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Stephen Kotkin is a historian specializing in Stalin and Soviet history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(10:17) - Putin and Stalin
\n(21:07) - Putin vs the West
\n(43:59) - Response to Oliver Stone
\n(55:05) - Russian invasion of Ukraine
\n(1:34:33) - Putin's plan for the war
\n(1:42:32) - Henry Kissinger
\n(1:48:26) - Nuclear war
\n(1:59:00) - Parallels to World War II
\n(2:21:45) - China
\n(2:29:54) - World War III
\n(2:37:23) - Navalny
\n(2:41:40) - Meaning of life