Andrei Illarionov
Russian economist and former advisor to Putin
Andrei Illarionov is a Russian economist who was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity from 2006 to 2021. From 2000 to December 2005 he was the chief economic adviser of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president’s personal representative in the G‑8. At the end of 2005 he resigned and became an outspoken critic of Putin and the Kremlin. He is one of Russia’s most forceful and articulate advocates of an open society and democratic capitalism.
Tomorrow he is returning to Triggernometry to discuss Putin, Ukraine, Trump and NATO as well as the on going negotiations with Russia.
Comment your questions below.
A recent guest on Triggernometry explained the link between American commerce, and American covert intelligence operations overseas. Do you think Shock Therapy was an American Intel operation and, if so, what were its aims? Who were the beneficiaries?
China often evokes "the century of shame", when European powers along with the U.S. tried and for a time succeeded in controlling and subduing China in it's own sovereign territory. During this time Russia annexed huge swathes of China's northeast including what is now Vladivostok. How long before this "moment of shame" will become a bone of contention along with access to Lake Baikal?