Putin's Road to War: Susan Glasser (interview) | FRONTLINE

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  • In an interview for the FRONTLINE documentary “Putin’s Road to War,” Susan Glasser, columnist at The New Yorker and co-author of "Kremlin Rising," discusses how military force has been key to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.
    “One thing that you get from looking at the whole sweep of Putin’s two decades in power is to understand that, for him, the use of military force has accompanied every step along the way of his journey to become Russia’s longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin,” she tells FRONTLINE.
    Glasser is a columnist and staff writer at The New Yorker. She previously served as editor of Politico and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. She spent four years as a Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post and is the co-author, with Peter Baker, of "Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution."
    The following interview was conducted by FRONTLINE's Mike Wiser on March 4, 2022. It has been edited for clarity and length.
    “Putin’s Road to War” premieres March 15, 2022. Watch the trailer now: • Putin's Road to War (t...
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  • @frontline
    @frontline  Před 2 lety +81

    Watch "Putin's Road to War," available now: czcams.com/video/MsfUiTJv2lE/video.html

    • @espenandersen3138
      @espenandersen3138 Před 2 lety +17

      There is no video in the link? I really want to see this one :)

    • @guyfawkesuThe1
      @guyfawkesuThe1 Před 2 lety +2

      President Biden(s!) is asking Congress for $13 billion for Ukraine. Where is the money for securing the US Southern Border? Thousands of people from all over the world, including Russians, invade the USA through the border Democrats are not interested in securing!!
      Why did not the Obama/Biden give these sanctions when Russia invaded the Ukraine Crimea region in 2014???? The small sanctions implemented gave Putin the green light for his current actions!! Why was Hunter Biden on the Board of Directors of a Ukranian energy company for $50,000 a month?? What about the evidence on Hunter Biden's laptop and his Chinese Communist connections!?!?

    • @paoloadam
      @paoloadam Před 2 lety +12

      @@espenandersen3138 Me too. I checked and it is apparently region restricted in ~32 countries incl. most of Europe (UK, Switzerland, Austria and most of the East excluded) plus Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan most of the Middle-East and North Africa. You can use a VPN, a proxy or a web service such as Y2Mate.

    • @espenandersen3138
      @espenandersen3138 Před 2 lety +5

      @@paoloadam thx dude, I will do that :)

    • @DaciaProject
      @DaciaProject Před 2 lety +5

      The video is not available here in Romania…

  • @kallini2002
    @kallini2002 Před 2 lety +180

    I'm terrified. As a Russian who left twenty-five years ago I wasn't in touch with Russia much. In 2017 I met some people via internet and the level of propaganda was overwhelming. "What were they fed?" I grew up during Soviet era, left in the criminal 90s, lived in Canada long enough and changed a lot, and now this... I watch everything of worth from sources in Russian (including propaganda itself just to see to what extent they lie). I agree with Susan Glasser - he'll do everything he threatens to do and everything he promises to never do. He is the most dangerous man in the world. I'm terrified. Just terrified.

    • @NASTYNATE420
      @NASTYNATE420 Před 2 lety +3

      If you think Russia has bad propaganda just turn on main stream media in the US. It’s no different then China or Russia.. a bunch of lies.

    • @V503K
      @V503K Před 2 lety +1

      PBS is literally US funded propaganda, don't think of yourself as special and immunized to that brain rot

    • @flylgw36
      @flylgw36 Před 2 lety +10

      You wonder why the Russian people would believe this propaganda and then you turn your head and hear Trumpsters spew their lies and you get it.

    • @V503K
      @V503K Před 2 lety +3

      @@flylgw36 We can tell you're still dealing with your Trump derangment syndrome after all these years but normies here don't watch your shit news, we don't care what Trump says and the war in Ukraine started in 2014 when Hussain Obama was your president

    • @BigBirdy100
      @BigBirdy100 Před 2 lety +10

      @@NASTYNATE420 u r definitely wackedout. Not even close to being like China or Russia. Get a clue

  • @shirleyreese6832
    @shirleyreese6832 Před 2 lety +148

    This was, by far, one of the most educating 45 minutes on Putin that I have watched. Actually, it was back to back with the old Putin and present Putin documentary. I hope to watch it again because sometimes I miss a kernel of info. Watch it! It should be mandatory viewing for all Americans! Thank you PBS!

    • @carynmartin6053
      @carynmartin6053 Před 2 lety +5

      Yes but do they have a specific narrative they're pushing, like everyone else seems to have?

    • @manojmathew5596
      @manojmathew5596 Před 2 lety +9

      Indeed....Susan is just outstanding !

    • @shirleyreese6832
      @shirleyreese6832 Před 2 lety +7

      @@carynmartin6053 yes, the narrative is Putin is a evil dictator. The worst in our history since oh, Hitler, Stalin?

    • @ingridlinbohm7682
      @ingridlinbohm7682 Před 2 lety +5

      I look forward to a PBS programme on CIA backed coups in Iran, Chile, Guatemala. Obama's bullying of Uganda when a popular law passed in parliament but the Obama regime didn't like etc. I like the interview but there needs to be some examination of American deep state policies. The anti Trump hatred does not help either. No wonder so many Americans despise their own CIA Globalist elite. The CIA group think is amazing in this series. Is Putin great? No! Is Trump great? No! But the CIA group think is equally worrying in its hatred of Trump and worship of Obama, Clinton and Biden. Clearly the notion of democracy is a strange concept to the CIA.

    • @louis_quinn
      @louis_quinn Před 2 lety +3

      @@carynmartin6053 correct, they left out the undeniable fact that President's Biden weakness gave Putin the final green light to unleash this horrible catastrophe.

  • @ursulabecker730
    @ursulabecker730 Před 2 lety +87

    I am experiencing first hand the anguish and pain these Ukrainians are going through at the moment. We (a small group ) are assisting 2 ladies each with a 15 yr.Old daughter coming to our little village in Germany with nothing but a small rucksack. They have fled from Kiev. Their families and livelihoods have been torn apart. This past week has been extremely hard getting accommodation and furnishing it for them. I mean these 2 ladies are economic graduates but feel like idiots because they don’t speak German. Fortunately one lady and the young girls speak a little Engli
    sh. They are traumatized with their young sons and husbands fighting to keep Kiev. One can c that they are afraid of every news they get from there. Their old parents are sitting in icy cold cellars. This is the reality of war. We are doing everything we can to make them comfortable but we cannot take away the pain and worry. A really extremely well put together and detailed picture of Putin. He got away with a lot of brutal military attacks in Georgia , Tschechien , Crimea , Donbas Region in Ukraine. He of didn’t expect the west to react in this manner. However, I know the sanctions are working but the private planes with these oligarchs are still landing in Dubai. Their money stashed away in Switzerland is not sanctioned. Many Germans are prepared to sit cold to stop Putin in his tracks.

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb Před 2 lety +3

      Thankyou Ursula. Your words of kindness are appreciated. 🇨🇦❤️🇩🇪❤️🇺🇦

    • @MsTMarie83
      @MsTMarie83 Před 2 lety +6

      Bless you & your family for helping people fleeing Ukraine... love & prayers for the families hurt in this war!

    • @shirleyreese6832
      @shirleyreese6832 Před 2 lety +6

      Thank you for your gracious giving. You are the true kind of human we need more of in this world. You are the best❣...Best wishes for all of you on this journey of hope.

    • @NA-kx3vw
      @NA-kx3vw Před 2 lety +3

      Ursula from what I can piece together from you tube and the news is that NATO all got together and discussed a plan. Layer apon layer of sanctions. Was what we were told. And from what I see it was a good idea.
      I do think they need to do more to the oligarchs. But maybe it is in their plan to do so.
      I don't know. I just think NATO needs to be careful because war would not be good for Europe.
      Thank you for telling us your story. My heart goes out to you and the two woman you are helping.

    • @cubismo85
      @cubismo85 Před 2 lety +2

      Tank you for your help. we should sanction Switzerland and Dubai.

  • @potserama
    @potserama Před 2 lety +11

    It is very important that we have intelligent people who have studied Russia explaining this to us. Thank you Susan Glasser.

  • @magdar67
    @magdar67 Před 2 lety +57

    Such a brillant summary of the current situation.

  • @joko09010
    @joko09010 Před 2 lety +168

    This front line series is just amazing. So many great interviews with such qualified people. Very enlightening.

    • @fahloledibakass2450
      @fahloledibakass2450 Před 2 lety +2

      Who qualified them and what is their agenda? very confusing.

    • @tmf7563
      @tmf7563 Před 2 lety +1

      qualified liars*

    • @joko09010
      @joko09010 Před 2 lety +6

      @@fahloledibakass2450
      Good people in good places. They tell the facts.

    • @joko09010
      @joko09010 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tmf7563
      Sounds like you’re the well qualified liar. 😂

    • @tmf7563
      @tmf7563 Před 2 lety +2

      @@joko09010 oh shit! Sick burn Ellen.

  • @chrisedwards4548
    @chrisedwards4548 Před rokem +2

    The Best Analysis of Putin I’ve watched in 20 years… Great Report 100% Truth to Power on the Ukrainian Situation 🌟

  • @highphysics3617
    @highphysics3617 Před 2 lety +41

    Incredible insight,and,very articulate. Susan Glasser has it absolutely accurate,and,amazing experience in Russia. Her observations are very disturbing,but absolutely spot on.

    • @galengallardomusic5412
      @galengallardomusic5412 Před 2 lety +1

      😂😂 I don’t think so mate

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb Před 2 lety +1

      I wish I was as sure about Putin as you seem to be. After seeing some other docs on the subject I'm not as convinced as I once was. I want to believe Susan Glaser but in all reality there are so many more moving parts to this file. Azov Battalion for example and the history of Ukraine for another give me pause. Susan is very well versed but wonder if this is actual truth. I mean WMD was a shoe-in, according to Colin Powell(RIP) and look what transpired there. Like I said, I'd like to believe her but there are too many unanswered questions here to just take her word for it. The way Susan portrays Putin is merely opinion and even propaganda. Will have to do much more research on this one. All is definitely not as it may seem.

    • @n91312
      @n91312 Před měsícem

      The question is, how does Putin differ from the United States / CIA?

  • @OBDPVCR
    @OBDPVCR Před 2 lety +103

    Absolutely fascinating. The world needs more of this type of current events presentation. Well done!!

    • @coreyham3753
      @coreyham3753 Před 2 lety +4

      Agreed ... Frontline generally does a very good job of covering important events.

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 Před 2 lety +4

      Nope. She spins the news in favor of the left.

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 Před rokem

      I wonder how many views these Frontline videos will get after Putin uses his nuclear weapons?

  • @harlanglass
    @harlanglass Před 2 lety +82

    Astonishing interview
    Glasser is extraordinarily knowledgeable re Putin and modern Russian history.
    Clear eyed, clear spoken.
    Truly informative.

    • @heatherwaldorf
      @heatherwaldorf Před 2 lety

      Lip service, dear. Actions speak louder than words.

    • @craigkdillon
      @craigkdillon Před 2 lety +9

      @@heatherwaldorf WTF does your inane comment mean??

    • @dannytadashi4235
      @dannytadashi4235 Před 2 lety +1

      Front line bulllshit news and propaganda Hahahahaha 😂😂😂🖕🖕🖕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👉👉👉💩💩💩!!!

    • @craigkdillon
      @craigkdillon Před 2 lety +4

      @@dannytadashi4235 WOW, the idiots are out in force today.

    • @walkersleep5132
      @walkersleep5132 Před 2 lety

      @@craigkdillon try seeing a mirror lol

  • @susannehadden
    @susannehadden Před 2 lety +21

    Susan Glasser's knowlege,and frank manner of truth telling is fascinating and extremely frightening in its honesty. Her delivery and honest opinions and tell it like it is manner is hard to ignore. Kind of like driving past a car wreck and trying not to look. I've watched this 3 times now and will watch again I'm sure. I am truly grateful for her frank and honest evaluations of the situation we are all in now and mostly powerless to change.

    • @buffymullin927
      @buffymullin927 Před rokem

      Susan! YOU ♡♡♡♡ ○R WORK OF ART, YOURSELF,

    • @lennarthagen3638
      @lennarthagen3638 Před rokem

      And her networth

    • @richardwillford2418
      @richardwillford2418 Před rokem

      Can't see what's so brilliant about her. She pretty much recounts what happened. No more, no less. However...
      Trump may be a bumbling idiot, but there's next to nothing here about Obama's role in events. Well, that's The New York Times for you!

    • @trajkoivanov5988
      @trajkoivanov5988 Před 9 měsíci

      Honesty? Or smthng else?

  • @TheMagforce
    @TheMagforce Před 2 lety +6

    Best one hour + of dialogue, thank you Susan

  • @justmyopinion2
    @justmyopinion2 Před 2 lety +193

    This interview has taken all of the bits of information, like pixels, that we have been hearing and strings them all together to form a very clear picture of what's happening. Absolutely chilling. My heart breaks for the Ukrainians, and I can't help but feel empathy for the average Russian citizen. Scary times.☮

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive Před 2 lety +3

      As the war goes badly, they likely will search for scapegoats.

    • @justmyopinion2
      @justmyopinion2 Před 2 lety +11

      @@RobBCactive, I thought this was an articulate interview, she makes a lot of sense.

    • @highestgood5169
      @highestgood5169 Před 2 lety +8

      I feel the same for the average Russian citizen. Many have left the country! Many elders do not believe this is happening.

    • @justmyopinion2
      @justmyopinion2 Před 2 lety +5

      @@highestgood5169, me too! I had recently followed a couple of people from Russia and Ukraine before this happened. I love the basic culture and traditions, the villages where the babushka makes a meal from items that her family has grown or raised. They are living their everyday life far removed from Putin that knows what foie gras is. There is little concern for the citizen there that just wants to live in peace.

    • @justmyopinion2
      @justmyopinion2 Před 2 lety +5

      @@tinkletink1403, what are you talking about?

  • @ChristopherSLucas-hv7nz
    @ChristopherSLucas-hv7nz Před 2 lety +53

    Ms. Glasser, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience during this interview.

  • @2b3pro
    @2b3pro Před 2 lety +49

    I absolutely love these interviews. So much wonderful context for understanding what is going on now. Love listening to articulate, smart people.

  • @jacquelinejuneau5962
    @jacquelinejuneau5962 Před 2 lety +35

    These two women have given the clearest explanation of this insanity I've heard yet.

    • @mr.j5919
      @mr.j5919 Před 2 lety +3

      You can’t be dumb enough to believe that?

    • @DMS1million
      @DMS1million Před 2 lety

      Which two women?

    • @shelleyhaviland4764
      @shelleyhaviland4764 Před 2 lety +1

      I love watching Susan Glasser on CNN as well as her NYT writer and husband Peter Baker on MSNBC. So knowledgeable and accurate in their assessments and reporting.

    • @viamilitaris011
      @viamilitaris011 Před 2 lety

      @@shelleyhaviland4764 CNN ,MSNBC,NYT ... Lucky you , they are epitome of truth .

    • @peanutbutter8986
      @peanutbutter8986 Před 2 lety +1

      Susan Glasser is a hypocrite. She made a statement on Twitter asking to spare a thought for journalists who have risked their lives while in Ukraine, but then when a Fox News journalist was found dead in Ukraine, she then ended up mocking his death.

  • @microsoftpainenthusiast8096

    These series are so descent because interviewers are actually letting their guests speak. Good job ☺️

    • @msmo2060
      @msmo2060 Před 2 lety +3

      This was an excellent interview .

    • @plasticflashlight3039
      @plasticflashlight3039 Před 2 lety +4

      That's the best way to give the editors the most testimony to heavily edit to fit their narrative. Every interviewee on Frontline knows what they actually said will be taken wildly out of context to fit a controlled narrative. When you watch an actual Frontline documentary it's eye opening to see how chopped up these full interviews are

    • @BoltRM
      @BoltRM Před 2 lety

      @@plasticflashlight3039 🙄 _narrative_

    • @plasticflashlight3039
      @plasticflashlight3039 Před 2 lety

      @@BoltRM I know, I hate narratives as much as you do, 100%

  • @tosca...
    @tosca... Před 2 lety +57

    Another interview which shows how powerful it is to hear someone who has true knowledge which we want to hear in amongst all the blah, blah, blah. A really good listen, thank you Susan Glasser.

  • @ruthlessferocity1058
    @ruthlessferocity1058 Před 2 lety +17

    I watched this video 4 times. She is an extremely extremely bright, sharp. insightful lady with a huge conscience and the right values.

  • @celticman1909
    @celticman1909 Před 2 lety +20

    Putin told George W Bush of his opinion of Ukraine back way back when Bush was President. There have been disturbing clues as to Putin's intentions for years that have been disregarded or ignored.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety +3

      Disturbing clues? Putin was very straight forward that he did not want NATO missiles in Ukraine. How would England feel with Russian missiles in Belfast? Continental Europe can solve it's own problems. England can deal with theirs, as can the US.

    • @NA-kx3vw
      @NA-kx3vw Před 2 lety +3

      Right. Bush totally misjudged Putin. So did President Obama.
      Clinton had misgivings and voiced them when Putin was made Prime Minister by Boris Yeltsin.
      Yeltsin later regretted it.
      Clinton nailed it
      Trump. No words to describe that one.

    • @celticman1909
      @celticman1909 Před 2 lety

      @@NA-kx3vw Trump is a traitor!
      The whole time Trump was campaining for POTUS, and empathicly stating that he had nothing to do with Russia, Micheal Cohen was negotigating a Trump Tower Moscow.
      To be funded by a Russian State owned Bank.

    • @yuribezmenov4631
      @yuribezmenov4631 Před 2 lety

      ​@@frederickhartray9701 Frederick, there were no missiles in Ukraine, neither any plans to deploy them. This is Putin's propaganda, a pretense for war. Most Ukrainians were even against joining NATO prior to 2014 events, they only changed their minds after Russia attacked.
      Most likely the real reason was that Ukraine was considering to join EU and potentially competeing with Russian gas and mineral exports in future. Putin's regime cannot afford to have a prosperous democratic nation living next door. That would be a direct threat - not to Russia itself - but to his own kleptocratic system.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      @@yuribezmenov4631 There were more than 25 bio weapon labs, which the US media is calling "health labs." Victoria Nuland sort of spilled the beans on that one saying she fered they would fall into the Russian hands worning not just of the existance but possible US Ukranian false flag.

  • @curtismartell7959
    @curtismartell7959 Před 2 lety +77

    Another fabulous interview! Thanks for giving us the real story. It's actually heartbreaking to hear it.

    • @curtismartell7959
      @curtismartell7959 Před 2 lety

      @@tinkletink1403 I"ll be fine - thanks for caring. Maybe you have some first hand experience with the Trump administration you can share to straighten me out. And please share it with Susan Glasser.

  • @AsiaAlexBar
    @AsiaAlexBar Před 2 lety +32

    PBS has found a group of such well informed individuals to interview for this documentary, I can't wait to watch it!

  • @BarbaraC02
    @BarbaraC02 Před rokem +2

    Thank you Susan, I could listen to your thoughts all day long. Enlightening and informative. thanks.

  • @KimchiTv2024
    @KimchiTv2024 Před 2 lety +4

    She is so smart

  • @CV-db6dg
    @CV-db6dg Před 2 lety +48

    She was on point about Putin. Thank you for sharing your poignant views.

  • @leonidavkhimenko2339
    @leonidavkhimenko2339 Před 2 lety +22

    God Almighty bless Ukraine...

  • @Obleddo
    @Obleddo Před 2 lety +3

    Fascinating. Susan Glasser's perspective is extremely valuable.

  • @gma9934
    @gma9934 Před 2 lety +6

    This woman is incredibly articulate. Concise, clear simply brilliant analysis

  • @jasonchua1162
    @jasonchua1162 Před 2 lety +110

    I feel her genuine concern. I am a layman that just wish those people in power, whether in politics and corporations to just stop playing games and honestly ask themselves, “what kind of world do we want for ourselves and our future generations to come?”
    I understand my naïve thinking, but honest communication is so undervalued… and intellectual communication is convoluted. My love to all ❤️

    • @kerra3699
      @kerra3699 Před 2 lety +8

      I could not agree with you more. It is not naive to hope people are capable of seeing the bigger picture and the human race is capable of so much more than we have seen in recent years. They just have to start believing in the worlds possibilities again, strive for better, be better. I hope as you do.

    • @jasonchua1162
      @jasonchua1162 Před 2 lety +7

      @@kerra3699 thank you 😊. I don’t believe in big solution. But I truly believe with self honesty and responsibility. This small step is what might be the future of our kind. My love to you ❤️

    • @abbalives7168
      @abbalives7168 Před 2 lety +6

      Putin did ask himself that. His answer is a world with the soviet union rebuilt. Either stop him or he keeps doing it

    • @thamor4746
      @thamor4746 Před 2 lety

      Sadly communist nations politics is all around lies to themselves, to others. to everybody. Constant lying where most of the time I don't think they know anymore what is lies and what is the truth.

    • @kieronjohnson8834
      @kieronjohnson8834 Před 2 lety +9

      @George Morenstein You are making a completely ridiculous connection between two very different concepts. A woman's right for governance over her own body and destiny., and the right of people to live freely without fear of invasion and repression. Both need to be respected. The people who rail against abortion are too often the same people who think Putin's inhumane behaviour is quite acceptable. Worry less about the Hell below and think about the Hell in Ukraine.

  • @sabinegroe2006
    @sabinegroe2006 Před 2 lety +37

    Thank you Susan for the insight! I watched almost all of the Putin files.
    If he would had succeeded in Ukraine 🇺🇦 with a Blitz, he wouldn’t had stopped there. We are all afraid how this will end.

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 Před 2 lety

      She spins the news in favor of the left.

    • @sabinegroe2006
      @sabinegroe2006 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Seekthetruth3000 I think she is pretty down to earth and knows Russia and history

    • @eslmanagement9910
      @eslmanagement9910 Před 2 lety

      666666666666666666666666666666666

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 Před 2 lety

      Ukraine the pawn country will fall

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      Sort of like your "Ministry of Information." but from the guys who won WWII.

  • @user-th3ie3xk9z
    @user-th3ie3xk9z Před 2 lety +7

    Irresistible to stop,she's admirable

  • @fotomaton7852
    @fotomaton7852 Před 2 lety +7

    What clear insight, knowledge and experience. She should be immediately appointed special advisor to the current administration. Ms. Glasser 💯

  • @justiceforall6412
    @justiceforall6412 Před 2 lety +96

    This was a very good and insightful interview. Ms. Glasser's passion shines through and should stand as a warning to us all.

    • @gregoryashton
      @gregoryashton Před 2 lety +7

      She’s a real POS for her recent tweets!

    • @guyfawkesuThe1
      @guyfawkesuThe1 Před 2 lety +5

      President Biden(s!) is asking Congress for $13 billion for Ukraine. Where is the money for securing the US Southern Border? Thousands of people from all over the world, including Russians, invade the USA through the border Democrats are not interested in securing!!
      Why did not the Obama/Biden give these sanctions when Russia invaded the Ukraine Crimea region in 2014???? The small sanctions implemented gave Putin the green light for his current actions!! Why was Hunter Biden on the Board of Directors of a Ukranian energy company for $50,000 a month?? What about the evidence on Hunter Biden's laptop and his Chinese Communist connections!?!?

    • @jsbaker2795
      @jsbaker2795 Před 2 lety +4

      @@guyfawkesuThe1 the laptop? I thought your boy tucker had it? What happened to that?
      This mythical laptop is the keystone to so much bullshit conspiracy for you trolls.
      Where is it indeed...

    • @heatherwaldorf
      @heatherwaldorf Před 2 lety +3

      @@jsbaker2795 are you ok, hun? Are your jumbling your pronouns again or did you skip your hormones again?

    • @HavanaSyndrome69
      @HavanaSyndrome69 Před 2 lety +2

      @@gregoryashton I'm not surprised at all. This is the worst interview of the series about Putin. Most of the other interviews were really interesting, even enthralling, but this person is the most useless of them all. You can tell this is a typical out of touch media person with nothing to say other than what she's already read other journalists say. Worthless and uninspired keeps coming to mind.

  • @sandyrivkin2127
    @sandyrivkin2127 Před 2 lety +8

    Extraordinary! Thank you Frontline.

  • @yvonnefarrell1029
    @yvonnefarrell1029 Před rokem +11

    Superb interview. Thank you. I remember Putin's absolutely callous response to the Kursk submarine disaster and that stands out for me as an example of his ruthlessness. Such a shame that he is for now the face to the world of the great culture of Russia. Prayers for Ukraine and Russia both, end this war.

  • @lesflynn4455
    @lesflynn4455 Před 2 lety +16

    When somebody this knowledgeable , professional and contained talks about Vladimir Putin in almost alarmist tones, such as "He is the most dangerous person in the world right now" we all really need to pay attention.
    This is a fascinating interview, and I learned quite a bit. I can't say i feel any better for it though. The subject matter is so grim it still blows my mind that three weeks ago, people were going to work, restaurants and pubs in Kyiv, living a normal life, and now the entire, beautiful country full of beautiful people is in flames. Is an unforgivable crime against humanity. If there was ever any justification for an assassination, this is it. For this, I live in hope.

    • @user-hu2ff8yd1u
      @user-hu2ff8yd1u Před 7 měsíci

      Не заказывайте истерики! Вы спали спокойно когда бомбили Вьетнам потом Ливию Сирию Афганистан Югославию..... !? Поменьше слушайте сказачников! Один пример -- Итальянские журналисты доказали, что в Буче трупы были проведены и разложены украинцами.... И таких спектаклей множество! Но таких журналистов не слушают, увольняют... А как вам терракт с Северным Потоком!? Этот террористический акт!!?? Так что по берегите нервы, не бейтесь в судорогах!!

  • @maynorgonzalez251
    @maynorgonzalez251 Před 2 lety +43

    Honestly history has shown us when a man looses control he’ll tend to loose at everything else… 💯

  • @innocento.1552
    @innocento.1552 Před 2 lety +58

    12:00 that is the high point of everything "a lot of people didn't want to listen". We just went on and on, telling ourselves what we wanted to believe, until bombs started dropping.

    • @Dan-ud8hz
      @Dan-ud8hz Před 2 lety +5

      💯
      “Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.”
      ― Admiral H.G. Rickover

    • @oldbagira2192
      @oldbagira2192 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Dan-ud8hz Ukraine is optimistic on the verge of idiocy.

    • @b69maddox
      @b69maddox Před 2 lety +2

      The bombs never dropped on Trump's watch.... Putin sensed the weakness that Biden portrays...every day. He is a buffoon,as is his VP

    • @paoloadam
      @paoloadam Před 2 lety +5

      @@oldbagira2192 This was the widespread assumption pre-invasion but have you not seen what unfolded since then? Ukrainians haven amply proven us wrong, their courage and determination is such that they are actually keeping Russia's military might at bay despite an enormous power differential.
      Putin's chances of subjugating them seem near-nonexistent at this point especially if you consider the cost of this war between sanctions that are tanking Russia's economy and a death toll which is already after 20 days in Ukraine Russia 2-4 times as bad as the U.S. death toll in 20 years in Afghanistan (2.300).

    • @oldbagira2192
      @oldbagira2192 Před 2 lety +1

      @@paoloadam Please check the material and early sources.

  • @TR4zest
    @TR4zest Před 2 lety +20

    What an impressive person. So lucid, articulate.

  • @ginasim1495
    @ginasim1495 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you Susan. I can listen to you for hours.

  • @estherwiskel6550
    @estherwiskel6550 Před 2 lety +12

    Another fabulous woman-commentator, they are very organized-intelligent and fearless to speak historical truths👏👏👏👏Bravo

  • @jessica.L.edwards
    @jessica.L.edwards Před 2 lety +20

    It makes me nervous, how nervous she sounds towards the end of the interview…

    • @cloudberry27
      @cloudberry27 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Bb-pw1zi try sitting in an underground car park while missiles land above you and say that. Over and over again. Like a mantra .
      Keep saying it when your kids leg is half hanging off because shes been hit by shrapnel.
      It's not real though. Right?
      So don't take her to the hospital. She bleeds to death in agony. Still not real?
      Get real.

  • @carlamerritt490
    @carlamerritt490 Před 2 lety +4

    This was very informative. Loved it. Thank you!

  • @martinMD
    @martinMD Před 2 lety +29

    This woman is a breath of fresh air. She's opened my eyes to Donald Trump'. I was a Trump'supporter until I seen this interview.

    • @ernest747
      @ernest747 Před 2 lety +1

      rotfl

    • @paulinekenefick2215
      @paulinekenefick2215 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm glad you have seen through Trump. I'm from Scotland and it has been terrible to see how Trump has exploited the existing divisions in American society and polarised opinion for his own advantage. Democracy has to be defended. Russia got a brief taste of it in the 1990s but there is no history of democracy in Russia so the former party men of power, KGB, were easily able to get control of the countries wealth and have since bled the country dry. They became billionaires, and Putin, bit by bit stifled freedom of speech and imprisoned his enemies and became rich himself. One good thing to come out of all this is the countries of Europe are working together more closely than before because they what a threat Putin is to all of our futures. And please remember that Putin over the years has supported groups that create division in other societies be that Brexit in the UK, or Trump getting into power in the USA, or facists and racist groups in Eastern Europe. Putin thrives on divisiveness.

    • @annettepora8091
      @annettepora8091 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ernest747 ????

    • @shirleyreese6832
      @shirleyreese6832 Před 2 lety +7

      I couldnt be happier to read your comment and see there is hope! I Hope that more ppl like you will see through the trump deceit...he never cared about American ppl in the first place.

    • @momijiyamanishi4548
      @momijiyamanishi4548 Před 2 lety +4

      Please tell your friends.

  • @MosmMAli
    @MosmMAli Před 2 lety +10

    OMG THIS IS THE MOST EERY and devastating take on Putin and the ongoing Catastrophe

  • @dianacampuzano1936
    @dianacampuzano1936 Před 2 lety +12

    I totally learned a lot in this video‼️

  • @douglasprice9606
    @douglasprice9606 Před 2 lety +21

    This is one of the best videos on the topic of Mr. Putin, his lies, and the Ukrainian War as Vladimir Putin's war. It is very disturbing. It also shows how Trump made this war possible by his lack of understanding of international relations, his comments in praise of Putin, and his failure to confront Putin when he had the opportunity.

    • @lessimcdowell9897
      @lessimcdowell9897 Před 2 lety +2

      It’s very well done, hopefully soon they do one on koch and other American oligarchs trying to invade venezuela l

    • @annettepora8091
      @annettepora8091 Před 2 lety +1

      The major portion of responsibility lies at the feet of McConnell and Paul Ryan who could have stopped Trump. Their greed for power overshadowed any sense of national and international security.

    • @momijiyamanishi4548
      @momijiyamanishi4548 Před 2 lety +1

      Trump is just a sycophant.

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb Před 2 lety

      Yes, I remember Trump saying how good he got along with Putin and the fact that he (Trump) made hundreds of millions from the Russians. And now this!!! Wonder how "the Donnie" feels about Putin now. What an idiot!!! Should never have been anywhere near the White House!!!

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb Před 2 lety

      @@lessimcdowell9897 Nobody said there wasn't troubling factions within American business but at least we know about the Koch Bros. and their methods.

  • @castoputa
    @castoputa Před 2 lety +11

    These interviews have been excellent, I hope you keep them coming! Stellar guests, thank you.

  • @joepoore6874
    @joepoore6874 Před 2 lety +32

    Those of us who care are eternally grateful to you, Ms Glasser, for devoting your life to learning the background to let you give us this most clear-eyed assessment of our common situation. My hope is in the Christmas carol, "the wrong shall fail, the right prevail, with Peace on Earth, good will to men".

  • @JiMun
    @JiMun Před 2 lety +13

    Thank you PBS

  • @chrisfentum9305
    @chrisfentum9305 Před 2 lety +3

    This is why I watch Frontline, great guest, absolutely engrossing!

  • @dopapier
    @dopapier Před rokem +2

    So very clear, intelligent and fluent.

  • @geoffsullivan7796
    @geoffsullivan7796 Před 2 lety +59

    Brilliant interview! There are so many inputs I'd like to make on the nuances of power, greed and control that I see just by watching the thoughts Ms Glasser. I think the bottom line is that democracy works. The people need to have the ability to discard any leader that takes them down a path that they revile or disagree with. When power is given to one individual with no checks and balances, narcissism can take hold and be detrimental to the masses. Democracy saved America this time! Please people have your say through the vote and don't be dominated by power and greed. They are only flesh and bone like you!

    • @kmond6166
      @kmond6166 Před 2 lety +2

      There are no democracies, only actors. They all learned the lesson of the roman social wars. Keep the poor feeling like they have a say and they wont notice you robing them.

    • @geoffsullivan7796
      @geoffsullivan7796 Před 2 lety +4

      @@kmond6166 So you would prefer they rob us without giving us a say? At least by having our say we have a chance. Without a say we have nothing

    • @geoffsullivan7796
      @geoffsullivan7796 Před 2 lety +5

      @@kmond6166 By the way, let putin know that violence only begets violence. His time is coming!

    • @bokchoiman
      @bokchoiman Před 2 lety +7

      Amazingly, Trump stayed in office for the full 4 years and then lost to Biden who basically ran on Trump's campaign and won. It's all a show. How could it be that the American people chose an 80 year old man who can hardly string together a sentence and who sniffs young girls' hair brazenly and on camera without so much as a backlash from the left. If democracy truly worked, how could this be? Surely Americans couldn't be this stupid...or are you telling me that they are?

    • @dannytadashi4235
      @dannytadashi4235 Před 2 lety +4

      Front line bulllshit news and propaganda Hahahahaha 😂😂😂🖕🖕🖕🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👉👉👉💩💩💩!!!

  • @jonwatson7196
    @jonwatson7196 Před 2 lety +10

    Just an excellent journalist and analyst. Could listen to her insights for hours. Fascinating and very troubling.

  • @teslaandhumanity7383
    @teslaandhumanity7383 Před 2 lety

    Frontline I’m addicted to all your videos….. thank you 😊

  • @winkieblink7625
    @winkieblink7625 Před 2 lety +8

    When HE decided…made the announcement after their last election, that he would extend the next election to 2034, that he had declared he was NEVER going to leave ruling Russia. And here he is in his glory of maniacal power.

    • @adabsurdum3314
      @adabsurdum3314 Před rokem +1

      Yeah, and to a large extent, Russians have to take some accountability. It's not just their culture that produced him but their "power over" culture that sustains him.

    • @winkieblink7625
      @winkieblink7625 Před rokem

      @@adabsurdum3314 they’ve never learned how to fight for a democracy..freedom. From Tzarinas, Tzars, Lenin and Stalin….they’ve always been told how to think and act. Only new generations 100 years removed can understand how to fight for their OWN CHOICES. Ukrainian is doing it….bless them.

  • @here_we_go_again2571
    @here_we_go_again2571 Před 2 lety +9

    Susan Glassner is point on regarding Putin!

  • @LaurenSmith-tb6ye
    @LaurenSmith-tb6ye Před 2 lety +28

    I think that the minute she mentioned Trumps language as word salad, I loved her.

    • @thepunchableface1506
      @thepunchableface1506 Před 2 lety +2

      Orange man bad.

    • @charleslaine
      @charleslaine Před 2 lety

      Yet reporters like her will never talk about how absolutely pathetic Kamala Harris sounded in her press conference in Poland this week. She made absolutely no sense in her remarks and it actually sounded like she was reading from a Dr Seuss book. How now brown cow! There's a wocket in my pocket!

    • @AH-he2xw
      @AH-he2xw Před 2 lety

      TO troll

  • @elaineward4953
    @elaineward4953 Před 2 lety +9

    One of the best interviews I’ve ever listened to
    It gives a clear message of Putin’s type very well documented 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @barbaraguido3634
      @barbaraguido3634 Před 2 lety

      This interview was April 15th - WHY NOT WAS THIS REPORTING MONTHS SOONER?

  • @TMNT3388
    @TMNT3388 Před 2 lety

    Newly subscribed. So glad I found your channel

  • @esinyenetabo2356
    @esinyenetabo2356 Před 2 lety +22

    These Interviews are really amazing.

  • @kathrynmickelson1091
    @kathrynmickelson1091 Před 2 lety +6

    Send this to Tucker Carlson

  • @Stew8artb4
    @Stew8artb4 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant journalism!! Thank you !!

  • @iDoTechOK
    @iDoTechOK Před 2 lety

    Fantastic, Susan and Frontline for this work.

  • @xtscarfacem8255
    @xtscarfacem8255 Před 2 lety +35

    If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
    -Desmond tutu
    Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
    Confucius
    History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
    Maya angelou

    • @8088I
      @8088I Před 2 lety +1

      Cons are Coocoo🤡 for
      dRumpfff🍑 puffs💨
      😤👃☹️😖😵🤢🤮😢
      &
      dRumpfff is Coocoo🤡 for
      Poot'n🍑 puffs💨
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    • @hahdakdahkdhalsla
      @hahdakdahkdhalsla Před 2 lety

      Get the hell out of here with that stupid reasoning.. Neutral is neutral stop looking pathetic

    • @kukulroukul4698
      @kukulroukul4698 Před 2 lety

      @@hahdakdahkdhalsla neutral in electricity means NO electricity :)

  • @sharingmythoughts1552
    @sharingmythoughts1552 Před 2 lety +10

    Ms. Glasser is a great journalist. Thank you for sharing her interview.

  • @readesiun988
    @readesiun988 Před 2 lety +6

    It is so nice to see an American that is so educated and articulate, this is one smart lady

    • @sweetmapleleafs
      @sweetmapleleafs Před 2 lety

      American woman with British chompers who's married to a man who looks like the most irritating prick you wished to punch in the face. Call it like it is.

  • @GK-up6xz
    @GK-up6xz Před 10 hodinami

    The look on Susan's face when the interviewer asks if she's seen the whole footage of the Putin meeting is priceless....

  • @starseed462
    @starseed462 Před 2 lety +6

    These are great videos my night time ritual thanks 😊

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 Před 2 lety +6

    Thank you so much, Smart Lady. And thank you, Frontline.

  • @jokiep65
    @jokiep65 Před 2 lety +9

    Impressive interview. Very informative. Such a calm professional. Wow!

  • @augandoh
    @augandoh Před 2 lety

    Wonderful perspectives on the ongoing conflict.

  • @pepesilvia4564
    @pepesilvia4564 Před 2 lety +15

    Really appreciate these interviews, hearing from these people that know so much about the topic instead of random twitter takes that happen everyday.

  • @iTRON.
    @iTRON. Před 2 lety +8

    They need to find Putin and take him out. Without him the will to fight would end.

  • @youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850

    Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Susan Glasser's perspective is invaluable and her calculations are based on integrity and intelligence. Putin is a case study of what went wrong.

  • @TheGeorgia2437
    @TheGeorgia2437 Před 2 lety

    Great interview. I learned so much. Thanks Patrick.

  • @dougreimer2912
    @dougreimer2912 Před 2 lety +15

    Fascinating and insightful.

  • @be6715
    @be6715 Před 2 lety +11

    'Putin fanboy'! Truer words never spoken...I thought it was bad, I really had no idea how terrible it really was.

  • @adamo6741
    @adamo6741 Před 2 lety +15

    Thank you (again) to Susan Glasser and Frontline for an excellent presentation. One point that (to my knowledge) has not been raised in any of the Putin Files, is the psychology of the abuser. I reference a book by Alice Miller “It’s For Your Own Good”, the subject is serial killers. In her book Alice Miller’s hypothesis is that serial killers original wounds are being acted out in the torture that they inflict on their victims. In the case of Putin (brought up in a war flattened Leningrad) his regime carries out a serial recreation of what happened to Leningrad, right down to starving the population. Could it be of any help to consider this aspect in attempting to formulate an response to Putin’s pathological behaviour pattern?

    • @orglancs
      @orglancs Před 2 lety

      Thank you for introducing Alice MIller to the debate. Her arguments and theory are SO relevant to politics in general, but especially to Putin and, for that matter, any other authoritarian dictator who lives out his own childhood deprivation and abuse at the expense of the rest of the world. Her insights make this crazy, irrelevant war comprehensible.

    • @leonielander7991
      @leonielander7991 Před 2 lety

      . .

  • @juanitaskelton448
    @juanitaskelton448 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant again...stunning program...thank you!

  • @MrCtsSteve
    @MrCtsSteve Před 2 lety +20

    Frontline is absolutely nailing it on this series

  • @Musicaperpetuum
    @Musicaperpetuum Před 2 lety +12

    Thank you for this excellent interview!

  • @steveclarke1857
    @steveclarke1857 Před 2 lety

    You're amazing, PBS. I love you all.

  • @heathersoper6923
    @heathersoper6923 Před rokem +1

    A fantastic interview, it kept me listening to it all.

  • @benshapiro7350
    @benshapiro7350 Před 2 lety +23

    This is an excellent analysis of Putin’s war.

    • @frankperdue6585
      @frankperdue6585 Před 2 lety +3

      Well, he's a serious trained killer. With a legit BLACK BELT..... He's serious. Don't take lightly.

  • @fxsrider
    @fxsrider Před 2 lety +25

    The state of affairs we find ourselves in is very sobering. I sure hope we have the most brilliant people possible at the helm of things.

    • @tmf7563
      @tmf7563 Před 2 lety +3

      LOL did you vote for Biden? If so then I don't believe you.

    • @JoePalau
      @JoePalau Před 2 lety +4

      Not just brilliant but prudent. When a dictator declares on war, his enemies need to stand up to him. Cutting him off from markets, trade, banking and travel is standing up to him. Ukrainians have showing their Russian cousins that their destiny, their freedom lies in their hands, not Putin. We have to stay course and cut off all ties to the Western World and our non-Western allies in World Peace. Putin oligarchs and the people will turn on him.

    • @meostafford
      @meostafford Před 2 lety +1

      I hate to dash your hopes, but brilliant isn't the term I would use to identify our current leaders. I think they have done a good job so far though, but you know, who cares what I think, lol.

    • @highphysics3617
      @highphysics3617 Před 2 lety

      Unfortunately we have a giant "toothless tiger" with a hand cuffed NATO

    • @mr.j5919
      @mr.j5919 Před 2 lety

      Are you joking?????
      Have you not been watching OUR COUNTRY being destroyed by the tyrants you dummies wanted in the White House
      The shocking part is that you idiots still listen to all this bs and actually believe it lol
      How many times did you dummies have to touch a hot stove before you learned your lesson?
      We tried to tell you all that everything your side has said about President Trump was a lie but it’s sad it had to come to this before you grow a spine and do what’s right instead of just what you think all the other dummies wanted you to do
      GOD BLESS AMERICA

  • @MDThoughts
    @MDThoughts Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this analysis.

  • @anotherlevel4273
    @anotherlevel4273 Před 2 lety +3

    Susan Glassier is an American hero! However, it is sad that stating facts and being objective can make you an American hero...
    Keep staying with the truth!!

  • @juerbert1
    @juerbert1 Před 2 lety +13

    Susan Glasser is absolutely brilliant !!

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 Před 2 lety +3

      She spins the news in favor of the left.

    • @TheMusicman95382
      @TheMusicman95382 Před 2 lety +1

      You must think the CIA is as well. She is a propaganda tool

    • @Cindy-up2oj
      @Cindy-up2oj Před 2 lety

      @@TheMusicman95382 She got paid good money!

    • @rjohn3471
      @rjohn3471 Před 2 lety

      Absolutely no credibility now. A total piece of trash for mocking the death of US cameraman in Ukraine - because he worked for Fox.

  • @simonialei9020
    @simonialei9020 Před 2 lety +8

    this was such an excellent interview. Glasser is so knowledgeable, her analysis gives a lot of insight to Putin when she draws connections between the events of Crimea and the election. Thank for Frontline for making this available. This is so sobering and my veil of naivety has been lifted.

    • @Seekthetruth3000
      @Seekthetruth3000 Před 2 lety +2

      Nope! She spins the news in favor of the left.

    • @alexhayden2303
      @alexhayden2303 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Seekthetruth3000
      Russia was leasing the Crimea naval base, so was already in occupation.
      They formally Annexed the area.
      Does she know or care about the thousands killed and wounded
      (Reported as 14,000 killed..) over the last 7-8 years, in Ukraine's Civil War?
      Putin had watched the slaughter of the population (A Sudetenland?) of Russians/Russian Wannabe's, for 8 years.
      The Minsk Agreement had been dumped. Mr P. decided it must end!

  • @kuwait85
    @kuwait85 Před 2 lety

    the journalism quality is outstanding

  • @swapandutt9530
    @swapandutt9530 Před 2 lety

    A very wise logic based discussion ~ queries & explanations . 👏👏

  • @taniaburton7559
    @taniaburton7559 Před 2 lety +6

    tRump was always terrifying.

  • @laserspaceninja
    @laserspaceninja Před 2 lety +41

    20:10 -- Holy crap. When someone this professional speaks that emphatically when mentioning WW3, I start to worry.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      It's supposed to scare you. Putin wanted to stop the genocide by Ukranians in Donbas. He does not even want Donbas. Americans should pay this much attention to their far more copious wars. 900,000 died in Iraq, and that is just one of the 8 US warss in the last 20 years.

    • @President.GeorgeWashington
      @President.GeorgeWashington Před 2 lety

      I dont think this is a precursor to WWIII. The most similar moment in history to this Ukranine invasion is when the Soviet Union toppled the anti communist Hungarian rebels in the 1950s. Obviously it didn't have much of a global impact. Now, if China decides to make a move on Taiwan, then I think saying it would be justifiable to label this as WWIII. I'm not trying to marginalize the current Ukranian struggle, but I think 2 years from now it will be totally forgotten on the global scale. Most likely a cop will shoot a PoC and we will all stop giving a shit about Ukraine.

    • @ak203
      @ak203 Před 2 lety +1

      Susan Glasser is the left's answer to Fox News. Relax.

    • @kylenolan2710
      @kylenolan2710 Před 2 lety +3

      @@frederickhartray9701, Big Lies repeated are still lies. Putin merely claimed genocide as an excuse to take territory.

    • @frederickhartray9701
      @frederickhartray9701 Před 2 lety

      @@kylenolan2710 Typical American reply. I am so digusted to have been born in a country where people downplay genocide.
      Let me guess, you're a good Christian.

  • @lorenzohuynh1550
    @lorenzohuynh1550 Před 2 lety +5

    Susan should run for president with all her knowledge and experience !

  • @ginasim1495
    @ginasim1495 Před 2 lety

    Your programmes are very interesting and insightful. Thank you. I would like to comment that your interviewers mumble through the questions. Perhaps that’s a mike/audio problem?

  • @kel5423
    @kel5423 Před 2 lety +21

    Putin didn't say "speak clearly", he said "speak straight (get to the point)". In this context, Putin obviously didn't want his subordinate to speak clearly or clarify what he was saying, he already had enough of him doing a poor job at that. Putin was impatient and wanted him to get to the point.

    • @ekaterinaquinn8768
      @ekaterinaquinn8768 Před 2 lety +10

      That’s what I thought initially but rewatching it multiple time over and over I came to a conclusion that Putin didn’t want to hear anything but what he wanted to hear.

    • @wontbefooledagain9400
      @wontbefooledagain9400 Před 2 lety +2

      Oh well you would know better 🙄

    • @kel5423
      @kel5423 Před 2 lety +4

      @@wontbefooledagain9400 My wife was born in the Soviet Union. She explained to me what Putin was really saying when we watched the video together.

    • @kathypiazza7228
      @kathypiazza7228 Před 2 lety +7

      @@kel5423 I saw the interview for this frontline series with Julia Ioffe, who was born in Russia, After moving to the USA as a child she returned to work in Russia as an American correspondent. She said what K El’s wife told him. I am gonna believe native speakers, as in English, context, emotional expressions, even traditions can slightly alter the exact intent of a statement. Like when a known mafiosi asked a rival how’s your family? they are issuing a veiled threat or at very least a reminder of how they play there game. The fact that the admonishment was telecast says Putin is reminding everyone - world wide that he alone has command over every aspect & action taken by Russia.

    • @kendrapetrick649
      @kendrapetrick649 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kathypiazza7228 I think that is the main point as well. The assertion of power.

  • @Angela-bz8sw
    @Angela-bz8sw Před 2 lety +31

    This series is the most concise and clear explanation of the back ground and lead up to the February invasion of Ukraine. The effect of Putin's use of technology and social media to manipulate Americans is chilling. Americans questioning the heart of democracy - our election system, has played right into Putin's autocratic strategy. My prayers for our leaders of wisdom, strength and humility to make the best decisions for continued and future FREEDOM.

    • @michaeljohnson7929
      @michaeljohnson7929 Před 2 lety +3

      I just thought what irony through out the whole thing. US has never interfered in an election or for regime change? The colour revolutions, the Maidan revolution/coup, the Arab spring, Bush and the Middle East…
      All these privately funded NGOs around the world have one purpose: spreading liberal democracies around the world, but at what cost?

    • @tmf7563
      @tmf7563 Před 2 lety +1

      amazing how you've decided to swallow what she's cooking up. 5 years of Russia hysteria and lies, 2 years of complete bullshit on Covid... But we can trust these people now. fml

    • @lindamullins1446
      @lindamullins1446 Před 2 lety +1

      Fox news still does and works with Russia. Because whatever they say they know if it's for Putin it is play in Russia even tho they are told in Russia we are not in war and have shut coverage away from Russians. Of course technology today some info is getting thru but there are also older parents that don't believe their children that call and say they are ok it's like what do you mean well we are being bombed. They should like some Americans who don't believe their loved ones how bad Trump and his cronies are. And that he is an authoritarian political figure out to take over our country even after everything he has done. It's a sad sad situation that needs attention like yesterday.

    • @ericsuarez834
      @ericsuarez834 Před 2 lety +1

      My god, I hope you are kidding, if he have seen propaganda that's from the west and it's allies

    • @dontchastop
      @dontchastop Před 2 lety +2

      How about you show me one piece of this technology that swayed the 2016 election? I'd really like to see what Putin used to convince Americans to vote for Trump.

  • @lindasapiecha2515
    @lindasapiecha2515 Před 2 lety +1

    Susan Glasser 👍