Putin is ‘insanely paranoid’ about westerners | Mark Galeotti

“This is a new Cold War but this isn’t the Cold War that we remember.”

We are living in a “dangerous” time where Russia’s moving to “political war” tactics with “much fewer rules”, says Russia expert Mark Galiotti.

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  3. Russia has once again become one giant prison colony. But the Russian people are paying the price now for loving Putin over the decades. They sat back while he chipped away at their freedom and democracy and they done nothing, if anything they respected him for his strong hand tactics. But that is the mindset of the Russians anyway.

  6. Putin is not "paranoid". HE KNOWS WHAT NATO DID IN LYBIA, IRAK, and especially in Serbia!!! Kosova is in the same situation as Krym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. Russians have a right to be paranoid about Westerners after Teutonic knights, Polish Kingdom, Sweden, French and German invasions 😅😅😅

  9. Putin is right to be paranoid of the west, NOW. He's brought this on himself. He's been granted a wide berth because to act to restrict him is disruptive and harmful to our own efforts to succeed with Russia as a European power and trading partner. Without the west firing a shot, Russia is getting ruined from within and on the battlfield in Ukraine. Putin can neither afford to win, nor lose. The price would be too high either way. His only hope is to slow down the pace of war as much as he can in order to bide time. In this, we recognize that support for Ukraine must be maintained and perhaps at the right moment, re-doubled.

  11. Sweden just recently had experience of this "legal" hostage taking by Iran. A former Iranian prosecutor/executioner was lured to Sweden by expatriots in a honey trap. He was charged and convicted of multiple murders and crimes against humanity during the 80´s. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Iran jailed two Swedish citizens and convicted them to death. Swedish government pardoned the Iranian hangman and a prisoner swap was held. Right or wrong? I sure doesn't like it but do think it was the least bad option. Or do you go with the Thatcher doctrine – we don't give in to hostage takers? I really don't know the best course should be.

  14. I still remember a report from a certain intelligence agency that claimed that Ukraine was losing because of small bushes and bushes. At the time I thought no one could believe it. But looking at the comments here, I understand who believes that.

  19. Putin seems ready to stoop to any nefarious tactic to gain leverage. He wants to go back to the Stalin era of repression, it seems.

  20. In Soviet Russia, that Putin grew up in and served in as a KGB operative, attempts were made to control the truth about everything and they ended up with control of nothing. Putin is on the same path to control of nothing as any good nihilist should be.

  21. Galeotii is insanely paranoid about Putin. For decades, NATO have been expanding in an attempt to enclose Russia with its nuke sites.
    Since WWII, Russia plead for buffer zoners free of NATO nukes. That's no more paranoid than US demanding Russia removes missiles from Cuba. Waa US paranoid? No sane leader will allow nukes to surround them. Galeotit is perpetuating a Russophobia lie.

  22. I think he can clearly say that he will get the same ending as the former Saddam Hussain!
    Fleeing and hiding in a outhouse toilet aka bunker!

  26. Зачем Англии Гибралтар. Он лучше подходит для базирования русского флота

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