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Russian analyst: Let the US and Russia settle the Ukraine war
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Russian analyst: Let the US and Russia settle the Ukraine war

On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, former Russian colonel Dmitri Trenin argues that the fate of Ukraine should be determined primarily by the United States and Russia.

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate

On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses Ukraine's fate and Baltic security in the face of Russian aggression. Former Russian colonel Dmitri Trenin offers a starkly different perspective from Moscow, arguing that negotiations over Ukraine should be decided primarily by the US and Russia—not Ukraine or Europe.

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A Baltic warning: What Ukraine war means for Europe—and the Russian perspective

Listen: On the GZERO World Podcast with Ian Bremmer, two starkly different views on Ukraine's future: first from the Baltics, then from Moscow.

Why Russia is fighting in Ukraine without any allies
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Why Russia is fighting in Ukraine without any allies

When it comes to the war in Ukraine, Russia stands alone. From the Russian perspective, the Ukraine invasion is a battle for the survival of the country against NATO and the collective West, who, the Russia says, wants to destroy Russia and eliminate its influence around the world. But given the fact that virtually no allies have joined Russia in a fight it views as perfectly legitimate, does the Kremlin need a sense of reality and be more modest about what it thinks it can accomplish in the region?

Putin's endgame in Ukraine
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Putin's endgame in Ukraine

We still have a lot more questions than answers about Vladimir Putin’s political future and Russia’s war in Ukraine after Wagner Group head Yevgevny Prigozhin’s 24-hour attempted mutiny and subsequent exile to Belarus. On the first episode of GZERO World’s newest season, Ian Bremmer spoke with former Carnegie Moscow Center director and Kremlin ally Dmitri Trenin about the Russian view of the war and Putin’s endgame in Ukraine, just hours before Prigozhin announced his armed rebellion.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Russia's view of the Ukraine war: a Kremlin ally's perspective

Listen: In this episode of the GZERO World podcast, After months of grueling warfare, heavy casualties, costly equipment losses, and with little to show for it, what are Russia’s goals heading into the Ukrainian counteroffensive? Is there any hope for resolution in a conflict the Kremlin describes as an existential battle with NATO for the future of Russia itself?

Russia-US nuclear war is no fantasy, says Kremlin ally
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Russia-US nuclear war is no fantasy, says Kremlin ally

Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. But from Moscow's perspective, the atomic deterrent was not enough to keep the US and its NATO allies from backing Ukraine against Russia. Dmitri Trenin, an ex-Russian intelligence colonel and former director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, speaks with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Former Russian intelligence officer: Prigozhin's threat to Putin is “ludicrous”
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Former Russian intelligence officer: Prigozhin's threat to Putin is “ludicrous”

President Vladimir Putin faced the greatest challenge to his power in decades as Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men toward Moscow this weekend in what Putin himself called an “armed rebellion.”