Do Belarusians know they live in the most dictatorial country in Europe?
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Timestamps:
0:00 - It's one of our last videos from Belarus at the moment, and these are some interesting stories
2:25 - Aleksandr, 44, chef
3:01 - Boris Pavlovich, 74
3:32 - 3rd person
3:39 - 4th person
3:48 - 5th guys
4:10 - Vadim, 32, IT-specialist
4:44 - Aleksei, 26, IT-specialist
5:22 - Elvira Anatolyevna, music history teacher
5:59 - Bogdan, 17, college student
6:18 - Andrei, 17, school student
8:02 - Aleksei, 26, IT-specialist
8:25 - Vasiliy, 60
8:39 - 12th person
9:20 - 13th person
10:21 - The last person
10:46 - 1420: who made this video, when and where.
Check out this video about Fraud on Military Help for Ukraine
Link: ua-cam.com/video/hRd-l-5Cfxw/v-deo.html
#promo (text is made by the author, content may not coincide with my opinion)
Daniil, if you have possibility, can you visit Crimea and ask questions there?
I think it would be really interesting to see their perspective on everything happening.
edit: or some of the safer Caucasus republics, that would also be insightful for westerners
ua-cam.com/video/1JK7SRkV3-E/v-deo.html
@@erenliebert4576 That would be amazing but i doubt it really safe their for people going around and asking questions. Who knows.
очень скудные субтитры
Слава России ☦️🇷🇺🇷🇺Z
1420 : Do you ...
Lady : I don't answer provocative questions *Walk away
1420: nononononnononoono, do you like living in a dictatorship?
I laughed so hard hahaha
To be fair: they probably cut out (a part of) the question, before.
没什么可笑的，很多这种西方派来的CIA到中国来做类似的采访，然后剪辑成西方想要的方向，扭曲被访者的回答，同样的那些女士为什么没回答也是这种原因，你没发现他采访的人都只说这个国家的不好，这是极其反常的，好的方面被他剪掉了。
"I absolutely don't live in a dictatorship, but dictatorship is not so bad anyway" - the 2nd guy.
tkd, so what? he lived in USSR and knows what dictatorship is
It’s actually not bad because democracy is an illusion
@@wild_reader in the last 25 years of the USSR's existence, there was no dictatorship. The center poorly controlled the Nazis on the outskirts of the USSR. After Stalin's death, he was almost immediately condemned. And the level of freedom that reigned in the USSR from 86 to the collapse in the West was not even dreamed of - only it did not bring happiness to people, but only. In addition to local ethnic conflicts during the collapse of the USSR, Russian and Russian-speaking, state-forming peoples of the USSR were subjected to terrible humiliation, exile, slave trade, mass pardons. 250 thousand just died. 3 million were forced to leave their homes without everything under pain of death. You have no idea what happened during the collapse of the USSR in the national regions in the south of the USSR and in Chechnya and the Caucasus in Russia
@@DarkGhostandMoscow What are you talking about? 😂 How many people from East Germany have you for example asked if there was dictatorship in CCCP in the 80s? What about people in the Baltics? They were occupied for 50 years and obviously lived under a dictatorship until it all came apart.
@@wild_reader if he was a part of opression and liked it, then yes. if he could be a victim...
The second guy sums up the current double speak in Russian regimes perfectly; “are you living in a dictatorship?” - “No. but if we were then that would be a good thing because dictatorships are great.. but we’re not living in a dictatorship”
Какие такие 'Российские' режимы лол? Беларусь это суверенное государство. От России у нее зависимость не более чем у ЕС от США. Но ты бы не стал говорить про европейские государства как про 'Американские' режимы.
@@user-uy8yt7ku4w You already know its because Belarus is a puppet-state of Russia. What happens is that they (Russia and their puppet-states) say one thing and sugarcoats it - but it often means the opposite.
@@user-uy8yt7ku4w you can not understand... a sovereign country, lol...
@@Seb-H Can you? If you do understand, can you explain how Russia controls Belarus? It certainly can apply some political and economical pressure when needed, but Lukashenko can say NO to Putin if he wants. It's not a puppet state, like Russia and Abkhazia(I really wanted to use some US's puppet state as an example, but apparently there aren't any, however a big part of the world is in Russia-Belarus-like relationship with US). Not saying anything about democracy/freedom/HDI btw, thats totally different thing
@@user-uy8yt7ku4w Putin's army is training in belarus and Russia invaded many neighboring country and Putin assasinate many of his own oppositions. I want to see him try to say "NO" to Putin.
The subtitles on this video are really... underperforming. "Godfather academy" - I can't even guess where that came from, the woman actually said her son served as a border guard. The second-to-last woman said she worries about peace, not world, and later mentioned reading literature from pre-war periods ("authors from before WW2 and even before WW1"), not _aboout_ the wars. In all the videos the subtitles have some minor inaccuracies, but in this one the gaffs seem much more significant.
Thank you for explaining and pointing out this information.
я служил в школе крёстных отцов в Бобруйске. что в этом удивительного?
Несколько раз переслушал и нет, она на самом деле говорит "в богоотцах" ,а не в "погранцах"
@@kotopsina Чё за нах...? Какие ещё школы/академии крёстных отцов???🤣
Can't "mir" mean both "peace" and "world"?
I'm so sorry for the last person 😥
"Do you live in a dictatorship?"
"Absolutely not. But dictatorship is pretty great."😂😶
А чего смешного?
@@user-ng6wc4xr2l Те що не хоче вірити те що він промитий, але сам каже що промитий
@@AnnoyingDog1997 сои подьехали
@@user-ng6wc4xr2l he’s delusional and doesn’t even know what type of country he’s living in
You can't even read the subtitles. He didn't say it's great, he said it's not always a bad thing. It's not the same.
When people fear about expressing themselves on the streets, you can already tell they're not in a well being country...
Yeaaa Everyone is feared.......Really their opinion doesn't matter, can be twisted 180. Stay a turtle
@@miken9867 sheep, you wanted to say sheep, Ivan.
@Barry Block Absolutely Turkey...
In some scoring systems such as the Human Freedom Index, both Turkey and Russia are worse than Belarus. But neither those is wholly "in Europe" which I presume is being taken into account (?).
@@chacharealsmooth941 Nope, he meant turtle. Just like you are.🤨
@@telebubba5527 ok, comrade Sergei
The last bloke - a true legend.
Q: "Do you live in a dictatorship?"
A: Absolutely not!
A: Also - living in a dictatorship is pretty great!
it depends on a dictator.
@@EUGEN093😂
So apparently, if someone tells you the freshness of fish in a sushi place is "not always bad", you take this to mean "This place is great! Freshest fish ever!"? Because, you know, that is what the man actually said. Recognizing that dictatorships don't ONLY come with bad aspects. Not that it's great to live in one.
You can't even read the subtitles. He didn't say it's great, he said it's not always a bad thing. It's not the same.
I wish Belarusians can enjoy a free country aswell. I have worked together with many Belarusians in various IT projects and all were great people. None of them liked Lukashenka, may they get rid of his dynasty and rule.
Lukash will be gone soon after Putin is removed and Russia is defeated in Ukraine........running to his big bro. in Moscow. ......then on to his dacha in Sochi.
Got to get rid of Putin first. Guy props Lukashenka up
Unfortunately for the Belarusian people, if something happens to their current leader, Russian troops will take over Belarus overnight. No way that Putin is going to allow his strongest ally to become an EU and/or NATO member.
I hope West counties too
@@mjmcgowan Neither the EU nor Nato would take Belarus in it's current state (If they were free from putins/russias grasp). It's highly underdeveloped and faces a lot of other problems that they'd have to resolve first to even be considered as a member.
When I was in Belarus in 2019 with film crew everything seemed to be normal. People from secret police were following us, so we felt safe. And when we asked Belarusians about anything connected with politics they became silent and smiled mysteriously.
Haha yeah I would also have turned silent if the KGB was following you 😅
@@northbreeze0198 Well, really orwellian climat in XXI century scenography. I remember late communism in Poland. People talked about politics all the time and political jokes were something normal. Belarus reminds me East Germany. They were also so doublethinking.
I have friends who visited North Korea. All of the visitors have assigned "guides". They can't go around on their own anywhere, are only taken to places meant to be showcases for tourists. Filming and photographing only what they're allowed to. But they've been repeatedly told that there was 0 chance of them being robbed, stolen from, become victims of violent crime etc. - perfect safety 😂
I lived in Lviv from august 2020 to September 2021. Around January I went to see Kyiv and stayed in a hostel. I remember meeting a Belarusian refugee at the hostel. Though I didn’t speak Russian and couldn’t converse much, he seemed so damn happy to be in Ukraine.
Maybe it was the Salo or Varynyky or pork Tushonka?
No he was probably just happy to finally not being tortured but Lukashenko’s goons.
He was probably more happy about being out of Belarus than being in the poorest country in Europe.
@@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 Well, don't tell me about poverty. Until February 24, 22, Ukraine was developing well. At least Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa are quite European cities.
@@Pavlo_Balashkevych everything is up to us and it will still be, now the main thing is victory, and after the war our country will be many times better than before it..
All in our hands✊
Thank you Daniil and your team for what you are doing.
Очень правильные вещи вы делаете освещая настрояния людей в России и Беларуси для западной аудитории.
Именно что для «западноц»😂
@@Koshka_ru это опечатка, а не грамматическая ошибка. Буква "й" и буква "ц" находятся бок о бок на клавиатуре. Вы преувеличиваете значение этого допущения.
Another thoughtful and insightful offering. Thank you Daniil and Maxim!
Оставайся сильным!
🤮
I dont think most people realize how bad things are in Belarus. When the mass protests broke out, the guy from the russian channel "the people" went there, and he came back and reported being taken prisoner and left to freeze and starve and suffer humiliation and torture. he didnt recieve much physical abuse but he alluded to the guards at times even being sexually violent to male prisoners and screams and torture etc. It was a fascinating video and then after about a week it disappeared from youtube, but ill never forget that
mass protests broke out in France as well
The saddest part is that people were brainwashed by western propaganda enough to protest and think their country is bad..
You are a legend claiming it and understanding the situation while probably being far away. Greetings from a Belarusian in Poland!
That moskal dude and his channel is pro-putler, he supports ruzzian war on Ukraine now, that's why he deleted video, people, who pay for his travel told him to delete, still it happened, he was tortured, same as thousands of Belarusians.
@@ceasarby1033 is he really pro putler? how do you know? ive never seen him talk politics in any of those videos, and he went to ukraine, and called it a war.
the last man’s comment just said it all
Daniil, Recently Russian politicians, including consul of Russia in Kazakhstan, were claiming that northern part of Kazakhstan was “gifted to Kazakhs”, and that Kazakhstan “might have growing number of nazis just like in Ukraine”. Could you make a video where you ask people in Russia what they think of Kazakhstan and Kazakh people in general, and should Russia take their northern cities back?
I am really interested in what they think about that.
Thanks.
Nazis = people who are not pro-Russian?
Russia doesn't need poor Kazakhstan land. Don't believe in fluff lmao
@@natureblank1401
Why you do use the Russian version of the Hakenkreuz ias your Avatar?
@@natureblank1401 Russia did not need Ukraine either.
@@mariusmihai1292 Ukraine's constant violence and hostility towards Russia and Russians is what ended Ukraine.
That last man was a classic. Work hard and get nothing. The rich have grabbed it all.
>The rich have grabbed it all.
Not quite. It is the politicians who grabbed it all and thus got rich.
@@alexleibovici4834 Same difference
@@hardyakka6200 No, there is a BIG difference. Your version is the classical Marxist theory of exploitations.
@@alexleibovici4834 Oh sorry never knew that. Thanks for the heads up. I thought you had to be rich to be a politician. Marxist?? wow first time for everything I guess.
@@hardyakka6200
> I thought you had to be rich to be a politician.
In many countries it is the other way around: you become a politician, that is someone who distributes favors, and thus get rich...
> Marxist?? wow first time for everything I guess.
The classical Marxist theory of exploitation says that one can get rich only by exploiting others, essentially stealing from them.
"its a provocative question" is always the poorest answer for me.
I’ve visited Belarus several years ago. People were warm and welcoming, but the very instance I’ve started asking their opinion about state of their government they either suddenly became evasive and silent or just started spewing standard hollow phrases like “I have roof over my head therefore I’m happy” or “I’m not much into politics”. Eventually I stopped asking these questions after I realised how scary it was for them.
They are the same zombies as russians. Whatever luka gives them they are happy. No will to change anything or to live better.
@@2138Dude Change will lead to revolution, deaths, blood, unstable situation... Is it worth it?
@@2138Dude or maybe because their minimum wage doubled in the last 5 years, everyone actually has a roof over their head, food, elec. hot water, ... Compared to the 90s when my mother left to Belgium the country was like mad max. Now it is catching up to the west step by step. Without the corruptions of the west like wokism, immigration problems, housing problems, farmers going on strike. ... As a guy born and raised in Belgium who in periods of 2-3 months has stayed in Belarus for over 3 years in total. It is more strict though, which isn't a bad thing, just a choice in the makings of policy. For example, people involved with narcotics are fucked there if you are caught, also like porn is illegal and shit. The west could maybe learn from this.
@@2138Dude or maybe they're actually afraid of the regime and it is hard to push back effectively considering how so deep rooted it is? with secret police and all these things? maybe you should actually talk to belarusians before spewing such idiotic shit
@@BifidokKefir stay enslaved ruzzian
I worked with a lady from belarus, the stories she told me are terrifying. She was lucky to escape
I worked with a lady from germany, the stories she told me are terrifying. She was lucky to escape
@@forest_alf Germany is a brilliant place now though, wish I could say the same about Belarus
What stories?
You know it's probably not a democracy when the dictator carries a rifle.
As us in 2020
China, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan are also DICTATORSHIPS and yet this does not prevent the West from having EXCELLENT trade relations with them. Why is Belarus’s dictatorship such a problem or something that must be condemned by demo(N)crats? Let Lukashenko and his great people alone! Don’t try to impose the so-called demo(n)cratic values on others!
And you president will hide under a skirt if come war?)) In your country man don't can have weapon for defend home?
@@UladzislauSBM I can't understand your emotions, do you mean you're a pig?
@@UladzislauSBM ua🐽
I wish you could had covered the protest in Georgia. You make really good videos.
As an American I can barely comprehend being scared to answer a question on the street. My country is not perfect but man, I am blessed to live here compared to Belarus or Russia.
Americans who hold politicaly conservative views are increasingly afraid to speak on video, especially if they have a public position (athlete, newscaster, entertainer) or work at a university.
The very reaction like: _"this question is provocative"_ explains more than it surprises.
@@teresabenson3385 It's not the government they fear.
Yeah, the worst case scenario in US is that you can be shot xD USA is one of the worst countries to live, I spent 5 years there and I will never go back.
@@hankbulas674 Yep. America is divided into groups of "us vs them" and people getting fired for opinions is quite often. Probably the country with the most politically hostile people.
I went to Belarus; some years ago. Liked it very much. Very clean. Loved the architecture and colour of those buildings. People nice too. Long time before this war though.
Nothing has changed. You can come again and see it.
@@forest_alf exactly. NOTHING
So much respect, Daniil. Cheers
I'm so grateful in the country I live. (Australia) People can go out in public and openly shout, " The prime minister is a moron" .And others would just shrug and laugh.
Your country systematically executes animals. You live in more of a dictatorship than Belarus. Your freedom of speech is only imaginary. Sure you can say whatever you want but does it change anything?
Or agree. :-)
@1420 by Daniil Orain thanks a lot for this "vox populi"
For those people like me (who left Belarus after 2020) it's really important to know that non-brainwashed people are still left there.
You guys are extremely vulnerable in there scary times. It's good to hear the true sound of people. I believe propaganda happens on both sides. This channel change a lot of people's opinion in the west. Thnx and stay safe.
“And frankly speaking, dictatorship is not always a bad thing - there are positive aspects. For example, when there’s a tough situation in the world, a strong and fearful hand is needed in the state. These are the situations in which dictatorship is appropriate.”
Yet….. No wonder 22 year old men look like they’re 39.
The best dictators in history have been far better than the worst democracies.
Lukashenko is not one of those...
It's actually true that dictatorship can be good (for example in times of instability), but it's rare and unpredictable.
Democracy is slower to implement changes, but it's safer
@@Cypekeh "Democracy" means different things to different people, too. Compare vs. Swiss (relatively) direct democracy, say... where it also obviously helps to be geographically situated in the middle of a "stable" area.
Most stable "democracies" aren't true democracies, anyhow, nor are supranational entities such as the EU where the European Commission which proposes legisation is closer to an unelected technocracy, but requires democratic input (twice removed) to push through agendas.
@@dw620 based
Generally in times of war, Democracies will provide the government and leaders a huge amount of extra powers
The Roman Republics would appoint a military commander with dictorial powers for a limited time to deal with crisis with expectations that post crisis such powers will be relenquished. It worked reasonably well
I lived in communism in Poland(1980-90) in small town and I was free as a man can be, I could do whatever I wanted and say whatever I wanted with no consequences . I was limited by census in music, lyrics but this way you could use impressions of what you wanted to say and lyrics had more meanings this way. Since 2000 I live in UK and I can say that I never felt more imprisoned that here. So many rules and no freedom of speech , you can't say anything as it offends other cultures .....or you are racist.....it's just an opinion but you can not say it. You can not just go to the lake and have a camping, bon fire, go pick mushrooms (if you don't have a job)...etc..even when going to the forest you must pay parking fee :) besides everything is private, so your life becomes stupid, just going to work and to shopping centre that's it...freak on the leash. You can afford things but you pay for it with freedom, everything comes to money, money, money. I understand this guys...
I know back in a day communists were bad and Russia was using all Eastern Europe countries for exploration but from the other hand we all had nothing, but we had a lot of free time and fun. Most of my friends moved to UK or Western Europe and they all say the same thing. In a money trap. Makes you feel that you don't want to be here but you can not leave. For obvious reasons...fear.
It's just my personal opinion.
Dang. Daniiil. You seem like just the calmest, coolest guy around. Keep up the good journalism!
had to sign in,..
thank you for still bringing in the gateway !!
so for some people FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS having a good pension, living well, dress well, have kids OMG
Нет что ты главное убить свою экономику зелёной политикой обучать детей в школе противоестественным дисциплинам и рассказывать как они виноваты во всём а если ты это не поддерживаешь то ты теряешь работу в лучшем случае или какой-нибудь активист будет угрожать тебе и твоей семье
@@user-ez3xt5zo9y Watch less Putin propaganda and conspiracy theory nonsense, then maybe you won't talk so much nonsense.
Там у нее спросили про давление, а не про свободу слова
@@user-ez3xt5zo9y 🤡
@@user-hd3hx3bd6g в зеркале увидел?
Your videos have given me a whole new insight on Eastern European and mainly your country. I hope someday to visit! Many thanks to you Daniil and your crew!
Please do not take Eastern Europe as a whole. It is over 20 countries, and they can be different as night and day. Estonia is nothing like Belarus or Russia. We are a regular normal Western democracy. We have normal European values like liberty and justice and well being. It pisses me off when people speak of Eastern Europe as if it was one country. It is not.
@@helengolovina4597As Lithuanian i agree 100%
@@helengolovina4597 There is no 20 countries in "eastern Europe" anymore, just 2, Russia and Belarus + maybe Kazakhstan too, if you count that country as Europe, "southern Europe" belongs countries from "western Balkan" (BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macednia, Albania), Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) ,Turkey and Moldova and Ukraine. Eastern Europe is behind "new iron curtain", "southern Europe" are countries divided inside, with huge political and economical problems, practically in frozen conflict or in war. The rest of Europe is "western Europe", all EU+EFTA+UK countries. That is new reality in Europe, old one ended when Berlin wall fell.
I think I'd wait a bit, if I were you.
a parallel event takes place in my country, Italy; if you go to Sicily and talk about the mafia, they either run away, or they say the mafia doesn't exist.
Thanks for these interesting videos.
It is good to see your smile in another video Daniil. Please continue to stay safe my brother. Much love and respect coming to you from the US. ❤
I have always had a soft spot for Belarus. Imagine the greatness of this country if only they were free. Imprisoned by Russia has destroyed a culture. I wish them well.
Клоун иди дальше смотри cnn
China, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan are also DICTATORSHIPS and yet this does not prevent the West from having EXCELLENT trade relations with them. Why is Belarus’s dictatorship such a problem or something that must be condemned by demo(N)crats? Let Lukashenko and his great people alone! Don’t try to impose the so-called demo(n)cratic values on others!
@@user-ez3xt5zo9y Russia run by the Gypsy Putin
Russia is the greatest country in the world and in history and Belarus will be part of the Russian federation ☦️🇷🇺🇷🇺Z
@@NeutralDice if it was my choice, i would cut all dies with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain. China is a difficult balancing act, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. if you think all people in the west are happy with the hypocrisies in our government, then you confused. but a difference, i can voice my anger openly without fear. no government is perfect, some are just more livable than others. I am glad you are comfortable with Lukashenko, good for you. You in turn can leave the good people of Ukraine alone.
Meanwhile, Lukashenko describing himself as a dictator...
Excellent video Daniil
Daniel pumping out the content💪
I have a teacher from Belarus. She lived in Belarus 44 of her 48 years, only coming to America recently. She absolutely hates the regime there. I actually showed her this video, and she said that every person is fearful of repercussions against them should they anything against the current regime. The dictatorship is real, the totalitarian nature of it all is real.
It is. I bet you could not but believe when being told. Sometimes one is sure and does not need an approval from the many.
Greetings from a Belarusian in Poland!
So true
They don't look scared to me
@@MsThePrettiest People used to... Everything
Could it be because the interviewer hand-picked the "right" responses for this video?
From many of the interviews you've conducted, I get the impression that economic security is more important to these people than freedom of speech. (And in a way, I can't blame them).
So would you and anybody else. Subsistence first as a basic need of survival, then Existence. Maslow.
Thing is, when you give up your freedom for economic security, you won't have any means to challenge the regime when they eventually take that economic well-being away as well. Same damn thing happening where I live, Hungary right now. People who grew up in the Soviet sphere of influence are just too damn stupid to realise this, having never learned critical thinking skills. And it's the younger generations who suffer because of them. Same damn thing in Russia, Belarus, Hungary and even Poland, I presume. I say good for the Ukranians that they were able to develop dignity and a taste for democracy. It will pay out in the long run.
@@adamsmith13real You are welcome here in Romania if things are going badly, we already have a large Hungarian minority. Though I strongly suspect you will find our country equally underwhelming in many respects.
@@wyqtor Thank you ^ ^. Neither of us is Finnland or the Netherlands, but I'm pretty sure you guys are ahead of us in a lot of respects. At the very least you know how to execute a dictator. Would also be funny causing a meltdown to any acquiantances who were taught to think of Romania as some backwater slum where Hungarians are being oppressed. But, unlike say, my high-school history teacher, I think there's actually nothing wrong with being Romanian.
@@adamsmith13real these are some strong words for a dumb little gold fish that's never seen outside a folding screen of mass media around it...
Especially that part about Ukraine where currently people are getting mass mobilised to fight and die in a war they have no desire to participate in. With pleading to stop the war being labeled as "pro-russian" and banned from entering the media. This is a democracy you support and fond from your taxes, you bloodthirsty animal.
Anyways, you seem to be so proud about your imaginary "freedom of speech". Even though pushing LGBT agenda down your throat is the only thing this "freedom" provides to you. I dare you to try and follow the narrative that's different from the one your government is pushing. And have fun getting banned/labeled/pepper ballooned into the face depending on where you are doing it.
It's interesting that older people in Belarus resent the dictatorship, whereas older people in Russia are in favour of it
Well take what they say with an ocean of salt. The older generation has been cowed under this regime for a lot longer.
Thanks a lot for your videos. That goes to all of the team!
I wish the best for Belorussians. They seem like kind, thoughtful people.
The thing that sticks out in these videos is the fear of speaking out. Many of them, like the last man, leave you to read between the lines. Here in the UK, you can say, "I don't like Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he's awful" but i doubt any of those interviewed here would dare to be so direct in talking about Lukasheko.
Sunak is gypsy, yes?
@@cinnaminson0653 No. His family came from India.
The man who slapped Macron, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
@@GK-yq2hh so a man that physically attacked the head of state, has been arrested for attacking the head of state?
what did you expect, for that person to get a standing ovation??? maybe if that person killed him, he should get a medal and the rank of kapral in the military?
and don't spread misinformation, he got sentenced for 4 months, according to aljazeera and nbcnews
Well that's because they handpick the answers for these videos, prioritizing the right "ones" to go along with their message.
The last guy cracked me up, his honesty.
Asking someone if they feel like they live in a dictatorship while actually living under a dictator and expecting them to be honest about it is like asking for a death sentence.
Of course they are going to say that everything is fine and they are free etc,since they don't want the government to come after them after finding out about their true opinions on the government and the situation in their nation.
Also there a thing - some people say they live good, I am not feel supressed etc., but they don’t have an alternative to compare with, so it is hard for all to say, until person lived both in Belarus and out of it
And how would you find out if they like it?
Look, I live in Belarus, I admit that my country is a dictatorship, BUT I adore my country, in my humble opinion there are no such number of freedoms anywhere, and maybe the standard of living is not too high, but we do not have homeless people, just as an example, if you work and keep quiet (yes yes it is not democratic, but do not forget that this is a dictatorship) then everything will work out fine for you in life, and for the record, I do not like the Russian Federation because of their policy of "correctness" towards minorities, the situation there is even more shameful than for migrants in the EU
Can you interview people in Kazakhstan?
I don’t live in Eastern Europe I only know what I see in the media and on programming like this I don’t kid yourself that we in the West live in three societies, here in Britain. We are living in an increasingly dystopian society absolutely smothered with violence and crime imposed on us by so-called democratically, elected politicians governments, but they have carried out a diversity, a form of multiculturalism that is turning out to be a disaster, parts of the area where I live in. Have got craters in the Road litter polluting all green spaces drug dealer gangs and lots of serious threats from crime every week day in day out We in the West are living in elected dictatorships.
Good Job!!
I noticed that one guy that was cut out from the video. He was saying that Belarus was historically closer to the west than to Russia.
Thanks for the confirmation.
I was expecting this would happen sooner or later as several times it appeared that interviewees were not expecting to be shown to an audience with a VERY wide reach. (Credit to Daniil for that!)
living in the same country for ages. Consisting of the same tribes partly. Speaking the same language. Yeah, Belarus is closer to the west. XD
@@EUGEN093 You know the history of Europe?
@@mmitleidt7969 to a certain extend. I know the history of my country and Russia
@@EUGEN093 The ancestors of Belarusians fought with Russia throughout history. For 300 calendar years, there were 12 wars that took a total of 72 years. Russia has never fought with anyone more than with Belarusians.
I just love these videos. They are totally fascinating. Thank you for all you do snd stay safe.
It may be 'fascinating' to some pampered outsiders looking in this world, it's real hard& humiliating life conditions to the people living on the inside of such national prisons. 'Fascinating' is really a distasteful attribute to use in this context ..
@@tandrichter it's inspiring what these brave young people are doing. And many, many people in these videos don't agree they are in a 'prison' - many like how things are. That's the interesting part- you get to see all sides.
Your courage is admirable but please be careful and be safe.
Thanks
I am enjoying this perspective of life from the people in Belarus and russia.
I learned something interesting from the first guy here. He explained that Ukraine started the war. I thought it was Russia simply because Russian tanks and artillery leveled Ukranian cities, not the other way around. Hard to believe how misinformed I was. Obviously, Belorussian citizens get their information from "more reliable" sources.
Так отримують їх з каналів "Россія-ТВ"
They do have better information. Because unlike brainwashed westerners they remember all 9 years of the war, not just 1 last year
Man, you’re really clueless. Sorry
@@Pekka.Pekka.1296 A clueless person would not know that Russia committed a direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances of 1994 by invading the Crimea in 2014. A clueless person would not understand that Russia now wants to establish easy access to Crimea by a land route through the annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhia and Kherson. This will also enable full control over the Azov sea. It`s a geostrategic war and has nothing to do with "denazification". It`s really convenient that all the Ukranian "Nazis" are concentrated exactly on the route that Russia needs to reach Crimea isn`t it? Cheap excuses which only your clueless people would believe.
@@ivanjoldic826 Clueless person who does not know that USA signed that very same memorandum and took obligation to respect ukraine's soverenity.
Clueless person that does not know that USA broke that memorandum first, by actively supporting nazi terrorist gangs who violently and illegally
occupied ukraine in 2014. Clueless person that calls Russian population acting in self defence and proclaiming independence as terrorism and
invasion, while calling the exact same events in west+central ukraine 1 month before as "peaceful protest". Clueless person that expects Russia not to
defend it's own people in it's own land from genocide when ukrainian western-backed nazis started ethnic cleansing and war.
Your blonde hair is a vibe
Daniil you are so ducking smart love from Switzerland
People are as free as they feel they are. So, I won't judge. However, 2:46 made my brain make loopings.
Journalists deserve all our respect for the danger they constantly expose themselves to. I say "journalists" because that's exactly what you do and your work really matters. Congratulations and please take care, both you and Maksim (I hope I spelled his name correctly)!
I've forgotten which comedian said that, but Belarus and Russia is like the same TV Show, except Belarus is at season 5 and Russia is at season 3. The way things are going, Russia is quickly becoming a dictatorship.
Great job in publishing this. It was very dangerous. I guess Belarusian police simply doesn't expect any street journalism anymore. Things were much stricter before. Any unaffiliated journalist would be quickly reported and arrested.
Of course it's not a dictatorship, Lukashenko won sixth term with 81% in favour. Never mind that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya won first with more than 60% in favour but that was not enough for Lukashenko to validate her win and made her run in exile in another country. Only a democratic country can have such fair elections and leader.
just like when kim jong un won with 102% votes? man they must be such a great and freedom seeking leaders!
60%? Ахахахахах)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
It is so strange how wildly divergent the responses are. One person says they feel completely free in Belarus, another says there are many restrictions on what he can do. It is like they are describing different countries.
It is because 1) Belarus is more like authoritarian than totalitarian (you free to do what you want except for politics, but it is slowly changing) and 2) if you just dont care about restrictions you have - you may will not feel opressed
5:13 Twitch isn't a country bro..
The brainwashed frequently use equivocation in their rhetorics.
Ever since I saw the videos about Belarus by Bald and Bankrupt I became hugely interested in and fascinated by the country. I would have loved to go there one day and explore it and it's people. It s really a shame what happened in recent years.
Keep doing what your doing, slava the free world
Some glimmers of hope and honesty in a sea of atypical denial
This is interesting, highlights how the average person views their system.
In my country, Finland, leftists are not democratic, but dictatorial/authoritarian minded. The Bolshevik spirit lives on. I belonged to a leftist party for decades. Finally, it turned so fanatic minded, that I had to leave it. Former Stalinist wing (new version of it) remained to lead it. They won. But f.ex. workers (working class) mainly left it. Sociologists and "culture" people remained. 🙂
The key take-away is that different regimes fight dissent in different ways. In the West, it is by capital, in Russia (for example) it is by authoritarian power. Our freedom is conditional, their is as well, the conditions just look different and the means to enforce them.
The last gentlemen said it all
The last guy was the best😁
Greetings from Chile
My wife is from Gomel (Belarus), it took me almost a year to make her understand what a real democracy is (I'm from Switzerland). For the people there, everything that is a little more freedom than it was in the Soviet Union is a democracy. She understands it today and is shocked. Here parents still think they live in the best country with the most freedom (nonstop brainwashing everywhere)
I have similar experience regarding "patriotism". People from these post-Soviet countries believe that patriotism is about accepting what your leaders say, unconditionally, always. And they are shocked when they see anti-government demonstrations in the West, which are intended to improve the conditions in a country. It takes time for them them to comprehend, that criticism towards your own government can be constructive and patriotic.
Patriotism in the country where the usage of the national Belarusian language is unwanted - delirium
You should make ask young and esspecialy old russians about what they think about theory of evolution, or any other scientific theory.
I think it’s a generational thing with being pro western or pro Russian in former Soviet Union republics….
Powerfull ending.
The only thing I know about Belorus is a gothic novel I once read by a Belorussian author called something like the "The Hunt of King Stahh", taking place in a a remote mansion in Belorussian countryside. I really liked the novel. It was soaked in depression about how everything in Belorus is dieing and degenerating. I knew the Russian soul was supposed to be depressed and hopeless all the time but this was a million times more so. But it made a good atmosphere for a gothic novel. One of the best I have ever read, and I have read many.
Belarus, Belarusian.
@@ceasarby1033 Ok
I liked the guy at the end. There's a lesson to be learned there.
“Europe is at war against Belarus”. The delusion is strong here. If Europe lifted one military pinkie, the Belarus military would be squashed in days. Actually, probably loads of them would take the opportunity to revolt and join the European side.
In Belarus, from an early age, men are brought up as warriors. There are no men left in Europe, you do not have the freedom to be one. What can Europe do today against Belarus? Suck it and impose sanctions.)
@@forest_alf wow, you never been to Europe arent you?
Zhyve Belarus
Какая беларуссия дядя иди ноги пану целуй
5:00 Aleksei has a good point...
*Absolutely Neyat*
these questioned people can get in trouble, they can't answer what they really think 😔
Man I’m sooo glad I live in a society, a Country, where freedom of speech is embedded in our Constitution & laws!!! I can say anything, about anybody (including Politicians & their policies) and not be afraid of punishment.
Have you already forgotten December 2022 when Trump on his “truth social” website called to “terminate the Constitution”to enable him to overturn the election result? (Because “the steal” - which EVERYONE except Giuliani now admits they invented!) He said: “Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,”
Freedom of speech etc was also embedded in the Russian & Belorusian constitutions. Putin simply changed the Russian constitution to make it legal for him to be president for life, something explicitly forbidden.
I think it is in almost all constitutions of the world. Paper can take anything. It is about implementing all the freedoms that is important. Some countries and their people are just either too lazy or too stupid to actually make liberty happen. And of course it will be very easy for the politicians to take advantage of that. I believe that every nation deserves its leaders. It is the people that make the country, not some individual leaders.
I also live in a free country. With very calm and polite police. We have been brought up in a mentality that is us who make that country, every single one of us. The country is not a system someone above that is separate from me. The country is me. And everyone else. Also my dog and my neighbour"s cat. We make it what it is, it is not made FOR us. The mentality in countries like Russia and Belarus is the exact opposite. The state is something separate from people that they have to adapt to. That"s their problem. The change of leaders will not change that because it is not about individual leaders.
People get locked up left and right in the West for "hate speech" or unpopular opinions on social media, especially in the UK, so what difference is it? "Free speech" is a myth
@@PanSerbism a particularly dumb lie. Almost nobody ever goes to jail for “hate speech”.
The water is not warm enough for the frog to feel it's being cooked. Yet
Turn Up the volume ..Please .
It 🙈 seems apolitical people create their own space satisfied living in their own version of Plato's Cave.
I imagine Western Europe produced obvious paradoxes but don't relate to their life plan or like the 17 year old, he's moving out.
The Beylorussians in your series struck me as more laid back than the Russians; the Russians more intense.
I wish them all peace ✌️
You can see it. Majority in Finland and Sweden are against joining NATO. But governments even don't ask them
However its the most important question among any
@@kastus77 база чел они уже настолько свихнулась от своей пропаганды что не замечают того что сами живут гораздо хуже чем русские но при этом продолжают считать Россию злом
@@kastus77 Your numbers are historically accurate but that has shifted since 2022. According to statistics the great majority of finnish and swedish citizen are now for an alliance with the NATO while way over half of the citizen opposing (in the recent decade) an alliance have now shifted their opinion drastically. The government of both countries had a partnership of peace and never planned to join the NATO in the first place, yet deemed it necessary with current political events.
If you're gonna talk crap, at least be up-to-date on what you're refering to.
@@kastus77 and probably 0% of them want to "join with Russia."
@@user-pe6ct7ut8t According to what statistic. It was not referendum or so.
And is it not a question about casino.
Its NATO. Organization created some invasions and genocides lately!
At 4:57 this guy thinks he can do what he wants or say what he wants. He's probably right, as long as his actions don't challenge the government or his speech criticize it. A lot of Belarusians found that out in 2020/21. This guy must have been asleep at the time.
If you keep your mouth shut, play the game of the powerful and fly under the radar, you can probably live a normal life even in a dictatorship. The problem is, if you get in the way of the powerful, they can do whatever they want with you. Muammar al-Gaddafi was known for touching young women, so his people knew they would have to bring these women to him later. Imagine you are the father of one of these women and cannot help your daughter at all, because you are at the dictator's mercy.
@@mmitleidt7969
Absolutely. The average person may think that living under a dictatorship doesn't affect them. It probably doesn't - directly that is. But indirectly it will affect them in many different ways - in terms of reduced prosperity and reduced opportunity.
You look at how these people in the beginning react and suddenly you know how Hitler was able to do what he did without being interrupted. It is a lot easier to let things happen than to stand up against injustice. Avoiding the subject, doesn't make you innocent. Instead it is a political statement in itself.
The thing is Belarus is a surprisingly livable country if you go visit there. I went in February for a few days, and yeah you'll definitely notice some... cringy billboards and a strange vibe, but it's not a cold place, Minsk is a very livable city with great public transportation, friendly people etc.
What's *Godfather's academy* ? Woman said her so served in border forces.
I moved to Poland in 2021. My grandmother is a very pro-soviet, pro-lukashenko and pro-russian woman. If you would ask her the same question she would say how wonderful it is in Belarus and how everybody is against our "belarusian paradise". Meanwhile, she is afraid to speak to me on the phone. Because I am calling from Poland. She told my mom that she is afraid to speak and that she is "a lawful citizen". Curtains.
often people feel free under a dictatorship when they have nothing to say...