Putin, Ukraine, and Russia's Daddy Issues

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has an opinion about Ukraine, but something I’ve noticed in Western media is that no one really seems to be asking Russians what they think of the situation. The reasons for that are extremely complicated. So let’s talk about them.

Here to talk about Russia’s view of the Ukraine conflict, Putin’s motivations, and to do a little … psychoanalysis … is Peter Pomerantsev. Pomerantsev is a returning guest, his latest in Time Magazine is What the West Will Never Understand About Putin's Ukraine Obsession. His latest book, which is also excellent, is This Is Not Propaganda.

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0:00.0	Love this podcast support this show through the a cast supporter feature
0:05.1	It's up to you how much you give and there's no regular commitment. Just click the link in the show description to support now. People live in a world with their own making.
0:25.0	Frankly, that seems to be the problem.
0:31.0	Welcome to Angry Planet. I'm Matthew Galt and I'm Jason Fields.
0:47.0	Seems like everyone has an opinion on Ukraine right now, but something I've noticed in Western media is that no one really seems to be asking
0:55.8	Russians what they think of the situation. The reasons for that are extremely
1:00.4	complicated so let's talk about them.
1:03.2	So here to talk about Russia's view of the Ukraine conflict,
1:06.0	Putin's motivations, and maybe we'll even do a little psychoanalysis,
1:10.8	is Peter Pomerensive.
1:12.8	Pomerensive is a returning guest,
1:14.6	his latest in Time magazine,
1:16.5	which is kind of what all this is about,
1:17.8	is what the West will never understand
1:19.9	about Putin's Ukraine obsession
1:22.0	in his latest book, which is is also excellent and we've talked
1:24.5	about on the show before is this is not propaganda. Sir thank you so much for coming
1:29.0	back on the show. It's my pleasure and I wish it was in happier times.
1:33.0	Yeah, so there's a lot going on over there right now.
1:38.6	And I think a good way I want to kind of get into this conversation is by talking about a sentence that's in the
1:45.2	opening of your peace.
1:47.2	You call Ukraine and Russia part of perhaps the most perhaps the unhappiest family in the world and I really
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