The West preached to the vanquished after the Cold War, which was strategically counterproductive; Americans and Western politicians treated Russia's transformation as a triumph of Western values rather than recognizing it came from within Russia itself.
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Martin SixsmithEvidence Quote
“and the Americans did that and a lot of people in the west did that politicians in the west did that um I don't know whether it was naivety or it was just sort of um Blind Faith that you know Russia would change and become something it hadn't been for a thousand years”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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