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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 🇷🇺
Could be babysteps leading to that
Putin played everything close to the vest....but didn't want to rant and rave about pedofile nazi's and dozens of biolabs out of the gate. He said just enough to get the conversation going...then (maybe along with Trump) will start getting into the heavier stuff.
yep - babysteps
Drip, drip, flood
Yes, because Tucker was not speaking in an impartial way. He was asking Putin to prove he was not evil.
Tucker seemed totally out of his depth and has been propagandized like most other journalists. I am sorely disappointed in him.
He is definitely not VP material. You can read his face like a book and it was showing his unpreparedness for this interview.