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US/EU privately admit they lost Ukraine proxy war w/Levan Gudadze (Live)
OK, we're live with Alexander Mercuris in London. And we have with us, once again, joining us on the Duran. Very happy to have on our show today. Have us with us, have to be with us on our show today. Levad, Gudad, Zelevad, how are you doing? Thank you very much. I'm OK. Grateful for this unique opportunity to be on Duran. And they're very thankful for all the support that you are providing for our community, for smaller creators. I wanted to mention this. Duran is a great, great show, and a totally unique opportunity. Thank you very much, and thanks to your community, of course, Duran community. Levad, what are the best places for people to connect with you? And I have your YouTube channel, the description box down below. I know that you're also on Rumble, Telegram, Twitter. Yes. Yes. OK, Patreon. Patreon, yes, also. Levad, Gudad, the opinion, that's name, basically, almost every year. OK, I will have all those links as a pinned comment when the livestream is over. And I have the YouTube channel and the description box down below as well. And I will have all the other links in the description box as well. So you can follow Levan's excellent work and analysis on geopolitics. Let's say a quick hello to everyone that is watching us on Odyssey, on Rockfin, and the Rumble. How's everyone doing on the Rumble chat? And everyone that is watching us on the duran.locals.com, a big hello to the Duran community, a big hello to everyone that is watching us on YouTube. A big hello and a big thank you to our YouTube moderator's Valley S. Zariel is in the house. And I think that is it for today. It'll be Zariel, Valley S, and myself moderating this chat. Thank you very much, Zariel and Valley S for all you do. And Alexander, Levan, we've got a lot of news to discuss. So let's talk a bit about Project Ukraine. Maybe we can talk about what's going on in Georgia as well, since we have Levan with us today. So Alexander, Levan, let's begin. Indeed, let us discuss lots going on. And, of course, the two conflicts, the one in Georgia and the one in Ukraine, are interconnected. At least if you follow the Western media, they seem to be considering that they link them together. They say that it's Russian imperialism in relation to both of them. Of course, they don't want to look at any internal issues that might involve or concern or affect either of these two countries. But that's where we are. I suggest, Levan, that we begin with Ukraine, but we do need to get to Georgia eventually. But let's begin with Ukraine. We've had now a situation where the Russians have been advancing steadily for something like, I think, 10 months. I mean, they began their advance in October. In December, they captured Marinka. In February, they captured Bachmann. The last few days, they appeared to have captured a cool part of Krasnogorovka. They're attacking in all kinds of other places. The Western media is beginning to wake up to the fact that there are these Russian advances, that they're discounting. They're trying, I think, to sort of play down their significance. And they're not reporting it very much. But we're starting to get rather interesting articles begin to appear. So the day before yesterday, there was an article by a man called Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times, very well-connected, very well-informed journalist in the United Kingdom. And he seemed to broach, finally, the possibility of negotiations to end the war. And he made the, I thought, astonishing admission that Western governments and the Ukrainian government itself now understand that Ukraine will not be able to recapture its lost territories. So that was on the Financial Times, but it was not, it was an opinion article. Then, the day after, and I don't think this is chance, another article appeared in the German newspaper, Develt, very well-connected newspaper in Germany, doesn't have an enormous circulation, but it's connected in some way to the CDU, the German CDU, big party in Germany, biggest party in Germany, in fact. And the primary government party in Germany, and they said essentially the same thing, that in Brussels, it's widely accepted and understood that Ukraine will not recover its lost territories. And though they expect the war to continue for six to nine months, they believe that after that time, we will have negotiations. And there have been other hints and murmurings to the same effect in other places, but these are two big articles, and the Develt article, I thought was an important one. Are we in the endgame? I mean, are they starting to understand that the war is lost? Because that's how it's starting to look to me. I think so, yes, yes, probably they do realize finally that this proxy war that Western World class was waging against Russia is lost. And in confirmation of that, we are seeing lately change in our tune from Kiev also. It's not just Brussels, not just articles in the West, but Zelensky is changing his statements. Kuleba, Foreign Minister of Ukraine, also during his recent trip to China mentioned negotiations. And I believe it was yesterday or the day before when Zelensky spoke with the French media outlets. And he said, basically, I've acknowledged that it is practically impossible for you to regain control over the territories that Ukrainian Soviet socialist republic in the USSR hold it until 1991, which is quite a rare occasion when there are high-ranking officials in Ukraine acknowledging that. And Zelensky also mentioned once again that next forum or next summit on Ukraine that's supposed to take place before presidential election in the West. On that summit, Russia should be invited. And also, he mentioned referendum, which is quite important in my opinion, because he said, if translation was correct, that president only cannot make decisions about territorial integrity of Ukraine, and therefore, referendum have to be held, and public should decide. So this is a huge acknowledgement on part of Kiev. And I guess Zelensky, before making such statements, had some consultations with his Western backers to say so. And this is huge, of course. It's a huge shift from what we were hearing months and months before this. So, yes, despite all the attempts of the Western political elites, Western media, to create a picture that it is a stalemate on the front line, that no one side is able to achieve much. As you mentioned, Alexander, Russian Armed Forces had their steady progress all this time, despite the fact that Russia is deploying the strategy of mobile defense, which is not about gaining control over their as much territory as possible. It's about demilitarizing peer-reging forces to create circumstances in which peer-reging forces will collapse. And then, we might see shift in a strategy when some decisive actions will take place, because that will minimize, of course, casualty numbers, so damage on the ground to infrastructure, which is important for Russia. So, yes, I will agree with this view that there is clearly change in the West, and also in the queue. But here, of course, is the paradox, because they understand. I think that this is now general widespread view, actually. I don't think it's just, as I said, a few years back for articles. As I said, the developed article said it's the consensus in Brussels. Now, and of course, Brussels means NATO and the EU. They're two headquarters, both located in Brussels. If you know Brussels, as I do, I know very well, I've been there many times. My brother used to live there. The people from the two places meet and talk and interchange this constant, and they send their children to the same schools, and they have the same contacts, so I said, "It's a single community of people, basically." Anyway, if this is the general consensus, why don't they start negotiations now? Because the developed talks about six to nine months. I mean, what do they think is going to happen in the next six to nine months? Do they think that the situation is going to change in some way on the military side? Or why are they postponing negotiations? The presidential elections in the U.S. Probably. I may be wrong, but probably it's all about presidential elections in the U.S. I don't think Democrats' Biden's administration wants another Afghanistan style of withdrawal from a certain conflict from this proxy war that West is waging against. Russia and therefore, I believe, Western ruling class will try to prolong this conflict as much as possible, at least before presidential elections, for sure. Therefore, we are receiving information now that F-16s, for example, being deployed, which is a clearly next stage of escalation. Although, of course, F-16 is not going to change much on the battlefield, but it is escalation. I'm a fighter, Washington, will try to prolong this conflict exactly for this reason, just to pass over this presidential elections and then new administration will see what they can do. How to withdraw from this conflict without a larger debacle, let's say, or huge losses in terms of reputation, although worldwide on the world stage, I don't think Biden's administration has any credibility at all at this point. I'm going to make an even more cynical view. I think if they say six months, that brings us basically to the end of this year, a give or take. And of course, they say six months because that will take us beyond the election. But if Trump wins and there's a collapse and we have to start negotiations in six months' time, we blame it on him, if we're talking about nine months, that takes us to the inauguration of the new president. And if Kamala wins, well, then it's her problem and no longer Biden's. So I think this is really what this is about. I think it's a cynical and straightforwarder, as that it is entirely, I think you're absolutely right, Litvan. It is entirely dictated by the American political timetable. And of course, the tragedy of it is that people die in the meantime. I mean, the fighting goes on. People are dying in order to spare embarrassments, even greater embarrassments, for one particular party and its current president in the United States. That's what I think. That's my end. And in addition, I will say that just recently, up the Al-Audina, had the Fatabad Special Forces and high-ranking official in Russian Defense Ministry also said that this conflict very well my end or before end of 2024, sorry. And he, being high-ranking official, of course, knows a much better situation on the ground than I can know, so yes, that's also a point. And I agree with you completely, yes, that's... That's the other point, because, of course, I mean, that may be the American timetable, the preferred American timetable, to keep it back for six to nine months and the timetable in Brussels. But I mean, do the Russians follow the same timetable? Because they have a word in this. It's one of the things that really always amazes me about Westerners, is that they always have this inability to see that the other side has a point of view and may be taking moves at the same time. And what might the Russians do? I mean, are they listening to all of this? They must know about these articles. They're hearing about all of these signals from Zelensky. I mean, are they going to change their policies? Are they going to start shifting towards a negotiation pivot? Or are they just going to continue advancing? No, I believe we're quite a number of high-ranking officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said that even if negotiations will start, Russian side will not stop military operation. So, Russian side will not allow Westerners last to use this time to rearm or enforce the regime and to start hostilities with additional forces. Moscow remembers perfectly well what happened with Minsk. One means to agreements. And trust is, of course, a big deal, a very big deal now. And also several points. First of all, as you mentioned, Russian forces are advancing significantly on the line of contact. There are reports that we might expect a significant sectoral-scale Russian offensive now in several directions. Troops are ready. Today, it's the approaches of the Donetsk-donatsky sector, where we already see quite significant progress on the U.S. direction, for example, on New York, Tarek, anglomeration. Also, expectations are that in Kupiansky direction, we might see offensive operations. And everybody's talking about Haikov, of course, nowadays. So, therefore, it is highly likely, if we take an account to recent developments, that we might see the beginning of the end of Kurejim's armed forces as a more or less capable entity in fairly short time. In next term, mass or two, maybe. I'm not a military expert, but I see that Kurejim forces cannot hold two defense lines whenever Russian troops are increasing pressure. And this is nowhere more reasonable than enough, they have a direction. And we almost entirely basis have reports about Russian control over this settlement and that settlement. And this is happening constantly. As you mentioned, of course, Washington may have its own plans, but Moscow is acting based on interests, its own vision of the reality on the ground. And also, another point is that Moscow was quite clear about point of legitimacy. When it comes to negotiations, Moscow was very clear that Zelensky is not seen in Moscow as a legit leader of the Ukraine. And therefore, door is open for negotiations. I believe, at this point, one may even argue that recent statement of Russian president, when he announced this roadmap, basically, towards peace, is still open. This generates, in my opinion, proposal. But the question is about legitimacy. Who will negotiate from a side of Kyiv? And who will sign agreements if they will be any? And until Kyiv or Western backers of the Kyiv will resolve this issue, Moscow is going to find it difficult to enter any meaningful negotiations at all. I completely agree. And that, of course, then brings us back to the next point, because, of course, if we do see a collapse on the part of the Ukrainian military over the next two or three months, in other words, in the run up to the presidential elections in November, if it turns out that the West and the United States does not have the six to nine-month runway that they hope they do, what do they do? Do they have any plan up their sleeve? I think you're absolutely right, by the way. I mean, I'm getting the sense that the Russian military is building up its forces all the time. I mean, I don't know whether you saw it for General Siski, who is the Ukrainianist commander, gave an interview to the Guardian, which I think has been widely misunderstood, including by the Guardian. I think it's basically telling them that, you know, we can't win this. I mean, you know, the other side is huge, and it's getting huge. We're getting bigger all the time. This is what we're all against. We can't possibly win against this. It was his attempt, basically, to educate them and make them understand that, you know, this is a critical situation. Now, you know, what do they do? You've talked about the F-16s. There's been lots of murmurings and rumors and talk about allowing missile strikes by the Ukrainian's deep inside Russia, that kind of escalation. The instinct I've always felt is to escalate. I mean, will they escalate? Or will they decide, my God, this is all turning to good pieces. We need to negotiate fast. What do you think the West is going to do in this position? I'm afraid that you are absolutely correct, and the Western Army class will escalate. They have no reverse gear. They're not going to escalate. And the F-16s, it's one way. Also, recently, there was reports about deployment of significant number of military equipment from Germany to Poland. For example, it's like 70 tanks, 150 infantry fighting vehicles, I guess. Eventually, maybe this equipment will end up in hands of Kyurijima. I'm afraid Western backers of Kyiv made demand from Zelensky to lower mobilization age, and there is already a draft bill in a state, rather, in Ukrainian parliament to lower mobilization age up to 18 years, so that if they will pass this bill, they will be able to mobilize, even forcefully mobilize, even more people, teenagers, and also, I'm afraid because Kyivijima, our Western Army class, didn't manage to isolate Russia, didn't manage to beat Russia. Militarily, politically, I'm afraid they're going to resolve into terrorism activity, and I think Russian security services are now focused, very much focused, exactly on this direction, because what else they're going to do? They cannot beat Russia militarily, and I'm afraid they will use some extreme radical groups to start the campaign of terror inside Russia. I hope Russian security services are ready for this possibility. Do you think this is what that telephone call from Belarus to US defense secretary Lloyd Austin was all about? There's lots of stories and discussions about what that was all about, because the New York Times tells us that the Ukrainians are about to do something absolutely crazy. Are you involved? And the Americans said, "No, we're not involved," and we agreed this is crazy, and they tell the Ukrainians to back off. But do you believe the American side of this, and do you think that this is the terrorist thing that is what this is all about, basically? I think this conversation between Belarus and Lloyd Austin happened shortly after this attack and strike on Crimea, which when a huge number of people were injured and the four civilians were killed, and I think probably Belarus was very clear in a message that Russia will not tolerate any longer appears of this intelligence drones of NATO or the BLETC that are, according to some reports, actively participating in coordinating these strikes with long-range weapons systems, attacks against the high masses of YPG. And probably, I saw that article that you mentioned, probably they also spoke about terrorist activity of their give, and probably strong warnings were issued, because if something like Rokus City Hall tragedy happens again, I'm afraid Moscow will find itself in a corner when some extreme measures have to be taken, and I guess at least it seems like Pentagon listened to whatever warnings were issued by Russian side. Belarus and also little shortly before that, I believe, Ambassador of U.S. was summoned into embassy, and according to some reports, very strong warnings were issued there also. So, yes, I guess it's connected with these long-range strikes of the Kurdish, and also with the threats of terrorist activity of Ukraine's main intelligence directorate, and their SBU states you can tell us. What would these sort of escalations actually achieve? I mean, missile strikes deep inside Russia, terrorist activities inside Russia. That's not going to make the Russians negotiate. It's going to make them angry. I mean, that's what I would have thought. It's not going to solve the problem if Ukraine's front line started collapse. It's going to increase the determination of the Russians to make the front lines collapse. But you've been following the media in the West. You've been keeping an eye on what the Russians are thinking. Do the Russians sense that, I mean, because you're in Moscow, do the Russians feel that they're dealing with logical, rational people on the West inside? Because I sometimes wonder about that myself. No, that's the point that if you'll conduct some study, just go on the street and ask first hundred people what they think, majority probably will be thankful, thankful for very cautious policies of the Russian leadership, because it seems like only adults in the room at this point are president of Russia, foreign minister of Russia, and their other high-ranking officials, because as you mentioned, you might get impression by watching policies of the major capitals in the West that they lost in touch with reality, really, and it is very difficult to deal with in such situation with your opponents, isn't it? Because they are capable of anything, and I'm afraid one of their directions of the Western political elites is to force Russia to use some extreme force. I'm afraid that may be also reasoning behind these recent escalations, like F-16s or something else may also happen in coming days, to force Russia to use some extreme force, which will be then used as additional fuel to further demonize Russia, to further antagonize people public in the West that look, we are fighting with this evil force and that kind of stuff, so maybe they want to corner Russian leadership, basically, with their terrorist attacks with deeper lip strikes to force Moscow to use some extreme force, and after all, at some point, I'm afraid Moscow may end up in such such situation when they are dealing with these reckless opponents, from, in my opinion, from the Western side, and for example, and Moscow was issuing quite a number of warnings, isn't it? For example, yesterday, third stage of non-nuclear exercises began in Russia. This is, I believe, the first time since the collapse of Soviet Union, when Russian armed forces conducting this multiple-stager military drills on deployment of non-strategical nuclear weapons, which is on its own, should supposed to be warning, but maybe this is exactly what Western early class wants, to corner Russia, Russian leadership, and to force to use this extreme force. I'm afraid it's not going to happen, but I mean, if you take a look at the policies of the West, this constant escalation, then, I don't know, what else they want to achieve, really, because it's non-sensical, they already lost. You know, you don't take a genius to realize that Western early class already lost this proxy, or against Russia. That's how I see it. Is there anyone in Russia? I mean, I'm afraid I can't happen to know there is, but what is the feeling in Russia at the moment about this war? I mean, I'm not talking about the political class, I mean, the general public in Russia. The sense that I'm getting is that most Russians have now also come to the view that the war is about to be, you know, is going to be won, and that their army is going to win, and that there's, you know, quite confidence about this. Anna Tolivan has done an article recently talking about the very calm atmosphere that he found in Moscow. I've heard other people say the same, that the mood is very calm, very confident. Is there, you know, a much discussion about the war? Do people in Russia talk about, you know, large numbers of casualties? Do you see people, you know, with, you know, missing lens in the streets and that kind of thing is the visible sign of damage and the war, that kind of thing? I mean, what is the picture in Russia at the present time amongst the wider population? Public here had never doubt that Russia will win this conflict, not even for a second. That's first of all, and of course, if you, special military operation is in the conversation, 100%, people are talking about it because almost there's hundreds of thousands of military personnel was involved and are involved in this operation. So therefore, everybody has a relative or knows someone who one way or another participated in this conflict, including me, myself, to my relatives participated in this special military operation. One was winded both survived. So yes, it is in a conversation, but there is no doubt that Russia is winning this conflict, although I have to notice that people, if you conduct it against study, people will tell you that this is not the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This is conflict between Russia and NATO. This is the attitude also. You will find this attitude in majority. And therefore, time frame of this conflict does not come up as a number one topic because when you realizing that you are in conflict with not just one, not just two, but dozens of countries that are NATO members. And all of them are providing Ukraine as their proxy with the money, with weapons, you realize that this conflict not going to end in a month or two months time. So therefore, public is confident 100% rating of Russian leader, President Putin, is record high and it stays on high numbers since the special military operation begun, exactly because of the realization that it's a proxy war that West is waging against Russia. You ask me about the consequences of this conflict, if you see on the streets, people with their lost hands. Unfortunately, sometime, sometime you draw, I clearly noticed this a few times, but yet again, this is unfortunate, of course, but this is a large scale, high intensity conflict. But yet again, there is no panic in society. Society is standing strong, basically, and are in support of Russian military. And situation is really calm. If you are visiting Russia for a short time, you may not even realize that Russia is involved in this high intensity conflict. That's the objective reality. Because I'm meditating straight away that there is a line of thought in the West, you see it reflected in the media. I mean, there was an article again the other day by very well known, very well connected through his journalist called Roger Boyce, who basically said was, yes, the Russians are advancing, they're gaining ground all the time, but we can still force them into negotiations on our terms, because their casualty rate is so high, they're losing 1,000 men a day, and the result is that the population simply cannot absorb this much longer, and that Russia is reaching its breaking point. I mean, have any comment to make about that? But there was an article, literally, I mean, that was his basic line in the Times, and it said, you know, we've got a time window because he admitted that by the time Biden leaves, the mood will change, and the won't be support for the war, so much support for the war in the West. But he said, until then, we go to escalate, we've got to do everything we possibly can to complete, increase the casualty rate even further, because if we do that, the Russians will crack. I mean, is there any basis for that in your view? No, absolutely not. It's a total nonsense. I cannot take that kind of statement seriously, it's just, I mean, it's nonsense. What I can comment on that, it has nothing to do with their objective reality. Unfortunately, of course, casualty numbers are high. This is high intensity conflict, but just recently, Russian President stated that rate is about 5 to 1 or 7 to 1, that was a statement, and I guess he knows better than I do, casualty numbers are high, but if we can regime, and Alexson, just a few days ago, up the yellow dinner, I already mentioned him, head of Ahmed Special Forces stated that since the beginning of Special Military Operation, key regime forces suffered iterable losses up to 700,000 military personnel. We can take this statement with pinch of salt, or we can take any information during the conflict with the pinch of salt, but if we even have this number, let's say, if a key regime suffered, if Ukraine suffered like 350,000, 400,000 losses, and they still did not give regimes, our forces did not collapse, or we did not see any internal disturbances, at least yet in Ukraine. How anybody can think that Russia, which is like unimaginably bigger, stronger, and in population-wise, three, four times, has more population. How can anybody say that if Ukraine is withstanding this pressure, but will Russia gonna collapse tomorrow or day after? It's not all nonsense, it just doesn't make really any sense. I cannot tell you exact number of casualties, because officially, this information is not shared with public yet, but well, if up to the allowed dinner is saying that key regimes suffered about 700,000 military personnel, he is official, Russian President Seder, the cargo turret is about one to five or one to seven, then one may do some math and imagine approximate level of casualties on the Russian side, but yet again, I cannot say exact number, because I just don't know, nobody in public knows. What would the Russian public feel about negotiations? If we found ourselves in a situation in a couple of months where the Ukrainians are coming and saying, look, we want to negotiate, and the official position of the Russian government is, if the Ukrainians want to talk, we will talk with them. And if that happens, if we actually get into a situation where the two sides sit down and start negotiations, how will the Russian people feel about this? Will they be angry? Will they be happy? Will they trust their government to negotiate effectively? Will they so mistrust? What will be the response in your opinion? You know, I myself was thinking about very this question quite a number of times, and I guess many people in Russia, I don't have stocks, but I guess many people will have the same reading of the big picture. If negotiations will start now and conflict will end based on a recent quite generous, in my opinion, peace proposal of a Russian president, which is a deal with withdrawing forces from new Russian regions. And once this withdrawal starts, Russia is ceasing hostilities. They will be normal to the operations after that. And meaningful negotiations will start. GEO has to recognize the Russian sovereignty over their new regions, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ferson, Zaporogia, DPR, and there were a number of steps after that also. If this roadmap will be implemented, let's say, I think a significant number, I'm not going to say majority, but I think significant number of public here will be a bit upset because there are many expecting that entire Southern Eastern Ukraine will be liberated from from Harker to Odessa region. For many people, this is very important. But yet again, I already mentioned that Russian president has huge support, huge approval rating. And even though public will be a bit disappointed that from Harker to Odessa would not be liberated, in that case, they will support whatever decision will be made. Because after all, that will mean end of hostilities, which is going to be against ending this conflict. But I believe, I believe, public will, public will, public is expecting Russian forces to liberate from Harker to Odessa. Harker of the Napro-Pitros region, Zaporogia region entirely, and Odessa region, up to up to border of the trans history. That's the expectation in Russia, at least, I believe. So, I mean, it's all depends. Whatever decision will be made by Moscow, I think a public will be in large support, even if they are not happy that under certain circumstances, let's say, if a president's recent initiative will be implemented, Harker and Odessa will stay as a part of Ukraine, maybe as some sort of, I don't know, autonomy or something to make sure that the rights of the Russian speakers there will be protected. But in general, that this is my understanding that public is expecting from Harker to Odessa. But whatever decision will be made, the Russian president will have support of the public. What about the last point, which I often come across in the West now, which is that Russia can get all the territory, that it has, but it must agree in any deal that Ukraine continues to have the right to join NATO. This is what Gideon Raton said in that article I was talking about, that insisting that Ukraine won't join NATO is a maximalist demand. That's what he called it. And that Russia, if it wants peace in Ukraine, must give it up. It can have its territory, but it must agree to allow Ukraine and to NATO. Is there any way you think that the Russians will agree to that? No, no. Just in my personal opinion, I believe Ukraine in modern Ukraine is destined to undergo full-scale disintegration. And in my reading of the big picture, most likely Western Ukraine, at some point, and will end up under NATO control, Western Ukraine. Rest of the Ukraine, with the exception of key and surrounding areas, may remain as a Ukraine, as a state on the political map, but rest of the territory will be controlled by Russia. And Moscow was very clear that whatever will remain from modern Ukraine on the political map should be neutral. There is no way they can allow it to join, no way Russia will agree on Ukraine to join NATO. But question is about Western Ukraine, in my opinion, because I still remember a statement of Russian president when he said that it was 2023, if I remember correctly, when he said that in Poland, there are elites that are sleeping and dreaming about beginning control over their parts of Western Ukraine that used to be Poland before Second World War. And Putin said, I am paraphrasing now that Putin said that they may dream about it, but they should know that we will also don't give up what is ours. Question is what Putin meant under ours from Harkov to Odessa or Kiev also? That's a question for me personally, but Western Ukraine theoretically has main joined NATO. And probably in that case, that means that Poland, Hungary, and Romania will have claims on those territories in the west. And Kiev and surrounding areas may maintain statehood, some sort of political map, rest of the Ukraine most likely will be controlled by Russia Federation, and eventually, through referendums, there are some legal steps that will join Russian Federation, as new regions did. That's my understanding of there. I think you're essentially right, by the way. Shall we move on to discuss Georgia? Because there's a huge amount of commentary and discussion in the west about Georgia. The US government is making one comment and very menacing statement about Georgia after the other. They were very, very angry about the NGO law, the foreign agents law, the Georgia passed. There's lots of talk about Georgia backsliding, falling under Russian control, copying its law from Russia. And of course, we have elections coming up in Georgia very soon. Yes. And likely protests and all that kind of thing. First of all, what do you think is going to happen in Georgia? I mean, I sent you an article by Anatol Leven, the same person we talked about, in which he predicted that after the elections, there will be a, if Georgian dreams live and wins, if the government is reelected, there will be a regime change attempt. I mean, do you think that's true? Do you think that's what's going to happen? And how popular actually is the government? I mean, is it likely to win the election in your opinion? Yes, unfortunately, unfortunately, it's almost inevitable that in after 26 October parliamentary elections in Georgia, there will be disturbances and their attempt to overthrow government. I am 100% convinced in the utter and not because opposition is popular in Georgia. Government, current ruling party, despite some criticism of it, I have relatives in Georgia, I speak to Georgians all the time. I am myself originally from Georgia, so I know this republic quite well. ruling party is significantly more popular than any other party in opposition. And what usually happens when Western ruling elites are getting involved in internal policies of the countries, they break out parties into like several, three, four, five, then create some blocks from these parties and pretend that inter opposition is united to achieve this and achieve that. That's a strategy that we see time after time after time in many countries. And unfortunately, very same has happened in Georgia. And this so-called opposition parties, if you dig in in their history, you will find out that founders, almost all of them are associated with Saka Shrili and his government during his reign in Saka Shrili, of course, was a president of Georgia at the time. And he came to power as a color revolution. So unfortunately, yes, it is highly probable that after parliamentary elections, there will be disturbances in Georgia and and Washington will try to overthrow government because I don't think Western ruling class is happy with their 90% line states or 95% line states. They want 100% control. And the current government of Georgia clearly demonstrates that they have a will to base their foreign policies and internal policies on national interests, as they see it. That's why this law about foreign agents were passed recently. And after all, Prime Minister of Georgia, Erika Kubarkid several times in publicly was seen making statements that us already try in 2022 and 2023 to finance and organize regime change. And I'm afraid nothing has changed since then. And one should keep in mind that current president of Georgia Salom is rubbish really is also also, I will say, asset of their West. She is actively criticizing government, Georgia is a parliamentary republic, and the majority of powers on hands of Prime Minister and government. But still, Georgia's president is highly criticizing. And already, they've been reports that president of Georgia may even not recognize results of their elections. And we all know how this color revolution starts. There are elections. The so-called opposition is not recognized, not recognizing results. Then Western states are not recognizing results. And unfortunately, it's like a bubble lunch, isn't it? And they are creating destabilization and overthrowing governments. Relatively recently, security services of Georgia made statements about groups inside the Georgia and outside of Georgia. And when they say outside, they named Ukraine but of course, behind Ukraine, we may also see certain states and institutions in those states. And basically, statement of Georgia security service was that certain groups inside and outside of Georgia are planning destabilized country, including with use of force. And when they are talking about use of force, they are articulating Georgian region that is fighting in Ukraine on behalf of Kim regime. This is armed group, very well capable group. And right now, as we speak, in Georgia, investigation is underway, not just about her attempt to avoid her government, but also to assassinate former prime minister of Georgia and founder of current ruling party, Georgia and Dream, B.D.N.I. when it's really, and number of other current and former high ranking officials and the investigation is questioning members of Georgian regions that went back to Georgia from Ukraine. So threat, I'm afraid, is very real. And Georgian government needs to take all their necessary measures to protect society, to protect public and the republic itself. Otherwise, they have very strong enemies. And after all, they are free-led regencies in the US, isn't it, that are professionals in overthrowing government? Or at least used to be, because they are trying now in Venezuela, and at least for now, they're successful. Well, they've been unsuccessful, but of course, the, as you correctly said, the government in Venezuela is at least unified. The government in Georgia with the president, who is hostile, is not unified. Do you think that the government, the current government in Georgia has the resources, putting aside whether it's got the will, but the resources to resist this kind of color revolution attempt if it comes? Government clearly has public support, because just to have some reference, for Georgia, Sakhashulis regime, this Sakhashulis reign is almost dissimilar as for Russians' 90s. And we'll know 90s were horrible. And when you say in Georgia, Sakhashulis, we mean people are horrified. There is no way majority in Georgia will ever support anybody that has any affiliation with Sakhashulis and his regime. That's how bad this regime was for people. Therefore, Georgian government clearly has public support, no doubt about it. But when it comes to unity in the government, well, that's a big question, and I also mentioned several times in my updates that it is highly likely that certain groups in the West may have their assets inside the government of Georgia, and if this unity will break, and not just in government, but also in security forces, in the mass ministry, in security services in police. And if unity breaks, and if certain armed groups of police or armed forces will take a side of the so-called opposition, then, of course, risks that government in Georgia would not survive attempt of color revolution. Those chances will be next to none. But if they will maintain this unity, if they will conduct all their preventive measures to make sure that there will be no such instances when certain special forces, for example, or certain officers are changing the sides, if security forces stay out of politics, in that case, there is no way, no way the so-called opposition can manage to overthrow government. This is very clear to me that if forces, security forces, stay out of politics, there's no way the so-called opposition will successfully conduct this regime change. One very last question. Why? Why is the United States and the West so interested in Georgia? I mean, I asked this question. First of all, I mean, the current government of Georgia objectively is quite pro-Western already. So, why do you want to overthrow it? That's the first question. But the second is, why is there so much interest in Georgia? I mean, Georgia is a country with a colossal history, extending all the way back to the ancient world, continuous history, tremendous civilization, extraordinary culture, tremendous artistic contributions. But it's a small country. It's not a major geopolitical block. It's not the size of Ukraine, for example. So, what is the American interest in Georgia, and indeed in Armenia next door? Why are they so obsessed with these places? I mean, what do they think they can achieve, though? I think, first of all, as I said just a minute ago, I guess Russian ruling class cannot take when certain client-state is not 100% controlled. They want 100%, not 19, not 95, 100%. And secondly, I'm afraid one of the main reasons why U.S. or Western ruling class is so upset with Georgia, and why they are involved in Georgia and Armenia, for example, is that China is making big steps towards this direction. U.S. openly criticized the Georgian government for cooperating with China, for example, in terms of building an apnea deep-state dip-sea port on a Black Sea coaster. There was other projects, for example, when Chinese companies are involved, and this is North-South trade route that connects Russia, Georgia, then Armenia, Iran, and you are on a Mediterranean, sorry, on the Persian Gulf. So, it's about full control, and also it's about China. It's about creating some disturbances for China, because I don't think Washington is happy with cooperation with Silk Road, for example, Chinese Silk Road that extends for thousands and thousands of kilometers all the way, including in the Caucasus region. So, I think this is one of the reasons why Georgia and Armenia is under this scrutiny of Washington, and also maybe some experts are correct, and also the Georgian government made quite a number of statements that there are forces in the West, in Ukraine and in the West, that won't use Georgia as a kind of second front against Russia. So, it is also connected maybe with Russia to sacrifice Georgia as a kind of second front. I find it difficult to fully believe because they would not spend so much resources, in that case, because as you mentioned, Georgia is a tiny country, and it's not like Ukraine, so it cannot be used against Russia as Ukraine. Most likely, this is a competition between the US and China, between Collective West and China, and they want to force China out of places that they are presented, and they are in Georgia right now. I believe a few days ago, a representative of State Department criticized openly Georgia for cooperating with China, Chinese businesses, in terms of this nuclear deep water ports. Probably it's all about that, confrontation between West and the Global South, China. We've gone over time, but I'm going to just ask one very last question, which is this. What are feelings in Georgia amongst Georgians, the Georgian population, towards Russia like nowadays? I mean, you've had hostility recently, there was the war in 2008, but you've had a huge history going back to the 18th century beyond, in which interactions between Georgians and Russians have been very, very close. There's a large Georgian diaspora in Russia itself. I mean, how did Georgians today feel about Russia? Is the antagonism? Are they hostile? Is the fear of Russia? What is the attitude amongst Georgians? I mean, Georgia specifically. I think public is the wider among political lines in this case. The majority that is in support of a Georgian dream ruling party are, I would not say, friendly towards Russia. Some probably are friendly, but majority has pragmatic approach. They are not hostile to Russia. They understand that it is better to have normal relationships with Russia than to be hostile. It's beneficial for Georgia, for Georgian citizens, but also there is minority, very loud minority that is in support of these affiliates of Saag Ashwili or so-called opposition that are extremely hostile towards Russia. You can say they are roosephops and they are not even hiding this. They are just an open roosephops. That's how society is divided. I would not say that majority in Georgia is hostile. No, majority is neutral, but a very small, loud minority that is clearly extreme roosephops, that's for sure. Levan, good answer. Thank you very much for answering my questions so clearly and so well. I'm going to hand over to Alex. I think he's got some questions to ask as well. All right, Levan, 15, 20 minutes. Questions? Is that cool? Yes, yes, absolutely. All right. Who is going to pay Ukraine's loans? Levan Alexander, maybe both of you want to jump in on this one. That's a good question. That's a good question, but I'm afraid it might be taxpayers of their western states. I don't know, but at least for now, everything that was paid was coming from taxpayers from the west. Well, if the Biden administration gets its way, it will be European taxpayers because all the loans are going to be guaranteed by the Europeans. That's what they want. Now, the latest plan, Mike Pompeo's plan, is that America should supply things to Ukraine on a lend lease basis, which of course means if you start doing that, American taxpayers will be playing Ukraine's loans as well. So the answer is exactly what Levan said, European western tank taxpayers will be paying Ukraine's loans. No one else will. It's only not the Ukrainians. Ralph Diner says Kamala is the anti-Israel anti-genocide candidate appears to be as the anti-Israel anti-genocide candidate appears to be gaining strong favor now. How would a Kamala 2024 presidency affect the Ukraine war? Wow. I'm of course not any way shape or form expert in US internal policies, but as far as I understand, Kamala Harris is a continuation of current administration. Just a US will have a president that is in better physical shape, I guess. That's what there will be no differences, and I don't see Kamala Harris having opinions, strong opinion on basically anything at all. I may be mistaken. I would say, Andrew, you want to... Yeah, the time magazine is saying that she doesn't actually get on with Zelensky, which nobody needs to get on with Zelensky, but I basically agree with Levan. I mean, I don't think she's got great very strong views about Ukraine. I don't think she's very interested in it, but I don't think she's going to break with the policies of the current administration. Maybe she won't follow them with the same degree of conviction that we've seen from Joe Biden. Joe Biden cares about Ukraine. I don't think Kamala does to anything like the same degree, but that doesn't mean that the policies are going to change or that the actions are going to change. The real question will be if everything starts to fall apart on her watch, what does she do? And I think getting her inexperienced, she is. Politically, fragile her position is going to be. I don't think... I don't know how she's going to cope with all of that. I don't have a massive test for her as soon as she becomes president. She'll have a sort of Afghanistan withdrawal type debacle on steroids, so it seems to me. Ralph says political commentators, EG Scott Ritter, have theorized that the USA has planned to enter side the Ukraine population. How would this affect Ukraine? It goes back to lowering the mobilization to 18. Well, how is this going to affect Ukraine? If they start mobilizing at 18. I don't know. There is fear in Ukraine, and but fear is breaking because recently there was reports about some manifestations inside the Ukraine. People were protesting. In that particular case, because of the absence of electricity, but still people are managing to come out of fear and start asking questions. And if mobilization age will be lowered, maybe we will see some some protesting Ukraine, but yet again, extremist forces in Ukraine have a strong grasp, so they will deal with any protests heavy-handedly. And therefore, I don't think we should expect some public outrage. Ukraine was sacrificed from 2014, basically, and I think Western UNI class will theoretically might continue this conflict until last Ukraine. They just don't care, and unfortunately, public in Ukraine is in such a bad situation that they are just unable to protest or organize and act based on their own interests. So, John Carter of Mark says, ask Levan what his view is on the street about the SMO and how Russian citizens view it. That is why I follow him to get his perspective. You kind of answered that. I don't know if you have anything else to add, Levan, if you are on the street. I already answered that. I think you already answered that. Not a banned account wants to know how soon will Putin be forced to surrender lands? Well, this is not happening. People that are under stronger influence of their propaganda of the Western ruling class. Well, they're going to find themselves in a very strange situation when finally they will say reality, which is on the ground. They're going to be big time surprised because it seems to me, sometimes I see comments in the comments section also, when people are asking questions that I find difficult to understand, but there are people that truly believe that Russia is about to break and lose this conflict and that kind of stuff. I find it difficult to have a serious conversation about that. You go to Russia and you understand Russia is not breaking. That's 1,000 percent, sure. D.M. asks, the mob liquidates, weak players, witnesses after a raid. What happens to Zelensky when the lines collapse? Does the CIA liquidate Zelensky and his team? Theoretically it is possible, but I still believe that probably if he is clever enough, he will manage to just leave Ukraine in time for Israel. I don't know. I think he will leave for Israel, but who knows? I certainly don't wish anything that was said by commentary. I don't wish mob to take out Zelensky or something like that, but I would like to see him in the court for sure, for all the crimes that he committed against Ukrainian people, first of all, against Russian people. That will be just, but I think he will run away from Ukraine for Israel at some point. Let's see, what did Ukraine use as collateral for the aid given in the form of loans, land, public utilities? What all will the West take control of when Ukraine defaults on these loans? What do they use as collateral? West of Ukraine, Alexander, and what are they going to take if it collapses? West of Ukraine. That's going to be collateral. I guess Blackrock and the other corporations that are heavily involved in this conflict, they will make sure that under whatever circumstances, even if Poland will claim some 70% of Western Ukraine, Hungary will claim Raskar patia, Romania will claim some areas of Western Ukraine. Blackrock and all the other investors are donors of the regime. They will make sure probably they will use all the influence to receive some land. Whatever is used can be used in Western Ukraine. Raskar is out of conversation, but Western Ukraine probably will be collateral. I think Levan is basically right. I'm just going to just say one thing, which is it was that formally, Ukraine hasn't given any real collateral at all for these loans. What I think is going to actually happen is that the West is going to take all of those things that Levan is talking about to a great extent, of course, they have already done so. When Ukraine collapses and when the Russians get in control, the Russians now are in occupation of Ukraine. They are liable for these loans and I think that we will probably see at some point in the future a further attempt to go under after Russia now to try to get loans repaid. I mean, I don't know exactly how that's going to happen because there are all these legal problems, but I think that that's where it's going to come. They're going to say, you know, the Russia being the power in occupation is somehow liable for them. It makes no legal sense because that's what they're going to do. Yes, yes. They're not going to give up on that 300 billion. Well, we'll take one more. Is that all right, Levan? Yes, yes. One more question from Moon Dragon. What are they hoping to achieve with the F-16 since Ukraine had more MiG-29s during the first year of the SMO? Well, once again, maybe by deluding F-16s, Western political elites want to force Russia to deploy some extreme force, although when it comes to F-16s themselves, even though they are good, capable, fourth generation fighter bombers, they are, as commentator mentioned, they are comparable to MiG-29s and therefore, I mean, 6, 12, 14, F-16s, they're not going to change much on a battlefield. And from military response points to that point, I don't think the Western running class is not going to achieve pretty much anything with this. Russian fighter jets, Russian fighter pilots, and the air defense systems are, I guess, ready to take action. So let's take one more. Levan Alexander, from locals, tool, full-fate, H says Iran using Russian rhetoric, special military operation, should speak volumes to what they are willing to do now and who are willing to back them in this. Iran. Yeah, Iran. I guess they're using the term special military operation. I don't know. They have. This is absolutely correct, as I understand it. They have actually, they have actually used the term special military operation, because we don't know what they mean by that. And the other thing to say is that, I mean, one has to say this, I mean, the government of Iran is a much more diffuse institution than the very disciplined Russian government is. So it might be various institutions in Iran saying one thing and others saying another. Remember, the new president has only just been inaugurated. And so this is a time, anyway, of transition in Iran. But they did use that. And I think that we are in a very, very dangerous situation. In the Middle East, I want to repeat again, Alex and I did program a couple of days ago, a couple of about a week ago, a week ago, a week ago, a week ago, exactly, just after Netanyahu went to the United States, based on what he said in Congress, based on all the realities, the political realities there, we predicted an explosion in the Middle East, Israel going on the attack. And that's exactly what we see. This is a very, very dangerous situation. Iran is being pushed into a corner. It's been humiliated by having a guest of the government assassinated in its capital. During the inauguration day of its president, it's going to feel obliged to respond. That's exactly, of course, what the Israelis want. And as I said, this crisis is very, very difficult to predict and impossible to control. Yes, I agree. Absolutely. It's completely with Alex and it's very dangerous situation. Let's hope we will world not going to end up in yet another regional war in the Middle East. But it is very dangerous. Absolutely. All right, gentlemen, on that note, not a positive note to end on, but let's see what's going to happen. On that note, Levan, good answer. Thank you very much for joining us on this live show. Once again, Levan's information is in the description box down below. And I will add all of his links as a pin comment when the live stream wraps up. Levan, thank you very much. Thank you very much once again for this unique opportunity to speak to you, to speak to a great around community. Extremely grateful. Thank you. We strongly recommend everyone follow Levan. He is doing amazing work. Great channel. Take care, Levan. Thank you. Thank you, Levan. All right, Alexander, great show. Great show, absolutely. Keep an eye on Georgia, everybody. October 26th, I think he said, are the elections? Absolutely. 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It's the one you all know and is connected to the Doran. That's it. Valias, thank you for that. Super sticker. Axel, we answered Axel those questions about Ukraine loans. Paul, welcome to the drag community. Paul also asks when Israel falls, who would take a apex spot? People have to wait and say someone probably will, but I mean, that's a long way into the future. I'm not going to look that far. Ricardo Alfonso says, they will say Russia has it really won and has paid a huge price. They will then make a movie where America actually won and on to the next war. Absolutely. You're completely correct. That's exactly what they will do. Well, that's what they did with Rambo. I mean, Rambo basically won in Vietnam. I remember all the time. Rambo 3 was the Muja Hadim, wasn't it? Muja Hadim absolutely. That one did an age too well. Raul Pinto asks, what happens to the Ukrainian Reconstruction Bank effort by Blackrock and JP Morgan now that Ukraine has lost? You guys can't have answered that, but I'm not going to add anything more to that. As I said, the one that you can absolutely sure is the Blackrock and JP Morgan are not going to lose any money on this. They're going to make lots of money on this. They're making money now on this because a lot of the commission payments and all that will be front loaded. But when it's all over, when it is all over, those are that they will be beating their dude. Western governments, Western governments will be looking to get the money from the Russians. That I am absolutely sure about. EuTechHealth asks, question for Levan, will I still be able to buy my nagazi dogs? I don't know what that means. We'll pass that on to Levan. I'm not sure what that means. Fracture 0-1 says, I'm late. Hope it was a good show this far. Thank you, fractured. That was a great one for Levan. It's a great show. That was from the Odyssey chat. Alexander, let's go back to YT1sec. Eric Lickens says, thank you for real inside news. Eric also says, thank you all for your much-needed analysis and information. You are the new media. Thank you for that. Eric, Radovid, thank you for that super sticker. Paul, thank you for that super chat. Novostram says, Zaraiel 2024. Zaraiel for president. You get my vote. Who's going to be Zaraiel's VP? That's the question. Paul Chu, thank you for joining the direct community. Ricardo Alfonso says, it's unbelievably ironic how all the plans and schemes for Russia has slapped the collective West in the face have always warned never to curse others. Well, indeed, absolutely. They've never been able to take Russia completely seriously. Even during the Cold War, where Russia seemed powerful and all that, you see films at that time. Russia is always blundering, incompetent, talking with funny accents. It's always ridiculed and mocked in some kind of a way. And of course, now it's catching up with them. Yes, it is. Let's see. We answered the Ukraine mobilization. See new puck. Thank you for that super sticker. Matthew says, the Americans will back down in the end. There are back-channel communications, such as between Iran and the USA, all a load of theatrical nonsense at the expense of life's empire provocation. You see, if it was just the Americans and the Iranians, I agree. I think the Americans probably will. They wouldn't back down. It's a loaded word, but I think that they would not want to buy themselves, go to war. But of course, there's a third party, which is the Netanyahu government in Israel. Backed, it must be said by a critical mass of Israeli public opinion. And look at the sense that they're spoiling for a fight. Beverly says Putin and Trump can bring sanity. Paul Walker says, Washington historically behaved like pensioner children, because they always expect the adults on the other side to back down. Seems times have changed. Yes. That's exactly right. Thank you. Meg, thank you for that super sticker. Command the Crossfire says, "Empires come and go, but war war never changes." Sure, no. Ralph says, "There'll be millions of Ukrainian deputies and severely disabled soldiers following the war, all drawing USA-funded veterans pensions. Will the USA honor this?" No. Raul Pinto says, "How will this lost Ukrainian war play out in the Middle East? It's the second war the US will be losing after Afghanistan in recent times. Will Israel be demoralized and Iran be motivated?" Yes, possibly. But bear in mind that the mood in Israel will be that if America is withdrawing, is receding, the moment has now come for Israel itself to assert itself while it still can. So in the short term, at least, it's likely to make Israel a lot more aggressive. This is my imbue. Nick, thank you for that super sticker. Sanjeva says, "Otherosna evloyee de de rans" says, "Fristoy, yeah, all laughed up. Got it." Thank you, Sanjeva. Thank you, Sanjeva. Excellent Greek. Excellent Greek. I was going to say yes. Christos says, "Hi, guys. I hope that Israel people get to be be Satan out of the government and make a deal." Well, I hope so too. And I mean, it's all impossible. He isn't hugely popular in Israel. And there is, of course, a strong community of people in Israel who are horrified by the things that go on. You only have to go to Harits, the Israeli newspaper, to see this. I don't think they are the majority. That's the trouble. David says the Duran and his guests are world-class and number one geopolitical channel. Thank you, David, for that. Sanjeva says, "Can we not give the time of data trolls? Not a banned account, it's clearly a troll." Thank you for that. Sanjeva Ralph says, "Ukrainian sovereign debt rating has just been downgraded to see default imminent, and Britain be relied upon for another hundred billion of urgent aid." Of course, we've only got a budget crisis. And the government has just spoken about a 20 billion pound hole in our finances, which they say the previous government concealed. All complete nonsense, by the way, in every respect, every body year, about this 20 billion pound hole. But anyway, but I mean, if it's 20 billion, we'll want to add another 100 billion- Why don't they get 200? Why don't they get 200? Yes, exactly. After all, they invited him to the cabinet. They invited Zelensky to the cabinet. So what's 100 billion between friends? 100, 200, 300 billion. Paul Walker says, "Well, the SMO continue to the West is bankrupt." Isn't that? We are already probably in any objective way bankrupt, but it doesn't seem to stop us. JF says, "Gentlemen, a brilliant presentation with a deep understanding of current geopolitical events." Thank you. Thank you for that, JF. Kefan, welcome to the Duran community. Ricardo says, "Perhaps joining Russia in a union state would help Georgia." Well, I think that the Georgians are nowhere near ready for that. I mean, they gained independence in 1991. I think for the moment, that's what they want to keep. What happens over time is another mountain. From Ralph, did Netanyahu go down to Georgia as he was looking for a soul to steal? He was he was in a bind because he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal. Who's the singer of that song? The devil went down to Georgia. I didn't remember. I forgot the band that sang that song. Yeah, it was a different, it's a different Georgia. Yeah, it's a different Georgia, yeah, we're talking. Yeah, absolutely. But a great song. Didn't judge the fantastic program. Gentlemen, U.S. elections change. Nothing evil runs too deep in the U.S. The escalation elevator of grifted death continues to world war. Yeah, I agree. I'm afraid. Well, I hope not all the way to world war three, but I think it will continue, yes. Daniel says, "RT is reporting that American Kirschcovitch and Wielen have been freed in the prisoner exchange. I don't know Wielen as well. No, I didn't know big news." Yeah, both of them as well. That's huge news. As Arielle says, "The Duran, please make apert Harris Ahmaud." I thought he was. I'll check the black hat. Thank you for that. Super sticker, Ricardo Afanja says, "I don't know how Kamala will handle Ukraine, Middle East, Russia, China, but I can say it will involve much cackling." Thank you for that. Not a band account says, "Which country will hold Putin for war crimes trial?" None, none. Ann's human mistress says, "Will you be considering Marat Karule for a program someday?" I have a contact with him and it is not impossible. It has been suggested. Brian says, "Good show." As Arielle says, "Not band account. If Netanyahu can go to the U.S. and not be arrested, Putin can go wherever he wants to." I do think your questions are sarcastic question mark. Smile emoji. Elza says, "Alex, did you notice a difference between 2024 and 2023 Russia?" Thanks and welcome home. Yes, more confident. Much more confident. Also very normal. Zariel says, "You guys would definitely be in my admin if it happened." Oh, thank you. That's cool. That's good to know. Zariel, thank you for that. Super chat. Peter says, "Hello from sunny Norwich, UK." Hello, Peter. And Mark P says, "Can't get questioned down to 50 words. Please see the chat." Okay, we'll see the chat to get that question. Peter, Mark, sorry, Mark, and from the biggest clown award goes to Elon Musk. Anyone recalled what he said after the QM Bolivia in 2020, "We will coup whoever we want to deal with it." Lithium mines. Thank you. Alexander, let me look for that super chat from Mark in the chat. Any final thoughts while I look for his question? It's in a brilliant program. We are in a moment of extraordinary importance in this war in Ukraine. As I said, the West, I think they have understood that they're going to lose. But they don't know what to do in response to that. Do they try and manage it in PR terms? That might be difficult to do in Europe. In the United States, they can probably get away with it because it's far and away and remote. But in Europe, it's going to be a real problem. When I was in Germany, people were very, I realized, people were very, very well aware of the war in Ukraine. And of course, Germany is now slipping into recession again. And it's only a matter of time, I think, before people start to make the connection. Mark, Pete, can you or someone, can they put Mark's question in the chat because I'm scrolling, I can't find it. Sticky Mark says, "Devil went down to Georgia, Raleigh Daniels." Okay, if that question comes into the chat, so we can answer it. In the meantime, Alexander, let's thank everybody that was watching this live stream. Odyssey, Rockfin, Rumble, and the Doran.locals.com from Rumble. Fartwiff says, "I appreciate the Doran, rich and informative." Thank you for that Rumble, Grant. And everyone on YouTube as well. Thank you for watching this show. Big thank you to our moderators, Valias, Zareo, Brett Harris, Angry Warhol, Peter as well. Super chat question from Paul. When will you invite Assange on? Ah, when he's ready, he's not yet ready. I mean, by which, I mean, he's got a lot of repair to himself to do. I mean, he's just been through years and years of detention in first the embassy in Ecuador, then in Belmarsh, which is a terrible place to be. He's been through the horrible ordeal of a trial. He's just been reunited to his family, give it to him. Okay. Yeah, I can't find that chat. The moderators can't find it either. Just said, Mark, if you're still watching this feed, just send me the chats, either email into the grammar or to a moderator and we'll answer it. We'll answer it in our next live stream. Yeah, we'll answer it in our next live stream, 100%. Charlie Daniels' band says Ricardo Afonso in the super chat. Charlie Daniels' band, Devoyant down to Georgia. All right, Alexander will wrap up this show. Absolutely. Great show. Thanks, everybody. Take care, everybody. Yeah.