Michael McFaul

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Former Ambassador To Russia: Putin ‘Very Upset’ About Ukraine War Failures https://t.co/MCY5kGjDYJ via @YouTube — PolitiTweet.org

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@Vasisualiy10 uzhasno. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brewerov: Гендиректор российского «Яндекса» Елена Бунина покинула свою должность. Она высказалась против «спецоперации» в Украине и с… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KaminskiMK: Report: Russian military killed all men aged 16-60 left in Bucha before leaving. — PolitiTweet.org

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The lineup has changed. I wont be on tomorrow. But still lots of great guests! Tune in. — PolitiTweet.org

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And that's just fine. You don't have to be "friends" -- you don't have check your values at the door -- to conduct effective diplomacy. 9/ END THREAD. — PolitiTweet.org

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And yet, Zelensky will one day have to negotiate with his evil interlocutor, Putin. He has made clear he is ready to do so. But Im confident in predicting he will not suddenly start saying nice things about Putin if talks begin. Putin won't say nice things about Zelensky. 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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That said, I remember many times when Russian government officials whispered privately to me how embarrassed they were about the media attacks on me. (But that was a long time ago.) Thats because the accusations about me were false. Putin's evil ways are facts. 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I have a lot of personal experience in these smearing tactics of the Kremlin. I wrote about it in my last book. But none of the Russian namecalling prevented me from negotiating with my Russian counterparts. That was my job. Everyone understood that. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Moreover, Putin did not just express his preferences about who should rule the US. He actively intervened in our elections to try to help Trump and hurt Clinton and Biden. His actions were a lot more aggressive than Biden's words. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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BTW, Putin and his propagandists say horrible things all the time about Zelensky, Biden, "the West" etc. Calling someone a Nazi or Nazi supporter is no different than calling someone evil. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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In fact, sometimes, "happy talk" or false friendly gestures can be misinterpreted as weakness. I saw that many times Putin, and not just with US officials but European officials as well. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Leaders almost never do favors for other leaders because of nice words said about them. Leaders of countries also are not triggered by mean words They pursue their national interests as defined by them. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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My experience in diplomacy, as well as my studying and writing about international relations for 30 years, has convinced me that you can negotiate successfully with interlocutors without checking your values at the door. 1/ THREAD. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLastWord: Amb. Michael @McFaul tells @CapehartJ that he thinks it’s “highly unlikely” that Vladimir Putin would want to expand this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Michael McFaul: "Ukraine is Putin's Afghanistan" | Washington Monthly - https://t.co/CXgHJTQtDQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Horrible. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is evil. — PolitiTweet.org

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Amen. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @McFaul: Thanks @ratemyskyperoom ! & for those looking closely, check out @SPlokhy The Gates of Europe on my desk. Just finishing it n… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLastWord: Amb. Michael @McFaul tells @CapehartJ that he thinks it’s “highly unlikely” that Vladimir Putin would want to expand this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IlvesToomas: Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism Needs the Nation https://t.co/Ug6lPhB7w2 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is evil. This is barbaric. This is criminal. Cc: @MMazarr . — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Leonid_Gozman: Никто после Сталина не наносил России такого ужасного урона, как Путин. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @olliecarroll: “In Putin’s eyes, a Ukrainian is a Russian who doesn’t agree with him.” (c) @ngumenyuk — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin is evil @MMazarr . The slaughter of innocent children in Mariupol is evil. Please make an argument, supported with evidence, that conduct of this war by Putin is not evil. Be specific. Define your terms. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gudkov_g: Долго думал, почему Россия бросает тела погибших солдат тысячами на поле боя. Вижу только две причины: 1)скрыть число потерь)… — PolitiTweet.org

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I thought Republicans were for free enterprise? This doesn’t sound that different from what socialists want, that is government controlling private companies. Strange times we live in. — PolitiTweet.org

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This “hypothesis “ is disgusting, both empirically and normatively. “Professor” Sidorov does not seem to be acquainted with the countries represented in the UNGA or the documents that created the UN. As an alum of МГУ, I am embarrassed — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheLastWord: Amb. Michael @McFaul tells @CapehartJ that he thinks it’s “highly unlikely” that Vladimir Putin would want to expand this… — PolitiTweet.org