During the interview, Batsman and Kasyanov discussed:
- problems that befell the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin;
- how the end of the war in Ukraine may approach;
- the policies of US President Donald Trump;
- the escape from Russia of the former deputy head of Putin’s administration, Vladimir Surkov, and where is the current first deputy head, Sergei Kiriyenko;
- the likelihood of mobilization being announced in Russia.
Kasyanov was born in 1957 in the Moscow region. Graduated from the Moscow Automobile and Highway Institute (specialty – civil engineer).
In the 1980s he worked in the apparatus of the State Planning Committee of the RSFSR, in the early 1990s – in the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. In 1995–1999, Kasyanov was Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. In this position, he negotiated with external creditors to settle the debt of the former USSR. In 1999–2000 he served as Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, and from 2000 to 2004 he headed the Russian government.
In 2008, he planned to run for president of the Russian Federation, but he was denied registration.
In 2010, together with politicians Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Ryzhkov, he created a democratic coalition, which later became the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS). He has headed this party since 2015.
Now Kasyanov lives in Latvia.
