Tensions Surround Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 82)
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2014
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On October 26, parliamentary elections were held in much of Ukraine - including long-embattled areas in the east. Wary of interference from separatists, armed guards manned polling stations and escorted completed ballots to ensure their safety. Turnout in the region was low, however, as residents appeared reluctant to vote. And in the rebel-held Donetsk People's Republic, elections weren't held at all - on November 2, pro-Russia separatists there will hold their own elections in hopes of legitimizing their self-proclaimed republic.
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky spent Election Day visiting candidates, polling stations, and an electoral commission to find out how the political process was progressing amid the heightened levels of tension.
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RT be like, it was illegal and fake.
cia agents planted fake votes
Simon Doge anything and everything in the world is because CIA. wow just wow, dumbasses like you make all humans look bad.
Shape shifting grass people are the problem.
100vasiliy ...it was a joke
don't you mean "fake and gay"?
Wow this guy speaks both Russian and English almost completely without accent, impressive !
He has a noticeable english accent when speaking Russian,and his Russian accent occassionally appears when speaking English.
@@lol-zi1ym meh most people wouldn't hear any russian accent in his English and his Russian is better than 99.9 percent of native English speakers
@@t0ny1189 lmao i made that comment 7 years ago that’s crazy
@@lol-zi1ym yeah and its still avaliable so watch out what you say it is a dangerous time we live in right now
@@TacticalVanguard damn it’s been 7 years since i made that comment lol
men might fight in wars, but women they stand their ground. That building might be blown up, they may get executed later by sepratist. I find those women of the electral comite much braver than any fighting man.
so standing your ground is more courageous than fighting? What?
those women are braver than any fighting man? what the fuck are you thinking?
well think about it, they sit there and anything can happen, then they walk home alone, where anything can happen, since they are resisting the sepratists,and oligarck candidates. A soldier is all smug in his base all bored, then he fights a little, then he gets bored. All geared up in a band of brothers. These ladies have their pen.
TheTunao that is a direct insult to soldiers everywhere.
anything can happen to them?
even more can happen in a fucking warzone
oh no! they have to walk home alone in a scary area
soldiers have to patrol areas where most people there dont just want to see them out of power but FUCKING DEAD
saying a few women who stood their ground are braver than every soldier is something only an idiot or a femanazi could think.
Scott Pilgrim thanks bro
No problem bae ;)
thank god russian Roullette is back !!! .......unmasking Russian cynicism for over the last year !
and not unmasking Ukrainian cynism as well
Such a shame how stupid and uneducated you're on the cause
alexnickolaev Says a Russian?
You western fools think your all good and you never do cynicism, when the fact is you do more killing and violence than Russia ever had done in the past 75 years. Your words are very hypocritical and are totally facts not opinion (sarcasm).
SymbolX so what, is this automaticly makes me wrong?
Кива , спустя 5 лет , смешно слушать!
heh. me on 12:50
in the middle)
Круто 😁
Are you still alive
@@cheesenutz3854 =*
@@iSecret2312 Do you support Armenia or Azerbaijan in the current conflict?
@@rustyshackleford5058 nobody)
But if i haven't choise i will support Azerbaijan cause Karabakh it's a part of Azerbaijan.
So glad Simon's back.
The sexiest chin is back!
I drew simmons sexy chin. (pbs.twimg.com/media/B1JPhNyCAAAgYEE.png:large)
cheifaut0parts
HAHAAHHAHA!!
A cleft to be more like.
I'm missed butt chin
He can blow his nose and wipe his ass at the same time 😂
Finally dispatch 82! It has been a while.
3:14 not many knew, that 5 years later Kiva will sell his ass completely to Russia
I was surprised seeing him there and defending the electorial comission. Pretty much sure he had pro-russian views even at that times.
Good work by Simon and his guys! Keep it up!
FINALLY! FREAKING FINALLY!
I have been waiting for this series like... For-Ever!
Best line from Simon in this video "All these heavy set guys...they're members of the campaign team"......I had to laugh out loud at that one!
Holy moly u guys are back!! Thanks for keeping these comming!
Nice to see more videos about Ukraine. It had been such a long time that I had thought that maybe you moved on from your Ukraine coverage .
I cant wait for dispatch 1875
Kiev gets surrounded by seperatists and Porky commits a suicide in his bunker.
***** But quickly falls to ISIS and then gets wiped out by ebola.
Lol ^^
***** lmao, insurgents surrounding Kiev... They can't even take a ruined airport with big effort. xD
***** Interesting.
respect, Simon Ostrovsky
Nice job people of Ukraine , looks like things are starting to get back on track
you have a peculiar sense of humor.
Lol. Don't be so nieve One year later Ukraine is just as corrupt as ever.. Political infighting continues. Doesn't matter who's in power their.
james david manning it takes 1 year and westukraine is nomansland
@@RamzezRap yo
YES! Thank goodness.. oh wait.
Yes! A nothet Dispatch.
I hope to see more of them and soon !
A really good report! It's nice that VICE is still covering this conflict...I wish they sent more journalists/filmmakers to the border of the Donetsk People's Republic. From what little intelligence there is on the net it seems that the conflict is continuing despite the ceasefire. In particular the region surrounding the airport in Donetsk. Anyways...great to see Simon back!
Guess what, they won't allow anyone there filming it and nobody will dare to do that, since it is suicide.
Also today there is a problem with wearing "Press" vests, since the terrorists use them.
I thought the day of this episode coming out would never come :)
WE NEED MORE RUSSIAN ROULETTE!!! THANK YOU VICE!!
Finally a new russian roulette dispatch, thank you vice!
The elections can't be called democratic, if there are armed men by the pooling stations, and what kind of a democratic norm is it to just ban a political party?
they are there for security of voters
it doesn't seem like there is anything that they can do down there that would convince anybody that the elections aren't rigged. not saying that they weren't rigged but it still isn't going to matter.
100% secured. So secured that i am not sure why the won't hold presidential elections now@@AVegarov
I loved how they checked the seals on the top of the ballet box but ignore the bottom. This only shows the one but other videos showed the same.
The boxes don’t open from the bottom so seals at the bottom were not necessary
It's good to see this guy win and get his seat as MP
Poor Russia - losing the game here and a destroyed economy on top of it. Glory to Putler!
Your ignorance hurts me.. Russia is in economic stagnation. And the sanctions wheel will stop in a year. So your pride must be hurt. By the way, I came to conclusion that only stupid ukrainians use 'Putler'. The clever do not. It also must hurt your chauvinism.
yugine1000 My pride is not hurt (I have no idea why you would make such a statement). As for Putler, I care little how stupid / clever Ukrainians refer to him as I am not Ukrainian. As for you, learn to capitalize the "U" in "Ukrainian". Show a little respect to nation of people as well to the rest of us in the world that you possess at least some understanding of proper use of grammar. Do not confirm the worldwide stereotype image of 90% of Russians illiterate. Thank you.
***** Poor Russians. Eating Turkish apples now but in two months there is nothing to eat. Remember when the first round of sanctions were announced? All of the paid Russian trolls claiming the Russian stock market is UP. LoL. Propaganda only lasts so long. Now look, second round of sanctions, Russian market destroyed. Russians will likely blame it on Oligarchs due to heavy Putler brainwashing; never accepting the reality for the invasion of the Ukraine. Glory to Putler!
yugine1000 Putler is responsible. Oil today. $81.00 per barrel. Oil March 2014. $110.00 per barrel. Thank you Putler!
***** Oil closed today at USD $77.00. Thank you Putler!
oh man looks like it's already freezing over there.
sometimes I miss the cozy European weather.
Great journalism Vice. You won't see coverage like this on NBC.
No heat in that building?
2:30 lol, same thing here in my country Moldavia.
Simon is the best.
The shot of the seal...gimme a break. Look guys, it's all fair, it still has the seal :))
For once on Vice there has been a great decrease of conflict in the comments, everyone is apparently agreeing that the Russians are wrong with this one.
Long live Ukraine
I've been watching since dispatch 1
Russian roullette videos were why i subscribed, i want more videos about whats happening in Ukraine, focus on RT reporters helping the rebels for a new video
What's different this time except of all this bloody things? wasn't last time Yushinko and Timoshenko ended up fighting each other? Can Yats and Porke work out in Key issues and not ended up as Yush Tim Fate?
finally its back!
Long live the People's Republic of Donetsk! Down with the Fascists!
Donetsk Terrorist's Republic*
Fascists run the DPR and LPR
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky spent Election Day visiting candidates, polling stations, and an electoral commission to find out how the political process was progressing amid the heightened levels of tension.
I LOVE RUSSIAN ROULETTE. Thank you so much for continuing the reports in Ukraine
Jew - shave your eyebrows!
***** It's sad that you're an idiot. About 85% of Ukrainians do not want to be part of the 'Russian world'. This is the choice of the Ukrainian people, not anti-Russian project.
demiurgos11 Actually he's got a point, although I agree that stupidity is the greatest problem of humanity. Ukrainians, like everyone else in the world, want only one thing: economic stability. No one cares about sentiments towards Russia or EU. People just want to have a normal life without constant political games.
Oh, and one more thing: a choice had already been made before, the name was Yanukovych.
phileas007 Do you think that once a President is elected he can't be impeached for murder? Well, he can and democracies can CHANGE their leader. .. Who knew?
13:47 borrowing clothes from the shop?
Didn't think Simon smoked 12:06 :)
About fucking time.
Wow its been a long time for another dispatch I thought that Simon was killed or something
Excellent reporting by the presenter Ostrovsky & Vice News. Ukraine is moving away from corruption and better reflecting the wishes of its good & loyal citizens.
shit son i thought this series was over, sweet
wait isn't poreshenko an oligarch?
#Vice , any Central or South American news in the pipeline?
nope. cocaine is and guns are as available as ever, mexico still has tacos, the panama canal is still wet, you get the picture.
0+ on your backpack means you have blood 0+? thats pretty cool in home-war country.
funny... vote without voters.
3:51 is simons head really that big compared to the guy hes interviewing or is mr fancy hat standing a bit further away from the camera and reading something over the shoulder? I know all the shooting he has done must be messing with his head and what not, but it doesnt seem like hes speaking his mind... on zapinaetsya ochen mnogo, kakbudto chitaet... I d really like to see full uncut interviews vice have done with these ukrainians. get back at me vice!!!!!
Forgot that it was a war still going on there, SMH
The war that never stopped yet stopped being reviewed.
Haha a little cold isn't it? :)
Hey Simon, don't be disappearing on us like that!
What's changed? Oligarchs were replaced with oligarchs.
Just a reminder, the conflict area is about the size of Maine. The Donbass is fucking gargantuan
Nothing about the commemoration of the Odessa massacre?
No because Vice does not want to talk about anything that will discredit the pro-Western government in Kiev.
9:48 HOT DAMN.....
What time does it get dark? That's crazy how long is a day in Ukraine?
+Brian Sanchez in winter the day is shorter, in eastern eu december the day ends around 17:00 (5pm) so yea, it couldve been january, it doesnt seem very snowy there because ukraine is around the level of france and some at spain level.
Rokas Ratkevičius not bad right now we get about 10 hours of sun light. So pretty much the same.
hooray Ukrainian dispatch came.
A little bit of a boring episode unfortunately
Charls Cheese Sometimes life is boring but it is life - enjoy it.
Bet J just imagine how much more boring life would be without the hordes of politicians out there entertaining us.
GOON SQUAD !
and the flame wars return!
I always thought so: With the seizing of Crimea, Putin has accepted defeat in Kiew. The Ukraine will go to the west but the question is if the eastern parts of it are going with it or not.
... with weapons?? omg omg omg
Cool
3:10 чё там делает Кива, лол)))
That bum chin! I have always noticed with this guy when he is interviewing they can't keep their eyes of his chin XD
Talk about a butt chin how does one shave something like that , gotta be a pain in the ass.
Yeah because there is no way they could have been altered while riding on busses and shit.
***** да i wish their waz such a thing. I could keep +sandvich safe from blue scout!!!
could someone tell me the difference between the Ukrainian and Russian language
Ukrainian has more letters in the alphabet.Pronunciation is mostly the same,although a Russian accent when speaking Ukrainian is obvious.And the same goes for the opposite.Also,words for 'things' are either identical,similar,or completely different.The closest comparison I can find is Spanish and Italian(imo).
Lisovp Awesomelisovp KingAram99 Not an expert in this, but I would actually place the Ukrainian language sort of right in between Russian and Polish - mash 'em up, and out comes Ukrainian.
Other examples might include: (Dutch vs. German, Romanian vs. Italian)
KingAram99 The differences/similarities are like those of Portuguese and Spanish.
Ukrainian is a made up language by the Astro-Hungarian Empire that took local old Russian and added polish words and oversimplified others in order to try to separate Ukrainians from the Russian Empire. This Western drive to make Ukrainians un-Russian has been going on for a while. If you can speak Russian you will understand Ukrainian with no issues.
joh do no one else before could create an artificial language with millions of speakers before. pretty impressive empire actually, it hasn't been ruled by chuck norris by chance?
It is funny that they still believe voting can make a different Ukrain.
This whole conflict is just super funny to me. It’s so...lukewarm?civilized? I don’t even know what to call it. But it’s not your run of the mill urban war or guerrilla warfare.
What's the big deal with rebel controlled territory not being able to vote, they dont want to be part of Ukraine anyway.
Vice, why Azov uses the Wolfsangel as symbol? And the black sun? I am confused...
Check out Stepan Andrijovyč Bandera. The ukrainians call him a hero
You shouldn`t. They did it consciouly. Absolutely.
this isn't Wolfsangel even if it's looks familiar
@@AuntHazel And Bandera wasn't a nazi.
@@Bigliever "In January 1942, Bandera was transferred to Sachsenhausen concentration camp's special prison cell building (Zellenbau) for high-profile political prisoners such as Horia Sima, the chancellor of Austria, Kurt von Schuschnigg or Stefan Grot-Rowecki"
Educate yourself
I wonder if the presenter finds shaving difficult.
Boooriing Simon..go ask Graham to hook you up with Givi or Motorola batallion. Now THAT would be an awesome dispatch, mhm..
"Comrades,now we're gonna shell Donetsk and then blame Ukraine for it.Let's take group photo near our mortars.Don't forget to glue flag of ukraine to your arm comrade."
I take it Dmitry didnt win it?
6:08 btw, zero national tic parties was able to pass 5% requirement to have seats in the parliament. It was even less nationalistic, than during Yanukovich presidency
Ha. Simon has a balls on his chin.
Ukranian politics is so much more interesting than America politics
3 years later and we now also have a knowen pupit of Putin and insuretionist running in America
На 5:43 и 6:13 один и тот же человек, в военной форме, голосует два раза!!!!!!!
блять ты шо припизжене?)))
Good for them. They should support their own country, not Russia
Blue means money while color yellow is death.
Russian Roulette is back!!! :)
11:20 in 2012, the Svoboda Nazi Party received 37 seats in parliament of Ukraine
*"My condolences to Kremlin propaganda machine for loss of Svoboda in Ukraine election. But sure new bogus threats will be invented."*
*****
Rofl, having nick is having troll name? I guess you are new to the internet.
I hear constantly from the Russian propaganda that Ukrainians are nazi, fascist and Svoboda lovers. When in reality the Kremlin has much more nazis...
*****
Continue living in parallel reality than, or wherever you are right now, but please, don't spread your ''opinions'' around here.
*****
Think of your own comeback's stupid troll. But I doubt you can do it, since you have an IQ on a level of a bread. Have a nice day.
*****
You havent said any meaningful yet, so nothing new...
***** How exactly is having a made up name on UA-cam make you a troll? This isn't fucking Facebook...
I watch vice news while I shit. It's the only thing I will watch while I shit. No exceptions.
does the world population realizes that true democracy is dead? well except for switzerland i guess but still casting your vote what difference does it truly make>?
The newly voted parliament should be very careful about their policies, particularly those that affect the residents of the East. They should always remember that their mandate is not absolute due to the large numbers of people in the East that have been disenfranchised by the violence. If they want to keep the country whole, their policies must not alienate those people who were not able to vote, even if these policies make them unpopular with their supporters. They have a tightrope to walk, and I hope for the sake of Ukraine and the region in general that they can successfully cross it.
I feel like Russia, Ukraine, and the other Slavic countries have a lot of old people in them. Like most of the population is old people lol
Can't people on the comment section argue in a cilivilzaed manner with actual credible sources? It just seems like a lot of bitching and moaning that isn't actually contributing to their opinion at all.
Just saying, people that are respectful in their opinions generally are heard. Manics blurting out shit just sounds immature, and who wants to side with the immature guy yelling non sense.
People on Internet lose their cultural identity, civilized manners and rational thinking - they turn into animals.
Btw, i dont consider myself an exception. Herd instinct
Dat buttchin....
Russia might not like this Time to cut all the gas lines going to ukraine -Putin
Ukraine requires voter ID? Don't tell La Raza.
Is anyone in Ukraine neutral,and sane? Not pro EU or pro Russia.
Its not about being pro EU or pro Russia.
Either you are pro Ukraine or pro Russia
i don't know if anyone from ukraine can be neutral in that situation.
Please explain more if you can
Matthew Sifuentes
who are you talking to?
Edward Bernayse666 Whoever I guess I'd really like to see both of y'alls explanations.
Hey, they made him show ID. Racist.
Dmitry won.