Episode 1436 • • 1:16:45 - 1:23:32
1436: Frog of War
Russian Elite Succession Rumors and the Demonization of Putin
Ukrainian intelligence claims that the Russian elite are planning to eliminate Vladimir Putin and have already chosen a successor. RT International counters this by highlighting Western calls for Putin's assassination, including tweets from Senator Lindsey Graham. Analyst Daniel Lazar compares the demonization of Putin to the "Two Minutes Hate" for Emmanuel Goldstein in George Orwell's *1984*, arguing that the U.S. has lost the ability to view the conflict in rational terms.