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Putin Critic Exposes MAJOR Ukraine Weakness

Season 6
49m | Sep 25, 2026

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An important update on the Ukraine Proxy War came this week with the Russian parliamentary elections.

Contrary to widespread predictions that Vladimir Putin’s days are numbered as a result of prolonged war, his party, United Russia, once again won a supermajority. It’s unclear how much rigging occurred to alter the vote, along with banning of opposition parties, but a sizable turnout gave Putin and the war an endorsement for now, much to the disappointment of neocons globally.

To discuss these pivotal elections, we spoke with veteran Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin. Ragozin is very critical of Putin and the Russian government, but also critical of all the western chauvinism directed toward his country and opposes NATO and the US’s murderous proxy war and sanctions on Russia.

And he explains that the real country in trouble is Ukraine:

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00:00 Intro

01:32 Netanyahu jumps on the Hasan Piker craze

07:11 NYC hosts former Al-Qaeda chief

08:58 Leonid Ragozin interview

15:36 Were Russian elections legit?

21:09 Does Putin have support in Russia?

24:30 Zelensky threatens Russia

46:49 Former Zelensky official sounds the alarm



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