Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"If his professional army didn't fare well, there is little hope those inexperienced draftees will change something."Putin knows his partial mobilization won't make a difference on the battlefield, but he wants us to know he's serious about escalation, sa...

In the first episode of "Geopolitics with Alex", Alex discusses Vladimir Putin's speech of 20 September 2022 and how the world should react to it. The new series is sequel to "Understanding the War" which ran from March to July 2022.