to be more exact, by bolshevik communist russia. this process started almost immediately after the 1917

to be more exact, by bolshevik communist russia. this process started almost immediately after the 1917 revolution. and lenin and his supporters did it in a rough way. if we talk about russia. they were alienating parts of historical territories of

to be more exact, by bolshevik communist russia. this process started almost immediately after the 1917 revolution. and lenin and his supporters did it in a rough way. if we talk about russia. they were alienating parts of historical territories of russia. and millions of people who lived there. obviously, no one asked anything. then before the great patriotic war, stalin added to the ussr and handed over to ukraine some lands that belonged to poland and hungary, and as a compensation, stalin gave some ancient german lands to poland. and in the 1960s, khrushchev decided to take crimea away from russia and also gave it to ukraine. that's how the territory of the soviet ukraine was formed. but now, i would like to draw your attention to the initial stages of the establishment of the ussr. i think it's of utmost importance for us, because we have to start from afar. i would like to remind you that after the october revolution of 1917, and the civil war that followed, bolshevik started building a new state, and they had some differences

blamed lenin for pandering to ukrainian and other nationalists in order to save himself and the bolshevik party and keep them in power. he was very, very critical of lenin or is why he called this, if you like what some other russians would call -- ukraine, he called it leninist ukraine. of course he meant the geographic expanse of ukraine, the geographic composition of the country, but that is very important. i think that is to putin, who actually in this long speech, he engaged in some memories from distant past. he said that in 2000, during bill clinton's visit to moscow, he asked the united states president the question of what the u.s. attitude would be to russia within nato. he said he never told that to anyone publicly. it is a well-known fact that in the early to thousands, vladimir putin -- in the early 2000s that bled repute wanted to rush into nato and europe. before the famous munich speech in 2007, in 2001 he spoke in german and proclaimed russia's european vocation. he was bitterly disappointed in his attempts to fit russia into the wider west and his conclusion was that the

and then lost a war with the red army, the bolsheviks. the soviet union, the bolsheviks knew that ukraine national identity had to be acknowledged and accounted for. ukraine had to have its own republic. [inaudible] as a federation. ukraine was always a challenge. it was a challenge for the unity of the bolsheviks, the soviet union, and they always had a different sense of themselves. they were a westward looking, they talked about democracy, even back then. and from the very beginning, stalin sought to destroy them. stolen organized an artificial famine in ukraine that killed nearly 4 million people. fast forward that story today, ukraine remains a problem for putin, because ukraine aspires to democracy and aspires to sovereignty. it does not want to be part of a new russian empire, and that is a challenge to putin's version of autocracy. the idea that only he is in charge and only he decides everything around him we are watching the. development of a very old historical argument. putin's use of this. historical nonsense. it's designed t

but she used to be more exact by bolshevik wall, surely a communist russia base rose has started almost immediately offer the 917 revolution lee and, and planning and his mark google support or some way he did it that way. we talked about russia, they were needing some parts of the historical territories of russia mill. you want me to read them and millions of people who live there, who obviously no one asked anything. my community was really good interest in the way i mean than before. the great but reading war and not free darling with him, added to the ussr in when he handed over to crane some land that belong to poland and hungary and as a compensation. if only $1.00 gave you an answer. john glanced poland and a 960 is crucial, decided to take crimea away from russia and also gave it to ukraine. that's how the territory of the soviet grain was for the future. but now i would like to draw your attention to the initial stages of the establishment of the ussr. i think it's most important sporadic because we have to start from far. so i would like to remind you that offer the act hilber

after the revolution, the main objective of bolsheviks was to stay in power at any cost.iece with the kaiser and their allies, they were in a very difficult situation, even meeting any requirements, any demands from the nationalists within the country. in the context of the russian destiny, we have to say that lenin's principles were not just an error. they were worst than an error after the break up of soviet union in '91, this was absolutely obvious. surely the events of the past are not possible to be changed. however, it is important that we speak of them honestly and directly without being -- without trying to be politically correct here. directly, i would like to say that no matter how various claims and statesman may be at the moment, they should not create the principles of any nation. we have to understand that when we talk about the civil war and back then, the situation in the country was very difficult. but now i would like to remind you that this is how this happened. it is an historical fact. and as a result of the bolshevik policy, ukraine was created. the

this is a depiction of a german soldier as a gorilla with the rather subtle caption kill him bolshevik propaganda poster from 1919. for much of the bolshevik leadership in moscow the right-wing military officers who dominated the interwar german army where the archetypes of counter-revolution the villains of their propaganda. for their part the german officer corps were about as fond of the bolsheviks in turn many german officers had put participated in the quite brutal suppression of a communist revolution in early, 1919 one reich spare non-commissioned officer would write that quotes the rulers of present-day russia are common blood-stain criminals the scum of humanity carrying on the most cruel and tyrannical regime of all time. you get some sense of this from german propaganda in the same year. so why did two groups who saw each other as the literal embodiment of evil? strike a deal with one another the hostility to the international order in the aftermath of the first world war first brought them together. in the summer of 1919 the victorious allies issued the treaty of versailles

there a strategic mistakes in the parts of the bolsheviks leaders in the communist party leadership.n you are reporting in washington, do they believe this is an effort to bring soviet ties to russia? >> it's a revisionist history and an attempt to go back to the future. the transcript from the call last evening at the white house with the senior administration official briefly orders had some interesting takes. there was a lot of questions this morning about where we are going. vladimir putin has his view and the u.s. and allies have different views. as we hear from germany and the u.k., it's interesting to hear from italy as well. it appears that everyone is not on the same page when it comes to sanctions. how do we qualify in invasion? did that not happen last evening? what kind of sanctions will they follow on today? they want to follow on with sanctions be on the sanctions that were announced yesterday step when you look at this, they say it was a speech to the russian people to justify a war. the official last night said russian troops moving into the dunbas would not be a new

xenophobic nationalism was not discovered by the bolsheviks. however it has its roots in old russia. throughout russian history contacts with foreigners were discouraged and it was practically impossible for a foreigner to live or operate a business in the country. until 17:03 all domestic and foreign news was deemed a state secret. and foreign news has been regarded with deep suspicion ever since. in recent years, however expanded contacts with the west and technological improvements in modern communications have weakened the regimes control of information. soviet citizens today have greater access to information from abroad particularly through radio broadcasts and from unofficial sources within their own country. and this has enabled them to compare their standard of living to other standards and therefore to become more aware of alternatives to the soviet system for this reason the soviet regime in recent years has increasingly sought to make its propaganda more credible in order to counter the influence of western ideas. since brezhnev's d

emperor nicholas ii visited here in 1911, six years before he was overthrown and then executed by the bolshevikssm, the russian orthodox church has functioned notjust as a source of spiritual authority, but as an instrument of russian soft power. the image of ukraine as a chaotic failing state is part of the kremlin�*s playbook. it's a message designed both for domestic russian consumption — don't flirt with the west — but also part of moscow's pr campaign. this propaganda war has been going on for years. the more urgent question is, could that develop into a full scale actual war? the point of highest danger will come in the next few weeks, says ukraine's former deputy defence minister. 20th of february is a very interesting day, this is the last day of the olympic games and this is the last day of the exercises in russia at the end of february, they will be more ready from the point of view of capabilities. they will be ready mentally from the point of view of olympics. they will have maximum forces concentration in belarussia. if the russians do invade from the north, they'll quite likely pas

bolsheviks were prevalent, and i don't know there is any way to know. lot of people had surmised that if we stayed out of world war i altogether, it would have changed the entire history of the world. we kept the balance in favor of the allied powers. if we stayed out, it probably changes everything, possibly including russia. the entire reason that vladimir lenin was even in russia was because the germans took him back to stir up trouble, because germany was fighting a war on two fronts. if we stayed out of the, i don't think we would have the soviet union. we certainly would not have had in nazi germany. there is a lot to be said. it's a very interesting thesis. there was a bad famine, and the u.s. government did send a lot of food to the soviet union to help with that. harding is not a monster. he's trying to help people. it's not necessarily an aspect of america first, he thought it was the right thing to do. susan: scandals that every high school student studies. the veterans bureau. the justice department, teapot dome. let's start with the veteran

the ideas of cure russian philosopher yvonne in he was white and a great philosopher up to the bolsheviks while the civil war in russia in early 20th century show, some people say that if the boss weeks last, what have been the philosophical founder of kind of russian corporate, this states allow saline. this idea that russia needs one strong leader, no matter what is the name and president governor, whatever. and that's russia can only survive if it keeps the 3 slavic names together. russians of yellow russians and ukrainian, this is a very, very strong, a thread that goes through the writings of this man in the end. it seems that you took him on board. he quoted him several times if you speeches before. and i suppose that this is an attempt to write one's own page in history, in well in golden letters thought. but now this is, this is written and blog you printed. unfortunately, that does appear to be the case. constantine ok, thanks so much for that. richard. quick final word from you, joe biden. so the present putting attempts to be going back to the days of the soviet union. is that

to lots of our yvonne in he was a white and gray philosopher up to the bolsheviks on the civil war in russia in early 20th century. so some people say that if the boss makes lawsuit, he would have been the philosophical founder of kind of russian corporate. this states allow saline, this idea that russia needs one strong leader, no matter what is the name of the president governor, whatever. and that's russia can only survive if it keeps the 3 slavic name together . russians of the other russians and ukrainian, this is a very, very strong on that sort of threat that goes through the writings of this man in the end. it seems that putting took him on board. he quoted him several times if you speech us before, and i suppose no no no, no, no, but who mom and you half is anyway that to her mom at least i'm hoping that they will see the value of family and yet a yakima dominican rebel. you have what and if a man who led them into what it hazard, i'm the time will you martha? yeah. why don't me it. happy holiday left. a letter wasn't her balance to lead them will. how can yeah, bill and him

in 1919 the united states -- joined with the united kingdom to attack the bolshevik side of the russian revolution -- napoleon attacked through -- in 1812, and obviously the germans attacked through ukraine in 1941. i am only saying that there is nothing on usual about a country, whatever the country is to say you know, we would like a buffer zone of one country. we want the entire -- we are only asking for one country. that does not mean we cannot support ukraine's democracy. there is no reason for them to be invaded. host: how far should the u.s. and nato go in saying that in no way would they accept ukraine not being able to determine whether they want to join nato? that is one of the clear lines they are making. caller: the question is, is it worth going to war, is it worth them going to war, it puts them at risk not just us. the question is why do we need them in nato? we have -- every single nato country would have to vote to get them in. this is something that would be years out. we do not need them in nato. we need for the nato countries to do their share. germany is the biggest

so the republic which was graded by the bolsheviks and bladder millennium by the actually, i don't think so. he is the politically acting will this because this will be there actually the angle, he's political regime mom. and he is now seen as sort of like a dictator sort like saddam hussein and, and even have the tech on ukraine can be seen as a back up united states on yugoslavia in 1991, regardless of mr. malott rejections. that was an interview is into the defendant country, and buddha, who mentioned the, was lafayette was actually doing almost the same. so it looks like he is trying to use this kind of a scenario where he would pressure you've been in our forty's will fees off maybe in a to $2.00 days or 3 days because to our house that long standing war would ukraine would be actually very expensive, you would pull the russian budget. russian economy is not in good shape. you grenier, army, was going to be fighting back, and also the part is our movement. we should not take, we should take this into account. so they have, the things are very serious for lanham, couldn't right now.

i mentioned about london and the bolsheviks.back to the 18th century and piece together what peter the great brought. how does putin go back to catherine the great? tina: we should interpret those remarks as aspirations. not giving away any secret anticipating developments with russia. i am taking putin at face value. i never thought he was a chess grand master, but he has moved from somebody tactical to somebody concerned about legacy. tom: what do the soviet people want? would you suggest that the russian people parse between lenin and stalin or that the russian people care about empire? tina: we do not have good sources of public opinion data about what russian people think. they are concerned about what they hear on russia today and other domestic channels, which is that russian speakers of those so call regulate the public are being abused. -- so-called breakaway republics are being abused. this notion that putin is trying to project, saying that ukraine is not a real country has been deconstructed. if you have not seen the

modern-day ukraine was created by russia, bolshevik, communist russia. a quote from vladimir putin yesterday. after the speech, a u.n. security council meeting in new york. the u.s. representative speaking there. here's an extended part of her remarks. this is about three minutes long , her thoughts and comments on putin's >> actions yesterday. >>earlier today, russia's president announced that russia will recognize as independent states the so-called dpr and lpr regions. he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. in doing so, he has put before the world a choice. we must meet the moment and not look away. history tells us the looking the other way -- that looking the other way in the face of such hostility will be a more costly path. russia's clear attack on ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine's status as a u.n. member states. -- member state. it defies our charter. this move is clearly the bas

vladimir putin, we heard from him yesterday with a very interesting tune -- tone and ukraine being a bolshevikreation and not identifying it as a state. is he a rational actor? >> he has very strong views on ukraine, that it is a core part of russia upon sovereignty. -- of russia upon -- russia's sovereignty. he has been very clear about that for a decade. it appears to be the case that the answer is no. >> you were at chatham house with duncan allen who seems to be incredibly experienced with all of this involving the ukraine, russia, and the rest. the question goes back to archie george kennan, can we contain what we witnessed this morning? >> and whether putin will push beyond. and the trick is, putin seems to be very clever at using the language of the west, peacekeepers, and recognition to slowly chip away at ukraine's sovereignty. can we contain it? it comes down to if there will be ongoing robust unity and if sanctions will be strong enough. right now, i think there is a reluctance to take even stronger measures. the kleptocracy problem will be critical in responding to the challenge. t

he said it was created by bolshevik russia and is being handled by corrupt politicians who are tryinghurt our country. that's language from men trying to de-escalate. it's fair to say the european union will respond with one voice but what kind of details will we get? we are starting to get an idea of what will be featured in european sanctions. they will go after three russian banks and members of the group that would make those republics officially independent and they will target operations that include russian institutions including the central bank. tom: what is france doing? france has been relatively quiet, am i right? >> it's the opposite. they've been vocal and they know that the united states and russia can go at a negotiating table and have an open conversation. there needs to be someone who is perceived as neutral. the germans can't do it because they are caught up in the nord stream 2 so it's the french that play that role. they say we are in the middle and want to create equilibrium before the two sides. katie: we have the eu responding with german chancellor oda -- olaf

the bolshevik revolution that days of star and world war 2. the great pastor was the collapse, so the u. s. s r as well. and i think it's actually very important, extremely pertinent because it, the history of russia is so rich and by him explaining that it gives you an idea of how tangled the situation is in ukraine. i think that's exactly the way that i would use, you know, as much as we have an instinct to try and see things simply as black and white. i think that the beginning of putin's address actually showed how difficult the current situation is and how far apart the 2 sites are. because yes, as absolutely no doubt that ukraine and russia are linked historically in terms of religion, in terms of culture, in terms of language too. but at the same time, he was talking lot about history and he said, you know, we're not just neighbors. what brought them with family and, and you know, if you talk about 17 percent of the ukrainian population identifies as ethnic the russian. they speak russian to kia ancient 50. it was the fast capital, you

anarchist groups, bolshevik groups are setting off bombs around the country.ne target was the attorney general of the united states. these things were going on, there were labor strikes. some major strikes in seattle in seattle -- thousands of workers went out on strike. the racial violence was horrific during the summer. it's usually referred to as the red summer of 1919. dozens of african-americans were lynched in different parts of the country. not necessarily just talking about the south, but other parts as well. some of the worst racial violence that year was in chicago of all places. that kind of think is going on. i go into a lot of detail of that in the book. that moves into 1920, the economy collapses. it was a trying time. for people saying harding did not come into office with a lot of problems to solve, i don't know where they get this. he did a lot of good things to straighten that up. susan: he threw his hat into the ring december 16, 1919. why? ryan: he agonized over it for a while. people were trying to push him to do it. a lot of people have t

if you ever get a chance to watch "the last czars," it talks about the bolshevik revolution and war after war after war. we keep getting into wars, inflation keeps going up. in germany right now you can get a 30 year mortgage for less than 1%. yeah. why are we spending our money to protect people that will not protect themselves? host: let's go to richard calling from palmetto, florida on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i cannot believe how many brainwashed cult members call in with propaganda russian ideas. putin is a thug. couldn't needs to be dealt with -- putin needs to be dealt with. to allow him to just walk in and take over ukraine would be a huge mistake economically add for the people of europe. thank you. host: joe: from charleston, south carolina on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i think it is important for anyone listening what success russia sees with ukraine is going to be imitated with china and taiwan. that is all i wanted to say. host: louise c

that decision that's were made back by the bolsheviks in 1918, made by lenin, stalin, were mistakes. that the history of today says that ukraine is part of russia. that anger and frustration that he showed is a side we just rarely get to see. and if that underpins the depth of feeling that he has, this seems set to escalate. >> it certainly does. colonel layton, i'll anxious to get your reaction to the news. putin with these peace keeping troops into these separatist parts of ukraine. >> the fact that they're peace keeping troops has to be put in quotation marks. what they're doing is they're moving forward the russian front line. and although there's been a simmering battle for that area since 2014, now it getting much more act river. and i see this as basically, the first step in a broader invasion that would potentially include going after the capital of kyiv. if that happens, it goes to the scenario you were speaking about with nic which would include the possibility of a war that is as great as we've seen since 1945. >> certainly does. you know, evelyn, how do you read these dra

there's been a consensus that you can't trust russia, or at least, the soviet union, ever since the bolsheviksorld war ii, that the enemy of our enemy is our friend, and we partner with a dictator, a brutal dictator, stalin. interesting glee, in order to save democracy's, and to defeat autocracy. and what i find so fascinating and ironic is that leaders of the republican party are now partnering with russia and vladimir putin, who has replaced stalin in this story, in order to establish autocracy and defeat democracy, and so, they've completely gone 180 degrees from the decision-making we've made in world war ii to the decision they're making today. and i think it fundamentally boils down to this. our country, the republicans, the leadership in our country, no longer believes in the constitutional democracy that has been with us for 40 years. they now believe that a man justifies the means approach. if they win elections, legally, they are for them. if they lose elections, they are against them. so they're really fundamental and no longer believe in our system of government, which is why they'

yesterday vladmir putin made claims that modern ukraine was created by bolshevik russia.nwhile some in the west are suggesting that saying ukraine is not the kind of democracy america normally defends. do we need to come to the rescue of ukraine? do we need to put our men and women in harm's way? >> the way i would think about this, charles, it is not the idea about liberal democracy. it is not about the nation-state of ukraine individually. the biden administration rhetoric on that point is extremely up helpful. what this is about is holding the line on nato, the most successful political military alliance we have had. we must have peace in europe. the united states, biggest trading partners with the european union, we will see gas prices, inflation, trading, you think all of the economy has been sluggish now, it is nothing compared to what a larger war in europe will be. if our allies are bogged down in europe, if the united states is bogged down in europe you better believe we'll see losses in the indopacific. that will be thened of the u.s.-led order as we know it. th

he then said that the bolsheviks try to stay in power at any cost.kup of the soviet union, which he believes there is the greatest test or a catastrophe for russia of all time. he lays out, with very cold and calculating language, "we are ready to show you what real dcom unitization looks like." ukraine, after the break up, they took down lenin statues, and we are ready to show you what real de-communization looks like. that goes back to the 12 page of treaties, if he will, in which he laid out his plans, and they involve taking ukraine in its entirety. we now know that general mark milley and lloyd have left that meeting at the white house. the very, very serious situation as we see what happens in the coming hours. >> sandra: jennifer, the only reason i happen to have that speech is because i caught up with tomlinson early of this morning, who pointed out that if you read it, it appears to almost be a playbook for exactly what vladimir putin is doing today. in fact, when i flip through the pages after reading it, back to a point where he says -- it

in 1919 the united states -- joined with the united kingdom to attack the bolshevik side of the russianolution -- napoleon attacked through -- in 1812, and obviously the germans attacked through ukraine in 1941. i am only saying that there is nothing on usual about a country, whatever the country is to say you know, we would like a buffer zone of one country. we want the entire -- we are only asking for one country. that does not mean we cannot support ukraine's democracy. there is no reason for them to be invaded. host: how far should the u.s. and nato go in saying that in no way would they accept ukraine not being able to determine whether they want to join nato? that is one of the clear lines they are making. caller: the question is, is it worth going to war, is it worth them going to war, it puts them at risk not just us. the question is why do we need them in nato? we have -- every single nato country would have to vote to get them in. this is something that would be years out. we do not need them in nato. we need for the nato countries to do their share. germany is the biggest eco

modern-day ukraine was created by russia, bolshevik, communist russia. quote from vladimir putin yesterday. after the speech, a u.n. security council meeting in new york. the u.s. representative speaking there. here's an extended part of her remarks. this is about three minutes long , her thoughts and comments on putin's >> actions yesterday. >>earlier today, russia's president announced that russia will recognize as independent states the so-called dpr and lpr regions. he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. in doing so, he has put before the world a choice. we must meet the moment and not look away. history tells us the looking the other way -- that looking the other way in the face of such hostility will be a more costly path. russia's clear attack on ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine's status as a u.n. member states. -- member state. it defies our charter. this move is clearly the basis

ukraine he said was "ancient russian land" created by bolsheviks and connected to russia by blood.nslation: in this connection, i have taken the _ translation: in this connection, i have taken the long _ translation: in this connection, i have taken the long since _ translation: in this connection, i have taken the long since overdue l have taken the long since overdue decision immediately to recognise the independence and sovereignty... of the donetsk people's republic and the lugansk people's republic. i asked the federal assembly to support this decision and to ratify the treaty on friendship and mutual assistance with both republics. this afternoon, mr putin presided, almost tzar like, over a special session of the kremlin�*s security council. after which he called olaf scholz of germany and france's emmanuel macron to inform them he was effectively giving up on the 2015 minsk agreement. immediately, the french president called for an emergency session of the security council. the decision gives russia the pretext it has been seeking to send troops to these newly—recognised ind

he said he doesn't believe ukraine has a right to exist, that it was invented by lenin or by the bolshevikst, jordan, some on the right are criticizing or using this as an opportunity to point out that russia did not invade or threaten ukraine during the trump presidency but has in other presidencies before and after. what do you make of this assessment? >> well, richard and i were just talking about this off camera. i was asking him if he thought that the mad man theory had done anything to deter putin, but you pointed out putin already had whatever he wanted from trump so he didn't necessarily feel threatened. what could though at this phase in the game allow putin to save any face? you know, back in the early days of the bush administration he had this moment of semi cooperation. then kind of after the orange revolution became very disenchanted with the western order, and then post-2011 he really started to ratchet it up and then annex crimea. what do you think at this stage in the game could possibly be an exit ramp or is there not one at this point? >> what is so interesting about what

if you ever get a chance to watch "the last czars," it talks about the bolshevik revolution and war afterar after war. we keep getting into wars, inflation keeps going up. in germany right now you can get a 30 year mortgage for less than 1%. yeah. why are we spending our money to protect people that will not protect themselves? host: let's go to richard calling from palmetto, florida on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i cannot believe how many brainwashed cult members call in with propaganda russian ideas. putin is a thug. couldn't needs to be dealt with -- putin needs to be dealt with. to allow him to just walk in and take over ukraine would be a huge mistake economically add for the people of europe. thank you. host: joe: from charleston, south carolina on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i think it is important for anyone listening what success russia sees with ukraine is going to be imitated with china and taiwan. that is all i wanted to say. host: louise cal

when you have the russian president saying that ukraine is a fake country, it was created by the bolshevikssly is what so many people are worried about. what is your assessment of how any takeover of the capital would unfold? t takeover of the capital would unfold? .., �* takeover of the capital would unfold? .. �* ., takeover of the capital would unfold? �* ., , ., , ., ., unfold? i can't get one story out of m mind, unfold? i can't get one story out of my mind. and _ unfold? i can't get one story out of my mind. and we _ unfold? i can't get one story out of my mind, and we have _ unfold? i can't get one story out of my mind, and we have reported i unfold? i can't get one story out of my mind, and we have reported it| my mind, and we have reported it throughout the day, that there is an island off the black sea coast called snake island, or a serpent island, and russian forces approached it and called on the residents, there was only a small number of people, less than 20 people on this small island, and basically said to them you have to surrender, we are the russian army, and they basica