Dmitry Orlov discusses the state of the world and that we have passed the turning point. The West is collapsing on itself and the rest of the world is simply ignoring it and moving on. The U.S. elections are a clown show and the U.S. is going to slowly collapse. He doesn't believe there will be a Third World War. He comments on Russian sanctions and the West's confiscation of Russian assets, the shuffling in the Kremlin's cabinet, the future of Ukraine, the multipolar world, Unitcoin, and how Washington's strategic initiative to dismember Russia will FAIL! His biggest fear is China losing access to cheap energy which would affect the entire world.
Thanks for bringing international perspectives to your show. Dmitri’s perspective is not free of bias (or the influence of propaganda), just ours is not, but his view is so often censored from western ears. We need to seek out all sides to understand a topic. Thank you for your work in helping us do this!
How refreshing to get a non-American perspective. Even when Americans are critical of themselves, they do it in such an American way, still biasing American information over and above the rest of the world. Well done.
I get that idea...sounds sort of like a debate or what might devolve into a debate...I've never really been interested in debate because usually its argument and it ends with everyone doubling down on their own views...rather I like to have opposing camps on separately and calmly to expound their views and then I can gather bits of wisdom and insights from those views...if there is a tense debate environment, sometimes you won't get what you would otherwise from a calm chat...(shrug) Rurik does podcasts on his Substack so he could have Dmitry on himself
I have to thank you for finding Rurik through your interviews so I appreciate your nonconfrontational talks that allows you to bring all kind of people on. At an extreme you had that Elliott wave guy that believes "Ukraine is a democracy" and Romans are better than Chinese. You brought in CIA spooks and fake opposition actors.
So I appreciate the variety of viewpoints. BUT... your interviews sound more like paid promotions. You never ask any important question.
For example, Dmitry the same Kremlin spiel that he does everywhere. Why should I listen to him when I can go straight to official govt pronouncements?
And you never challenged him. Do you know none of you mentioned OIL?
While Dmitry prattles on, Russians are dying and Putin is selling gas and oil to Ukraine and the west. All russian oligarchs spend millions in the west.
Why you didn't ask him about the arrests made after Shoigu was "promoted"?
It's hard for me to maintain any respect for you when you behave like a context free AI during each interview - forgetting what you have heard from the last guy.
Thanks Mr. Putin for putting an end to the militarization against you through Ukraine and stopping the 40 bio weapons labs that were engineered by the Obama and Biden administrations.
China discovered and is producing oil from the Taklamakhan. It, along with their billion tree project there is what imo be the weather modification created to effect western USA rainfall and food production. That, and the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption aftermath will be ignored while the legislators will fund educators to teach children that climate change is their own personal fault.
And of course the solution will be to own nothing, eat zee bugs, go beyond nutrition and eat new GMO, be a multigenerational indentured debt slave, and have euthanasia for a pension plan.
And nobody wants a revolution cause that's a bit of a hassle.
P.S. For those who are unfamiliar with him, my reference to "Riley" is to the substack of Edward Slavsquat, who is well worth reading - he is both delightful and informative.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I have to agree with CanisVenatoris, who took the words out of my mouth with a number of his/her comments. Among them: Where were the probing questions? The point of interviewing someone with views like Orlov's is to expose error, not to propagate it.
What individual who concerns themselves with what is really going on in the world would even want to hear what this guy has to say? And I don't mean that in the spirit of censorship. I mean it as in, once a person knows the truth, what is the benefit in rehashing old, worn-out lies? The Russian propagandists all say the same thing, they all read from the same script. I kept thinking somewhere during the interview he would say something useful, or interesting, but he never did. On the other hand, for those who don't know what is going on, and can't tell, a guy like this is hardly going to give them a solid foundation.
Consider all the books that have been written, and the voices of those who are still telling the truth online about what is going on in Russia (including the exceptionally talented writer, Riley) - at this point how can any concerned individual not understand? Orlov brings us the message that Russia is a dream world, where the impossible becomes real. Government is, yes, that's right … benevolent, he tells us, as he flaunts his contempt for the West. And that is why I am being so harsh. Shame on you, Mr. Orlov. At least the founders of America knew that NO government can be trusted. The appearance of benevolence is opportunistic at best, as anyone who is familiar with Leopold of Belgium can tell you. I suppose that, in your world, Mr. Orlov, even the forced vaccinations in Russia were magical elixirs in disguise.
Our loss is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions, and yet he gloats. It is a tragedy, not because self-absorbed Americans should be celebrated, but because we were once a Christian nation, giving honor to God. And, in that, we held up the last of this light on the earth, a light that is being snuffed out and driven underground in every corner of the world. That light won't be found in the Russian orthodox church with its KGB clergy, in the manipulation of Russian religious sentiment for political purposes, or in the carefully crafted esotericism of Dugin. It is being replaced with pseudo-intellectuals like Orlov, who will settle for better dental hygiene, just as Esau traded his own birthright for a pot of stew.
I keep hoping you will get your stride back, but it seems that somewhere during the past few years at TNT (I have no idea what was in those podcasts) you lost your way. I keep telling myself you will run out of pagans and propagandists and return to credentialed individuals with some insight, but it just doesn't seem to be happening.
Communication is seldom a morally neutral activity. We make our commitments through the choices we make. We are given insight and knowledge in order to use it and share it, not to embark on an endless search that leads nowhere. 2 Timothy 3:7-8. I would not have chosen this particular graphic to make my point, but there it is in the Bible: Proverbs 26:11. I continue to hope you will find a way to move forward, and choose to spread and defend the Truth with the talents you have been given by God. Have enough faith to take a stand - before words either no longer matter or can no longer be spoken. Psalm 37:25.
Thanks for bringing international perspectives to your show. Dmitri’s perspective is not free of bias (or the influence of propaganda), just ours is not, but his view is so often censored from western ears. We need to seek out all sides to understand a topic. Thank you for your work in helping us do this!
How refreshing to get a non-American perspective. Even when Americans are critical of themselves, they do it in such an American way, still biasing American information over and above the rest of the world. Well done.
Would be interesting to have Rurik Skywalker and Dmitry Orlov discuss their visions for the situation in Russia / Ukraine / Brics…
I get that idea...sounds sort of like a debate or what might devolve into a debate...I've never really been interested in debate because usually its argument and it ends with everyone doubling down on their own views...rather I like to have opposing camps on separately and calmly to expound their views and then I can gather bits of wisdom and insights from those views...if there is a tense debate environment, sometimes you won't get what you would otherwise from a calm chat...(shrug) Rurik does podcasts on his Substack so he could have Dmitry on himself
Yeah debates are terrible usually - I appreciate your calm non judgmental interviewing style
I have to thank you for finding Rurik through your interviews so I appreciate your nonconfrontational talks that allows you to bring all kind of people on. At an extreme you had that Elliott wave guy that believes "Ukraine is a democracy" and Romans are better than Chinese. You brought in CIA spooks and fake opposition actors.
So I appreciate the variety of viewpoints. BUT... your interviews sound more like paid promotions. You never ask any important question.
For example, Dmitry the same Kremlin spiel that he does everywhere. Why should I listen to him when I can go straight to official govt pronouncements?
And you never challenged him. Do you know none of you mentioned OIL?
While Dmitry prattles on, Russians are dying and Putin is selling gas and oil to Ukraine and the west. All russian oligarchs spend millions in the west.
Why you didn't ask him about the arrests made after Shoigu was "promoted"?
It's hard for me to maintain any respect for you when you behave like a context free AI during each interview - forgetting what you have heard from the last guy.
What you have said is so true. I wrote a separate comment, inspired by yours.
Thanks Mr. Putin for putting an end to the militarization against you through Ukraine and stopping the 40 bio weapons labs that were engineered by the Obama and Biden administrations.
China discovered and is producing oil from the Taklamakhan. It, along with their billion tree project there is what imo be the weather modification created to effect western USA rainfall and food production. That, and the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption aftermath will be ignored while the legislators will fund educators to teach children that climate change is their own personal fault.
And of course the solution will be to own nothing, eat zee bugs, go beyond nutrition and eat new GMO, be a multigenerational indentured debt slave, and have euthanasia for a pension plan.
And nobody wants a revolution cause that's a bit of a hassle.
P.S. For those who are unfamiliar with him, my reference to "Riley" is to the substack of Edward Slavsquat, who is well worth reading - he is both delightful and informative.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I have to agree with CanisVenatoris, who took the words out of my mouth with a number of his/her comments. Among them: Where were the probing questions? The point of interviewing someone with views like Orlov's is to expose error, not to propagate it.
What individual who concerns themselves with what is really going on in the world would even want to hear what this guy has to say? And I don't mean that in the spirit of censorship. I mean it as in, once a person knows the truth, what is the benefit in rehashing old, worn-out lies? The Russian propagandists all say the same thing, they all read from the same script. I kept thinking somewhere during the interview he would say something useful, or interesting, but he never did. On the other hand, for those who don't know what is going on, and can't tell, a guy like this is hardly going to give them a solid foundation.
Consider all the books that have been written, and the voices of those who are still telling the truth online about what is going on in Russia (including the exceptionally talented writer, Riley) - at this point how can any concerned individual not understand? Orlov brings us the message that Russia is a dream world, where the impossible becomes real. Government is, yes, that's right … benevolent, he tells us, as he flaunts his contempt for the West. And that is why I am being so harsh. Shame on you, Mr. Orlov. At least the founders of America knew that NO government can be trusted. The appearance of benevolence is opportunistic at best, as anyone who is familiar with Leopold of Belgium can tell you. I suppose that, in your world, Mr. Orlov, even the forced vaccinations in Russia were magical elixirs in disguise.
Our loss is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions, and yet he gloats. It is a tragedy, not because self-absorbed Americans should be celebrated, but because we were once a Christian nation, giving honor to God. And, in that, we held up the last of this light on the earth, a light that is being snuffed out and driven underground in every corner of the world. That light won't be found in the Russian orthodox church with its KGB clergy, in the manipulation of Russian religious sentiment for political purposes, or in the carefully crafted esotericism of Dugin. It is being replaced with pseudo-intellectuals like Orlov, who will settle for better dental hygiene, just as Esau traded his own birthright for a pot of stew.
I keep hoping you will get your stride back, but it seems that somewhere during the past few years at TNT (I have no idea what was in those podcasts) you lost your way. I keep telling myself you will run out of pagans and propagandists and return to credentialed individuals with some insight, but it just doesn't seem to be happening.
Communication is seldom a morally neutral activity. We make our commitments through the choices we make. We are given insight and knowledge in order to use it and share it, not to embark on an endless search that leads nowhere. 2 Timothy 3:7-8. I would not have chosen this particular graphic to make my point, but there it is in the Bible: Proverbs 26:11. I continue to hope you will find a way to move forward, and choose to spread and defend the Truth with the talents you have been given by God. Have enough faith to take a stand - before words either no longer matter or can no longer be spoken. Psalm 37:25.