Episode 80- Nick Ramos: Ukraine's Political History w Far Right Extremists, Russia's Invasion
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Nick Ramos

Host, “History of The Cuban Revolution Podcast”

Today we are joined again by friend of the show Nick Ramos. Nick is a podcaster and host of the History of the Cuban Revolution. Nick helps us work through all the wrinkles of the Ukraine - Russia conflict, all the way back from the Kievan Rus’ days to modern times. NATO Expansion and antagonism, The Monroe Doctrine, the murder of Georgiy Gongadze, the Euromaidan Revolution and the overthrowing of Viktor Yanukovych. We’ve got it all. Stick around and get some great info the mainstream media won’t tell you. You can follow Nick on his twitter @nickramos_1 and his History of the Cuban Revolution Podcast

Show Notes:

Ukraine’s Identity Crisis – from Independence to Invasion by Nick Ramos | 2nd Look News

NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard | National Security Archive

Monroe Doctrine | Britannica

1936 Convention Regarding the Regime of The Straights, Adopted in Montreux, Switzerland on 20 July 1936 | Center for International Law at the National University of Singapore

The Nisour Square Massacre | Tidings Media

Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Iraq Killings | The New York Times

Timeline of the Killing of Journalist Georgiy Gongadze | Justice for Journalists, Foundation for International Investigations of Crime against Media

Ukraine- A Murder in Kyiv, October 2005 | PBS Frontline

The Murder of Gongadze: 20 Years of Searching for the Truth | Public Interest Journalism Lab

Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution | The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington

Everything you need to know about the 2014 Ukraine crisis | Vox

The Far Right in Ukraine During the “Euromaidan” and the War in Donbas by Ivan Katchanovski | ResearchGate

Putin’s world: Selected quotes from a disturbing speech | Euractiv

Kaliningrad, city, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia | Britannica

Turkey’s Canal Istanbul dispute explained | AlJazeera

Turkey slams admirals' warning over Bosphorus treaty | France 24

Why Michael Shellenberger, A Centrist, Is Challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom | HuffPost

Homelessness Meets Cluelessness: Michael Shellenberger applies conservative culture war clichés to the housing problem | The American Prospect

How Russia rescued the ruble | NPR Planet Money

Russia Asked China for Military and Economic Aid for Ukraine War, U.S. Officials Say | The New York Times

The 2021 Defense White Paper and Japan’s Taiwan Policy: Interview with Yasuhiro Matsuda | The National Bureau of Asian Research

Defeated Axis Powers Germany and Japan Rearm After Ukraine Invasion | Greek Reporter

War Is A Racket: Original Edition by Smedley D. Butler | Amazon

Yemen: US-made weapon used in air strike that killed scores in escalation of Saudi-led coalition attacks | Amnesty International