George Friedman always carries one's expectation for level discussion, but many props to Mr. Sushentsov for being very genial and intelligent in his counter-arguments. One gets the feeling that while both men love their country and would die for their respective homelands, they can acknowledge when their own side oversteps or miscalculates in their analysis of their rivals and allies. Regardless of charges of propaganda leveled at both Russia and America, it is comforting to see that at the "serious" level of analysis, both countries have deep pools of talent that are introspective enough to see their own flaws, humble enough to accept new information, intelligent enough to find a way to incorporate said information into their analysis, yet tough enough not to back down when others overstep in their own attacks and capable enough of countering misinformation or aggression from the other side. All in all, it seems very professional, and it is a joy to behold.

Very interesting. It´s a good thing to confront the various experts of the countries with the models of GPF.

george friedman looks like a good man & a man of wisdom

As a general rule, never bet against the Russians being able to withstand hardship. During the siege of Leningrad, people had to eat the bodies of their dead relatives to survive. A nation with experiences like that in it's history is unlikely to be seriously bothered by a few US sanctions, especially when the general feeling within Russia is that the sanctions are an unjust attack against their nation.

Very interesting. One thing you can't acuse Russia for is that it does not have some smart and intelligent people.

Nice discussion

I always admired Friedman for his honest assessments - not long ago on YT I heard him saying that by taking Ukraine in Maidan the US put their foot in the door to Russia making it basically open to any western aggression - you would never hear that on CNN, Fox or NYT who always blame Russia for Eastern Ukraine and Crimea without explaining the Russian actions. This interview however is rather disappointing as his statements represent the official views of the establishment.

This was an amazing interview, I would love to see another one or read about an email exchange or some such (hint hint nudge nudge)

at 4:30 what is the second region Andrey names? He says "without North Caucasus and ? region."

Very good to see George taken off his laurels, I hope there will be additional viewpoints in the future. Also: Mr. Sushentsov made Russia sound "tsundere" towards the U.S.

George Friedman makes prescient predictions. His talks are interesting taken together with those of Varoufakis and Blyth.

to bad you cut off the video... very interesting

George says both countries did something to each other covertly, by playing in other countries. AND THEN HE SAYS, lets not discuss why change of power happened in Ukraine in 2014 on Maidan. this is stupidly.

Fascinating conversation.Sudden termination was cruel.

What about George Friedman talking to Dmitri Trenin? This is interesting... Hope will happen some day xD.

Andrey is a handsome man. His English is good, and he is articulate.

i think george revealed more than he wanted to , here

Looking at this in 2019 George Friedman's analysis is a big soap bubble - much ado about nothing!

No offense but it does not seem like Mr. Friedman is well informed on foreign policy surrounding things that happen around Russia...this Andrey guy schooled him.

False prophesy