How Russians Reacted When We Showed Them Pictures From Ukraine
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- čas přidán 3. 03. 2022
- Many Russians are being fed a daily media diet of Kremlin propaganda that hides the terrible destruction and human cost of their country's invasion of Ukraine. So how did ordinary Russians in Perm and Vladivostok react when Current Time reporters showed them some images?
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“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” - Mark Twain
They know whats happening... but they know the consequences of speaking up..
These are the exact same kinds of people that supported Hitler, that's all.
These people grew up in an era where saying the wrong thing could get you and your family killed. They're not fooled. They just don't want to say anything that could get them killed.
@@marleyjames566 yes but its still no argument
says you
It's both fascinating and scary how in such an-information soaked age, it's possible virtually to lock an entire population in an echo chamber out of reality.
Agreed. This entire thing is shocking in so many ways.
No different than liberals that see CNN as truth and conservatives that believe Fox news as truth.
@@Jeff-Pezos That's super ironic... I wonder if you see it....
Do you really believe this propaganda?
We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA...
So either:
1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth.
2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
Talk to people who only watch Fox News, it's the exact same thing.
Did that lady really just say they don't like it because it's draining their pockets?! Say that to all the poor Ukrainians who have litterly lost it all.
She doesn't really that hundreds of thousands of their boys are dead and dying every day, and she's worried about the price of Vodka probably.
Dude at this point Putin is acting like Hitler 2.0
don't even attempt to compare anyone to hitler, delete this comment while you can, this is disrespectful to a lot of people.
What is more disrespectfull? Comparing putin with hitler, or putin accually brainwashing his people and sending them to their death (just like hitler did).
Putin is Hitler 2.0 ......Slava 🇺🇦Ukraine 🇺🇸@@BlobBoi
@@BlobBoi It's not Disrespectful for anyone, putin is killing anyone and everyone that is not with him. Same thing as hitler. I'm ukrainian why should someone be offended when you call putin hitler 2.0, it's true. And you can't say anything because my great grandfather escape USSR they were trying to kill him because he was christian. Pretty much same thing.
The Last Lady has probably seen so much in her lifetime already that she doesn't even seem surprised, contrary to others. She speaks the truth that crosses her mind, it takes courage to do it and I respect that.
She is old and doesnt have mutch to lose anymore i think thats why she told it so casualy🤔
Wish more were like her. That old guy is in denial and the rest brainwashed
I can’t believe I agree with the girl with koolaid hair 🤷♂️
I can’t believe people in their country don’t know what is happening, so sad, they are so used by the government there
@@tinytattoomike7943 what does it matter what color her hair is? Hopefully, this shows you how ignorant judgements can make you.
Now had they taken them to a private room and obscured their identity you would have gotten a lot of different reactions. You could tell that some of them wanted to speak out but are rightfully afraid.
That these Russian citizens are afraid to state their true minds proves that Russia is a totalitarian state where citizens DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I feel so sorry for them. Regime change must happen, IMHO.
For certain!🏴
Probably not. They'd be afraid the room was bugged.
@@DP-ie8tf Exactly what part of, "...obscured their identity..." are you having trouble with?
1:42 "I'd rather bored talk about it, it can be dangerous here"
these people are scared to speak out aswell as being brain washed .
All my respect for the last older Lady. She is not afraid and tell the truth.
@A p definitely the vibe I got.
@A p Sigma mindset
Wisdom
She'd be the OG to take up that 1 Mil from that bounty on putin
How did she get the truth? Pootin's closed down all foreign media and internet media sites. His efforts to pump his population with lies and misinformation must be full of holes.
God bless the old Babushka with the balls to say "The hell with him!"
You Ma'am, have our respect.
It actually translated to "go fuck himself"
@@EyesonEnforcement911 That makes it even better somehow
Respect to all who value human lives! We are One people, share One planet Earth, and are all members of the Family of Humanity. 🌎💞🌍💞🌏💞
@@EyesonEnforcement911 😂😂
yeah, don't use that sexist phrase of balls to describe courage and bravery. It's insulting and disgusting. 🤢
That last *Babushka* didn't give a shit, did she? 😂
“We have no impact on this anyways.”
Reminds me of German denials from average citizens after the war.
"That's not what they're saying on the news."
Ho boy, state controlled media is a real kick in the teeth.
Ever thought we are getting the same treatment?
ON BOTH SIDES?
Yes it is, especially when the State is American or British. CNN lie? The BBC lie? No that cannot be true. 😮
Yeah, like American/British MSM is so much better.
It's terrifying that only a few companies control the sounds of information
@@jackbrian2993 No.. Honestly no. Go watch the live streams of rockets and artillery falling in Kyiv. Call and talk to your friends that live there. FFS
People afraid of speaking out because of retaliation breaks my heart. That’s why all those people protesting are the real heroes.
The success of businesses like WalMart and Amazon in the USA demonstrate that humans will turn a blind eye towards atrocities for a slight discount in the price of merchant goods.
Why would people react any differently? It’s human nature.
Most of them aren't afraid, they're brainwashed by 22 years of non-stopping propaganda.
@@dimachekhov You mean in the West by the likes of this channel?
Part of it but i think most of them truly do support the war. if you only watch state sponsored propaganda 😟🤷🏽♂️
Baldr93 I 100% support what you are saying. They are civilians, i can't blame them for saying that because they are afraid of their lives.
Putin is a satan, demonic beast. See how the world are afraid of him no one can face him that's why he has the to destroy Ukraine. If this citizens say negative things about him, he will kill them and their families so that's what they will say. As the way I'm seen Putin, it will take a strong man to bring him down as David did to goliath yes.
The Grandmother saying to hell with Putin is braver than all those men fleeing conscription
literraly this elderly woman is saying "let him (it) go on dick"
don't put words in her mouth she said him not Putin
@@wildswift8040 you dumdum who else would “him” be?
@@wildswift8040 but... "him" is referring to Putin, yeah? Who else would she be talking about?
Is she braver than them boys holding up in hospitalslol
"The more monstrous the lie, the more they believe in it"
Fear fear fear and control.
I totally agree with these people.As a Romanian, I would rather go with Russia than the neo-nazi globalists
@@theotheo7241 also as a romanian, i hope you're joking......
And i would rather go with peace.
@@DanVoina I bet he is not joking. He is just simple minded and has no clue ...
@@theotheo7241 russian bot account
@keep Dreamingplease dont try to spread religion this way
This is what happens when you dont have a free press. None of us truly have the full truth but some countries literally have none. Freedom of information has to be defended at all costs.
Facts Putin is on cheat mode in Russia 🙄
We don't have free press in the UK as RT has been banned.. Censorship and hypocrisy...
@@Team-fabulous Most of the press in the UK is right-wing tabloid owned by people with no interest in the UK. I a wary when news is censured.
@@normanchristie4524 totally agree
We get our propaganda and they get theirs.
USA funded both sides of the war. We wanted this
"I support Putin. I don't want to see any pictures." IOW "I don't want to see anything that might make me think differently." What a society.
Unbelievable how a nationality of people can be so heartless
Mike is not heartless is ignorant of what happens really
As a Canadian who met alot of Russians, they are some of the kindest people, once they are here they talk shit about him. The reason why they “support” him is because whilst in russia, Russia wants them to say they support Putin but in reality, most think he is a monster.
That elderly lady at the end could not care less if they want to try and throw her in jail. So much respect to those who are raising their voices despite the clear danger of hard time behind bars.
welp, she has likely lived through the worst of russian history, she ain't afraid of no discount stalin
@@NewPaulActs17 I hadn't even considered that. I wonder why the 55-65 crowd are so supportive.
@@edwardmitchell6581it's kinda like the way the chickenhawk boomers in America went for Trump, while the greatest generation still remembers FDR with reverence and knows that nazis are the bad guys.
perhaps it's the difference between a generation that watches TV for information about the world, and a generation that has already seen real life at its worst.
@@edwardmitchell6581
Because some probably are used to this kind of leadership and are stuck in those old ways.
@@edwardmitchell6581 they don't have internet, only tv
The man’s response that he can’t talk about it because it’s dangerous to do so in Russia tells you everything you need to know. The other people either really do support Putin or are scared to actually give there opinions.
It seems like most young people disagree with Putin and all the old people agree with Putin. Maybe it's cuz the Soviet Union days
Agreed
@@rosemarin4750 I'm assuming this is a Russian bot account, but if you're somehow a real, naive sheltered idiot:
1. The Ukrainian president is Jewish
2. Russia has caused tens of thousands of casualties, a third of which are civilians
3. The "actor" president is brave and and actually staying with his troops to fight (won't see Putin anywhere near the battlefield)
4. These Russians live in a state where they can't even show their opinions, shown by the young guy in the middle. Not really democratic.
5. Yes, the USA offered to evacuate him, but he chose to stay
6. Do you have any proof that Ukrainians are bombing children? Because there's plenty of proof Russia is.
7."Your media doesn't disclose to you this information" -This point kinda proves why you're so oblivious to this situation.
Agree. Also, we feel these older people interviewed have very minimal schooling and do not question their rights to freedom of press, speech, etc.
the "I support Putin I support Putin" one is probably just scared for their life, afraid that the one asking these questions is a snitch for Putin
It is disgasting that nobody in Russia seems to think outside himself. Most of them think : 1)whatever Putin do, it is right. 2) It may harm my pocket.
No empathy for the victims of the war and no interest in understanding why and for how long?!... Sad😔😪🙏🙏
Literally the USA, the empire of lies .
So, russian here.
Don't expect AT ALL to have honest reactions on camera. I'm pretty sure they could though the cameraman is from the government. Very courageous people or old babushkas (like mine ❤) will say the truth. I hope that the young man and women are in security, because boy they had courage to say that. I just hope the war will end and someone will try to repair the quite negative reputation of Russia. Sending love to Ukrainians and Russians that are suffering and killing each other, even if they are the closest brothers and sisters.
Respect to the old woman at the end, not blinded by the mainstream media in Russia. The media must be going to ridiculous lengths to cover up the story if people don't even know their own country is at war, that's madness.
@@PauloCesar-cy5ls funny how a Russian bot does not have a Russian name. Good job
War 😂?
@@PauloCesar-cy5ls the Ukrainian president is Jewish. Are you sure you know what you are talking about? There are an estimated 50,000-70,000 neo-nazis in Russia. Only two days ago the leader of the Russian neo-nazi ‘Sparta’ battalion Vladamir Zhoga was killed by Ukrainian forces as he tried to invade the Eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Look it up. Oh wait, you can’t because your tzar Putin won’t allow you to read things he doesn’t like.
I dont agree with russia as They went too far with it
But i wont ignore what ukraine did
They have provoked russia and done other things
And usa are hypocrites too
Giving aid to israel who is taking over Palestina and invading other countries
Critisizing russia for doing the same to them while they aided a country in doing it
Educate yourself first.
They have trained themselves to refuse to believe their own eyes. KGB's proudest achievement.
agreed, they know what's happening but they rather not care. that old woman at the end knew and so did we in Romania under Ceausescu knew in 1989.
they have no excuses today to not know. it's willful blindness and indifference.
No different than CNN watchers in the US though.
@@briansmith2125 No comparison-call true evil what it is
You could've gotten pretty much the same responses here in the USA in 2003, in a different language.
@Atheos B. Sapien Fox didn't spend 4 years propagating a russiagate hoax did they.
They are forced to say these, they dont want the russian government to send them to the gulag.
The kid who said, "I prefer not to talk about it. It can be dangerous here." And the husband who said "Let's go" to his wife pretty much explain everything. Saying "I hate this stupid war" is probably a good way to get disappeared.
explains what? that we we r used to b treated like animals doesnt matter what we say? so why u ask us anything? why? dont tell me u r inzerested in our opinion. u did never care about. And that is a great example what u should think about. Is there any possible answer we could gibe u that would please u? if we say that we support it, it means we are sh..it, if we say we dont support, u will say that we are simulating that we just dont want more sanctions and blablabla. Only reason u r asking is, because u u are adicted and cant wait till we give u a reason to destroy us
@@sashabeloi89 dude chill down, Russian people need to stand against Putin. With every bomb he throws on Ukraine he’s destroying Russia and the future of Russians. Don’t let Russia pay for his sins.
@@sashabeloi89 feels a bit misdirected considering this has nothing to do with whats being discussed
@@lynnhellweg4794 I agree with you up to the point when Putin invaded Ukraine. He could use these same reasons to invade many more countries around him until the world starts pushing back.
@@lynnhellweg4794 starting a war that kills thousands of innocent people is still not a justifiable response
The ignorance is depressing. The first person just repeated how she supports Putin, no reason for it, as if she was an NPC 😅
@CB12101 Let me tell you about the rabid ignorance of the average Washington politician!
@@garybeaton3802 They're all pieces of shit in Washington, no matter the party
"I'd rather not talk about it because it could be dangerous here" is why I believe most Russians 'support' putin.
yes but there is a movement going on in the west supporting it because trump was against it.
they do not understand what communism truly is, this is it! either they don't understand or they willingly want censorship and full government control. it's insane
@@enednas801 you think twitter has freedom of speech? also they aren't communist I have no idea where you got that from but ok
@@enednas801 a society setting cultural norms is not comparable to a government restricting speech.
You can get arrested just for protesting in a plaza. No looting, vandalism, arson, or physical assaults against others. That’s how you know you’re not in a free country
Lots of older Russians genuinely love and miss ussr era. That’s what I’m seeing in the video. A threat is there to loose your job or something like that but nobody is knocking at your door if you say something
I am an English language teacher and one of my students is Russian, but she is now living in the UK. She said State tv is literally the ONLY tv in Russia. She said that she absolutely believed that Putin was a man of the people and that the West was just trying to slowly destroy Russia, until she came to the UK when her husband got a job here. Every time I speak to her now, she is in tears. I think she feels guilty for ever having believed him, and is horrified for all of the Russians who are either just as brainwashed as she was, and those know the truth but are terrified to say anything out of line.
if you haven't already told her earlier the next time you talk and she feels that way console her by saying "It isn't Your fault. You weren't the one being trained by your government to believe in lies. Don't feel guilt as if it were your fault because there wasn't a choice before you could know differently." I've used variations on this for former trump
epublican supporters, seen it used for brexit supporters who believed the lies told about it to make them vote to leave. It can be used for anyone tricked.
If you haven't told her some version of this yet I hope you can use it now. Because if she's feeling such guilt over her earlier feelings and support then we know for sure she truly cares for other people and her family now. She can be redeemed and especially for something that wasn't her fault to begin with.
Same thing for Germans in WWII. its is impresive how easilely we can be brainwashed and twisted.
I would be so interested to ask her , wouldn’t people be suspicious that they can only listen to state run TV, and also to the people here saying,it was preemptive and that Ukraine was going to strike first, why would they believe a smaller weaker country would do that? Or the lies that he was forced , what is the rationale there?
I have access to news channels from worldwide... my government doesn't care ! How Russians can be so naive ?
@Market A22 There are no naive people in Russia. Everyone got their own opinions, where they clearly answered here on this video. 🙄
The older Russians won’t look at the pictures because they have learned to fear the government.
Some of them don't understand they're being lied to, others understand but are too scared to admit it on camera. They know what happens when you criticise or doubt the party-line.
Cancel culture, Russian style
Putin would have attacked the dissenters
nothing happens
it reminds me of the US during the second invasion of Iraq.
i was against it, but even i felt outnumbered and somewhat intimidated here.
and i live in a very liberal place.
it was very weird and unsettling.
Of course the mainstream western media would never lie to you.... right? We are being fed a diet of propaganda.. on both sides. Russia lies to it's citizens and the media here lies to us.
I like one comment here which quoted Mark Twain, “It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.”
I think to a large extent you can tell that people - those who staunchly denied the war in the video - can sense something is wrong. However, to believe and acknowledge the alternative means throwing away what you know and believe in up until that moment. Recognizing oneself as being incorrect, or that one is on the wrong side.
Humans hate to do that. Belief is closely tied to one’s sense of self, and it gives people a sense of comfort and security.
I think many people here are doing exactly that. They know something’s off but are too in denial about it to acknowledge it and choose the comfort of what they’ve been told.
Absolutely. Great comment, and excellent explanation!
This is a very succinct and 100% correct and equally sad but true. This is the problem with politics (people) the world over. Double down...double down....
Very similar to how the Germans denied/didn't want to face what was happening to the Jews in WWII.
They could be arrested so it’s not the same as the cult in the us.
Then make a comment below the comment you mean so the OP can see it butter brain
Are they saying this out of fear or ignorance or narcissism?
Every time Russians will try to tell they are victims too - remember this video.
People don't realize sometimes how information is controlled in some places. Back in my college days - I took a Russian culture class that was taught by a woman who had immigrated to the US but had lived and worked in Russia back when it was still the USSR. At that time - she had a unique job which enabled her to have frequent contact with foreigners visiting the USSR - she and others in her position would act as a travel guide showing them around to various locations and they would actually have to file regular reports with the KGB regarding these contacts. She told the story about some foreigners who were visiting and were asking them about the Chernobyl accident ....... and they had no idea what these foreign visitors were talking about - that's how she found out about Chernobyl - from foreigners visiting the country. The government had kept the news of this major nuclear accident from their citizens when the rest of the world knew all about it. That just blew my mind.
its called cold war.
How ironic "information is controlled in some places". But not in the good ole USA? As for your lecturer not knowing about Chernobyl.. Was that before 1991? How many of your US 'students' know what WTC7 was, why it was demolished, what it contained? And how many know anything about Area 51, or Fort Derrick, and what about Operation Paperclip and Mockingbird, or knew where Iraq was, when they were waving their young men off to murder and be maimed.. they thought it was Australia? Lol.... If you are going to speak about controlled information begin here with your own misinformation.
We in the UK know all about it.. and the present day Russians probably do..
@@katpuss6564 You have a clear point, but that whataboutism is so annoying. We’re talking about Russia, not Usa. And also the Ussr’s propaganda were in completely different level than Usa’s.
@@juliusjansson6531 True, USSR’s propaganda can be very unsophisticated...in the US it has become much more subtle, targeted and insidious.
You've just described the society that Bezos, Zuckerbeg, Biden, Harris and their henchmen are trying to create in the West. Half of my German ellies lived in East Germany - every 5th person was in the employ of the Statspolizei. The reports they filed made sure you had a good job, education, privileges, could go on volks arbeit cruises to Cuba, black see holidays, etc. Or made sure you got none of those things.
This is the world that the left want us to live in today. We should be fighting them as well as Putin - all dictators are very bad people, whether they are named Biden, Putin or Xi.
When you do see someone in Russia not afraid of speaking out, it tends to be young people. That is very encouraging.
They speak from inexperience.
@@1Way. ha
Yeah none of them lived in the Soviet union so they dont know the price of speaking out yet
They have better access to VPNs.
As they say, growing up you don't really get much smarter, you just become more careful.
Such cowards.
Its heartbreaking how scared these people are of their leader.
they’re not scared. they truly believe that russians are superior to everyone else. they truly support the suffering and massive terror that they’re imposing to ukrainians.
знаешь, я думаю что я полностью пропитан пропагандой России, но я абсолютно поддерживаю действия в Украине НО я абсолютно против спецоперации, ибо это жизни мирных людей, это крах экономики, это страдания, слезы и горечь, никто этого не хочет
ой кажется Соледар теперь Российская территория как здорово
Greetings from Ukraine. Everyone writes as if the authorities in the Kremlin have deceived the Russians and they do not understand what events are really happening. People from many countries write like this. But the most terrible truth is that the Russians perfectly know and understand what is really happening - they have all the information that only exists on the Internet. The problem is not that someone is fooling the Russians. The problem is that the Russians like it. They like to attack neighboring countries, they like to organize genocides of other peoples, they like it because they are real Nazis. Putin did not make Russians like this, but Russians made Putin like this. The international community has still not understood which country Ukraine has to fight with. It is Ukraine that is currently protecting not only itself, but also the whole world from a new revival of Nazism on the planet. One should not think that the Russians are misled, because that is exactly what they want - for the whole world to think that they were simply deceived and that they are not to blame, but only the government is to blame. It does not. This is not true at all. Russia is a completely Nazi country that has long sought to surpass Hitler.
@@lastick1701 Чел, полечи свою больную голову
@@lastick1701я ригаю
"I don't like it, but I support it." Basically sums up what it's like to live under a dictator.
Or "That's all I know so it's the best I can get"
@@Thesamurai1999
You don't know what psychopathy is do you?
Guys, USA didn't want to kill 100ks people on Iraq right? But they had to. And we can say Russia's excuse is more understandable.
@@Thesamurai1999 exactly ! That’s why they’re gonna suffer Economically. For supporting a freak like Himself
@@cem8968 they had to? bullshit
I feel bad for the guy who said that it's too dangerous to discuss the subject. This is a tragedy. They might as well still be living under Soviet rule.
They are! Putin doesn’t care who he kills and in my opinion neither does NATO or Biden! 😡😡😡
We will all be living under tyranny one day if we continue to follow these so called "leaders"
They are still living under Soviet rule.
Ya they have to say this there was a video I saw of people talking about how they didn't want it to happen there's still family there and all this but that was before the invasion it was safer then to say no war no invasion
They basically still are..Delia Morris
For the lady who worries they will have to endure sanctions but she doesn't seem to worry about Ukrainian people, I say may the sanctions result in your having a 300 calorie day for long enough that you will lose thirty percent of your body weight.
You can clearly see that the older folk, who probably remember the old times of the soviet block, a time when people disappeared for saying the wrong thing, still had that mentality and were frightened to say anything against the big boss, whilst the younger ones were a little braver.
Last lady and the guy who said he was for peace even though he knew it was dangerous….. so much respect
There are a few interesting things to note here from the Russians you interviewed.
The older ones either didn't believe there is a war going on, or knew there was a war but supported Putin. However, the younger ones all knew about the war, but didn't sound like support Putin.
This is most likely a difference caused by generation gap. The younger generation gets most of their news from social media or abroad, while the older generation is probably still getting their news from Russian TV stations.
Agreed. Also older generation has been groomed and intoxicated with propaganda for decades now, reaching back to Soviet Union narrative. Young people see it as it is, old people through dimmed and scratched lens of of the past.
Exactly, but I would love to see more people answers, this is a very small group. I would love to see 30min of this
There were a few older here who knew the truth like the last woman
@@TheTeamStealth I agree. But you can also ask some Russians about their opinions via social media. But be aware that the Russian government is apparently banning many social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and twitter; so you might not find many of them there for much longer
yes, that is why putin now blocked all social media, facebook, twitter etc. And passed a law today jailing anyone that spreads misinformation, (the truth), about the war for 15 years. Scumbag dictator. And the dumb bitch that said "should we wait for them to attack us first"? Is she fucking stupid? Even the lies they tell you ANYONE with half a brain knows a tiny country with no nukes would NEVER attacked a huge country that has nukes. Not sure if this is some kind of sick joke or she is on drugs???
They say ignorance is bliss !!!
Guy at 1:45 says more in few careful words than you may realize. Guy in balck hat is right. Why are they in someone elses country demanding rights?
I think the comment "I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here" says everything.
My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine and the Russians who are bravely speaking out against the war ❤
czcams.com/video/pnVWhnnWSiE/video.html
*WE will NOT giveup* 🇺🇦
At least no ones getting cancelled over there unlike the west
@@TheHypernaught yeah. They're getting killed, you privileged puppet! Were you not listening?! What do you think dangerous means?
@TheHypernaught oh they do get cancelled, just not on social media, and not with words
Lmao clearly was paid to say that... if it is so true and apparent that having a different opinion rather than that of the governments, explain why this organization is able to even exist in Russia. Also it is actually the Neo Nazi government of Ukraine that is murdering, silencing & jailing opposition media/independent journalists lmao
For those of you who live in a free country, imagine saying, I can't discuss this because it's dangerous to say anything. Imagine living like that. Imagine a country where you are not allowed to see what the rest of the world is doing. Imagine being unable to express your opinion without being arrested or assassinated. You do what some of these people do, you put your head down and just go with the flow. Can you blame them? If you live in fear and ignorance long enough, you begin to believe whatever is told you because it's safer that way. How horrible.
You mean like being booted off CZcams or FaceBook called misinformation or disinformation?
@@StarsManny there are degrees of course but assassination and disappearance is a very rare thing in the UK
@@StarsManny it's nowhere near as bad, every country has it but fuck geez you are living a luxury in UK
@@StarsManny the US is a battleground of ideas but it is not Kremlin propaganda and no one is being "silenced." These people are brainwashed by fear and isolation from a variety of perspectives.
How many people under 30 support Putin? And do you really hear nothing about what is happening in Kiev and Charkov on state media?
“I support Putin, I won’t look at these photos”
*facepalm meme*
Just like 1984, supreme love for the supreme leader.
Astounding how one man can control the "reality" of an entire nation without them questioning a single thing.
What country are you from?
What country are you in?
History repeating itself once again!
Astounding? Not at all. The methods and techniques are taught in Universities. Look up Edward Bernays...
It happened here in the US for over 74,000,000 people in 2020. And how many believed "Q"? We are not immune.
The old lady at the end is gold
The third women I absolutely respect and I feel has the best opinion she supports Putin but she also says “We don’t like it but the sanctions are drying our pockets” and it is super understandable and to have a opinion such as that I respect very much
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
― Soren Kierkegaard
Until they all die in nuclear inferno.....
These are the exact same kinds of people that supported Hitler, that's all.
There are exceptions to every rule.
The tyrant dies and the struggle to fill that vacuum starts, rinse in cold blood and repeat
Both Tyrant and Martyr die in the GAME
My respect for the old lady. Peace and unity to the Ukranian people and the Russians who are standing aggainst the war.
I think unity is already happening as we speak...
We'd be better off with old ladies running the world. That is until they run out of crumpets.
The older lady said like my grandmother.
Only the last old lady, and the coloured hair girl…… the rest are still drinking the kook-aid…they aren’t going to revolt against that beast….they don’t give a $hit about their ‘ brothers’ …..
I think the old lady has seen enough in his life
i really hope that lady at the end is okay
That last lady has my most upright respect 🙏
“There’ll be inflation and unemployment. But it’s probably the way it should be.” My god this is what decades of suppression and fear look like. No one should ever have to feel that being financial instability and war “are the way things should be”
The Russian Way
Isn't this going on in the US of A right now? Next you'll be saying how unsafe and unsecured Ukrainian boarder is & all citizens should have automatic weapons (just not US) Lets Go Brandon Reeeeeee the Salt must flow
Happening here in America as well. Look at how they’ve beaten us down over the last 2 years. They are conditioning us for hard times ahead.
@Esphaeras Praestans Yep. The 1917 Revolution changed nothing really. Russia is still a feudal country. No real middle class in the American or European way. Just an oppressed proletariat who are kept in the dark about what's really going on, and a wealthy oligarch class who control everything and are utter criminals. We don't even know if that woman was telling the truth about her feelings. She's trying to survive and I don't judge her for it at all.
@Boo Dayne Guns do protect people you lemon, they protect us from people like you and the flithy oligarchs that want Russia to be a Tsarist autocracy where the people are serfs, Putin is the Tsar and his inner-circle of billionaires are his ministers.
You wanna know one of the most important things the Bolsheviks needed to overthrow the Tsar and continue carrying out their revolution?
*GUNS*
They didn't walk into those government buildings with petitions, they walked in with GUNS.
Putin: "It's not a war, it's a special tactical operation"
EU: "It's not sanctions, it's a special financial operation"
When did the EU say it wasn't a sanction? Nonsense whataboutism
@@uzohlaurence478 When they kept buying Putin's oil.
he actually told his army they are going to humanitarian mission.
It's lying 🤥
Fuck off, Russian troll. Of course we are calling it sanctions, because a war criminal deserves the worst sanctions.
This is not first time citizens turned blind eye either through fear or non belief of atrocities Old film of German ppl made to see death camps etc after WW2
Ignorance is so dangerous in a society that’s run under dictatorship
They all know... But the girl with the coloured hair has a heart and all her life ahead of her and the oldest lady has a heart and has nothing to lose. Beautiful people both of them.
Slava Ukraini. Viva Ucrania!!
The hell with Ukraine and the hell with Russia.
@@righteousone1 what is wrong with you
@@righteousone1 Absolutely
Coloured hair - the most predictable opinion.
30 years Ukraine had a lion breathing down its neck and FAILED to modernize their military. It's all on you.
I understand these people for one simple reason, my parents were already in their mid teens when my country stopped being a dictatorship. The fear of talking against the state is real because the consequences can go from imprisonment to "disappeance", and it's not only for those how talk against, but for their family and friends too. It's easy to ask why don't the Russian folk revolts when whe are living confortable in a democracy.
There is one main reason. Russian don't revolt because they don't want to. Maybe 10-20% percent want. But most people don't want. Why should we?
@@serabale80 Yeah, why should you...
@@Trip_mania Do you know any decent reasons? Where do you live by the way?
@@serabale80 I can think of several reasons Russians should revolt ... Like maybe the fact that Russia's dictator is killing not only his kin in Ukraine but also the many humanitarian crimes he commits on his own citizens
@@serabale80 The Answer to that lies in the long term goals in the presidents strategy. Nato is a defensive alliance build out of fear of despots who would want to take their freedom from them. Their members have really no interest in war, as can be seen by the negligence of their military over the last 2 decades since Russia has become a friend and partner. Knowing this why would anyone consider a Nato neighbour a threat? China for example was not asked to create a buffer zone of any kind. The only logical reason for preparing a large buffer zone is a plan for a convential war to move further west into poland and beyond. Noone would have thought this possible until the president decided to start his long planned campaign. Having this long term plans come to fruitions (maybe including China and other despotic nations) will trigger a non conventional war at some point. That is something that can only be avoided by the people of russia and not anyone from outside. Thats why Nato isn't stacking military at the borders right now in fear of iminent attacks. We love peace here and in germany we know very well how a bad leader can turn the world upside down and kill millions. We don't want that to repeat anywhere in the world. There have been stupid or downright criminal leaders in the western nations (like the US) well, but in the end they managed to remove them from office through normal means. I would wish for the russian people to have this choice as well, so if they go to war it's their own well informed decission.
This is why I like Canada 🇨🇦 we are allowed to be freethinkers
The censorship is crazy
The elderly woman at the end was the only one of the older people who thinks for herself. Brava, and good luck to her.
She says exactly what I say at the end of any comment of mine: PutinGoToHell
They all think for themselves, but if they speak out they put themselves and their families in danger so it’s not that simple
In Russia (as in the Soviet states) you think one stuff, talk the other. You can say what you want to a friend you know VERY well in your kitchen. But you would be REALY careful what you say outside.
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
@@siren369xstar8 True, but what's the difference between the Americans and the Russians at this point? They will both do what they feel necessary to achieve their objectives. How right or wrong those objectives are, doesn't really matter too them.
Full credit to the reporter, she is really putting herself at risk of state security, so brave.
+1
Stand with Russia 🇷🇺
@@SoulforSale The whole world is against you!!! we can't all be wrong. THINK. you have been lied to.
@@webbo9798 Let's go Brandon.
@@dandimaxou92 Thats fine thanks for that, but People can make there own minds up, bearing in mind its sources, validity, credibility etc.
they need to experience the same thing they don't mind inflicting
now ask them again without a gun being pointed to their heads pls
My empathy for the Russians has deeply degraded
Voltaire once said, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” He was right.
It was Stalin who said "... If you can control what people belive, you can control how they act...
That maybe explains to me just one thing I still can't comprehend , how quickly those naive and young soldiers, somebody's sons, brothers, husbands turned into a fascists ( yes, I know they have to follow the orders, but I do not care)...
So very true! I wonder sometimes if even one of the Russian soldiers now fighting in the Ukraine, has paused for a moment and realized that he could be killing a cousin of his or an aunt! I wonder if any of the Russian soldiers have refused orders to shoot! I know that they are being told that a hospital or church or apartment building is being used to hoard weapons or is being used as a Ukrainian military installation, so they feel justified at bombing it! But I still wonder if one Russian military can see proof that he was lied to and has refused to engage in Putins war!! 😪
Powerful words. Sadly, all too true.✌😸
#if it shoots send it 🇺🇦
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
I am Japanese.
During World War II, when Japan was once the "Empire of Japan," many Japanese people had the stance of "Hurray the Emperor" and "We obey Hideki Tojo." (The number of people who advocated anti-war was a minority)
During World War II, the Japanese listened to a radio telling a false battlefield called "Great Headquarters Announcement" and were intoxicated with false victory and aggression. (Some people doubted the content of the radio, but it was a minority)
During the war, the number of illnesses caused by malnutrition and undernourishment increased explosively. In Japan at that time.
A Russian who supports Putin and refuses to open his eyes to the truth. They will be in a difficult situation. It's already started.
Stupid, you forgot that America dropped two atomic bombs on your country. You Japanese are cowards. Will Russia be harmed by sanctions? No! Russia has been helped by sanctions to establish its own production. when he goes to the gas station and sees the video price, he remembers when the sanctions hit. Stupid one
History has a habit of repeating itself sadly
one of the ways we broke that illusion for you guys was by showing that tojo was short in public news papers
History doesen't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
Ukraine being the battlefield same in my country in WW2 Philippines became a battlefield by Japan and American.
The old women at the end can speak her mind as she is elderly and won't be around very long.
Younger people don't have that luxury.
this aged like fine wine
This is very, very similar to the opinions of many of the German people at the end of WWII. If people deny what is happening around them, it is either them protecting themselves from the truth or they are complicit with what is happening.
this is very similar to the opinion of many of the usa and israel people when confronted with their atrocities. they always blame the victims and are complicit with what their thugs do.
@kd And how exactly would NATO be gone? Do you even know what youre talking about?
Radio Free Europe is a CIA backed propaganda media, no, seriously, most Russians don't support this war.
you were alive during 2nd world war????
@@sabin97 keep pointing fingers
This just goes on to tell how dangerous life can be in a authoritarian country with very little freedom of speech and information. You are forced to obey and believe in what the leader says and what the national media says (because it's also limited). Failing to do so or protesting or even mentioning the truth can get you killed or kidnapped and probably being held hostage.
The west is slightly better but also states that shut up other opinions and descriminate against. Russian musicians and artists in the west are either fired immediately or are forced to pick sides between the west or Russia. They express they don't want war, but that's apperantely not enough and are being excluded from any programs, because they are from Russia and don't hate on their own home country.
pretty much.. its actually sad but same time scary.. imagine if other countries decided to do this we'd all be mindless sheep following a 'Leader' listening to their beliefs and idealism.. i feel sympathy for these people you can tell they want to speak up.. but they dont want to say anything incase they will get killed for talking
Do you really believe this propaganda?
We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA...
So either:
1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth.
2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
@@anna-5104 "slightly" better??? Go to school and consume more than one type of media to educate yourself and you will realize that it's not hard to come up with an opinion yourself.
And that's what will happen to America if we keep electing Democrats.
They all know what's happening. Period.
I think that many of these people need to be taken into the war region and get a real-time glance at what is truly happening. Maybe then they will be able to get out of their bubble.
My utmost respect to the last lady in the video. She probably still remembers the horrible times during WW2 and under Stalin’s regime. It’s a shame that these wise words are too rarely heard by the young generations, who then repeat the same mistakes which history has witnessed a thousand times!
it seems that the elderly (whom seen the worst of dictators) and the young (born after the fall) can see around their leaders' lies; but the "boomers" have totally sunk themselves into the leadership's trap... willingly.
strange generational parallel here stateside
Most of Putin's supporters are elderly and most of his critics belonged to the younger generations.
The problem is the youth have no voice in Russian society.
@@NewPaulActs17 exactly my thoughts.
@@aaroncabatingan5238 really in all societies. Not only that but the young choose not to speak up or to be involved in politics. The elderly are the ones that are most involved into politics and this is why we have so many issues is because there’s too many older generations running new generation people and never matches up
a couple of the younger people in the video both denounced the war though
I feel sorry for that last man. He knows it’s ridiculous and insane to invade Ukraine but has too much trust in what is government says he’s going to be heart broken
He probably has close ties to the countries and or acquaintances
He doesn’t know what day it is proper wasteman
@@dd61125 How do you feel about the starving lower-class citizens of North Korea? Are they evil as well?
You could see it in his eyes; he believed but wasn't ready to accept it.
@@WilliamNeely yeah, that's what I got as well, from several people in the video.
У того, кто не сожалеет о распаде Советского Союза, нет сердца. У того, кто хочет его восстановить, нет мозгов.
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Knowledge has cast out many demons, not enough
The scary thing is that media from around the world, including this channel, was available on the Internet in Russia until a day or two ago. Ordinarily, people will tune out what they don't want to hear. Also, one gets a rewarding feeling of reassurance from trusting authority. I suppose it goes back to trusting one's parents as a small child.
People in the US do this just as easily. Anything we don't want to hear is "fake news."
People will not openly speak badly about Putin because, like all dictators, he will kill you and your whole family. Annoyingly, these idiots don't even realize they suffer from the exact same effects the German people did in the early years of the war. By 1942, Germans despised Hitler but they'd already made their bed. Most of the old, plebian humans who maintain oxygen on this earth, still spill their poison from the 80s and 90s in to the youth. Wont be long until the elderly complain and people get beaten on the streets.
Citizens around the world have to come to terms:
The politician's hand is always an axe and a knife and a hammer.
They know the truth, but: the system will know what these people told the media, and they or their familys would get punished for it.
If they ask the people open most people will tell them they love putin.
20years of prison for going on a demonstration(if the judge has a very bad day) beating on the house anyway... .
People dissapear in russia, get killed. Or if you have a decent job, you cant speak open, without risking it and your future.
Dear Dixon Pinfold: Children will trust what they hear from corrupt parents and governments not being trained in right and wrong; therefore, not knowing the difference. Most of the Russian people are hostage puppets.
The woman that said “This is what needs to be done”. I think she should be sent to Ukraine to share her opinion with some local Ukrainians.
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Easy to say something "needs to be done" when, being a woman, she won't be the one doing it, or isn't the one that this thing is done to.
If she's actually sent to Ukraine, only then will we hear about her opinion, a moment before that is just a woman who knows sharing her real opinion is not an option.
Time to take it to Russia
@@DM-rc4yu exactly
The things we take for granted like FREEDOM
I never knew Russia was like this, to place such little value on their neighbours families is just shocking to me. Makes sense why they send their sons to war and beat their chest, very sad that a country can have such little value on the lives of others.
Living in a state of fear is when only the very young and the very old can afford to see and speak the truth. The old woman at the end has the most spontaneous expression, no fear, no care about what they could do to her.
Amen. The young speak their truth freely, often without fear, mostly with limited understanding or experience in the "ways of this world"; the old speak their truth freely with confidence; deep understanding through having experienced the ways of the world (wisdom). Both are at a point where they might feel they have nothing to lose and everything to gain-- simply by speaking their Truths and being Free in their Hearts. - just my 2 cents
@@LeeBee1111 i agree
Poor lady, she’s prob sitting in a cell right now for speaking truth.
Yes, when in fear of NATO and the EU militarized at your borders and when the west puts in their own politicians in their "own free" society.. no reason to panic.
@@benjy117 mentally ill propagandist. NATO is light years ahead of Russia in everything military short of nuclear warheads. The presence of Warheads alone would stop NATO from ever attempting any move against Russia. There really is no reason to panic. Now, after this moronic war, US banks will control most of the Russian economy, wp Putin.
That woman saying: "We have no impact on this anyway" (by the way thinking only about economic consequences and not about the human suffering on the pictures that she was just shown) should remind us how important it is to fight for our freedom. At some point, the time comes to take a stand and fight.
True... but as we've seen with all these various social media driven mass hysteria's (Kony 2012, Floyd, Covid, Kabul Airport and now Ukraine) it's important to have a grounded view of reality.
In a month or two when you all calm down (and Ukraine has surrendered) we can move forward in a more productive manner.
Regardless how many tanks or lies you put into the battle, you will never be able to defeat free people !
@@tome4589 Shouldn't you be on your knees, praising your dead savage?
@@togarnis8096 Wauuw, you're truely the brightest human in this disgusting attack on peaceful Ukraine!
Comfort the totalitarian maniac and let's talk about the whole when dust has settled, - and the innocent citizens are buried!
How unbelievable pathetic and weak minded 🤮🤮
That woman was not interested in the truth. She can't handle the truth. Who needs cognitive dissonance?
"What's your view on the war?"
"I can't complain."
"What do you mean? You don't have an opinion on it?
"No, I literally can't complain."
Love that last lady's reaction
Not as bad as hearing it from young people in Ukrainian cities, calling their parents to Russia about being bombed, and being laughed at because "Putin would never do this, silly".
How do you know it occured this way?
@@lasferta just look up the videos of it
@@user-uv6qy5fq2e pathetic
Is that why Russia has bombed schools?
Is that why Russia has Pentwater far past Donetsk?
@@user-uv6qy5fq2e prove it!
Stand out participants, girl with two-coloured hair calling out the self-destructive administration and the 'to hell with him' old lady at the end. Honourable mention to the young guy who opposed war but sadly felt unable in such repressive circumstances to fully express his views. Here's to a freer version of Russia and a Ukraine without foreign aggression.
very well said
That old lady , man how brave. She thinks Fuck Putin! Because she survived the Stalin regime!
100000 percent a man
@@TBonald Ukraine is a failed state.There is no future for Ukraine.
@@devansa125 Putins russia is a failed state and it is failing (latest) due to his actions since February 21st. Only way for this country to prosper is after Putin is gone forever
What about soldiers of Russia who died in WW2 because of Ukraine
Some of these people have ossified brains. How often has Russia been attack in the past 80 years? On the other hand, how many times has Russia attacked its own neighbors??
I like how the third lady is more worried about the sanctions hitting her pocket rather than the human lives lost 🤦🏻♂️
Well it's natural to be more worried about your own life than some abstract lives you hear about on the news. People die all around the world every day, you know. Not really a tragedy if you don't know them personally.
@@yomer355 right…little different when your country is the perpetrator and it’s very publicly on display for the whole world to see
I don’t dislike Russians and I think different options are healthy but when your that egoistic I just want to knock you the fuck out.
@@yomer355 bro Putin has been draining your pockets since 2000 how are people so dum. Just look at the different social classes it makes me sick that people can’t open their ignorant fat mined.
hakuGman... you ''like how the third....''.... WhatTA SILLY, miserable, lowlifeD dissembler you ARE, your CLOWN... Lmaooo
I live in Russia now and I want to cry. In Russia the less educated people don't understand the situation at all and the well-educated people in Russia understand everything but we don't have any power to stop the madness.
If you can access the internet and get international news, here's hoping other Russian people can too somehow? Putin actually gave an interview and said he hadn't bombed Ukraine!
The older generation supports Putin while the younger generation hates him
I believe that! 🙏
U have power to stop it ,citizens of Russia can change ANYTHING if u work together .
@@prvotri8253 Easy for you to say
Nobody is more blind than the one who does not want to see evidence.
The last Woman is so Brave
"I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here". That just about sums it up. The ordinary Russian will talk freely only when Putin is strung up for all to see.
Пишу из России. Вы полностью правы!!!
@@badcat787 be safe 🧡
You can get beaten up or lose job by saying that you are for Putin in the west. Don’t act like west has complete freedom of speech.
We do have complete freedom of speech. BTW no one supports that monster
@@Dzeividz I don't think you understand what freedom of speech means.
This is the exactly same things that German people said about the Holocaust. German people in the next town less than two miles away from an "arbeitslager" had no idea it was there and refused to believe it's existence until Allied troops rounded up the entire settlement including women, children and the elderly, marched them to the camp and made them bury the bodies of the inmates that the guards had executed as they left.
That's the best part of the war in Europe. To strike the heart of those support evils.
Band of Brothers titled the episode as "Why we fight"
@@renataostertag6051 Your comment is very idiotic and seems to have missed the entire point.
noobder noobder that is naive view. Most of Russians are brainwashed absolutely convinced that Putin is right. He converted them in obedient slaves.
@@renataostertag6051 the women and elderly who refused to believe that their countrymen were executing Jews en masse in extermination camps just s free km down the road. What better way to show them the falsehood of their beliefs than to make them bury the corpses of the victims of their country's evil behavior.
It wasn’t about “being the hero” you dunce cap wearing tool, it was about making them witness the reality around them- what they chose to ignore, deny, and pretend was never there. They refused to acknowledge the truth, so the soldiers made them witness the horror firsthand. If they see it, saw the bodies, the buildings, the torment, carried those bodies and dug them graves, again and again, they could not deny that people have been murdered not far from their home. That it happened so close to them and they did nothing about it. That was the point.
Their country became hell on earth. The systemic slaughter of innocent people needed to be seen to be believed. Felt, too, because you know there’s idiots out there who would claim all the bodies were fake until they get up close- smell the decay, feel the cold flesh pulled taut over fragile bones. All of them NEEDED to see. After all, you’ve got Holocaust deniers even now simply because they didn’t see it themselves. Do you understand now, or are you going to continue to make a fool of yourself in front of everybody?