Members Only #283 - Putin on the Fritz (w/ Ambassador Michael McFaul)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Michael McFaul, former US ambassador to Russia, has a new book… - The disaster of Russia - Trump’s evolving views on Putin (and Nigel’s…and Georgia’s…) - When McFaul met Putin…in 1991 - Was the Maidan uprising an American-sponsored coup? - It’s not about NATO - From boring technocrat to a nationalist, imperialist ideologue - What does Putin believe? - Vlad the flat taxer - He’s not a Bolshevik - A crook, sure. But an ideological crook - Does no one care about 200,000 dead Russians? - Liberation or surveillance - Elite fatigue in Putin’s Russia - The documentary Moynihan mentioned - Mike McFaul, Soviet bootlegger