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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:24) – Education and career

(17:10) – Donbas in the 20th century

(25:28) – Soviet Union

(36:03) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy

(48:03) – Testifying against Donald Trump

(54:54) – US administrations

(1:16:28) – Impeachment of Donald Trump

(1:36:44) – Why people like Donald Trump

(1:45:49) – Vladimir Putin

(2:05:58) – Invasion of Ukraine

(2:21:03) – NATO implication in Ukraine war

(2:33:54) – Interviewing Vladimir Putin

(2:46:22) – 2024 elections

(2:49:30) – Alexei Navalny

(2:54:03) – Nuclear war

(3:05:54) – How Ukraine war will end

(3:12:40) – Hope for the future

(3:15:48) – Advice for young people