Ukraine-Russia crisis: Where do we go from here? | Conflict Zone

The Russian president "is not a gambler," says Fyodor Lukyanov, a Russian foreign policy expert based in Moscow.

"He is a very calculated player and he is very much aware about all dangers ... about the relationship between nuclear superpowers."

Conflict Zone host Tim Sebastian asked Lukyanov if the military build-up on Ukraine’s border was really about attention seeking.

"This is not a Ukrainian issue, this is an issue about how European security has been arranged after the Cold War," Lukyanov said.

"And unfortunately, at the end of the day, Russian leadership, as I read it, understood that the only way to get attention, to launch a discussion, is to demonstrate force."

00:00 Intro

01:11 How likely is Russia to launch a fresh incursion into Ukraine?

02:10 Attention seeking - the rationale for military build-up?

07:57 How much rests on Russian claims of NATO ‘broken promises’?

11:03 Has the Kremlin only itself to blame for Ukraine’s push towards NATO?

12:26 Why is the crisis at a head now?

13:52 “It's not about [U.S.] weakness. It's about priorities”

20:50 Vladimir Putin “is not a gambler”

23:39 Has something gone badly wrong in Russia? / ‘Memorial’ closure


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