Understanding Ukraine: From 1917 to the Present War with Russia

Understanding Ukraine: From 1917 to the Present War with Russia

A lot of media figures are talking as if they’re inside the Russian President’s head. From this position they are able to both explain his motives and diagnose his psychopathology at the same time.

Such speculation is fine as far as it goes, but what I find more valuable is to understand the historical context in which this conflict arises. In this podcast I will therefore be running over the past approximately hundred years of this history, hopefully explaining where the conflicting Ukrainian and Russian points of view emerge from.

Notes

Harvest of Despair - The 1933 Ukrainian Holodomor Famine Genocide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_dnRA5NFhs

For the New York Times cover up of the Holodomor see The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg https://www.thegrayladywinked.com/

People Mark Birth of Stepan Bandera in Lviv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqRiY1eyn5M

Stepan Bandera! Hero or Nazi? - Stepan Bandera Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jacKwoEHpaw

Mykola Lebed and the CIA https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2018/sep/18/mykola-lebed-and-the-cia/

NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early

Stephen F. Cohen: NATO expansion and Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mciLyG9iexE

The Scott Horton Show: Joe Cirincione talks about the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-24-22-joe-cirincione-us-actions-dont-justify-putins-attack-but-they-set-the-stage-for-it/

For an explanation of US Foreign Policy see William Bloom’s book, Killing Hope https://williamblum.org/books/killing-hope

The Scott Horton Show: Anne Williamson on How the US Sabotaged Russia’s Economy after the Fall of the Soviet Union https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-18-22-anne-williamson-on-how-the-us-sabotaged-russias-economy-after-the-fall-of-the-soviet-union/

Anne Williamson on The Rape of Russia https://home.solari.com/anne-williamson-and-the-rape-of-russia-testimony-before-committee-on-banking-and-financial-services/

The Guardian: US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa

Fox News: U.S. Spent $65M To Aid Ukrainian Groups https://web.archive.org/web/20140730030458/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/12/10/us-spent-65m-to-aid-ukrainian-groups/

Aron Matte on the Maidan Snipers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mffCvWZujWA

Maidan Massacre Ukraine Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoDIKXYh7Js

BBC Newsnight: Snipers at Maidan: The untold story of a massacre in Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJhJ6hks0Jg

Prof Ivan Katchanovski: The Sniper’s Massacre on the Maidan in Ukraine https://www.academia.edu/8776021/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_Ukraine

Tucker Carlson: Why is the United States doing this? this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0ypSr1SGY

Putin reveals thinking behind 2014 moves in Crimea https://www.rt.com/russia/544184-putin-reabsorbing-crimea-kiev/

Russia explains what it believes it saved Crimea from https://www.rt.com/russia/544499-reabsorption-crimea-fascists-mercenaries/

Russia Today: 39 people die after radicals set Trade Unions House on fire in Ukraine's Odessa https://www.rt.com/news/156480-odessa-fire-protesters-dead/

Russia Today: Avoiding facts? MSM uncertain who is behind deadly Odessa blaze https://www.rt.com/news/156652-odessa-fire-mainstream-media/

BBC: How did Odessa's fire happen? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27275383

The Scott Horton Show: Branko Marcetic on the Nazi Insurgency in Ukraine https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-6-22-branko-marcetic-on-the-nazi-insurgency-in-ukraine/ Branko Marcetic

The CIA May Be Breeding Nazi Terror in Ukraine https://jacobinmag.com/2022/01/cia-neo-nazi-training-ukraine-russia-putin-biden-nato

The Scott Horton Show: Max Blumenthal on U.S.-Funded Neo-Nazism https://scotthorton.org/interviews/11-27-18-max-blumenthal-on-u-s-funded-neo-nazism/ Russia Today:

Minsk Accords: 7 Years On, Is There Hope For Peace? https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/minsk-accords-7-years-on,-is-there-hope:6 Daniel

McAdams: Was This The Last Straw For The Russians? https://odysee.com/Was-This-The-Last-Straw-For-The-Russians:3e86fd5796288885e124686562bb7ed8865391cd

Independent: Putin cracks down on anti-war protests in Russia with ‘more than 6,500 arrests’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-anti-war-protests-putin-b2026825.html

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