"What country do you hate? America. Why? I don't know. Have you been there? No, but my kids have. What did they think? I don't know." Allrighty then...
@@puraLusa not weird, just delusional. Propaganda Grandmas are pretty entrenched in their anti-American beliefs, so the words of their own offspring ain't gonna sway them 🤷♀
Nice to see older people in this video. It's interesting that the younger generation is so articulate while the older generation just doesn't like "X" country because they don't like it.
Keep in mind that's probably a perfectly normal ratio for asking any random person on the street to do an interview on camera about anything. Most people will say no.
This makes me feel so sad.. I am a Russian living in Poland for the past 11 yrs and have never been made to feel that i am not welcomed there. Such a beautiful, friendly country. Chczałabym im o tym powiedzieć że Polska jest piękna.
Thank you, Anna, for spreading the good word. If more Russians living abroad tell how living in other countries feels, maybe Russia would change. Generation born in Soviet Union is probably lost, but at least younger could get better understanding of Mordor they live in.
You can get imprisoned in Russia for the "wrong" answers. You can assume that some of those people who refused to answer don't believe state propaganda.
@@aleksanderrubik. I would asume because the likelihood of people not wanting to be interviewed is that their opinions may be viewed as against the state and don't want repercussions or reprisal. (so i can understand a glimmer of hope around that, if it is in fact the reason they don't want to be interviewed)
@@andrecseck9904 I'm not saying they don't... some people just cba doing an interview, but i can see why there could be hope in people not wanting to respond, in case it is due to their opinion :)
I loved that woman who said she loved France, but when asked why she hates other countries she named, she said, "I read the reviews...." As if some neutral agency puts out "reviews" on countries like movie reviews! What's hot this week, what's opening, what has earned the most at the box office...
Have you been to France? I lived in southern France - well, who wouldn't love that! - and French people, if you understand their culture and the unwritten rules of personal communication - are truly wonderful, friendly, caring people. I've lived in 7 different countries on 3 continents and now I live in Finland, right next door to Russia. From here, we only see the smart ones who fled the country to avoid conscription. My Russian neighbor is a young man with a wife and baby. He's neatly dressed, speaks no English and is learning Finnish. I use an app and learn one Russian phrase a day. So at least, I can say "good morning" and simple stuff. Now he waves "hi" to me and I'm glad he didn't go to war. Because when all is said and done, most people want the same thing: a good place to live, work, go to school, raise their kids, affordable healthcare, and a nice way to spend their leisure time. Unfortunately, there is evil among us; people who will do anything to obtain power until they are the defacto rule of an entire nation and then become aggressive in the desire to expand their empire.
Yeah, Moscow's very cosmopolitan and relatively affluent. I'm not sure it accurately reflects the rest of the nation. Muscovites, by and large, seem pretty cool, and it looks like a city that most Westerners could quickly adapt to and thrive in. When you start heading out into the boondocks, you see a different kind of Russia, so I really like these rural videos, too.
@@vityagorr well... On th other hand that's normal. It means they only say what they think/ feel after "something" saw TV. For me it's not interesting when th correspondents said "sorrry i don't know about politics"..... I mean... Dude u don't hav to be a politician to answer that.... 1420 juz curious what your opinion.....
Saying you hate Poland as a Russian and naming: "They betrayed us." as the reason might be the most fucked up thing I heard all day. Imagine oppressing a country and as soon as they break free from your oppression you call them traitors. That is just painfull to hear
russia has been the protector of all slavic ppls cuz they defeated the mongols. betraying is to say they sided with the west against the soviet union. it is in the interest of the western imperialists to keep the east weak and divided. this is why america is supporting nazikraine. and by doing so america is also fascist and nazi.
Don’t pay attention for their words. Poland have a huge history, and me as a Russian don’t think that Poland betrayed something or someone.❤ Putin’s propaganda screaming about russofobia that’s the reasons of older people opinion
If Poland had spent more time allying with its Slavic neighbours then perhaps it would not have been so destroyed by hitler in ww2. That’s what you get for being a slave to capital. Traitor to the ppl.
Russian ordinary people we /we are NATO/ do not consider enemies. Putler...yeah, Lavrov .. .yeah..... prigozihin too .... but ordinary people of Russia. no. I still completely refuse collective guilty
I am Russian and I live in the US. Last summer I visited my 82 year old parents who live in Russia. They live in one of the biggest Russian cities and they both are intelligent people and have a bachelor degree. When I asked them when the World War II started, they told me they don't really want to know and it doesn't matter, they know very well when and how Germany started the war with Soviet Union. Then I asked them if they know anything about the secret pact or agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact) signed right before the World War II started. Secret protocols of the treaty defined the territorial spheres of influence Germany and Russia would have after a successful invasion of Poland. The answer was no. When I asked them if they know that Germany and Soviet Union planned to attack Poland together - they didn't believe me. That Soviet Union attacked Poland a few days after Germany's attack - same answer no from them. My parent lived all their life with the idea that the Soviet Union is a peaceful country bringing a freedom to all countries, helping countries in trouble, and so on. My parents were upset and just could not believe me that this is the fact. By the way, when I was a student at school (1972-1982), I also never learned about it from my Russian history textbooks. It was a secret document released only during Perestroika time - in 90th. Now Russia is going to keep many documents/records of that time secret and do not release to the public for another 50 years - this was in Russian official news. This explains a lot to me about Russians, especially, why they support the war now - they are being deceived, brainwashed for many years. They just can't believe that Russia kills Ukrainians every day. My mom is saying - Russian Army can't do it. I don't argue - it's useless... It is really sad to watch what they are saying in this video.
You may as well ask them if they know that Poland and Nazi Germany together invaded Czechoslovakia a year before Germany invaded Poland. Or you can ask "why haven't UK declared war on USSR after they attacked Poland", they also won't tell you, but answer is quite simple - at the time USSR attacked, Polish government already left Poland and it was a month after Germany was crushing them with ez, so either USSR took half of Poland, or Germany took everything. Or you can ask them about "Chamberlain appeasement", because literally everyone tried to befriend Germany at the time, including all of EU and UK. So when you're saying "omg, USSR is evil and wanted to befriend Germany" - you're forgetting that everyone did the same, because no-one wanted to fight against industrial powerhouse. 26m Russian losses proved Stalin being right
Some rural Russians primarily older ones are just like rural people here in the United States. Set in their ways and close minded in many aspects, but they are just products of their time/generation I suppose.
Except for obesity rates and actual religiosity, aye. The levels of imperial grandeur, poor own quality of life and general ignorance are pretty similar. Except Russians are poor and envious towards Americans.
Yes, I live in a rural, mostly white little Midwestern city and these interviews would go about the same... except the older, more conservative folks would be endlessly complaining about China instead. Maybe someone would mention Iran or Saudi Arabia here and there. They're probably the only ones who'd agree to display their ignorance on camera too.
it's intriguing that rural (and older) Russians perceive their closest neighbors most negatively: Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania... Oddly they don't seem to ask themselves why these nations, once part of the USSR/Warsaw Pact are now the most vocal opponents of Moscow. There seems to be little insight as to what Russia did historically and currently. Everything was about what these other nations did to Russia (betrayals, traitorous, opposing...) as if Russia is a benign, passive if not innocent onlooker to the world's stormy waters.
Are you are from Vietnam? This country is also a close neighbour of Russia. And nobody is treating it negatively. Also: China, Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan ... All these countries are neighbours of Russia. And nobody treats them negatively. So, not all "neighbours" look the same???
@@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е Do u see a difference between Asian and European countries or not? Russia is much closer culturally to Asia, that's why. Europe loves freedom.
Russians rarely ask themselves where the resentment of other "brotherly" nations toward Russia comes from. I even found some attempts to answer. Russians have concluded that this dislike comes from the fact that all these countries are smaller than Rosi, and it is through jealousy and complexes that they resent Russia. I don't know how stupid you have to be to come up with something like this, because no scale of measurement goes that far :D Yes, it is a great mystery why the countries that Russia has conquered, humiliated, exploited and murdered the peoples there today give her dislike. And this despite the fact that Russia has regularly insulted the local nations since 2000, spying, sabotaging, threatening (including nuclear attacks) orz announcing re-conquest. They have already managed to attack several neighbors. I don't know what these countries see wrong with Russia either. :) They owe so much to Russia: Wasted 50 years of development, poverty, cultural decline, cultural destruction, rotten urban planning, export of raw materials, illegal shifting of borders, massive looting of everything the Germans didn't steal, military interventions, generational trauma and hundreds of thousands of born bastards from Soviet rape. The good things of the Russian myriad alone.
As a 39 year old American, I can't recall anyone in my time actually saying anything negative towards Russians or Russian culture. I've actually met a lot of people fascinated or curious or even in support of Russia. Any negativity was mostly against Communism and the Soviet Union, similar to how some in Russia might feel about American government and foreign policy, however, whatever negativity may exist it's never against the Russian people.
Totally agreed. "Russophobia" is such a dogwhistle that someone pays more attention to RU state media than US culture; if anything a Russian speaking American is more likely to be from an ashkenazi Jewish family from the pale of settlement than they are to have ties to modern Russia, so we can't be precise in our hatred like that
well I hope that curiosity and support did not last, soviet union was not voluntary, it was orchestrated by russians, just like the invasion of Ukraine is today. Nothing changed and will not likely change. Russia had a chance of democracy after Jeltsin and ended up with a dictator, it will never happen, it is in the people, they do not want that. All they want is capture territories, dominate and kneel before their czar. It is like a hope for democracy in Iraq, not going to happen.
Well I think the negativity is just to those in which support Putin and prop up his Mafia regime. They're no better than the Nazis were with Hitler. Russians who do not support Putin are the Russians who do not deserve blaim or negativity towards.
Agree, the negatively was aimed at the Soviet Union and communism…and not at the Russian people. What’s interesting, is that it states there are 6 responses to Bro Flo’s comment, but yt has deleted or is shadow banning those comments.
I would like to thank the interviewer for asking all the right questions without trying to polarize the people. It take's immense skill to be able to ask questions of this nature in a completely unbiased way, without inferring judgement. My hat's off to you and just let them know, if they are willing to listen, that we Americans love everyone who lives in Russia, as well as those living in Ukraine.!.....God Bless
The interviewer also has the power to select which interviews to include in this video. And if Americans loved Russians, they wouldn't always be the bad guys in Hollywood film, which sadly is the only source of knowledge about Russians for the average American.
@@cssstylescommand4 @loscar I understand your point of view but I think that's the way it use to be but the internet changed all that and brought us closer together. I have a close friend who lives in Sochi and we talk alot about that. We are quite similar except we eat different foods perhaps but we have similar life experiences and we help each other out, share gifts at Christmas etc. Less people nowadays believe the older movies or even watch them, from what I can see. I wish you the best, my friend. God Bless you and your family.
When Russians say that they don't like the United States, first of all, they mean that they don't like the international policy of the United States. This does not apply to ordinary residents.
They probably dont hate americans they hate the american government and with all reason your government is a sick manipulative imperialist complot of pedophiles
I am a media publisher, and you guys have real talent. You don’t lead the people you interview in any way but ask them objective questions that expose their thinking. It’s really good work and fascinating to watch. But stick a little piece of foam on top of the phone’s microphone. That way you won’t scare people off by using a real microphone, but you’ll block most of the wind noise out. Keep up the good work!
@@gregdk3791 yea they did i told them not to and they stopped so your welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they didnt realise they get the best response by subtly agreeing
The older Russians grew up in a different World to the younger generation. Their views are formed by their experiences prior to the break up of the USSR. My experience of Russians was formed by the family of my friends. Their step-father and his family were the most lovely, generous, big hearted family and their mother who is still alive today, in her 90’s was German/Polish suffered through WWII. As immigrants they all lived (with their Russian grandmother) in the one house and helped each other save and buy their first homes. Hard working, happy and generous. I don’t think they would believe that people in Russia are so intolerant as to call neighbouring people “breeds”. Thank goodness for the modern technology that links the younger generation to the outside World and enables them to see that we do not hate Russians, only the political regime that keeps them ignorant.
@@Maxx5005 How so? We can watch any Russian television network or read any Russian newspaper openly in the U.S. Nothing is blocked or banned. Most people don't consume Russian news because it is objectively inaccurate.
"muh everyone is brainwashed and ignorant except me" Did Julian Assange, Snowden, and other people that had been opressed by the so called "free nations" were not living in a political regime that keeps you ignorant? Do i have to send you the video that wikileaks published about the U.S soldiers killing arabs that were working in newscasts? Do i have to remember you who financed the mujahiden who later became in Alqaed4 and !sis? Yep, that's what i thought. Lmao, aren't you the same guys who believed in the ghost of kiev and that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction? Pure projection. No wonder why the West is collapsing lmao, im glad tho
This is the most elegant summary of the Russian mindset I've ever seen.: "I don't like America." "Why?" "I don't know." "Have you ever been there?" "No. My kids have." "Did they like it?" "I don't know. I didn't ask."
It's not the "russian" mindset, none of my russian acquaintances are like that as they come from more developed cities with better accesses. The mindset you describe is a classic result of political & cultural endoctrination that affect (these days post 2022) mostly ppl in far, disconnected from modern areas of countries who don't have the infrastructures to access most of the modern world. Ppl raised in such areas are vulnerable to cultural and emotional manipulation forcing opinions and conceptions of the world and life through political propaganda. Conditionning people to hate on things (usually against foreign cultures/people) without ever requiring clear rational explanations. So when somebody dares asking concretely "why", ppl are confused yet are still certain beyond doubt that they have "in themselves" firm and rock-solid reasons to hate those cultures they're telling you they hate. Most importantly, they indeed never get to ever cross path, due to lack of accesses, to the rest of the world. Disconnected from the reality of those cultures/people that are hated, which profoundly validates any opinion over time as it can never be crossed with significantly different opinions to develop an objective and critical reasoning. A lot of americans are very much the same, they're own way :). The deeper in the country side, the more endoctrinated they are with american culture and propaganda. Yet even educated yanks are like that. Recent political, social and mostly economical/financial issues in the USA have brought a lot of "educated americans" (for what it's worth: not complete retards), whose comments on Europe in social media epitomize American indoctrination and their perceptions of foreign cultures, perpetuating the stereotype of the uneducated American lost outside their star-flag bubble
just like those americans who are still convinced they need to hate russians because of the cuban missile crisis and the cold war. the ignorant mindset goes both ways, and yes this attitude existed before russia’s current war with ukraine.
@@Noam_.Menashe it is run by evil people, war profiteers. Look at what they did to the only president that didn't start any wars, the only one that was looking for peace. The war mongers lackies in the media lied and smeared about him every day.
А Западную Европу Американцы не оккупировали что-ли?) Эту же закономерность четко видно: Какой Кусок Отвоевали у Нацисткой Германии Советские Солдаты, тот и стал частью Варшавского Договора. Какой кусок отвоевали Балканские страны, тот и стал частью Югославии. Тоже самое верно и для Куска отвоёваного Силами Союзников.
@@ДарвикВелесс Я из бывшего советского государства, и мы полностью независимы. Просто маленькие и нуждаются в безопасности. Какую лучшую безопасность мы можем получить, чем от армии США? Или другие страны НАТО? Современное оборудование и все такое. Почему бы нам сказать нет? Мы хотим сохранить мир, поэтому мы обезопасим себя.
Ha, it needs to be remembered whom Russians call "fascists" and "nazis". These are usually the countries that broke out of the Soviet occupation and Russias sphere of influence and are not willing to come back. That shows something.
Of course, because back than they would e.g. be walking in quality shoes made in a country where those who made them would not be able to buy them. Old folks know very well how the rest of countries of socialist pact were exploited. Former soviet pact countries also do know and don't wish to ever go back to being starved for some random vatnik.
This was quite interesting. Good interviewing technique, too. The difference between the older and younger people was striking. Maybe in enough time, altitudes will change and we will learn to get along amicably. Let’s hope.
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Nothing will change, those who wanted and could emigrated. 15 years ago I've heard that old people has to die so views will change, now it's the same but those old people are replaced :D
As a Finn I see these people not so different from rural finnish people, their answers are as blunt and they are so narrow minded but all of them would answer this question with Russia being the country they don't like
what an arrogant and odious Finn scribbled this which I am not at all amazed, since arrogance is inherent in majority of Finns, there is such a national trait. And Finland itself is a rather gloomy and dull country perhaps for the very reason that the Finns are angry empty shells that they could not give color and originality to their cities. Finland is not known for anything in terms of sights, it pales against the backdrop of its more affluent and powerful neighbors Norway and Sweden. (google translate)
@@xalekcey And for the current generations it's the war in Ukraine. Russia funding extremist parties in Europe. Russia's making sure to remain the most disliked nation across most of Europe.
Exactly. If someone breaks into my house there is no way in fuck I’m making tea. There’s going to be violence. Same for the Ukrainians, and good on them.
3:40 Interviewer: "Which country you don't like?" Interviewee: "Poland" Interviewer: "Why?" Interviewee: "They are the first betrayer" Me, Polish: "you are goddam right!"
@@xlash05 That's funny. What I've loved about the commenters are--yeah, whatever. Not trying to out-argue someone who calls their country evil. Quite enjoyable.
@@mikefixac It is a compliment to Poles that the Russians consider Poland a bad country. We experienced the Russian mir on our own skin, many years of communism. I assure you that the Poles know Soviet methods well and if they attacked our country, we would fight them until we drop, just like the Ukrainians now. Western European countries are not so anti-Russian because they have never experienced Soviet occupation themselves.
@@xlash05 EXACTLY!!! The relationship between our countries (Ukraine and Poland) is difficult to expalin (dark episodes in the history) but we both know what "russkiy mir" (russian world) means. So many ukrainians didn´t expect so much help from you these months. Hope one day everyone will stop to think about imperialist ideas.....
I am glad to live in Australia, Multi cultural and love all countries and all people. We have some many nations here and so much land it is great. Love all the different types of food. We forget the past. Make peace not war..
I wish Russian people could know just how little the average American even thinks about them or Russia, especially prior to the Ukraine war. They’ve all been told we’re obsessed every day with defeating them.
I think generally you're right but there are some of us that have been obsessed. I live around a lot of Russian people and have some in my family. Ukrainians and Poles too. I've always wished we could just chill and team up. I don't exactly think Reagan was a genius but I think his quote about having an alien threat for us all to go after it would be great. On the other hand many scientific innovations have been born from our competition between the two powers.
That’s a lie? Trump Russia elections was on US tv 24/7, then there was Afghan ransom on Soldiers, then the Russian hacking….. politicians in US are sometimes judged on how tough they are on Russia…
Before the Ukraine invasion the people in western countries rarely talked about Russia. The only times Russia was even discussed was when one of their drugged up athletes got nailed at the Olympics. Now we’re in shock about Russia’s inept military and its vicious aggression against a sovereign European country.
I wasn't surprised that the US was mentioned quite a few times, but the fact that Poland was mentioned several times was a surprise. The younger people were less critical of other countries than the older folks.
if they blamed US it would be OKish, buy hey, they always blame whole America :D What did Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Peruans and other central and south American nations did to them? :P
Russian government has to create an enemy and use that to explain their extreme poverty and shit lifestyle the people have. That's what ALL dictatorships do, blame somebody else for their problems, problems the dictatorship created. It keeps the attention of them.
It is because Poland and it's Solidarnosc movement was the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. How dare those Polish people fight for their freedom from mother Russia?
In the Polish language there is an expression that could be translated into: "You've been in the a*s and seen sh*t" - meaning that a person is saying stupid things even though they have not experienced it themselves. It is sad to see that most of the interviewed still see sh*t and have to prospects of seeing what really happens...
@@revolter7094 Oh, so this was directed to ruzzians only? 1420 should just make it clear, ask them. I am sure they will comply, who cares about the revenue, LOL. Anyhow, we were occupied by ruzzia and know ruzzians pretty darn well. W dupie byles gowno widziales is a pretty accurate description. And yet they always seem to be eager to teach others and become leaders. Even of they have to exterminate everybody better qualified. According to them the world should be ruzzian, have no running water or electricity, and everybody who does not want to live in poverty and be robbed blind by the ruzzians is a traitor. ruzzian people, ruzzian mir.
@@annasawicka4096 Some say the truth some are ignorant. Fact is the west is overly russophobic, arming a fascist state named Ukraine effectivly fighting a proxy war against Russia, freezing Russian assets, doing economical war and all that while destroying other nations like Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and many more. Most of these people have every reason to call the western nations aggressive and if you live there and don't realize that then it is because you are oblivious, not because it is untrue.
This can happen anywhere. You can talk to rural people in the US and they will tell you a thing or two why they don’t like certain people or governments but will not be able to provide receipts. Same with the urban parts of the US- they will say the same things. Indoctrination, tribalism and being simple minded are what governments want to have.
Not even close. Half of them would say America, and would say half the world is laughing at the US "because of brandon". If not the US, they would probably say China for stealing all the jobs, by basically flooding the global labour market with glorified slave labor, and putting them out of business. Mexico is a candidate, because of how little the gov tries to curb the cartel problem, and how their getting outcompeted in the labor market by undocumented immigrants that can work for litteral pennies, with complete disregard for minimum wage. Lately, it could be the Netherlands, cus of how the Netherlands tried to "go woke" and tried to suppress their farmers protest. Similar story with Canada. I litterally have talked to people from the midwest. They atleast CRITICIZE their own country. Russians are completely incapable of that.
I agree, I'm from Russia myself and I know that propaganda can also be shown on TV and we can't know for sure exactly how it was, because of this hatred for each other occurs
All in all, a very informative experience, which I am very grateful for @1420. Thank you very much for continuing to push the envelope with your content. Being unique, having meaning and purpose - well, now that is something worth doing. TY 😏😏😋😋
@@Medyka100 that's right. a lot has changed in the last 20 years . I don't miss the old highway 😆 but driving in the ancient bus. the imperfect infrastructure... that brings back childhood memories.
@@apokkalyps6 as you might see, the only people that express their opinion in those rural videos are old folks, my guess is that the young ones are too scared to say anything
@Let the flames takeover I don’t believe that for one minute! Those older ladies seemed very uneducated and ignorant and really couldn’t explain anything intelligently! Total ignorant views, but totally predictable from that generation!
My guess is some of them actually don't know. One lady here seems to think Ukraine invaded them. The old Soviet propaganda also pushed the narrative of the USSR being a 'peaceful' country.
I'm from Israel and hearing old Russians call Poles and Ukranians "Nazis" is laughable. To them, if you don't want to be a Russian puppet state, you're a Nazi. Lol
I have a lot of both Russian and Ukranian friends. I never judge someone looking at his nationality. I judge him only basing myself on the way he behaves, if he is nice and helpful towards me then he is a good person despite his nationality
Yeah I think opinions of individuals after groups is something that is natural but is so so horrible to watch I only ever use groups to educate myself on where a person's opinions come from
Wonder how people's opinions would change if they traveled to the countries and experienced the cultures first hand. It's one thing hearing about in the news or media, but going there yourself way more open experience
It's sad & funny in the same time to hear the statements about Poland & America. Anyway, it looks that Poland is going to be next target for Russia. As we hear & see, Russian society is being prepared by propaganda to think this way. The truth is that without active help from Poland, Ukraine wouldn't be able to fight so long. God bless Ukraine, Poland, America & other countries which are against the madness.
True. Poland has contributed greatly to Ukraine in this war. Poland shelters millions of Ukrainians. That's just crazy. I'm so impressed with the Poles' generosity. God bless Ukraine and all those who support Ukraine in this war !
God bless Russia from America, Poland and Ukraine. All those who are against Russia instill in us a sense of a besieged fortress. And so for centuries, nothing changes. We are ready to be friends with everyone, provided there is no hostility towards Russia.
It's funny in ironic way. I'm from Russia and my husband is from Poland (we live in US, so we are happily married). Both of us have heard a lot of mindless hate for the US. But our family, us, and other immigrants from US-hating countries Love the USA and we're so happy to be here. We are so grateful.
The word “brainwashed” is not used very often any longer, however that word seems to come alive when considering the ‘thinking’ of these rural older people. It is very sad listening to these people sounding like propaganda machines. It is sad knowing how much education, free thinking and action they have been denied. They are not bad people but have certainly been left to rot by the Kremlin dictatorship who after robbing Russian people spend most of the time living in democratic and capitalist Europe which offers them very luxurious living.
Just zombies who think they are given honest information but fail to even wonder why they have no independent media. When you are given one version of stories and labeled evil / criminal or insane, if you dont follow their narrative or question any part of it, it's easier to just go along. Plus many have more pressing issues like their health, buying food, and paying rent. The level of poverty in much of russia is not much better then china it seems, obviously its not quite that bad.
"You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves." I don't agree with the "they are not bad people". They definitely ARE bad people! They support genocide and war crimes, aggression of other countries, are homophones and fascists! What more do you need? They are as bad as the Nazis. You may say "But, but it's not their fault! it's the propaganda!..." Yes. But indoctrination, propaganda etc. are the reasons WHY and HOW they became evil, wicked people! it doesn't mean that they are not evil. They totally are evil.
When you control all information that the population receives, then brainwashing is the inevitable result and indeed, the goal. Putin would not survive if he told people the truth. And ultimately that is what it is all about, Putin keeping himself in power until the day he dies.
I have been to Russia many times, my wife's mother about died when she found out I was American, they live in a village and I was told that Americans have snuck into the country and planted hogweed to make their live difficult. Isolation is the main root of this fear. In fact Russians are actually very accommodating and hospitable in person.
They are being fed such crap. Most western countries didn’t give Russia a lot of thought, never mind negative thought. I remember being a bit worried during the height of the Cold War but certainly didn’t hate them at all. As for Poland an elderly relative who had married a Pole lived under Soviet rule in Poland in the late 40s and 50s when they were annexed by the Soviets during and after WW2. They were treated appallingly, watched, and followed, food was particularly short even, they had no freedoms at all. She said blackest time in her life.
Most Western countries didn't give Russia a second thought? America has been demonizing Russia since the cold war. Putin even wanted to join NATO at one point in time. And they do have a point about NATO expansion. I don't want fucking American army bases in Europe. Their soldiers are stupid, disrespectful, idiots who can't handle their alcohol. I lived in a city that was close to an American airbase in England, every fucking weekend we'd have to teach them a lesson.
I wouldn't call it being fed crap more along the lines of never moving passed. Most of their reasoning for any country outside of the U.S. and Ukraine had to do with Soviet times. I did have to laugh when the one grandpa called America evil over the sanctions. Only Putin to thank for it.
I am Aussie and before this liked Russia as hadn't done much wrong for awhile.. Now can't stand any who support Putin and this war. Ican't stand colonisation of another country and why hate china and Russia now. just greed. Say what want about USA but atleast gave countries back to their own people after.
You're a good interviewer... asking questions that dig deeper without really boxing them into a certain viewpoint, I think. Thank you for the interesting video and statistic at the end 13/60.
This is a well done video! I appreciate you getting out into smaller areas. The responses were totally predictable. Older folks born and raised in Soviet Union will be nostalgic for Soviet days when they had food, water, shelter and social services available to them without any effort on their parts. They were easily programmed because of their dependency on the state. Younger Russians, with access to foreign media via the internet, are more understanding of the world than their parents and grandparents.
@@husker9263 I was stationed in Germany when the USSR fell, so I saw a lot of former Soviets running to Germany for jobs. A restaurant I frequented hired one. The owner told him to set the tables before service, yet came out to find only china set, with no flatware or stemware. When asked why he didn't set everything, he replied that in the Soviet Union, he only set china, and that it was another persons job to do flatware. This was to ensure employment for all. I guess that's what you'd call a job in the USSR.
We're all susceptible to propaganda/ads though that makes it even sadder they could've been freinds with many people comming to explore Russia in a timeline where Yeltsin and Putin didn't sell out their democracy
This is because Russia is a free country. In Russia, people feel free and can speak freely whatever they want, no matter what the Russophobic propaganda in some countries says about "dictatorship", "autocracy" and so on blah blah blah
Lol, so long as they are praising putin and russia, yeah they have the balls to say what they want. What happens when they don’t agree…its always “oh I don’t follow politics, I don’t know about politics”…these people are scared to openly speak the truth.
@@kaym7704 What are you talking about? If you ask that question in any country you will get a lot of people saying they don't follow politics. You are just assuming they are scared based on what? have you been there? no you probably base it off the anti-Russian propaganda that the west has been making for years. Maybe some are scared but there are lots of people in America who are scared to speak openly, maybe they aren't afraid of prison but they could lose their job or whole career for saying the wrong thing. Also there is fear being doxxed and people harassing or attacking you in real life, which has happened to even non-famous people. Also aside from America there are laws in some European countries that will fine you or put you in jail for saying certain "offensive" things. The definitions in those laws are vague and the laws can and have been abused. Aside from actual punishment there is also major censorship online of opinions the western governments don't like, such as Covid, Vaccines, the war in Ukraine, Climate change and much more, all in the name of fighting "misinformation" well who decides what is true or not? The government? sounds authoritarian to me.
I like the answers from people who never visited other countries. I worked with people from all over the world and we have a lot in common. I have friends from all over the world and politics, religion and resources create problems between people even in the same country. I realize that you cannot change where you were raised or who your parents but you can have an open mind and make decisions based upon your own experiences. The older I get the more I realize that people spend more time thinking about things they cannot change and should spend more time on things they can change. I always say life is too short and do not waste your time.
if you are talking about the cold war generation, no different than if asked over here. makes you wonder if anyone actually looked at the other side. I still would love to see the east coast of Siberia in the cold war period. outside the navy (though I would love to see an old soviet submarine). the people, their lives and homes. the cities and see how much they have changed since even the 1970s/1980s. another thing I would love to see is the old movies and tv shows from the Soviets. was it more like the usa or was it more like canada in the day (if canadian, than makes you wonder how it survived to today). would like to seen the real soviets and not the crap they showed us in school and on tv and in the movies
In my country we say "laugh so as not to cry". This is what I feel listening to these rambling answers. But I feel sadness for these people because they still live into an isolated box.
Wow! Illuminating and very sad to see such entrenched negativity toward Poland, Ukraine and the west. This channel provides a unique insight into what some rural Russians really think.
Well deserved negativity… I might add. You downed Soviet monuments.. who fought against the Naziks which slayed Poles. What is the matter with you Poland? And then you threw red paint on our ambassador? Have you lost your minds?
As an American, I wasn’t at all surprised to hear how many old rural Russians hate us. But Poland? They hate you guys too? Well… welcome to the club, amigo! 😊 🍻
The U.S. is not a democracy. You wouldn't find this out by visiting. As if you can find out about what a country is like by some short stay. Silly. The U.S. is not controlled by the descendants of Americans. The U.S. is controlled by the descendants of Nazis who invaded in 1935 and committed genocide on the American people and NATO is a Nazi organization and an international smuggling ring. Why is the genocide of the American people not commonly known? That's how many people they killed in the U.S. and how much control they have over the U.S. I have eyewitness accounts, emails, and audio recordings with U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a German and former CIA. The U.S. Congress is heavily German. The State Congress's are much more heavily German. And these Nazis are still bent on worldwide domination and control. And they don't care how may people die because they are Nazis. For instance, these Nazis found Nazis in Ukraine to support. And their hatred for Russia is because if not for Russia the Nazis would have taken over the world and there would have been world wide genocide only seen in Star Wars movies and there would be NO Russia today. All the Russian people would have been executed. All of them. As they did to almost every American in the country. You do see the head of NATO, Stoltenberg, who is a German with Norwegian citizenship. How many Norwegians were killed during the Nazi occupation? No one really knows. But Stoltenberg's family stayed alive because they were German. And Stoltenberg's father just happened to wind up with a very nice position in the Norwegian government and now his son is head of NATO. WW II is not over yet. And these Germans who occupy and control the US want to finish the destruction of Russia that they started in the beginning of WW II. This is the entire reason for U.S. support of the war in Ukraine and all the wars they have been in since 1945. See, Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935, UA-cam. My father was there. I went to school in the USA that was mostly for German kids. I have a half sister and a half brother who have the same Nazi father in the USA. And Nazi's murdered people in every country they occupied so they probably control many of those other EU countries as well. NATO is a Nazi organization responsible for the killing of millions around the globe because they are Nazi's. Operation Gladio was also a Nazi organization and Operation Paperclip was a Nazi strategy. WW II is still going on. Britain? With the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, strong anti-German feeling within Britain caused sensitivity among the royal family about its German roots. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, also a grandson of Queen Victoria, was the king’s cousin; the queen herself was German. As a result, on June 19, 1917, the king decreed that the royal surname was thereby changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. Queen Victoria was half-German, her husband German . I am French. One of the survivors of the Nazi genocide of the American people that included French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Africans, part Africans and many more. That you and the elites act like I don't even exist. I am a survivor of the genocide of the American people. I despise all of these people.. There were some who became German surrogates. There was a man name Wilcox in Waveland, MS. He told me he thought it was a racial thing. He said he would never have betrayed his country. Ran the city to his death. He could have sex with any woman he wanted as young as he wanted til his death about 20 years ago. Had the only real estate office there. No one else could. Owned the big shopping center there as well. People are being killed there all the time. They do it to one another. Depends on what someone has. If they have "too much" they are fair game for those connected to the German elites in that area. And this is repeated all over the U.S. regularly. All people with no soul, no conscience, no shame. They are nothing but animals pretending to be human beings.
Меня как русского бомбит от всех этих людей которые даже не могут аргументировать свою ненависть, да и автор тоже молодец, спрашивает у старых пердунов которые далеки от всей этой политики и смотрят только домашний ящик! As a Russian, I am bombed by all these people who can't even argue their hatred, and the author is also doing well, asking old farts who are far from all this politics and only look at the home box!
@@twicethebest5137 сам понял, что написал? Где в моем предложении ты увидел, что я написал их мнение не должно учитываться? Я сказал, что они недостаточно осведомлены в силу своей неспособности достать информацию с разных источников, поэтому их нет смысла спрашивать, потомучто они говорят только, то что видят на России 24, НТВ и т.д.
@@iriska2899 ты ваще сама не понимаешь что пишешь, тут спрашивается мнение людей насчет того какие страны им не нравятся, какая нахуй разница шарят они или нет. Они часть общества и их тоже нужно спрашивать. И ты просто эйджистка и не хочешь этого признавать.
amazing how simple and closed minded these old people are. Never been anywhere except their village, and yet they are all experts on geography. Most look pretty bitter to me
Well, we have to admit that in most countries older people are much more racist and have many many prejudices. They were born in an unidirectional information age (TV), younger generations are able to communicate with people from all around the world and see that borders and facist mindsets are basically historical leftovers.
Great video. Your real commentary is shrouded in disarming questions much of the time. It's both clever, and enlightening. I'm alarmed at how few want to talk at all. That's not right.
Why go some village with people with limited education etc.? Why not go to the universities where people actually have information. This channel is a clever manipulative, propaganda channel.
@@NewOrleansSeptember Holy Zeducation Batman. Propaganda for who "David"? If he concentrated on educated people the replies would be far more anti-Putin. Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option.
@@joestrat2723 Says who? Randy Rainbow? People only know what they are exposed to. If you go to rural America you will find some pretty dumb people. I say that as having lived all over America. And urban people are quite stupid as well in the U.S. "Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option." Total nonsense. You have nothing to back that up but western propaganda. The West: high crime, high homelessness, high prices including education, food, and shelter. In the U.S. they pay twice as much for health care as any industrialized country. And that is the people that have health care. Over 30 million in the U.S. do not. 50 Million lived in poverty in the U.S. in 2020. With inflation it will now probably be over 60 million. 70% of the working people in the U.S. make less than 50K. Not enough to raise a family on. 50% make less than 29K. 40% make less than 19K. Both your comments are nothing but hot air, showing you really know nothing about the world at all which means you know nothing about Russia especially when you make false statements like "Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option."
@@BrentColflesh OK dokey. Baseball is a version of Rounders, a game dating back to Tudor times. Why you think "Wikipedia" is a source of evidence, who knows. I'll just assume you're American and that's the height of your education. Which is notoriously poor.
@@fishizzle8588 Lol, America was "invented by the British. The founding fathers were of Scots, Irish, Welsh and English heritage. England itself was "invented" by the French, and since the 17th century it's been ruled by Scotland's Royal bloodline, starting with the Stewarts all the way up to Robert The Bruce's descendant, Elizabeth Windsor. Also, nobody knows who invented Rounders, just where it first became popular. Hitting an orb with a stick has been popular long before Jesus was around.
I'm from Poland, may say that elderly everythere is pretty prone to absorb 'enemies' labels from tv, maybe because young people don't talk with them anymore these days. I mean this people are somehow victims of social programming by tv, but they are somebody's grandmas and grandpas... Probably there are differences im the scale of the problem in each country but the mechanism is similar
Calling Poland "traitors" and "nazi", what an irony.., It was Russia and Germany who attacked Poland during WW2, not the other way around. Besides, the words "traitor", "betrayal" only makes sense if Poland and Russia were allies to begin with.., how do you "betray" your enemy?..
СССР вернули свои территории, потерянные в ходе русско-польской войны и не объявляли войны, просто нашлась удачная возможность. И Польша на те годы была в военном договоре с Англией и Францией, и когда нацистская Германия напала на Польшу, те объявили Германии войну, но не объявили СССР, хотя та тоже ввела свои войска в Польшу
@@cliffa2901 oh yeah there the fascist and Putin who’s acting like one and teaming up with dictators all over the world isn’t? Your going to believe whatever you want to believe buddy
Watching this makes it easy to see how governments manipulate their people into thinking and behaving how they want them to. It's sad really because in reality all any of us want is a food on the table, peace good health for our loved ones and ourselves
Poland didn't want to be part of the USSR, and didn't like them violently invading their country for some reason. Russian authority gets butthurt over that, apparently.
That part about 'throwing mud' in Lithuania was really confusing until I realized it's probably a mistranslation of an idiom that means to insult and blame someone; to dish the dirt on someone.
@@stefandinu6389 : They were taught in school that Russians liberated the Baltic States from the Nazis. And not that the USSR occupied the Baltic States against their will in 1940, before the Nazi invasion.
@@timonsolus Yeah, that's funny. The Russians occupied us in 1940 when Nazis came in 1941 who literally "liberated" us from the Russians. The logic in Russians is null.
It’s not a idiom, they kinda mistranslated, выливать помои actually means dumping waste on the streets, they were pointing out that people in Lithuania don’t take care about their streets and stuff
3:38 Haha I was waiting for this, thanks from Poland lol. I don't know when we "betrayed" Russia, but we definitely were never allies of Russia, we were always fighting to get rid of their influence and imperialism. But thanks for the mention, I am sure that living standarts in siberia are much better for this woman, than for the Poles in the 'gay' EU whatever that means
This is our reality here among elder generation. Poland is a great country. Im 28 years old live in St Petersburg and i'd love to visit it one day. Wish nothing but good to polish people
@@will-ll9bl I know that you are not guilty, but Poland on this moment is full of Ukrainian women, children and elders, we got special access to stories, and videos from war, I've seen rus soldier castrating living Ukrainian prisoner somewhere in the woods, hidden footage from prison for Ukrainian soldiers where they are been beaten, tortured and raped, seen many footage of rusian soldiers shooting to Ukrainian civils walking on streets from AK and tanks, lots of innocent bodies of children with their rest of family laying on streets shattered after bombarding, some of my friends sharing videos of rusian soldiers raping woman and their children. Harm is done, and if you visit Poland, people here will be not so happy about it, maybe you will find someone wants to revenge on you for innocent.
I'm parrying with opposite wishes, only bad things to unfriendly nations. Also from saint-petersburg. We have no obligation to support aggressive, confrontational policy against ourselves, it would be absurd and totally irrational thing to do.
It's fascinating that for these people, walking down the street (not too often) in tight pants and with a rainbow plume is a greater crime than burning people alive.
This video is blocked for some reason in our Czech most-viewed online newspaper. I linked your video and they deleted it. The reason was the source was illegal and containing conspiration therories. Strange. Thank you for your work amyways.
Yes, known for nationalism, russophobia, memorial destruction and historical inferiority complex. And you don't need to be a world power so people knew that you existed from mutual history or basic geography. Poland in geopolitical sense is a fly that dreams to be a lion but ends up as a dog eating scraps that are left by its western owners.
That older guy at the beginning who said he hated America... and is wearing a baseball hat and a denim jacket! Absolute Classic! He probably has a ton of Elvis music in his house and dreams of owning a Cadillac.
Baseball caps aren't American, much like Baseball, a version of Rounders. The denim is definitely an American thing though. But wouldn't that make Americans hypocrites when just about everything they style themselves with being European in origin. Like modern trousers, a British (fashion) creation that replaced pantaloons, which themselves were styled on a type of clothing dating back thousands of years.
@@Mark-Haddow Well that was a pathetic string of sentences!😛 Triggered because someone had the audacity to observe a freaking baseball cap! Jesus - just read your own idiocy after 12 hours and say it isn’t sad.😂
Americans hate China yet that doesn't preclude you from buying their stuff. In fact, more likely than not that, the stuff he is wearing was made in China and not in the US. Oh, btw denim fabric isn't American
I knew the answers even before watching (USA, Ukraine and Poland). P.S.. For those who wonder when Russia Poland betrayed this I already explain: In 1939, the USSR, together with the Third Reich, invaded and partitioned Poland. The Soviets, like the Germans, mass-murdered the Polish population. After World War II, Western countries surrendered Central Europe to the Soviets, including Poland, for their own peace of mind. The killings continued until 1957, and then the Russian protectorate began. The Soviets treated the countries of Central Europe as their own colonies, although their influence diminished with each decade. In 1989, when the USSR was in decline, Poland, along with other Eastern Bloc countries, broke free from the Soviet grip. Fearing a Russian attack, they fled to the protection of NATO, where, by the way, they belong, as these countries are part of Western civilization. When Putin came to power, he had to silence the voices asking why Poland is developing and getting rich so rapidly, while Russia is not. Russians commonly compared Russia to Poland because they are two large Slavic countries that went their separate ways in the '90s. To quell uncomfortable questions, Putin launched a propaganda campaign against Poland that continues to this day. According to it, Poland has always invaded Russia, is a crazy imperialist country seeking to subjugate neighboring countries, was an ally of Hitler, is co-responsible for unleashing the Second Volley War, and in 1989 Poland betrayed Russia (although the propaganda does not explain what this betrayal is supposed to consist of). Of course, every day there are articles in the Russian press about what a terrible place Poland is to live in, how Poles fanatically hate Russians, and what new intrigues Polish politicians are plotting at the behest of the US. It has even gotten to the point that such an insignificant country as Poland in the Russian consciousness takes its place next to the most important modern countries in the world XD
Exactly spot on comment. To add to it, bbc had an article why Ukraine wanted to go west, it said Ukrainians could see their Russian friends getting richer and they were not. Clearly Russians were not sharing the wealth of oil, etc.. Sadly Russians don't understand why their brothers/Ukraine would want to not live like a Russian. To add to the insanity, to save Ukrainians, then need to kill Ukrainians and destroy their homes logic seems prevalent in Russia
@@scott1294 Everyone is running away from the Russian world, because this world has only exploitation, poverty, violence and threats to offer. Muscovites are the main beneficiaries of this system, so they don't understand why their system is so damaging to other nations. [RU] Все бегут от русского мира, поскольку он может предложить только эксплуатацию, нищету, насилие и угрозы. Москвичи - главные бенефициары этой системы, поэтому они не понимают, почему их система так вредна для других народов.
Eh, I expected it. Especially from the older crowd. They grew up under the USSR, and a lot of them seen the countries be against and pull apart from it. Of course, I find those who are older and have something against a country, not as bigots or racists or nationalistic, at least not completely, but, as people we got to understand a lot of them grew up and seen different times then we have. They can tell you the history behind as to why they can be against a certain group of people. Sure, sometimes it may still sound like bigotry or racism and harshly stereotyping a whole group of people. But, I find it interesting them telling why they have a dislike. Even if it was from the past, present, and might still be around in the future.
Yep, but you are open to the world through the internet where you have the chance to meet people from other country. These babouchkas probably don't use the internet much and have probably never traveled outside their rural Russia, or only in ex sovietic republics. They're brainwashed.
It's interesting how the word "provocative"/"provocation" seems to be one of the favorite (well, most commonly used) words amongst the Russian public, when responding to the questions posed on this channel. It's just not something we would ever say in "The West", at least _nowhere near_ as often as Russians use the word. It's like they've all been....brainwashed. 🤷♂️ or maybe "programmed" is a better word. Ironic, really, that the Russian government seems to claim everything done by its "unfriendly" neighbors is "a provocation", when Russia seems to be *by far* the guiltiest party in any international "provocations". My guess is that Russian state tv/press use the word so often that it's become part of everyday vocabulary for Russian citizens. What a sad, sad country.
It originally came into common speech from old pre-1917 "agent provocateur" - someone who works for the police to provoke targeted people to commit a political crime.
They are conditioned to think that you are baiting them into saying something they will regret. Most intelligent people will decline to answer for that reason alone, which is indeed very sad. Though that sentiment is much broader, many people in western countries would decline to comment on social issues for fear it might come back to them in the form of some retaliation too, which is also sadly not a completely unfounded stance, although there is clearly a big difference in losing your job or whatever and being sent to jail.
@@xplorethings Completely ridiculous. Most people in Western countries have no reason to be as fearful as Russians who can be jailed even for holding up a piece of blank paper. I don't know what country you live in, but in the US most people speak their minds very loudly and clearly.
@@peternolan4107 I literally said it's not the same thing you troglodyte. I'm just describing my experience when asking people why they keep their opinions to themselves.
Its interesting to hear these views. We may have a lot that separates us but there are so many similarities that we share. Like the views of the elderly people mirror, the views of the American people to a degree I hope everyone can come to some agreement at some point.
@@FUUUUU1111 Get rid of your 'ruler', stop waging wars, lose your imperialism, stop seeing enemies all around, and take accountability for your actions, please. Thank you:) Hugs to Poland from Lithuania!
@@daark1799 still weird those people seem not to know it. I can bet they also don't know Russian history:D if they knew it they wouldn't vote for KGB guy 20 years ago:D
I'm happy you are visiting the more rural places, because in Moscow, people are progressive and open minded. Rural areas, however, are the reigns of true Russian mindsets.
Wouldn't say progressive,I mean they are, but they still are hit by propoganda hard, but with a softer one.Most of youn "moskovits" will say that it's not that simple or etc, which is even more disgusting
HAHAHAHA, ''the poles betrayed Russia'', no lady, the poles didn't want to live under occupation of the USSR. They wanted out ASAP and they wanted nothing to do with the USSR.
Close Polish friend of mine told me that when the Russians left their bases , they stole everything… the wires from the wall, the sinks, the windows… there is a reason why no Country in eastern Europe wants to be part of Russia and joined EU or NATO to gain separation.
@@ZDriver1996 I don't want to talk too much about the background of the Soviet occupation of Poland. Just look at this country now. They are literally forbidden to talk about the fact that the Polish population staged pogroms against the Jews. what does it mean?
Yes, Poland escaped from Soviet influence, under the "wing" of the United States and their influence, Like a prostitute, where they pay more there and run.🤣🤣
The level of ignorance of the older people is amazing. When you only listen to what your country tells you and don't seek out other sources you end up towing the company line.
That's how rural old people are where I'm from as well. They pick a side they lean to and listen to that side only on TV, and you could almost predict their opinion. We can just hope for a better future. Progress takes a bit of time. They may have been saying the same things about their parents or grandparents.
That's an unreasonable generalisation. There's a great amount of variation from country to country. Russia and USA are at the more brainwashed end of the spectrum.
Nothing new, Germans especially landside , you would call them ba ckwood bone heads. They don't graduate and that's one of the problems causing desilusion. The more you tell a lie over and over again, people believe in that.
Well as a Russian I think I would represent most peoples opinion by saying even those older people do not hate American people, only the politics. And if you follow USA and Russia modern history you will find out it is always USA that is the aggressor and instigator. Look at Hollywood movies,always portraying Russians in bad light, we do not have that in Russia. West according to us causes a lot of instability. After having colonised whole world, west still is causing most wars and distabilises most countries. No issues with American people themselves
"I don't know why I don't like western countries. I never was there. My fascist gov. told me they were fascists. Hatred drives us." I would call that cognitive dissonance.
I remember some ten years ago reading a news story where a Russian military transport plane crashed in residential area soon after take off. It was somewhere behind Urals, Novosibirsk maybe. They interviewed a local resident who heard the crash and told the media that he thought that "America has finally attacked". This was before 2014 and current Ukrainian conflict. I was rather astonished by this. A city in the middle of Russia, thousands of kilometers inlands, and the first thing you'd think about while hearing an explosion is that the Americans are bombing us. It really made me think what kind of crap are people being fed with if they still around 2010 lived in the cold war mentality that the enemy (naturally the USA) is going to attack any day now. But the truth is that the cold war only ended in west. Russia maybe forgot it momentarily in the 90s, but ever since Putin got into power, the war on minds started again. "They hate us. The Americans, the west. They want to harm Russia for no reason. They laugh at us.". Putin's propaganda machine has been preparing people for a war for 20 years and these poor country bumpkins are the proof of it. No one in the west hates you for being Russians. Now many might hate you since you started a brutal war but you wouldn't know that since you don't even know you started a brutal war. Because you have been lied all these years.
You don't know much. The USA decided in 1999 to take on Russia and that led to the civil war in Ukraine and eventually the war between Ukr. And Russia. The USA funded that civil war, started it to depose the then leadership of Ukraine and install their own man (eventually Zelensky). The civil war was funded by the USA and cost them over $1billion (as declared by a Democrat member of congress). This current war is funded by the USA and NATO, started by the USA when they tried again and again to get Ukraine into NATO and then to place nuclear weapons on Ukraine's eastern border with Russia - that is what the USA wants. The USA is moving B52 bombers into the UK this week (nuclear capable). Russia cannot have USA nuclear weapons on its border. Certainly the USA would not tolerate Russian nuclear weapons in Mexico on the USA's border.
@@cranegantry868 I think you’ll find zelensky was installed after the previous leader of Ukraine (a puppet of putin) turned against his own citizens and ordered his military to shoot peaceful protesters killing man citizens which led to him fleeing Ukraine back to Russia. I think you’ve been believing too much of this putin propaganda. With a mad erratic dog like putin at the helm, can you blame nato for bolstering their positions? This paranoia with nato starts in Putins deranged head.
Stalin and Hitler STARTED World War II by dividing Poland between them. When I hear about the huge death toll Russians had in WWII I always remember - YOU started it.
"I don't like the gay West. I love France" This one killed me.
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If u go gay, go at it the French way:)
Gay Paris
I live in France, she really should visit Paris and maybe think back on this
That's an Anglo stereotype. French people think the other way around. That Anglo's promote homosexuality.
"What country do you hate? America. Why? I don't know. Have you been there? No, but my kids have. What did they think? I don't know." Allrighty then...
😂😂 Ya it was weird
@@puraLusa not weird, just delusional. Propaganda Grandmas are pretty entrenched in their anti-American beliefs, so the words of their own offspring ain't gonna sway them 🤷♀
she hate america because TV say to hate america.
Typical grandmas of the country.
@@puraLusa ...no sad, it's the end product of 70 years of state sponsored propaganda
Nice to see older people in this video. It's interesting that the younger generation is so articulate while the older generation just doesn't like "X" country because they don't like it.
@Purpleemp LOL ya sure they do. If you have nothing and have always had nothing you do not miss anything.
@Purpleemp Are you kidding???
I think the older people are more influenced by propaganda (that's every country) and younger people search out more information for themselves.
no they don't even not like it, they have been told to not like it and they don't even understand that in fact it's not their opinion
The older generation have their memory of ussr , stalin, brezhnev etc. So they totally hate the mother of capitalist
As a Polish American I’m guessing I’m these people’s worst nightmare
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If you will be a gay that will be an essence of evil
Are you also gay?
Yes
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I love that you mentioned how many people were asked to interview and how many accepted.
Keep in mind that's probably a perfectly normal ratio for asking any random person on the street to do an interview on camera about anything. Most people will say no.
@@KX36 keep in mind no western liberal democracy has laws that can see you fined or even imprisoned if you say the wrong thing.
@@ilaser4064 in the UK, there are such laws
@@val82791 which ones?
@@val82791 which laws? Saying what would get you in trouble? Do you have any example cases?
This makes me feel so sad.. I am a Russian living in Poland for the past 11 yrs and have never been made to feel that i am not welcomed there. Such a beautiful, friendly country. Chczałabym im o tym powiedzieć że Polska jest piękna.
Thank you, Anna, for spreading the good word. If more Russians living abroad tell how living in other countries feels, maybe Russia would change.
Generation born in Soviet Union is probably lost, but at least younger could get better understanding of Mordor they live in.
Issue isn't with Russian people but the government.
@@nathanjw940 that is what I thought until this video... Seems most hate the west for no reason at all...
Anna the west still loves Russia. It’s that mad dog Putin and the political apparatus that surrounds him that people have issue with.
@@mirka aww such sweet good for nothing words,respect russia and maybe then russia will show the same respect in return
“Only 13 people agreed to be interviewed and nearly 60 refused” this moment was the most hopeful for me as a russian
May I ask why? (not trying to be rude)
You can get imprisoned in Russia for the "wrong" answers. You can assume that some of those people who refused to answer don't believe state propaganda.
@@aleksanderrubik. I would asume because the likelihood of people not wanting to be interviewed is that their opinions may be viewed as against the state and don't want repercussions or reprisal. (so i can understand a glimmer of hope around that, if it is in fact the reason they don't want to be interviewed)
@@MyMinecraftArts Such people clearly don't exist in the west. Definitely not.
@@andrecseck9904 I'm not saying they don't... some people just cba doing an interview,
but i can see why there could be hope in people not wanting to respond, in case it is due to their opinion :)
I loved that woman who said she loved France, but when asked why she hates other countries she named, she said, "I read the reviews...." As if some neutral agency puts out "reviews" on countries like movie reviews! What's hot this week, what's opening, what has earned the most at the box office...
Have you been to France? I lived in southern France - well, who wouldn't love that! - and French people, if you understand their culture and the unwritten rules of personal communication - are truly wonderful, friendly, caring people. I've lived in 7 different countries on 3 continents and now I live in Finland, right next door to Russia. From here, we only see the smart ones who fled the country to avoid conscription. My Russian neighbor is a young man with a wife and baby. He's neatly dressed, speaks no English and is learning Finnish. I use an app and learn one Russian phrase a day. So at least, I can say "good morning" and simple stuff. Now he waves "hi" to me and I'm glad he didn't go to war.
Because when all is said and done, most people want the same thing: a good place to live, work, go to school, raise their kids, affordable healthcare, and a nice way to spend their leisure time. Unfortunately, there is evil among us; people who will do anything to obtain power until they are the defacto rule of an entire nation and then become aggressive in the desire to expand their empire.
I'm enjoying more rural 1420, it provides a great insight, which is way more difficult to obtain than Moscow's.
Yeah, Moscow's very cosmopolitan and relatively affluent. I'm not sure it accurately reflects the rest of the nation. Muscovites, by and large, seem pretty cool, and it looks like a city that most Westerners could quickly adapt to and thrive in. When you start heading out into the boondocks, you see a different kind of Russia, so I really like these rural videos, too.
@@vityagorr well... On th other hand that's normal. It means they only say what they think/ feel after "something" saw TV.
For me it's not interesting when th correspondents said "sorrry i don't know about politics"..... I mean... Dude u don't hav to be a politician to answer that.... 1420 juz curious what your opinion.....
@@vityagorr u don’t have to try eating shit just to know that you should not eat it
Its the difference in level of educationn and exposure to the international world
@@enlighty thank you that you've tried and don't recommend eating it!
This was as disturbing as it was insightful, great work. Also good to see younger people tended to not feel the same way
They will when they get older
@@JimmyIronballs when they get older the current president will rot.
How was that disturbing? They have every right to hate the U.S since the U.S is the biggest warmonger imperialist in the world.
@@JimmyIronballs : No. It doesn´t work that way. At least not until Russia becomes a second North Korea.
@@Thorsten_Wiegand But the older are the must faithful voters for putin. Their view won't ever change. Quite sad.
Saying you hate Poland as a Russian and naming: "They betrayed us." as the reason might be the most fucked up thing I heard all day. Imagine oppressing a country and as soon as they break free from your oppression you call them traitors. That is just painfull to hear
Same with Ukraine
russia has been the protector of all slavic ppls cuz they defeated the mongols. betraying is to say they sided with the west against the soviet union. it is in the interest of the western imperialists to keep the east weak and divided. this is why america is supporting nazikraine. and by doing so america is also fascist and nazi.
@@buia499 agreed
Don’t pay attention for their words. Poland have a huge history, and me as a Russian don’t think that Poland betrayed something or someone.❤ Putin’s propaganda screaming about russofobia that’s the reasons of older people opinion
If Poland had spent more time allying with its Slavic neighbours then perhaps it would not have been so destroyed by hitler in ww2. That’s what you get for being a slave to capital. Traitor to the ppl.
As a Russian, I want to say: I love you, people, from all over the world!
You can visit the entire Latin American region and if you say you are Russian, everyone will like you
You are a good Russian I guess. You are a citizen of this planet to deserve to be here. Stay strong ! Russia is a great country ! Pooh Teen is NOt
@@guillermogarcia8792 do not generalize ! never ever do !
Позор
Russian ordinary people we /we are NATO/ do not consider enemies. Putler...yeah, Lavrov .. .yeah..... prigozihin too .... but ordinary people of Russia. no. I still completely refuse collective guilty
I am Russian and I live in the US. Last summer I visited my 82 year old parents who live in Russia. They live in one of the biggest Russian cities and they both are intelligent people and have a bachelor degree. When I asked them when the World War II started, they told me they don't really want to know and it doesn't matter, they know very well when and how Germany started the war with Soviet Union. Then I asked them if they know anything about the secret pact or agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union (Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact) signed right before the World War II started. Secret protocols of the treaty defined the territorial spheres of influence Germany and Russia would have after a successful invasion of Poland. The answer was no. When I asked them if they know that Germany and Soviet Union planned to attack Poland together - they didn't believe me. That Soviet Union attacked Poland a few days after Germany's attack - same answer no from them. My parent lived all their life with the idea that the Soviet Union is a peaceful country bringing a freedom to all countries, helping countries in trouble, and so on. My parents were upset and just could not believe me that this is the fact. By the way, when I was a student at school (1972-1982), I also never learned about it from my Russian history textbooks. It was a secret document released only during Perestroika time - in 90th. Now Russia is going to keep many documents/records of that time secret and do not release to the public for another 50 years - this was in Russian official news. This explains a lot to me about Russians, especially, why they support the war now - they are being deceived, brainwashed for many years. They just can't believe that Russia kills Ukrainians every day. My mom is saying - Russian Army can't do it. I don't argue - it's useless... It is really sad to watch what they are saying in this video.
Very sad. Thanks for sharing.
how about Poland and Germany partitioning czechoslovakia? then Poland ethnically cleansing Germains from East Prussia?
You may as well ask them if they know that Poland and Nazi Germany together invaded Czechoslovakia a year before Germany invaded Poland. Or you can ask "why haven't UK declared war on USSR after they attacked Poland", they also won't tell you, but answer is quite simple - at the time USSR attacked, Polish government already left Poland and it was a month after Germany was crushing them with ez, so either USSR took half of Poland, or Germany took everything. Or you can ask them about "Chamberlain appeasement", because literally everyone tried to befriend Germany at the time, including all of EU and UK.
So when you're saying "omg, USSR is evil and wanted to befriend Germany" - you're forgetting that everyone did the same, because no-one wanted to fight against industrial powerhouse. 26m Russian losses proved Stalin being right
Biggest enemy of Russia was Russia itself at least last 100 years.
@@yellowtunes2756
The point is that this information is heavily censored in Russia once again as it was during the time of the USSR.
Some rural Russians primarily older ones are just like rural people here in the United States. Set in their ways and close minded in many aspects, but they are just products of their time/generation I suppose.
Except for obesity rates and actual religiosity, aye. The levels of imperial grandeur, poor own quality of life and general ignorance are pretty similar. Except Russians are poor and envious towards Americans.
Rural people are more or less the same around the globe.
Yes, I live in a rural, mostly white little Midwestern city and these interviews would go about the same... except the older, more conservative folks would be endlessly complaining about China instead. Maybe someone would mention Iran or Saudi Arabia here and there. They're probably the only ones who'd agree to display their ignorance on camera too.
I have lived rural America my whole life and people do not think this way. This is a product of Russian government propaganda.
@@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е Unless people have a good and equal education in a country. But most importantly good quality media. 4th estate of democracy.
it's intriguing that rural (and older) Russians perceive their closest neighbors most negatively: Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania... Oddly they don't seem to ask themselves why these nations, once part of the USSR/Warsaw Pact are now the most vocal opponents of Moscow. There seems to be little insight as to what Russia did historically and currently. Everything was about what these other nations did to Russia (betrayals, traitorous, opposing...) as if Russia is a benign, passive if not innocent onlooker to the world's stormy waters.
Are you are from Vietnam? This country is also a close neighbour of Russia. And nobody is treating it negatively.
Also: China, Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan ... All these countries are neighbours of Russia. And nobody treats them negatively.
So, not all "neighbours" look the same???
@@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е I don't know the last time you looked at the world map but Vietnam does not border Russia
@@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е Do u see a difference between Asian and European countries or not? Russia is much closer culturally to Asia, that's why. Europe loves freedom.
They're incapable of self-reflection. They're delusional enough to think that we're America's puppets and the US told us to hate Russia. lol
Russians rarely ask themselves where the resentment of other "brotherly" nations toward Russia comes from. I even found some attempts to answer. Russians have concluded that this dislike comes from the fact that all these countries are smaller than Rosi, and it is through jealousy and complexes that they resent Russia. I don't know how stupid you have to be to come up with something like this, because no scale of measurement goes that far :D
Yes, it is a great mystery why the countries that Russia has conquered, humiliated, exploited and murdered the peoples there today give her dislike. And this despite the fact that Russia has regularly insulted the local nations since 2000, spying, sabotaging, threatening (including nuclear attacks) orz announcing re-conquest. They have already managed to attack several neighbors. I don't know what these countries see wrong with Russia either. :)
They owe so much to Russia: Wasted 50 years of development, poverty, cultural decline, cultural destruction, rotten urban planning, export of raw materials, illegal shifting of borders, massive looting of everything the Germans didn't steal, military interventions, generational trauma and hundreds of thousands of born bastards from Soviet rape. The good things of the Russian myriad alone.
As a 39 year old American, I can't recall anyone in my time actually saying anything negative towards Russians or Russian culture. I've actually met a lot of people fascinated or curious or even in support of Russia. Any negativity was mostly against Communism and the Soviet Union, similar to how some in Russia might feel about American government and foreign policy, however, whatever negativity may exist it's never against the Russian people.
Totally agreed. "Russophobia" is such a dogwhistle that someone pays more attention to RU state media than US culture; if anything a Russian speaking American is more likely to be from an ashkenazi Jewish family from the pale of settlement than they are to have ties to modern Russia, so we can't be precise in our hatred like that
well I hope that curiosity and support did not last, soviet union was not voluntary, it was orchestrated by russians, just like the invasion of Ukraine is today. Nothing changed and will not likely change. Russia had a chance of democracy after Jeltsin and ended up with a dictator, it will never happen, it is in the people, they do not want that. All they want is capture territories, dominate and kneel before their czar. It is like a hope for democracy in Iraq, not going to happen.
The US fucking destroyed Russia in the 90s. No wonder there's still animosity.
Well I think the negativity is just to those in which support Putin and prop up his Mafia regime. They're no better than the Nazis were with Hitler.
Russians who do not support Putin are the Russians who do not deserve blaim or negativity towards.
Agree, the negatively was aimed at the Soviet Union and communism…and not at the Russian people. What’s interesting, is that it states there are 6 responses to Bro Flo’s comment, but yt has deleted or is shadow banning those comments.
I would like to thank the interviewer for asking all the right questions without trying to polarize the people. It take's immense skill to be able to ask questions of this nature in a completely unbiased way, without inferring judgement. My hat's off to you and just let them know, if they are willing to listen, that we Americans love everyone who lives in Russia, as well as those living in Ukraine.!.....God Bless
The interviewer also has the power to select which interviews to include in this video. And if Americans loved Russians, they wouldn't always be the bad guys in Hollywood film, which sadly is the only source of knowledge about Russians for the average American.
@@cssstylescommand4 @loscar I understand your point of view but I think that's the way it use to be but the internet changed all that and brought us closer together. I have a close friend who lives in Sochi and we talk alot about that. We are quite similar except we eat different foods perhaps but we have similar life experiences and we help each other out, share gifts at Christmas etc. Less people nowadays believe the older movies or even watch them, from what I can see. I wish you the best, my friend. God Bless you and your family.
When Russians say that they don't like the United States, first of all, they mean that they don't like the international policy of the United States. This does not apply to ordinary residents.
@@МихаилАндреев-н8г Thankyou for that clarification.
They probably dont hate americans they hate the american government and with all reason your government is a sick manipulative imperialist complot of pedophiles
I am a media publisher, and you guys have real talent. You don’t lead the people you interview in any way but ask them objective questions that expose their thinking. It’s really good work and fascinating to watch. But stick a little piece of foam on top of the phone’s microphone. That way you won’t scare people off by using a real microphone, but you’ll block most of the wind noise out. Keep up the good work!
they use to lead them a lot, and try to argue back
Да, да, "хорошая работа". Заткнули рот музыкой бабушке которая аргументировала свою нелюбовь к сша
@@killerdude-hz2bb not really and I watched a lot
@@gregdk3791 yea they did i told them not to and they stopped so your welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they didnt realise they get the best response by subtly agreeing
@@inkerjk4250 Oh, please. Almost all of them voice hatred towards towards the US. One of them just happened to have a poor voice recording.
The older Russians grew up in a different World to the younger generation. Their views are formed by their experiences prior to the break up of the USSR. My experience of Russians was formed by the family of my friends. Their step-father and his family were the most lovely, generous, big hearted family and their mother who is still alive today, in her 90’s was German/Polish suffered through WWII. As immigrants they all lived (with their Russian grandmother) in the one house and helped each other save and buy their first homes. Hard working, happy and generous. I don’t think they would believe that people in Russia are so intolerant as to call neighbouring people “breeds”. Thank goodness for the modern technology that links the younger generation to the outside World and enables them to see that we do not hate Russians, only the political regime that keeps them ignorant.
Well said
This also applies to you and your political regime which keeps you in the dark about Russia and Russians.
@@Maxx5005 How so? We can watch any Russian television network or read any Russian newspaper openly in the U.S. Nothing is blocked or banned. Most people don't consume Russian news because it is objectively inaccurate.
The old b**ches talking about different breeds are looking rather in-bred themselves, lol
"muh everyone is brainwashed and ignorant except me"
Did Julian Assange, Snowden, and other people that had been opressed by the so called "free nations" were not living in a political regime that keeps you ignorant?
Do i have to send you the video that wikileaks published about the U.S soldiers killing arabs that were working in newscasts? Do i have to remember you who financed the mujahiden who later became in Alqaed4 and !sis? Yep, that's what i thought.
Lmao, aren't you the same guys who believed in the ghost of kiev and that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction?
Pure projection. No wonder why the West is collapsing lmao, im glad tho
This is the most elegant summary of the Russian mindset I've ever seen.:
"I don't like America."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"Have you ever been there?"
"No. My kids have."
"Did they like it?"
"I don't know. I didn't ask."
Oh yeah the Russian mindset is just hating others. False
The daily vodka makes people brain-dead...
It's not the "russian" mindset, none of my russian acquaintances are like that as they come from more developed cities with better accesses.
The mindset you describe is a classic result of political & cultural endoctrination that affect (these days post 2022) mostly ppl in far, disconnected from modern areas of countries who don't have the infrastructures to access most of the modern world.
Ppl raised in such areas are vulnerable to cultural and emotional manipulation forcing opinions and conceptions of the world and life through political propaganda. Conditionning people to hate on things (usually against foreign cultures/people) without ever requiring clear rational explanations.
So when somebody dares asking concretely "why", ppl are confused yet are still certain beyond doubt that they have "in themselves" firm and rock-solid reasons to hate those cultures they're telling you they hate. Most importantly, they indeed never get to ever cross path, due to lack of accesses, to the rest of the world. Disconnected from the reality of those cultures/people that are hated, which profoundly validates any opinion over time as it can never be crossed with significantly different opinions to develop an objective and critical reasoning.
A lot of americans are very much the same, they're own way :). The deeper in the country side, the more endoctrinated they are with american culture and propaganda. Yet even educated yanks are like that. Recent political, social and mostly economical/financial issues in the USA have brought a lot of "educated americans" (for what it's worth: not complete retards), whose comments on Europe in social media epitomize American indoctrination and their perceptions of foreign cultures, perpetuating the stereotype of the uneducated American lost outside their star-flag bubble
@@ekswhy2147 In Europe we have the same perception of you yankees about your own opinions and endoctrination, so...
just like those americans who are still convinced they need to hate russians because of the cuban missile crisis and the cold war. the ignorant mindset goes both ways, and yes this attitude existed before russia’s current war with ukraine.
I love the guy complaining about russophobia and then immediately says "America is evil" on the exact same sentance
He's right
@@jazzii4460 he is
@@jazzii4460 I thought Americans were ignorant but Russians are on another level 😮💨
@@jazzii4460 America isn't evil.
@@Noam_.Menashe it is run by evil people, war profiteers. Look at what they did to the only president that didn't start any wars, the only one that was looking for peace. The war mongers lackies in the media lied and smeared about him every day.
The older Russians seem pretty annoyed that the formerly occupied eastern european states have rejected the Soviet period.
А Западную Европу Американцы не оккупировали что-ли?)
Эту же закономерность четко видно: Какой Кусок Отвоевали у Нацисткой Германии Советские Солдаты, тот и стал частью Варшавского Договора. Какой кусок отвоевали Балканские страны, тот и стал частью Югославии. Тоже самое верно и для Куска отвоёваного Силами Союзников.
@@ДарвикВелесс You make no sense.
@@ДарвикВелесс Я из бывшего советского государства, и мы полностью независимы. Просто маленькие и нуждаются в безопасности. Какую лучшую безопасность мы можем получить, чем от армии США? Или другие страны НАТО? Современное оборудование и все такое. Почему бы нам сказать нет? Мы хотим сохранить мир, поэтому мы обезопасим себя.
Ha, it needs to be remembered whom Russians call "fascists" and "nazis". These are usually the countries that broke out of the Soviet occupation and Russias sphere of influence and are not willing to come back. That shows something.
Of course, because back than they would e.g. be walking in quality shoes made in a country where those who made them would not be able to buy them. Old folks know very well how the rest of countries of socialist pact were exploited. Former soviet pact countries also do know and don't wish to ever go back to being starved for some random vatnik.
This was quite interesting. Good interviewing technique, too. The difference between the older and younger people was striking. Maybe in enough time, altitudes will change and we will learn to get along amicably. Let’s hope.
they're raising new generation to patriottism and propaganda against foreign...i can't be so optimist like us
There's a good reason for your leadership to be a FAILURE, and you all have to 🔎 🔎 investigate your leaders, Remember that Russia 🇷🇺 is SO powerful, no one will ever attack Russia leadership, " Check ✔ Propaganda "
Nothing will change, those who wanted and could emigrated. 15 years ago I've heard that old people has to die so views will change, now it's the same but those old people are replaced :D
That needs to happen in the United States as well. Lots of propaganda on both sides.
@@nellaRissa hello, I'm from Russia, yes, it's true, but for me, all innocent people will always be good
Thank you for showing the views of the interviewees, while not being disrespectful or asking too many leading questions, especially to the elderly.
As a Finn I see these people not so different from rural finnish people, their answers are as blunt and they are so narrow minded but all of them would answer this question with Russia being the country they don't like
what an arrogant and odious Finn scribbled this which I am not at all amazed, since arrogance is inherent in majority of Finns, there is such a national trait. And Finland itself is a rather gloomy and dull country perhaps for the very reason that the Finns are angry empty shells that they could not give color and originality to their cities. Finland is not known for anything in terms of sights, it pales against the backdrop of its more affluent and powerful neighbors Norway and Sweden. (google translate)
Totta se on
The Russians have reason for this. But what grounds do the Finns have for this?
@@xalekcey WW2 and Finlandization
@@xalekcey And for the current generations it's the war in Ukraine. Russia funding extremist parties in Europe.
Russia's making sure to remain the most disliked nation across most of Europe.
“What country do you hate?”
“Ukraine!”
“Why?”
“Because my friends die there!”
Well I wonder why maybe because you invaded their land
to hard for the brainwashed old ZZZombies to understand, lol
Exactly. If someone breaks into
my house there is no way in fuck I’m making tea. There’s going to be violence. Same for the Ukrainians, and good on them.
@@nicknelson6229 exactly
@@ИванБарахтенко-ш5ч ? English
@@ИванБарахтенко-ш5ч people don't speak your language you know.
3:40
Interviewer: "Which country you don't like?"
Interviewee: "Poland"
Interviewer: "Why?"
Interviewee: "They are the first betrayer"
Me, Polish: "you are goddam right!"
Poland strong
Poland: Im the one who knocks!
@@xlash05 That's funny. What I've loved about the commenters are--yeah, whatever. Not trying to out-argue someone who calls their country evil. Quite enjoyable.
@@mikefixac It is a compliment to Poles that the Russians consider Poland a bad country. We experienced the Russian mir on our own skin, many years of communism. I assure you that the Poles know Soviet methods well and if they attacked our country, we would fight them until we drop, just like the Ukrainians now. Western European countries are not so anti-Russian because they have never experienced Soviet occupation themselves.
@@xlash05 EXACTLY!!!
The relationship between our countries (Ukraine and Poland) is difficult to expalin (dark episodes in the history) but we both know what "russkiy mir" (russian world) means. So many ukrainians didn´t expect so much help from you these months. Hope one day everyone will stop to think about imperialist ideas.....
I am glad to live in Australia, Multi cultural and love all countries and all people. We have some many nations here and so much land it is great. Love all the different types of food. We forget the past. Make peace not war..
Until China knocks your door, bro.
what a clown you are
More, like make Money not War, mate.
I wish Russian people could know just how little the average American even thinks about them or Russia, especially prior to the Ukraine war. They’ve all been told we’re obsessed every day with defeating them.
I think generally you're right but there are some of us that have been obsessed. I live around a lot of Russian people and have some in my family. Ukrainians and Poles too. I've always wished we could just chill and team up. I don't exactly think Reagan was a genius but I think his quote about having an alien threat for us all to go after it would be great. On the other hand many scientific innovations have been born from our competition between the two powers.
That’s a lie? Trump Russia elections was on US tv 24/7, then there was Afghan ransom on Soldiers, then the Russian hacking…..
politicians in US are sometimes judged on how tough they are on Russia…
the 13 ppl said stuff and 60 refused.... that statistical information takes this from interesting to informative
Oh come on, you know you're _always_ thinking about Russians. What else is there to think about??
Before the Ukraine invasion the people in western countries rarely talked about Russia. The only times Russia was even discussed was when one of their drugged up athletes got nailed at the Olympics. Now we’re in shock about Russia’s inept military and its vicious aggression against a sovereign European country.
Great job by the 1420 team as usual! That school must be so special to have produced an original thinker and not an automaton!
I wasn't surprised that the US was mentioned quite a few times, but the fact that Poland was mentioned several times was a surprise. The younger people were less critical of other countries than the older folks.
He has asked in big cities and usually only 1 or 2 mention the US.
I wasn’t surprised. The major putinist propagandists openly state that Poland has no right to exist. No wonder people are fed this narrative on TV.
if they blamed US it would be OKish, buy hey, they always blame whole America :D What did Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, Peruans and other central and south American nations did to them? :P
Russian government has to create an enemy and use that to explain their extreme poverty and shit lifestyle the people have.
That's what ALL dictatorships do, blame somebody else for their problems, problems the dictatorship created. It keeps the attention of them.
It is because Poland and it's Solidarnosc movement was the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. How dare those Polish people fight for their freedom from mother Russia?
You are doing amazing work. Don't give up please. All best to You
In the Polish language there is an expression that could be translated into: "You've been in the a*s and seen sh*t" - meaning that a person is saying stupid things even though they have not experienced it themselves.
It is sad to see that most of the interviewed still see sh*t and have to prospects of seeing what really happens...
Yes just like you do right now. You don't live in Russia; you don't know history nor understand geopolitics and still you open your mouth.
@@revolter7094 Oh, so this was directed to ruzzians only? 1420 should just make it clear, ask them. I am sure they will comply, who cares about the revenue, LOL. Anyhow, we were occupied by ruzzia and know ruzzians pretty darn well. W dupie byles gowno widziales is a pretty accurate description. And yet they always seem to be eager to teach others and become leaders. Even of they have to exterminate everybody better qualified. According to them the world should be ruzzian, have no running water or electricity, and everybody who does not want to live in poverty and be robbed blind by the ruzzians is a traitor. ruzzian people, ruzzian mir.
@@revolter7094 I don't have to live in Russia to know that what they're saying about my country is untrue. Because I live here
@@annasawicka4096 Some say the truth some are ignorant. Fact is the west is overly russophobic, arming a fascist state named Ukraine effectivly fighting a proxy war against Russia, freezing Russian assets, doing economical war and all that while destroying other nations like Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and many more. Most of these people have every reason to call the western nations aggressive and if you live there and don't realize that then it is because you are oblivious, not because it is untrue.
I read that as:
been in the a*s = went to rural putinist Russia
and seen sh*t = seen the people there
This can happen anywhere. You can talk to rural people in the US and they will tell you a thing or two why they don’t like certain people or governments but will not be able to provide receipts. Same with the urban parts of the US- they will say the same things. Indoctrination, tribalism and being simple minded are what governments want to have.
Not even close.
Half of them would say America, and would say half the world is laughing at the US "because of brandon".
If not the US, they would probably say China for stealing all the jobs, by basically flooding the global labour market with glorified slave labor, and putting them out of business.
Mexico is a candidate, because of how little the gov tries to curb the cartel problem, and how their getting outcompeted in the labor market by undocumented immigrants that can work for litteral pennies, with complete disregard for minimum wage.
Lately, it could be the Netherlands, cus of how the Netherlands tried to "go woke" and tried to suppress their farmers protest.
Similar story with Canada.
I litterally have talked to people from the midwest. They atleast CRITICIZE their own country. Russians are completely incapable of that.
Yep over here we call them MAGAts
I agree, I'm from Russia myself and I know that propaganda can also be shown on TV and we can't know for sure exactly how it was, because of this hatred for each other occurs
@@NoonyJW Anything wrong with maga? Are you American? Do you enjoy "make America weak again"?
There is a bit difference between US and Russia & China: US has no control over US media, so has no way to do brainwash.
All in all, a very informative experience, which I am very grateful for @1420. Thank you very much for continuing to push the envelope with your content. Being unique, having meaning and purpose - well, now that is something worth doing. TY 😏😏😋😋
I loved the video just because it reminded me so much of my childhood. Holidays in small villages in Poland with relatives. 🤩 looks similar.
@@Medyka100 that's right. a lot has changed in the last 20 years . I don't miss the old highway 😆 but driving in the ancient bus. the imperfect infrastructure... that brings back childhood memories.
Thank you for this bizarre experience.
the 4:52 lady on the bike going on about first traitors is scary
"what other country you don't like?"
"Ukraine"
"what did they do to us"
"nothing"
I lost it....
People who bark about Putin is not russia really annoy me.
@@apokkalyps6 Most of the people in his videos are old. The young people have a lot more civlised point of view
@@PyZeee maybe some of those who live in Moscow or st petersburg. Those who live in the rest of that third world country dont.
@@apokkalyps6 as you might see, the only people that express their opinion in those rural videos are old folks, my guess is that the young ones are too scared to say anything
They kept mentioning countries they invaded 😆
Liars and traitors, why don’t they like our Ruski Mir?
It is so sad seeing the unfounded hatred of others from the older folks. . . they are lost and will never see the world for what it really is.
Why is it sad to find out that people don't like the countries they are at war with and are enemies with? That seems like a normal reaction.
@Purpleemp You are a complete fool. I am their age and I am nothing like these pathetic, cynical, miserable, brainwashed people.
@thetimekillerx spoiler: ussr isn't russia, stalin wasn't russian, russian republic hasn't had own goverment. Yeah, occupied by russians.
@thetimekillerx I share your sentiment.
@Let the flames takeover I don’t believe that for one minute! Those older ladies seemed very uneducated and ignorant and really couldn’t explain anything intelligently! Total ignorant views, but totally predictable from that generation!
they never mention how they invaded others first hahahaha crazy people
My guess is some of them actually don't know. One lady here seems to think Ukraine invaded them. The old Soviet propaganda also pushed the narrative of the USSR being a 'peaceful' country.
I'm from Israel and hearing old Russians call Poles and Ukranians "Nazis" is laughable. To them, if you don't want to be a Russian puppet state, you're a Nazi. Lol
You should actually try to name a country that was invaded by Russian Federation
@@maksos9268 Georgia, Chechynia (Now a puppet), and now Ukraine.
@@maksos9268 It is a fact, you lose you cannot deny something right in front of your eyes.
I have a lot of both Russian and Ukranian friends. I never judge someone looking at his nationality. I judge him only basing myself on the way he behaves, if he is nice and helpful towards me then he is a good person despite his nationality
Yeah I think opinions of individuals after groups is something that is natural but is so so horrible to watch I only ever use groups to educate myself on where a person's opinions come from
Opinions of individuals based on groups * and important to remember we can and all fall pray to advertising/propaganda
Thats how many gay men behave.
Wonder how people's opinions would change if they traveled to the countries and experienced the cultures first hand. It's one thing hearing about in the news or media, but going there yourself way more open experience
Open in Russia not
It's sad & funny in the same time to hear the statements about Poland & America. Anyway, it looks that Poland is going to be next target for Russia. As we hear & see, Russian society is being prepared by propaganda to think this way. The truth is that without active help from Poland, Ukraine wouldn't be able to fight so long. God bless Ukraine, Poland, America & other countries which are against the madness.
True. Poland has contributed greatly to Ukraine in this war. Poland shelters millions of Ukrainians. That's just crazy. I'm so impressed with the Poles' generosity. God bless Ukraine and all those who support Ukraine in this war !
I believe the great Polish nation will withstand this madness. The Poles are unrivaled in bravery and dedication.
Attack Poland?! Poland is a NATO country. They are crazy, but not suicidal.
God bless Russia from America, Poland and Ukraine. All those who are against Russia instill in us a sense of a besieged fortress. And so for centuries, nothing changes. We are ready to be friends with everyone, provided there is no hostility towards Russia.
Poland is a great big brother to Ukraine. Great job Poland!
It's funny in ironic way. I'm from Russia and my husband is from Poland (we live in US, so we are happily married). Both of us have heard a lot of mindless hate for the US. But our family, us, and other immigrants from US-hating countries Love the USA and we're so happy to be here. We are so grateful.
We love you too!
✨💖✨
The US is a country of immigrants ... my family has been here for generations but our ancestry is eastern european
💙💛
Honestly, we all have more in common then differences. Politicians use those they can to keep us separated . 🕊
The word “brainwashed” is not used very often any longer, however that word seems to come alive when considering the ‘thinking’ of these rural older people.
It is very sad listening to these people sounding like propaganda machines.
It is sad knowing how much education, free thinking and action they have been denied. They are not bad people but have certainly been left to rot by the Kremlin dictatorship who after robbing Russian people spend most of the time living in democratic and capitalist Europe which offers them very luxurious living.
in a democratic Europe? good joke.
I’m in America , born and raised. I agree with their sentiments. You are brainwashed
Just zombies who think they are given honest information but fail to even wonder why they have no independent media. When you are given one version of stories and labeled evil / criminal or insane, if you dont follow their narrative or question any part of it, it's easier to just go along. Plus many have more pressing issues like their health, buying food, and paying rent. The level of poverty in much of russia is not much better then china it seems, obviously its not quite that bad.
"You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves."
I don't agree with the "they are not bad people". They definitely ARE bad people! They support genocide and war crimes, aggression of other countries, are homophones and fascists! What more do you need? They are as bad as the Nazis.
You may say "But, but it's not their fault! it's the propaganda!..." Yes. But indoctrination, propaganda etc. are the reasons WHY and HOW they became evil, wicked people! it doesn't mean that they are not evil. They totally are evil.
When you control all information that the population receives, then brainwashing is the inevitable result and indeed, the goal.
Putin would not survive if he told people the truth. And ultimately that is what it is all about, Putin keeping himself in power until the day he dies.
I have been to Russia many times, my wife's mother about died when she found out I was American, they live in a village and I was told that Americans have snuck into the country and planted hogweed to make their live difficult. Isolation is the main root of this fear. In fact Russians are actually very accommodating and hospitable in person.
They are being fed such crap. Most western countries didn’t give Russia a lot of thought, never mind negative thought. I remember being a bit worried during the height of the Cold War but certainly didn’t hate them at all. As for Poland an elderly relative who had married a Pole lived under Soviet rule in Poland in the late 40s and 50s when they were annexed by the Soviets during and after WW2. They were treated appallingly, watched, and followed, food was particularly short even, they had no freedoms at all. She said blackest time in her life.
never mind negative - "you can just kill Russians, these are not real people"
"civilized world" hipocrisy as is
Most Western countries didn't give Russia a second thought? America has been demonizing Russia since the cold war. Putin even wanted to join NATO at one point in time. And they do have a point about NATO expansion. I don't want fucking American army bases in Europe. Their soldiers are stupid, disrespectful, idiots who can't handle their alcohol. I lived in a city that was close to an American airbase in England, every fucking weekend we'd have to teach them a lesson.
There was a Czech a joke in Soviet times. What does a Polish sandwich look like? A meat ration coupon between two bread ration coupons.
I wouldn't call it being fed crap more along the lines of never moving passed. Most of their reasoning for any country outside of the U.S. and Ukraine had to do with Soviet times. I did have to laugh when the one grandpa called America evil over the sanctions. Only Putin to thank for it.
I am Aussie and before this liked Russia as hadn't done much wrong for awhile..
Now can't stand any who support Putin and this war.
Ican't stand colonisation of another country and why hate china and Russia now. just greed.
Say what want about USA but atleast gave countries back to their own people after.
You're a good interviewer... asking questions that dig deeper without really boxing them into a certain viewpoint, I think. Thank you for the interesting video and statistic at the end 13/60.
This is a well done video! I appreciate you getting out into smaller areas.
The responses were totally predictable.
Older folks born and raised in Soviet Union will be nostalgic for Soviet days when they had food, water, shelter and social services available to them without any effort on their parts. They were easily programmed because of their dependency on the state.
Younger Russians, with access to foreign media via the internet, are more understanding of the world than their parents and grandparents.
Many curmudgeons there? :)
@@zetristan4525 Millions!
I wouldn't really say without any effort. They had to work after all.
@@husker9263 I was stationed in Germany when the USSR fell, so I saw a lot of former Soviets running to Germany for jobs.
A restaurant I frequented hired one. The owner told him to set the tables before service, yet came out to find only china set, with no flatware or stemware. When asked why he didn't set everything, he replied that in the Soviet Union, he only set china, and that it was another persons job to do flatware.
This was to ensure employment for all. I guess that's what you'd call a job in the USSR.
So does that mean the EU citizens are easily programmable as well? After all, your states provide everything you just described as well
Sad to think some people form opinions like these without personally experiencing people or places for themselves.
We're all susceptible to propaganda/ads though that makes it even sadder they could've been freinds with many people comming to explore Russia in a timeline where Yeltsin and Putin didn't sell out their democracy
Blame the Soviet Union for this
@@jenbervis4352 And 20+ years of Putin masterminding this brainwashing!
Literally Americans
@@minipeeny9475 facts
As an American, I’m proud to be mentioned along the likes of Poland and Ukraine.
yankee
go to the fecking hell
you
f*cking
war machine
this channel is so straightforward i like it and appreciate the fact that these people have the balls the speak up freely in front of a camera
This is because Russia is a free country. In Russia, people feel free and can speak freely whatever they want, no matter what the Russophobic propaganda in some countries says about "dictatorship", "autocracy" and so on blah blah blah
i don't think you need balls to say something your government will give you a pat on the back for
Lol, so long as they are praising putin and russia, yeah they have the balls to say what they want. What happens when they don’t agree…its always “oh I don’t follow politics, I don’t know about politics”…these people are scared to openly speak the truth.
Hahahaha what? It doesn't take balls to follow the party line...
@@kaym7704 What are you talking about? If you ask that question in any country you will get a lot of people saying they don't follow politics. You are just assuming they are scared based on what? have you been there? no you probably base it off the anti-Russian propaganda that the west has been making for years. Maybe some are scared but there are lots of people in America who are scared to speak openly, maybe they aren't afraid of prison but they could lose their job or whole career for saying the wrong thing. Also there is fear being doxxed and people harassing or attacking you in real life, which has happened to even non-famous people. Also aside from America there are laws in some European countries that will fine you or put you in jail for saying certain "offensive" things. The definitions in those laws are vague and the laws can and have been abused. Aside from actual punishment there is also major censorship online of opinions the western governments don't like, such as Covid, Vaccines, the war in Ukraine, Climate change and much more, all in the name of fighting "misinformation" well who decides what is true or not? The government? sounds authoritarian to me.
I like the answers from people who never visited other countries. I worked with people from all over the world and we have a lot in common. I have friends from all over the world and politics, religion and resources create problems between people even in the same country. I realize that you cannot change where you were raised or who your parents but you can have an open mind and make decisions based upon your own experiences. The older I get the more I realize that people spend more time thinking about things they cannot change and should spend more time on things they can change. I always say life is too short and do not waste your time.
Spot on
Yes ,stereotyping doesn't help there are always those to find that are open ...same and different
Doesn't change the fact that the U.S is the biggest warmonger imperialist in the world.
if you are talking about the cold war generation, no different than if asked over here. makes you wonder if anyone actually looked at the other side. I still would love to see the east coast of Siberia in the cold war period. outside the navy (though I would love to see an old soviet submarine). the people, their lives and homes. the cities and see how much they have changed since even the 1970s/1980s. another thing I would love to see is the old movies and tv shows from the Soviets. was it more like the usa or was it more like canada in the day (if canadian, than makes you wonder how it survived to today). would like to seen the real soviets and not the crap they showed us in school and on tv and in the movies
You're wrong. When the question was posed, people thought they were being asked about the politics of countries. Because now this is the main agenda.
In my country we say "laugh so as not to cry". This is what I feel listening to these rambling answers. But I feel sadness for these people because they still live into an isolated box.
Wow! Illuminating and very sad to see such entrenched negativity toward Poland, Ukraine and the west. This channel provides a unique insight into what some rural Russians really think.
Poland has always been a little hateful dwarf with big ambitions to get back at Russia for all that ass kicking Russia did to them for centuries.
They think what the tv tells them to think.
@@jasft9746 just like everywhere else boy . You think what tv tells you to think
@@jasft9746 Sad isn't it.
Well deserved negativity… I might add. You downed Soviet monuments.. who fought against the Naziks which slayed Poles. What is the matter with you Poland? And then you threw red paint on our ambassador? Have you lost your minds?
♥️♥️♥️ pozdrawiam z wolnej Polski trzymaj się dobra robota
As an American, I wasn’t at all surprised to hear how many old rural Russians hate us. But Poland? They hate you guys too?
Well… welcome to the club, amigo! 😊 🍻
You mean USA puppet.
z wolnej... mocno powiedziane
@@thespacechannel3621 а что, не вольная?
Niech żyje Wielka Polska. 🇵🇱✝️
Russians: don't like countries
Also Russians: "have you been there"? OF COURSE NOT
Makes sense
why would you visit places you don't like?
The U.S. is not a democracy. You wouldn't find this out by visiting. As if you can find out about what a country is like by some short stay. Silly.
The U.S. is not controlled by the descendants of Americans. The U.S. is controlled by the descendants of Nazis who invaded in 1935 and committed genocide on the American people and NATO is a Nazi organization and an international smuggling ring.
Why is the genocide of the American people not commonly known? That's how many people they killed in the U.S.
and how much control they have over the U.S.
I have eyewitness accounts, emails, and audio recordings with U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a German and former CIA. The U.S. Congress is heavily German. The State Congress's are much more heavily German.
And these Nazis are still bent on worldwide domination and control. And they don't care how may people die because they are Nazis.
For instance, these Nazis found Nazis in Ukraine to support. And their hatred for Russia is because if not for Russia the Nazis would have taken over the world and there would have been world wide genocide only seen in Star Wars movies and there would be NO Russia today. All the Russian people would have been executed. All of them. As they did to almost every American in the country.
You do see the head of NATO, Stoltenberg, who is a German with Norwegian citizenship. How many Norwegians were killed during the Nazi occupation? No one really knows. But Stoltenberg's family stayed alive because they were German. And Stoltenberg's father just happened to wind up with a very nice position in the Norwegian government and now his son is head of NATO.
WW II is not over yet. And these Germans who occupy and control the US want to finish the destruction of Russia that they started in the beginning of WW II. This is the entire reason for U.S. support of the war in Ukraine and all the wars they have been in since 1945. See, Murder of the Creoles of New Orleans 1935, UA-cam. My father was there. I went to school in the USA that was mostly for German kids. I have a half sister and a half brother who have the same Nazi father in the USA.
And Nazi's murdered people in every country they occupied so they probably control many of those other EU countries as well. NATO is a Nazi organization responsible for the killing of millions around the globe because they are Nazi's.
Operation Gladio was also a Nazi organization and Operation Paperclip was a Nazi strategy.
WW II is still going on.
Britain? With the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, strong anti-German feeling within Britain caused sensitivity among the royal family about its German roots. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, also a grandson of Queen Victoria, was the king’s cousin; the queen herself was German. As a result, on June 19, 1917, the king decreed that the royal surname was thereby changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
Queen Victoria was half-German, her husband German
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I am French. One of the survivors of the Nazi genocide of the American people that included French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Africans, part Africans and many more.
That you and the elites act like I don't even exist. I am a survivor of the genocide of the American people. I despise all of these people..
There were some who became German surrogates. There was a man name Wilcox in Waveland, MS. He told me he thought it was a racial thing. He said he would never have betrayed his country. Ran the city to his death. He could have sex with any woman he wanted as young as he wanted til his death about 20 years ago. Had the only real estate office there. No one else could. Owned the big shopping center there as well.
People are being killed there all the time. They do it to one another. Depends on what someone has. If they have "too much" they are fair game for those connected to the German elites in that area.
And this is repeated all over the U.S. regularly. All people with no soul, no conscience, no shame.
They are nothing but animals pretending to be human beings.
Russian grandma*
@@JamesSmith-ix5jd To gain perspective? Please grow a brain, eyes, and ears before you comment.
@@GEN_X_ Chinese are the EXACT same way. LOL
Меня как русского бомбит от всех этих людей которые даже не могут аргументировать свою ненависть, да и автор тоже молодец, спрашивает у старых пердунов которые далеки от всей этой политики и смотрят только домашний ящик! As a Russian, I am bombed by all these people who can't even argue their hatred, and the author is also doing well, asking old farts who are far from all this politics and only look at the home box!
Бомбит от тех кто ненавидит страны, но сам ненавидишь стариков и считаешь что их мнение не должно учитываться...ни капли протеворечий😐
@@twicethebest5137 Пол Пот знал нужно сделать с стариками
@@twicethebest5137 сам понял, что написал? Где в моем предложении ты увидел, что я написал их мнение не должно учитываться? Я сказал, что они недостаточно осведомлены в силу своей неспособности достать информацию с разных источников, поэтому их нет смысла спрашивать, потомучто они говорят только, то что видят на России 24, НТВ и т.д.
@@iriska2899 ты ваще сама не понимаешь что пишешь, тут спрашивается мнение людей насчет того какие страны им не нравятся, какая нахуй разница шарят они или нет. Они часть общества и их тоже нужно спрашивать. И ты просто эйджистка и не хочешь этого признавать.
@@twicethebest5137 ну так мнение не подкреплённое фактами и не должно учитываться
amazing how simple and closed minded these old people are. Never been anywhere except their village, and yet they are all experts on geography. Most look pretty bitter to me
Well, we have to admit that in most countries older people are much more racist and have many many prejudices. They were born in an unidirectional information age (TV), younger generations are able to communicate with people from all around the world and see that borders and facist mindsets are basically historical leftovers.
They are also the most realistic and simple
Wow, that celebration of the Russian flag gathering looks about as fun as watching paint dry!
It's a remote village. Sadly the new Soviet era is also all puff. have pity on them.
Were you expecting them to be twerking on ambulances like in America or something?
Nothing changed except the color of the flag: from socialist to nationalist. From one extreme to another.
Or soccer.
@@sarahs.thorpe857 I call it. New band name: "Twerking on Ambulances"
Thanks, i'm proud and Polish 🇵🇱
I'm Mexican and I like Polish songs :3
I’m Russian and I’m so sorry.
Don’t worry bro not much I can do as a complete internet stranger but if you are really sad then have some bro hug
@@angelme1609 и за что ты извиняешься?
@@ИгорьИстомин-ш2т куколд извиняться любит просто
Good video. Very sad to see how the lack of a free press can make a whole people so misled and clueless.
Sheeesh Vodka really had an impact on these poor souls
😂🤣😂👑😂🤣
АХАХА i think tv propaganda
Great video. Your real commentary is shrouded in disarming questions much of the time. It's both clever, and enlightening. I'm alarmed at how few want to talk at all. That's not right.
Why go some village with people with limited education etc.? Why not go to the universities where people actually have information. This channel is a clever manipulative, propaganda channel.
@@NewOrleansSeptember Holy Zeducation Batman. Propaganda for who "David"? If he concentrated on educated people the replies would be far more anti-Putin. Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option.
@@joestrat2723 Says who? Randy Rainbow? People only know what they are exposed to. If you go to rural America you will find some pretty dumb people. I say that as having lived all over America. And urban people are quite stupid as well in the U.S.
"Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option."
Total nonsense. You have nothing to back that up but western propaganda.
The West: high crime, high homelessness, high prices including education, food, and shelter.
In the U.S. they pay twice as much for health care as any industrialized country. And that is the people that have health care. Over 30 million in the U.S. do not.
50 Million lived in poverty in the U.S. in 2020. With inflation it will now probably be over 60 million.
70% of the working people in the U.S. make less than 50K. Not enough to raise a family on. 50% make less than 29K. 40% make less than 19K.
Both your comments are nothing but hot air, showing you really know nothing about the world at all which means you know nothing about Russia especially when you make false statements like "Most educated people have left the country, so that's not even an option."
"America is evil" - wearing American-style baseball cap.
Er, a "baseball" cap is a version of a peaked cap, which originated in Russia long before the US was properly up and running.
@@Mark-Haddow Nope, but you tried:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_cap
@@BrentColflesh
OK dokey. Baseball is a version of Rounders, a game dating back to Tudor times. Why you think "Wikipedia" is a source of evidence, who knows.
I'll just assume you're American and that's the height of your education. Which is notoriously poor.
@@fishizzle8588
Lol, America was "invented by the British. The founding fathers were of Scots, Irish, Welsh and English heritage. England itself was "invented" by the French, and since the 17th century it's been ruled by Scotland's Royal bloodline, starting with the Stewarts all the way up to Robert The Bruce's descendant, Elizabeth Windsor.
Also, nobody knows who invented Rounders, just where it first became popular. Hitting an orb with a stick has been popular long before Jesus was around.
@@Mark-Haddow it’s also worth pointing out that the French were the originators of basketball with the invention of the guillotine 🤔
I'm from Poland, may say that elderly everythere is pretty prone to absorb 'enemies' labels from tv, maybe because young people don't talk with them anymore these days. I mean this people are somehow victims of social programming by tv, but they are somebody's grandmas and grandpas... Probably there are differences im the scale of the problem in each country but the mechanism is similar
Calling Poland "traitors" and "nazi", what an irony.., It was Russia and Germany who attacked Poland during WW2, not the other way around. Besides, the words "traitor", "betrayal" only makes sense if Poland and Russia were allies to begin with.., how do you "betray" your enemy?..
СССР вернули свои территории, потерянные в ходе русско-польской войны и не объявляли войны, просто нашлась удачная возможность.
И Польша на те годы была в военном договоре с Англией и Францией, и когда нацистская Германия напала на Польшу, те объявили Германии войну, но не объявили СССР, хотя та тоже ввела свои войска в Польшу
i think she is talking about poland wanting to leave the warsaw pact first
Thinking the Russian people in soviet times where given the correct version of history is naive. They don’t simple truths.
The irony is that if not the Red Army Poland wouldn’t exist anymore
@@mikhailkataev5420 true
Greetings from Poland. I love this episode! All bad comments only proves that we are on a right side.
That logic tho
@@monteniggrianCRUSHER The logic is that I'm German and love Poland. Russia hates everyone else. ^^
Yea the fascist side.
@@cliffa2901 oh yeah there the fascist and Putin who’s acting like one and teaming up with dictators all over the world isn’t? Your going to believe whatever you want to believe buddy
@@cliffa2901 where the disadvantages?
Watching this makes it easy to see how governments manipulate their people into thinking and behaving how they want them to. It's sad really because in reality all any of us want is a food on the table, peace good health for our loved ones and ourselves
interesting perspectives great insight thanks, from the UK.
I'm disappointed. I expected America to win it by a huge margin. What did Poland ever do to Russia? 😄
Poland didn't want to be part of the USSR, and didn't like them violently invading their country for some reason. Russian authority gets butthurt over that, apparently.
They just dont support freedom, the funny thing is that us polish people do love russians. We love all slavs
Poland is their neighbor - that is more than enough for these kind of Russians.
Dared not to like Soviet occupation and be very vocal about it
Well they kinda have a big mouth, im not against them but they have been getting alot of russian attention lately.
That part about 'throwing mud' in Lithuania was really confusing until I realized it's probably a mistranslation of an idiom that means to insult and blame someone; to dish the dirt on someone.
Yeah and what dis they expect to be treated like? They subjugated countries like Lithuania for decades and expect people there to like them?
@@stefandinu6389 : They were taught in school that Russians liberated the Baltic States from the Nazis. And not that the USSR occupied the Baltic States against their will in 1940, before the Nazi invasion.
@@stefandinu6389 Why would you insult civillians? And for something that happened in the past.
@@timonsolus Yeah, that's funny. The Russians occupied us in 1940 when Nazis came in 1941 who literally "liberated" us from the Russians. The logic in Russians is null.
It’s not a idiom, they kinda mistranslated, выливать помои actually means dumping waste on the streets, they were pointing out that people in Lithuania don’t take care about their streets and stuff
3:38 Haha I was waiting for this, thanks from Poland lol. I don't know when we "betrayed" Russia, but we definitely were never allies of Russia, we were always fighting to get rid of their influence and imperialism. But thanks for the mention, I am sure that living standarts in siberia are much better for this woman, than for the Poles in the 'gay' EU whatever that means
Poland betrayed rus because, after WW2 when rus "saved" Poland, Poland is not grateful. They think, they saved, not occupied Poland.
This is our reality here among elder generation. Poland is a great country. Im 28 years old live in St Petersburg and i'd love to visit it one day. Wish nothing but good to polish people
@@will-ll9bl I know that you are not guilty, but Poland on this moment is full of Ukrainian women, children and elders, we got special access to stories, and videos from war, I've seen rus soldier castrating living Ukrainian prisoner somewhere in the woods, hidden footage from prison for Ukrainian soldiers where they are been beaten, tortured and raped, seen many footage of rusian soldiers shooting to Ukrainian civils walking on streets from AK and tanks, lots of innocent bodies of children with their rest of family laying on streets shattered after bombarding, some of my friends sharing videos of rusian soldiers raping woman and their children. Harm is done, and if you visit Poland, people here will be not so happy about it, maybe you will find someone wants to revenge on you for innocent.
I'm parrying with opposite wishes, only bad things to unfriendly nations. Also from saint-petersburg. We have no obligation to support aggressive, confrontational policy against ourselves, it would be absurd and totally irrational thing to do.
It's fascinating that for these people, walking down the street (not too often) in tight pants and with a rainbow plume is a greater crime than burning people alive.
this channel is fucking brilliant. just make sure you guys stay safe and hopefully you won't disappear for making these videos
This video is blocked for some reason in our Czech most-viewed online newspaper. I linked your video and they deleted it. The reason was the source was illegal and containing conspiration therories. Strange. Thank you for your work amyways.
I am proud that Poland 🇵🇱 was mentioned many times. I did not even know that we are such a power known even in the provinces of Russia 🤣
Yes, known for nationalism, russophobia, memorial destruction and historical inferiority complex. And you don't need to be a world power so people knew that you existed from mutual history or basic geography. Poland in geopolitical sense is a fly that dreams to be a lion but ends up as a dog eating scraps that are left by its western owners.
@@slythnort2834 due to Polish sanctions, they closed the meat shop !!!
E - education
I'm envy of your country, my country wasn't mentioned at all. At least we are in russians unfriendly countries list, then again who isn't😀
@@financialk better luck next time 😉
love these rural contents!! more diverse and authentic responses than people in moscow
That older guy at the beginning who said he hated America... and is wearing a baseball hat and a denim jacket! Absolute Classic! He probably has a ton of Elvis music in his house and dreams of owning a Cadillac.
Was going to post the same thing, unbelievable.
A 1957 Cad Coupe De Ville with tailfins! Classic.
Baseball caps aren't American, much like Baseball, a version of Rounders. The denim is definitely an American thing though. But wouldn't that make Americans hypocrites when just about everything they style themselves with being European in origin. Like modern trousers, a British (fashion) creation that replaced pantaloons, which themselves were styled on a type of clothing dating back thousands of years.
@@Mark-Haddow Well that was a pathetic string of sentences!😛 Triggered because someone had the audacity to observe a freaking baseball cap! Jesus - just read your own idiocy after 12 hours and say it isn’t sad.😂
Americans hate China yet that doesn't preclude you from buying their stuff. In fact, more likely than not that, the stuff he is wearing was made in China and not in the US. Oh, btw denim fabric isn't American
See guys, don’t even expect any kind of revolution in Russia.
Or Evolution.
😂@@siansaksaajalampaanlatinaa
I knew the answers even before watching (USA, Ukraine and Poland).
P.S..
For those who wonder when Russia Poland betrayed this I already explain:
In 1939, the USSR, together with the Third Reich, invaded and partitioned Poland. The Soviets, like the Germans, mass-murdered the Polish population. After World War II, Western countries surrendered Central Europe to the Soviets, including Poland, for their own peace of mind. The killings continued until 1957, and then the Russian protectorate began. The Soviets treated the countries of Central Europe as their own colonies, although their influence diminished with each decade. In 1989, when the USSR was in decline, Poland, along with other Eastern Bloc countries, broke free from the Soviet grip. Fearing a Russian attack, they fled to the protection of NATO, where, by the way, they belong, as these countries are part of Western civilization.
When Putin came to power, he had to silence the voices asking why Poland is developing and getting rich so rapidly, while Russia is not. Russians commonly compared Russia to Poland because they are two large Slavic countries that went their separate ways in the '90s. To quell uncomfortable questions, Putin launched a propaganda campaign against Poland that continues to this day. According to it, Poland has always invaded Russia, is a crazy imperialist country seeking to subjugate neighboring countries, was an ally of Hitler, is co-responsible for unleashing the Second Volley War, and in 1989 Poland betrayed Russia (although the propaganda does not explain what this betrayal is supposed to consist of). Of course, every day there are articles in the Russian press about what a terrible place Poland is to live in, how Poles fanatically hate Russians, and what new intrigues Polish politicians are plotting at the behest of the US. It has even gotten to the point that such an insignificant country as Poland in the Russian consciousness takes its place next to the most important modern countries in the world XD
My great grandfather was one of them
Exactly spot on comment. To add to it, bbc had an article why Ukraine wanted to go west, it said Ukrainians could see their Russian friends getting richer and they were not. Clearly Russians were not sharing the wealth of oil, etc.. Sadly Russians don't understand why their brothers/Ukraine would want to not live like a Russian. To add to the insanity, to save Ukrainians, then need to kill Ukrainians and destroy their homes logic seems prevalent in Russia
@@scott1294 Everyone is running away from the Russian world, because this world has only exploitation, poverty, violence and threats to offer. Muscovites are the main beneficiaries of this system, so they don't understand why their system is so damaging to other nations.
[RU] Все бегут от русского мира, поскольку он может предложить только эксплуатацию, нищету, насилие и угрозы. Москвичи - главные бенефициары этой системы, поэтому они не понимают, почему их система так вредна для других народов.
Eh, I expected it. Especially from the older crowd. They grew up under the USSR, and a lot of them seen the countries be against and pull apart from it. Of course, I find those who are older and have something against a country, not as bigots or racists or nationalistic, at least not completely, but, as people we got to understand a lot of them grew up and seen different times then we have. They can tell you the history behind as to why they can be against a certain group of people. Sure, sometimes it may still sound like bigotry or racism and harshly stereotyping a whole group of people. But, I find it interesting them telling why they have a dislike. Even if it was from the past, present, and might still be around in the future.
At least they got the part of us hating Russians right
i russian and my friend is from poland, we met in a game about japanese vocaloids! how can you hate someone's country because we are all people
Потому что у тебя мозги есть в отличие от этих недоразвитых
Yep, but you are open to the world through the internet where you have the chance to meet people from other country.
These babouchkas probably don't use the internet much and have probably never traveled outside their rural Russia, or only in ex sovietic republics.
They're brainwashed.
"japanese vocaloids" sounds really intriguing - i had to use goo
thank you, couldn't agree more. We are all humans 😊
People are people. Hate is put into these people's head by propaganda.
It's interesting how the word "provocative"/"provocation" seems to be one of the favorite (well, most commonly used) words amongst the Russian public, when responding to the questions posed on this channel. It's just not something we would ever say in "The West", at least _nowhere near_ as often as Russians use the word. It's like they've all been....brainwashed. 🤷♂️ or maybe "programmed" is a better word. Ironic, really, that the Russian government seems to claim everything done by its "unfriendly" neighbors is "a provocation", when Russia seems to be *by far* the guiltiest party in any international "provocations". My guess is that Russian state tv/press use the word so often that it's become part of everyday vocabulary for Russian citizens. What a sad, sad country.
It originally came into common speech from old pre-1917 "agent provocateur" - someone who works for the police to provoke targeted people to commit a political crime.
They are conditioned to think that you are baiting them into saying something they will regret. Most intelligent people will decline to answer for that reason alone, which is indeed very sad. Though that sentiment is much broader, many people in western countries would decline to comment on social issues for fear it might come back to them in the form of some retaliation too, which is also sadly not a completely unfounded stance, although there is clearly a big difference in losing your job or whatever and being sent to jail.
Pure projection.
@@xplorethings Completely ridiculous. Most people in Western countries have no reason to be as fearful as Russians who can be jailed even for holding up a piece of blank paper. I don't know what country you live in, but in the US most people speak their minds very loudly and clearly.
@@peternolan4107 I literally said it's not the same thing you troglodyte. I'm just describing my experience when asking people why they keep their opinions to themselves.
Its interesting to hear these views. We may have a lot that separates us but there are so many similarities that we share. Like the views of the elderly people mirror, the views of the American people to a degree I hope everyone can come to some agreement at some point.
I was expecting the answer „Poland” and here it is, so many times… Nevertheless, best regards from Warsaw, 1420, you do a great job.
Well, we have a rich history with Poland, so that's to be expected.
Hey there, you in Poland, stop being Russophobic please, thank you!
@@FUUUUU1111 Get rid of your 'ruler', stop waging wars, lose your imperialism, stop seeing enemies all around, and take accountability for your actions, please. Thank you:) Hugs to Poland from Lithuania!
@@daark1799 still weird those people seem not to know it. I can bet they also don't know Russian history:D if they knew it they wouldn't vote for KGB guy 20 years ago:D
@@aga-ja6855 Doubtful Argument
This is soooo sad. Excellent interviewing though, kinda gives a great overview of what we have to deal with.
Good interviews! I really like the project!
Greetings,
Jeff
Would be so great to have you interview people in rural Montana or Idaho!
Being hated by Russians is like a badge of honour. As a Pole, I'm quite pleased that my country was mentioned several times in this video.
Thank God for your help with respect to helping Ukraine and standing up to Russia.
Lol I feel the same.
As an American, I feel as much as you do. LOL
Germany was only mentioned once
:( some day we will rise again and beeing mentioned more often than you poland, like in the "good" old Times lol
@@blablamann2973 lol.... let's not get carried away there ...old times
I'm happy you are visiting the more rural places, because in Moscow, people are progressive and open minded. Rural areas, however, are the reigns of true Russian mindsets.
Wouldn't say progressive,I mean they are, but they still are hit by propoganda hard, but with a softer one.Most of youn "moskovits" will say that it's not that simple or etc, which is even more disgusting
Russian province is a place where local lads can kick your ass the best way
What do you mean by true Russian mindsets?
@@erzaknight4634 The most common
HAHAHAHA, ''the poles betrayed Russia'', no lady, the poles didn't want to live under occupation of the USSR. They wanted out ASAP and they wanted nothing to do with the USSR.
but the lands that Poland took away from Czechoslovakia on their knees begged to be part of Poland
also during the civil war, you wanted to take Belarus and Ukraine from Russia, and for your own purposes you used Nazi propaganda against the Jews
Close Polish friend of mine told me that when the Russians left their bases , they stole everything… the wires from the wall, the sinks, the windows… there is a reason why no Country in eastern Europe wants to be part of Russia and joined EU or NATO to gain separation.
@@ZDriver1996 I don't want to talk too much about the background of the Soviet occupation of Poland. Just look at this country now. They are literally forbidden to talk about the fact that the Polish population staged pogroms against the Jews. what does it mean?
Yes, Poland escaped from Soviet influence, under the "wing" of the United States and their influence, Like a prostitute, where they pay more there and run.🤣🤣
The contrast of generations is just so fascinating to me.
_"They say bad things about us FOR SOME REASON"_
Yeah... "for some reason"...
The victim mentality seems so ingrained in their culture.
decades of communist scaremongering will do that to you
It’s how fascism is grown and sustained.
That's also what 50+ years of propaganda would do to people.
Paranoia.
Google how many times Russia was invaded by the West.
The level of ignorance of the older people is amazing. When you only listen to what your country tells you and don't seek out other sources you end up towing the company line.
Russian baby boomers always had a hard time with critical thinking. Russia is still pretty much a feudal society.
They never learn, that’s what collectivity does to people.
That's how rural old people are where I'm from as well. They pick a side they lean to and listen to that side only on TV, and you could almost predict their opinion. We can just hope for a better future. Progress takes a bit of time. They may have been saying the same things about their parents or grandparents.
Thats what every citizen in the usa does
@@splitsseconds9965 Can’t you come up with something better than that?!😂
As an American, it's been astonishing to see the same blind nationalism across most every country in the world.
That's an unreasonable generalisation. There's a great amount of variation from country to country. Russia and USA are at the more brainwashed end of the spectrum.
Lol I can say the same about our country.
Mostly from older people.
Nothing new, Germans especially landside , you would call them ba ckwood bone heads. They don't graduate and that's one of the problems causing desilusion. The more you tell a lie over and over again, people believe in that.
Well as a Russian I think I would represent most peoples opinion by saying even those older people do not hate American people, only the politics. And if you follow USA and Russia modern history you will find out it is always USA that is the aggressor and instigator. Look at Hollywood movies,always portraying Russians in bad light, we do not have that in Russia. West according to us causes a lot of instability. After having colonised whole world, west still is causing most wars and distabilises most countries. No issues with American people themselves
thank you for the great work you're doing!
"I don't know why I don't like western countries. I never was there. My fascist gov. told me they were fascists. Hatred drives us."
I would call that cognitive dissonance.
Fascist? Lmao, he says as he drools over Azov. Just don’t ask Ukrainians what that black and red flag means.
@@yoboyfargoth1208 ua-cam.com/video/OlIyNXWxy14/v-deo.html
Pot ... kettle ... black
I call it zombification
@@yoboyfargoth1208 Azov has 2500 members in 40 million nation so stop with this bullshit. Talk about the neo-nazi Sparta regiment in Donbas.
@@yoboyfargoth1208 Isn't the Wagner group right wing also?
I remember some ten years ago reading a news story where a Russian military transport plane crashed in residential area soon after take off. It was somewhere behind Urals, Novosibirsk maybe. They interviewed a local resident who heard the crash and told the media that he thought that "America has finally attacked". This was before 2014 and current Ukrainian conflict. I was rather astonished by this. A city in the middle of Russia, thousands of kilometers inlands, and the first thing you'd think about while hearing an explosion is that the Americans are bombing us. It really made me think what kind of crap are people being fed with if they still around 2010 lived in the cold war mentality that the enemy (naturally the USA) is going to attack any day now. But the truth is that the cold war only ended in west. Russia maybe forgot it momentarily in the 90s, but ever since Putin got into power, the war on minds started again. "They hate us. The Americans, the west. They want to harm Russia for no reason. They laugh at us.". Putin's propaganda machine has been preparing people for a war for 20 years and these poor country bumpkins are the proof of it. No one in the west hates you for being Russians. Now many might hate you since you started a brutal war but you wouldn't know that since you don't even know you started a brutal war. Because you have been lied all these years.
You don't know much. The USA decided in 1999 to take on Russia and that led to the civil war in Ukraine and eventually the war between Ukr. And Russia. The USA funded that civil war, started it to depose the then leadership of Ukraine and install their own man (eventually Zelensky). The civil war was funded by the USA and cost them over $1billion (as declared by a Democrat member of congress). This current war is funded by the USA and NATO, started by the USA when they tried again and again to get Ukraine into NATO and then to place nuclear weapons on Ukraine's eastern border with Russia - that is what the USA wants. The USA is moving B52 bombers into the UK this week (nuclear capable). Russia cannot have USA nuclear weapons on its border. Certainly the USA would not tolerate Russian nuclear weapons in Mexico on the USA's border.
@@cranegantry868 you actually listen to Putins Propagnda kinda sad
Thats the problem, most Americans dont care which country to bomb next...half of the world already hates you and for a good reason.
@@cranegantry868 I think you’ll find zelensky was installed after the previous leader of Ukraine (a puppet of putin) turned against his own citizens and ordered his military to shoot peaceful protesters killing man citizens which led to him fleeing Ukraine back to Russia. I think you’ve been believing too much of this putin propaganda. With a mad erratic dog like putin at the helm, can you blame nato for bolstering their positions? This paranoia with nato starts in Putins deranged head.
@@cranegantry868 sure, imao
I hope this Lady knows that Soviet Union invaded Poland in WW2 as well...
This is called "liberation", according to the US-American wording...
Stalin and Hitler STARTED World War II by dividing Poland between them. When I hear about the huge death toll Russians had in WWII I always remember - YOU started it.
@@ekswhy2147commie propaganda machine