Putin's Revenge: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE

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  @xtinabay · 4 years ago

  &quot;He&apos;s not a villain out of James Bond, he&apos;s a villain out of Austin Powers&quot;<br><br>I didn&apos;t know we had tickets to Putin&apos;s roast

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• PC

  @pcopeland15 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I return to this interview. I am amazed recently by how many people &quot;discover&quot; what Julia described 6 years ago.

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• BA

  @batracho · 4 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a well-educated, 30 year old Russan citizen who was born in Moscow and lived my first 20 years there but my most recent 10 in the US. Julia has the best grasp on the modern Russian history, and Putin Era specifically, of pretty much anybody I have heard in the English-speaking media. She is honest, her reporting is very well-sourced, she is very &quot;in the know&quot; about Russian politics, and understands both sides of the US-Russia relations. Thanks PBS for interviewing her. It totally mirrors my personal experiences in Moscow, be it Bolotnaya protests or Medvedev&apos;s restart of relations with the West and the sense of optimism that was in the air then. I left in 2012 for the US to study for my doctorate, right after the HUGE wave of protests she talks about, and it was the best decision I&apos;ve ever made, as I witness the corrosion of democracy and, more importantly, civil liberties, in Russia, where all my family still lives.

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  @Joelmonterrey · 2 years ago

  Aged extremely well. I am so thankful for PBS and for their interview with these experts. Ioffe is incredible.

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• TO

  @towedarray7217 · 4 years ago (edited)

  PBS should be applauded for giving this the time and focus it deserved. Ioffe is an intense and impressive speaker &amp; teacher and is so excellent at distilling this for the lay audience. Plus she’s relatable, just in how she speaks. Given what’s going on in the world, she deserves her own show. She deserved it before, but now? Now she deserves it and we collectively need it! If the major networks plus premium channels like HBO Max aren’t fighting over her then something is really wrong with this world. I mean they’ve got to be duking it out right now. I look forward to watching whatever show she and her team decide to create.

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• CA

  @carpart101 · 8 years ago

  Holy crap... I stumbled upon an in-depth, intelligent interview with an informed and articulate interviewer/interviewee. I actually learned something. &nbsp;How the hell did that happen?

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• BI

  @billderinbaja3883 · 8 years ago (edited)

  Fascinating facts: This interview was put online 27 Oct 17. After listening to the entire interview, I looked up &quot;Navalny, Russian election&quot; and then filtered for stories this week (7 June 18). Julia Ioffe was 100% precient in predicting what was going to happen in the Mar 2018 Russian Elections. She is a person to watch and believe.

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• WE

  @wendellrider1212 · 3 years ago

  Always great to listen to you!

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• GL

  @global001 · 7 years ago

  Can we please have a 2019 update with Julia. So clear, intelligent, well spoken.

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• RI

  @Riderules73 · 4 years ago

  Hands down one of the best in depth analysis I’ve watched in a long time AND not messed up by advertising . Someone at Google must have spared this one from ad revenue.

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  @HampsteadHomestead · 4 years ago

  So incredibly well spoken with an awesome ability to recall so many events. Thank you Julia!

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• DE

  @dentinemiracles6895 · 2 years ago

  Update needed! Let&apos;s have the breakdown on his psychosis

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