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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 🇷🇺
I'm pretty disappointed with the interview. All the stuff is fairly surface level stuff. I was hoping there would be more discussion of good vs evil. How does Putin and Russia view the trans\gay\anti-family\anti-Christian agenda western countries are pushing? How is US and Europe importing the third world affect Russia. Does Putin believe in God and Satan and how does he plan to prevent Russia from importing western satanism?
I supposed the Ukraine stuff is more relevant in the short term, but the battle of good vs evil is real. There's no possibility that Satan plans to leave Russia out of it. I don't know that much about Russian culture and how far down the slope they are or aren't, but it's only going to become exponentially tougher for Russia, and the entire world for that matter, if Satanism becomes the dominant western religion. Ukraine is small potatoes compared to that.
What better way to teach Russia/Ukrainian history than by Putin, where millions will watch him? That history is key to understanding why Russia “began” the war.