Podcasts, videos, books and tweets of the week 17

Since when are oligarchs heroes edition

I couldn’t write this on Xmas Sunday…

Since when do we listen to Russian thieves?

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) @mbk_center

Stop saying that the war in Ukraine is being waged by Russia and the Russian people. It's a war of Putin and his regime. The narrative that Russia as a whole is at war benefits Putin and is not true. A thread 1/8

5:32 PM ∙ Dec 23, 2022

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This dude lost a political struggle with Putin. Tsar Khodrorkovsky would have been the same as Putin with time. He’s not a Magnitsky. He’s old type Kosmosol youth turned kleptocrat.

Trotsky might have been worse than Stalin in power (have a look at his extremism during the Civil War), but he lost a power struggle and somehow becomes a hero through dichotomy.

Khodorkovsky pretends to say what he thinks. Well by his own measure he thinks Russians and Russia are not to blame for this genocide war. He is an apologist of Russian genocide.

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Khodorkovsky rolls out the Hitler evil defence

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2 years ago · Dustin Du Cane

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Zubok isn’t better

Vladislav Zubok @VladislavZubok1

My take on risks of protracted war.

foreignaffairs.comNo One Would Win a Long War in UkraineThe West must avoid the mistakes of World War I.

10:24 AM ∙ Dec 21, 2022

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Yeah, disgusting Kremlin propaganda.

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The Good Russian (TM) strikes again

I’ve been resting with a broken shoulder (snowboarding boomer) and a nasty virus - which I caught from my son. So I’ve been mostly off Twitter for physical, mental and emotional reasons. Plus Musk. Musk is a sociopath emotional toddler and he vastly irritates me with his Russian speaking points as well as propertarian bro nonsense…

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2 years ago · 1 like · Dustin Du Cane

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Budd of the week

Nick Budd @BuddNicholas

From three Ukrainian ladies who I’ve got to know. They do so much at the Hub. Fucking dust is overwhelming today.

4:18 PM ∙ Dec 24, 2022

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Nice little story

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Reread!

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