The silent rise of Russian power under Putin & why it might’ve hoped to roll over Ukraine

#CutTheClutter #Putin #Russia
As Russia continues to pursue the Ukraine offensive, understand how Putin made Russia one of the most powerful countries in the world. Watch episode 512 of ThePrint's #CutTheClutter dated 3 July 2020, where Shekhar Gupta explains the unlikely rise of Russia, its leader Putin & breaks down his ideology.
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[@aashisha9]

I THINK HOST SHOULD RETIRE AND ALLOW OTHERS TO COME UP IN THIS PLACE. NO BODY WANTS TO SEE HIM NOW, HE IS A LOST CHARM MAKING EFFORT. BALD MAN STEP DOWN OR MORE LESS VIEWS AGAIN TO FOLLOW.

[@aashisha9]

ANCHOR IS HURTING 1.82 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS, JUST RETIRE AND GET A NEW HOST

[@greedyfirstalgorithmlast26]

S M Putin became the Anti- mafia, and Putin sure made everyday life was secure

[@georgechristoforou991]

Move away from western propaganda. China and Russia have gained their independence and are growing and thriving. India still waiting for some crumbs from the west is still poor.

[@mr.s7559]

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[@jeffreyraz]

I'm really glad Indians are making contents in english. I'm Lebanese, we speak arabic. English is a good second language to connect with other people. This is the 3rd Indian channel I watched regarding Russia/Ukraine conflict, and I see that these channel has the most objective views and doesn't push the main stream media narrative and are not part of the propaganda

[@MarniLondon]

This is propaganda aswell. Your better off reading rather than listening.

[@DorianLS]

But watch out for the comments section of KZbin. I find "The Print" to be very good.

[@SS-qf3pq]

@make a wish what are you talking about? I don’t agree with everything the west says, but morally they are in far better standing compared to Russia as it pertains to this conflict.

[@SS-qf3pq]

@make a wish Ukraine has had neo-nazi groups in the form of the azov battalion. Who are a part of the Ukrainian armed forces. But their party representation in parliament has less than 2% support of the people of Ukraine. Ukraine’s president is Jewish and has lost family to the nazis in WW2. So there are no direct threads to say that Ukrainian high command is filled with nazis. That’s just Russian propaganda. In the end of the day. Putin wants Ukraine to maintain a sphere of influence around Russia. He is not happy about the western relations that Ukraine has gained over the years. He’s also not happy that Ukrainian people actually want to be a part of the western alliance, in the EU and NATO. The sad thing is that most people don’t ask questions about why Ukraine is interested in western relations? What happened after the annexation of Crimea? Why did Putin invade Crimea right after they found natural gas reserves near Crimea? It’s easy to say everything is just propaganda. But the truth is that Putin is wrong in this case. He’s waging a war to maintain his control of power in the region.

[@SS-qf3pq]

@K Totci I don’t think I can agree more with everything you have highlighted here. Hypocrisy is just modus operandi for western governments. It’s also kind of high browned to listen to them pushback at stuff they did before and preach to others. Believe me, I get that… I’m saying it’s wrong when the US did it. AND, it’s wrong when Saudi Arabia does it, or Russia does it, or Pakistan does it, or India does it, or Ukraine does it. In this situation, a formal diplomatic negotiation should have preceded ratcheting of conflicts. Let’s be honest here, Russia tried to install a puppet state and failed in maintaining control of their axis state, because their Ukraine Allies got a little too greedy and lost the support of the Ukrainian people… typically if the US did something like this, they would have left, cause it’s a situation that will not work in favor of their ‘image’ in the world… Russia just didn’t get the hint, they went all in on something that was already lost, trust. There is no going back here, once Russia pull out of the conflict, Ukrainians are going to be more inclined to join NATO, which is against the interest of Russia. If Russia stay, they will be fighting guerrilla armies within their territories. Again something that they don’t really want. A failed petrostate like Russia has really nothing they can do as they head into another demise, because they got into a conflict where they just cannot win. Is there really any chance Putin survives a changing opinion of his country men, when there’s no food for summer, when there may be domestic terrorist attacks, when the economy is virtually dead. Unless these issues are addressed in a true fashion, I don’t see a peaceful resolution to the conflict once it already started…

[@zenith808]

Incorrect to say Putin has "forgotten" China. Men like Putin never " forget"

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Will he forget the 2 bedder Modi?

[@acerrome9672]

True. Agree 100 %.

[@inuwooddog3027]

Countries like Russia and China didn't rise silently. Their rise was obvious. However the Western dominated media, including the ones in India have political biases. They have a bad habit of flattering the countries they like, and discredit everything about the countries that they don't like. This unintentionally served as a powerful self disinformation.

[@georgechristoforou991]

They still say Russia has a smaller economy than Italy.

[@KPPO200]

@@georgechristoforou991 What they didn't say was Russia has a military power equivalent to a US.

[@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb]

Those lackeys of western Judeo-Christian power elites, who live in India and use media channels to perpetuate the propaganda of west, should be hanged

[@saravananboopathy5506]

@ Inu Wood Dog: As you are suggesting, let us all support Russia Annexation of Ukraine. Russia is such a genuine country with stellar history : No govt sponsored doping for Olympics, no annexation of Crimea, No annexation of Georgia. No oligarchic society with proper wealth distribution. After Nehru demise, India moved to USSR/Russia camp & followed Russia. Results are all around us & glaringly similar. Rampant corruption in broad daylight, Aristocratic society (parties is run by 1-man or a family), poor recognition to merit, poor human right standards, almost no growth in comparison with neighbors. Let us all support the new Hitler in making and let India stand in the Axis side of the History.

[@inuwooddog3027]

@@saravananboopathy5506 See? Your comment is exactly what I meant. We don't like Russia and what they did, *therefore* let's pretend that they can do nothing right, they are weak, they are clowns, etc. Same thing is still happening in the media covering Ukraine, you know? We don't like Russia, therefore let's pretend that Russia is losing in Ukraine. (Russia is not losing)

[@sm7786]

I was posted in Moscow between 2004 and 2008. One of the main reasons for his initial popularity was his strong-arm tactics to eliminate the mafias that messed with ordinary people. Ironically, Putin became the ultimate mafia, but everyday life was still secure while some oligarchs like Khodorkovsky lost out.

[@vitalys5395]

And now he is trying to chase the rest of the oligarchs out of Nato.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Incredible Rise and Rise of Putin. His father was only a humble Chinese cook for Lenin and Stalin. But now, he has become the President of Russia at a tender young age of 40 years .

[@silaakkidumma]

@@tedchandran is this you Putin? 😆 self dabba

[@rabiyasyne621]

@@vitalys5395 NATO is impotent.

[@beansprouts2798]

While in India every civil servants are little mafia

[@prikshitmishra]

If I had a paisa for everytime shekhar has said "sex appeal" in CTC, it'll be more than today's Rouble.😁

[@dr_prc]

Cheap shot😂😂

[@User1_2_3_4]

I always thought Russia is the second most powerful country in the world irrespective of its breakdown of USSR federation. And I also thought that Putin is the most intelligent leader

[@sksksks5072]

cause u are dhoti who cannot tolerate china rise🐐🇮🇳

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. According to St. Kosmas and St. Paisios of Mt. Athos,. the Greatest destiny of Putin is yet to come, that is the Restoration of Orthodox Christianity

[@TheRealIronMan]

@@sksksks5072 Not necessarily, I think its more about how nobody has actually seen modern Chinese military in action, by that I mean like a real war, with its newly developed techs like 5 gen fighters, hypersonic missiles, 055 Destroyers and shit, the unwillingness to fight a real war gave ppl the impression of being weak, it makes people forget how in real Purchasing Power its military spending is about 75% of US, and has the largest industrialized production might in the world, at the end of day, experience can be gained, war is all about production and logistics, if one day China does decide to take on a major economic hit to take Taiwan, a lot of ppl gonna be shocked how dominating it will be, one of the biggest indicators is reading about Chinese military hardware wikipedia like J-20, the entire article is filled with American analysts and generals lament about how they underestimated China, and those folks don't get impressed easy.

[@Sigma3095]

Putin is intelligent and russia is 2nd powerful interms of military

[@Earth-yy9cf]

Indeed.

[@truth3644]

I am Russian, thank you for truth and analys

[@rameshg2717]

Russia supplied all our military hardware. Our aircraft carrier was from them, our planes are from them, our nuclear reactor from them and mainly our space program is helped a lot by them. Feel very bad to see it falling from grace.

[@madhureddy7643]

Will they fly? Or work?

[@RJ-kp6pr]

Not gonna lie, the last name I expected to be mentioned in a video about Vladimir Putin was Rabri Devi. This is an extremely illuminating recap though!

[@prashantchachadi6896]

everyone in India is aware of the fact that India is not the 3rd super power n many reckon Russia as d 2nd most powerful nation ahead of China...ofcourse China is an economic power but when it comes to geo politics Russia has been on d scene since 2008 under Putin

[@ChandranPrema123]

We know that India is 4th Strongest country

[@MegaEdward39]

@@a.d.7888 no match to what?? Or whom??

[@milanshsharma1267]

@@ChandranPrema123 india the 1sr strongest superpower , jai shri ram

[@MegaEdward39]

@@a.d.7888 lmao 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂 you must be joking right???

[@tedchandran]

@@milanshsharma1267 Jai Hinduja.The greatest Ayah in the World history of the 5Eyes.

[@holselkafada8439]

Your research and development of current issues are with merit and you speak logic. Keep it up sir. Thank you for keeping us updated.

[@danicapaty8457]

Man, you call this "research and development of current issues". You are so outdated. It's all know facts which is just reading and acting like he is preaching. I petty you.

[@deeell9305]

Putin be thinking like that, "we calm down a while and they started thinking of us as cowardice" Underestimation of Russia is the biggest ignorance.

[@vasiqkhusrou592]

Dear Shakher, you are a senior journalist and widely respected in the country. Please talk about west hypocrisy.

[@objectiveperson6177]

How can he is paid by them😀

[@gulmohmmadshah8466]

My Assessments of Various Players post-Ukraine Conflict: US & Allies - Richer but Weaker, Unreliability Confirmed & Labelled Cheaters. Russia - Poorer but Stronger. Ukraine - Ruined, Helpless, Repentant on their backstabbing by US & Allies. Turkey - Uncertainty, Likely Next Target, Despite Membership NATO will not Help. China - Maximum Beneficiary Without Doing Anything.

[@ausriusdidziokas7979]

Go home ccp bot. China will lose out to as it a rogue state that democratic countries are uniting to fight so US and allies stronger and richer and Russia poorer and weaker. Can’t get stronger will get poorer. No backstabbing of Ukraine by NATO, they are helping by sending lethal weapons.

[@ausriusdidziokas7979]

So Ukraine isn’t helpless and if Turkey was attacked rest of NATO would join and also US and allies are more united to so that is wrong too.

[@gulmohmmadshah8466]

@@ausriusdidziokas7979 I don’t intend a debate, but ….. Firstly , my assessment could be wrong and I wish it becomes wrong and be a winning situation for humanity. As proved by the events so far, there is no denial that Ukraine has been backstabbed. By sanctioning Russia, US & Allies will for sure get richer and richer but poor Ukraine bombardment continues. Before the war started, there was no attempt to stop the war from happening. In fact, as it appears now, by staying outside the war-zone, the West wanted an excuse to sanction Russia. The provocation was obvious. Ukraine response would have been different had they been informed about the type of outside support they would be getting in case of the war. Secondly, richer doesn’t necessarily mean stronger. Japan is very rich but not strong. Let us pray for sanity to prevail in the world order. Let us work for better tomorrow. Let us help ban Nukes, MOABs and WMDs. We have only one life to live and that life now poor Ukrainians are being denied of by stupid world powers. When elephants play dirty, bushes get ruined. I sympathize with bushes, not the elephants.

[@sitarampradhan8488]

@@gulmohmmadshah8466 lol.... you don't know clue about Ukraine. Go read history of Ukraine and Nato's involvement of expansion. Russia is right as per western perspective. Russia have what needed for protect its influence.

[@gulmohmmadshah8466]

@@sitarampradhan8488 I think you have misunderstood the complete context. Read this along with my original comment. This rebuttal was in reply to someone’s response to that initial assessment. Without taking sides of this dispute, there is no denial that Russia has been forced into it as per a well knit plan devised over decades. If war was the only option, then Russia is on the right side of it and it clearly is apparent that the West didn’t leave any other room for Putin. Zelensky has been used as a tool like the nail which hardly understands the intentions of hammer. Regarding your assertion that I don’t know anything about Ukraine. May be you are right because all the excess grey matter seems to have got diverted to your Khopdi to the extent that you failed to understand the detail between the lines. Mr. do not act like a typical among Typicals.

[@deepblue3682]

Zelenski.. is he using human shield for saving his throne or he is a hero.

[@Greasyhair]

He should throw you under those Russian tanks.

[@gagansi406]

C’mon man, don’t be that cynical. He’s a hero clearly, standing up to a murderer

[@tenton459]

He's Don Quixote

[@vinay1150]

Concise, clear and with Simplicity the era of Putin is beautifully addressed

[@pharaohakhneton9553]

Both China and Russia are democracies with one common characteristics . Democracy for the despots,by the despots , for the despots and people being zombies.

[@064anshumankar2]

Not zombies. That's a wrong characterization. The people resist the dictators in their own way. But the repression is just too intense that people like you and me can never even imagine.

[@pritam7396]

I have barely missed any episode of CTC by Shekhar Sir. This episode is like i was remembering that they thought it before 😇🙏

[@masoodhassan7520]

Brilliant analysis. Quite informative and useful.

[@abhisekpanda1364]

Sir the most hilarious amendment is CHINESE PRESIDENT FOR LIFE 😂

[@bachelorroomshorts393]

His life is just to get shorter because of Pakistan 😂

[@yasirpk2002]

There is a reason he went to Libya, Venezuela, Syria etc ; he has done all this to establish a monopoly on European energy market.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. According to Nostradamus and Baba Vanga,. Putin is the new Lord of Europe 2022.

[@shakuntalalivneh8742]

@@tedchandranIs Nostradamus for real ? Is Baba Vanga for real ? I think perhaps, all lords will disappear and a world with servants rather than lords will appear.

[@zil1832]

*This conflict, if anything, have taught us the lesson of peace. Peace must prevail if we are to achieve anything and develope. If you dont have good relation with your neighbour, your future is always uncertain. We must keep an open mind and try to resolve any issues with dialouge.*

[@abba3629]

USA🇺🇸 GDP=$22+ Trillion. INDIA🇮🇳 GDP=$3+ Trillion. RUSSIA🇷🇺GDP=$1.9+ Trillion.

[@RaghuRoxx]

And China 🇨🇳 GDP= $25+ Trillion

[@malignm1857]

@@RaghuRoxx china is 14 trillion.

[@dr_prc]

I live in russia and have been waiting for this episode for a long time. Fun fact there is a Bihari elected leader in Kursk.

[@a2zadi]

What's his name?

[@dr_prc]

Abhay Kumar Singh

[@PUNEDIALOGUES]

Whenever a media person compliments China, there's something ambiguous about it. Although SG tries hard to toe a neutral line.

[@PUNEDIALOGUES]

@@ranjitsur6397 Looks like you are in AWE of the "mighty" Chinese who thinks these worthless Chinese goods are indispensable & that goes for their military hardware as well. Clear your mind unless you are not a Communist.

[@dev.0122]

What a quality content, I recently read and watched a video on Silovics oligarchs from a western media channel, and wondered why we do not make such content and then this video was on my feed. Just awesome

[@shashankkolhe4111]

Those are propaganda

[@VikasKumar-nq8if]

China is economic giant not the military superpower. There is difference in being economic giant and being military superpower. China if today attacks Taiwan , it would be very hard for world to handle as economic sanctions against China would impact many countries and it will break their own supply chains. Russia + China = Real superpower as one is military superpower and the other has economic machinery. What Indian government has done in recent past is to take some dependence out from China and not only for themselves but also for other countries. Long road to go but a decent start.

[@RahulPriyaranjan]

I think we are underestimating the strength of Chinese military. China is well on its way to becoming a military superpower too.

[@convergencev]

the dispute between India and China is insignificant to the magnitude of ties we have with them. Note that taking Taiwan is a lot easier than Ukraine. China and Russia haven't really used their cards yet. If Russia switches to CIPS, and china de dollarizes itself the economic impact on the west is going to be huge. I think they might be planning it to make it really painful. If the world order changes, it would be in our own interest if the dispute was resolved.

[@JUDGEMENTDAY66]

Pls read UN or world bank data ,etc. Import of Chinese goods in India increases b y 10-12% each yr

[@sksksks5072]

but china is defeinetly way more stronger millitary and econimicaly then india thats for sure

[@aspiringphysicist.2314]

@@RahulPriyaranjan keeping the patriotism aside but experience is also something indian army fought almost 6 wars and only one loss , but i also think that china has an edge

[@insights3005]

Thanks!

[@gsarshi5210]

Great listening and congratulations to research team 👏

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Forget the neocon war-mongering narrative that Russia is a petrol pump with nukes. Respect Russia as a Global superpower or regret now like the Clown Zelensky. And never forget that Russia had prevented India defeat by Pakistan in the 1971 war.

[@sunnymittra]

Russia is #2 not 3... Russia have combat experience and have won many strategically critical wars one is Syria! China have no combat experience

[@awesomeevents8442]

I am big fan of your journalism from the “ Walk the Talk”

[@edwardlouisbernays2469]

Russia has been preparing for precisely this kind of contingency for the last half-decade. In 2019, Vladimir Putin signed a Sovereign Internet Law, which gives the Russian government more control over internet content but also to counteract threats to the stability and security of the internet in the country. On three instances, most recently last summer, Russia disconnected itself from the internet so that it could perform tests on Runet, a locally based network designed to step in to serve web pages in the event of a cyberattack or a deliberate outage, said Karen Kazaryn, the director of the Internet Research Institute in Moscow. If the domestic internet law does produce further RuNet isolation, Kremlin leadership may see Russia as more insulated from foreign cyber threats when considering operational blowback. Russia may become more willing to assertively target digital internet systems abroad as a result, which may pair with its efforts to physically target internet infrastructure like undersea cables. Further isolation would also technically reduce the connectivity of the internet within Russia to the outside world. This, too, could prompt changes in how operations are executed. On the state side, it is likely the Kremlin exerts tighter control over sophisticated offensive cyber operations compared to the control exerted over less sophisticated operations conducted by nonstate proxies. This is because “more advanced technical operations carry much greater strategic risk.”71 Poorly controlled or executed operations could lead to unintended escalations with foreign powers, particularly if the source of those intrusions is an entity like the GRU (military intelligence).72 Thus, something like intelligence service penetration of a foreign nation’s power grid would likely be subject to far more political oversight than a state-ignored crime ring’s hack of a small e-commerce firm, which would likely have none at all. For example, the US government has stated that hacks of US political organizations in 2016, attributed to Russian intelligence-affiliated entities,73 could only have been authorized by “Russia’s senior-most officials.”74

[@elo3640]

Keep this coverage up and it’s gonna put your channel on the yt map

[@shadabqureshi6283]

And once someone Famously Said , "" if there is no Russia , Why do we need this Planet "--- Vladimir Putin.🕴️

[@authentic_101]

Doesn't seem like Putin said this. It's some TV presenter. Do check such stuff before you post.

[@shadabqureshi6283]

@@authentic_101 just googled it bro. I am not feku.

[@anzrhrn1614]

Maybe this is the time Russia, China, India & others to completely ditching fiat currency that based on USD to other means or create new exchange currency.

[@niweshlekhak9646]

Not possible all the companies will move out of Russia, China and India. Since it will bring another cold war.

[@Sk-po9dx]

@@niweshlekhak9646 they'll take away the company but they'll not have the market to earn USD. Big US company depends on huge market in countries like China, India and Philippines .

[@niweshlekhak9646]

@@Sk-po9dx US doesn't depend on China, India or Philippines. US can bring the companies to America, Europe or Africa.

[@Sk-po9dx]

@@niweshlekhak9646 no country is necessarily dependent on any country. They can live with their own resources. We're talking about big companies here. In Europe and America 2-3 hours wages is almost equal to one day wages in other developing countries.

[@Sk-po9dx]

@@niweshlekhak9646 you may wanna do a little bit of research why America is outsourcing their big companies in India, china or other developing countries

[@thinwhitedukerhapsody]

Is this a re-upload??? I have seen this episode some day is this a re-upload?

[@songandstrings8125]

Yes it is. Date is mentioned on top right corner

[@2002georgezacharia]

2020 mid I believe

[@ravinderarya5804]

I wish instead of giving example of Rabri and Lalu, you had given actual example of Sonia and Manmohan to exactly fit into relevance of dummy PM. You finely skipped it 😄

[@SriramMohan80]

With Global warming and melting Ice Caps Siberia might become the Bread Basket of the world. They are also building shipping channels through Artic since melting Ice has made shipping viable.

[@aanasarbi1141]

Shekhar You forgot to explain the events that led to Yelsin calling him and making him Prime Minister. Yelsin say that he had supported his former boss when basically everyone had abondoned him. His former boss was the mayor of Leningrad. Yelsin was also going to be charged for corruption so he needed a Prime Minister who could become President and shield him

[@ruata2162]

New alliance spearheaded by Russia India China must be created soon..countries like iran, north korea, se asia and central asia will be ready to join

[@jimgraham6722]

Yes, a common characteristic is impoverishment of citizens.

[@pritishpadhy2603]

Thanks Shekhar Ji- excellent analysis👌👌

[@katiewyatt1985]

i like the way that Russia thought that it can steam roll Ukraine.

[@vikramadityajha8924]

SG Sir please make CTC on Indian government Operation Ganga. Also includes the significance of Operation Maitre, Vande bharat, Samudra setu and many others. Kindly include my favourite politician Shushma swaraj role. Now my question 1-Is it only during BJP government we see such effort or past government also did such operation. 2- Role of External affairs ministery in such operation. 3-Role of electronic and social media

[@silaakkidumma]

Current administration is all about theatrics...photoshop and projecting a strong man image and they say and start something for the facade and middle class will be left out with the bill...remember Swach Bharat only that tax associated to it is being bear by middle class but nothing changed!

[@SivanandaSaiChilukuri]

Isn't this a re-upload?

[@gdgobi7330]

This is the guy who can be called Real Spymaster.

[@ameetasingh6960]

Shekhar ji for the first time I appreciate your analysis

[@dakshjoshi675]

The rise is silent and steady.

[@NeeteshSinghHere]

You lost me when you said Russia comes after china

[@zeroonexxxxxxx2353]

Dear sir, Please recommend us geo-politics books to read. Read Directorate S on your suggestion, loved it!

[@sakshamrai1803]

For this topic, read winter is coming by garry kasparov

[@mdfaisal216]

just avoid western books

[@navalfa7291]

@@sakshamrai1803 Just avoid Garry Kasparov. He sold his soul to the Globalist in Vienna.

[@bhavikmuni7413]

If you subscribe to his newsletter he suggests readings.

[@jackreaher36]

Buy upsc international relations books in Flipkart

[@shambhaviarun2261]

Say no to war..

[@jk7064]

Navalny is like Gorbachev making again same mistake leads to fall of USSR, russia economy is so different, so Russians need Putin.

[@Distant_Relative]

Finally you wore the same shirt as is seen in your image in the CTC image.

[@anukanisetti]

It's old intv

[@Harigram]

Puttin appears to be very smart. At one point, he may dump China. Their interest clashes at borders at the Arctic area. Once this Ukraine issue is over, he may start playing Oil Card with China ( as with Europe)

[@hkfoo3333]

hey boy ... if you do not know anything about Russia China relationship , suggest you go back to kindergarten school of politics... first.

[@sushantnarang7552]

@@hkfoo3333 Fuc@k Mao anb Xi and entire china

[@leemafashion6628]

@@hkfoo3333 we know 1960s chino Russian War.

[@sadmansakib1160]

Detailed. Informative. Thank you!

[@ashutoshdeuskar65]

Dear Shekhar and team, one complaint, CTC should be published at a fixed time every day. Not at will as it is being done now. and for some reason if there is no CTC, your team should inform members. I do not care about other perks of being a member, but this would be a great perk for someone like me.

[@Ravindrajoshi67]

Shekhar ji excellent insight, your knowledge on international politics equally similar to Indian Rajneeti, very informative episode.

[@user-ek2sf4sq3d]

Very clearly said! My full respect to you sir!

[@srinivasapavan4566]

Why do i feel deja vu

[@ragavendranvenkatesan4602]

Dear sekhar sir, can you list the books in your library..

[@mohamedameen569]

No one explains stuffs like this guy, mind blowing explanation

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Most Indian MSM have now become the paid mouth-piece for the neocon establishment. That guy is only a cursory researcher scratching the surface of Putin's destiny. The complete and greatest story of Putin had been written in the prophecy of St Kosmas and St Paisios of Mt. Athos.

[@tonmy21]

Superb Analysis..

[@richardhouser508]

Excellent, excellent research and reporting!

[@southcomet]

This in depth analysis has come out only after putin started hitting headlines in the past two weeks. Till such time media talked only about US China. Video didn't provide any analysis on what has triggered russia putin to march.

[@pramodk.sharma682]

Every country has its own set of democracy...

[@kaustavisi]

CTC so early!

[@mohammadzakariakhan5389]

Russia is the No 1Power in the world. America was the No 1 power, but was badly beaten by Russia in Syria, Ukraine in 2014. Russia dethroned America. Now Russia is again beating America in Ukraine. Therefore, by the rule of boxing, Russia is Champion, America is Runners up. China and India is not even in the World Cup Tournament. They are only playing in the qualifying round

[@hugeprrecall8182]

An obvious error in the GDP figure is that Chinese GDP is ~17 trillion not 11. Its scale is actually approximately the same as the whole EU block.

[@YusraKhan190]

Chinese GDP is 100 trillion, not 17.

[@RaghuRoxx]

It's 25 now

[@RaghuRoxx]

@@YusraKhan190 sure 😂

[@sanyamonga8611]

This episode was fantastic!!! Thank you

[@pagan-540]

Putin need not be evaluated on the basis of western liberal democracies. This is tantamount to decry diversity in governing systems and consider western value system as superior to that of other civilizations. This is arbitrary and parochial.

[@crimsonrain2705]

so you're justifying putin's actions? you're justifying war and invasion?

[@fangdog29]

@@crimsonrain2705 not war and invasion. But there sure af is more justication for this war than the war on Iraq by USA.

[@RaghuRoxx]

@@crimsonrain2705 so u want them to sit quite while NATO builds bases in Ukraine and then attacks Russia China or India like they been doing in middle east?

[@niweshlekhak9646]

@@fangdog29 Iraq tried to kill President Bush Sr, if they can get that close to killing a President than they can easily kill civilians.

[@daulataswani1368]

Could Ukraine not remained as a democratic non aligned and liberal country without going in so much mess. Is this big blunder of Ukraine knowingly there was no physical support of NATO?

[@georgechristoforou991]

NATO is weak.

[@ssd7853]

Make a CTC on BRICS Resolution in Delhi Declaration.

[@casshekhar]

Very informative piece.

[@barryshaw5660]

Great information

[@vishalmourya8166]

Rabri the Desi version of rook 😂

[@OYT95]

"The problem with the Indian elite is that they think India is the center of the universe" -Ashok Swain

[@aviralmittal89]

That’s a problem with Indian bhakts

[@rajkiran1982]

Swain means pig

[@luckygarg9315]

How can anyone think that Russia is not a powerful country, Russia has big chunk of earth and it's definitely a factor in determining power of any country.

[@edwinmoses335]

Classic shekhar gupta!! Awesome !!

[@rajuinbhu]

Sir, you're very much focused in your analysis on Putin as individual. I do not think international relations are based on individuals rather they remain largely unchanged irrespective of who's in president's chair. I would love to hear some more fundamental analysis of the causes of the new world order. I am not an expert of international relations but what I can make out from the new world order is that it's a tussle of hegemony (financially or militarily) of the west and Russia over every other country. This was there at the time of USSR and it continues till date. Only thing which changed since the USSR days is that USSR has been replaced by Russia.

[@Arihant997]

Exactly I agree ..individuals are over rated..

[@StarCrystal9]

How ever, Putin has strong leadership and his personality greatly augment his effort to put Russia back on its feet. His statesman ship is unifying his peoples and is the best protection in nowadays world. There might be holes in some other domains but basically he is the right man in the right place.

[@Sk-po9dx]

Putin represent the whole Russia so the Chinese president. These two leaders are very strong, and making their country economically and militarily strong with uncountable sanctions from US and western allies is amazing. When one talks about Russia, one cannot look away from the decision maker like a man Putin.

[@haroonsuresh2326]

To my surprise I think Sekhar Ji has the least of ideas about international politics. Russia's power is not unknown to any Indian. Infact almost all Indians also the whole world knows Russia is the most powerful after USA and China. Sometimes infact the Russia is more relevant than China. Russia is the successor state of the USSR. What makes you it's strength as a surprise 🙄

[@ag8502]

The suspense created around Russia being 3rd powerful and important country was unwarranted and that too while taking names like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

[@studyagora]

Uncle Sam's grand plan is rolling successfully but Ukraine a very young and naive state fell for the majestic dream,forgot the ground reality and is paying the ultimate price with blood and gore.

[@specnaz1395]

Bang on 👍🏻

[@theonly6359]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 fell in the hands of Soros and America in the 2014 staged coup of the democratic elected president of Ukraine 🇺🇦 and installed their puppet actor Zelenski.

[@gagansi406]

@@theonly6359 Lol what???? If he was a puppet then why would the people not overthrow this guy like they did to the Shah of Iran? Chimpanzees can reason better than that

[@studyagora]

@@theonly6359 Trouble started right from the fall of Berlin wall,when NATO was not suppose to expand eastwards and the how US executed it policy of Pax Americana and treated Russia and Putin with neglect.

[@theonly6359]

@@gagansi406 Then I guess you don’t know much about the Ukraine 🇺🇦 situation

[@pocoboy68]

Shekhar Gupta's analysis is all based on HMV (His master's voice)..AKA holy western media who is most intelligent,always right,know everything,master of the world and final voice of anything and everything on the Universe. As a old school journalists like shekharji it is difficult to come out from this.

[@MB-rp4vw]

भारतीय हिंदु, मुसलमान सभी विद्यार्थीयोंको भारतमे सुरक्षीत लानेके लीये मोदी सरकारको लाख लाख धन्यवाद !!!मोदीजी है तो मुमकीन है जो कहते है वो एकदम सही है! !!जय हिंद जय भारत !!

[@warmsound75]

Russia is still the 2nd most powerful country in the world and not china , if the definition of power doesn't include money

[@ishanluthra4210]

Sir could you please suggest any good book to know more about the life of Vladimir Putin....

[@dotxh4]

I don't know about any book but I would recommend you to watch 4 part Putin's interview with Oliver Stone. It's available on youtube.

[@ishanluthra4210]

@@dotxh4 Thankyou dear

[@jackreaher36]

@@ishanluthra4210 also there is book of those interviews you should read that as well its called "The Putin interviews"

[@ishanluthra4210]

@@jackreaher36 Thankyou!!

[@jaydendenis2976]

Like this show explained in simplest terms

[@ScotSoliVagaNT]

It's like a cyclical process.

[@zalishaabdool6671]

■VERY INTERESTING STORY.!!■ A LITTLE AMUSEMENT TOO!!... AND RAISING EYEBROWS!! ■THANK YOU!! SIR!!■

[@billbhaneja685]

Comprehensive and insightful. Reignighting of fascism

[@rumelaarya]

One last question: Your last discussion on Russia described the Russian economy as a fortress that is near immune to sanctions. But with the cutting off of Russian financial institutions from the SWIFT payments systems, the Russian economy seems crippled, with their foreign reserves frozen, and their currency value having taken a deepdive. Do you think the Russian economy can still survive these blows and maintain its economic power?

[@gsm9236]

Time will tell… but from what I see the measures the government is taking are remarkable. Very unpopular among the public at the moment but brilliant in my opinion.

[@tedchandran]

Jai Hinduja. Under the Pluripolar world of Putin, there will be many money transfer messaging system like SPFS, CIPS etc in addition to the good old methods of telex, email and telephone

[@tripteshhalder6196]

If Russia is disconnected from SWIFT, the dollar will crash, because they will no longer accept dollar for their commodities eg wheat, oil,gas all of which occupy greater shares in their export basket making them one of world's largest supplier.The price would then have to be paid in RMB/Rubble/Euros.Therefore global commodities market will have to sell Dollars,causing depreciation of the Dollar and making it more difficult for the US Govt to borrow. Moreover,Russia have their own SPFS system equivalent to that of SWIFT.

[@jimgraham6722]

Russian citizens are used to impoverishment and privation. They will cope.

[@sanitizer6585]

@@tripteshhalder6196 USA is shooting it's own feet under that old hags.... About time that bully comes to its own demise!

[@owisestofmatrons7281]

A big thank You Sekhar Ji for being a story Author and making us see it in a whole new light version for what you’ve accomplished Sîr👌You’ve always been royal as an encouraging for more information on Russia 🇷🇺 @V.Putin Wonder what Russia Putin’s story is ??? All we have to do is wait and see! 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇷🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇦

[@HarmanHundal01]

Russia isn’t ruining its economy. It has added land to the country when it annexed Crimea and will add more of it when he adds Ukraine. Land has Economic value. Hence, I posit, Russian economy has grown, not regressed under Putin. It just isn’t evident by conventional measures of economic growth.

[@rishabhsingh7826]

but if russia annexed ukraine their problem will remain the same and that is " Nato at the gates" so i don't. think acquiring this land will solve the problem

[@HarmanHundal01]

@@rishabhsingh7826 NATO at the door is just an excuse by Putin to sell his expansionism to his own people and the world. Putin is actually after the land, he doesn’t care much about what NATO does.

[@sreekr]

With a sparse declining population, Russia is not going to get a big advantage of extra land. They will have to build infrastructure on the new land. It doesn't aid their objective of converting Russian economy to a technology based one. This land only brings in value in commodities (wheat as reported) which Russia already has in plentiful.

[@kadarabdi9829]

Russia has 2% of the fresh water of the world. Russia has many resources corruption is holding Russia back economically and militarily.

[@LegendNinja41]

@@rishabhsingh7826 Ukraine makes for a great buffer. I assume you are Indian right? then you know the Chicken head of India, the Siriguri Corridor and the weakness it poses Geopolitically for India, but India is lucky, the only realistic threat to this is Bangladesh and Nepal and both countries have good relations with India and have no Military ambitions, in fact BGD only spend 1.1% of GDP on Military, much lower than most of the World. Now Russia's weak point is this: from Ukraine to one of Russias big cities Volgograd (once called Stalingrad) on the Volga River, this Corridor is arguably Russia's biggest weakness, if one day, Russia's enemies would invade and control the Corridor, they will cut off Russia from it's lands in the Black sea and Caucasus regions. Russia would lose not only important land but also Black Sea access, which is important because Ports there are also usable in Winter and are not freezing like in most of Russia and they will lose their land borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan, who they have historical and strategic ties with and they would also lose access to the Caspian Sea in Central Asia. Another thing is, the lands in the Corridor from Ukraine to Volgograd on the Volga River are flat, so it's easy to invade and control, the huge Volga River can be used as a Barrier to cut Russia off from these Territories. The Nazis already attacked the Corridor in WW2 but failed at Stalingrad, as the city once was called.

[@a1n14e5]

Appreciate the content and the history behind current events. 1 feedback: You intermittently glancing towards your left is distracting.

[@derrickjoseph4995]

@32.20 second best nuclear arsenal ? you are wrong. Its the worlds most advanced nuclear arsenal, worlds largest , with worlds most advanced delivery mechanisms and ICBMs. He is neither nationalist nor communist. Under his govt multiple nationalist groups are banned as terrorists and today they are fighting in ukraine against russia. He is balanced and patriotic..

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Mr EAMS. Joysankar of India represents Indian State independent of political lineages. The administrative population (IAS) who help the political parties to run the country is highly educated on Indian history, world history, colonialism, economic colonialism, socio- economic direction of the world, interection of world's technological edge and direction, status of modern India in respect of the Developed world and their influence and dominance. We are the ex- service people of Indian State are very much confident that our next Gen are aptly able to maintain our great India forward.

[@rayotti4530]

I love this content

[@rajeshtanwar2445]

SG Sir thanks for sharing this insightful and significant analysis of the enigma called Russia. 👍

[@TheBhoomiPutra]

Russia does not have big brands and does not pamper journalists. So journalists forget Russia and consequently due to lack of media inputs we the public too are unaware of Russia.

[@shejwalkarhemant3110]

Trying to figure out the benchmark against which Shekhar ji is measuring Putins record. Even India has a fair share of dynasts, psychofants, feudal families extending their years in power in democratic set up we are so proud of. Thanks for mentioning secular bihari jocker called lalu. There are many but guess it will take very long to discuss that.😀😀😀

[@synthtastic74]

Not just that, a in US, a single family owns both republican and democrat party.

[@Agnosticcc-x3m]

@@synthtastic74 Who?

[@manjulashanmugasundaram706]

Putin is anything but a dynast. And the other big Dictatorship in the world, Chinese Communist Party, also strictly keeps away dynasties.