Richard Sakwa: Russophobia Is Leading Us Toward War

Not phobia but hatred and supremacist ideology.

Ordinary people are not Russophobic. It is European politicians who drive and stir up Russophobia.

It is naive to think fear of Russia is leading Europe to the war. If you’re afraid of something you avoid it. Hunger for Russian natural resources is leading Europe to its demise. If you read a bit and have a bit of an open mind you’ll get it. Three verifiable examples to point you in the right direction 1) madeleine allbright noted that Russian natural resources are not only Russian but for the whole world to exploit 2) francois mitterand noted that Russia will always be a threat regardless of the political system due to its immense natural resources 3) west refers to Russia as a gas station with nclear armament. The common theme here are natural resources. Fear has nothing to do with this. It’s all about greed

We are already at war with Russia, on behalf of the globalist banking cartel. The people in charge of the US Federal government and most EU nations are treasonous.

I have never been to Russia, never met a Russian and refuse to hate people who have done me no harm on the say so of a political elite who want a war against said country for financial gain! Having been born and spent most of my life in former British colonies, I was told the natives were backward, untrustworthy, stupid etc by the British expat community and saw this translated into hatred, abuse and contempt for the local people whose wealth they were plundering and I found this not be a true reflection of the people when you got to know them but just a supremisist view by the British Colonialists, the European elite who grew wealthy off its colonies view Russia as a potential colony and the attitude they have towards Russia is the same as they had towards people from their former colonies, people should at least get to know Russia and Russians before passing judgement and not just take the word of imperialist leaders who have an ulterior motive

I’ve lived in Russia pretty long time and has never seen any hostility towards EU citizens or US citizens or Ukrainians. Prove me wrong. Actually there is a lot of content of foreigners traveling in Russia and they are often surprised by the level of hospitality of Russian people. Why? Cause they had had image of Russians only via mass media before. Thats impressive and ironical that we so far have such mobility and connectivity - We can travel to a lot of distant places, we can write or call to people on the opposite side of planet. But we still don’t have proper information on our hands cause nobody in power is interested in this.

Peace in Europe should be the only objective for our so called ‘leaders’. Yet, we see no attempts to engage with Russia and deploy true soft power diplomacy. It’s all remilitarisation and useless generally illegal sanctions That tells us everything we need to know about the mindset of Europe.

Thank you from Sevilla, prof. Diesen and prof. Sakwa. I have been visiting Russia for 30 years - it is beautiful, people are generous, and each time i go they have built bridges , trains, universities …..

Prof. Glenn Diesen is a GIANT in preserving his integrity and in my eyes the most important political and skilled analyst today. He is fearlessly fighting high and low, left and right, for and against Russia, Europe and the US. Always fact oriented and putting it all in historic context. This video is in itself one of his best master pieces, I think. It can serve as a sum up until today of the big political development context and could be used for education as well as correcting the many biased press analyses. I am deeply impressed and will keep it in my archive for a long time ahead. Thank you professors Diesen and Sakwa👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💐🔥

Excellent conversation, very interesting! Thank you gentlemen!