Heaton's journalist friend Maxim Lott fled Moscow in early March, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine commenced. He's stayed in touch with his Muscovite friends, and conducts straw polls on the severity of sanctions, and popularity of Putin and his war. As well as keeping an eye on institutional polls of the same sort.
He joins to discuss: is Putin as…
The Political Orphanage
Bonus: What's Really Going on in Russia
Bonus: What's Really Going on in Russia
The Political Orphanage
Politics minus bile plus jokes. Avowed independent and comedian Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff. A refuge from Red Team vs. Blue Team slapfights.
Politics minus bile plus jokes. Avowed independent and comedian Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff. A refuge from Red Team vs. Blue Team slapfights. 
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