Inside Putin's mind: There is a side to Putin that is 'insecure and suspicious'
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 10. 09. 2024
- "You cannot make deals with or trust Putin."
There was a time where Putin "worked hard" to get close with Nato, but his "insecurity" means he can't be trusted, says former British Ambassador to the Russian federation Roderic Lyne.
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It's ironic. If Putin had followed the term limits of the original Russian constitution and left in 2008 he would be remembered as a great leader who restored the Russian economy after the chaos of the 90's and regained Russia's place as a major power internationally. By holding onto power and attacking his neighbors Putin will be remembered as the man whose mad ambitions led Russia to ruin at home and abroad. As the saying goes, you either leave office as a heroic leader or stay long enough to see yourself become a villainous tyrant.
@@Wilahelm2 By the end of his second term he had stolen, murdered and misbehaved to the extent that his options were between bad and worse - either stay in power for life or get jailed and/or liquidated after leaving office.
A good example of this is the late Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. He freed Zimabweans of the yoke of the white man, then killed thousands of people who belonged to the weaker tribal group and then ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist and into the ground economically. To top if all, he continued to live until age 92 and had to be pushed out of the presidency rather unceremoniously by party members
@@user-su5cm1kh9n You could say the same for Yeltsin after his time in office. I know Putin was never a saint and should not have been made president. Despite it all he could have probably made some kind of deal to make sure he wouldn't be prosecuted just like Yeltsin did and retired from politics. Unfortunately for everyone the man chose to hold onto power rather then to walk away from it.
You're right he could've been remembered as a great leader and the savior of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. But it would've been a lie. He was the villain from the start, murdering countless journalists, political opponents, rival oligarchs, etc. even before he became president. He was just better at fooling Russians and the world back then. Now he's exposed for what he is : a sad, insecure, compulsively lying tyrant with zero morals who's willing to sacrifice the whole population of his country just to save face. Also there's no way he dies of natural causes at this point (unless it happens in the near future). He broke too many lives for that. He'll get the end he deserves : a very violent one.
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Some societies like the Chinese just don't learn and the Russians are like that. Despite both countries long histories they've never been able to get past the authoritarian stage.
Mother Russia, you just never get a leader who truly wishes the best for his people, With the exception of Gorbachev who was severely misunderstood even by most Russians.
This war was very unnecessary, he shouldnt have started it!!!
He didn't start this war .America did in 2014.Listen to Victoria Nulands phone about picking the new Ukrainian government
In putin's mind it was "necessary", creating an enemy is an old tactic to drum up support for a weak leader. Ukraine also offered material wealth that he needed to make up for Russian corruption that was hollowing out his economy. A parasitic political system must continue to find fresh hosts to stay alive.
The people of Russia must get rid of this psychopath for the future of their children.
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@petesam1911
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He has deprived Russians of their future for decades.
@EidelmaniaWhat is a Tzar?
@@FarterBoom The Kings (and one queen) that ruled Russia for over 300 years until the October revolution of 1917. AKA the Romanov dynasty.
@@christopherharmon2433 ok thanks , now i know
@Eidelmania Its also spelled Czar or Tsar.
Time for the Russian People to rise-up against Putinsâ totalitarian regime âŠ.
A side? Thatâs his whole personality!
The guy is a nutcase. End of story.
He looks like a great white shark from the sea ! Its his crazy eyes đź
I totally disagree with this analysis. Putin didn't suddenly change, he played the West from day one! You can see this with the way he acted with NATO, EU, US leaders vs what he did in Chechnya and his actions in Russia etc.! The west was naive (and Greedy) to think otherwise.
All dictators (at least the ones that survive) are 'suspicious' because all dictators are 'insecure', to some degree or another, in their position as dictator.
Thanks for the summary of Putin and his relationship with the West. Iâve been following this war since its inception and NO ONE bothered to tell us this. This hardly absolves Putin of his actions, but heâs hardly the only authoritarian the West is so naive about.
nato always had peaceful rules & laws,
& never showoff on those with lesser defence
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@tobee7268 I do love a bit of sarcasm.
Sarcastic boasting? get thereapy pls
This is what happens when an entire country gives unlimited power to one man. God help us if Trump is elected again.
Harris will win
Tin foil hat type comment, Harris is an obnoxious fake and useless just like Tim Walz. US will probably pick Trump due to economy and border.
Insightful guest, his view of the "early" putin refreshed memories. I do suspect that even during those years he was just as manipulative in his "core operations", just better at hiding his goals. I think all along he was an authoritarian, and there must be some kompromat or other reasons behind his rise under Gorbachev.
Black defeated Italy.
In Putin's first term, Russia was weak. Thats all you need to know.
Only as a result of the complete failure and inevitable,corruption of Marxism, and by trying to reinstate it, it would only return and worsen everything it touches
And they're still weak. Nothing has changed
With the largest number Tanks and Nuclear weapons in the world and a rapidly growing economy. That was just the first term. Anyone who looked at global demand for oil and price could see the way it was going.
@@robertfrancis7767 Are we making those botski nuclear threats again? We love laughing! Ha ha ha đ đ€Ł đ đ đ
@@robertfrancis7767 How are those average wages in Russia? Even Mexico has a higher average wage than Russia. Ha ha ha ha đ đ€Ł đ đ đ đ
YERR HIS BACKSIDE
Putin is one cool character. To be thought cool is actually something rather positive - not to have self-doubts, never to panic. There is also no doubt that he has a Machiavellian intelligence which has rather mesmerized the ordinary Russian who up till now has given him a free pass. But things are changing, and it seems a matter of time before he is toppled from his perch.
He doesn't panic more like freezes.
Putin seems quite loud about being cool
Inside Putin's mind: HELLO, Hello, hello.....
Oh poor guy!
And one day six burly men come into pootins office,,pick him up and carry him down stairs,,he knows where they are going,,and he starts to scream in terror,,đđ
4:01 this is a major contribution to Putin steering his regime to become "anti West". Putin fears popular uprisings and does not believe they are "genuine". Vladimir VladimiroviÄ simply saw the "Orange revolution" as meddling by the West in his "sphere of influence" - His KGB background will not allow him to believe that people have "self will" in politics.
(this is a view shared by Julia Ioffe, see here comments and interviews for PBS specials on Putin and Russia).
Very interesting insight
Vlad the Small has a fixation on Peter the Great (and even a bust of the latter on his "presidential" desk) but Vlad falls SHORT of his idol in more ways than one. Period.
9 hrs ago, "Ukraine's surprise Belgorod offensive shakes Russian defenses...The Ukrainian offensivve in Russia has expanded to the Belgorod region, where fierce battles are taking place." Aug. 16.
Heads of state should be meeting to dance and dine and laugh together like the old days!
He's a dictator with a Napoleon complex. Weak, scared little man who takes it out on others.
It is naive to say that Putin was ever nice and civilised. A sociopath, broken in childhood by multiple abandonment, beating, hunger and humiliation from stepfather and peers. At 9 yrs old adopted by distant relative fanatic KGB-ist and fan of Stalin. From this point he had to lie about his life before adoption and he has been lying since then. Bullied, he started to believe early that only power of fists matters, so he started learning martial arts. He was a Leningrad hooligan. Sadly, his decent martial arts teacher (chance to recover) was replaced by criminal. When portraits of Stalin were thrown away in Russia, a youngster Putin took one out of a rubish bin and put it on a wall of a building he lived. So fascination with Stalin was deeply rooted in him, he dreamt about being a KGB agent. He liked Soviet Union very much except the part that he could not have huge money, and the new era gave him this possibility -as a corrupted mafioso clerk in Petersburg. He was suitable for Yeltsin to cover up some swindle with methods typical for mafioso KGB-ist, and he was efficient. However nobody perceived him as outstanding, rather as Yeltsin puppet, so he was promoted. At the beginning he just wasn't self confident enough to show all his obscurity to the world, he was just observer of the West. Not used to democratic rules he has developed a deep contempt to the West. He hasn't hesitated to instagate false terrorist attack on his own citizens only to start Chechen war and be elected as a saviour. From this time he repeats this pattern all over again in Georgia, Syria, Ukraine with the same cruelty.
Please remember this picture: during documentary film festival in London about cruelties, tortures of Putin's Chechen war the filmmakers and activists watched helplessly Putin travelling in coach with the Queen!!!
Tony Blair didn't want to read a report about situation in Chechenya. Putin was already a villain.
Cynicism, greed for money plus some lack of knowledge and naivity - the Western leaders are responsible for strenghening Putin's wealth and power!!!!!!!!
Whatâs with the tropical island backdrop?
In the battle of Singapore, Japan lost 1000 soldiers and took 100,000 POWs.
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Stalin without the smarts or military experience.
Which he only got when Germany invaded.
Well, Imo, Stalin may have been politically smart, staying in power. His military plans resulted in disaster after disaster. His smartest move was leaving the military planning to the professional officers like Zhukov. And still, his meddling cost the Soviets many unnecessary casualties. Imo.
In the battle of Hong Kong, Japan lost 700 soldiers and took 10,000 POWs.
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50% UK families get 3 pounds left per week, that is enough to buy a pack of eggs in London.
A recent study said a third. Not one half.
What's with the terrible green screen?
He was in the Bahamas đ
How many hundreds of thousands have you spent on your computer audio visual setup?
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As Any kind of stereotype. ZERO CREDIT NO GOOD NOTHING. TOO MUCH BAD HAS HAPPENED.
THE GREAT PEOPLE OF CHINA NEEDS MORE LAND... THAT IS THE LATEST TALK ...PASS IT ON... SAY HELLO FROM THE CHINA
China could ask Putin give back Manchuria which the russians stole from China in the 1860âs
Putinâs agony auntâŠ
Meanwhile, kamala, macron, biden trump and great leadersđđđ
WEll at least they lead, putin just cowers at one end of an enormous desk in his bunkerđđđ
Nkokc Nkokc!! Da, Who is there? russia.....hahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAhahahaha
@@bikechainmic You are joking?
Putin making that speech in English back in his first term is certainly a disyant memory
Hearing Putin speak German is very painful. And he claims to be fluent in German
For once a more sensible analysis of Putin. Anyone in control of Russia can never be entirely without concerns. However he has taken on the west and to date is winning.
Russia does not care for a peace treaty particularly as Korea type situation keeps Ukraine out of NATO and restricts western investment and thereby level of influence. Also shores up Belarus Government.
So, a bit like our present leader....
Thats who theyre talking about pootin the mad
@@bikechainmic But, I'm not talking about "pootin the mad"....
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As insecure as the home office publishing country of origin statistics on all forms of crime and jailing people posting migration critical memes on the internet?
Thatâs not insecurity. Thatâs an authoritarian agenda.
I cannot understand your message, like not at all. Your words sound like gibberish. Are you an cheap AI bot ?
@Droidiphile
It's the state indoctrination you are under, somebody mentions imported crime and you stick you're head under the sand.
â@@codswallop164buddy that's girl scout stuff compared to what the uber-insecure bunker dweller is pulling.
@Droidiphile
No it's you're indoctrination, the threat is at home and you were told by the state to look at Slavic problems.
How many Russian knife crimes, sex crimes or bombings on citizens has happened in the UK?
Your studio must be in Ukraine
Is your studio in Bangladesh, "Jim"?
Why should you or anybody else know?
@@TesterAnimal1 He moans about Bangladesh all the time
Or in Moscow
Very windy
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