Russian Explains Why There Is No Opposition in the Country
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- In this brief yet insightful interview, meet Vitaliy Blazhevich, a 60-year-old sociologist turned English and Russian language teacher for foreigners. Vitaliy shares his careful but candid views on why there is currently no opposition in Russia, detailing the repressive measures the government takes against dissenters.
He reflects on the pivotal year of 2012, when Vladimir Putin was re-elected for another presidential term, despite not having the legal right to do so, marking a turning point for him personally. Vitaliy also opens up about the consequences he faced for expressing honest opinions about his president.
The discussion extends to international politics, where Vitaliy offers his perspective on Donald Trump and Joe Biden. He explains why he believes a Trump victory would be detrimental for everyone. Additionally, the interview touches on the stereotype that Russians are seen as "sheep" by foreigners, with Vitaliy countering that Americans voting for Trump are, in his opinion, more deserving of that label.
Join us for this thought-provoking conversation that sheds light on the complexities of Russian political life and international perceptions.
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great guy, at least he give the Russian people a lesson everyone should have heard.
a lot of americans need to hear him as well
@@user-eu8pe5jy2tYes, this is what you get if you let putin have his way
@@user-eu8pe5jy2tYes, especially those supporting someone who openly says he would like to follow Putins path in regards to the amount of power a „leader“ should have and even praises Putin for that.
It is also called „helping your adversaries without knowing it“.
This guy has talked the most sense I’ve ever heard from anyone….Ever!!! So honest and just a genuinely nice guy. The planet lacks genuine nice people like this.
Thank you so much for your work! You truly have lots of courage, dignity, human decency and.. balls of steel to show the true face of the murderous Putin regime! Very best wishes from Provence
You know what, I just came from Russia, I've been to Moscow and St. Petersburg and I've never seen the bloody Putin regime anywhere, at least life there is more interesting than in Provence. Take a look and worry about your bloody, Macron regime .
this is a very wise and intelligent guy.
He literally used whataboutisms to deflect
What a honest, insightful and truthful gentleman. I hope the state doesn't push him out of a window.
I wish I had a way to thank this Gentleman for his bravery & clear sightedness. He is 100% correct and yes we do have a lot of ignorant "sheeple" in the US. It's a very sad time in our political history. Wish you all the best Sir ❤
There are TWO respective groups, in Russia and in the US, both yearning to return their respective societies to some BETTER (imaginary) past.
For the Russians, that imagined superior past they want Russia to return to... it likely is no further back in time than the time the red Hammer & Sickle was flying close to half of the nations of the world.
Because if the Russians (who yearn to return Russia back to some better, superior times)... if they returned Russia too far back, they ended up around the decades/centuries of the Tsar and other BS times like that; I don't think, Lenin, Stalin, or comrade KGB Col. Putin & Co would like THAT, do you?
However, for the Americans --- who also say they yearn to return to some better, more moral, more ethical, more meritocratic past when everyone who followed the law was treated fairer, with better more opportunity to succeed, when meritocracy was really in play --- it is HARDER to pin them down.... it could be the 1950s, or 40s, or 20s or 1890s or 1850s or 1777?
We don't know; THEY DON'T KNOW... bu they say, if American could be returned (politically, educationally, socially, jurisprudentially, scientifically, etc.) to those (imagined) better and fairer times, we would all be better off.
Absolute nonsense, of course... but that's how some twisted people operate...
Anyway, we know who those respective folks are, in Russia and in the USA....
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Isn't the principal learning point from this man that the existence of a mass of poorly-educated people is the fundamental requirement for autocrats to gain and maintain power? And this applies everywhere.
I hope this guy stays safe.
Brilliant. How did you find him I wonder? Hats off to him.
An intelligent and wise Russian. I love it!
There are still some very decent Russians!!
Where?
@@stuartbritton4811 Don't be stupid, try living under a dictatorship, where they can drag you away in the middle of the night for things you say publicly.
A delight to listen to him talk 👏
This guy is like a beam of light in the darkness may God keep him safe
Absolutely spot on...!
I must congratulate this brave man for his courage and lucidity. He said what millions of russians think but are not able to talk.
Anyway, nothing is for ever!…
Great video! Keep up your good work!
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Great interview, with a sensible and very brave man.
To the interviewee: Thank you for your honesty, bravery and frankness. To the producers: Continue to spread the word - don't give up!
What a honest man, and I agree with him in everything. If everyone in russia were like him russia and the West would be good friends, visit each other, travel to each other countries, exploring each others culture & country, and most important of all, trust each other.
But with people like putin, who lives and breath for being vicious, cruel, suspicious and dream about restore good old glory days (which never was).
Thanks for these videos. It shows what mainstream doesn't. Good people.
A gem of an interview. Best explanation, especially in the global context of an ogre like Tramp. Thank you & compliments on an excellent interview with a grounded subject. With such citizens there is hope in any country.
Beautiful interview. Almost like a piece of art. Human beings can be incredibly impressive in the most dire of circumstances.
Would have loved to share dinner and a bottle of wine with this brave soul.
Agree with everything he said even for MAGA in USA…
Nice to hear a normal Russian speak. Love from the U.K. land of the free.
What a man with integrity
Pure wisdom.
Gee, I hope this guy will be OK. You can't speak out like that against the Russia leader, you could be in big trouble 😮
First man is really wise I like him
Great to see there ARE some actual humans in today’s russia..
The US president visited North Korea to prevent a conflict and was successful. The Russian president visited North Korea to attain collaboration for a conflict he himself instigated!
...WHAT conflict did Trimp resolve with they ego maniacal Kim??😮😢
@achillespapaefthemiou8259 The start of the second Korean war. For the uneducated out there.
stories of real Russian citizens their likes, dislikes, fears, and hopes for Russia’s future is a real eye opener. I now feel a lot more compassion for some of the Russian citizenry who see the truth about the evil intentions of their leader, trump, and Kim. I hope they remain safe for voicing their opinions but the truth needs to be heard again and again and again.
Well said.
who benefits from what one person stated, when the masses keep silent and passive - nothing will change when most of the russians ignore this f war and prefer to accept the consequences out of convenience
You need a lot of courage to speak your mind there. What a courageous person . All luck and bless for him.
Welcome to Trump’s vision of America.
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@@jonasdauerbrenner6432
All you have to do is listen to Trump.
What president in history has NOT been endorsed to run again by almost every senior member of his administration? Answer - ONLY Donald Trump.
So listen to Barr, Kelly, Mattis, Comey, Brennan, Pence, Romney, Hutchison, Bolton, Hagel, Tillerson, Cheney etc, hear what they have to say about how dangerous, incompetent, treasonous and absurd Trump is, but you won’t, you won’t because you’re in a cult, and listening, reasoning, truth and facts are banned in MAGA.
@@jonasdauerbrenner6432
All you have to do is listen to Trump.
What president in history has NOT been endorsed to run again by almost every senior member of his administration? Answer - ONLY Donald Trump.
So listen to Barr, Kelly, Mattis, Comey, Brennan, Pence, Romney, Hutchison, Bolton, Hagel, Tillerson, Cheney etc, hear what they have to say about how dangerous, incompetent, treasonous and absurd Trump is, but you won’t, you won’t because you’re in a cult, and listening, reasoning, truth and facts are banned in MAGA.
@@jonasdauerbrenner6432
All you have to do is listen to Trump and his acolytes Bannon, Miller, Vance, Carlson etc.
Then listen to those in his administration Barr, Tillerson, Kelly, Bolton, Brennan, Comey,, Pence, plus Hagel, Cheney, Romney, McAffrey. But you won’t because truth and facts are not relevant in a cult.
@@jonasdauerbrenner6432
All you have to do is listen to Trump and his acolytes Bannon, Miller, Vance, Carlson etc.
Then listen to those in his administration Barr, Tillerson, Kelly, Bolton, Brennan, Comey,, Pence, plus Hagel, Cheney, Romney, McAffrey. But you won’t because truth and facts are not relevant in a cult.
MAGA - A cult of cowardice and denial.
This guy gets it 🤔
What a top bloke willing to speak out.
Great guy!
I wonder if ordinary Russians understand what the current goal of the so-called special operation...
Unlikely
Whats the current goal?
War or no war, ordinary people are quite busy with living their lives like in every other country, I presume.
I remember asking myself, where in the world is Afghanistan? Wars have reasons, often resulting from decades of buildup. But once it starts, it's easy to lose focus on why so much resources and lives were allocated in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.
@@yo2trader539As a finn I see the stupidity of this century began from George W Bush and his wars in the middle east. Nowdays another idiot in Russia is believing he must give a response to that justifying his war and crimes in Ukraine. Therefore I think americans are not innocent and they are obliged to support Ukraine with europeans as much it will demand.
This brave gentleman "telling it like it is" should have his identity protected. Period.
I worry about his safety, talking to the camera just like that, without anything to cover his face.
What a courageous person!
You’re doing very important work. Greetings to all the Free Russians out there. Mad respect 🇬🇧🫡
Great video. he is quite right, the problems started back in 2012 and might have been stopped if the Russians were a bit more aware of what might follow. He has a very interesting view on the US which I really have to agree with. Luckily the US has a strong history of democracy and Trump just doesn't have what it takes to break it.
It's a shame to see Russia fall to the same level as North Korea and even Iran.
Wonder what is it that Trump trying to break? Ever wonder why it's less and less people are for Biden?
Every word is true
I have never agreed more with anyone interviewed by your channel. 👏 👏 💯
An educated and informed commentry from this Russian citizen..., unfortunately he is a rare species?
Wow...100%
Wow!
As an American, all good comments
Fortunately there are russian people thinking clearly about what is going on in the country and have courage to express openly.
2:02 rare Aleksandr Dugin reference? And his 1998 book _Foundations of Geopolitics_ that laid out Putin's entire post-Soviet geopolitical strategy?
You mean the receiver?
@@doofyler What is that? I thought it might be a reference to Dugin. But maybe not.
Fabulous gent
Russia hasn't changed for hundreds of years, and shows no sign of changing. Unfortunately.
Thank you
Impressed.
Very Smart
Yea, his president visited North Korea too.
Yeah this was his whole point.
@@redwithblackstripes Trump visited to stop a potential war and was successful. His president visited to continue and expand a war he started.
The US president visited North Korea to prevent a war and was successful. The Russian president visited North Korea to expand and continue a war that he started.
@redwithblackstripes Yeah, his president went to beg and collaborate in
Yea, his president went to beg and collaborate so as to expand the SMO his president started.
We need more people like him.
He is so right. Bravo
A smart guy 👍🏻👍🏻
Very bright guy...that is dangerous in Russia. We all say the brain drain and I am sure if this man were younger he would have been long gone. What a waste of intelligence as I bet in the West he would have been teaching in one of the best colleges in what ever country he was living.
That man has his eyes open... he gives me hope for RuZzZzia's future... Heroes are everywhere!
Democracy for Russia is not unlike sobriety for an alcoholic: they've tried it more than once, at first they felt great but not for long, then they fell back into their old ways.
god bless u
.I think that this Russian is right to see similarities between Russians who support Putin and Americans who support Trump
It is no mystery. Both Trump and Putin are narcissists, they both manipulate people in exactly the same way. The only difference is Putin has secured himself a position where no one is able to stand up to him now, Trump would love to have the power over the people that Putin does, that's why he admires him so much. A stark warning for the US, be careful what you wish ( and vote ) for.
And where are the similarities?
@@ritam4926 Both are motivated by vindictiveness and a big grudge.
@@peter-pi8bcI would not compare Russian and American parties. It's completely different agendas.
@@ritam4926 Many MAGA-types admire Putin; Putin is looking forward to Trump's presidency.
The opposition decided not to be given flying lessons from top floors of high rise flats.
The poorly educated who are uninformed and the wealthy who like to avoid taxes, vote for Trump in America.
stay safe .take care
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I wish more Americans knew as much about American politics as this Russian.
Quote is Google translated from transcript:
3:37 *"it was a shock for me when people in America voted for Trump*"
A lot of us Americans were surprised by Trump's victory in 2016. Clinton was an unattractive candidate but I held my nose and voted for her.
My favorite joke from the 2016 election:
Question - If Donald Trump and Hillery Clinton were stuck on a desert island, who would win?
Answer - America.
As this gentleman notes, more Americans did vote for Clinton than Trump. A quirk in America's constitution called the Electoral College gave him the victory.
I'm more surprised by the number of people who want to return to the White House somebody as corrupt as Trump, who tried to use his Presidential power to overturn the results of the last election.
Trump tried to corrupt the Electoral College in his effort to hold on to power after he lost the election. This was among the crimes he would have been charged with until our corrupt Supreme Court made the President immune from prosecution for crimes committed in office if they could be called "official" acts.
A much a threat as I believe Trump's campaign is to America's future as a representative democracy is, it's nothing compared to somebody who tries to influence an election with an attempted assassination.
That's something from Putin's play book. Look at the fate of everybody who has opposed him.
The same will happen in the US under Trump.
Glad to know that some intellectuals are still left in Russia.
Vitaliy Blazhevich - a decent Russian.
Wonderful speaker! A diamond in the rough, as some say. I would like to add a comment regarding Trump supporters. Majority of older Soviet emigres here, in the US, support Trump. What does it say about our mentality? Sad…
Yeah and majority of Biden supporters are for open south borders and don't see anything wrong with that.Who is really American?
They should know better after living in the US.
One would think so…
That guy was on the money .. shame his views are not supported .by the lemmings .
Coming to US cities if Trump is elected.
Thanks for your persistence in bringing the real Russia to us.
Do you detect a shift in the average Ruskis’ view of the war?
Suggestion for an episode topic: what can we do to convince Russians that their country is going down a very dark path?
How to get the truth to the people? ie KONSTANTIN
ZHEEP BAA BAA
Подставное лицо!
As a Finn I love Trump!
Eternal Road 😮
Do not compare situations in Russia and America. Two different stories two different presidents.
It is a shame to think he has no chance to live a good life. What will he do when he gets old?.
was there ever
His answers and the questions don't line up with the people walking past. The edit has been used to modify the question to the answer, and we can clearly see this because the background jumps between the question and the answer.
I don't trust this video because it's not a single take. It's a very mixed edit.
Trump haters are everywhere!
Well he sees what it is. he is working with evil forces. Trump all ready laid out his hand. Which benefits Russia. Do you understand?
Aint nobody hating on precious trump. Or your weed. Or your beliefs he is just saying his opinion. From another perspective.
He literally.stated the whole think social norms goes on here in america. 😆
So I’m poorly educated? Ha!
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This Russian man speaks of sheep in the USA while simultaneously acting speaking as a very scared sheep!
Channel details: United States
WOW, COLOR ME SURPRISED!
Is there a real opposition in the US? No. in the EU? No. In Germany the opposition march was brutally interrupted by the police, same in France. In Canada, your bank account may be frozen if you are too loudly opposing. Russia has a healthy government critique. They do have more patriotic and liberal forces within the government. But the idea of Russia is to maintain a balance, for without it the country would fall apart. The time of opposition is gone, just like the time of democracy.
Thanks for your advice. I guess you missed what just happened in the UK. A government the people had come to despise was replaced. I’ll take an imperfect democracy and the ability to turf out a government I find abhorrent any day over the sort of fear and repression we regularly see in dictatorships. I don’t want to live in fear.
Democracy is not dead just because a phenomenon of the type of Hitler or Trump comes to power. Democracy returned to Germany and it will ultimately prevail in the US.
troll😅
@@etienneauburdon41 unable to provide any smart argument, resort to using meaningless labels.
He should emigrate to America if he is unhappy in Russia.
when he got asked if russians are sheeps or fools he doesnt give an answer - he starts talking about the states and Trump - isn´t it interesting
Watch again 😮
@@jsaintr.i.r4018 seems you have no single clue of russian mentality
Exactly 👏
Ох уж эти либерахи😂
Слава России 🇷🇺🇷🇺
such an amazing dude
Zato u ukraiini ima jako puno demokratije😂