shows. especially in times of war, it is very difficult to return them, says american journalist simon shusterauthor of a book about our president volodymyr zelenskyi, this book is called a showman inside the invasion that shook the world and made volodymyr zelenskyi a leader. so, this is what simon schuster told our colleagues from franz-24. what else did the author talk about? scandalous book, we are watching right now, and roman and i will say goodbye to you until tomorrow, take care and stay with espresso. on the air of the perspektiva program, approaching the second anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine, today i have the honor to talk on the air with a person who probably understands more deeply than others what happened and is happening in the ukrainian ruling elite, a person who knows about... opinion of president volodymyr zelensky, perhaps more than anyone else. simon shuster - russian an american of ukrainian origin. he is a senior correspondent for the times magazine and has spent the past few years tracking the situation in ukraine, with unprece

book only confirmed me, actually, in trusting the brave, well, not only simon shuster's book, but ine actions of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine during the last two years of the great war. mr. yaroslav, please, i will briefly answer like this, it seems to me that you will not hear any other answer from all the people's deputies, except for probably one, not without exceptions, as well as trust in the armed forces of ukraine. once again, apart from one deputy, you mean look, yes, we have it there, not a misunderstanding, i don’t know, there it is already a servant of the people, not a servant , of whom, well, it was somehow not right to express one’s thoughts in social networks, which is a shame for our entire parliament , i believe. i hope that my colleagues will not object now to finally bring up the question of the dismissal of the deputy chairman of the defense committee, or at least they will not give those mushrooms, or what they were fed before, because frankly speaking, it is really a shame, but in anyway, i'm talking about this unfortunate exception, me

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greater discord into the ranks of the ukrainian government, and the american journalist for time simon shusterists. in an interview in the french newspaper lufigaro, he directly says that zaluzhny is preparing to become president, but zelensky will never give up voluntarily from the authorities. it was for this purpose that he, taking advantage of martial law, had already suppressed the opposition. ukraine has already shut the mouths of all objectionable people. according to shuster, it will be very difficult for zelensky to give up absolute power, even if this absolutism is just an illusion. moreover, the shuster confirmed that zelensky is a complete drug addict, but his favorite drug is not cocaine. this is the attention of the public, like most artists. it is precisely this dependence, his achilles’ peta, according to shuster. especially considering his complete inability react adequately to the failures of critics , shustorn wrote a whole book about this, a showman who this week appeared on the shelf in the book is the story of the rise of a freelance artist to the political olympus, and t

joining me now to discuss this is simon shuster, senior correspondent at time. shook the world and made a leader of volodymyr zelenskyy. simon, it's good to see you in person. i know new and i have spoken many times while you were in ukraine, so it's very nice and relief to see you here safely. on set. >>> thank. you >>> let's talk with several ocean of zelenskyy. you've known him since you first met him, i believe, in 2019 backstage at a comedy show. he's evolved to become one of the most iconic, most recognizable politicians in the world because of how he handled the war and certainly in the first couple of months. walk me through his evolution and how he went from being this comedian to being the hero and leading the nation in the first couple of months in the war. >>> through a lot of turning points in that story. it was a gradual evolution to the figure we know today as almost this churchillian kind of wartime president. when i met him in 2019, he was a happy-go-lucky, fairly naive, very optimistic, very charismatic young guy who thought he'd give this whol

. >> joining us now, simon shuster, senior correspondent for time magazine, author of that new book, t shook the world and made a litter of flooding zelenskyy. simon, thanks for being with -- us go chase moved by zelenskyy, who is running out of chess moves, frankly, in getting america to provide his stuff. because there is a whole lot of talk among republican circles, republicans who are otherwise complicit port of off the funding of ukraine in your battle with russia, about the fact it may not happen largely because donald trump seems to be getting involved. >> yeah, but the ukrainians have been seeing this. they saw this coming months ago. ed lays, i had sight since the end of summer of last year, they have been preparing contingencies to continue to fight this war as long as they feel it's necessary to defend ukrainian sovereignty, even if that trend continues, of western support declining. and they've been to one that primarily by building up their own weapons production. they have relied a lot on support also from the waist, including licenses and technology to build those weapo

zelensky’s dictatorship, about which according to his western biographer , time correspondent, simon shusterith zelensky, told how the authorities changed this man, and although in general shuster speaks complimentarily about the heroes of his book, in a fresh interview with the fox channel he predicted a not very pleasant future for zelensky . of course, at some point there will be a reckoning, maybe even during the war, certainly after the war associated with that. that he was not able to prepare for it sufficiently, but zelensky would have had to end the war long ago if he had those who did not need it to end did not stand with his back. to further ensure ukraine's success and russia's strategic defeat, it is vital that congress approve president biden's request for additional funding. without this request, we will send a strong and incorrect signal to all our adversaries that we are not serious about defending freedom, defending democracy. the main horror story for voters of democrats and european liberals is donald trump, who may return to the white house. cherzhsky the president says t

american journalist simon shuster, he devoted a year of his life to write a biography of the leader of to the characteristics of western publications, the portrait of president komik is presented at his worst and best. the author paid special attention to the beginning of the russian special operation and how the ukrainian leadership met new military challenges. it is alleged that the condition of zelensky, who was hiding under land, in those days caused serious concern among his employees. well, first of all, everyone had the impression that... work on the book back in the nineteenth, when zelensky was just planning to become president , he was very worried whether he would succeed, but the author placed the main emphasis on the period of the beginning of the northern military district, when zelensky felt for himself, further quote “the spartan conditions of the underground are deserted and a little creepy.” some interesting quotes from the book are given by two major publications: bloomberg and the telegraph. this is how shuster describes his first visit to the bunker scared zelensky

increase in the number of long-range means of influence, and there is such an article written by simon shuster, who at one time wrote about zelenskyi, an article that's enough complementary from the point of view. of the minister of strategic industries kamyshyn , where kamyshyn explains that now with the beginning of winter we have started using drones of our own production with a long range, komishno says that we do not have time to check these drones at test sites, and we immediately use these drones for , to hit enemy targets, and these strikes on the terminals in the baltic sea, near the baltic sea, tops there, they... were actually carried out using these new long-range strike systems, and this actually a positive trend in the development of our defense industry, the question is that it is necessary to scale, increase, and increase the efficiency of their use, but we need combat equipment, of course, not only in the air, but also on the ground, and here we remember about the fact that tanks, bterras, bmps, other armored vehicles are of great importance, and we also... we must remember th

some interesting points about all this, and this is one of the points that is in the box. , as simon shuster writes, serhiy leshchenko was in the bunker at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, less than that serhiy leshchenko, mr. miroslava, let 's get back to our business after all with poland and ukraine, in particular with the blockade on the border, everyone really hoped that tusk's victory, i don't know if everyone, but a lot of people, seems to be in ukraine believed that the situation would change dramatically, especially since tusk was very critical of moravetskii's already limping government for its inaction, but something was not quite right. yes, and the latest statements of the minister of agrarian policy and the new government show that everything is not so simple. well, let's figure it out one by one. of course, what the blockade continues, it is an unjustified action against the ukrainian economy, against the polish economy. all arguments are on the table. i recently read the statement of the deputy minister of infrastructure. of ukraine , who finally made public the data

increase in the number of long-range means of impression, and there such an article was written by simon shusterwho at one time wrote about zelensky an article: which is quite complementary from the point of view of the minister of strategic industry kamyshin, where kamyshin explains that now we have started since winter use drones of our own production with a long range, which means that we do not have time to test these drones on training grounds, and we immediately use these drones to strike at enemy targets and these strikes at terminals in the baltic sea. near the baltic sea there, they were really carried out due to the use of these new long-range strike systems, this is actually a positive trend in the development of our defense industry, the question is that it is necessary to scale, increase, and increase efficiency their use, but we need combat equipment, of course, not only in the air, but also on the ground, and here we remember the great importance of tanks, bterras, bmp and... armored vehicles, and we also have remember that today the ukrainian army has such a unique fleet of manuf

well, not only simon shuster's book, but in general the actions of the commander-in-chief of the armedces of ukraine during the last two years of the great war. mr. yaroslav, please. i will briefly answer yes, it seems to me that among the people's deputies, except for probably one, all of them without exception, you will not hear any other answer, as well as trust in the country's armed forces. once again, except for one deputy, you mean, look, yes, we have a misunderstanding there, i don’t know, there it is already a servant of the people, not a servant, of whom, well, very much there... somehow it didn’t work out expressing his opinions on social networks, which is a disgrace to our entire parliament, i believe, i hope that colleagues now they will not object to finally bring up the question of the dismissal of a person from the position of deputy chairman of the defense committee, or at least they will not give those mushrooms or what they were fed before this, because frankly speaking, it is really a shame, but in any case , i am speaking with this unfortunate exception, it seems

simon shuster is a russian-american of ukrainian origin. he is a senior correspondent for the magazine and has spent the past few years tracking the situation in ukraine, with unprecedented access to zelenskyi and his teams his book, called showman, is inside the invasion that shook the world and made volodymyr zelenskyi the leader. thank you. those of you who have come to us today, first of all, tell us about the access you had to volodymyr zelenskyi and how you could get it. i got to know president zelensky even before he became president, namely in the spring of 2019 at the height of the election campaign. i was preparing a profile of his candidacy. at that time he was a comedian, an actor, a showman, and i got to beat him backstage at one of his comedy shows, which was, in fact, his pre-election meeting. during the reporting we introduced , i had a unique opportunity to meet him and say: listen, there are historical events happening around us, i would like to write a book about it, and he said: come on, i don't have time to write a book

knows about the course of thoughts of president volodymyr zelensky, perhaps more than anyone else simon shuster, russian american of ukrainian descent. background, he is a senior correspondent for the magazine and has spent the past few years monitoring the situation in ukraine, with unprecedented access to zelenskyi and his team. his book , called showman, is about the invasion that shook the soviet union and made volodymyr zelenskyi the leader. thank you very much for joining us today. first of all, tell us what kind of access you had to volodymyr zelensky and how you could get it. i got acquainted with president zelensky even before he became president. namely, in the spring of 2019, in the midst of the election campaign. i was preparing a profile of his candidacy. at that time he was a comedian, an actor, a showman, and i happened to go backstage at one of his comedy shows, which was, in fact, his campaign rally. we got to know each other during the reporting and i stayed in touch with him and his team as they continued to run the country after he won the election. and when the invasion beg

simon shuster joins me, the author of "the show man."he product of so much reporting and time with him. you have got this video. ukrainian attacks on russian territory, it they send a drone in a thousand miles, successfully cause explosions in st. petersburg. you have had unprecedented access to zelenskyy as he has navigated this, made decisions, and you have seen the defense become much more brazen in terms of -- remember when it happened, right? everyone thought, oh no, what will the response be from russia? now it's constant in russian territory. you have got insight into his thinking. what can you ctell us? >> they have been seeing decline in support from the united states, from the west, and they have been hedging, preparing a strategy of, first of all, ramping up their domestic weapons production. you know, these drones we are seeing, these are for the most part homemade. they are made in ukraine. they have ramped up their production of missiles and these long-range attack drones. and these are the things responsible for these very

joining us now, senior correspondent for the times, simon shuster. his new book? t shook the world and made leader of volodymyr zelenskyy. and jonathan lemire has the first question, he's there with him. >> simon, good to see you. congrats on the book. let's start with this extraordinary access you have to presidents a lynskey. walk us through how often you saw him, where you saw him, how readers will see him differently? >> when i met and got to know president zelenskyy for the first time before he became president, when he was in the middle of his campaign. i met him backstage at one of his company shows, actually, which doubles as a campaign rally. and met him, talk to him, propelled him for the first time in time magazine. then, this followed his administration throughout. throughout the first impeachment of president donald trump. where president zelenskyy played a major role. i think a lot of the viewers will remember, as the war grew closer, i traveled with the president to the frontlines to see the russian forces gather on the border. when the invasion actu

signals from the americans have been received several times recently, just look at the company that simon shusterrt journalist in the first months of the war, who created the lion’s share of those myths and tales around zelensky, for example, remember? the move is actually thought out, perhaps a larger number of moves. now we smoothly move on to the second question, that is it’s clear whether he wants to, whether he can or cannot, but here it comes to mind, and he wants to inject himself, and his mother doesn’t tell him to, the mother is definitely the united states and the collective west, because really, to make a decision of this level without looking back... they have been finding it for a long time, but there have never been statements from high-ranking politicians, from major media, from the most popular telegram channels that that’s it, he’s definitely already been fired. yesterday the media shot was very powerful. whose game was it because there is i feel like some curators said: fire me, other curators said: just try. poroshenko showed up here, first he fired zaluzhny, then he became his

simon shuster, thank you for coming in this morning. that does it for us. >>> on "ana cabrera reports," donald trump back in a new york city courthouse. just moments ago the judge delaying this second e. jean carroll trial. it's on the day trump was possibly going to take the witness stand, now set to happen on the day of the new hampshire primary. >>> the desantis departure. new nbc reporting on the final hours leading up to the end of the florida governor's president campaign. >>> and then there were two. nikki haley finally gets her one-on-one match-up with trump. is it already too late? >> i'm not going to use ron anymore. nikki haley -- >> that's the sound of a two-person race. >>> good morning. it's a busy monday, just after 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera. the e. jean carroll case against donald trump postponed for the day because of covid precautions. a source telling nbc news trump had been planning on testifying. our yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. district attorney katherin

so we may see some pairing off, as she's done with simon and shuster, the book publisher, already. >>n and sho shuster. now, i guess the one way that's looking at it that's slightly less dire is some kind of new equilibrium is emerging here. you did see the charter deal kind of -- trying to find a new way of bundling things, with streaming, with linear, and it seems like that's where we're headed. the question is, you know, who's better positioned for that? arguably, setting netflix aside, disney has the ingredients to have a bit of a head start there. >> absolutely. and i think this year, we will finally see the resolution of the hulu question. because disney is in the process of buying all control of hulu pack from comcast, which still has 33%. now, they've written an $8 billion check and they're currently in mediation over how much more disney will have to pay, but if disney can figure out how to bundle hulu, disney plus, and espn plus into one service, they currently sell them as a bundle, but in one super service, perhaps that could be the answer there. i think we're also going t

joining us now, senior correspondent for "time" simon shuster, his new book is called "the showman, insideenskyy." jonathan lemire has the first question. >> congratulations on the book. let's start with the extraordinary access you had to president zelenskyy. walk us through how often you saw him, where you saw him. >> i met and got to know president zelenskyy before he became president. i met him backstage at one of his comedy shows which kind of doubled as a campaign rally. met him, pro filed him for the first time for "time" magazine then and basically followed his administration throughout, throughout the first impeachment of then president donald trump where president zelenskyy played a major role as i think a lot of your viewers will remember. as the war grew closer, i traveled with the president to the front lines to see the russian forces gathering on the border. when the invasion actually began in february 2022, i was in a pretty unique position because the relationships i had established over those years to approach him and say let me be a fly on the wall. let me write this book

speaking of being an american, i had a guy a long time ago who worked for simon and shuster.me research that i didn't know about, about me and my family and he was looking for immigrants and katty, what he discovered was, and i guess is the case, like we've -- my mom's side, the clarks, they've been in america for like hundreds and hundreds -- it's just -- it just traces back, you know, hundreds and hundreds of years, we still haven't found the immigrant family that came over here, right? so my family's been here probably about 300, 400 years. do you know what the glory of herk is that donald trump and his followers will never understand, but i'm sure you do? and we heard roger bennett talk about it before. that today, somewhere, somebody's going to hold up their hand and they're going to become american citizens, and what chris matthews said is one of the most moving ceremonies any of us have ever seen. and in that moment today, they will be every bit as much of an american as somebody whose family has lived here for 400 years. that is the glory of america, and that is the h