Vladimir Putin's career and what comes next | John Sweeney
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- John Sweeney's latest book Killer in the Kremlin explores Vladimir Putin's career, from KGB agent to becoming Russia's president.
Discussing extract of the book, Sweeney said:
"Putin is not mad in the clinical psychiatric sense," and the Russian withdrawal from the battle of Kyiv is evidence of that.
He added that Putin is "much weaker than we think he is."
Detailing how Putin's face had changed since he met him following the shooting down of MH17, Sweeney said that the defeat of the Russian army this winter or spring "will have a catastrophic effect" on Russia's president.
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Appeasing a bully never works
That's the conclusion Putin came to, regarding a belligerent, unilateralist, interventionist USA. Listen to/read his Munich conference speech.
We should have stood up to Tsar Putin many years ago. Our laidback approach encouraged him to push forward.
For many years I have been saying that it is a bad decision for countries, such a Germany and Italy, to become dependant upon Russian fossil fuel and selling/buying them so many goods.
Weak, ineffective, governments and the United Nations have allowed this to happen 😢
I just returned to Australia, from a four week tour of Ukraine. This gentleman’s comments are entirely spot on.
What were you doing there? A tour?
@@thornyturtleranch6152 Yeah ... Oh, I was touring Slovakia, Poland and because I was in the area, I thought I'll do Ukraine as well.
@@thornyturtleranch6152 I just looked at his posts on Facebook, he definitely went.
Where exactly in Ukraine did You go? What did You do when You were there? I think others are as curious as I am.
Thanks bud
My 80-year-old father has just watched this and stated: "If only I were as retentive of history and intelligent as this extraordinary man". Well worth watching. Thank you John Sweeney from all of us in Australia.
What has he told you that you have never heard before ?
Is Sweeney 80???
@@BuffaloMotivated Probably.
Much love to John for staying and covering this terrible war. Cheers!
"Enough of this guy already - we have to stand up to him" This is what the whole civilised world feels like.
YOU stand up to him... or pour more gin 😂
Are you going to turn off your heat, ride a bike and, if necessary, divest savings, pension, etc. from banks which engage in money laundering? This should have happened 20 years ago. I'm not going to be defending NATO after the way they treated the Ukraine-who are fighting Putin's War paid with Euros.
If we follow your advice the human race is finished. Tell us about the destruction of Afghanistan. We now know British special forces committed war crimes there too. You wil not volunteer my grandchildren or other descendants to nuclear devastation.
@@stevemitchell1454 Well you can volunteer them to being as quiet as church mice scarred shitless that the dictator ruling over them gets to know that they breathe.
God bless ukanias family and volunteer 💙💛
This speaker is giving one of the best explanation on why we have to stay firm on the side of Ukraine.
I'm not for getting involved in crazy wars, which only sap the energy out of a country, but we need to be more vigilant where it matters.
On the side of Nazis
YES!
This is absolutely true.
Agree
Correct ☮️
"Big pushback in Autumn or winter"
That aged extremely well.
Even with 118K subscribers and counting, Times Radio is underrated.
You can have a relatively low sub count and not be underrated. The word still gets out
Play this to German ex-chancellor and Putin friend Gerhard Schröder. And as well so called Neutral Countries like democratic India.
Gerhard S is in Putin’s pockets and always was.
And his best friend Donald trump.
@@NBLGP26 shouldn't that also be america, Trump wanted nato broken up and loves his best freind putin.. calls him a great man and very very smart.. one of Trumps greatest and fabulous men.
Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are aware of US led wars and sanctions over the past 20 years.
People like John Sweeney are a breed apart. They witness the most brutal actions of humanity. Staying on the ground in the theatre of War, when others flee for their lives, takes something that most of us just don't have. Brave doesn't even come close.
So very well said.
We have all these brilliant people yet the west just lets his behavior go….i dont get it
Get real,he just lied his way through to make you morons think there’s hope.
Too many deaths needs to stop
To come back from such sights to come across is pretty hard not to return partially insane so definitely impressive when thry hold it together afterwards
I’m amazed someone AT LAST talking sense! I wish there were more like him👍
Absolutely stunning interview. This should be compulsory viewing for everyone in the world right now.
This version of John Sweeney is a lot more likeable, than the one in the PanoDrama documentary
Exactly what I was thinking.
Yep,these fools on here know what they are gassing about.
Sweeney is fake!!
What a breath of fresh air! Well done John Sweeney and Times Radio. This gives me hope that people across the free world are finally shedding the polite, seeing evil for what it is, and standing up to monsters like Putin.
Putin has a 87% approval rating . Is winning the war while only using a small fraction of Russia’s military power . Has a strong economy . I don’t perceive any weakness . Now look at the EU. That really is a mess
Oh look more nartsees
Well written! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍🏻
@@Realist369
@@robertdownes793 Orc meddling has been investigated and proved for years! Ukraine has suffered and will be free from the Orc horde ! Glory to Ukraine and the heroes and defenders and supporters of a sovereign country!
Absolutely!!! It's thanks to the Ukrainians... they are standing up to Putin. The West could well learn from them. A pride to our humanity❤️ Slava Ukraine!!!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦😍
Except Corbin, he stood up for Putin.
You make it sound like the Ukrainians had a choice and chose to stand up to Putin. If Putin had minded his own businesses and stayed on his side of the border the Ukrainians would have done nothing to counter what Putin has been doing for decades. You can admire the Ukrainian grit in this fight, but people need to quit making them out to be some bastion of democracy that threw down the gauntlet to save the West; simply put, they were unfortunate enough not to have chosen to join NATO when they had the chance (like Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, etc.) and found themselves as a testing ground between NATO and totalitarian regimes in the East. Nothing more, nothing less.
@@carstenweiland7896 Or Johnson, who does a lot of big talk about Putin, but (a) went to a party with a KGB agent and his son while he was supposed to be in a meeting to discuss the Russian attack on British soil, (b) put that same son of the KGB agent into the House of Lords against the advice of the UK security services, and (c) has long been considered a Russian asset. Or, in fact, many others in the Tory party who have been taking money from Russian oligarchs for years.
@@carstenweiland7896 ..and Emmanuel Macron. He just try to hide that, and he despise Zelenesky.
@@kalma999 No man, he did not! To be clear Corbin said that the west should not support Ukraine with weapons, that clearly would support Russia.
Wow.. John Sweeney! Yes!! Knowledge and insight. “ the difference about this war is that it really is about the difference between good and evil”.
Great man John Sweeney, you get proper news and no propaganda.
Veteran investigative journalist John Sweeney called Tommy Robinson a “c***” as he announced his departure after 17 years at the BBC.
Agreed. Trolls continue the unsupported thesis that ruble is strong, support from EU is disintegrating, etc. when very opposite is true. Your argument is correct: always a bully, Putin's never had anyone stand up to him. Слава Украине. Bob, Calif.
They technically aren't wrong. The Ruble is strong right now and EU support is extremely lackluster and at times flippant at best. The caveat is that the Ruble is artificially strong and EU support is starting to improve as they wake up to the fact that this isn't going away over night like Crimea or Georgia with them having to do something more than just light the Eifel Tower up in yellow and blue.
On the other side EU has absorbed millions of refugees ( women and children ). In Germany they are given places to stay paid by the govt., a monthly allowance which is only reserved for German citizens, fully state financed German language courses etc. this runs into a fair amount of money.
The Ukrainians also have a huge problem of Russian infiltration into their military setup. Weapons are sent over only to be blasted by the Russians. Hence selensky has been forced to purge his secret service etc. of traitors. Of course Putin is first and and foremost a trained criminal. He’s had so many of his Opponents, even in foreign countries, murdered. Merkel in Germany chose to ignore this as long as cheap gas was delivered. She had a phrase „Wandel durch Handel“ which means change through trade. A mistake that we are all paying a high price for.
@Mitts
Why, oh why, do Americans say “I could care less”? If it is possible for you to care less, then you must care a bit. Of course, you mean “I couldn’t care less”. If it is impossible to care less, then you don’t care at all.
Let Russia think the rubil is strong time with sanctions will bankrupt the thugs ruling russia.
support from EU? uhm. deutschland are going to deliver 100 new haubitzen. so they need to be built from scratch; how long will that take? two years? and then training is needed to work with this equipment. so those haubitzen will be battle ready after 2,5 years? i think those haubitzen will stay in germany, because ukrain (nato, us, gb) have then already lost the conflict
Great interview! Very engaging and i found myself engrossed in the story and by the end i was fully invested and onboard. well done Times Radio!
Yep, John Sweeney is a great man. I didn't think I would make it all the way through, but he had my attention throughout the whole video.
There is a Guardian article dated 5 March 2000 if I remember correctly about Russia's war crime in Chechnya which describes the incident mentioned here. It's awful. The Russians gave the convoy permission to leave and then bombed it.
@@prujbonar6045
Not so very different from allowing the Azov Regiment to surrender in Mariupol with the protected status of Prisoners of War, then cold-bloodedly murdering them with a bomb in their PoW camp barracks .
@@anthonymorris2276Excellent observation,.......Although who did what to whom is debatable !
So,........... Mr Sweeney somehow missed the 'Heavy Metal' on the border of the Donbas in the previous 8 years before his version of this conflict started when nightly bombardment was carried out by AZOB terrorists.
Somehow he also missed the Military Build Up of Ukranian Forces which were to be used to overwhelm the Donbas and assert control of this region which is what provoked the 'Invasion' by Russian Forces.
@@thomscott1247 really? Was that the reason?
I thought it was because they were going to join NATO.
Or they were developing biological weapons.
Or they wanted to get nuclear weapons.
Or the government was full of Nazis (especially the Jewish President)
It's more convincing if you come up with the reasons before you start the training exercise that's definitely not going to become an invasion that's followed by the special military operation that's definitely not a war that starts with the (failed) attack on Kyiv that was definitely a feint.
Either way, God forbid they should prepare to get rid of foreign backed separatists on their own land! After all, Putin would have never invaded and annexed a former possession of Russia that didn't want to have anything to do with them! No, he'd let them go on their merry way!
I did not expect such an informative and entertaining video. Going by the list of dangerous places John Sweeny has gone into, he is quite crazy.
This was a brilliant interview. Smart guy, very knowledgeable, and uninterrupted. Couldn't stop listening from start to finish.
Phillip.
John sweeney in his beautiful orange beanie so happy to see him here!
More interviews like this one. Very entertaining, informative, engrossing, I was hoping it would not end. Thank you.
Unfortunately nothing is true what he says.
@@verakehrli5636 putin hole
Mr. Sweeney. Thank you for sharing your first hand witnessing of the war criminals and war crimes
What an excellent program, insightful, interesting and so well presented.
What an interesting conversation. I could listen to this man for ever over a couple!
Absolutely. I’d love to hear the entire interview without cuts.. obviously it was trimmed to fit the time restraints, hopefully they upload an uncut vid, truly remarkable fella
💙💛💙💛
Agree! Have saved this one to listen to again.
Same thoughts
I’m in the US Anyone know where we listen to full shows or interviews?
The morale is not a question , Russian soldier is fighting for Putin , Ukraine soldier fighting for their homes and Family.
YES! At last somebody talking sense and no nieve interviewer giving crass, inane politically correct retorts.
Whether you want an enemy or not whether you want a war or not doesn't matter. Putin is the enemy of the west and at war with the west, that is his choice and his decision. We have to see that ,live with that and a adapt to that and either win or lose.
My view as a grandad is that losing is not an option - particularly not as in every resourse but one we are 20x more powerful than Putin..
What is that one resourse you ask? It is the ability and willingness to dip into and exploit the power of evil.
John Sweeney’s passion for investigative journalism is something else. The insight into Putin’s path to university was new to me and fascinating, it explains why he was a gangster from day one, like when he was an assistant to the mayor of St Petersburg and already massively corrupt.
In between University & St. Petersburg, he was a junior KGB clerk in East Germany where he fully participated in the massive KGB Black Market trade. Goods from Western Europe passed through his office daily. No wonder he was upset the Berlin Wall fell. He had a good life there. Those skills eventually got him to the top in government.
@@KileyLagan yeah, I knew about his time in east Germany where he was supposedly an adviser to the Stasi, when you think what the Stasi and the KGB were doing in east Germany at the time like supporting the Red Army Faction and funding neo Nazis in west Germany it’s no surprise to see the tactics Russia now uses in its propaganda. The story you often here about how he became president after Yeltsin is he was trusted to not arrest (or worse) any of Yeltsin family for corruption but there’s good reason to believe it was a proverbial gun to the head rather than trust and Putin and the FSB effectively organised a coup.
The mafia culture, particularly in east Russia is not something you hear much of in the western press and this was the first time I’ve heard of a direct relationship like that with Putin.
I suspected he was bullied as a child, he's got the classic compensatory mechanism and he's got the look of a hurt child, constantly imagining himself and Russia as victim while he is the abuser. Apart from being physically weedy, he was also illegitimate and adopted into a family at the age of 9. So he was marginalised and an outsider and has been faking it ever since.
I think it was in John Sweeney's book that I read about Putin getting held back from the KGB to start with because of some undisclosed (by the authorities) issue. Searching for "Putin kisses boy's stomach" maybe hints at another dark aspect of his past.
God Bless Ukraine and its brave and courageous people. 🇺🇦
I think Putin has a career in NATO. Nobody before him has managed to unite us so much, expand us with two more countries and at the same time totally rewrite Germany’s defense spending approach. Truly historically. NATO should definitely hire him
🤣🤣🤣
Not to mention his work on climate change getting Europe off gas, Splendid work !!
Maybe we should start putting up statues of him in public squares.
Standing tall, broad shouldered. Firm of eye and square of jaw. A real man of power and influence.
Wearing a dunce's cap.
@@bobs_toys
On the plaque it reads:
PUTIN the GREAT
Instigator of Western Freedoms and fight against global warming
Died 9 May 2023
Paving the way for a Greater and freer Russia 🇷🇺
😅💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇦
According to George Robertson he suggested joining Nato so you never know!! "The Labour peer recalled an early meeting with Putin, who became Russian president in 2000. “Putin said: ‘When are you going to invite us to join Nato?’ And [Robertson] said: ‘Well, we don’t invite people to join Nato, they apply to join Nato.’ And he said: ‘Well, we’re not standing in line with a lot of countries that don’t matter.’”
@@ruaridhmacdonald3543 russia has applied for nato membership several times, but all were turned down. russia has applied for european union membership, also turned down.
John Sweeney legend! What a refreshingly honest interview. Knowledgeable, insightful and most importantly from years and years of experience in reporting on the Russian state under Putler. Well done Times Radio
Sweeney got fired from the BBC for creating false evidence for a documentary.
So people will lie to themselves , It’s called an illusion you guys are living. And what Ukraine did to the minorities by trapping them in their country and killing them while letting the citizens leave so they could blame it on Russia is so evil. Ukraine has been at war for sometime now but nobody cares to mention that, everybody needs a bad guy and that’s what you guys are doing to Putin. I didn’t see anybody standing up for those 38 Russians that they burned alive everybody seems to forget that. Ukraine is being destroyed because it’s wicked simple.Russia is gods noble army, and Ukraine listening to America and the UN is ridiculous. Zelinski needs to wake up
The morale is not a question , Russian soldier is fighting for Putin , Ukraine soldier fighting for their homes and Family.
@@vidalskyociosen3326 It’s all fake these are all Nazis, this is the Ukrainian president, been replaced by an actor just like all the United States politicians and presidents.And they killed all the minorities force them to stay there it will be revealed nothing hidden that won’t be revealed. And all the minority countries are going to realize who are the Ariens Nazis in these countries that want to go along with this satanic plan basically
Well said.
Loved listening to this man. I could listened for at least 3 more hours. 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
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Fascinating interview of John Sweeney, thank you Times Radio! 🔘
Finally someone who realised that we have been at war with Putin for 20 years. Been saying this myself since 2003, new exactly the type Putin was. Politicians both left and right have had their heads firmly stuck up their back sides until now.
Been thinking that since my birth in 1967.
@Mitts mitts! I think you have been unbanned
I remember an interview from 2002/3 where he literally said about his government:
"(Maybe)Dictatureship, but good dictatorship"
It was foreshadowed.
He grew up in the sowjet union and cold war and he wants it back.
@Mitts I'll remind him
China as well.
John's comment about 70% injury in modern war is due to artillery is spot on, and his thoughts on Putin being bad not mad are interesting.
Search CZcams for Vlad Vexler who is a Russian/British philosopher who has been giving insights into Putin's mind and the general psychology of Russia for a number of years. His arguments are compelling. He has a couple of channels, his main channel is the place to start.
@@idlehands1238 I second the rec for Vlad. Been watching quite a bit of him lately. Very interesting!
Yeah, I think it works for Putin to be perceived as a Batshit Crazy Russian President with half the world's nukes, so he reinforces that idea.
The world has bought too much into the myth-making of Putin being some sort of cunning 4th dimensional chess player. The curtain is now being pulled back.
In so far as he very badly miscalculated, Poooti IS "mad" in the sociopathic megalomaniacal sense.
That man is spot on and really knows the background because he spent so much time in the danger zone . I also liked very much the last interview he gave James O‘Brien .
Kyiv is "London in 1930" is so easy to grab the total picture. Thank you for this signifying and comprehensive analysis.
I think John Sweeney is a legend after hearing this interview.
WOW - I wasn't sure what I was going to be seeing. Generally I wouldn't opt to view something of this length 21 minutes, perhaps skipping through it. But I watched ever second of it and what an eye opener it was. 👍 👍 👍
Same here
I rarely watch anything less than 20 minutes because I want to genuinely understand each topic.
WOW! How do you get through reading books or going to the opera? Not an attention span to boast of....
The morale is not a question , Russian soldier is fighting for Putin , Ukraine soldier fighting for their homes and Family.
Make sure you all check out his podcast 'Taking on Putin' if you can, it's even better.
One of your best broadcasts on this terrible war, thanks.
Clever. thoughtful, well informed and also funny. No wonder the Ukraine seem to like him. I have watched a lot of interviews about this war, and this was by far the best.
Agreed. Well said.
More of this guy please!
A very interesting view, and I think right in point
Slava Ukraine
Almost two months later, and John's first few seconds of video is spot-on!
A very interesting and captivating interview, thank you.
Good job Times Radio for telling it how it is 💪👍
Brilliant talk there I thoroughly enjoyed it
And his take on Putin is spot on
Slava Ukraine
@norman smithers he lives in Ukraine
Fascinating interview, I forgot how good this man is. I look forward to hearing from him more.
Wow! The best informed interview yet! What an incredible Human ! Thank you Times Radio.
If a few American HIMARS can inflict that much damage on the russian army imagine what the American army would do to russia in a war between the two of them.
The US would kick Russia out of Ukrain in a month!
@@Rod-Wheeler a week I reckon
US and NATO combined are a pretty formidable force, if you analyze the NATO armies without the US, you have, starting with the best trained, UK, Germany, France, following these you have the rest and without forgetting the biggest NATO army in numerical number the Turkish! Russia wouldn't have a chance.Only it's tactical nuclear force would pose a threat! And NATO alone without the US has about 10 nuclear armed subs that would retaliate against an attack!💪🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇱🇳🇿🇫🇷🇰🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪🇹🇼.
@@Kodakcompactdisc Depends on how fast the Russians can reyreat. NATO foesn't want 100,000 POWs/asylum seekers.
“That much damage”
Damage estimated by whom exactly?
What do you think about about a dozen missile strikes daily, equal in power to Himars, which have been going for half a year now?
Absolutely one of the most informative and interesting sessions.
indeed
Wow! I absolutely loved this interview. First time hearing of/from this fascinating man
Excellent report from John Sweeney. Very insightful and interesting take on the entire situation with the war, Putin and the Russians.
Thank you Mr Sweeney. Your insight confirms my POV that Putin's intellect is there while his reason is gone. Something vile has replaced it and evil now reigns, which would poison the blood.
Speaking of Poison,............ Mr Putin has designated MONSANTO a Terrorist Organisation and placed a Total Ban on GMO products. Sounds reasonable to me !
What do you define as "intellect" and what do you define as "reason" ?
He's the Brian Clough of journalism. A little bit of a maverick but he gets results and there's probably not going to be another like him anytime soon.
The Ian botham, surely? Yes he’s smoked the odd doobie, yes he’s hit the odd copper…
Hmmyeah, the west bred weak willed millenials, that's going to be a problem going forward, though on basis of social media reporting there will always be daredevils wanting to film selfies in conflict areas. That could be the new form of reporting....
EVIL MONSTERS, …. SHAMELESS members of the WESTERN CRIMINAL WAR MACHINE !!! 😲
@@ROWBRONCO What are you wibbling on about, mate?
thanks Times Radio, that was superb what an inspirational fella
Thank You! I would like to hear much more.
Brilliant interview
It amazes me that people have doubts about the existence of true evil.
What a great chap,Could listen to you for far longer. Thanks for a great video. B.
What a really interesting and informative talk by a very articulate journalist .. excellent!!
Best interview I have heard in a long time. 10/10
John Sweeney the hero who warned everyone what was coming.
I followed every bit of investigative journalism you have done from 2002.
Veteran investigative journalist John Sweeney called Tommy Robinson a “c***” as he announced his departure after 17 years at the BBC.
A breath of fresh air interview
Thank you sincerely for sharing your thoughts John Sweeney!
Very good interview,
Excellent interview with this man John Sweeney. Time well spent. Thank you Times Radio for this.
Sweeney's assessments of Putin I couldn't agree with any more than I do. He's right on. It's obvious he's well corroborated his own theories, and thoughts on the subject.
In addition he's gone into these places and witnessed that of which he's speaking of so instant respect there from me.
As for Vladimir Putin, I watched for many years dating back to when Yeltsin appointed him as his successor, and even before that.
I knew that Putin as a former KGB operative was never comforted by the fall of the Soviet Union, and how it had fragmented.
I knew it had to have had a profound impact on him as it truly was, " his family ". This was so easily to be seen. This was a guy, and an eventual Russian leader that could never be trusted.
Yet, I watched him manipulate, and navigate the Western World, American President after American President, along with other naive Western European leaders presenting himself deftly as a world statesman.
For me, when he fixed his earlier, " election ", by appointing Medvedev to the Russian Presidency, and then Medvedev appointed him to the Prime Minister position, that just confirmed for me where this was all heading.
He attained the confidence in knowing how easily he could shape the West. I believe this was all around 2004. When after his half hearted charade of a democratic electoral process re-installed him as the new Russian President.
President Bush stating, ' I looked into his eyes, and could see his soul ", literally made me nauseous. I knew what we had on our hands.
I cannot believe we permitted ( we meaning all of the West ) this guy to continue to operate unabated as he was for all of this time.
I knew I just couldn't be the only one out there knowing this. In listening to John Sweeney here, I believe now that perhaps I wasn't.
It provides however no relief. Now, we've absolutely got to clean this mess up. Together, right now. Thank you,
Glory to God,
Victory for Ukraine,
Rise Free Nations!
Excellent, what a brilliant interview with no, or few questions necessary.
Thank you so much for this excellent interview!
Listen all day.. what a articulated speaker.
Superb interview and a fascinating insight into Putin’s past and future. John is a great guest and easy to listen to.
But he is wrong on every count . A wishful thinker
@@trevorcrook5753
Of all the interviews regarding Ukraine this is by far the best. Thank you.
Dam, great interview, everyone should hear this, BIG TIME
John Sweeny top reporter.
Veteran investigative journalist John Sweeney called Tommy Robinson a “c***” as he announced his departure after 17 years at the BBC.
Great interview indeed! Thanks for providing excellent content
Great video. Very informative intelligent moving and incisive. Thanks for posting!
This is a good point. Ukraine doesn’t have to defeat the Russian army it’s just has to defeat the credibility of one man
I have no doubt Ukraine can beat the Russian army, but I hope they never have to fight a stronger army like the Italians or Canadian military.
Remember when we thought the Russian army was a threat? Before we learned that the Brazilian or South Korean army was more powerful than the Russian military?
@@aaronbaker2186 Say what now?? You're ironic right? Right..?
Putin be blessed and protected in the name of Jesus Christ!
@@aaronbaker2186 You need to take your head out of the sand, Are you for real? the reality on the ground shows Russia is occupying the whole of the Donbas and more, Reality Shows Russia can hit Ukraine anywhere anytime they want to, haven't you seen in the middle of a war they parading their navy fleets that means they haven't used all their capabilities If Russia is weak Nato would have invaded a long time ago, Why Nato doesn't want to get involved? why did they get involved in Yougoslavia and not Russia? Is it because Russia has a big stick that can hurt anyone anywhere? If yes then Russia is powerful.
You think this is Putin's war?? Then you have no idea about Russian system...
This man has seen an incredible amount of destruction and suffering in his long career.
It is incredible. A truly outstanding fellow. We need to hear many more stories from him because he has clearly got a talent for engaging the audience through dialogue of his experiences .
Not really. Some people are real sensitive towards the pain of others. Horrible to think a child was burned in the body because of putin.
Best bit was the panodrama documentary, the destruction of his own career
We need a couple hour interview with this journalist.
Excellent commentary and he backs it up.
Very interesting interview, especially the story about Sermjon Guzman. I will buy the book.
I very much liked listening to your interview.I think we are about the same age and we think alike.Great job!👍
Unusual, this journalist speaks with well informed knowledge and experience
Love this interview what a legend! 💙💛
Great interview thanks!
This man is a proper journalist and a delight to listen to. I hope he is right about Putin being bad not mad?
What led to him becoming bad?
@@sigma5927 Greed!
@@sigma5927 He was in the KGB - maybe he was always bad?
@@chromatec4311 They are trained to be bad and sad and evil !
@@linmal2242 Do you really believe that! The KGB is just one of the security and intelligence structures, the KGB was not only engaged in leading people to execution. After the collapse of the USSR, Russia, sacrificing its own development, remained for a long time a raw material appendage of Europe, while the profit from the sale of raw materials with the help of a corrupt oligarchy remained in England. And you've always been silent about it. At the same time, NATO was the first to begin its expansion to the east, which Russia has always perceived as a threat. What reaction did you expect? Now, when Russia is trying to reunite the Russian people, unfairly divided during the collapse of the USSR, Europe and the United States are supplying Ukraine with military equipment. Why didn't this happen during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the Germans? You supported the breakup of Yugoslavia, and Europe supplies Ukraine, in which 20% of Russians remained with their territories that did not belong to Ukrainians before the collapse of the USSR, with weapons. Because for you, Russians are second-rate people.
We've all just got to hang in there. Time is on the side of the West if we keep up the pressure. Russia never stopped being at war. Gorbachev was in the minority. They just didn't know it yet.
@@sigma5927 You probably don't even realize how mislead and wrong you are. Did it ever occur to you that your take on history is essentially Russian revisionist propaganda? These territories were not historically Russian - they were only occupied by Russia, forcibly and by force, which is exactly what Putin is attempting to do again.
Give your head a shake and think about it.
@@sigma5927 I am German. We do know too little about the historical and cultural background here. Thank you for your input. Wish there would be more objective news about the whole situation. Now there is alot of propaganda and tainted info, depends on what side you get it from. This horrible war shall end soon, everyone is so sad and concerned about it here in Germany. Will we ever have a trustworthy partnership with the Russian government again.
Amazing guy, on the the best interviews I've ever listened
The first real analysis I've heard!!!!
By far the most interesting show sofar, very good thx
Great "interview". Give me more of Sweeny!
Super insights from John Sweeny who is a wonderful communicator. Many thanks to him and times radio.
Excellent interview 👍
Our eyes are open now at last...✌
One of the best, most incisive (if least formal) interviews I've seen on these worrying times.
Question: VP is 69. Whether he's ill or not, how much longer CAN he stay on top there? And what/who happens after? Will he still be there in 2, 5 or 10 years?
I’m not sure age is as much of a factor with Putin as it is with someone who on the surface is exhibiting signs of age-related issues like Biden. That written, I think without a decisive Russian defeat along the lines of a V-J Day in Ukraine, Putin will last quite a few more years unless the scuttlebutt about cancer or Parkinson’s turn out to be true.
Well, J.K. Paasikivi was 74 when he BECAME President of Finland and did that job for ten years. First four as designated successor of previous president as he was Prime Minister then and one elected term after that. Putler can still breathe over a decade easily.
Churchill was 66 when he became Prime Minister in 1940. He has 81 when he retired as Prime Minister in 1955. Joe Biden will be 80 in November.
Medvedev
I’ve got so much respect for this man.
I totally agree! Very good exposition.
Brilliant perspective!
Excellent video!! It explains to me one of the reasons that pootin is such a bully... he was bullied himself as a child. There are other reasons, but that one stands out. I sure hope that this speaker is correct in his theory that Russia suffers major defeats in the war this winter and pootin is ousted from power one way or another.
Fingers crossed
Hahah love the spelling
He's a psychopath, a monster! He won't go easily or quietly! He will inflict as much pain as possible on his supposed enemies (including his own fellow citizens) before he is dragged off the stage of life!
Careful what you wish for , if things are going badly for pootin he might use small tactical nukes.
Those comments at about 05:20 about Russia being led by gangsters really resonates. Also, this chap is great! I wasn't aware of his name before but he seems to have come up through a professional journalist career with the broadsheets and the Beeb.
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Great interview. Thank you Time Radio