Debunking the Putin Panic with Stephen F. Cohen 

Peace and Love

Same here!

plus 1!

It's no wonder he's winning awards. The Real News Network is becoming THE place to go for informative, in depth interviews, along with Activism Munich for European matters. And when you want to get it all with a sarcastic, in-your-face slant, go watch the Jimmy Dore show ;-)

Isn't it a tragedy - Meta Vinci - that one finds a rational perspective and intelligent questions so uncommon as to merit special praise? I wonder often if the massive access to information and huge social interaction (of a superficial kind) that the internet provides is making people dumber and baser rather than smarter and kinder. This Russia thing is a classic example - after 20 years of unquestionable military aggression against weak and helpless victims by the USA (arguably more than 20 years) we see Russia portrayed with a straight face as some kind of conquering bully. Despite the evidence showing Russia to be a reasonable and relatively well-behaved actor in the world, and the "West" being the complete opposite, we are all expected to believe Russia is some kind of villain, and the West is the victim. It has become so bad that academics like Professor Cohen become pariahs for simply stating plain facts and not actively repeating outrageous lies with no basis in reality. The "thug" epithet is a good example: no evidence exists that Putin either ordered the murder of anyone, let alone journalists, yet the mere repetition of a list of allegations (extremely dubious ones) has been enough. If it were only the laughable accusations of "aggression" regarding Georgia and Ukraine, it would be expected - false, but expected in terms of political convenience for the US-led imperial order. But this ridiculous list of "Putin murders" - using such things as rare flowers, strange chemicals and deadly radioactive umbrellas(!) - really should not pass the laugh test. Yet... they do. How is it that Putin is called "thug", and yet someone like, say, Mohammed Bin Salman - who put his own relatives into detention in order to shake them down for cash, not to mention the brutal assault on Yemen and many other things - is simply called "Crown Prince"? There is literally zero evidence that Putin ever killed even one person.

Meta Vinci

Very well said...

Most excellently stated.

@@TheMary0831 however, inspiteof all these delibetions, majority of the western people's and the intelligent cadres will not grasp the reality on the ground and moreover where will this hypocrisy will take them. Not realizing why they US is killing mass civilian population in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, even while they were helping the terrorists. Why the US bombed Serbia, Invaded iEaq on false flag on Weapon of mass destruction (WMD) was the WMD found in Iraq? Like you Why the US approved Saudi Arabia killing and invading the poorest milldle east Arab country Yemen, bombing schools Hospitals, Prisoners, Markets. The American are destroying the whole world thus it is destroying itself. let see and wait which way the Wind blows

Lincoln Lloyd Redley She's terrible, but for cable viewers, she's safe, and young so by following her centrists can pretend to be progressive while also shitting on "radical leftists".

I can't stand either of them. Especially Joy Reid. Omg she is incredibly disingenuous.

I missed out on the memo this morning, sorry I haven't been repeating 'rational' enough. Mea culpa!

How much does this guy get paid from maffia boss Putin.

Hear hear

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@@Barklord TBH i have mixed feeling about it. On one hand as someone who really like the ukrainian people i am truly sorry because of inevitable casaulties. On the other hand i hope that this is unique chance for the majority of the ukrainian people to get rid of the toxic and aggressive west ukrainian greek-catholic minority that has usurped the power and is forcing it's deranged ideology on the rest of the population. (Believe me i have witnessed it first hand and it is not "russian propaganda"). I hope once the horrendous ordeal is over, Ukrainian society can be built on healthier grounds. I believe that UKR should remain independent from Russia, but i sincerely hope that they would chop off western part of the country. I believe that in that case Russians would leave them alone, if not help them to rebuild. As my friends who live in UKR are telling me RAF are really cautious to limit casaulties, even when it is costing them in lives, so i still hope this could end soon and with as less dead as possible.

when? at 6:55 Aaron says he wants to talk about Ukraine, but for the rest of this segment, it did not come up. I am guessing they simply ran out of time.

Ok, he touched upon it, just that Aaron implied a further discussion later on in this interview. I am very aware of Prof Cohen's detailed views over many years, including Ukraine, and yes, you are correct, he has remained consistent in his views and usually is very correct. His understanding of Russia, Ukraine is unsurpassed. I consider him to be the go to source to truly understanding any issues involving that region. Cheers)

Totally agree with you 1000% He is the best, most realistic expert. It is no accident he is ignored by policy makers. If he was paid attention to, there would not be this belligerence towards Russia and the whole mess in Ukraine caused by the US would most likely never have occurred in the first place.

Keep on smoking. I've got a carton in mail.

lol .. aka uncle joe

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I believe they changed their name to "Democracy Now And Then."

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Thank you friend. The real news do this all the damned time, nothing is ever uploaded in order, just thrown all over the place. Doesn't help their message.

they embed the videos on their site - there you have ALSO a transcript (most of the time) and all the links (and an extra comment section)

I think Paul Jay has ubiased view on practically every issue, including Putin. Good, first hand analysis with Aleksandr Buzgalin, who gives a very realistiv and surprising view on Putin. Watch Reality asserts itself.

Klub Svetnikov In the interview I mentioned he clearly shows his bias against Putin. Calling him a thug and a gangster. So....

You may be right Maria. Maybe also benevolent observers sometimes attribute everything in Russia automatically to Putin. Cohen shed some light on it.