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Podcast: The Jordan Harbinger Show
Episode: 1021: Konstantin Samoilov | Putin's Russia: An Insider's Perspective
Description: Inside Russia YouTuber Konstantin Samoilov exposes what life under Vladimir Putin has been like — from fleeing mobilization to facing KGB threats abroad.
What We Discuss with Konstantin Samoilov:
Why someone who has lived through the transition of Russia from a Soviet superpower to an oligarchic dictatorship now lives in the United States and sleeps with one eye open.
How the arrival of companies like McDonald's in the 1990s had a significant psychological impact on Russians, challenging their perceptions of the West.
The stark differences between American meritocracy and the "blat" (nepotism) system prevalent in Russia, which li...