How Russia Rigs Elections
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Description: Not too long ago I made a video titled, "Russians Aren't the Enemy" that was quite polarizing. Many viewers criticized the video claiming that 75% of the Russian population supports Putin & the war in Ukraine. However, this isn't quite the case as the Russian government utilizes a variety of methods to "secure" the elections & fudge their number of supporters. In this video we go over the main methods Russia fakes elections & Vladimir Putin uses to "win" the elections in the country.
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‼IMPORTANT NOTE‼ About a month ago I created a video where I addressed the discrimination many Russians faced due to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. One of the main criticism of the videos was that "Over 75% of Russians voted for Putin, and 88% support the war". However, these numbers are impossible to be accurately accounted and therefore should not be taken at face value. In this video I go over the methods & techniques the Russian Government (United Russia & Putin) utilize in falsifying these numbers & touch upon the legislation regulating the country regarding elections & data collection. In no way am I implying no Russian has agency because the system is corrupt. All I am saying is, take the numbers presented with a huge grain of salt because of these methods. Alongside them, a variety of other factors skew the numbers. I will talk about them in future (a) video(s). Alongside supporting me, consider also supporting the Ukrainian refugees this winter as the war continues going on donate.unhcr.org/int/en/ukraine-emergency
Slava rossiya
I think most people in the west (your audience) already knows this. And as this is a follow-up to your previous video, I shall reiterate my point from back then: As a Russian living in western Europe I can state that there is no such thing as an irrational fear or hatered of Russians here. The so-called "russophobia" does not meaningfully exist in practice and is entirely invented by the Putin regime as a propaganda tool. Irrational hatered for Americans is entirely more common. I can hardly speak for other western countries in Eastern Europe or America, but I doubt it´s a real issue there either.
Can you make a video with NFKRZ. If he visit Romania 🇷🇴.
@@kalez963 piss off vatnik
Love your videos!💚
Cast your vote:
1. Putin
2. Maybe Putin
3. Only Putin
4. Fight Club Putin
5. Putin on a horse
Cast your vote:
1. Trump *vote flipped to Joe*
2. Dementia boy *vote doubled*
Putin on a bear
Nah, it is more like:
1. Putin (Who will win no matter who you vote for)
2. Zyuganov who is running for 87076451th time
3. Clown who is unfunny unlike Zhirinovsky (RIP)
4. Unknown bureaucrat in gray suit who says he is liberal but everyone knows that he is not
US elections 2024
Sleepy Joe
Joe
Joe with Mitterand as vice president
8. Putin s%^tting his pants in public.
9. Putin who definitely doesn’t have bastard children with a figure skater because ‘traditional values’.
10. Putin who you’d leave alone with your kids.
11. Putin who won’t actually debate an opponent in case he looks dumb.
12. Putin the Dresden pencil pusher.
13. Putin who can’t use the internet cos he’s too dumb.
14. Putin as your boomer uncle on Facebook.
15. Putin at his aqua discotheque.
16. Putin who only travels into occupied Ukraine at night time, like a real man.
I really don’t understand how the last videos message of “ not all Russians are bad” was controversial
I'm russian but tbh I see the point, like there are just so many degenerates and ret rds in russia that the percentage of normals can just be neglected
People are stupid and can say the dumbest shit without any consequences
The controversy in the case of "good" Russians still is in denying the responsibility for the war (not the guilt or whatever law term is. The guilt is on Putin)
It was controversial because of the russian government's decisions that lead to the insane form of racism towards regular people which it's unfortunate.
@@greenshinigami5566Yeah and that too.
It's probably an untranslatable joke, at least with my understanding of english, but i'll attempt to get it across.
"Putin will be relected again, you dont mind?
- Yes, i dont mind
- No, i dont mind"
I think is easy to understand, but I'm Swedish so I can't speak on the behalf of a native English speaker. Tried to reword the joke myself, but couldn't come up with a better way to translate it.
@@simonkorica9467 it's a lot more natural sounding in russian. Thanks tho
As a native English speaker, I think your translation is PERFECT. I’m always confused by answers to negative questions because we don’t have an appropriate word to different the answers, like the difference between oui and si. 😊
I think it's a little bit better to translate original joke like this:
"do you agree that this candidate will be the next president or you have something to say against it?
-Yes, I am ok with that
-No, I am ok with that"
@@user-iy4hn2ed6j yea that's more like proper english. But that's also a lot more words
As belarusian I find the fact that people from liberal and wealthy countries doesn't understand such manipulations and frauds and you need to explain this really frustrating. No offence but y'all need to not take democracy and liberty as granted. Peace all🕊
Now its if you don't vote for Biden democracy is destroyed in the US
Чувак, согласен с тобой
Жыве Беларусь!
🤝
So true
I'm American and I'm sooooooo glad that the only other country who uses the oligarch college is soooo democratic
That video of Vucic emerging from a fucking fridge gets me every time
Me too, its not that he is comming out of a fridge that is funny but how comically tall he is.
lmao
Hvala bardzo, Panie Wuczycz!
It makes me facepalm myself everytime "Yes, this is the president of my country." 🤦♂
@@Silver_Prussian Serbians are among the tallest people in Europe (along with the Dutch).
This channel name is about to change into "Falling Ironically Out of a Window in Russia"
Funny
Don´t give the KGB Ideas!
If you are not oligarch whos against russian interest, traitor from the intelligence agency or a massive liar publishing whole movies to make people go on witch hunts (navalny) then he has nothing to fear.
@@entityontheinternetFSB you are foolish one
Hhahahahha
As a hungarian, all I need to do is look at russia to see what's coming for us in the next few years.
Should Slovaks be worried?
@@aaademed I'm sorry, I'm not well versed in Slovakian politics, but Fico is known for his like-mindedness to Orbán and Putin.
I would say it depends on to what extend can he build up his media and political empire in the next 4 years. That's what it boils down to. Once they own most of the media people consume and most institutions, they're there for good.
Dude, you don't want this. Believe me.
@@aaademedIt's uncertain to say the least.
Orban doesn't have nearly as much support or power as Putin does and could never get away with killing or imprisoning opposition and violent crackdowns on civilians. It far more likely that things will just continue the way they are until he retires or dies at which point whoever he endorses or appoints will most likely become our next ruler.
Orban's chief concern seems to be money and wealth and second to that is Hungary itself. You cant expect him to ever do anything that would threaten his income. But rarely he does actually do his job. Usually during election seasons. So you could never realistically see him do anything risky like what Putin pulls off. And he has no need to, as killing an opposition leader or shooting into a crowd of protesters wont make him wealthier.
He's just a greedy landlord not a tyrant.
Here's another great one you've missed. I'm not sure if it's as popular in Russia as it is where I am, but it's probable:
Government focuses heavily on the aging population. They are catering to retirees, doing things like sending them aid packages, increasing pensions just before elections, yapping the rhetoric that old farts just love to gobble up... Young people, however, are mostly disenfranchised with politics and generally won't even bother voting. We're well aware that the opposition is the exact same scum as the ruling party, and we generally see voting as a waste of time. I have to go there, go through the procedure to cast my vote, knowing full well that it won't change anything even if the party I vote for wins by some miracle.
Frankly, last time I did vote, I felt like a complete idiot. I was a bit ashamed of even bothering with it.
yep. Last time i voted for EVERYONE, because bitches removed "against everyone" checkbox. Ig that'll do
Where do you live?
What you have described is similar to Russia in many ways.
Most people who vote are old. Young people are discouraged or just don't care about politics because it's not interesting. Well duh, it isn't interesting but if you do nothing than nothing will change. Luckily, now more people try to understand what's going on
We also have employees of law enforcement agencies, public sector employees and pensioners (the most loyal, many even sincerely believe). Also employees of state-owned companies (but people there may internally disagree).
Croatia?
A kid is not at fault for the choices of its parents and yet must live, prosper or suffer by their consequences. Is it fair to Ukraine that they got invaded? is it fair that one Russian gets blamed for the actions of another Russian? If both answers are no - congratulations, you've now discovered that fairness is not a force of nature but something that requires continues dedicated hard, even dangerous, work to maintain or even reach.
Congrats, you have proven you are missing chromosomes
Thanks for creating this series. It means a lot to see an "outsider" view this situation from a rational point of view.
Btw during the 2020 (?) elections when my grandma went to the voting post, the post's monitor was extremely surprised, since she "has already voted", judging by their internal database. So as far back as 2020 (once again, not sure about the exact year) United Russia could pick citizens that were either unlikely to show up or of senior age to vote for them without their say in it.
Or there could have been a mistake and her vote might have been registered by mistake.
If you think that the opposition wont do election fraud you are gullible and missing votes or votes of people who havent voted have long since passed away are counted are issue in all countries with elections. Thousands of votes are fake and thousands more dont get counted this happend all over the world.
As an American I'm glad that the only other country who uses an oligarch college is sooooooo democratic
there were no elections in 2020, i suppose you mean it was in 2018
In earlier, less cannibalistic times, I was once an observer during presidential elections held in one of the regions. Violence threats towards observers, closed ballot box counting rooms in schools, mysterious "voting places for people with no confirmed registration" (which had FULL BUSES of people delivered to them during the night) and etc were common. It was even before Crimea (before 2014). It's way worse now. Russia is just not a democracy, because there is no separation of power. Cops, judges, politicians, even high-profile priests(!) - are all part of a single syndicate, and face no reprecussions for their actions whatsoever. Because if a son of a politician does a criminal whoopsie, the cop would turn a blind eye and the judge would not sentence them. It is just not possible to fight Russia from within, the regime is that consolidated. In a "normal" political system, if some politician fails, makes mistakes, does crime - it can be used by other candidate to oust them, the media would swoop and gnaw at their bones, they would have to maintain their rating somehow, etc. This just doesn't happen in Russia at all! They can do almost whatever they want, be as deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional as they want - all that doesn't matter. They just need to be loyal and place the votes and decisions as they are told from above. There is literally no politics in russia, it's all fake.
Wow what a story, you can convince about 5 people with it.
1st learn what separation of power means
2nd just because the institutions arent divided, over bureaucratic bloated piles of sh*t, that cant make a decision like in other countries doesnt mean they are ineffective.
3rd corrupt individuals within the system are always being found and arrested and latter on face punishment no matte their status.
4th in the so called normal countries you so much admire and simp for, what you are talking about is pure fiction those with power and riches avoid justice on daily basis. Cause they have the courts, the media and other politicians working for them. Hunter Biden is an example of that. What about the prime minister of estonia her husband had been trading with russian companies despite the sanction despite these crimes being known none face punishment.
5th those that are deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional are the foreign funded agitators who call themselves opposition.
Wow what a story, you can convince about 5 people with it.
1st learn what separation of power means
2nd just because the institutions arent divided, over bureaucratic bloated piles of sh*t, that cant make a decision like in other countries doesnt mean they are ineffective.
3rd corrupt individuals within the system are always being found and arrested and latter on face punishment no matte their status.
4th in the so called normal countries you so much admire and simp for, what you are talking about is pure fiction those with power and riches avoid justice on daily basis. Cause they have the courts, the media and other politicians working for them. Hunter Biden is an example of that. What about the prime minister of estonia her husband had been trading with russian companies despite the sanction despite these crimes being known none face punishment.
5th those that are deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional are the foreign funded agitators who call themselves opposition.
1st learn what separation of power means
2nd just because the institutions arent divided, over bureaucratic bloated piles of sh*t, that cant make a decision like in other countries doesnt mean they are ineffective.
3rd corrupt individuals within the system are always being found and arrested and latter on face punishment no matte their status.
4th in the so called normal countries you so much admire and simp for, what you are talking about is pure fiction those with power and riches avoid justice on daily basis. Cause they have the courts, the media and other politicians working for them. Hunter Biden is an example of that. What about the prime minister of estonia her husband had been trading with russian companies despite the sanction despite these crimes being known none face punishment.
5th those that are deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional are the foreign funded agitators who call themselves opposition.
1st learn what separation of power means
2nd just because the institutions arent divided, over bureaucratic bloated piles of sh*t, that cant make a decision like in other countries doesnt mean they are ineffective.
3rd corrupt individuals within the system are always being found and arrested and latter on face punishment no matte their status.
4th in the so called normal countries you so much admire and simp for, what you are talking about is pure fiction those with power and riches avoid justice on daily basis. Cause they have the courts, the media and other politicians working for them. Hunter Biden is an example of that. What about the prime minister of estonia her husband had been trading with russian companies despite the sanction despite these crimes being known none face punishment.
5th those that are deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional are the foreign funded agitators who call themselves opposition.
1st learn what separation of power means
2nd just because the institutions arent divided, over bureaucratic bloated piles of sh*t, that cant make a decision like in other countries doesnt mean they are ineffective.
3rd corrupt individuals within the system are always being found and arrested and latter on face punishment no matte their status.
4th in the so called normal countries you so much admire and simp for, what you are talking about is pure fiction those with power and riches avoid justice on daily basis. Cause they have the courts, the media and other politicians working for them. Hunter Biden is an example of that. What about the prime minister of estonia her husband had been trading with russian companies despite the sanction despite these crimes being known none face punishment.
5th those that are deranged, stupid and utterly unprofessional are the foreign funded agitators who call themselves opposition.
No one:
Putin: "Democracy can be whatever I want"
Tucker will fix him. Democracy is saved!
No one:
The civilized world: "We love democracy, but only when you agree with me, otherwise, we will suppress you in every way we can"
I'm just waiting to see what is going to happen with the Carlson's interview of Putin, the media is already crying and morons calling him a Russian spy LOL
@@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5 Yea tucker will fix him a deal for more kremlin propaganda , as he supports it too , Ukraine and the "West" are the enemies , tucker words , he will sure fix putin democracy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Putin : “I am Democracy”
America is certainly not a democracy and hardly a republic either. Actually we are a lot like Russia in very many ways, simply better at putting on a show to conceal it. A dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is not a democracy whether it’s one strong leader supported by capitalists or they chose amongst themselves who will run the country for the people. At least in Russia people are wise enough to see through the charade. Some support it, some are coerced into accepting it and others unsuccessfully try to resist it. In America very few people are aware enough to even oppose it in principle in their mind, let alone try to do anything to end it.
As a Russian i can say this is the most accurate portrayal of inner Russian politics I've heard from someone not from ex-USSR
He is Rumanian he is from ex ussr influence
🙃
@@RusskiyDatchaninHe's a Serb of Hungarian origin and that's not how you spell Romanian.
@@zuraorokamono204 I have other language on than english thats why it spelled weird and i know how to spell Romanian but auto text in ny language changed it back
@@RusskiyDatchanin understandable,
auto correct messes up my text often also
I know some languages still spell it with "u" but it was always incorrect and it's now obsolete in English
It's so cute and innocent that so many people think Russia actually holds legitimate elections.
Especially when one considers the legitimacy of Mail-In-"Votes" through which the US-Empire & their German Colony got their current "Leaders"...
Almost no one with at least minimum knowledge on russia thinks so. However those "poor russians", ofc they have never had any free elections. But whose responsible for that? russian society. Also does it change the fact that they are responsible of 500 years of genocaides and expansion, enslaving various european and asian nations? They entire "culture" is abour continous expansion and worshipping they shithole state. And yes maybe numbers are not exactly accurate, yet for sure most of russians support putin&war and it s proved by all independent public polls. It also says a lot about russians that the only valid opposition candidate was nationalists navalny with same genocaidal plans (but anti putin and anti corruption so west loves him). The russian nation never rebelled to achieve freedom from any of those regimes tsars, bolsheviks, putin, they simply lioe to be treated like this by their authorities and they fully desrved that. All I want is russians staying in their shithole, not attacking everyone around. We in central Europe and Baltics can build successful developed states and simply want rus to try to do the same in their country. Yet it is simply it s impossible as is russia not being genocaidal state. This is simply part of rus "cultur" and mentality. So whether red white or putinist rus will always be an enemy
No country holds legitimate elections, and the ones that do are pretty much the same party with a different banner and nothing but empty words and rhetoric. Russia may not be democratic, but at least it gets things done. Seeing the state of the economy before Putin came to power and after is incredible, and despite liberals hating him, he completely re-vitalized Moscow and will now look to modernize the east.
You know what is even more funny? Some people think USA actually holds legitimate elections and that their braindead president Sleepy Joe actually makes any decisions. :D
I don't really think anyone believes that.... The criticism from his last video was because the people in Russia aren't doing anything about it..
I'm from Indonesia and it's eerily similar to this.
God help us all
Nah our president have limit to run for president other than that pretty much same
And some idiot still fanboy this dicktator
What? How?
Malaysia looking like they need some denazification 👀
@@davidsugijanto6935 I dare say "Dynastic Politic", which while close is not quite the exact same problem with what this video describe.
But eh, wouldn't hurt to keep our eye peeled on what would happen sooner or later.
What, are you going to compare Buni Yani to Navalny?
That's insane.
As a Russian who has lived in Russia for 26 years, I can say that all of this is pure truth
I am so sorry for growing up in that type of environment.
@@itz_ic21gaming97 "I am so sorry for growing up in that type of environment." So passive-agressive twitter energy, you almost make me vomit
@@itz_ic21gaming97 That comment is nonsense and a bit sus.
Ohh man here comes the ,,totally true" expat story full absolute nonsense which does not have anything to do with reality whatsoever, yeah dude I mean there are hundreds of accounts of russians who say they live well but I guess they must be lying.
@@Silver_Prussian +30 rub
It is crazy that "let's not hate a whole group of people based on their nationality" is a hot take these days, but it sure is not surprising at all
Not a new thing at all, it's always been like that, it's a basic survival repose. You'd think people would use basic reasoning and get past such instincts, but that requires critical thinking...
So, the fun fact that is missing from the video. Putin technically runs as an independent candidate with no party affiliation. Other than that great video
Also he has to collect 300,000 perfect signatures to do this which he magically achieves where as his ‘opponent’ struggles to get 100,000 ‘perfect’ signatures that won’t be thrown out by the Putin appointed electoral commission.
Again, rigging the game because he’s scared of any real opposition. Like a real man.
@@Whatshisname346 his "opposition" can't even form a coherent programme, just "pootin bad, lick ass of bald eagle good".
@@Whatshisname346 what's so magical about this? Everybody knows him and majority of russians support him, whilst his 'opponents' are no-names. There is absolutely nothing to be surprised about
@@DS-jf2be I was being sarcastic. How is it that any real challenger has their application denied, How is it that there are no questions about any of Putins signatures; because hes a useless wimp who fixes the system in his favor as he's incapable of dealing with any real opposition without violence and intimidation.
@@DS-jf2be I guess the magical part is where are all the people who left the signature for Putin. While sometimes there are queues to sign for opposing candidate who struggled to get 100 000, i doubt anyone saw anything like that for a candidate who allegedly got 3 times more. As far as i know it wasn't even shown on state owned television, which usually shows absolutly anything that supports current president.
The Soviet Union fell yet the shadow still dominates Russia
The Tsars were replaced, not overthrown. Such is life in Russia
putin is ex-kgb, kgb was the fbi of the ussr, dude was brainwashed to be pro ussr, no wonder hes trying to re-annex ex-soviet countries such as ukraine, there are multiple examples of russia funding destabilizing political parties in certain countries such as georgia in an attempt to later scoop them up and annex them, or moldova for example, it has a little tumor called "transnistria" that wants to declare independence, its just angry moldovans funded by russians to riot and break away
Soviet Union was actually the brighter part of Russian history.
Fan fact, Russia itself declared its independence from the Soviet Union, and selebrated it, until putin came to power.
if anything Russia seems to have back-pedalled recently, previously you could critique Stalin as a monster who butchered his own people, now if you criticize him you're being anti-Russian, which says a lot about the current situation....
The coup in the background of that workout video was goofy in Myanmar, she gave 0 shits about what was happening
I mean how would she know what is happening?
Yeah, and what's even funnier is that it showed so much military personnel BEHIND HER 💀
just a normal day in Myanmar.
She may not have given a shit but the rest of the Burmese population did considering it started a new civil war.
classic😅
I think the Alexsey guy recently died in prison
Thanks for reviewing this topic, Janos (hope I got your name right). As a russian, it's really cool for me to see, people, trying to understand the situation and not just judging. I'm really enjoying your videos on Balkans. And big greetings :D
No one:
Putin: "I AM DEMOCRACY"
yes. his special brands: Democracy Light and Democracy Zero.
Lol
West Europe: "NO THIS POLITICIAN WON BY 0.1%!" "THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED!"
East Europe: "In terms of democracy, we dont have democracy " "We know"
USA: "But they won the majority of the votes tho"
"I know, but the Electoral College says otherwise"
Pa ti si budalo, idi na zapad i radi kao cistac klozetov, sirotinjo bez ponosa!
Just recently another opposition politician has been barred from registering, where Russia claimed the supporting people's signatures were fraudulent and from dead people.
Must sound wild for an american in whose country the dead are encouraged to vote
Can it be maybe just maybe that,that is the truth? Just asking
i wonder how the ukrainian elections went :D
ukraine is under marshall law because russia invaded. what is you're point here exactly?
@@kermit6237 that there was no election, despite the pretense that everyone loves the guy and ua is a country of western values
@@mamrd7197do you know why can be country is placeded under marchall law?
You don’t understand, this is different, Ukraine is a perfect example of democracy, that’s what Sleeping Joe said, they don’t need elections, they are already perfect
@@wernbodd They are under Marshall law.
They can't have the tension and destabilization of an election.
After the war there will be a nice election
The russian people have suffered hardship for such a long time I really wish the best for them
Really enjoyed that presentation, given your talent, knowledge and ability to communicate, you should be an educator. I could not imagine anyone doing a better job explaining that material in 10 minutes.
Hi there from St Petersburg, Russia! Yep, it's all like this. One thing I can add that when actual oppositional candidate are in place they stripped out from all air time on main TV channels, which is all are controlled by Putin and owned by his friends and associates.
True. I have never heard of that women that was mentioned as a candidate.
А я люблю Путина . Самый крутой мужик 🥰
Не завидуй чушпан
@@benismannbecause she is so stupid she couldnt even file her documents right 😂😂
Nevermind the opposition are hot garbage
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As opposed to Romania where we already know all candidates are basically the same gang.
Not gonna lie. We sometimes think that way too, Romania might not be perfect, but we never had to throw people out then window to win elections... or poison them... or lock them up before an election...
Well there was a case when a candidate died of natural causes before and election and he was so popular that people voted for him...
Basically Vucic but on steroids.
Exactly:(
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In Hungary during the last election Fidesz also hold a "consultation" where only ~40% of the people sent back the "consultation" in fact, that's represent the true support of the Orbán government as only those send back these "consultations" who support the Fidesz anyway.
So in Hungary, ~40% is enough to win an election with 2/3 majority. Now just comparison Le Pen lost the French elections with the same amount of support....
Oh and it's the Hungarian rigged elections now you can imagine how much worse the case in Russia.
Does Hungary have a first past the post system? This regularly happens in the UK where a party will get 40% and hold a massive majority in parliament. With PR, this is impossible but you then have to deal with coalitions which I’d say Orban hates.
Russia is so efficient, we in the west are so backwards.
See in Russia they don’t bother with vote counting, the results are there before the first vote is cast, so effective and efficient
Is this sarcastic? Since there are some Russians who actually believe this
@@mr.gigagod9736 of course this is sarcasm
@@Carlo_von_Habsburg Putin had 70% approval raeting whether u like it or not. It’s NONE of our business how other people run their countries. Ukraine has been shekking civilians for TEN years. You know it - but you don’t care. FYI the US would’ve done the same thing.
@@MClark-kf9wq look who has fallen for Russian twitter bots
@@Carlo_von_Habsburg what does that mean?
We Russians don't protest because we'd get LITERALLY JAILED.
Really? I often saw protests in Russia against Putin and the police just watched doing nothing...
I also hate how every time we see a state tv everywhere, the presidents are shown voting.
It pisses me off.
Why ? They are citizens of the country, its pissed you of that they are exercising their constitutional rights in a ,,democratic process" isnt it what most of the sheep uhh I mean the people want ?
Putin is not a president, he is a dictator.
@@Silver_Prussian He's pissed because their have the political capital and money to lobby their way into ensuring their interessests unlike the common citizen.
The USA doesn’t have state TV and we always watch our “democratically elected” representatives vote
rip Navalny
He was actually a piece of shit, he definitely wasn't democratic freedom lover.
Good timing for this videos release lmao. RIP Alexei.
Just so you know, not just Russia use this kind of method but many countries around the world, specially those developing third worlders. My country did the same in the last election and they installed candidates of the same party as "independent" opposition candidates in most seats across the country. Worst part is everyone knows it's a sham but no one dares to do anything. (myself included)
What country?
@@seane6616 Take your pick. Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Thailand, Indonesia, Belarus, etc.
@@dasbubba841bullshit, Indonesian election is actually Free and fair, majority of Indonesian population actually want Prabowo to become president, Indonesian democracy becomes more solid these recent years, especially with the fact that people can freely say whatever the f*ck they want in social media or in real life, i won't let some shithead with no life slander this country
We saw everything once again with what happened today, they eliminated Alexei Navalny illegally
cant wait for a bucharest stream, another banger though
Wow dude could you imagine a European country putting people in Jail for Extremism?
Hmmmmm. Cough cough what's a hate crime law hmmmmm.
And extremism is going to the square with label "PEACE". And also disrespect to the armed forces.
@@buongiorno4434 beats me but I'm sure it would never ever happen in a free country like ours
You see folks....The West and Russia actually have a lot in common.
There are independent polls out there that do show most of the population support the war. Only about 20% is hard-core support, but a majority to support continuing the war as if now. Most are open to negotiations but as long as Russia doesn't lose.
Do you know how they get this info? They usually just call you up and start asking questions. You'd have to be super brave or just crazy to tell some random person on the phone that you're against the "special military operation." Polls don't mean much when there's repression and war going on
these polls cannot be trusted either. many people living in an authoritarian country where you can get thrown into jail for using the word "war" are going to give the "safe answers" to polls like these. how can they know that the poll is truly independent and confidential and won't get them in trouble? that said, the most recent 2023 poll i could find used measures to try and reassure the participants and get truthful answers and concluded that, most likely, only about 50% sincerely support the war, leaving 70 million people who either fully don't support it, or have mixed opinions such as saying that they support the war but following it up by saying they think the war has had negative effects, they wouldn't mind it being over, they don't see any benefits in it, etcetera
Ah but that part goes against the narrative. But yes this is frankly the most likely one. And those who don’t support the war have learned to shut up.
Good luck saying u aren't supporting it in an authoritarian regime.
@benismann they are anonymous polls, dude. They are usually done over the phone. Now will fear of the govt make people give the "correct" answer sometimes? Yes, but independent polls consistently show relatively high support levels, though it has decreased a bit.
Yoooo Florida mentioned in a video about manipulation of democracy lets gooooo
As a Floridian, he speaking facts. The Florida GOP spends a lot of dirty money just for people to vote and gerrymander Florida and it works.
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If you think he would be against Putin and his actions you would be dead wrong, thats what made Solzhenitsyn so based. That and his book
@@Silver_Prussian I did not imply that. I just wrote something that is ingrained into Russia very deep, perfected over decades if not centuries.
@@erikziak1249 and ? Russia is a separate civilization from europe why cant they do sh*t they own way but nooo it has to be like the western model, they need to adopt western philosophy.
@@Silver_Prussian They can do whatever they want, but they should do it within their internationally recognized borders and not attack neighbouring countries!
@@erikziak1249 kinda hard to do when those countries either have a boot up their a*s like poland and the baltic, take the most ret*rded foreign policy decisions like ukriane and georgia.
I think it's alarming that videos like this have to be made to educate people about what it is like to live under an authoritarian government, great work though!
You don't really end up living under an authoritarian regime by accident though. You have to allow them to fester.
There have been many authoritarian regimes, not many last the test of time.
@@nickklavdianos5136 Tell me how the people of Chile "allowed" Pinoche to rule. Explain how Franco held onto power for over 30 years.
Just two examples of authoritarian governments that came to mind. Neither was supported by the people, hell, they had a lot of opposition, yet both of their reigns were long and stable.
@@nickklavdianos5136 Tell that to the many people born in authoritarian governments haha
@@A0891BNAS ok. All three of my country's national holidays are about resisting authoritarian regimes in various ways.
One is about revolting against the Turks.
The second is about fighting Germans and Italians in WWII.
The third is about mass rallies and riots that happened and led to the eventual downfall of the military junta that had taken over the country for a few years.
Oh and you can add to that all the times we went after various kings because they were incompetent.
So I'd say I know pretty well how people can resist an authoritarian regime.
@@nickklavdianos5136 You answered your own question?? The US installed dictators/autocrats all across LATAM. These dictators censor the people, keep them uneducated and poor, defusing any opposition. Good luck forming a revolution in Venezuela! It is 2024, not the 1900s.
As an insider to the topic, I can say you pretty much nailed it.
Also, rest in peace Navalny, he was murdered this week in prison.
Haven't watched the video yet, but I think that even if the majority of Russians were in support of Putin and/or the war, it still wouldn't be an excuse to systemically hate all of them. Just like I don't hate all Jewish Israelis, even when polls suggest they overwhelmingly support their army's actions.
So you hate Israel defending their citizens from terrorists coming into their country and slaughtering unarmed civilians?
sorry for nitpicking, but all Israelis are Jewish?
maybe you meant Israeli jews?
And why do you trust those polls?
@@baneofbanes Well so far I'm not sure Israel has descended to the same level of autocracy as Russia.
As they should.
It's much deeper hole than it seems on surface~ And Russian democracy system actually works and represents citizens. And it is just cleverly safeguards from foreign influence and agents.
damn as a bulgarian this sounds familiar
It is similar but not as insane as Russia's
@@itz_ic21gaming97 Are you sure about that - our elections have less than 30% activity. We got no referendum if we want to join NATO or EU. We got a US supported coup in 1997, where an unelected goverment was brought to "fix the economy" - by leaving 600 000 people jobless on the street. We also held a referendum 1 time - and it was declared "invalid", cuz the EU decided our vote to have nuclear energy is bad :D
@@meganoobbg3387I just said that our elections are not as insane as in Russia. Vote tampering in Russia is even worse than us. Our elections does have flaws too.
@@itz_ic21gaming97 We vote for the same damn party more than 15 years now - how is that any different than Russia? Who even checks who counts the votes, or if our TV even shows credible results? Foreign sponsored TV's are the only things telling us what the results are too. We compete with Russia on every level.
@@meganoobbg3387At least in Bulgaria you can protest and say whatever you want without fear of being arrested also domestic violence is illegal in Bulgaria. In Russia you'll be gone missing if you do protest and express your thoughts should I tell you that in Russia every year 15 000 people die because of domestic violence? But you are right Sofia became a meme because of the G Wagons in the center of Sofia just like in Moscow and Yerevan.
I like how you used clips of Vučić, seeing as how he and his outfit use similar tactics
Can you really trust a guy teaching you the current political state in Russia who then literally promotes donating to Ukraine? Like, bro isn't even trying 💀
this is different, there are fewer of them, the economic situation with corruption and economic support from the whole world in Ukraine is worse than in Russia, especially since they will lose the war and will probably lose even more people, so they need help more
@@wernbodd This explanation doesn't help at all.
@@user-gy6fq3lu7q Yep, I know.
What baffles me the most is the way people online will talk about untrustworthiness of the Russian state media but THIS ONE is somehow different. This one is definitely true and real and obsolete.
absolute is the word you're looking for, but I concur.
We already have anti russian people in the US media... CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBN, even FOX news.... and the rest of the dumpster fires.
@@centurionoomae1543 I forgot to reply but thanks
If you think any government is not corrupt you're ignorant and naive.
Yes they all are but some are definitely more corrupt than others.
@@joew9608 Some pigs are indeed prettier than others.
True
@@joew9608 When your options are between "a cabal of unelected corrupt politicians" or "kgb special agent dictator" yeah...
a government is like rain its not fun but we need it
RIP brother, nice knowing you
Damn America
Doesnt our politics sound so similar?
How?
@@Sid4presidentWell the Democrats just tried (and failed) to ban their political rival for one
No
no.
So, I might be a too radical 16 years old hungarian who hates his own government, but am I the only one who sees 2 ways out of a situation like this?
1. rebellion
2. coup
you know, the ways dictatories used to end.
Leave bruh
@@thefirstkingdogo1126 I am planning to do so, but I'm only 16 right now, so It is for the future.
Я ещё не видел, чтобы англоязычный человек настолько хорошо понимал и развивался в политической ситуации и состоянии дел в России
Пожалуй, подпишусь
Note that Navalny has died recently in prison
very “mysteriously”
Just in time for the elections. Very convenient for western mainstream press.
and? At best he was an anarchist and not a good political leader.
Thanks for another astute video. Critical thinking is in such short supply these days.
Strange, Critical Theory is taught in schools for years now. Maybe that's why.
he is from the Balkan so he is very smart in terms of politics
This is a liberal echo-chamber where confirmation bias runs rampant. The state of Russia 20 years ago when Putin took power and now is one of the most hopeful and amazing transformations that Russia has experienced. As long as Putin is in power, this will continue, otherwise the country would have been torn apart by western investors and turned into another US vassal, much like Evropa.
Yeah it's just as sad as you described. I used to vote, had some hopes but now I don't see any point of doing so. Even a shadow of dignity has disappeared
You should this time. At least we can show ourselves and everyone that there are a lot of us
Absolutely agree. I'm doing what I can to deliver a better message for people around me but we need to be smart and careful about that. Slowly things will change. I hope@@DashieDe
Can someone tell me the name of the song starting at around 9:57?
It's from the game Syberia 2. It plays in the first chapter in the tavern
Some instrumental version of the song "очи чёрные" ("ochi chernye", black eyes).
it’s babes-bolyai exam session and it shows
I'm sorry people took your last video's message the way they did. I'm an American that has had many Russian friends over the years and they were all decent people. Most people are, no matter where they're from
Your friends lernt English, means they from young generation and don't bother with politics, patriotism and history. The way mass media works here is by focusing to tell how corrupted Europe and US is. For instance: enormous amount of unfair accuse in sport doping, the nazi in government around Zelenskiy, exploitation by US doctrine in pseudo-peace, and most remarkable aggression is to lgbt community. All of this makes people cut off themselfs from foreign world and show hostility toward other countries (bad)
As a Russian 17 y.o. dissident i enjoyed this video a lot, thank you so much. Unlike most of foreigners think, most of the people here are not pro-war, neither pro-Putin. These are demotivated and frightened people whose main objective is often to, well, survive and to stock up some money in case something bad happens (it happens all the time). It should not come as a surprise, that majority of Russians are politically inactive and/or clueless. Not only because they simply got no time to be interested in politics, but also because government has a monopoly over a large chunk of mass media, so they see only what the government wants them to see. To sum up, I'll also mention that majority is always being taught that "it's not us who makes decisions" and such, that also develops nation-wide learned helplessness. Once again, thanks a lot! From burning Russia with burning heart ❤
Yeah no they are not, people like you think that most share your opinion for everything but they dont so dont speak in the context of ,,we" as if you speak for everyone.
Guess what bad things happen all over the world, this is why I hate opposition supporters you are all self centered and fail to realise how bad some people have it. You think you are unlucky ? Thats because you dont know how mamy people out there in the world suffur.
Чушпан ?
Amazing, I never thought someone could describe life in Russia in one comment so precisely
@@edelicht7932 thanks! ^^
Also a russian dissident. Thank you for the comment
81 million votes…
от души спасибо за это видео! hvala puno!
Running multiple parties allows the oligarchy to dilute the votes and many will simply vote for the more recognized name who they perceive is the safer choice than some unknown.
Your videos are always entertaining but this one is actually useful, well done
my nibba, russians like putin, i lake putin, i didnt vote for him the last time. I shure as hell gonna do it now
Based. He saved Russia from being a crippled economic power torn apart by western investors and has re-vitalized the nation. Still a very long way to go, but there is a reason he throws corrupt industrialists and ex-oligarchs who were only too happy to sell their nation out of windows.
Skoro sam naleteo na kanal - i stvarno su ti super klipovi.
Konstruktivna kritika!
Uspori malkice dok pricas. Akcenat ti je skroz okej, ali ti je dikcija malo slabija i ne razume se najbolje sta si rekao - a ide klip brzo.
Kao da imam delay skapiranja sta si rekao - a vec cujem novu recenicu :D
Isto tako - mozes malo sporije praviti tranziciju sa ovim mimovima i neke pauzice ubaciti da "svarimo" sta smo videli.
Mozda ciljas da bude ispod 10min klip, tako da to razumem onda, ali bi bilo puno bolje da to malkice sporije tece sve. Svako dobro!
@@maki3904 ma znam, ali mi je cudno...cista pozitivna kritika sa moje strane
democracy as if that really exists, settle with the plutocracy of democratic overtones.
Ironically before this video I got a hungarian government propaganda ad which tells that 99% of hungarians agree with Orban and Putin.
Don't go to russia after this video pls
Okay capitalist kid )))
It doesn't matter, russia will come for you😆😆
@@ghgggxRussia is a capitalist state.
So, who's gonna pull the Lukasjenko elections trick this time if the new candidates in Russia gets approved?
Also it was a bummer you didn't mentioned it in this video, it is the best piece of history in belarus that gives to many Russians hope (or at least to the ones i talk with).
Specifically because of what happened in Belarus they will never let true opposition run again
The fact that you have to explain this has proven to me that the majority of people are utterly ignorant and clueless about the world.
Great video, thanks!
2:14 western media and bloggers tend to call Navalny "Putin's opponent" or "significant rival", but the truth is that he is not and never was. At least majority of russians don't think of him that way. Opposant - yes, opponent - no way.
Putin doesn’t have opponents, he only has enemies.
but if Russia isn't democracy,Japan is also a one party state,and both of two party in USA are economic right,lol
False equivalence. The Japanese and Americans typically don’t rig their elections in favor of the current party.
japan being a one party state is mostly true tho
@@CMitchell808 how do you know? can you state that with a 100% certainty?
both parties in the united states are socialists
why is guy so focused on excusing Russians from any and all responsibility?
what did russians do to you? also, russia is literally 1000x better to live in than the US right now
No hate but the last two vids have been vert bland. I understans the subject matter is very serious but i watch the vids for your personality and for some depression fuel. Maybe you are not but it feels like you're reading off a script. Bring back the happy funny vids dude. Stiu ca poti!
Fair enough. Will be back with more regular videos very soon
We need to Restore the tsar to the throne
You already got one dude.
An Idea I can get behind but he needs to be able to do stuff not be a dumb symbol
No
Wait, Russia does not have a Tsar ?
I saw a satirical cartoon once that showed a russian ballot with multiple candidates, but the pen was on a chain only long enough to reach the box for Putin
Радуйтесь, что мы не проголосовали за коммунистов.
Candidate duplicates are so weird, wtf
Ha, wait till you hear about Party duplicates. Having eight different clones of Communist Party participating in parliamentary elections was fun af.
If it works, it works.
Excellent analysis!
Have you seen the videos from last Russian elections? I strongly recommend part 1 ua-cam.com/video/ARAbVwAqOtg/v-deo.html and part 2 ua-cam.com/video/QRY8e9nwPzo/v-deo.html
Great video, will the US or the EU be next?
A lot harder to explain bc it's not so blatantly shoved in the face of their voters.
Eu , p.s. I'm from Russia
as a Russian, I am glad that I was born in a country where there is no left-liberal garbage
yeah, it so much better to live in a crumbling commie block with a pathetic income.
but at least there is no gay parade. cope mongol. 😂
@@876xboss_albanerx64 tell us all about your fifth villa
A vatnik would likely dismiss most, if not all of your arguments, by simply saying "western sources lol"
Anti Russian MSM, Russia Gate, Keith Oberman levels of 'Russian scum' comments.
Western sources at this point treat Russians as the new Third Reich with such a contempt and hatred, it's staggering....
We have gotten to this point...
Good man. If it's not too much trouble, add how state monopoly on vodka(and/or other alcoholic beverage(s)) production affected russian lives from then(15th century onwards, if correct) to now to the video 3 as well.
That's why we have cameras, if making few votes would be wanted there were no cameras. It's just logical
wow, who knew
I knew
@@itz_ic21gaming97 we all know
Most Russians know, but we can't do anything
well apparently most of the ppl dont otherwise they act extremely retarded and racist
Don't oppose = support.
Stupid opinion
🤡
Even in free countries, there is a bias in opinion polling towards anything viewed as a fait accompli. For example support for gay marriage in the US surged after the Supreme Court legalized it.
Now do one on the US & UK elections!
Across the internet I see a lots of thoughts like it's the countries citizens who must overthrow the dictatorship and if they don't do it probaly they want it that way. But those people usually don't understand it's incredibly hard to overthwon the dictatorship/govement. It usually takes way more than activity of it's own citizens even if 80% of the country was against the autocrat. In many cases you need help from the outside. Also it takes many years, even decades. And at the end you'll still need a bit of luck so all those elements just fits right and actually make a change.
For example - My country, Czechia, wouldn't overthrown communist regime if USSR and whole Eastern Block didn't start colapsing during late 80s. And other eastern European countries were in same situation, that's why totalitarian regimes colapsed everywhere at once basically. So yes, we can help Russians as much as we can, and same other nations that suffer under totalitarian rule, but please, don't blame those poeple for not doing enough.
in fact, in Russia we had a semi-communist revenge, the same communist party officials came to power, only from a lower level. For example, our speaker of parliament is the former head of the Komsomol of St. Petersburg. Shoigu led the party organization at the municipal level, Putin was a KGB officer. It’s just that now they have endless money and a more or less market economy. This is the creepiest symbiosis you can think of.
And Czechia had decommunisation and more fair privatisation.
Maybe you already know it, buе in the USSR it was incredible luck and a reason for pride to end up in Czechoslovakia
Because compared to the regions of the USSR and especially Russian, your country was incredibly wealthy. And any product from there was considered incredibly scarce, even if it was shoes or furniture
@@mnevlompridumivatbа можно покороче сказать, что так длинно то. Поплакать все успели?))
(Чехословакия круче чем ссср, потому что против ссср.) Все просто.
As an American, I couldn’t care less about Russia’s internal affairs. The censorship seen there also exists here. It’s just different people doing the censoring.
So you go to prison for 15 years for calling a war a war?
@@baneofbanes Censorship doesn’t involve prison. It involves corporate coordination with government and comes in all forms
Well... Are you a foreign agent in USA?
@@paulvadeanu246 Yes. Evidently, straight white men fall in that category in America. The Israeli lobby runs the show.
@@phil3924 then it’s really not comparable. You being banned off of face book or soem other private company is not the same thing as the government ducking arresting you for not liking what you say.
You’re just an offended little snowflake.