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>> emily: among those with impressive nature, general kellogg. people praising him, analyzing the relationship between him and putin. >> zelenskyy has death in the face, and that just point: thats putin. i think hes got put in on his because putin has realized hes got a charismatic leader, a true commander in chief. >> bret: he comes from the entertainment world, but so did ronald reagan and he went on to be one of our best presidents. he has a commit haitian ability, and he has walked in the st...

Distributed to government employees on a mass basis in early 2014 when russia was about to invade ukraine. putin, as you mentioned, cites him and the equivalent of the "save the union" address. he did that multiple times. this is not a secret to russians. educated russians would have an idea who this is. the fact that this is a fascist is tricky. in popular discourse in russia, and especially in the mouth of vladimir putin, fascist doesnt have any meaning, just like nazi doesnt have any meaning....

About fascism in the context of american politics and the rise of trump and the authoritarian tendencies of the modern republican party. but tonight we need to recognize that over in eastern europe we are facing a fascism of a much worse, much more violent and much more brazen kind, in russia. a fascism that is embodied by vladimir putin, and which is inspired and informed every step of the way as tim snyder points out by one ivan ilyin. quoting snyder, putin has used ilyins ideas about geopolit...

The right copies everything from itself. but i was -- in that rally, i have to say i was struck also by the fact that putin is reaching for these christian themes, going back to ilyin. hes talking about the death of russians in war as a good thing. hes talking about the kind of redemptive things that unify us. those are openly fascist themes which hes pursuing in this. but it looks a little bit like trump. it also looks like a kind of very low intensity nuremberg. theyre not really waving those ...

Of their economy. so what were doing now in protecting against the invasion against ukraine, yes, we will go against the russian economy in order to dry up the funds that mr. putin uses to pursue war. this is all caused by mr. putins behavior. so when russians ask what happened to their economy, they should look to one person and one person only, and thats mr. putin. >> oh, i agree with you in theory, that is true. it is vladimir putins responsibility and of course he is to blame. i just worry t...

In russia hopefully its going to work to get vladimir putin to back down. lets talk about putin, senator cardin. he did a propaganda rally on friday. it was reminiscent to me of a maga rally here in the u.s. full of aggressive nationalism, gaslighting the crowds. how do you think the two compare? is there an overlap? >> well, we did see some similarities. make no mistake about it, these rallies are planned for mr. putin. theyre trying to, again, tell the russian people about patriotism. its to s...

From michigan state university where they ended up. according to snyder, who perhaps has done more than any other scholar to cast a light on ilyins major and malign influence on russian politics to this very day, quote, by then putin was citing ilyin in his addresses to the general assembly of the russian parliament. putin relied on ilyins authority to explain why russia had to undermine the european union and invade ukraine. when asked to name a historian, putin cited ilyin as his authority in ...

Yet putin seems just as determined as ever to destroy ukraine. based on your understanding of putin and of the teachings of ivan ilyin, can there be a middle ground for men like putin? will putin at some point accept a negotiated peace? >> i think these two questions hang together very closely. when putin talks about denazification, he doesnt mean getting rid of nazis. what he means is i, the dictator, have the right to say what the word nazi means. by denazification means getting rid of any ukr...

Individual and i think shell do very well during the confirmation hearings this week. i expect that some of my colleagues, knowing the way they are, will do things that i find just regrettable. but at the end of the day shes going to be confirmed and be a justice on the supreme court of the united states. >> she will get all 50 democratic votes in the senate, including joe manchin, in your view? >> i think shes going to get confirmed. i dont want to predict how individual members will vote. but ...

Future deal? >> at this point we want to ratchet up the sanctions and put as much pressure on as we possibly can. i hope the senate will pass the legislation i authored that will extending the individual magnitsky sanction to enablers and also cut off the trade. yes, if mr. zelenskyy is able to work out an agreement and if part of that is for us to release the sectorial sanctions, thats fine. but mr. putin needs to be held accountable for his atrocities. he needs to be tried as a war criminal. n...