#1325 Impeachment: Ukraine, Russia, Corruption and Conspiracy Theories
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🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Air Date 12/13/2019
Today we take a look at the impeachment story through the lens of the last six years of history between Russia and Ukraine from the annexation of Crimea to election tampering and all that followed.
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SHOW NOTES
Bonus Clip: Does the GOP have Putin envy? - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date: 03-04-14
Ch. 1: The Ukraine story is a Russia story Part 1 - Impeachment, Explained - Air Date 10-26-19
Evelyn Farkas, the Pentagon’s former point person on Russia and Ukraine, talks about the Russia-Ukraine crisis Trump exploited.
Ch. 2: The Backstory - Rubicon: The Impeachment of Donald Trump - Air Date 11-29-19
Brian Beutler and The Atlantic’s Frank Foer discuss the true origins of the Ukraine scandal, and how they fit into a much larger story of global corruption.
Ch. 3: The Ukraine story is a Russia story Part 2 - Impeachment, Explained - Air Date 10-26-19
Evelyn Farkas, the Pentagon’s former point person on Russia and Ukraine, talks about the Russia-Ukraine crisis Trump exploited.
Ch. 4: The Origins of The Ukraine Corruption Conspiracy Theory - On the Media - Air Date 11-8-19
How John Solomon from The Hill helped catapult completely fabricated conspiracy theories all the way to the White House.
Ch. 5: Impeachment Inquiry - The Washington Post - Air Date 12-3-19
Rosalind S. Helderman traces the origin of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s involvement in Ukraine.
Ch. 6: The Prehistory of the Ukraine Scandal - Impeachment A Daily Podcast - Air Date 11-11-19
Our guest, Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent takes us through Paul Manafort, the Russian annexation of Crimea, and a few Ukraine's problematic prosecutors that led up to the events we're still learning about.
Why won't Republicans stop talking about the debunked theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election?
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Bonus Clip: The articles of impeachment have arrived - The Daily DC Impeachment Watch - Air Date 12-10-19
Democrats claim President Trump committed two 'high crimes and misdemeanors' - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast, in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.3 | about the impeachment story through the lens of the last six years, a little more, between |
| 0:14.2 | Russia and Ukraine from the annexation of Crimea to US election tampering and all that |
| 0:21.2 | followed. |
| 0:22.2 | So, before we get started, I'm going to do my best to set the scene here a little bit. |
| 0:26.6 | First of all, you need to know that Ukraine is economically, well, or was economically |
| 0:31.8 | vital to the Soviet Union. |
| 0:33.4 | You used to be part of the Soviet Union. |
| 0:35.0 | It was sort of the bread basket of the Soviet Union and it lies physically, strategically |
| 0:43.0 | located between Europe and Russia. |
| 0:47.2 | And so it is still important today because oil pipelines run from Russia through Ukraine |
| 0:54.9 | into Europe and oil is the source of Russia's geopolitical power right now. |
| 1:00.6 | So Ukraine, as part of that system, is still vital. |
| 1:05.0 | Now Eastern Ukraine, which is physically closer to Russia, as well as Crimea, which sort |
| 1:11.0 | of hangs off the southern side, those regions are generally more pro-Russia. |
| 1:17.1 | The people who live there are actually more pro-Russia. |
| 1:21.0 | Whereas the areas in Western Ukraine are generally more pro-Europe, just the sentiments of |
| 1:26.8 | the people who live in those areas. |
| 1:29.0 | I mean, Americans should have some familiarity with politics breaking down regionally like |
| 1:34.8 | that. |
| 1:36.2 | So the last decade or more has been a tumultuous time for Ukraine. |
| 1:42.2 | They've sort of teeter-toddred between pro-Europe and pro-Russia presidents. |
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