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Date: 2025-08-21 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00022370
ABOUT RUSSIA
IAN BREMMER AND MICHAEL MCFAUL

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russian Federation


Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUh4e9ln54
Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ... Beginning of Putin’s End | Russia's Catastrophe & Ukraine's Advantage

GZERO Media

May 16, 2022

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'There is not a single economic actor in Russia that thinks this is good,' notes Mike McFaul.
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On May 9, Vladimir Putin marked Russia's Victory Day in World War II by co-opting its narrative to justify invading Ukraine and paint itself as a victim of Western aggression.

Russia, it seems, hasn't moved on much since 1945 — and still hangs on to (perceived) outside threats — like Finland and Sweden joining NATO. But if the West goes too far, there's a much bigger risk: World War III.

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Michael McFaul, who knows a thing or two about Russia and Putin from his days as the former US ambassador in Moscow.

'There is not a single economic actor in Russia that thinks this is good,' notes McFaul, who speaks to Russians frequently. 'My sense is that this is a pretty catastrophic failure.'

McFaul says that Putin signaled in his nothing-burger speech that Russia is ready to gobble up another chunk of Ukraine in the Donbas region, and explains why that gives Ukraine a stronger hand at the negotiating table. Also, he believes that the US needs to change up its sanctions game and keep quiet about sharing intel with the Ukrainians, and debunks the overwhelming support for the war claimed by the Kremlin.

Also on GZERO World: the West thinks this is a fight for democracy itself, but some pretty big democracies beg to differ.
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