Putin Nemesis Explains Stalin's Tyrannical Reign

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ David Satter is a journalist, author, historian, and foreign policy expert –– who is widely regarded as one of the world’s preeminent experts on Vladimir Putin / Russia. In December 2013, after years of exclusive reporting on Putin’s crimes against humanity, David became the first Western Journalist ever banned from Russia (by their government) in the post-Cold War era.

David’s LAST APPEARANCE in Episode 92: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTuiKRqTybM

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A podcast where hot takes meet context and ideas meet conversation. (Podcast / YouTube Vodcast)

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Putin & the 1999 Apartment Bombings; German Ugryumov
9:58 - Maidan 2013 - 2014 in Ukraine; Donbas region
18:33 - Current Status in Ukraine War; Client States
25:45 - Deterring Putin & Russia
36:12 - Putin’s health; Regime change in Russia?
41:07 - Chamberlain Precedent
44:44 - Russian Citizens’ Opinion on War; Economic Ties to Russia
54:09 - Zelensky’s political career
58:03 - Ukraine’s Military Command Structure; Ukrainian Intelligence Service
1:02:30 - Chechnya now allied with Putin; Russian Energy still in Ukraine
1:10:07 - Nord Stream Pipeline Bombing
1:14:32 - The Red Terror of The 1930’s; Joseph Stalin & the KGB
1:24:31 - Stalin’s Russia
1:34:58 - Gorbachev, Perestroika, & Putin
1:38:04 - Russian Oligarchs status in the war
1:45:14 - Is David afraid of getting merked
1:51:09 - Paul Klebnikov Murder; Alexander Litvinenko Murder; Sergei Skripal Attempt
2:02:26 - The Mysterious 2022 death of Dan Rapoport
2:07:33 - American societal division & its impact on the war
2:20:47 - The Viktor Bout - Brittney Griner Trade
2:28:04 - The man who helped Putin gain power; Western intel in Russia
2:31:24 - Ground Commander makes interesting comments about Ukraine
2:39:30 - The new books David is writing

Intro Credits:
Escape From Stalin’s Death Camp (2017)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
A Day In The Life of a Dictator (2015)
Katyn (2007)
Salt (2010)
Death to Spies (2019)

TRENDIFIER Episode 133 - David Satter

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