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00:02 Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that if the United States stopped sending weapons
00:07 to Ukraine, the war would be over in weeks in his interview with Tucker Carlson.
00:11 Putin said it goes against common sense for the United States to be involved in a global war
00:17 that could bring humanity to the brink of destruction.
00:20 Putin also claimed that peace talks with Ukraine had nearly been finalized,
00:24 but Ukraine threw away all of these agreements
00:26 after Russian troops withdrew from different areas in Ukraine.
00:29 A former Russian oligarch and opposition leader asserts that President Vladimir Putin's primary
00:34 objective is to maintain his power. He also suggested that Putin seeks Western attention
00:40 and the approval because it legitimizes his power among Russians who, despite being taught
00:44 to despise the West, still look up to it in terms of culture. He argues that positive remarks from
00:50 Western figures about Putin significantly boost his standing with the Russian people
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