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The purpose of this article is to explain the origin and evolution of Russian imperialism and to discuss the war on Ukraine in that light of that understanding.
If you take Ukrainian officials at their word, Russia this summer could face Crimean War II.
Already— for putin looks like. putin has already factored in the fact it's going — already factored in the fact it's going to — already factored in the fact it's going to get economic sanctions going _ going to get economic sanctions going to — going to get economic sanctions going to be attacked on that front and he's — going to be attacked on that front and he's ready for that. he's got nowhere — and he's ready for that. he's got nowhere to— and he's ready for that. he's got nowhere to go now, he has to show that he _ nowhere to go now, he has to show that he has— nowhere to ...
Genocide in the ukraine and the celebration of taking crimea, how can they do it? >> well, it seems that they are making pretty good headway here. i mean, everything you hear out of this, not out of putin's mouth, but everyone else's mouth, u.s. intelligence officials, uk, the poles, what you hear from the ukrainians, zelensky and his team, they they are holding russians at bay. they have lost thousands of people. he has committed war crimes. those are huge travesties. but if you think back of how petrified we were about that convoy. nine miles long, 13 miles long. and now it's nothing, right?...
And they were kicked out of the g7 after taking crimea, and i think china can veto that, and they have been straddling the line -- more than straddling the line. >> andrea, i think we should do everything we possibly can to send the strongest signals to the russian people and to the russian leadership that we view what putin is doing in ukraine as absolutely unacceptable, and that has meant crippling sanctions on the russian economy. our dispute and difference is not really with the russian people but with vladimir putin and how he's leading the government of russia and using the russian milit...