Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fiona Hill is a presidential advisor and foreign policy expert specializing in Russia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - Education and career
12:05 - Donbas in the 20th century
20:23 - Soviet Union
30:58 - Donald Trump's foreign policy
42:58 - Testifying against Donald Trump
49:49 - US administrations
1:11:23 - Impeachment of Donald Trump
1:31:39 - Why people like Donald Trump
1:40:44 - Vladimir Putin
2:00:53 - Invasion of Ukraine
2:15:58 - NATO implication in Ukraine war
2:28:49 - Interviewing Vladimir Putin
2:41:17 - 2024 elections
2:44:25 - Alexei Navalny
2:48:58 - Nuclear war
3:00:49 - How Ukraine war will end
3:07:35 - Hope for the future
3:10:43 - Advice for young people

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