The Putin Files: Susan Glasser 

From witnessing great trauma to _inflicting_ great trauma - this is the cruel outcome of a broken man who never faced his own injuries.

She is amazingly knowledgeable on the subject. Nothing she cannot answer.

Absolutely top notch content - could listen to her all day

Excellent interview. Kudo's for Mrs. Glasser. Someone we are so proud to be an investigator and writer. Thank You.

Susan Glasser interviews well. Her responses are articulate yet unencumbered. Her analysis is considered but not overwrought. That instils in me a confidence in her version of events.

Wonderful interview. I cannot ever envision Susan Glasser being in a room of people where she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. I don't think it's possible.

Frontline is essential American viewing. If ever there was an argument for the mission of public television…

His childhood on the streets of St. Petersburg has been so well described.... His desire to be strong and not a weakling who cud be beaten up,,, comes from there

The only end game of a tyrant is MORE.

Here after listening to Steven Hayes from The Dispatch.

I could listen to her all day - so knowledgeable, an insider and extremely engaging. She does an amazing job of simplifying and telling a very complex story- the interviewer is top notch and just lets her speak - an uncommon journalistic trait

The point about "off ramps" is critical. Like back then, we need to stop talking about giving Putin off ramps.

SUSAN GLASSER YOURE UNBELIEVABLY GOOD, SHARP, PERCEPTIVE, INCISIVE

Putin don't drink, in Russia, is that like in the valley of the blind, the one eyed man is king?

Putin’s idea of restoring the glory of USSR was inspired by Making Russia Great Again.

A very beautiful, eloquent, and insightful lady.

Also we can see the beggining of his hatred of Hillary Clinton.....

excellent again. Thankyou.

Wow that was great!

Every time the interviewer says “cozy bear” in one of these interviews, take a drink!

Who else is here because this was mentioned on the Dispatch?

His desire to be strong and not a weakling who cud be beaten up,,, comes from there

It's fascinating knowing about his life..... How he remained in power by making Medvedev the President n the Munich speech

PBS should expand the Putin files by doing interviews with Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton, Obama, Bush43, Angela Merkel, Robert Gates etc. All these will become oral history for posterity.

There are several very informative interviews in this series but this is not one of them. Glasser is a good reporter but her perspective seems to always be extremely Washington-centered, which is very limiting. Some of her articles almost seem like they were drafted by the State Department.

Putin fascinates me, how he operates is a mystery. These interviews give very good insight into the man.

It is unfortunate how your Putin files all have the same "anti-russian" perspective. Understandable given the source. I suggest that you consider the perspective of U.S. intellectuals and other Europeans. Namely John Mearsheimer, Scott Ritter, American historian Scott Horton, popular analyst Darryl Cooper. You will have your views forced to evolve.

Brilliant.

I didn't know the Russian people saw Putin as sober.

She’s fantastic, of course, and I’ve listened to this whole interview before but when I watch her I’m totally distracted by the Molly Ringwald vibe haha

What is she constantly looking at to her right?

She's hysterical. This is a sad state of journalism. Her opinions get in the way of the outcomes.

谢谢老师/ 同意周老师： 大是大非，必须 反对 侵略/ 和平了， 什么 都 好 谈。

As far as Putin is concerned with Islam, I agree with his actions against the Chechnian jihadists and ISIS !

Utter nonstop bullcrap

This guy is making it even worse for us short guys

Putin has lowered the average Russian’s wealth by 50% since the end of the CCCP, which is what happens when you spend 40% of GDP on arms. 38% more than the average European countries, they have the highest disparity between the richest and poorest peoples wealth. The mean average is 800 USD wealth, that means 50% have more savings, property etc that amounts to 800 dollars and 50% less, this should have been the western focus not seeking to engage with Putin.

How astute.

It seems a little disingenuous, to say the least, to speak of the illegality of Russia "invading" Crimea when no mention is made of the Crimeans' expressed desire to become part of Russia rather than the madness that was, and still is, the Ukraine. So Glasser, here, looks us in the eye and lies.

44:28 "He looked me in the eyes and lied" Just like EVERY US politician , mayor, public servant !!

A "great nation", smaller than Australia. lol

I have the hardest time believing in this idea that Putin would care *so much* about the Soviet union collapsing. If that's true you would think that it's something you'd hear from others as well but I at least have not.

This one also 😅

Smart people in the bush administration???? Hahahahaha!!!!

Putin's personality has been studied and studied, yet there is this big war 4 years after this video was made.

There is a Bush looking into Putin's soul portrait on her right

What a beautiful and articulate woman. Also - when she said about Putin's mother who had to be peeled back from a heap of corpses - the first thing coming to mind is hundreds - maybe thousands - of people - who have to be peeled from heaps of corpses in Ukraine - the only reason of which is ego-mania, power-hunger, and paranoia and insanity of the very guy.

Americans putting against All Evil. I think this is a good idea 💡 I am praying it good to hope 🙏.

Sounds like Is good to have putting and Americans join together. It helps Americans be stronger 💪 and also putting. Against 🇨🇳.

Glasser needs to eliminate the word "basically" from her talks. Along with the "uhs." She uses it far too many times in every response. A bit disjointed interview but she is well informed and her experiences in Russia are revealing.

la la la bimbo Americano -----

30:00 - in other words, American journalists finally met a politician who is well-informed, well-prepared, & will give detailed, factual answers to their questions instead of BS & 10-second soundbites. No wonder they're "intimidated". This is why I laugh every time people try to compare Putin & Trump. The latter can never aspire to be in the same league as the former, who is vastly superior in every aspect of life.

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Ellie dreams:-)

Mr Putin has got big nuts, he told everyone it's not about the money you have to control the world Lol

Whoever did the camerawork, lighting, makeup, y'all the reason why Im wishing Susan Glasser had my babies. Damn she is HOTT!

There’s an underlying message that democrats are better for the geopolitical world stage than republicans throughout this series

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I’m confused. All the characteristics of Putin are classic sociopath, yet with hours of commentary the word is not mentioned. Sociopath describes and predicts all Putin’s decisions and actions.

Watching this in 2022 and figuring out that these people don't know a damn thing about Putin 😆 🤣 😂.

48:30 The Crimeans had two referenda, one to secede from Ukraine, and two to join the Russian Federation. Given that Ukrainians make up 25% of the population and the vote had a 90+% voter turn out............even ethnic Ukrainians thought that they would be better off under Russia.............and they were !!

Cringe 32:40

Propaganda

She's still pissed because no one took her to prom

this is by far a weirdest episode in the series; as "critical" as she may appear, at the same time it seems like she is in awe of this revolting smurf dictator. stinky.

Wooo .. this stile ... all these Yekaterina Schulmann, Yevgenia Albats, David Sanger, Julia Ioffe, Gleb pavlovsky, Masha Lipman, Victoria Nuland, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Susan Glasser, Daniel Hoffman, Joshua Yaffa, John Wolfstahl etc .. seem to jump out of the same box of ideologically para-intellectualism! It is so constructed in a familiar way to pleas the U.S. public!

When did they invade Crimea, I must have missed the news of tanks and troops crossing borders and air attacks on defense positions..................unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, and Libya and Syria and .........................!!

If she would just get her teeth fixed...

Can’t help thinking that if Trump was president today, his interactions with other world leaders would make our world a safer place for everyone. Trump didn’t hold grudges and although he wanted what was best for Americans, in the long run, he always wanted what was best for the whole world. As a businessman, Trump was able to deal with many world leaders as businessmen and help find solutions that worked out thru compromise and ONL resorted to force when there was no other solution. Trump could reason with the most resistant world leaders, in part because he wasn’t afraid to talk to them. The fact that Trump entered the government as a rookie might have been in his favor. With no prior experience, he was able to start conversations without prior excess baggage. Every encounter was a new day for him. He also had an excellent staff of advisors that he listened to

Does anyone else find this you know what shills comment about humans rights abuses offensive. Look at your OWN dirty laundry before you worry about others !!

Far too much drivel and infantile psychologising.