Illarionov

Andrei Illarionov's conversation with Lyudmila Nemirya. Recording on February 27, 2024 Translation into English – privateer station 0:00 – Where are we now with the war? 1:49 – Putin announced the Russian-Ukrainian war in Yeisk on September 17, 2003 6:43 – Putin-Kuchma meeting on the Biryuchiy Island; 12:13 – Tuzla conflict 14:01 – Three stages of the war 19:00 – Third stage of the war 22:30 – The “broken glass” theory; the lack of an adequate response to aggression leads to its escalation 23:58 – Russia has become stronger economically 30:55 – Russia vs West: balance of military potentials 35:07 – Russian political regime has become tougher, repressions wider 37:53 – Policy of Western leaders is to prevent Putin's fall 38:55 – Enormous Western financial assistance to the Putin regime 40:35 – Military and economic assistance to Ukraine and Russia in 2023 43:20 – Historical examples of the share of military expenditures in GDP 46:37 – Military spending by Ukraine in 2024 – 33% of GDP 49:31 – Has Europe begun to wake up? 51:52 – To win a war, the armed forces of other states must participate; discussions at the Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2022 54:55 – How the JEF could help? 56:51 – How Europe disarmed itself, how Trump has changed this trend