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Ep. 338 | What ordinary Russians think about the war in Ukraine; and then what everyone else thinks
Alexey Levinson, a sociologist and senior researcher at the Levada Center, Russia’s leading polling organization, shares his research, and then former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicious ex
Ep. 337 | Nuclear test by North Korea, "imminent".
Ambassador Joe Detrani, former Director of the National Counter-Proliferation Center, says this could be very serious.
Ep. 336 | Ukraine vs Russia: A critical point in the war
Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks and former US Ambassador Daniel Fried explain why this is perhaps the most critical conflict of our time.
Ep. 335 | The War in Ukraine; An urgent bellwether for Europe
Jonathan Vseviov, Secretary-General of Estonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses how critical it is for Ukraine to defeat Russia.
Ep. 334 | Understanding why Russia can't defeat Ukraine
Sofia Fedyna, a Member of Ukraine's Parliament says Vladimir Putin has succeeded in making all Ukrainians "hate him from the bottom of our hearts."
Ep. 333 | How to build an anti-disinformation program
Kairi Saar-Isop, advisor in the Department of Strategic Communications for the Estonian government discusses their program and how it works.
Ep. 332 | The Whelan Family's disappointment
The release of Trevor Reed was a bittersweet moment for the family of Paul Whelan. His sister Elizabeth explains.
Ep. 331 | Despite Ukraine failure Putin still has "grand vision" to rebuild the USSR
Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Russia is still an "existential threat" to the U.S because of President Vladimir Putin and its nuclear weapons.
Ep. 330 | She warned us 3 years ago about Putin's plan to invade Ukraine.
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze told us on Target USA in 2019, Russia was planning another invasion. On this episode she talks about what's next.
Ep. 329 | Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza may face years in prison
His wife Evgenia Kara-Murza explains why a 15-day jail term over a bogus charge might end up being much, much longer.