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cryptohamster | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
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https://reees.macmillan.yale.edu/vladimir-pozner-how-united-states-created-vladimir-putin

Although he's a little too understanding of Russia for many in the region, he's very representative of well-informed liberal Russian opinion. And I think pretty correct about where Putin's sense of grievance comes from.
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sourcenode | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thanks. I will check this out for certain
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Low Information Voter | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 "The event is co-sponsored by the Program on Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, the MacMillan Center, and the European Studies Council."
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cryptohamster | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "In April 2021, Pozner was forced to cut his birthday celebration short and flee Georgia after his hotel was blockaded by protesters calling him a "Kremlin propagandist"."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Pozner_Jr.

He also spent most of his life working in Soviet and Russian State media. I mean I genuinely feel I'm trying for a balanced set of sources here 😅