I enjoy and appreciate much of your content - particularly the science discussions with brilliant scientists such as Denis Noble. I do NOT appreciate this banal russophobic propaganda. Mark Galeotti is a spooky commentator - probably state funded - whose geopolitical analysis has consistently been shallow, implausible and wrong as long as I've been noticing..He reminds me of an overgrown public schoolboy who never stopped playing with toy tanks. Is there nothing in Britain any longer that isn't polluted by the brain-dead anglo-neocon agenda?
I suggest you listen to (or watch videos or read books by) Russians. Another person worth listening to is Jade McGlynn (Silicon Curtain's recent interview) but that regards the war in Ukraine rather than Russia. Almost no one in the Western Hemisphere has the foggiest idea of what Russia represents, its history and its mentality. If you do actually take the time to deepen your knowledge of Russia, its history, its mentality and its aims, you will find that the "brain-dead anglo-neocons" are far too lenient when judging Putin and his 'agenda'. If one wants to uphold the belief that human rights, relative individual freedom and democracy are preferable (not perfect but preferable) to tyranny, then one should do whatever one can to help those people who struggle against tyranny. Unfortunately America, as leader of the West, has betrayed Ukraine, dragging other countries into betrayal.
Maybe if Russia decided to join us in this 21st century there'd be less Russophobia. Or better yet, stop trying to influence our elections. It's not like your average Russian has any political sway.
is Russia the only country where they struggle for power? is there no struggle for power in UK? or is the batten just past to someone else "here I messed up you have a go?" or US at the moment are Trump or Harris not struggling for power? or anywhere else the same
You have economists like Jeffrey sacks who confirmed that the United States refused to give financial help to the weak government that survived the dissolution of the soviet union,and also, how can you say that the Russians didn't understand capitalism when western advisers were literally all over Yeltsin,you are trying to relief yourselves from the fact that what was happening in Russia during that time was the West design,and if it had continued no one in the West would have paid attention to it as long as your interest is met,how about buying votes in Russia in 1994/1995 election in a bid to re-elect Yeltsin,the West is as corrupt as any other people the difference is the language used to express it.
@@jamesmiller2735 you start by saying that the West wouldn’t finance the post Soviet rebuild, and then state that the West was the architect of post Soviet Russia. Which is it? There can be no doubt that the West failed in its duty of care, but I would also argue that Russian culture continues to be imperialistic even when Western powers have evolved beyond that and in the case of the US they are in active retreat. The Russian psyche is extremely flawed and that’s what makes it a basket case more than anything else
@willwilliams9582 Yes, they encouraged Yeltsin to privatize state assets, including the oil and gas terminals,which they through the use of Russian faces bought back for peanut,instead of genuinely supporting the Russian state so that they could start building real institutions and economy,now they are acting as though everything that happened in Russia after the dissolution of the soviet union came out of thin air,when in reality they wanted to turn Russia into Nigeria.
@@larssoderstrom1666 I agree, and reading Anna Politovskaya's 'Putin's Russia' is also an eye-opener, though more about Putin than Russia as a country.
@@larssoderstrom1666 Navalny may have been exceptionally courageous, and I love the fact that he stood up to Putin, but he also has odious positions on many areas. So I won’t be reading his book anytime soon. If you had quoted Nemtsov to me, that would have been a different story.
I think there will be a power struggle after Putin, in fact this might actually end the war, I think Russia after this war is over, will go back to the 90s but this time on steroids, where the oligarchs ruled a weak Russian gov but this time , with a weak Russian army and the oligarchs have a much increased military power in the form of their PMCs , also with a weak Russian gov and military , Russian provinces and republics will have a bit more autonomy even forming their own militias and doing their own policies. The new Russian federation post putin post war will look more like a Russian confederation, where Russian provinces and republics pay lip service to be part of the Russian federation but actually de facto their own semi independent nations. while still recognizing Moscow as the capital of Russian politics and economy , but the real rulers are the Russian oligarchs and their PMCs. and Russia becomes a great game between USA and China. a great game of influence.
you guys are still projecting your own power structure on the russians, this analisis altough having some observations of some elements into russian power index, your conclusions about it's evolution , at least your public comunication about its evolution and its fundamental structure is baseless and wish full thinking at best. it seems that to most intelectuals in the west , the narative is hoping for the most favourable scenario, whilst absoluetly disregarding the worst case scenarious and preparing contingencies for each. you're just pitching to the russians to try to get rid of putin so you can both steal the resources and acces the market together with oligarchs in peace , i mean your level of intelect is frankly abismally low if you think those people are that stupid , and not because their patriotic or anything like that, really, you guys haven't really thought this through haven't you. please be like us, please please, and as always , before reaching the state of you, who is going to clean up the mess, what insurances are there for the different structers , you think ending up in london in a golden cage compared to beeing a god in russia and on the planet is a better deal? thats at best a retirement plan. as always, lazy
I hope Russia stays the bastion of trad values and Conservatism and a more patriotic leader comes in makes Russia the Superpower but less wars(cuz I don't want my gas bills or food prices going up )
Isn’t law and order a trad value? Russia is a gangster state! Isn’t freedom of speech a trad value? There is near zero freedom of speech in Russia! Big on taking personal responsibility for yourself and your family? Why are so many men alcoholics? Would be super curious to know if this is right gun control, I suspect Putin is very anti the right to bare arms! It’s possible to believe the wokism is bullshit without being a murderous autocrat who siphons off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of wealth as you preside over a gangster state.
I like understanding of Russian Political System be MG even in minor details, but his conclusions.... quite strange . Anyway he is more competent in topic than russophobe Kotkin.
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Excellent questions. MG is always insightful.
This is one of the best interviews of Mark Galeotti I've watched or listened to. A very helpful insight into Russia today.
Galeoti on bass, stephen kotkin on rhythm, timothy snyder keyboards/vocals with anne applebaum on drums?
@@dustyfairview9062 Dr. Fiona Hill on the cymbals please.
@@dustyfairview9062 well, place for Kotkin is near of the restroom (его место около параши, как мы говорим).
Fine TH-cam..... Place for negative comment about Kotkin competency about Russian History and understanding of political system.
@@dustyfairview9062 you forgot Fiona Hill
Good interview. The interviewer didn't get in the way of the onterviewee, who was allowed to get on and speak.
Great interview. You asked all my questions 👍
🇺🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦
Tx mark
This was fantastic
he never talks about Putin's annihilation of the Ukrainian people and culture.
You're delusional.
Centuries of serfdom formed a Russian pattern of behavior: servility to those above, tyranny to those below.
STOP.
There can be no Russia after Putin.
I enjoy and appreciate much of your content - particularly the science discussions with brilliant scientists such as Denis Noble.
I do NOT appreciate this banal russophobic propaganda. Mark Galeotti is a spooky commentator - probably state funded - whose geopolitical analysis has consistently been shallow, implausible and wrong as long as I've been noticing..He reminds me of an overgrown public schoolboy who never stopped playing with toy tanks.
Is there nothing in Britain any longer that isn't polluted by the brain-dead anglo-neocon agenda?
I suggest you listen to (or watch videos or read books by) Russians. Another person worth listening to is Jade McGlynn (Silicon Curtain's recent interview) but that regards the war in Ukraine rather than Russia. Almost no one in the Western Hemisphere has the foggiest idea of what Russia represents, its history and its mentality. If you do actually take the time to deepen your knowledge of Russia, its history, its mentality and its aims, you will find that the "brain-dead anglo-neocons" are far too lenient when judging Putin and his 'agenda'. If one wants to uphold the belief that human rights, relative individual freedom and democracy are preferable (not perfect but preferable) to tyranny, then one should do whatever one can to help those people who struggle against tyranny. Unfortunately America, as leader of the West, has betrayed Ukraine, dragging other countries into betrayal.
It’s so depressing isn’t it. And this over privileged Brit couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.
Maybe if Russia decided to join us in this 21st century there'd be less Russophobia.
Or better yet, stop trying to influence our elections. It's not like your average Russian has any political sway.
@@aftdel "It’s so depressing isn’t it".
Not moreso than the war thing. It screams of low self-esteem.
is Russia the only country where they struggle for power? is there no struggle for power in UK? or is the batten just past to someone else "here I messed up you have a go?" or US at the moment are Trump or Harris not struggling for power? or anywhere else the same
Sorry: Old news!
You have economists like Jeffrey sacks who confirmed that the United States refused to give financial help to the weak government that survived the dissolution of the soviet union,and also, how can you say that the Russians didn't understand capitalism when western advisers were literally all over Yeltsin,you are trying to relief yourselves from the fact that what was happening in Russia during that time was the West design,and if it had continued no one in the West would have paid attention to it as long as your interest is met,how about buying votes in Russia in 1994/1995 election in a bid to re-elect Yeltsin,the West is as corrupt as any other people the difference is the language used to express it.
@@jamesmiller2735 you start by saying that the West wouldn’t finance the post Soviet rebuild, and then state that the West was the architect of post Soviet Russia. Which is it? There can be no doubt that the West failed in its duty of care, but I would also argue that Russian culture continues to be imperialistic even when Western powers have evolved beyond that and in the case of the US they are in active retreat. The Russian psyche is extremely flawed and that’s what makes it a basket case more than anything else
@willwilliams9582 Yes, they encouraged Yeltsin to privatize state assets, including the oil and gas terminals,which they through the use of Russian faces bought back for peanut,instead of genuinely supporting the Russian state so that they could start building real institutions and economy,now they are acting as though everything that happened in Russia after the dissolution of the soviet union came out of thin air,when in reality they wanted to turn Russia into Nigeria.
jamesmiller2735
Complete BS-Read Navalnys new excellent book and educate yourself
@@larssoderstrom1666 I agree, and reading Anna Politovskaya's 'Putin's Russia' is also an eye-opener, though more about Putin than Russia as a country.
@@larssoderstrom1666 Navalny may have been exceptionally courageous, and I love the fact that he stood up to Putin, but he also has odious positions on many areas. So I won’t be reading his book anytime soon. If you had quoted Nemtsov to me, that would have been a different story.
What a load of propaganda!
Have another shot of vodka, comrade.
I think there will be a power struggle after Putin, in fact this might actually end the war, I think Russia after this war is over, will go back to the 90s but this time on steroids, where the oligarchs ruled a weak Russian gov but this time , with a weak Russian army and the oligarchs have a much increased military power in the form of their PMCs , also with a weak Russian gov and military , Russian provinces and republics will have a bit more autonomy even forming their own militias and doing their own policies. The new Russian federation post putin post war will look more like a Russian confederation, where Russian provinces and republics pay lip service to be part of the Russian federation but actually de facto their own semi independent nations. while still recognizing Moscow as the capital of Russian politics and economy , but the real rulers are the Russian oligarchs and their PMCs. and Russia becomes a great game between USA and China. a great game of influence.
@@johnwalsh4857 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂
You need to stop thinking.
I think there will a six sided civil war
you guys are still projecting your own power structure on the russians, this analisis altough having some observations of some elements into russian power index, your conclusions about it's evolution , at least your public comunication about its evolution and its fundamental structure is baseless and wish full thinking at best. it seems that to most intelectuals in the west , the narative is hoping for the most favourable scenario, whilst absoluetly disregarding the worst case scenarious and preparing contingencies for each. you're just pitching to the russians to try to get rid of putin so you can both steal the resources and acces the market together with oligarchs in peace , i mean your level of intelect is frankly abismally low if you think those people are that stupid , and not because their patriotic or anything like that, really, you guys haven't really thought this through haven't you. please be like us, please please, and as always , before reaching the state of you, who is going to clean up the mess, what insurances are there for the different structers , you think ending up in london in a golden cage compared to beeing a god in russia and on the planet is a better deal? thats at best a retirement plan. as always, lazy
@@alex990ism try a spell checker.
I hope Russia stays the bastion of trad values and Conservatism and a more patriotic leader comes in makes Russia the Superpower but less wars(cuz I don't want my gas bills or food prices going up )
Isn’t law and order a trad value? Russia is a gangster state! Isn’t freedom of speech a trad value? There is near zero freedom of speech in Russia! Big on taking personal responsibility for yourself and your family? Why are so many men alcoholics? Would be super curious to know if this is right gun control, I suspect Putin is very anti the right to bare arms! It’s possible to believe the wokism is bullshit without being a murderous autocrat who siphons off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of wealth as you preside over a gangster state.
I like understanding of Russian Political System be MG even in minor details, but his conclusions.... quite strange . Anyway he is more competent in topic than russophobe Kotkin.