I speak to Anatoly about the view from inside Russia, why he returned after decades in the West, what Putin's intentions and aspirations are, the mood in Russia, the outline of the nationalist forces that have emerged in the last decade, his correct and false predictions about the war. We also speak about fertility decline, murder rates and Scientism.

Anatoly Karlin is a blogger, an intelligence researcher, a man with Powerful Takes, and a Russian repatriate.