Foreword by the Saker: Vladimir Pozer is the Moscow equivalent of the notorious Savik Shuster in Kiev: one of the worst of the worst “liberal” “democratic” (in the Russian meaning of these words) journalists out there. You will see that most of his questions are ‘loaded’ – he operates by innuendos, suggestion, by appealing to emotions and associations. If Shuster is a dumb scumbag, then Pozner is a clever, one (neither one could be called smart or intelligent). So make no mistake, Glaziev is in very hostile territory here. And yet superbly deflects every inanity and every attempt by Pozner to make him say something he does not believe. When a clever man confronts a truly intelligent one, the latter always wins hand down, and that is what we have today: a master easily refuting a mediocre, but arrogant, student. It makes for a very interesting interview with the man who wants to do for the Russian economy what Putin did for the Russian state: free it from external control and make it truly sovereign. This is also the nightmare of all the ‘Atlantic Sovereignists': to see the Russian Central Bank nationalised and Glaziev appointed has it’s director.
A big THANKS!! Eugenia for her superb translation!
The SakerSergei Glaziev is a man to watch. He has Putin's ear.
He talks about the nuts and bolts of the Russian economy to a hostile interviewer. No softball questions.
His answer: "The rent is too damn high."
The Vineyard of the Saker
Vladimir Pozner interviews Sergei Glaziev
The Saker
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