Sister reel, Salam
I used to support VV Putin, even naively thinking & wanting to believe he is the new Cyrus the Great, coming as Peacemaker to restore the World, sadly his behaviour in Donbas betraying his own Russian brothers, & his supporting of extremists groups, his dealing with Mohamed bin Salman ibn Saud, his lack of interest in helping the Palestinians, his letting Gaddafi being massacred by NATO, etc.
VV Putin is an instrument of Satan like Donald Trump & Joe Biden are, they all are indeed Gog & Magog, even though they fight among themselves, they are guided by Satan.
Maybe they even pretend to fight one another in fact.
Salam
Nabil
PS I have no real interest in Sam Gerrans, he is like Hollywood entertainment to me, watch a movie as opium, not a serious source of guidance, but it is interesting to hear his views,
I just wish we had an eloquent podcaster making the point & giving rationales about the validity of rejecting Hadiths & explaining Qur'an to non Arabic interested people.