scary. Putin clearly underestimated the horrific consequences of going to war against Ukraine. And as an American, it makes me sad that my country is no longer seen as the global defender of democratic values. We squandered our power and moral high ground in Iraq while failing to help Myanmar's democratic movement, for example.

[@magnoliabranca5149]

If USA intervenes here will have an atomic war.

[@SergheyKatastrofenko]

The US has never been the "global defender of democratic values". Just as everyone else, their interests came always first. They're not the saints that they want everyone to see them as.

[@adarshagrawal4557]

Your country was never seen as global defender of democratic values outside of your country. It never was.

[@magnoliabranca5149]

USA was never seen as a global defender of democratic values only USA itself had that perspective. Unless in II World War. At least an efective direct “defender”. I do believe USA does keep democracy in place in Europe. I believe Iraq and Afeganistan interventions were a failure but I understand Afeganistan intervention. I personally appreciate USA and I believe it’s often unfairly criticized and expected to resolve other people’s problems; i personally sleep better at night having US as an ally; if it wasn’t for US we would bein the hands of China or Russia anything could happen to Europe. Ukraine is problem we want to intervene we want it to stop but a direct offensive could mean millions of people dying.

[@SherrySaundersNC]

@@magnoliabranca5149 + You didn't say which country your from. But the citizens of the US, sees what's going on; and we know if we get to involved Russia will come after us or another on of allies country. Putin doesn't care & wants what he wants. In the past we've been sucked into wars we should of never touched. We cannot keep going somewhere tearing up a country & then building it back up again. USA, Is not as rich as people think....

[@tertiary7]

1:03:10 Respect for this journalist...

[@Whistlewalk]

Completely enjoyed this conversation. She has a very deep and adroit knowledge of the Russian people and the Russian state. Great interview! Especially with what is going on in history at the moment.

[@susanbuffington2231]

She is outstanding. Her recall is fabulous.

[@margaretgaal937]

I am so grateful to Frontline;’s exploration of this topic, the excellent questions raised and the depth of reflection and response of facts given by these journalists. Wow!

[@ursulareeg1171]

Love Frontline. The best of the best !!!

[@xino_z]

She understands the appeal of America more than most Americans.

[@marcosmota1094]

Yup. She’s in Moscu. The best way to listen to these is to pick a room in your apartment that needs to be painted. Clear the furniture, sweep it, put this on an start painting while listening.

[@johnnyslash64]

...imagine that? Thank you Ms. Yevgenia Albats. Thank you Ollie.

[@incisivecommenter5974]

This lady has more American values, than most Americans I know.

[@Anil18834]

She is a true thinker

[@fleischwolf82]

What are American values? I don't think that exists anymore. Big part of your population has gone bonkers...

[@Anil18834]

@@fleischwolf82 One thing is the current state of affairs due to propaganda, and another is the values the American constitution is founded upon. My understanding is that Mrs Albats is speaking about the latter.

[@incisivecommenter5974]

@@fleischwolf82 1)Well for starters valuing the truth, the rule of law, the belief in democracy and majority rule. This is by no means an exaustive list. The fortitude of this lady has reminded me of the very best of my country. 2) Approximately 30% (NOT half)of our population has gone bonkers supporting the Republican/conservative party who has strayed from the values mentioned above,now supporting white supremacy, religion in politics( 100% evangelical christians) and home grown fascism. That 30% are involved in all 3 of these things, because they are interdependent. They are a loud and scary-sounding minority. By attacking Ukraine, inadvertently Russia unified our country in some ways. Thus delaying what some say, could've been a second civil war.

[@gladysma308]

From 1:16:17 I cannot hold my tears any more.

[@boche3302]

She is great. Great and very fast thinker. Her English is slightly rusty because she mostly lives in Russia, I assume.

[@cafeneckbeard]

How is your Russian? Rusty, I assume .

[@thephoenix756]

@@cafeneckbeard Exactly! She probably speaks more than 2 languages.

[@soulamorris8174]

Her English is better in grammar and vocabulary than most of the people I encounter on a daily basis. She has a heavy accent, but she is fluent. Huge difference.

[@carolclaibornemumey8919]

I love this woman! I think I want to apply for jobs in New Zealand too. I hope to meet Yevgenia there! Dobry!!

[@susylove7739]

This is a great talk. Thanks a lot!! This is such a brave and intelligent woman. She was so right when she said that Putin is a very, very dangerous man. We see it with our own eyes...

[@geezzzwdf]

THE MOST MEMORABLE OF ALL INTERVIEWEES FOR ME ANYWAY.

[@agviator]

Extremely disturbing. This is 4 years old, this is not the first interview I've watched regarding Putin's State of mind which seems very consistent as apposed to some ideas that his isolation from the pandemic is giving him a false sense of reality. it seems also that what have really seemed as bombastic threats to nato and conquest by the upper echelon of leadership in the last week and seemed irrational and impossible really seem real now and they aren talking long game. The intent is quite real.

[@cleoxo2566]

My husband toured the Soviet Union, just before it's breakup, on a photo assignment. When he returned, he said that most Russian people were living in abject poverty. The Russian Mafia was everywhere and could provide anything if you had the money to buy it. He has photographs of people lined up to get a Macdonald's hamburger and you cannot see the end of the line.

[@jraaccounts]

what an excellent, excellent interview. up there with masha gessen's and julia ioffe's in terms of level of knowledge and insight, but sadly not nearly as many views! especially her statement that putin is a stalinist, and her prescience that starts around @1:36:00. saying he is preparing for another war. that he's like a north korean dictator. that "he may become a very dangerous man for the future of mankind". that was her last official statement as a part of this interview! (the next question is from a secondary interviewer; at this point she thought the interview was over.) this is back in 2017, 5 years ago! i could say so much more, but lastly, @1:21:32 when she speaks of having read our founding fathers, the federalist papers, that she has a copy of the US constitution and bill of rights on her desk... it brought tears to my eyes. how many of us americans have done so? how many of us appreciate what we have, as imperfect as it may be? we only appreciate what we had, once we lose it (or are starting to lose it, which we are now, with basically one party that still believes in democracy, and one party whose most likely 2024 presidential candidate just asked putin to hack the elections for him, again).

[@jonathanevans1447]

What a powerful interview and is representative of why I appreciatate Frontline as I do. Yevgenia Albots is insightful and gave me much to think about, to reconsider and be appreciative of as an American. My sincerest thanks to her for this interview.

[@ashleymeggan]

1:20ish… 😭😭😭We underestimate the importance of how we look to the world of maintaining our ideals.

[@paulaoppedisano6460]

So very true💜

[@silviatanzi3341]

On this 8th of March, here we have this extremely brave, great woman journalist who reminds us Putin is a professional lier...may you stay safe and go on giving us words of truth

[@leotachaney7322]

"Putin is a professional liar!" Is it any wonder that tfg got along so well with him! Had he managed to pull the USA out of NATO in his first term Ukraine would have been under attack much sooner. I think that was tfg's assignment. Perhaps in exchange for his debt cancellation?

[@TheBandit7613]

@@leotachaney7322 Trump kept Russia poor and unable to wage war. With oil at $30 a barrel, Russia is poor. Biden takes over, on his first day Biden attacks the energy sector and immediately oil prices skyrocket. Biden aided Russia in the war on Ukraine..

[@SepticPeg]

@@TheBandit7613 OPEC is actually responsible for the price

[@TheBandit7613]

@@SepticPeg It's a market with investors. There are spot, options and futures. Opec can affect prices by pumping, or not. They don't set the prices.

[@epilpstd1]

Impressive interview. One of the best in this series.

[@21972012145525]

She doesn’t say WHY trump and putin get along though and if kompromat exists. That being said, she should be Russia’s new president or prime minister lol.

[@terencewinters2154]

The russian soul is full of pessimistic sadness.

[@JosedeJezeus]

Is it the frigid weather?

[@terencewinters2154]

@@JosedeJezeus more the bromance with ivan the terrible if all else fails kill your subjects

[@markofsaltburn]

It punishes free thinking and rewards passivity.

[@terencewinters2154]

@@markofsaltburn except for spies and their military. Because once they're party members they get all the rewards from the kleptocracy. It started with a bank robbery in Tbilisi which left 46 dead how do you think it will end.

[@JurisKankalis]

For a month now - since invasion of Putin into Ukraine - I've been posting a long-ish comment about my perception - as a latvian - about Putin. Once, and once and once again - I'm scared how truthful it is - and how well it coincides with words and evaluations of many experts (I'm not, of course) on Russia - inter alia - of this great, great woman - who speaks on a completely another level - but who understands Russia better than most - even accounting for millions of russians themselves. By the way - just read some comments saying she's still well - and still in Russia. Wish her all the best. The month-old comment now reads as follows: What the world needs to understand - and can't seem to, so far - is that Putin is a sick ego maniac the scale of which the world has not seen since Hitler and Stalin. Of course - there are people like Idi Ammin, Muamar Gadaffi, Sadam Hussein and many more in terms of disregard of human life on the throne of (sickly imagined) personal benefit - but among all of them, only Vladimir Putin has the means (the largest country on earth, a superpower) to execute his sickly "revenge" plans on the West - and on the world - which started hatching, probably, somewhere from the moment of loss of his two elder brothers - to the moment he was stationed and "left behind" in Eastern/Western Germany as a KGB agent (more on that - documentary by russian/US journalist Julia Loffe called "Putin files" on KZbin). He's a scrappy guy who has no naivity, no regard or care for "talks", diplomacy, pleading, decency, morality, values. He SAYS AND DOES WHAT AND HOW HE WANTS. This was, time and once again, seen during the gathering period of troops for several months on the Ukrainian border - when he was openly ridiculing and bluntly lying in face of all of the world. President Biden said - no, I don't believe the pictures of APCs retrieving back from border are real - and Putin was probably giggling a sickly grin somewhere - saying - good boy, Biden, well noticed, good boy. The problem with the first invasion of 2014 was that he was testing the world - does it care - and how much, apart from giving a "like" in Facebook or youtube - about Ukraine? And after 8 years of no problems occupying Crimean peninsula and swaths of land in East Ukraine - he understood - naah, the world doesn't care much at all. So - he gathers resources for 8 years - and cablamo, still no one cares - here we go, killing people, civilians, murdering pregnant mothers, slaughtering children and his own servicemen. Does Putin care what he says? Does he care the world "sees" that his "targeting military infrastructure only" is a complete lie? Does he care that calling Ukrainians nazists and drug addicts is BS only idiots could believe? NO! Because he has been feeding the majority of Russians his propoganda for decades - no one seemed to be minding, by and large - can he proclaim and postulate anything he wants? ABSOLUTELY! What does he have to lose? NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! He''s known about all the possible sanctions, about disconnecting SWIFT, about not cooperating with Russia, about closing bank accounts, sports events, companies, etc., etc. - for at least 8 years. HE DOES NOT CARE! He is that small ego-centric sicko kid in the playground - whose mentally disturbed resolve only strengthens with every objection - only his toys are mothers, soldiers, children, lives, futures and dreams - under some sick pretense. The only thing Hussein, Ammin, Gadaffi, Assad, bin Laden, HItler and Putin understand or take into account - is blunt immediate force. Once again - the appeasement policy prior to WWII in respect to Hitler - did not work. Are countries like US, Germany, France, UK - and others - willing to take the same bet now?

[@maryannelarsen1186]

Wonderful interview. Thank you. Prayers she is well.

[@lesfleurs9781]

Everyone should listen to this interview. She is extremely knowledgeable. An incredible resource.

[@rebeccaLV]

nothing I've observed gives greater insight into Putin and his Oligarchy. this expert must be employed by our intelligence community. she has a broad and fascinating perspective. her analysis seems both anchored in history and practical.

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

Wow. What a fascinating interview! An interesting person on many levels.

[@ruffshenanigans9582]

The more I listen to these the more I think We understand Putin and Russia better than they understand America.

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

I would love to hear an interview with his ex wife .

[@Liza03V]

Never spoke in public because she is afraid! Did you hear anything about his daughters? His daughters never seen in public and nobody knows were they are. They arw kept under secret identities as well. He afraids that when he crosses the line he wont be able to protect them. Check about his lover Alina Cabaeva. You will not find were she is now and what is she doing. They believe that he hides her in Switzerland.

[@missfeliss3628]

Ya...we want insider knowledge not outsider historians.... This is great

[@buddhalovechild]

Brave. Intelligent. Very, very tough.

[@geezzzwdf]

Thank you for all your efforts .

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you so much for these brilliant interviews which are crucial to educate the public, especially at the times we're living!

[@mmmsunshine5367]

👍please keep educating - I am glad that she did not try to play down his intelligence as some have done in other presentations that I have seen- dangerous openings are left when people are underestimated ... prescient as we enter 2022

[@americana1234]

She’s brilliant wow so much knowledge

[@Liliana-mz4zc]

An incredibile interview. Especially now.

[@k-isfor-kristina]

god, the end of this is ominous

[@415mission]

Brave, clear, thoughtful. More please!

[@patricialegge2482]

I would be worried for her safety, surely Russia won't allow her to live much longer with all the information she is divulging. I hope she stays safe.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

What she says about Putler not using (the) internet, is a key piece of information on understanding the dictator nowadays... and his spokespersons too. Only by not looking at the facts and not seeing them can he (and representatives of his) deny them with so much conviction and lie in such a blatant manner.

[@tessadrake824]

Got to love her! What a fascinating interview.

[@DJS11811]

Putin's dad was in SMERSH, and the interviewer changes the subject???

[@buddysilver5788]

When you comment - INFORM those who don't know who or what is SMERSH. All it takes is a few more taps on your computer! See my comment above!

[@TampaDave]

Yeah, I felt the same thing when it happened. Like it wouldn't be the FIRST thing you would say if someone said "Who is Putin?" I admit it is the 2nd thing you say about Jim Morrison: 1: Poet and member of Doors, 2: Son of Adm. Morrison, Cmdr of Fleet involved in Tonkin "Incident".

[@TampaDave]

And if you thought it was so important to explain it to millenials, Buddy, why didn't YOU do it, instead of wasting so many keystrokes giving no additional information.

[@emilycorwith1119]

Putin is a 'professional liar' ... sound familiar?

[@tomtunafish8957]

Emily Corwith ... actually, Trump's a pathological liar. :)

[@dorinature]

what familiar, more crazy. There is nowhere a place could teach lies, Putin just grew up with a nice spirit, gz callim him a liar for doing the best he can

[@stupidtreehugger]

We're all liars. Do we claim our relatively useless lies are better than the lies of those who gain much by their lies? Show me one who has been voted for who does not lie nor is a Truth has as yet overtly little to do with proliferating regardless, and that's what almost all biological organisms are primed to do. One big difference is accountability. One good thing is learning the difference between representative democracy and delegate democracy.

[@mccosha]

@@stupidtreehugger oh that is just dumb trolling Putin poisons people who dissent you: "we're all killers"? LOL

[@theclash3015]

@@mccosha That Putin did not send uranium to Iraq,which the Americans found and distroyed Iraq,because of him?!

[@elaineburnett5230]

If I was hearing her describing how dangerous Putin will be for the world, I would want to hear more on that topic...much more.

[@quantumeseboy]

Albats isn't exactly a smooth talker, but she knows what she is talking about. Masha Gessen is well informed but tends to romanticize a little.

[@valgehiir]

I never understood why do people expect perfect, accent free English from a non native Eng speaker. How is your Russian? Готов беседовать по русски?

[@iamthereforeistrive9392]

She knows what she is talking about, when she brings up facts, but her interpretations sometimes quite tinted by her own opinions, rather than facts. I find that Gessen, on the other hand, and to my surprize, interprets facts very precisely, using her first-hand knowledge about then-current living conditions of people, rather than her beliefs. ...I do not think you meant accents...

[@tommac5411]

So intellegent. I'm glad Yevgenia lives in the U.S.

[@abrahamgustavoguitiperez-m2937]

She lives in Russia. Not the U.S.

[@elaineburnett5230]

@@abrahamgustavoguitiperez-m2937 Thank you for that clarification. .I guess that person thought the misstatement was a very clever joke..to demean the serious and illuminating truths she was saying....

[@simonlee8889]

She lives in Moscow.. Has she been arrested? No. Has she simply told you all what you wanted/needed to hear? Yes.

[@rawhamburgerjoe]

Man her sarcastic Russian humor is so, so fiiine.

[@lukelewkowicz2233]

It reminds me of kite flying competition in an elementary school. Building one and flying it was not as simple as it appeared. In my case I build an only one of a box design. It never took off the ground. The reason was very simple, as bunch of unruly kids were running amock cutting the lines with the shaving razors. Go figure out what would these kids become when adults. Most likekly bunch of tugs. Nothing based on merrit but everything on deception of any kind. Festering pool of rats to put it planely. KGB types.

[@annhannon8792]

Knowledgeable woman

[@adamfrazer5150]

Currently reading Annie Jacobson's 'DARPA' and just hit the chapter describing how Soviets/Russia poured massive amounts of funds and talent into researching Black Plague v2....oh, and hung onto their stocks of Smallpox despite the unilateral treaty to eradicate it. That's what I want in a tyrant....Access to Super Plague. No joke.

[@linmonash1244]

YES Mandatory knowledge. The depth and specificity of this analysis of Putin's 'world' amd mindset is invaluable. EVERY World Leader should be absorbing this - and FAST. It's also VERY frightening. There is one thing however that I take large issue with >>> Genia is WRONG when she says Putin is 'not crazy'. As a Mental Health Clinician I have to point out that He IS. She very clearly describes the preconditions and the range of settings within which Putin has developed a highly disordered view of the world, a condition that Psychiatry defines as "A Fixed Delusional Disorder" with related and very pronounced Paranoid Themes. Such a disordered and delusional 'mindset' is extraordinarily resistant to any attempt to introduce real evidence that challenges their belief system. Any and all such evidence (of the reality, for example; of the existence of a free or democratic society etc. and people willing to risk their lives to fight for it ) will be denied and then folded into their fixed black and white lens through which they view the whole of the rest of the world. Ie: He will interpret any such as; a Lie, Propaganda. "An attempt to manipulate me and prevent me from pursuing my goals". ### This information about Putin's Key Drivers and Cognitions is absolutely vital for key decision makers to be aware of and to understand - if we are to prevent him from triggering a Catastrophe on a Global Scale.

[@elaineburnett5230]

Perhaps she is saying despite how crazy Putin is the world has no remedy, there is no authority to just send international medical officials into to declare him "nuts" and remove him from office in a perfectly fitted white coat...so we are forced to deal with his delusional dementia as a singular threat against humanity for which we may have a comprehensive solution. 😒🤔😌🤥😨

[@linmonash1244]

@@elaineburnett5230 AGREE

[@simonlee8889]

only frightening if you believe it...she's just saying what you all want to hear....

[@arthurspoerner4329]

She is so right! Sorry Frontline!!!!

[@darrylpaul7017]

Wow, please go to New Zealand, I do appreciate the dialog though

[@texaspatty4697]

No taxation without representation. This was a motto at the time of the American Revolution. And they won!

[@polcrendszer]

is it possible to make a translation in another language and use the video? I think this is a very important video and has to be seen by my own people.

[@arkadybobov]

brilliant

[@ThunderAppeal]

Shes an idiot, like you.

[@BeegirlsHoneyHouse]

When Yevgenia said ‘She wanted to fall asleep and wake up years later,’, when Trump and Putin shook hands, I felt that so deeply. I felt that way in 2016 on the night it was apparent that Trump would win and it lasted until Joe Biden was elected in 2020.

[@RebekaTarn]

That woman is incredibly brave and really sharp.

[@Starfish2145]

Ironic given current events