SCOOP: What Stops The Russian "War Machine"?
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
4.9 • 664 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Former Moscow correspondent David Satter joins our insider community to provide unique insight on Russia's war with Ukraine as we mark three years of the conflict.
In 2013, David became the first American journalist expelled from Russia since the Cold War. As a reporter, author and scholar he continues to write and speak widely on Russian-U.S. affairs. David provides invaluable perspective on many topics including the following:
- · What is Russian disinformation?
- · What does the West not understand about Russian culture?
- · What does winning look like?
- · Why does this conflict continue to matter for us today and in the future?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Scoop, where you get the scoop on this week's news. |
| 0:04.6 | My name is Jenna, and this is Smarter News. |
| 0:16.6 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:17.7 | This is Jenna. |
| 0:18.6 | I am the founder of Smarter News. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm also a journalist. And I'm so glad you're here, |
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| 1:11.3 | at any point in the week and get something of value. |
| 1:14.7 | This week we had somebody special join us, |
| 1:17.4 | and that is journalist David Satter, |
| 1:19.3 | who lived and worked in Russia for many, many decades |
| 1:22.0 | before he was expelled by the Russian government. |
| 1:24.3 | And he has such a unique perspective. |
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