frozen from bad to worse. that 30 year period followed the cold war itself, which had lasted for 4550 years and the cold war are followed. of course, the 2 world wars are, although russia and then the soviet union fought on the allied side in both those conflicts. they both were essentially what was fought between europe or at least central europe. in the case of the 1st world war and russia. it s often forgotten this. the point is often overlooked picky from a western perspective, because if your british or french, you know about the trenches in the, on the western front, but the, the war on russia, for example, in 1914, the 1st declaration of war was i, austria against serbia. and the 2nd declaration of war on the 1st of august, 1914, was by germany against russia. so the focus of those 2 world wars, and of course, also in the 2nd world war was between europe and russia. and as i say, well, the soviet union then from 41 to 45 was of course on the allied side that was a smal
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sucking russia and europe, i m joined by my guest on laughlin in paris. he s a university lecture in history and political philosophy in saint petersburg. we have gilbert doctorow. he s an independent political analyst, an author, a memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 19 nineties and province we cross through vladimir goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. our gentleman crossing rose in the fact that means he can jump any time he want. and i always appreciate, i want to ask you all 3. the same question. i ll start off with john. here is the window to europe that same p, that peter, the great envisioned, is it coming to a close? is it closed? yes, it s been slammed by europe or in russia throughout the last 1020 years has repeatedly said how much it wants to cooperate with the west, with europe in particular, of course, but even with the americans and are, you know, the door has been slammed in its face or the window h