Victoria Nuland on "State Department cookies," drunk Russian men, and the US elections
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Victoria Nuland is a star of Russian propaganda, the same woman who handed out "State Department cookies" on the Maidan in 2014. But the irony is that long before the Maidan, back in the 1980s, Victoria Nuland fed the Soviet army with fish. She worked on a Soviet fishing boat, learned to swear in Russian, drink, and fight off drunken Russian men.
Victoria Nuland, portrayed by Russian propaganda as one of Russia's main enemies, is in fact a great admirer of that very "great Russian culture." She began studying Russian while still in university, devoured Chekhov, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky, and always believed that the US and Russia could and should cooperate.
Nuland participated in negotiations between Russia and NATO back in the 1990s, and then in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in 2016 and 2022. Now she can speak about them in more detail. For example, why Ukraine wasn't admitted to NATO in 2008? And is it true that in April 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dissuaded the Ukrainians from signing a peace agreement? And what will happen if Donald Trump becomes the next US president?
English version • Victoria Nuland on Russia-NATO relations, ...
00:00 — Introduction
00:38 — How Nuland became interested in Russian culture
01:48 — Nuland's ancestors were emigrants from the Russian Empire
02:39 — First trip to the USSR, working as a counselor at a pioneer camp and as a nanny for a family of diplomats
05:53 — How Nuland fed the Soviet army with fish: working on a Soviet fishing vessel
10:33 — The collapse of the USSR — was it expected?
11:53 — What the US did wrong in relations with Russia after the collapse of the USSR
15:18 — Should the US have helped Russia more in the 1990s
17:20 — The 1990s: A Time of Missed Opportunities — What Went Wrong
20:00 — Could the US have interfered more in Russia's domestic politics to prevent Putin from coming to power
22:35 — The Truth Is it always easier for American Republicans to negotiate with Russia than for Democrats?
28:10 — Why Russia was not accepted into the WTO for a long time, and did Russia have a chance to join NATO?
31:44 — Is it true that in the early 1990s, the Americans promised not to expand NATO eastward?
34:55 — What and when went wrong in relations between Russia and the US?
39:35 — Did the US interfere in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine?
41:02 — Why Ukraine and Georgia were not accepted into NATO?
45:05 — "State Department cookies" — How it really happened and why this meme is still so popular?
48:33 — Why the US did not participate in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia back in 2015?
50:37 — Nuland and Surkov's negotiations: Was there a chance for a deal between the US and Russia in 2016?
52:51 — Istanbul negotiations in 2022: Boris Johnson He dissuaded Ukrainians from signing a peace treaty—is this true?
56:36 — The first days of a full-scale war with Ukraine: How the myth of an invincible Russian military machine collapsed
1:00:06 — Should the US provide more assistance to Russians who left Russia and oppose the war?
1:05:55 — Who lowered the new "Iron Curtain"—Russia or the West?
1:08:18 — What will happen if Trump becomes president: Is it possible that the US, China, and Russia will divide the world among themselves?
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