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Putin believes that Ukraine is historically part of Russia and it's independent existence is only tolerable if the country is firmly in Russia's sphere of influence.
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He believes the CIA engineered a coup that overthrew the legitimate government of Ukraine and replaced it with a western puppet regime in 2014.
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He believes the modern nationalist Ukrainian state draws from the legacy of Nazi collaboration during WWII and poses a direct threat to Russian national security. Removing this particular nationalist influence is a key goal of the military operation, which he seeks to achieve through negotiation.
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Russia expressed interest in joining NATO during the Clinton administration but was rejected. This lead Russia to feel geopolitically isolated and cut off from the whole western project.
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He believes the west is obsessed with weakening Russia as much as possible and that NATO is nothing more than an anti-Russian alliance.
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Putin thinks China is now more powerful than the United States and more relevant.
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He believes our government is controlled by an entrenched bureaucracy that cannot be changed through elections.
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He believes the US and European Union are extorting taxpayers to fund Ukraine's war. He sees no reason why the US continues to support Ukraine.
Putin Interview Summarized
RUSSIAN SALT MINES 🇷🇺
is it me or did this miss the mark big time in terms of the expectation the interview will change the world (or whatever the hyperbolic claim/s were). do get me wrong. think interview was great and history will look very kindly upon Putin, but nothing earth shattering.
maybe it's because anons already know all of which he speaks. either way I'm still looking to be wowed
We have to see if MSM journalists if it all willing to listen to it and change their minds. That's the only silver lining I see here.
This isn't about the MSM changing their tune. All it takes is a few popular podcasts to cover this interview in a positive light to awaken more normies via word of mouth resulting in extreme public opinion shift.
Like a ripple forming a tidal wave. Just another ripple to form a multitude of waves for the great awakening this year.
People live in bubbles of information and not willing to go outside their bubbles. Most people only have very limited time in their daily grind to listen to anything. MSM provides the light weight summary of world news without shocking them too much to disrupt their daily lives. Most of these chill pill normies don't even know such podcasters exist, their bubbles are very small.
You're right. Normies tuned it out and don't care, and we all knew what he already said.