It’s a rare moment, when I was listening carefully for every word. And the speaker was choosing worlds carefully. Sometimes funny, sometimes tearful, but a very balanced view on the situation: where are we? how do we get here? and where are we going?
Yes, Mike has no bad feelings about crippling Russian economy, as he said during his interview at Dozhd’. He thinks Putin thinks he is on the run -> 5 wars in a row… but he miscalculated the resistance of Ukrainians. Now elites are distancing from Putin. McFaul shared the opinion of one of the Putin’s close circle: “he ruined our lives forever”. This is not an opposition, he’s ruined their future. But I would add - he ruined everybody’s lives and future.
