Arkady Ostrovsky
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 10 Jul
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They want to play a part in it.
It's very existential.
It's not some theoretical scenarios.
To these people is the question of life and death and their future.
I do buy it.
I think if you look at Russian history, the big changes actually always start happening at the top.
The people then respond to them, but they don't lead necessarily the revolution.
It can only happen, however, if there is a discontent around.
If he is starting to lose the war,
That is what strips somebody of legitimacy.
Whether you're called the Tsar or the General Secretary of the Communist Party, it doesn't matter.
This is why I think this is all starting to happen.
It's the combination of the sense of the elite that it cannot carry on, it's a dead end.
It's the discontent building from below, and it's coming at the time when the war is achieving absolutely nothing.
So that's the background.
I think these are the elements from which something might happen.
A lot depends on Ukraine.
A lot depends on the West.
But my sense is something is happening.
The most interesting things in history happen when the self-interest of the people who have resources start coinciding with the forces of history and the interests of the country.
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