Welcome to Unlimited Hangout. I'm your host, Whitney Webb. For well over a year, the war in Ukraine

continues to rage on with little sign of slowing down, despite the havoc brought by the conflict

within Ukraine, Western elites and multinational corporations are pouring millions and millions

of dollars into the post-war reconstruction of the country while the fighting continues unabated.

While that may seem nonsensical to some, the reality is that these actors see Ukraine

is the perfect testbed for a host of policies and technologies, particularly invasive

surveillance systems that are part of the rollout of the so-called Fourth Industrial

Revolution, or 4-I.R.

While the launch of the quote-unquote great reset trumpeted that

COVID was the catalyst for implementing these policies and technologies globally, in Ukraine,

the chaos of the conflict is being used to turn a desperate war-torn country into a 4-I.R testbed.

From digital ID to central bank digital currency to having sold off or outsourced much of

its critical infrastructure to Western businesses and tech giants, Ukraine is changing quickly

and may soon be unrecognizable. Ultimately, whatever Ukraine is becoming, it is being made

to fit the visions of Western elites like those who populate the meetings of the World Economic

Forum and those who sit within the meetings of the World Economic Forum and those

who sit within the boardrooms of companies like Black Rock. To discuss this and more, I'm joined by

Stavrula Papp. Stavrula is a writer, comedian, and Ph.D. student based in Athens, Greece, who

has written for the gray zone slate and the satire site reductress, among many others. She has also

recently become a contributor to

Unlimited Hangout with her new piece covering the very topics we will be discussing today.

It is entitled Ukraine's Future Lies in the Great Reset. Thanks for joining me today, Stavrula,

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