John Lechner observes that Russian PMC operations in places like the Central African Republic act independently because those regions are not high priorities for the Kremlin.

“They act as Morat was saying very independently of the Kremlin because the these places aren't that important to Russia. And so in the places that aren't aren't important, he has to figure out his own ways to finance interesting these these operations.”

Vladimir Putin manufactures wars as a political distraction to maintain his power while facing the fear of being overthrown by the Russian people.

“If you're a dictator like Putin who's stolen too much money and you're sitting in the Kremlin afraid that one day a million people are going to march on Red Square, what do you do to stop that from happening? You come straight out of Machaveli 101. You create a foreign enemy and you start a war.”

He asserts that the constitution written under Yeltsin was designed by Americans to ensure global dominance and limit Russia's sovereignty.

“westerners I.E Americans came to writer Russia's Constitution I saw this with my own eyes so the constitution written under yelin was written for Russia by Americans and it wasn't a constitution for a sovereign country”

She claims that Russia needs to return to being a democratic country with freedom of speech and fair, competitive elections.

“Alexi just wanted Democratic pro-european Russia”

Alastair Campbell suggests Vladimir Putin’s speeches are characterized by an extreme nationalist attempt to create a black-and-white dichotomy.

“what he does like many many extreme nationalist leaders is this extreme clarification black and white so he he said in his speech this year clarified things it clarified the difference between heroism and cowardice”

He suggests that Moldova is at risk of being drawn into Russia's sphere of influence given its location on Ukraine's border.

“Population around 2 million on the border of Ukraine. absolutely on the list of countries that Putin would like to have within his sphere of orbit.”

Putin's motivation for invading Ukraine was to galvanize Russian public opinion and rebuild the Soviet empire.

“his motivation was to um after 20 years in power to Galvanize public opinion in Russia behind a a nationalist Adventure uh to boost his own standing and and to sadly to some extent he's been successful”

Glenn Beck contends that Russian foreign policy, as influenced by Dugin's philosophy, seeks to create an anti-Western axis that utilizes chaos to collapse the current global order.

“His ideas align with other movements and regimes that also reject liberal democracy, that also frame the world in apocalyptic or civilizational terms, that also see the West as something that needs to be destroyed.”