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Where does the Left stand and where should it stand on this question of “Western values”?

>> its main value was freedom. and i want the world to know, that ukrainians died for freedom. and they died for western values. for the values of western civilization. >> thousands of people came to pay their respects to roman rushed to sydney, he would have been 25 next. month people we spoke to, you they say this is yet another reminder of just the toll of this war. that is taking some of this the younger ukrainians and some who were there brightest hopes for the future. michael. >> thank you very much, alison. appreciate it. joining us right now is an msnbc international affairs analyst, m...

>> new freedoms, capitalism, western values. it all looked great from the west. to vladimir putin, it was a catas catastrophe. >> he views the breakup of the soviet unity, as he said himself, to be the greatest gop political tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin. the breakup he said for millions of russians away from the country they loved, a country in which they belonged. >> tenning of millions of russians, russian speakers were, quote, unquote, abandoned, ripped away from us. it didn't have to be. the soviet union was our common past. >> the most painful sepa...

Rose. >> 300 years of history erased. >> soviet institutions ceased to exist. among them vladimir putin's beloved kgb. >> it wasn't clear who he was anymore. >> suddenly russia began to look like the united states. >> today we're opening the first mcdonald's in moscow. >> it's very nice. i like t. >> big mac. coca-cola, coca-cola. >> almost overnight. >> mickey mouse. >> new freedoms, capitalism, western values. ♪ >> it all looked great from the west. ♪ i'm a cowboy ♪ >> to vladimir putin, it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the break-up of the soviet union, as he said himself,...

Like the united states. >> today we're opening the first mcdonald's in moscow. >> it's very nice. i like t. >> big mac. coca-cola, coca-cola. >> almost overnight. >> mickey mouse. >> new freedoms, capitalism, western values. ♪ ♪ >> it all looked great from the west. ♪ i'm a cowboy ♪ >> to vladimir putin, it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the break-up of the soviet union, as he said himself, to be the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin. the breakup, he said, tore millions of russians away from the country they loved, t...