Lefortovo: The Infamous Prison at the Heart of Moscow
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- čas přidán 2. 04. 2024
- Discover the chilling truth behind Russia's most infamous prison, Lefortovo. From its dark origins to its modern-day secrets, delve into the stories of those who entered its walls and the terrifying reality they faced.
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Dude you must be on sooooo many lists
Yeah man!
Do a list on how many lists you could be on!
@@JamesSmith-xl7phit could be like the good old days of Top Tenz except I’m sure it’s more than ten lists here, so it’ll have to be Top ???z I guess.
We all are...
@@margaretthatcher6828 Everyone and everything is a on list. We are already statistics.
The Russian government loves this stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if they translated it to Russian and played it on state tv. Fear is a big part of how the government maintains their hold there.
If Simon keeps making these fantastic videos he's going to see Lefortovo first hand.
I worry about that, too.
Only if he ever set foot in Russia and I highly doubt he's going to do that
I just wish he would stay in the basement, it makes it harder to fall out of the window !
Doesn't he live in Eastern Europe? Be careful Simon. Start your John Wick training.
@jessgunn6639
Yes but on the flip side, he may not be able to come back up! 😅
Nobody wants their own tomb unless you visit Egypt 🇪🇬
Skripal poisonings always get me. My mate Dawn was the lady who came into contact with the Novochok and died. Her ex fella Charlie is still traumatised. Her kids are still angry and utterly let down by the government.
I’m so sorry for that. Tell her people haven’t forgotten about them, if you have the chance. ❤
It’s Russia, why don’t Russians force Russia into democracy by force if peace doesn’t work like literally every other country who actually want to be able to have an opinion like Russia obviously does?
Let down by the govt how? They don't have a magic wand they can wave to make it all undone.
Cool story bro
@RemyMartinVSOP look up Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley. Very much a true story. Bellend.
I hope Simon’s assistant keeps a list of places never to set a connecting flight on way to holiday.
By this point, he probably can't even leave the UK.
@@PrimericanIdol That would make things very tough indeed since he lives in the Czech Republic :D
That may just be a back story so nobody finds the basement he is locked in.
Lefortovo Prison is the tallest building in the world--from the basement, you can see Siberia.
The skis are there in the corner.
I heard that about the Lubyanka too
Japanese prisons, are even more regimented! However, psychology 101, the only thing that truly changes people, is sever trauma! (Tihar Jail in Delhi, India, Asia’s biggest prison, takes a difference path?)
They Probably wish, for a gulag cell after a couple of months?
Always fun to hear things haven't changed in Crimesagainsthumanityland.
Simon, ya gotta remember to close the closet door in the background. lol
Perfect video for me today. Im almost done with volume 1 of Gulag Archipelago. This place comes up frequently. Nice to have even more info on it.
The book you’re reading is basically fiction. Solzhenitsyn never did time in a real tough gulag, went to a comfy intellectuals camp. The story is also propaganda and pulls from fiction. It’s not actually true, unlike what you’re being led to believe. His window had a great interview about how he made the whole thing up.
Heavy reading bro.... Some graphic scenes in that book....
Complete isolation is horrible for The human experience. Very few can handle it and come out healthy.
Covid proved that on an epic level.
@rhondasisco-cleveland2665 covid wasn't total isolation 😂😂😂 you wouldn't last a month in actual isolation
I've done 8 1/2 years in solitary. I'm high functioning, and good at masking.
@@jodycarter7308 8 1/2 in solitary? You were in PC for being a Peter file probably 😂🤮
Silence is the loudest noise.
Room 101. Everyone knows what’s in room 101. Here’s the trick: every room there is 101.
Incorrect
correct
@@AnoneyAnon incorrect my boy no hotel has a101 n I way bad luck anyway.
@@Maxtyur alright I believe you
@@AnoneyAnon I believe you more .
Crazy, looks like an apartment building from the outside.
Wild. Jeff State Prison looks like that too. It's in the middle of downtown Jefferson City in Missouri. And the whole thing is dug down in a hole, kind of, so the fence around it is about shoulder height at the top. Little kids go bicycling by. There's a bus stop by the wall. I just read it was decommissioned in 2004. But I had visited a couple of friends there, and it was eerie to drive up to it, because it looked so normal.
Well, at least we know who to blame if Simon suddenly finds himself poisoned with sarin or novichok!
They probably have new ones now.
Not to worry, the deadliest nerve agent wouldn’t kill a person
I know it’s mostly satire jokes type shit but I seen this comment 3 times now n yeh ig speak out against oppressive regimes eventually you’ll be disciplined but they got bigger fish to fry fr negorstky I think his name was the only legitimate rival and opposition of putin took a long ass time of him talking bulk shit for the green light to be put on him, this shits public lnowledge and the entire point of this specific prison being cruel and unusual punishment with the isolation meant to be and effective at virtually any other form of suffering and pain being that’s it’s so prolonged and it’s you vs your own mind which is a battle few manage to win in society with recourses let alone in complete silence and isolation, within the week you’d be loopy and within the month Clinically insane having to deal with the harshest most personal form of mental torture being your own mind that will always eventually destroy you, your ego, identity and purpose. Over the course of years it’s truely an inescapable nightmare 24/7 every minute of every day of every month of every year just you alone with your thoughts that torment you and destroy your from the inside out. They proud of this shit fr lmao not like it’s in the woods shits in moscow and it’s hidden for the inmates displeasure and suffering not for the denial of the horrifying torture and abhorrent treatment of said inmates because it’s always good to have a reminder of why not to fafo
Lefortovo? Don't they make computers?
I'm pretty sure Lefortovo is one of those drugs in commercials with a long list of side effects read by a sped up voice
@@WilliamDeCarolis "If you experience death, please stop taking Lefortovo and contact your physician immediately."
Lenovo are the computers
@@pamsharpe60 😐
😮
Sometimes I just want to hear his voice. I don’t care for many of the topics but his talking is good for the soul.
Simon MUST make a video about the Marajó Island in Brazil, it's happening right now and it NEEDS to be seen.
What's happening?
@@n0b0dy-- The island is one of the poorest places in the country, because of it for many years now the only income that many families have comes from prostitution of little kids in the beach, from 5-12 years old, there has allegedly been kidnappings and politics involved. Although some people in the island have been talking about this for a long time, most of the country only found out this early this year after a girl in a music contest sang a protest song about it.
Thanks for sharing.
Simon, I just read about it in The Gulag Archipelago.........but yeah I agree with everyone here. You are now on several lists😆😆😆
Love it. Can you do black dolphin next?
I second that!
This channel is a real find. Stumbled across it. I have subscribed, I the S.
That place sounds amazing.
Lefortovo is not an ordinary prison or jail of which there are many in Russia. This is specifically for enemies of the state, traitors and opposition who must be kept isolated from ordinary criminals and convicts. It’s also convenient for interrogation or other special attention from FSB.
Yah really doesn’t make it any better dude.
@@baneofbanes Exactly. Like trying to rationalize the existence of Guantanamo by saying other American prisons aren't like it.
Sounds a lot like solitary confinement in a Louisiana state prison.
I wish the editors would put the episode name down on the bottom of the thumbnail to make it easier for me to know what to hashtag when sharing.
Omg simon is back?
Hey Simon, if you want another video topic similar to this take a look at the Corner House in Riga. Very interesting history.
Currently reading the Gulag Archipelago. Thanks for the supplementary information!
Good for you! You should also check out Ivan Bunin "Cursed Days", "The Tcheka - the Red Incquisition" by George Popoff, "Sofia Petrovna", "I found God in Soviet Russia" by John Noble, "The Anti-Humans- Student Re-Education in Romanian Prisons" by Dumitru Bacu, everything Viktor Suvorov and David Satter, "Tortured for Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand, "Inclined to Escape" by Yuri Vetokhin, "Kolyma Tales" by Shalamov.
Left you some book recommendations on the topic, but it ain't showing🙄
Funny, never heard of this prison, but I do heard about "Black dolphin" triple max prison in Russia...
this is so un-damndaniel
Simon, you sir are brave for this one. Especially living so close to Russia. At least we will know what happened if something goes wrong with you.😮
Everything he said can be found easily online. Like Wikipedia. This is just a way for him to make money.
So close to Russia? What? He lives in Czechia, thats around 1700km away from Russia. He lives closer to France or Belgium rather than anything even remotely Russian.
Russia isn't known for their human rights
Guantanamo bay
Add Jan 6th in the USA.
I'll take Russia's human rights issues over the US. At least they throw their evil into a dark hole. The US slaps it on the wrist.
Nope they definitely are. Be it for the disregard of said human rights.
libya was probably the last place under formal governance that didnt lock people up for political reasons? and had a high value to their citizens rights...
most "1st" world countries continue to have issues with abuses of rights, locking up political dissident or killing them... and their police are some of the most untrusted and feared because they are rarely prosecuted for their own crimes... even if its cold blooded murder of an proveable innocent person...
compared to this, russia is a paradise. north korea would seem to have better respect for their citizens...
He seem very well informed about life in that prison. What's the other prison system people from around the world, primarily Middle East disappear in without a trial and other rights?
Simon please ! I have nothing but respect for your and your team's work, but for everyone's sake, please post your sources.
There is way too much disinformation all around to avoid that
I still consider the prison inside Lubynka, the infamous NKVD/KGB/FSB headquarters, to be the most notorious Russian prison..
Moscow Airport. Good view of the Lobyanka and Lefortobboggan😅
Release In March 2024? It's April! Update?
I very much like this kind of content more than the joke-ish one on decoding the unknown, but i hate the fact that that one has much more interesting topics
look up the trial of the skipper of the k219 and the german landing in red square
There is such a place at the heart of all nations.
15:26 def not the right Alexander Letvinenko, that’s the Ukrainian martial artist not the ex Russian KGB agent
Do a video on Black Dolphin prison!
Simon is the most well known Czech citizen (that I know lol) and must be protected.
Wrong Alexander Litvienko on the photo. But I bet it was intentional, to get more comments so the algorithm shows this video more.
I have a feeling Simon should start checking all his food and drink with a geiger counter.
You should do Black Dolphin!
Russia sure is a BEAR of a problem isn't it
That joke is so bad, it's unbearable.
@@garyclark3843 hahahahahaha
I have heard of ‘the black dolphin’ !!!
Ha ha ha ha Simon on the Run. I have a visual imagination
Tom Clancy mentioned *Lefortovo* several times.
Wasnt this posted like a week ago?
One my dear friend spent in Lefortovo 2 years of his life waiting for a "trial", being suspected in bizarre episode of espionage. Then, he got sentenced for a long time 😢 I wish one day, I'll see there the real criminals from fsb serving life sentence there alone.
The cells seem better than some in my area! At best they are 6x10 foot, steel bunks with a small mat for a bed and no pillow. A metal desk bolted to the wall and a sink toilet combo just right there, no wall or anything. Windows are about 2 foot tall and about 6 inches wide. And it's perfectly normal to have the lights on 24 hours a day, it never gets dark in jail.
Modern day lefortovo doesn’t sound any different from a modern prison in the US. I’ve been for a couple days seems exactly how you described modern lefortovo. To the tee….
What about the black dolphin?
I wondered the same thing. I didn't know about THIS prison
Dude, how many CZcams channels do you have O.O?
This is a full time job for him. He saw what other channels had many views then made channels and videos on exactly the same subjects. He is not the only one doing this. For example true crime channels just copy eachother and its like an echo chamber. Hard to find something that hasn't already been covered by ten other channels. I liked the old youtube more...
There are still good channels on YT, but those are buried under a lot of bad generic channels. Sure, those are harder to find than it was in the "old times", but then CZcams wasn't as known and was in itself harder to stumble upon.
Those who enter Russias 🇷🇺 prisons rarely come out alive or alive unscathed
RIP Alexei Navalny 😒
Shouldn't of been a western puppet and he wouldn't of ended up the way he did.
@@chadimirputin2282Shouldn't have*
@@chadimirputin2282Wouldn't have*
@chadimirputin2282
Or challenge the NEW Tsar less they pay with their life 😏
@@castleanthrax1833 grammar nazi,
You should be in the Ukraine.
So its the ADX Florence of Russia
LOL not even close. Its way worse.
Japanese prisons, are even more regimented! However, psychology 101, the only thing that truly changes people, is sever trauma! (Tihar Jail in Delhi, India, Asia’s biggest prison, takes a difference path?)
@@lolmao500 I know. I heard they call it the Alcatraz of the Rockies
No that would be black dolphin
@@AlecioG Yep. Black Dolphin of the lake side resort.
Thanks.
Glory to Ukraine. God Bless Ukraine and her people. 🇺🇦🇺🇸
I'm rootin for Putin...not some pervert that's sending his men to the meat grinder.
🇷🇺 Z 🇷🇺
I always thought Black Dolphin was the worst Russian prison...
I just watched the Death of Stalin, and I can remember half these names much better now
" that all changed the day the Fire Nation attacked....."
You can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners
How csn we get a tour of the prison?
Go to Russia and break the law. Of course you're probably more likely to get tossed into Ukraine.
Go get arrested in Russia?
There is a television where only the state program is playing but a witness (the lawyer) says that there is a complete information blackout, no newspaper, nothing
or the prison is completely quiet, but there is loud music playing🤔
I thought Ljubljana Prison was the worst.
Lefortovo sounds like how Port Arthur was meant to be
Nicolai II and his family are saints in the Orthodox Church.
i had to google why someone would have 9 youtube channels (i counted, and he has 9 listed youtube channels) apparently its great for an artist to diversify their portfolio. it helps you net more revenue as you attract vast amounts and different types of people. at first i felt weird about subscribing to 9 channels, but i guess it makes sense when i know why. 😅
This dude is like nurse Joy. He's everywhere.
Wait a minute.... It's clean, quiet, peaceful, isolated, you get a TV, fridge, kettle, presumably books? Sounds like an introvert's perfect retirement. (Well, at least this part of it - I'll skip the bits with torture in it).
Torture is also not to have all that in jail
"Books" as in propaganda/brainwashing material
Its not torture. It's enhanced social engagement.
-Putin
@@Zeppathyenhanced interrogation - Obama (I think, or head of cia)
@@Zeppathy Correction. It's "Special Disciplinary Operation". 😏
Leifourtouvou Simon?
Sounds a lot like Florence Super Max in Colorado.
People in the usa complain so much about prison life, but i find it perplexing because it turns out to be a revolving door for most.
Yeah, there are well-understood reasons for that so perhaps you could find out what they are rather than coyly fingering your lip with your ridiculous implications.
Especially these days the justice system is a joke. The government decided that arresting criminals is somehow bad and that there should be no consequences for their actions even for criminals that have been arrested dozens of times. As far as law abiding citizens are concerned though they can’t even defend themselves lest they be promptly arrested and prosecuted for “resisting assault” in NYC by some lunatic.
Lol what? Spoken like some one who clearly has never been in a US prison. Ask around, the US has the most incarcerated citizens in the world, you just might talk to one like me.
It's a revolving door because the system is literally set up to be one. Our prisons do not help integrate people back into society despite what lies they tell the public. You are marked for life regardless of what you did and often times the desperation of that situation causes people to return to prison or because the system was set up in such a way that causes that person to fail post release conditions.
Russia sucks but not many countries have for-profit prisons like the US does where police and prisons are financially rewarded for imprisoning as many people as possible. People who place the blame on the prisoners themselves instead of the system that created and failed them are stupid and blind. Few citizens do belong to spend their life behind bars, but most do not and the exact opposite is true for those who wear police uniforms.
@Funko777 I've known plenty of people who have been in prison. Some chose to turn their life around, and some who didn't. I've also worked in the records office in a prison and read post and pre sentence investigation reports, so yes, I do know. I took my nephew in after he was placed on parole for 90 days, and he took off with a great job making in excess of 100k a year. He chose to start doing drugs again after being clean for 8 years while in prison he "said" and 2 years after he got out. He is on his way back. Very few choose to turn their life around even if given the chance. You are right about them not having resources to turn to for housing, etc, but for those that do have resources from family, etc, and they still go back? Hmmmm
Excuse me, Simon, before Vladmir Lenin moved the governmemt to Moscow, Petrograd was the capitol city. Tsar Nicholas II and his predecesors ruled out of Petrograd not Moscow.
He’s not gonna waste time on facts when there’s agenda to be pushed!
Well, I hope you like your coffee with novichok
Great video but grating unpleasant back ground mood sounds are unnecessary and distracting!
It's a prison not a holiday camp
What's even more horrible is that this isn't even the worst of stalins prisons look up Nazinsky Island also known as cannibal island
Black dolphin has to be one of the worse places apart from this place
Reminds me of the holy inquisition
Will you do one on Guantanamo too?
no, Gitmo is only for foreigners. This russian prison is for russians.
Just what the world needs another simon whistler channel. Why does he not want to explain his part in the disappearance of those school children back in 2001
Excuse me?
@@alecmullaney7957 SImon whistler has been exposed, search The Fall of Simon Whistler
@@alecmullaney7957 What a lot of people don't realise is that whistler isn't even his real name. He added the W and the S to keep his cover.
12:18 i heard it as xD-tainees, i need to touch grass.
"Hello, again!" - Russia.
"Really?! Oh, wait, I shouldn't be surprised..." - Into the Shadows.
Oh oh I just heard a thing… can you do an episode on Best Friends Animal Society? They are great now but apparently were started by a cult too crazy for Scientology with ties to Charles Manson?!
He should do one on black dolphin, its almost as bad as this one
I think he has but not on this channel. He has several channels
Russias leaders (tsars) loosely ruled from St. Petersburg, not Moscow in those days
They are the most brutal in plain sight, do with that info what you will
It's a shame they don't put their own higher ups in that prison. The good thing about this prison is they don't have problems with rape, or murder by the prisoners or guards.
Whys the music got that high pitched clipping type noisebI apologize if I sound crazy because I've commented the same thing on so many of your videos but listening to your videos iin the car or headphones always make it unbearable fit me music's always too loud repetitive or abrasive when I'm trying to focused on Simon's voice
If you want to know about terrible prisons, then watch Guantanamo. And Lefortovo is a hotel.
systematic isolation
I would take squalor over this any day. I think if I were ever sent there I'd sleep for the entire time unless the guards woke me up.
I grew up in Novi, Michigan where Paul Whelan is from. I hope we get our guy back soon. I still don't understand why Britney Griner was accepted by my government as a trade ,instead of Whelan, for Viktor Bout. smdh
Actually more human than pelican bay aka the shoe in the usa
Man, there ain't no such thing as Lefortovo Crack.
Woo, so many people worried about simon and team.
Could be straight out of 1984 this prison couldn't it.
If I’m not mistaken, 1984 was written as an analogy for Russian Stalinist Dictatorship. Art imitating life
...and this is punishment?
Where do I sign up?
Edgy af
I remember, shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed, a former KGB agent 'defected' to the US with a ton of files. In one of those files, it was noted that Lefortovo Prison was where KGB agents who were thought to have failed a mission were sent. Those agents always ended up at the crematorium in the prison basement. Whether they are dead after questioning... or not.
More sources on this please