Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago
In this video I discuss three new factors in the war in Ukraine: lack of financing for Ukraine in EU, Rising gas prices and rising Russian revenue; crisis of NATO over the war in Iran and its impact on the financing of Ukraine and finally the domestic crisis in Ukraine and the rising resistance to draft.
Dr. Brovkin is an American historian of Russia, now retired, a former Professor of Soviet History at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous books on Russian History and politics. His latest book: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its identity (Routledge, London 2024) is available from Amazon and Routledge.com. In addition to Issues of Contemporary Politics playlist, you can find: Russia under Yeltsin and Putin, Russia under the Communist Regime, War in Ukraine, European History and others.
In this video I discuss three new factors in the war in Ukraine: lack of financing for Ukraine in EU, Rising gas prices and rising Russian revenue; crisis of NATO over the war in Iran and its impact on the financing of Ukraine and finally the domestic crisis in Ukraine and the rising resistance to draft.
Dr. Brovkin is an American historian of Russia, now retired, a former Professor of Soviet History at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous books on Russian History and politics. His latest book: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its identity (Routledge, London 2024) is available from Amazon and Routledge.com. In addition to Issues of Contemporary Politics playlist, you can find: Russia under Yeltsin and Putin, Russia under the Communist Regime, War in Ukraine, European History and others.










