What and Why We Think What We Think of Each Other with Vladimir Pozner

The Russian-American journalist Vladimir Pozner reflects on the history of Russian-American enmity, and offers his take on how we as individuals can work to improve the bilateral relationship.

[@cougsjohnson1]

Many people here are missing the point. Vladimir Pozner was the only neutral reporter in the History of US / Soviet & Russian history! His goal has always been diplomacy & peace between our two Countries. There's no one left like him, when we need a mediator more than ever now!

[@LARRYMARTIN-zm1ue]

Could it b the 45th

[@LARRYMARTIN-zm1ue]

I may or may not be a skinhead

[@lastochkapeace4609]

Vladimir Pozner is the best journalist! The most intelligent person I have watched on TV. Wish you good health and long life! 🙏❤️

[@barracuda7018]

He was born in France, lived in the US and lived in the USSR and presently in Russia . He has citizenships of all three countries....

[@kevingrimes4529]

Thanks very much Mr. Vladimir Pozner. I've affectionately admired Mr. Pozner since seeing him in the 80's/90's on Phil Donahue and Ted Koppel shows. I appreciated, then, Mr. Pozner's teaching about Russia as well as his outreach to us in America for the sake of peace and understanding between our peoples. As a result of the fascination with Russia that I developed after hearing Mr. Pozner, I've since visited Russia a few times (in '95 and 2019) out of curiousity and I feel mostly warmth for the Russian people that I met and befriended. It's a wonderful, albeit enigmatic, country with a fascinating history. It's such a needless shame that our country's are at each others throats again today. After the Soviet Union fell apart, there was such a great opportunity for long term peace. And it's been tragically wasted - in my view - mainly by us here in the USA. I had hoped that we would help Russia successfully developed their economy on a basis of the capitalism which has built wealth in the world unlike anything seen before in history. The Russian people would have benefitted from better living standards and we would have benefitted from resulting peace. Instead, we grew NATO and threatened Russia. And Russia has reacted with understandable resentment. I wish my friends in Russia, especially Mr. Pozner, health and happiness.

[@tnndll4294]

POZNER was spokesperson for Soviet Union during cold war.

[@dianacyber2533]

Yes, he was. So what?

[@eugheniat.2121]

@@eugene7715 lots of points actually. His twisting of Russian history are many. America and the west helped Russians to survive from starvation after the revolution, WW2 & during perestroika. Russian population was never bitter towards west until Putin (a KGB director) & KGB in general seized the power in Russia. They silenced & wiped off all free press, they started militarism and anti-Western propaganda which got crazy aggressive over the years. The amount of lies that is now on Russian TV is staggering Vladimir Pozner tried & did not succeed in the US, returned to Russia & chose to played a role in promoting Kremlin’s message inside and outside of Russia which made him a very wealthy man. He is not going to be remembered well.

[@MrSunrise-]

Conditioned reflex: At a community college in my home town, the psych prof taught a class on operant conditioning. The prof had a habit of pacing back and forth in front of the class. The next class a group of pranksters conspired to make more noise as the prof moved to the right and less as he moved to the left. By the end of the class they had him damn near out in the hallway...

[@catarinaroque8083]

Thank you very much Mr.Pozner for your vision, for your opinion.

[@brianbozo2447]

He should arrange to meet Jeffrey Sachs and or John Meersheimer or a meeting should be convened allowing them to speak to an audience.

[@fatdoughnut8218]

What side is Pozner on when he says, “What WE think about each other”?

[@eugheniat.2121]

You will never know. Pozner is an elusive SOB propagandist. Putin made him a millionaire for his role in Kremlin propaganda

[@alexanderbel1953]

I can't really agree ,I have seen about 20 mainly Soviet movies and I am an American and I see very little prejudice of the overhanded kind, in portraying other peoples including Americans and even Germans during the war. I see much more stereotypes (popular culture) in American films in general. It seems to be I really different attitude. But perhaps now the Russians will portray us as villains, in their popular culture.

[@user-jq1po6ji5r]

It's true, there is some distrust of Americans in society, but there are no aggressive or angry Americans, Europeans in the films. You can often see Americans (foreigners) in TV shows, in movies, and often these are comedies in which they make fun of Russian life, which is incomprehensible to foreigners. In these shows, the Russians themselves will be mocked first of all, but there will be no enemy in the Americans. The film "brother 2" is very popular in Russia, even in this film America is not shown as an enemy, but is shown as another culture

[@alexanderbel1953]

@@user-jq1po6ji5r yes thanks for that .Mr.Pozner is a good man and has a lecture on "the making of Vladimir Putin". I think although wise perhaps, he has a tendency to equivocate on a number of subjects especially toward the end of the video . Conditioning of people, yes and we are ultimately responsible this is a good point but things are much more complicated than that .he sounds naïve to me. for example Germany was under the Versailles treaty can you blame them in the beginning for Hitler? And when things got out of hand , from the decisions of many many bad governments who hated each other over the past , or because it was profitable and wouldn't negotiate. And one more thing, Putin, is no Trump ( a dud )and he is a very long way from a "Hitler".

[@willmont8258]

Where is Pozner now? I haven't heard from him since before the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. I would love to hear his take on the Russia-Ukraine war. Is he in fear of being prosecuted if he speaks out and gives his opinion?

[@narinelimanoff4715]

Mr Posner has been part of the regime for a long time. He is not afraid! He represents it.

[@willmont8258]

@@narinelimanoff4715 I don't agree, because if that were true, he would be out front in the media giving the Putin line and justifying the war. He has not done that from what I have seen. I can't find anything of him since the start of the war talking about what is going on. Do you know of anything he has said publicly on this subject since the war started?

[@narinelimanoff4715]

@@willmont8258 Same here, I have not seen anything. What I have observed through the years, is that Mr Posner is a survivor through USSR era, terrible 90s and then in to Putin's regime. Mr Posner learned how to sit on several chairs at the same time. Something no independent journalist was able to do through out the history in Russia. Hence a question what deal did he make?

[@willmont8258]

@@narinelimanoff4715 I don't think he made a deal, I think he is just smart enough to know what to say and what not to say, when to talk and when not to talk. This is probably one of those times when staying quiet and out of public view is the best choice.

[@narinelimanoff4715]

@@willmont8258 absolutely agree with you! But for such historical figure not saying something equates to silent agreement. As a teen I watched in USSR the Television bridge with the US. It changed my whole perspective on the world. And that is thanks to Mr. Posner. However now when he is untouchable, he doesn't want to speak out. I just can't respect that.

[@alexandervantricht2189]

about SHOCKTHERAPY listen (in Dutch) to mrs. Marie Therese ter Haar . But I like very much mr. Pozner

[@RayB1656]

Local Hero, filmed on the Aberdeenshire coast, Scotland shows, if I remember well , a Russian submarine crew member visiting his Scottish girlfriend ...

[@currawong2011]

"Bloodsucking greedy capitalists who cruelly exploited the working man" is a rather accurate description of the US today and and as far back as I can remember (80 years) and likely even before that. That aside, this is a man on which to concentrate one's attention....calm, clear, considered and contemplative

[@CMoore8539]

He’s Brilliant.

[@eugheniat.2121]

Pozner is a clever & canning propagandist of Putin. He made a fortune pedaling Kremlin message. Definitely not someone to listen to

[@LARRYMARTIN-zm1ue]

I'm indifferent towards human emotions

[@tigran56]

Thanks Vladimir. Simple innit?

[@tthex6484]

Surprising that Vladimir Pozner believe that Iranian Donkey story about the Persians. Yet he was talking about misinformation 😂😂

[@eugheniat.2121]

Precisely! What a brilliant remark 👍

[@baibamennika4480]

Nasjot etazej i zenscin

[@LARRYMARTIN-zm1ue]

Russian Literature & Shakespeare

[@adambierzniewski7307]

One thing is certain - Mr Pozner is russian troll.

[@aerofil11]

great facts you just said I must say, you made me think 😂

[@fatdoughnut8218]

He’s his own prostituting troll

[@dianacyber2533]

And you, Adam, are American troll, aren't you? Does your rusophobia come from your Polish ancestors?

[@eugheniat.2121]

@@aerofil11 I’d like to see the facts yet the message seem to have been erased 🤔

[@narinelimanoff4715]

Booo to Mr Pozner. He WAS honest once upon a time. He made a deal with the evil and should not be celebrated or respected.

[@chipchiperson679]

Sounds more like he makes too much sense for you that you have no rebuttal

[@RayB1656]

Do not worry ...the devil doesn't exist ... ...Strangelove or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb !

[@alexfoobarbaz]

he is one of the most vile and cunning russian propagandists, good job giving platform for rashist propaganda

[@MrSunrise-]

Clearly you and I watched different videos.

[@currawong2011]

Seriously, how can you think of this man as vile? What he is suggesting we (meaning everyone) need to do, summed up in his final statement, is what you are demonstrating you are not doing, which is to question ourselves.

[@marvelrog3436]

He definitely is!

[@CMoore8539]

@@MrSunrise- I think I watched the same video that you did. I don’t see anything vile nor cunning about him. He sounds very straight up and concerned about everything that is going on.🇺🇸 Personally I don’t hate Russian People. I just don’t agree with their government but I don’t agree with the administration in Washington DC right now either. I think the world leaders need to get together and talk. The world wide recession is subject to get much much worse. Not to mention the possibility of Nuclear War. Why can’t the people in our world live in Peace ☮️???

[@wejder12345]

@@CMoore8539 After all, Pozner wants to pretend that all the criminal activities of Russia, since Chechnya, are the fault of the West. He says the solution to Putin's totalitarian regime is to better portray Russia in Western media. He is a very bad man.