The Kremlin Presents: A Rumor in Rostov-on-Don
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
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The song is a parody of “A Rumor in Saint Petersburg” from Don Bluth’s 1997 animated movie Anastasia.
Instrumental tracks used:
• Anastasia (1997)- A Ru...
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I guess this is practically ancient history now. If I include footnotes, can we pretend it’s educational content?
[0:08] That’s “Yevgeny V. Prigozhin” in Cyrillic. Our favorite warlord died on 23 Aug 2023, just _one day_ after I finished writing the lyrics to this song. How inconsiderate of him.
[0:53] Sergei Shoigu is Russia’s Minister of Defense. Despite his blinged-out general’s uniform, he has never served in the military. All his medals were designed by himself and awarded to himself by himself.
[0:57] Yevgeny Prigozhin’s career can only be described as “eclectic.” He’s been a petty criminal, a street food vendor, a catering magnate, and he arguably perfected the business model of the “troll farm.” Of course, nowadays he’s most famous for being the public face of the Wagner Group.
[1:05] Shoigu and Prigozhin absolutely _loathed_ each other and competed for prestige within Putin’s inner circle. Throughout late 2022 and early 2023 there was friction between Russian M.o.D. soldiers and Wagner mercenaries, sometimes erupting into actual firefights. Shoigu began to withhold military equipment, prompting Prigozhin to publish a series of increasingly vitriolic videos on his Telegram channels that culminated with his infamous “where is the f***ing ammo?!” rant.
[1:19] While the Wagner Group was on their “March of Justice” towards Moscow, Alexander Lukashenko ( -president- dictator of Belarus) presented himself as a mediator and helped broker an agreement between Prigozhin and Putin. Well, at least that’s what _he_ says. We’ll probably never know what actually happened, but by the end of the day the “March of Justice” was over and Wagner fighters withdrew to newly-erected camps in Belarus.
[1:24] Prigozhin was _very_ insistent that he was not staging a coup (just, y’know, a military convoy driving towards the country’s capital seeking to replace some of its leadership). Despite his insistence to the contrary, there was wild speculation that Prigozhin had his eyes on the presidency itself.
[1:28] Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, has his _own_ private army who is fighting on behalf of Russia. Well, allegedly. They mostly film themselves wielding high-end equipment against invisible enemies in obviously-staged skirmishes, and then post about it on social media. When Wagner fighters took over Rostov-on-Don, the Kadyrovites published a video claiming they were on their way to crush the rebellion. Predictably, they never showed up in Rostov-on-Don… Their excuse? They got stuck in a traffic jam.
[1:38] There’s an often-quoted anecdote about Putin: In 1989, shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall, a crowd of protesters threatened to break into the Stasi HQ where Putin was stationed. His superiors informed him that “We cannot do anything without orders from Moscow, and Moscow is silent.” That event supposedly drove him to become president, so that Moscow would never be silent again in times of crisis. Kind of ironic, then, that the Wagner rebellion triggered complete paralysis in the Russian leadership and the mercenaries encountered no resistance on their drive towards Moscow.
[1:54] Today’s word is “apparatchik,” a derogatory term for a bureaucrat in the Soviet state apparatus. An apparatchik frequently transfers between different areas of responsibility with little actual training, is generally incompetent, and is only in it for the job benefits.
[2:06] As soon as news broke out, the Russian leadership withdrew into fortified bunkers while dozens of private jets took off from Moscow airports. No one knew what was gonna happen and everyone wanted to get out of the way. Putin was mockingly nicknamed “grandpa in the bunker” because of this.
[2:42] Interestingly, the citizens of Rostov-on-Don greeted Wagner mercenaries like pop stars. People on the streets wanted to shake hands and take selfies with them. Did they not realize what was happening, or did they not care?
Even though it was a bit of a letdown, the absolute chaos of that day was unforgettable
Amazing! Why is this the first time I have seen this? A crime! This is fantastic! 🎉
This is so god damn good, its a fucking crime you don't have more subscribers.
Another gem I can listen to on my way to work. Never stop making these!
Dang, looks like the Old Disney magic found a new host after the house of mouse abandoned The Way
Insane quality!
Brilliant
Another masterpiece
Encore! Encore!
Amazing work
Another great video
It seems that the video has been sub shadow banned
Doesn't appear in my sub feed, but it appeared on my home feed.
Huh. All the combat footage I’ve included in past videos, and _this_ is what triggers the algorithm?
@@rhubarbjin it seems so