All right, we are live with Alexander Mercuris and the very, very special guest that we love having on the show.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs, how are you?

Very good.

Good to have you on.

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Alexander, Jeffrey, we have a lot to discuss.

So let's get to it, Alexander.

Indeed.

And the thing I think we perhaps need to discuss most, at least initially,

is President Putin's extraordinary interview with Tucker Carlson.

Now, we've already done programmes about this, Alex and I,

but Jeffrey, you've been reading this interview.

As I said, this is a monumental interview.

It covers huge amount of ground.

It answers questions.

This is one of the things that is striking about Putin is he actually, when you put a

question to him, he answers it. He does give you lectures, but he actually also answers your

questions. And of course, the thing that, the two things that came across to me is on the one

hand, he is extremely disappointed about his relations with the West.

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