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David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible consequences for present day Russia. David has written extensively about Russia and the Soviet Union, especially the decline and fall of the USSR and rise of post-Soviet Russia. David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War in December 2013. This was perhaps not a surprising move, given that his books have covered topics such as the FSB’s role in the apartment bombings that brought Putin to power. From 1976 to 1982 David was the Moscow correspondent of the Financial Times, and then became a special correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a fellow of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. ---------- BOOKS: He is author of several books that are essential reading to help understand the origins of the current crisis, including the brilliantly named books: It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep ---------- LINKS: https://davidsatter.com/ https://twitter.com/davidsatter?lang=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S... https://www.hudson.org/experts/362-da... https://www.fpri.org/contributor/davi... https://www.foreignaffairs.com/author... ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconc...   / siliconcurtain   https://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up... ---------- A REQUEST FOR HELP! I'm heading back to Kyiv this week, to film, do research and conduct interviews. The logistics and need for equipment and clothing are a little higher than for my previous trips. It will be cold, and may be dark also. If you can, please assist to ensure I can make this trip a success. My commitment to the audience of the channel, will be to bring back compelling interviews conducted in Ukraine, and to use the experience to improve the quality of the channel, it's insights and impact. Let Ukraine and democracy prevail! https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurta...   / siliconcurtain   https://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up... NONE OF THIS CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU! So what's next? We're going to Kyiv in January 2026 to film on the ground, and will record interviews with some huge guests. We'll be creating opportunities for new interviews, and to connect you with the reality of a European city under escalating winter attack, from an imperialist, genocidal power. PLEASE HELP ME ME TO GROW SILICON CURTAIN We are planning our events for 2026, and to do more and have a greater impact. After achieving more than 12 events in 2025, we will aim to double that! 24 events and interviews on the ground in Ukraine, to push back against weaponized information, toxic propaganda and corrosive disinformation. Please help us make it happen! ---------- DESCRIPTION: David Satter: Putin’s Nihilism, Russia’s Criminal State, and the West’s Failure to Understand the Threat Jonathan interviews journalist-historian David Satter about how Russia’s repression of the past and Soviet-era “class values” underpin a nihilistic state that treats people as expendable “raw material,” threatening Ukraine and the wider world. Satter argues the core issue is not concrete geopolitical aims but the personal power interests of Putin and his circle, rooted in a devaluation of human life seen in Stalin’s artificial famine, human-wave warfare, the 1999 apartment bombings that helped bring Putin to power, and terrorist atrocities and political murders. He says post-Soviet reforms built “gangster capitalism” without rule of law, enabling terror, while Western leaders ignored warning signs and pursued misguided engagement. Satter criticizes recent U.S. policy rhetoric for mistaking internal cultural conflicts for the civilizational struggle and warns that failing to defeat Russia in Ukraine risks breaking NATO and enabling further Russian aggression. ---------- CHAPTERS: 01:31 Why Values Define War 04:58 Holodomor and Soviet Legacy 06:39 Apartment Bombings and Power 17:45 West Ignored the Warnings 21:45 Rule of Law vs Nihilism 29:05 MH17 and Propaganda Fog 34:24 Showing the Deeper Evil 39:35 Can Russia Turn on Itself 45:43 Does America Know Enemy 48:36 NATO Stakes and Closing ---------- PLATFORMS: Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtain? Twitter:   / curtainsilicon   Instagram:   / siliconcurtain   Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6... Linkedin:   / finkjonathan   Patreon:   / siliconcurtain   ----------