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Ukraine’s Resilience, Putin’s Soviet Legacy, and Rubio’s Munich Speech w/Eric Patterson
Season 2 begins with a wide-ranging conversation on Ukraine’s resilience, Russia’s Soviet-era legacy, and what the West must do next. Host Gary Marx is joined by Eric Patterson—President & CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation—to reflect on a powerful moment in Kyiv in late 2024, when a Ukrainian military band played in a train station as civilians stopped to sing along, a reminder of Ukraine’s cultural identity and resolve in the face of relentless war.
Patterson unpacks how Putin’s Russia still reflects authoritarian instincts shaped by communist-era tactics—control of…
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