the russians, of course, are veto wielding permanent members. people are already accumulating evidence, even after five weeks, i ve been approached by people involved in that, asking me to try to preserve what we have in terms of pictures and videos. but moving from doing that, collecting evidence, to justice for victims is another matter. as we heard there the fighting in ukraine is now switching to the east of the country with russia now saying the main goal of its offensive is to make territorial gains in the donbas region. barry pavel is from the brent scowcroft center on international security at the atlantic council and joins me now from san francisco. they withdrew because they lost. they had a plan to achieve their objectives in
Stoner has authored many articles and books about contemporary Russia, including the forthcoming book
Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2021), which examines Russia’s international reach and influence. Stoner is the deputy director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a senior fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center on International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Let’s start with the arrest of Alexei Navalny. What does he represent to Putin and his government, but also to the Russian people?
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In the first of a two-part Q&A, Stanford political scientist Kathryn Stoner discusses how Biden’s foreign policy in Russia is a departure from the Trump administration. By Melissa De Witte
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