Dear CCI Friends and Colleagues,
It is difficult to find anyone who wants to seriously consider the question – why does the West hate Russia so much? – when we are told daily that Russia is responsible for a murderous, unprovoked, devastating war of aggression that is destroying its innocent neighbor, while on a path to recreate the geographical scope and cultural influence of the USSR or Imperial Russia … or something even bigger and worse. Given that premise, it’s easy to stoke hatred.
But what if the premise is wrong? What if there is something both darker and more mundane at work in the official narrative?
Gilbert Doctorow has been studying, observing, working in, and writing about Russia since receiving his PhD in Russia Studies from Columbia University in the ‘70’s. In the interview below he explains the recent history and genesis of what can almost be called a Western pathology on the subject of Russia. It is a short but illuminating talk. Please note the amazement (or perplexity) on the young interviewer’s face as her belief in the “truth” of the official narrative is shaken.
We are looking forward to your comments.
The Center for Citizen Initiatives
Why the West HATES Russia!
July 9, 2023
By Gilbert Doctorow
At the start of the past week, interview host Natali Morris and I had a 20 minute chat which has just been released on youtube and also was posted on Twitter and on Rumble under the provocative title “Why the West HATES Russia?”
I am grateful to the hosts for bringing the issues in my 2015 book Does Russia Have a Future? to the wide audience of their 2 million subscribers via this professionally prepared and edited broadcast.
The interviewer uses a journalistic technique similar to the winning formula of Tucker Carlson and the results, I believe, will both entertain and inform the audience.
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