Everything for Victory! – But how far is Putin willing to go? | To the point

As the US and Europe argue amongst themselves about continued aid for Ukraine, Russia is pressing ahead with its offensive. While it has made some tactical gains in the Donbas region, that has come at the cost of many lives. And now some Russian women have been protesting the deployment of their sons and husbands. But ahead of Russia’s presidential elections next month, Vladimir Putin has been drumming up support for the war in Ukraine using an old Soviet slogan – Everything for Victory! – But how far is Putin willing to go? Welcome to this week’s edition of To The Point.

Our guests:
Christoph von Marschall, Diplomatic correspondent for the German daily Tages-spiegel
Sarah Pagung, program director for International Affairs at the Körber Foundation.
Emily Sherwin, DW’s former Moscow correspondent.

Chapters
00:00 Welcome to "To the point"
00:48 Introduction of the guests
01:40 “Everything for the front” – what does it mean?
02:50 It’s an emotional narrative
03:30 Putin seeking reelection in March
05:00 Putin hopes to defeat the West by defeating Ukraine
07:30 How much support does Putin have in Russia?
08:40 Putin is still very popular
10:00 Protest movement of wives of soldiers is a problem for the Kremlin
12:00 Conscription still a problem for Putin
13:00 No room for real opposition in the upcoming election in Russia
14:30 A second anti-war candidate is now off the ballot
16:00 Still a certain percentage are against the war in Russia
18:20 There is not enough support for Ukraine
19:30 Will US support continue?
22:00 EU has all the necessary financial means to support Ukraine
24:00 Can Putin outwait the West?

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