On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dmitry Trenin, member of Russia’s Foreign and Defense Policy Council and the former director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. He discusses the prospect of British and European troops being deployed to Ukraine and why this could result in a direct conflict with Russia, the reckless decisions of European leaders that has made them direct participants in the Ukraine proxy war as viewed by Moscow, why the UK and EU have little to no choice but to follow Washington’s orders on Ukraine, the voices in Russia that advocate for striking the countries supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles, whether the US has truly changed course on Ukraine and relations with Russia under Donald Trump, whether the Trump administration will aim to split the Moscow-Beijing alliance, de-dollarization and Trump’s threats against BRICS and any efforts to create a common currency, Russia’s attempts to regain the technological sovereignty the Soviet Union had, the current dynamics of the US and Europe opposing each other over Ukraine, and much more.
