“He's A Small Man Of 5’6" Saying he's 5’7”: The Psychology Behind Putin’s War

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🗓️ 25 February 2022

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Russia expert Nina Khrushcheva and Trump impeachment hero Alexander Vindman explain what is driving Putin's assault on Ukraine — and how Republicans also have blood on their hands. Cohosts Emily Jane Fox and Joe Hagan interview two leading experts about Russia's invasion of Ukraine — how it happened and how it could reshape the world as we know it. First, Nina Krushcheva, a Russia expert and professor at the New School in New York, takes us inside the mind of Vladimir Putin, how he was underestimated and whether the cold, calculated ex-KGB man has finally succumbed to a world-historic megalomania. Next, Hagan talks to Alexander Vindman, the former Army Lt. Colonel and outspoken participant in Trump's first impeachment trial that revolved around the then president's attempts to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine. Vindman reserves his harshest criticism for Putin sympathizers in the GOP: “These folks have blood on their hands. They're going to own this.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.1	Welcome back to Inside the Hive, taking you inside the news with the people who make and
0:42.5	shape it.
0:43.5	I'm Emily Jane Fox.
0:44.5	I'm here with my co-host, Joe Hagen, hey Joe.
0:47.3	Hi Emily.
0:48.3	Today we have two very special guests to talk about the news of the moment, the Russian
0:53.8	invasion of Ukraine.
0:55.8	Now it came to this, what's happening right now and where it's all headed or where it
1:00.4	might be headed.
1:01.9	We have with us Nina Kruseva, who is a Russia expert at the new school.
1:07.5	She is an expert on Putin.
1:09.8	She is herself Russian, the granddaughter of Nikita Krusev, the head of the Communist Party
1:14.8	of the 1960s, and she knows what she's talking about, and she's got a lot to say.
1:18.8	Then we're going to talk to Alexander Vindman, the former director of European Affairs at
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