#unspunworld — Public Fediverse posts

"#Russia's problems today are the same as they were in 1917...Scarcely anyone seems prepared to stand up voluntarily and defend the state...Today, Russia's government is every bit as brittle as it was in 1991 and 1917. #Putin can't really be certain that anyone much will help him stay in power."

#JohnSimpson
#UnspunWorld
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https://t.co/O3pi1aHrq9 #UnspunWorld: #bbc's #world affairs #editor #JohnSimpson and #bbc#experts around the world analyse if there is a way out of #war in #Ukraine for #Putin, whether deep #political #divisions in the #US are healing, +look back at a political rollercoaster of a year in the #UK. Tonight 7.12.22 at 23.15
#BBC2, then on #BBCiPlayer, #BBCNewsChannel. Also available on #BBCWorldService.

#analysis #expertise #perspective

#unspunworld provides an unvarnished version of week's major #global #news stories. #BBC’s world affairs editor, #JohnSimpson, brings his experience+expertise to bear on the most #important #international #stories. In discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of #experts across the world, he uses their unique #LocalKnowledge to go beyond the headlines to get to the unspun #truth. Next #episode 7.12.22 #bbc2 23.15, then #BBCIplayer+#BBCNewsChannel, #BBCWorldService