Why Russia’s War Machine Was Built by the West
Russia’s war machine looks self-reliant. The truth: much of its strength was built in the West. 👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: • What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia In this episode, author Elvira Bary traces a long and uncomfortable pattern: when the Soviet or Russian system hit a wall, it repeatedly reached to the West for machines, engineers, designs, code, and know-how. From American-built factories and copied bombers to post-Soviet digital infrastructure and today’s AI race, the story is not one of proud self-reliance but of borrowed strength repurposed for coercion. This is the technology trap: how freer societies keep handing tools to authoritarian power—and how those tools come back sharpened. Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Putin's War Machine in Ukraine is "Made in the West" 02:53 The Weakness Within 06:11 Bought from America 10:05 Copied for Survival 13:40 The Liberal Gift 16:02 Turned Against Us 18:16 The AI Trap JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-n... 👉 / baryelvira 👉 / elvira.bary MY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES ➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://amzn.to/43PutaM ➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://amzn.to/4owy45Z ➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://amzn.to/47OXZyM MY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER ➡️ The Girl from the Labyrinth (a dark fantasy novel about a young queen, cast from her throne, who must save the man she loves after he’s accused of her murder) https://amzn.to/49FWjdd RELATED VIDEOS: ➡️ Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REALLY Think About the West: • Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REA... ➡️War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want: • War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really... ➡️How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive? • How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive? 👉Join Elvira's Think Tank for special access: / @elvirabary or 👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary or 👉Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... #ElviraBary #Russia #Putin #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #MadeInTheWest #Technology #AI #Authoritarianism #SovietUnion #ColdWar #Espionage #ReverseEngineering #Ford #AlbertKahn #StalingradTractorPlant #B29 #Tu4 #SpaceRace #NuclearSecrets #Industrialization #Propaganda #Surveillance #MAX #WhatsApp #DigitalControl #Censorship #Innovation #TechTransfer #Geopolitics #PoliticalEconomy #WarMachine #MilitaryTech #ExportControls #Chips #ArtificialIntelligence #History #RussianHistory #AmericanBusiness #WesternTechnology #Control #Dictatorship #Internet #StatePower #Explained #DeepDive #Podcast #Spotify #ThinkTank #Ukraine #Power
