Good insightful interview. I suggest people listen to Putin's old/new long-form interviews on Youtube (in particular from Vesti's Soloviev) to understand his m

Good insightful interview. I suggest people listen to Putin's old/new long-form interviews on Youtube (in particular from Vesti's Soloviev) to understand his motivations. You don't have to agree with it but it is most necessary to understand where he is coming from if we are to solve the current and future problems with Putin. The following two quotes from him gives you some insight; * In a Vesti interview (2014?) he says something like Do we actually need a World without Russia? He simply will not allow Russia to be demoted to a third-rate and insignificant country and will use any means necessary to prevent it. * In the Feb 24, 2022 address he says this; The Paralysis of Power and Will is the first step towards complete Degradation and Oblivion. We lost confidence for only one moment, but it was enough to disrupt the balance of forces in the World. This tells you everything you need to know about his mindset starting from the fall of the USSR. The West's propaganda has been so successful that most people don't even try to find-out and understand the Russian pov. It is also the case that the current Ukraine conflict is a result of the geopolitical game between NATO/US/EU/UK and Russia where while the latter is the naked aggressor, the former is equally to blame for using Ukraine as a pawn, full-well knowing what the consequences would be. The result is a) the overt devastation/suffering of the Ukrainians which will soon be followed by covert devastation/suffering of the Russians once the sanctions start to bite b) the increase in the instability of "World Order" in all Economic, Financial, Political and Military aspects. Every country on the planet will be affected in one way or another.