*Corrections 0:10 - I used the word 'any". But then at 4:02 I have stated accurately that the "ban would cover almost ~50% of the import". 0:27 - Kaliningrad is the capital of the Russian province of the same name. Oblast means area, I mistook as name of a province. 1:06 - The name Kaliningrad is not German, its Russian. The German name was Konigsberg. 9:55 - Regarding the declining value of Rubel. Let me explain - Kaliningrad is far away from mainland Russia. Ruble is strong only inside Russia, and so is inflation. Ruble is not tradable anywhere in Europe. That's why Russia is demanding ruble payment, and MANY Western countries are also denying. Kaliningrad cannot use the ruble to buy anything from its nearby European countries. It is now purely dependent on Russian mainland. Plus getting anything from Russia is going to be expensive because of the longer route. So the ruble of Kaliningrad region is dropping. Rest everything is analysis and perspective. And you may have a different perspective depending on which country you live, what your country's interests are and who you are in favor of. Apologies for the mistakes. Thank you.
The price of oil in the rest of the world might be affected by Russian supply...but in the US, it is purely greed of American oil producers and the internal attack on the American middle/lower class. The Russian supply is the scapegoat used to conceal this fact.
You are now a great man. Why? Because you listened to the folks who commented, and apologised for any errors you have made. This is the measure of an honourable person...Furthermore, thank you for the video. Seeing a map, and how NATO has almost surrounded Russia clears things up. I am only interested from an academic perspective. Very interesting what some said about the Danzig question, which started WW2...You could do a video showing how similar the situation then, is so close to what is happening now....Cheers from Australia.
The most Nato forces arrived after Russian agression to Ukraine. They kind of did it to themselves. Just like Finland an Sweden joining Nato. You are treated like you are behaving.
@Zionism is the cancer Of mankind they were deported to GDR, not killed. It was seen as an act of "dealing with Prussian militarism in the form of East-Prussian-Yunkers ideology". After all, I don't think that Germans would have liked the treatment they would have given by Poles....
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the importance of Kaliningrad is quite overstated here. Nucear warheds on icbms are capable to reach every point on the globe. They do not need KG only as a stronghold. Its not isolated, only certain goods are not allowed in. Other items are able to pass the checkpoints.
@@dubya85 The Sakt-Petersburg port operates all year round, I am telling you this as a local resident. There are a lot of icebreakers in Russia, so there are no problems with cleaning the fairway and never have been.
Omission here: Lithuanian independence was granted back in 1991 conditionally, so that ground transit to and fro Kaliningrad will always remain unobstructed. This superseedes any EU or NATO-wide obligations that Lithuania bears. Violation of such condition renders Lithuanian independence null and void. Russia is already about to revoke Lithuanian independence.
Lithuanian was an independent country before WWII - a fact that USSR had acknowledged without contest, yet then broke all treaties and occupied country twice..
@@megamurmulis never such thing as a lithuanian state !!! always been part of Russian ha ha ha in any conflict all baltic areas will be absorbed by Russia ,nato or not is a fact ha ha ha
"The name Kaliningrad itself is German" NOT TRUE! Its German name was Konigsberg. The Soviets changed the name to Kaliningrad! It was the capital of the German province of East Prussia till 1945.
@@krakhedd I don’t understand why so much hate towards people that have a different point of view then the ones that are pushed by the media and governments. Regardless of peoples feelings there is always two sides to a story and there is no reason for any side to be censored. Don’t know how old your are but I’m old enough to remember Cold War times and nobody acted this way. It’s depressing how programmed the average person has become these days instead of thinking and acting for themselves.
@@South_0f_Heaven_ I hate nobody. I flatly reject the validity and especially the legitimacy of anybody whose opinion rejects consideration of their own actions. NATO was always defensive. Russia had no worries except cultural. Putin got scared the fire of Liberty would spread and usurp his power as well as future would-be Tsars. Let alone his wallet, itself fattened by stealing from Russians. Instead, Putin blames everybody, in an attempt to gaslight us all into believing him. Time to wake up, Komrade. The only Nazis are Russian
oblast is an oblast, a province is a province. Oblast starts from the syllables Ob and blast while the province comes from the words pro and vince. How do oblasts roughly become provinces ? why your thinking is different from mine ?
Hi, thank you for the video!! A small correction: "an alarming collapse of the value of ruble"... Theres's no collapse, the ruble is stronger than before the war started. After the rapid depreciation in Feb-Mar, ruble actually bounced. When Lithuania prohibited the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia mainland to Kaliningrad, ruble was pretty strong.
The Ruble isn’t a trade able currency anymore that’s why. And the value of the ruble being too high is actually a bad thing for Russia. Either way it won’t change their economy from declining by -10% this year which is far worse than covid was for them. Even though non western countries like Russia and India lied about their covid cases
@@tylerclayton6081 Sberbank expects at least a 16% contraction in GDP, per a report from about one or two weeks ago. It's semi-apocalyptic, metaphorically speaking
Thank you for your interesting coverage of the Kaliningrad issue. Just one slight correction, that I´d like to add. In fact "Kaliningrad" is not a German name, This city, now part of the Russian Federation, was called "Königsberg" while belonging to the German Empire... Regards from Germany
The VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT IS GOING ON is that in 2004, when Baltic states were joining EU, an agreement was signed that Russia will let Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia be a part of the EU and recognize Lithuanian territorial integrity only if the Baltic states do not intervene in the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad. So, by violating the provisions of the treaty Lithuania risks to lose this guarantee Moreover, the West imposed sanctions on Russia and import from it, but, de-jure, Kaliningrad transit is not an act of import as it is basically Russia-Russia logistic route. So, basically, there is no point in doing what Kithuania is doing even from the juridical point of view.
Hillary-Nato is looking for an excuse to attack Russia, per Victoria Nuland / Robert Kagen Neocon scam for the Original Russian Oligarchs, who got their ill-gotten Russia stolen right out from underneath them by Putin
First, Russia never "let" anyone become part of the EU. Russia does not hold a veto over anyone joining the EU. Secondly, the Soviet Union, in 1993, recognized Lithuania and the issue was NEVER linked to allowing transit through Lithuanian territory. The borders of Lithuania were recognized in 1920 by the Soviet Union. Finally, Russia does NOT guarantee anyone's 'territorial integrity' outside of CSTO members, which Lithuania is not a part of. Russia violates internationally recognized territorial integrity all the time so any such 'guarantee' would be worth toilet paper, much like the Budapest Memorandum Russia signed with Ukraine to exchange nuclear weapons for 'safety'. In 1994 Russia and Lithuania signed an agreement, treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201831/volume-1831-I-31342-English.pdf , on transit rules. You should read it carefully before commenting.
I'd like to mention that Lithuania didn't ban transport of "any" kind of goods to Kaliningrad. They only banned metal, machinery + parts and so on. Basic goods like food and medical supply can still pass.
@Gaelbunny stands with Ukraine in fact Lituania in which from many years there was an anti-russian and nazi propaganda wants to support these nazi ukrainian who expressed openly that russian speaking people of eastern are "untermensch" We remember this charming vocabulary.
Sir is there a beginning of rise of khalistan in Punjab as recently a politician who is open supporter of khalistan won the bypoll elections of lok sabha election.
Wikipedia: "In January 1758, the Russians invaded East Prussia, where the province, almost denuded of troops, put up little opposition.[66] East Prussia had been occupied by Russian forces over the winter and would remain under their control until 1762, although it was far less strategically valuable to Prussia than Brandenburg or Silesia. In any case, Frederick did not see the Russians as an immediate threat and instead entertained hopes of first fighting a decisive battle against Austria that would knock them out of the war. ... As the Prussian armies had dwindled to just 60,000 men and with Berlin itself about to come under siege, the survival of both Prussia and its king was severely threatened. Then on 5 January 1762 the Russian Empress Elizabeth died. Her Prussophile successor, Peter III, at once ended the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania (see: the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)) and mediated Frederick's truce with Sweden." Russian emperor had basically saved Prussia (the heart of future Germany) as such back in 1700-s... Unfortunately, the English article does not give any details. Check out the Russian Wikipedia: "During the Seven Years' War, Russian troops conquered East Prussia, whose citizens (including I. Kant) swore an oath of allegiance to the Russian crown. Until Peter III made peace with Prussia, the governors-general ruled in Königsberg on behalf of the Russian Empress." So, the history of Russian rule over the area starts quite a bit earlier...
I can confirm most of that from my knowledge about it. Here You a well desriebed but short movie clip about it. In this Sweden is very big and enemy to Russia as well as Denmark. The Danes decide to take Skaane back by military force. Its an agreement Russia should help by blocking an swedish navy movements for troops and battles(danes had a big fleet too). The Dames attack and send a message to St. Peterborg for the help. BUT the distance is many days. So at the same time - it wil say before the danish message arrive - the Russiand and Swedes finally after many years of hostalities agree in the dividings there. Its ven worse for Denmark. The attack to take a corner of Denmark back is a treat for passing ships at Helsinore and Copenshagen(hard tax). By that the Dutch trading and passing there too help the Swedes to take back the eatern side of Oersund. By that Denmark can tax any and everybody bsides Denmrk is happy. In next generation its the opposite way around. The Swedes almost take all the leftover Denmark. The Dutch again arrive(By Admiral Opdam) and with their marines, navy and supply vessels help defeat Sweden for having both sides of Oeresund. They also dont want Sweden to have both sides and being taxas again. I wil say Poles which are the Polsh upperclass and Kings has been their own worst enemies. In periods they has a upperclass parlament, whci only could decide if all agreed. By that there was no decidings.
You could have also mentioned that during Khrushchev era, Kaliningrad was offered to Lithuania, just like Crimea to Ukraine, but Lithuania declined the offer. Good video though some minor errors were maid (correction - made :).
if Lithuania took Kaliningrad the majority Russian population wouldn't have voted to join NATO or the EU and would be more aligned with the Russian Federation.
Russia would have complained about treatment of Russian envlave in Lithuanian Konigsburg as a pretext for intervention as has been done repeatedly; Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and there are probably several others.
Lithnuania has not put a general ban on goods entering Kaliningrad. Only those goods are banned that are on the sanctions list. Btw, Kalingrad is the russian name, the german name is Königsberg.
This step is not taken by Lithuania, Lithuania is a Tiny puny nation, who doesn't have any sovereign policy , they're vassal state of USA, whatever USA asked they did that. Without US permission Lithuania can't even fart, USA wants to erupt a major war in Europe to sell more weapons to Europe same as WW2 which made USA a superpower by selling trillions dollars of weapons. So USA wants to revive its economy by inviting WW3 and by selling more weapons and wants to dominate Europe even more. USA is not happy with many European countries like Germany, France, Hungary so US wants to Enhance its shackles in Europe even more.
@@BKumar-hq5uo west has already looted , plundered mass acred India and China for centuries. West is Rich because of looted wealth from India. So west has to pay the price.
@@umbrellacorporation5723 Lithuania is part of the EU. If the EU agrees on sanction all member state will follow the way. It has nothing to do with the USA.
@@MrTryAnotherOne rn EU agrees that transit to Kaliningrad shuld not be disrupted. We'll see how it goes next week. If Lithuania vetoes EU proposal on this matter, umbrella will be correct.
Amit, have always found your videos very well laid-out and informative. The background research is usually well done. However, this one was left me feeling short. There are so many editing issues and background errors. We have sky-high expectations from you Amit. Let me know if some inputs are needed in future. Would love to pitch in.
Hi. Thanks very much for this informative analysis. I am based in South Africa and I can understand the position of Russian-Ukraine conflict that is fueled by American for their personal gain. Keep sharing more of this kind of political videos to us. Shaku MD
The name Kaliningrad in not German. It was renamed after WW2 from Konigsberg. Russia is not hiding nuclear weapons. They openly declared their stationing in this region. And according to Bloomberg, ruble is the best performing currency in 2022. Please try to be more accurate in your reporting.
Explica solo lo que quiere. No todo. La mayor parte de Prusia está en manos polacas que se quedó con Pomerania, Silecia y Gadans también. Rusia solo ocupo un pequeña parte.
integrity in these times is getting increasingly difficult thing to find and harder for one to maintain in these times. Your work seems good, thankful for the clarifications with the corrections, much appreciated.
Nice video. Once correction - "The people of the territory are worried about the collapse of the ruble..." The ruble has been the best performing currency in the world in 2022.
@@amitsengupta01 May I refer you to BRICS ongoing developments on the financial front. I am beginning to understand why Russians are such masters at chess.
@@royshaul2392 I didn't realize iPhones were the only mobile communication device on this planet?!? How will I survive without an iPhone?! Maybe i'll just have to use Huawei, or thousands of other alternatives.
The city was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946 in honor of Soviet revolutionary Mikhail Kalinin. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it has been governed as the administrative centre of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, the westernmost oblast of Russia.Kaliningrad used to be called Königsberg.Hence, Kaliningrad is not a German name as pointed out....
Yes, that is true, Kalinin was a Soviet communist bandit. He signed order in 1940 to execute 20 thousand Polish POW officers in Katyń. They were imprisoned by Soviets after the Polish state was destroyed by Germany and USSR in 1939.
Until year 1703, Kaliningrad or Köningsberg was capital of all West and Central Russia, including Prussia (Preussen) and Germany (Berlin), after this time, from year 1705 St. Petersburg (Petrograd) was restored during 400 year period digging it out out soil smashed forest caused by large Tsunami wave 826 years ago. In year 1705 St. Petersburg became new capital of Central Russia, Berlin became new capital of West Russia or what we also call Prussia (Germany and today part of Poland) and Yekaterinburg became new capital of East Russia . Sweden in Estonian language is Rotsi, Rotsi is dialect name for Russia (Prussia or Preussen). . . Preussen is actually Russia spelled with Latin language, since P in Russian alphabet is spelled R in Latin alphabet, but they were reading Russian language with Latin spelling = Prussia, today's correct spelling is Russia . About 300 years ago, Russia was in fact all of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, most of today Germany, most of Poland, all Baltic States, except for part of Latvia that was a French colony and were using old French language . . . maps of Russia back in 1734 is clearly picturing this fact, also when looking into language and recent history. . Take a look at Kaliningrad (Leningrad or Köningsberg) border with Poland, you can see border is drawn straight, you will quickly see same situation with border between North America and Alaska, both borders are artificial and result of both wars and land being sold for political reasons . Vegard K Emanuelsen, Norway
At 10:00 there's an error: you say that the residents of Kalinigrad are worried about the collapsing value of the ruble, but in fact the ruble bounced back after some weeks and since then it's only becoming stronger.
@@sichere Nobody bought or exchanged the ruble in the past, so in that sense it was always garbage, just like rupee, and all similar national currencies that are used only inside their country!!! But now that it's become stronger, the importers in Russia can bring in the same foreign products with FEWER rubles and the exporters can receive MORE rubles for their products, therefore its stronger value has improved the lives of citizens compared to a collapsed value. Just an example for you; now Russian citizens can have a holiday in a foreign country paying less money than before.
Good presentation but a few errors, Oblast is more or less the same as province, Kaliningrad is a Russian name, the German name is Koninsberg. And Lithuania has stopped rail transit of certain banned goods but not food, gas and humans.
They have stopped all rail service was my understanding. Has Lithuania began moving food and gas and people again? I certainly hope so NATO sucks and everyone knows it. Ukraine is failing and they are DOXXING Russia to no end.
Thank you, I like the way you explain it. I like the illustrations on the map. Keep us posted anything I wanted to add I noticed was already mentioned by previous viewers.
Badenhorst... just a random reply ... to nonsense naval terms... its not a a roll of dice on a risk board game... just quick instinct reaction ice north. Clear port south Basic enough before glub glub ...fishbait
No. Koenigsberg was part of East-Prussia (ie: German). After attacking civilians, and bombing the columns of fleeing civilians, Ruzzia replaced all ethnic Germans, with ethnic Russians, and renamed the city Kaliningrad (not a German word. Koenigsberg is).
Это Калининград. Теперь это российский город. Мы его никогда не отдадим, потому что слишком много было пролито русской крови за эти земли. This is Kaliningrad. Now it is a Russian city. We will never give it up, because too much Russian blood has been shed for these lands.
Actually, both Russia, Poland and Lithuania replaced all ethnic Germans. And before being German-Prussian, it was Prussian, populated by Baltic tribes conquered by the Teutonic Order, which expelled, massacred and finally “germanized” the surviving of them or replaced them with ethnic Germans, so whatever, East Prussia is Russian, Polish and Lithuanian now.
If you go back in history far enough you will find that Germany included much of what is Poland today. Much of Western Ukraine was also part of Poland. So, if we go back far enough in history we kind find periods where the Ukraine never existed and Kiev was a part of Russia. So much for war in Europe and countries having a Casus Belli against other countries. What should we do about Israel hiding its nuclear weapons? Maybe if one of Putin's daughters marries the son of a US president we can have peace for a while?
Next You has to understand the northern parts of Poland, the Baltics and Finland as crusaders land. They crusaders chritianized not only the coast but in deeper. By that and trade it got a very mixted population, where there was the old tribes and many others in a mix up. Its typical to compare with other costlines, where many very different people lives and has a life. Sweden by that christianized Finland all the way toPetersburg and even for a period estonia. Denmark took Estonia and tallin means the town of orby the Danes. Denmark also took away the Svantevit God at Rúgen. The rest was taken or possed by germans but not germany. Half of Latvia was a churh state with a bishop as number one. After that we see the Polish expansion with the Kingdom Poland in center also named as Congres Poland. But Poland also has been in Union and a rulers og Poland. They also has possesed parts You name as polish. Its complicated. And who says new states can be made. Unites States are 48 or something. And we see lies about rights for having a state. Syria and turks blame Kurds for never having an own state. But actually Syria has been no state since 1258 where the Bagdad Khalifat with them too was defeated by the Mongols. So what we see for Kurds, Syrrians,most Iraqiand, palestines there acutally was in the same state for centuries all being Ottomans. The Syria also has no coastline not even in aqaba. They have now.
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There was also a written agreement where Lithuania must provide this corridor to Russia, and sanctions do not apply as this is not export it is movement within Russian territory as it's not received/bought by other countries. Also see with what agreements Lithuania was formed, they may end up just like Ukraine. Fun fact - Lithuania is Belarus and they used to have the same language, check Statutes of Lithuania for example.
they may end up just like Ukraine IF we all let that happen... but that clearly is not the case- the WAR russia started in Ukraine changed a lot, if not everything. Lithuania is a full member of NATO, because of russia´s imperialism. The alliance is expanding and strenghtening itself, to answer putins insane ambitions. Fun fact: the russian identity was born in Kyiv, russians and ukrainians used to be one people, but russians want to restore the USSR while Ukraine wants to be a modern, European coutnry
@@oboldenyboy wow, like NATO doesn’t have nukes 😂you fool. You need to experience the world maybe then you will realise Russia isn’t as strong as you think and you’ll know how much BS your country has fed you
Starts nice, but at the end becomes pretty weird. 9:59 _“alarming collapse of […] the rubel”_ What collapse? The rubel is stronger than before. 10:36 _“how long will Russia be able to hold on to this territory”_ They aren't gonna give up any territory at any time. It's non-sense. By the way, West doesn't isolate K'grad because of causes related to nuclear weapons. It's just their irrational affinity to economic sanctions.
Russia has just defaulted on it's national debt for the first time since 1918. You have to pay your debt in the currency which you borrowed in. Normally $ or €
@@thehighlander959 Russia did not default. The money to pay the debt is there and is left for the recipient to accept it in the currency for which it is available since the Euro and Dollar side of it does not permit it's usage. Simple.
@@thehighlander959 _“Default”_ has a meaning. It means you don't get your money because your partner hasn't it. If your partner has the money to pay you, just he can't, because the bank is corrupt, he's not defaulting. When signing a contract partners make silent assumptions about the given infrastructure, and loss of infrastructure for which a partner isn't responsible isn't taken into account to his disadvantage, as long as he makes reasonable efforts to cope with the problem. That's all true for Russia. Talk about currency stuff is formalistic non-sense that had never been seen essential to contracts since old times. It is just Western lies. Last, but not least, the _external pseudo-default_ has nothing to do with the value of the rubel which just is as it is.
That was an excellent well thought out & presented documentary. I knew nothing of this Kaliningrad or it's history & signifuicance till now. Thank you & subscribed :)
I cannot imagine that Russia has been successfully _hiding_ nukes in Kaliningrad. It's reasonable to assume that NATO was aware of their presence. It would defy logic to assume there were no nukes in Kaliningrad.
Yes Nato knew and knows that Russia is keeping nukes in Kaliningrad, it's something everybody are aware from decades now I don't understand why all of a suddan Kaliningrad is like a surprise NEW territory or something like that, but if you knew a Little about geography and geopolitics you knew that in Kaliningrad due to his perfect stategic position has one of the biggest Russian military base wich include a LOT of super poweful nuke warheads.
I assume that UA-cam remove DOWNVOTE feature just so this kind of shity videos can be served to UA-cam users. This video probably would have 1:50 downvote ration...
great summary. Btw the rubble hasn't collapsed. It has actually strengthen against the dollar! the Sanction imposed by the West has had very limited impact on the Rubble.
Slight correction. Only sanctioned goods are being blocked. Everything else, people and nonsanctioend goods, can still transit between Russia and Lithuania.
Yeah..whenever i see the map ..i always wonder how russia is maintaining this....it's quite hard for russia to maintain this region... definitely now it's new ground...as we can see how strategically it's important
They able to maintain this part of territory because 99% of the population were Ethnic Russians. it's part of the Stalin program after WW2 where USSR forced migrated local germans to East Germany and resettled Ethnic Russians there
The big question that the video didn't cover is what will Russia do about this? Is it going to declare war on Lithuania? Will NATO invoke article 5 in response? Is Russia going to militarily escort their rail transport through Lithuania suppressing all who try and stop it? Is it going to impose some economic response to Lithuania? Or will they just conduct sea operations and essentially cave to NATO which I can't see happening?
@@wolfswinkel8906 Affirmative to question 1 and 2. If EU reverses sanctions for Kaliningrad, it will set a .dangerous precedent and open the floodgates for other nations on Russian goods. Sanctions must not be selective, they must apply across the board.
@@nicholasjolt6200 I don't think it would set a precedent since Lithuania is not buying those goods - merely allowing them to transit to another Russian territory.
@@jamesng7320 The sanctions are the 4th package of EU sanctions which prevent any EU member state importing those goods from Russia hence Lithuanian customs agents complying with the sanctions and seizing the said goods. Those goods must not be allowed into the EU member state, if allowed, those goods will be deemed as imports. If Lithuania is allowed an exemption it will set a dangerous precedent and open the floodgate for other EU member states to allow those good into their respective countries. via imports.
The review turned out, unfortunately, rather superficial, with many errors. From myself I can add why Stalin considered it necessary to annex Koenigsberg to Russia, and not to Poland, for example, as he did with the rest of Prussia. Oddly enough, he considered it quite normal. What would you know, on January 24, 2022, it was 264 years since the inhabitants of Koenigsberg took the oath to the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, daughter of the reformer Tsar Peter the Great. On this day, during the Seven Years' War, East Prussia became part of the Russian Empire as a province for 4 years. By the way, Immanuel Kant was among those who took the oath. He subsequently emphasized his loyalty to the Russian Empress. His letter to Elizaveta Petrovna concerning the competition for the position of an ordinary (full-time) professor of logic and metaphysics has been preserved, in which he declares his desire to faithfully serve the new government.
every day when there is a notification on my UA-cam, I hope it's your video. something new and informative. I watch all your video twice, I wait for others to come. Thank you.
Could you also do video on the implications of the banning of import of Russian gold by the collective West? As far as my understanding goes, it is more of the same, i.e., the West is cutting itself off from a reliable supply of gold and shooting itself in the foot while the BRICS nations are mulling over a resource based common reserve currency. However, I will be the first one to admit, I don't have the full picture.
Believe it or not, the exact economics don't factor in very much into the decision. Look, it's kind of like if Pizza Hut started committing human sacrifices, we would stop eating at Pizza Hut. We would be denying ourselves access to a reliable source of delicious pizza, but on the flipside we wouldn't have to support human sacrifice.
One error, dear Amit, "Kaliningrad" is not the German name of this territory, the German name was "Koenigsberg, the hill of the king". "Kaliningrad" is the Russian name. The "grad" appendix is "city" in Russian; Stalingrad was "Stalin city".
Not only in Rusian language. eg. In Croatia city is also speak as grad. So in this pronouncement Zagreb as capital city in Croatia would be name at same scheme as Zagrebgrad which is same on English language as Zagreb city. In cCroatian Zagreb as pronounced as Grad Zagreb as all cities in country. If we look on Serbian Beograd this mean White city. As you say city is grad literaly.
There is no all-out ban via road and rail. People can still travel to and from KG over land. Only certain goods which have been sanctioned for Russia have been banned, like concrete, steel etc. You are making this into a Russia vs Nato thing which it is not. They are economic sanctions imposed by the EU, to discourage Russia to continue its brutal attempt to take Ukraine by force. Lithuania did not decide only now to implement the sanctions, they were meant to go into effect some time after issuing.
The Western Powers were given South Korea and South Vietnam, at Pottsdam. Did you notice any conflicts there? The US appears to wish it had more Colonies, like Iran.....
NATO makes no moves, they are tentacles of the US and to a lesser extent Britain. Look at what's happening to the US, look at the debt, look at the internal state of affairs. I know which country I'd be backing if they were personified in a fight.
Russia has planned so far ahead they can't keep up with the here and now lol Kleptocrats always plan to steal everything and make it easier on the dreaded evil western enemies 😅 what a plan indeed!
@@MrHuddo Yeah, NATO makes no moves and Russia still cant keep up thats the funny part ding dong Anyone straight up saying a country's debt is a bad thing doesnt know how economies works which is the overwhelming majority of people If they were personified i would pick the US because unlike Russia's national debt, the US can actually pay it back in USD and it has a stable economy to do so If you root for Russia, you are brain dead no matter how you look at it Military, economy or politics, Russia lacks all of it and is doomed to crumble simply because of an absolute imbecile living in the past glory of the USSR
There is no ban on road and rail. People and goods are free to take a train. Just not restricted goods. No one really cares about Kaliningrad, but they care about Ukraine. If Putin pulls his troops from Ukraine, the EU will stop trade bans. It's that simple.
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btw, the Ruble did not weaken except for the first 2 weeks following Ukraine. In fact, the ruble has been the strongest global currency this year & it is at 53.40 today.
The entire russian economy iscollapsing. The entire russian army is a hollow shell. They are throwing obselete T62 tanks mmanned by retired officers into the battlespace. All they have left is artilllery.
@@lawrencepryor1309 I keep hearing all this dire news about Russia but the ground reality is the opposite. Some people win the social media war, others the real one. It is highly unlikely that the Russian economy will collapse... it is just in the process of being Asianized.
Good geographical presentation, but you did not mention the treaties in place allowing transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad. The is not Russia exporting to another country, but Russia sending goods and supplies to an extra-territorial part of Russia. This is a different situation than the rest of the sanctions on Russian goods exported to other countries, or Russian airliners flying over foreign airspace.
They have access. The only they can't ship through NATO territory are the things placed in sanctions. All agreements made in the treaty are still being kept.
@@charlyf9521 you mean Lithuania can react against Russia in the way that have done, over Russia's action in Ukraine? That's s good one. Then Russia can retaliate against the US over their illegal attacks on Iraq, or Syria, or, Libya, or Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba... Sorry, too many to count. And not just Russia, anyone can attack any NATO country for, say, their unprovoked attack on Yugoslavia alone. the world will truly become an interesting place.
@@venkats0iitk sure let the Russians retaliate against the US if that makes you happy. No need to annexe another nation and kill civilians though is there? Why would the actions of a nation justify the attack on a completely different one
Sir I love your video but I have a request could you increase the quality of sound ,it is fine when I use headphones but when I listen this video on speaker then it is low. Thank you for the videos
You forgot to mention that when the Soviet Union collapsed, they offered Kaliningrad to Poland and Lithuania. They say no, as there there where 'too many Russians' living there. So it remained part of Russia. Now the Poles and Lithuanians recently bitched that it should not have stayed Russian.
"sovereign" countries that made a choice to join the EU, an agreement, rules and regulations to act in a unified manner, any member of the EU who wants to leave, can do so ....none are being forced ... you might check out that > " benefits of eu membership " < all the perks of membership
I laughed for a very long time... I didn't know that my Kaliningrad had its own independent economy and its own ruble exchange rate. I will recommend this video to my friends and acquaintances in Kaliningrad, let them laugh too.
The 🌎 geopolitics is shaping in ways that could not have been imagined, now the focus is near Kaliningrad. Except for weapons & pharmaceuticals all the other sectors of the global economy will face disruptions. We clearly don’t how long can the ageing population of Europe could sustain such war & will there be any spill over effects as the years pass by.
Stalin didn't just keep the area because it was a Baltic port, it also has almost all the world's amber and was allegedly the seat of Prussian militarism. Also, it's commonly referred to as an exclave (and the few remaining Hanseatic-style houses there were constructed in the 1990s financed by a Russian oligarch, and the locals there [many of whom are Russian retirees because they get tax breaks and enjoy the mild weather] themselves call the city "Koenig").
I could see where Kaliningrad may be an asset and a liability. While it gives Russian further reach into Europe it is also a no contagious territory that may be easily cut off. What are the Russia plans as the winter starts to freeze the Baltic? How long would it take for NATO tanks to reach the nukes? The American took the Philippines in the late 1800s, however, they later found out that hey were not defendable against a Japanese attack. The citizens of this territory must understand they are expendable.
With climate change it is freezing less and less. And when you look at the pressure Russia is under at Crimea, it's only warm water deep water sea port, bothust be considered crucial to Russia's economic survival.
Kaliningrad is part of the Kaliningrad Oblast. Oblast means province. It is not part of the Oblast province. When a video starts with such a fundamental error, we can assume that the rest is also not thoroughly researched.
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1. Germany didn't fight Soviet Union, Nazi Germany or Third Reich did. Important distinction. 2. Kalilingrad is both a name for the province and the city in that province. It's not part of Russia, it _is_ Russia in the same way Hawaii and Alaska are United States but Puerto Rico is part of United States. Important distinction. I don't see the argument for Kalilingrad to "fall out of Russia's hands". It makes no sense, just because it's an exclave it doesn't make it any less of Russian territory. Any attack on Kaliningrad would be equal to an attack of Moscow in the same way Alaska can't just fall out of America's hands.
The word you are looking for is contiguous. West coast of USA is far from any hostility. If arctic heats up it it will change. That could happen. But we are not there yet.
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0:10 - I used the word 'any". But then at 4:02 I have stated accurately that the "ban would cover almost ~50% of the import".
0:27 - Kaliningrad is the capital of the Russian province of the same name. Oblast means area, I mistook as name of a province.
1:06 - The name Kaliningrad is not German, its Russian. The German name was Konigsberg.
9:55 - Regarding the declining value of Rubel. Let me explain - Kaliningrad is far away from mainland Russia. Ruble is strong only inside Russia, and so is inflation. Ruble is not tradable anywhere in Europe. That's why Russia is demanding ruble payment, and MANY Western countries are also denying. Kaliningrad cannot use the ruble to buy anything from its nearby European countries. It is now purely dependent on Russian mainland. Plus getting anything from Russia is going to be expensive because of the longer route. So the ruble of Kaliningrad region is dropping.
Rest everything is analysis and perspective. And you may have a different perspective depending on which country you live, what your country's interests are and who you are in favor of.
Apologies for the mistakes. Thank you.
The price of oil in the rest of the world might be affected by Russian supply...but in the US, it is purely greed of American oil producers and the internal attack on the American middle/lower class. The Russian supply is the scapegoat used to conceal this fact.
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Say it ain't so Joe
You are now a great man. Why? Because you listened to the folks who commented, and apologised for any errors you have made. This is the measure of an honourable person...Furthermore, thank you for the video. Seeing a map, and how NATO has almost surrounded Russia clears things up. I am only interested from an academic perspective. Very interesting what some said about the Danzig question, which started WW2...You could do a video showing how similar the situation then, is so close to what is happening now....Cheers from Australia.
The most Nato forces arrived after Russian agression to Ukraine.
They kind of did it to themselves. Just like Finland an Sweden joining Nato.
You are treated like you are behaving.
where was prussia?
Kaliningrad is a Russian name, not German. It was named for Mikhail Kalinin. Its previous name when it was part of Germany (pre-1946) was Koenigsberg.
*Königsberg
@Zionism is the cancer Of mankind No they were evacuated by Germans before soviets occupation
Koenigsberg and all of Poland’s coastline used to be part of Prussia. Germany lost all those lands after WWI and WWII.
@Zionism is the cancer Of mankind , they left the country for fear of Russia's repercussions. Koenigsberg was destroyed by British air bombers
@Zionism is the cancer Of mankind they were deported to GDR, not killed. It was seen as an act of "dealing with Prussian militarism in the form of East-Prussian-Yunkers ideology". After all, I don't think that Germans would have liked the treatment they would have given by Poles....
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the importance of Kaliningrad is quite overstated here. Nucear warheds on icbms are capable to reach every point on the globe. They do not need KG only as a stronghold. Its not isolated, only certain goods are not allowed in. Other items are able to pass the checkpoints.
It is a human rights violation as per UN. It is Russian goods being delivered to Russian people.
In nuclear war, yes, KG is not needed. Until then this would be needed for conventional war.
"50% of the items that Kaliningrad imports" is NOT the same as "any kind of good that is going to enter the city of Kaliningrad"
its important also because its an all year round ice free port unlike st petersburg
@@dubya85 The Sakt-Petersburg port operates all year round, I am telling you this as a local resident. There are a lot of icebreakers in Russia, so there are no problems with cleaning the fairway and never have been.
Omission here: Lithuanian independence was granted back in 1991 conditionally, so that ground transit to and fro Kaliningrad will always remain unobstructed. This superseedes any EU or NATO-wide obligations that Lithuania bears. Violation of such condition renders Lithuanian independence null and void. Russia is already about to revoke Lithuanian independence.
Lithuanian was an independent country before WWII - a fact that USSR had acknowledged without contest, yet then broke all treaties and occupied country twice..
@@megamurmulis Interesting thanks
Perhaps 3 times is the charm …🤣
@@megamurmulis never such thing as a lithuanian state !!! always been part of Russian ha ha ha in any conflict all baltic areas will be absorbed by Russia ,nato or not is a fact ha ha ha
@@riksim4242 I guess you forgot how polish-lithuanian commonwealth took moscow?
"The name Kaliningrad itself is German" NOT TRUE! Its German name was Konigsberg. The Soviets changed the name to Kaliningrad! It was the capital of the German province of East Prussia till 1945.
This is the 2nd of this channel's videos I've watched. The first one was ridiculously pro-Russian. I think this lad has been bought & paid for
@@krakhedd yes I have seen the pictures of him standing next to Putin with loving eyes.
@@South_0f_Heaven_ I haven't seen that, but, sure guy 👍
@@krakhedd I don’t understand why so much hate towards people that have a different point of view then the ones that are pushed by the media and governments.
Regardless of peoples feelings there is always two sides to a story and there is no reason for any side to be censored.
Don’t know how old your are but I’m old enough to remember Cold War times and nobody acted this way. It’s depressing how programmed the average person has become these days instead of thinking and acting for themselves.
@@South_0f_Heaven_ I hate nobody. I flatly reject the validity and especially the legitimacy of anybody whose opinion rejects consideration of their own actions.
NATO was always defensive. Russia had no worries except cultural. Putin got scared the fire of Liberty would spread and usurp his power as well as future would-be Tsars. Let alone his wallet, itself fattened by stealing from Russians.
Instead, Putin blames everybody, in an attempt to gaslight us all into believing him.
Time to wake up, Komrade. The only Nazis are Russian
Oblast roughly means province. So, it is NOT part of '"oblast province" .. IT IS AN OBLAST, KILININGRAD OBLAST/PROVINCE.
oblast is an oblast, a province is a province. Oblast starts from the syllables Ob and blast while the province comes from the words pro and vince. How do oblasts roughly become provinces ? why your thinking is different from mine ?
We are all learning since 24 Feb. 2022
@@mr.gunawan1971 you are something else 😂
@@mr.gunawan1971 its same word in different leanguages smartass what are u talkin about.
Hi, thank you for the video!! A small correction: "an alarming collapse of the value of ruble"... Theres's no collapse, the ruble is stronger than before the war started. After the rapid depreciation in Feb-Mar, ruble actually bounced. When Lithuania prohibited the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia mainland to Kaliningrad, ruble was pretty strong.
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search him. , INSIDE RUSSIA
The Ruble isn’t a trade able currency anymore that’s why. And the value of the ruble being too high is actually a bad thing for Russia. Either way it won’t change their economy from declining by -10% this year which is far worse than covid was for them. Even though non western countries like Russia and India lied about their covid cases
No it's artificial dude inflation still there Sadly
@@polarbear7 There is nothing sad about it. Russia deserves this for trying to annex another country. It’s all Putin’s fault
@@tylerclayton6081 Sberbank expects at least a 16% contraction in GDP, per a report from about one or two weeks ago. It's semi-apocalyptic, metaphorically speaking
That was wonderfully presented and informative thank you Amit
Thank you for your interesting coverage of the Kaliningrad issue. Just one slight correction, that I´d like to add. In fact "Kaliningrad" is not a German name, This city, now part of the Russian Federation, was called "Königsberg" while belonging to the German Empire... Regards from Germany
The VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT IS GOING ON is that in 2004, when Baltic states were joining EU, an agreement was signed that Russia will let Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia be a part of the EU and recognize Lithuanian territorial integrity only if the Baltic states do not intervene in the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad. So, by violating the provisions of the treaty Lithuania risks to lose this guarantee
Moreover, the West imposed sanctions on Russia and import from it, but, de-jure, Kaliningrad transit is not an act of import as it is basically Russia-Russia logistic route. So, basically, there is no point in doing what Kithuania is doing even from the juridical point of view.
Hillary-Nato is looking for an excuse to attack Russia, per Victoria Nuland / Robert Kagen Neocon scam for the Original Russian Oligarchs, who got their ill-gotten Russia stolen right out from underneath them by Putin
lol. So, we are going to get a northern front to this war now?
Putin doesn't seem to honor international agreements, so it's time to stop complaining about the results of Russias bad choices.
@@williewonka6694 which international agreements has Russia failed to honour, please?
First, Russia never "let" anyone become part of the EU. Russia does not hold a veto over anyone joining the EU. Secondly, the Soviet Union, in 1993, recognized Lithuania and the issue was NEVER linked to allowing transit through Lithuanian territory. The borders of Lithuania were recognized in 1920 by the Soviet Union. Finally, Russia does NOT guarantee anyone's 'territorial integrity' outside of CSTO members, which Lithuania is not a part of. Russia violates internationally recognized territorial integrity all the time so any such 'guarantee' would be worth toilet paper, much like the Budapest Memorandum Russia signed with Ukraine to exchange nuclear weapons for 'safety'. In 1994 Russia and Lithuania signed an agreement, treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201831/volume-1831-I-31342-English.pdf , on transit rules. You should read it carefully before commenting.
I'd like to mention that Lithuania didn't ban transport of "any" kind of goods to Kaliningrad. They only banned metal, machinery + parts and so on. Basic goods like food and medical supply can still pass.
You do understand though that there is a wide variety of goods falling under the machinery-parts, construction material and metal yes?
@@joek600 Do you understand is doesn't mean any kind goods , yes?
@Gaelbunny stands with Ukraine in fact Lituania in which from many years there was an anti-russian and nazi propaganda wants to support these nazi ukrainian who expressed openly that russian speaking people of eastern are "untermensch" We remember this charming vocabulary.
I was just about to say that.
@Gaelbunny stands with Ukraine whose law?
Sir is there a beginning of rise of khalistan in Punjab as recently a politician who is open supporter of khalistan won the bypoll elections of lok sabha election.
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They Pakistani from Punjab province of Pakistan...
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Wikipedia: "In January 1758, the Russians invaded East Prussia, where the province, almost denuded of troops, put up little opposition.[66] East Prussia had been occupied by Russian forces over the winter and would remain under their control until 1762, although it was far less strategically valuable to Prussia than Brandenburg or Silesia. In any case, Frederick did not see the Russians as an immediate threat and instead entertained hopes of first fighting a decisive battle against Austria that would knock them out of the war. ...
As the Prussian armies had dwindled to just 60,000 men and with Berlin itself about to come under siege, the survival of both Prussia and its king was severely threatened. Then on 5 January 1762 the Russian Empress Elizabeth died. Her Prussophile successor, Peter III, at once ended the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania (see: the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)) and mediated Frederick's truce with Sweden." Russian emperor had basically saved Prussia (the heart of future Germany) as such back in 1700-s...
Unfortunately, the English article does not give any details. Check out the Russian Wikipedia: "During the Seven Years' War, Russian troops conquered East Prussia, whose citizens (including I. Kant) swore an oath of allegiance to the Russian crown. Until Peter III made peace with Prussia, the governors-general ruled in Königsberg on behalf of the Russian Empress."
So, the history of Russian rule over the area starts quite a bit earlier...
I can confirm most of that from my knowledge about it. Here You a well desriebed but short movie clip about it.
In this Sweden is very big and enemy to Russia as well as Denmark.
The Danes decide to take Skaane back by military force. Its an agreement Russia should help by blocking an swedish navy movements for troops and battles(danes had a big fleet too).
The Dames attack and send a message to St. Peterborg for the help. BUT the distance is many days. So at the same time - it wil say before the danish message arrive - the Russiand and Swedes finally after many years of hostalities agree in the dividings there.
Its ven worse for Denmark. The attack to take a corner of Denmark back is a treat for passing ships at Helsinore and Copenshagen(hard tax). By that the Dutch trading and passing there too help the Swedes to take back the eatern side of Oersund.
By that Denmark can tax any and everybody bsides Denmrk is happy.
In next generation its the opposite way around. The Swedes almost take all the leftover Denmark. The Dutch again arrive(By Admiral Opdam) and with their marines, navy and supply vessels help defeat Sweden for having both sides of Oeresund. They also dont want Sweden to have both sides and being taxas again.
I wil say Poles which are the Polsh upperclass and Kings has been their own worst enemies. In periods they has a upperclass parlament, whci only could decide if all agreed. By that there was no decidings.
Very informative and entertaining. I appreciate you correcting yourself in your pinned comment, too. Liked!
You could have also mentioned that during Khrushchev era, Kaliningrad was offered to Lithuania, just like Crimea to Ukraine, but Lithuania declined the offer. Good video though some minor errors were maid (correction - made :).
Made...
He could also have sampled The Beastie Boys' Sabotage music video too., but how would that improve the video essay?
if Lithuania took Kaliningrad the majority Russian population wouldn't have voted to join NATO or the EU and would be more aligned with the Russian Federation.
Russia would have complained about treatment of Russian envlave in Lithuanian Konigsburg as a pretext for intervention as has been done repeatedly; Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and there are probably several others.
That was Köningsberg, not Kaliningrad
Lithnuania has not put a general ban on goods entering Kaliningrad.
Only those goods are banned that are on the sanctions list.
Btw, Kalingrad is the russian name, the german name is Königsberg.
This step is not taken by Lithuania, Lithuania is a Tiny puny nation, who doesn't have any sovereign policy , they're vassal state of USA, whatever USA asked they did that.
Without US permission Lithuania can't even fart, USA wants to erupt a major war in Europe to sell more weapons to Europe same as WW2 which made USA a superpower by selling trillions dollars of weapons.
So USA wants to revive its economy by inviting WW3 and by selling more weapons and wants to dominate Europe even more.
USA is not happy with many European countries like Germany, France, Hungary so US wants to Enhance its shackles in Europe even more.
@@BKumar-hq5uo west has already looted , plundered mass acred India and China for centuries.
West is Rich because of looted wealth from India. So west has to pay the price.
@@umbrellacorporation5723 Lithuania is part of the EU. If the EU agrees on sanction all member state will follow the way. It has nothing to do with the USA.
@@MrTryAnotherOne yet eu members break sanctions all the time lol the delusion of you eu people is funny
@@MrTryAnotherOne rn EU agrees that transit to Kaliningrad shuld not be disrupted. We'll see how it goes next week. If Lithuania vetoes EU proposal on this matter, umbrella will be correct.
Amit, have always found your videos very well laid-out and informative. The background research is usually well done. However, this one was left me feeling short. There are so many editing issues and background errors.
We have sky-high expectations from you Amit. Let me know if some inputs are needed in future. Would love to pitch in.
Please expand on some of the errors please
Explain the errors
Except for Kaliningrad obviously being russian name, I haven't found any other mistakes, so would like to see what I missed
This was not, as Amit says, an implementation of trade sanctions (since K-grad is already Russia). It's a violation of an agreement to allow transit.
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Amit, I send warm greetings from central Poland. I was in India few ties and I feel special sympathy to India and her people.
The name Kaliningrad in not German. It was renamed after WW2 from Konigsberg. Russia is not hiding nuclear weapons. They openly declared their stationing in this region. And according to Bloomberg, ruble is the best performing currency in 2022. Please try to be more accurate in your reporting.
Exactly
Brilliantly narrated and explained so much! Thank you.😊
Explica solo lo que quiere. No todo.
La mayor parte de Prusia está en manos polacas que se quedó con Pomerania, Silecia y Gadans también.
Rusia solo ocupo un pequeña parte.
I served in that area in army a few years ago.
Captain used to say: all around us enemy and sea we cant run only fight.
I love how the whole comment section has turned into a history class.
integrity in these times is getting increasingly difficult thing to find and harder for one to maintain in these times. Your work seems good, thankful for the clarifications with the corrections, much appreciated.
All his sources are western and his bias shines through.
@@heinzriemann3213 How does that relate to this vid ?
It had its effect of disinformation already. The notes afterwards don't reach most of the people
I am Lithuanian, and I must congratulate you on pronouncing the names of cities and railway stations incredibly accurately! Consider me impressed!
Wow! A white European is impressed with our use of their language.
Nice video. Once correction - "The people of the territory are worried about the collapse of the ruble..." The ruble has been the best performing currency in the world in 2022.
But they can't use it to buy things from nearby countries. They have to be solely dependent on mainland Russia.
@@amitsengupta01 May I refer you to BRICS ongoing developments on the financial front. I am beginning to understand why Russians are such masters at chess.
Try to buy an Iphone with roubles lol
@@royshaul2392 I didn't realize iPhones were the only mobile communication device on this planet?!? How will I survive without an iPhone?! Maybe i'll just have to use Huawei, or thousands of other alternatives.
@@royshaul2392 Silly, there are so many Chinese , Korean HP out there better and cheaper, who needs an overpriced Iphone? WAKE UP!
Wow this was so good thanks 👍🏽 well done 🙏🏽
The city was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946 in honor of Soviet revolutionary Mikhail Kalinin. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it has been governed as the administrative centre of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, the westernmost oblast of Russia.Kaliningrad used to be called Königsberg.Hence, Kaliningrad is not a German name as pointed out....
Kalinin played the role of Stalin's puppet. Nothing else.
Yes, that is true, Kalinin was a Soviet communist bandit. He signed order in 1940 to execute 20 thousand Polish POW officers in Katyń. They were imprisoned by Soviets after the Polish state was destroyed by Germany and USSR in 1939.
Until year 1703, Kaliningrad or Köningsberg was capital of all West and Central Russia, including Prussia (Preussen) and Germany (Berlin), after this time, from year 1705 St. Petersburg (Petrograd) was restored during 400 year period digging it out out soil smashed forest caused by large Tsunami wave 826 years ago. In year 1705 St. Petersburg became new capital of Central Russia, Berlin became new capital of West Russia or what we also call Prussia (Germany and today part of Poland) and Yekaterinburg became new capital of East Russia
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Sweden in Estonian language is Rotsi, Rotsi is dialect name for Russia (Prussia or Preussen). . . Preussen is actually Russia spelled with Latin language, since P in Russian alphabet is spelled R in Latin alphabet, but they were reading Russian language with Latin spelling = Prussia, today's correct spelling is Russia
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About 300 years ago, Russia was in fact all of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, most of today Germany, most of Poland, all Baltic States, except for part of Latvia that was a French colony and were using old French language . . . maps of Russia back in 1734 is clearly picturing this fact, also when looking into language and recent history.
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Take a look at Kaliningrad (Leningrad or Köningsberg) border with Poland, you can see border is drawn straight, you will quickly see same situation with border between North America and Alaska, both borders are artificial and result of both wars and land being sold for political reasons
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At 10:00 there's an error: you say that the residents of Kalinigrad are worried about the collapsing value of the ruble, but in fact the ruble bounced back after some weeks and since then it's only becoming stronger.
You can't buy them, you can't exchange them, so the value of the ruble is garbage.
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@@sichere Nobody bought or exchanged the ruble in the past, so in that sense it was always garbage, just like rupee, and all similar national currencies that are used only inside their country!!! But now that it's become stronger, the importers in Russia can bring in the same foreign products with FEWER rubles and the exporters can receive MORE rubles for their products, therefore its stronger value has improved the lives of citizens compared to a collapsed value. Just an example for you; now Russian citizens can have a holiday in a foreign country paying less money than before.
@@learning7140 It's worthless.
@Yasha erm no, some EU countries are buying Rubles and paying for gas with them, same with China, India, Middle east, Africa....
Good presentation but a few errors, Oblast is more or less the same as province, Kaliningrad is a Russian name, the German name is Koninsberg. And Lithuania has stopped rail transit of certain banned goods but not food, gas and humans.
Few errors? No, too many!!!!
I have a feeling Koninsberg would be Danish for rabbit-hill... Königsberg?
Thumbs down for the video. He's just making it up as he goes along?
Making it up?
No it’s fairly accurate.
The United States of Isr3al is dixxing Russia 6 ways from Sunday.
They have stopped all rail service was my understanding. Has Lithuania began moving food and gas and people again? I certainly hope so NATO sucks and everyone knows it. Ukraine is failing and they are DOXXING Russia to no end.
The tricky pronunciations are on point. Very well done!
Excellent presentation! Thank you so much. You are the best❣️✌️
Thank you, I like the way you explain it. I like the illustrations on the map. Keep us posted anything I wanted to add I noticed was already mentioned by previous viewers.
Badenhorst... just a random reply ... to nonsense naval terms... its not a a roll of dice on a risk board game... just quick instinct reaction ice north. Clear port south
Basic enough before glub glub ...fishbait
small correction, Kaliningrad is the Russian name of the city, not its German name. That would have been Königsberg.
No. Koenigsberg was part of East-Prussia (ie: German). After attacking civilians, and bombing the columns of fleeing civilians, Ruzzia replaced all ethnic Germans, with ethnic Russians, and renamed the city Kaliningrad (not a German word. Koenigsberg is).
Это Калининград. Теперь это российский город. Мы его никогда не отдадим, потому что слишком много было пролито русской крови за эти земли.
This is Kaliningrad. Now it is a Russian city. We will never give it up, because too much Russian blood has been shed for these lands.
He has corrected his mistakes if you took the time to read… 2 days before your comment. Ofcourse you can do a better job yeah?!.
Germans killed 20 million civilians in Russia. Now, they are once again at it. Supporting US Fascists and Ukronazis. The lesson must be repeated.
Actually, both Russia, Poland and Lithuania replaced all ethnic Germans. And before being German-Prussian, it was Prussian, populated by Baltic tribes conquered by the Teutonic Order, which expelled, massacred and finally “germanized” the surviving of them or replaced them with ethnic Germans, so whatever, East Prussia is Russian, Polish and Lithuanian now.
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If you go back in history far enough you will find that Germany included much of what is Poland today. Much of Western Ukraine was also part of Poland. So, if we go back far enough in history we kind find periods where the Ukraine never existed and Kiev was a part of Russia. So much for war in Europe and countries having a Casus Belli against other countries. What should we do about Israel hiding its nuclear weapons? Maybe if one of Putin's daughters marries the son of a US president we can have peace for a while?
Can you see Hunter Biden married to Putin’s doctor daughter? They both seem to be party people.
Next You has to understand the northern parts of Poland, the Baltics and Finland as crusaders land. They crusaders chritianized not only the coast but in deeper. By that and trade it got a very mixted population, where there was the old tribes and many others in a mix up.
Its typical to compare with other costlines, where many very different people lives and has a life. Sweden by that christianized Finland all the way toPetersburg and even for a period estonia.
Denmark took Estonia and tallin means the town of orby the Danes. Denmark also took away the Svantevit God at Rúgen.
The rest was taken or possed by germans but not germany. Half of Latvia was a churh state with a bishop as number one.
After that we see the Polish expansion with the Kingdom Poland in center also named as Congres Poland. But Poland also has been in Union and a rulers og Poland. They also has possesed parts You name as polish.
Its complicated.
And who says new states can be made. Unites States are 48 or something. And we see lies about rights for having a state. Syria and turks blame Kurds for never having an own state.
But actually Syria has been no state since 1258 where the Bagdad Khalifat with them too was defeated by the Mongols.
So what we see for Kurds, Syrrians,most Iraqiand, palestines there acutally was in the same state for centuries all being Ottomans. The Syria also has no coastline not even in aqaba. They have now.
Truth be told!
It's not the nineteenth century now
Marriage not possible Putins daughters are Well educated well behaved. Biden son is a joke putting shame on father.
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There was also a written agreement where Lithuania must provide this corridor to Russia, and sanctions do not apply as this is not export it is movement within Russian territory as it's not received/bought by other countries. Also see with what agreements Lithuania was formed, they may end up just like Ukraine. Fun fact - Lithuania is Belarus and they used to have the same language, check Statutes of Lithuania for example.
they may end up just like Ukraine
IF we all let that happen... but that clearly is not the case- the WAR russia started in Ukraine changed a lot, if not everything.
Lithuania is a full member of NATO, because of russia´s imperialism. The alliance is expanding and strenghtening itself, to answer putins insane ambitions.
Fun fact: the russian identity was born in Kyiv, russians and ukrainians used to be one people, but russians want to restore the USSR while Ukraine wants to be a modern, European coutnry
NATO so far outmatches Russia, it’s not even close. If anything, Russia would end up like Ukraine.
@@lethalizz этого не произойдёт. Если такое случиться, то вы будете жить в ядерных пустошах
@@oboldenyboy lol go cry
@@oboldenyboy wow, like NATO doesn’t have nukes 😂you fool. You need to experience the world maybe then you will realise Russia isn’t as strong as you think and you’ll know how much BS your country has fed you
Very interesting and in depth information 👍
Really enjoyed watching this, Very very good and very well Explains 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Starts nice, but at the end becomes pretty weird. 9:59 _“alarming collapse of […] the rubel”_ What collapse? The rubel is stronger than before. 10:36 _“how long will Russia be able to hold on to this territory”_ They aren't gonna give up any territory at any time. It's non-sense. By the way, West doesn't isolate K'grad because of causes related to nuclear weapons. It's just their irrational affinity to economic sanctions.
100% agree. I can't believe all the false information this guy is saying in this video.
Russia has just defaulted on it's national debt for the first time since 1918. You have to pay your debt in the currency which you borrowed in. Normally $ or €
@@thehighlander959 Russia did not default. The money to pay the debt is there and is left for the recipient to accept it in the currency for which it is available since the Euro and Dollar side of it does not permit it's usage. Simple.
@@thehighlander959 _“Default”_ has a meaning. It means you don't get your money because your partner hasn't it. If your partner has the money to pay you, just he can't, because the bank is corrupt, he's not defaulting. When signing a contract partners make silent assumptions about the given infrastructure, and loss of infrastructure for which a partner isn't responsible isn't taken into account to his disadvantage, as long as he makes reasonable efforts to cope with the problem. That's all true for Russia. Talk about currency stuff is formalistic non-sense that had never been seen essential to contracts since old times. It is just Western lies. Last, but not least, the _external pseudo-default_ has nothing to do with the value of the rubel which just is as it is.
Once again, thank you, Sir for the educational video. Much respect & appreciation.
That was an excellent well thought out & presented documentary. I knew nothing of this Kaliningrad or it's history & signifuicance till now. Thank you & subscribed :)
I cannot imagine that Russia has been successfully _hiding_ nukes in Kaliningrad. It's reasonable to assume that NATO was aware of their presence. It would defy logic to assume there were no nukes in Kaliningrad.
Yes Nato knew and knows that Russia is keeping nukes in Kaliningrad, it's something everybody are aware from decades now I don't understand why all of a suddan Kaliningrad is like a surprise NEW territory or something like that, but if you knew a Little about geography and geopolitics you knew that in Kaliningrad due to his perfect stategic position has one of the biggest Russian military base wich include a LOT of super poweful nuke warheads.
Correct
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Indeed, and there’s a good chance NATO has the gear in place to destroy most of it if they want to launch any.
@@zarjesve2 ha ha ha
great summary. Btw the rubble hasn't collapsed. It has actually strengthen against the dollar! the Sanction imposed by the West has had very limited impact on the Rubble.
Rubble is worth nothing 🤣🤣
Thank you Sir. For the educational
Videos well done!!
Lots respect I appreciate!!👍
Your videos are very informative. Appreciate your effort. Keep up the great work
Slight correction. Only sanctioned goods are being blocked. Everything else, people and nonsanctioend goods, can still transit between Russia and Lithuania.
That's a catch leave a corridor open just in case Russia retaliates then you cut off the rest.
Very informative, and easy to understand
Great Job. Thank you for the update.. Uk
Kaliningrad is very close to Baltic sea you said...
Lol... it's on the Baltic sea coast !
Yeah..whenever i see the map ..i always wonder how russia is maintaining this....it's quite hard for russia to maintain this region...
definitely now it's new ground...as we can see how strategically it's important
Because Lithuania didn’t wanted it
Before the war it was easy: railways, highways, airports/planes, ships. Basically like any other city.
...russia is mantaining this with an iron hand. 🙂
many countries maintain and control lands on other continents. Just saying hehe
They able to maintain this part of territory because 99% of the population were Ethnic Russians. it's part of the Stalin program after WW2 where USSR forced migrated local germans to East Germany and resettled Ethnic Russians there
The big question that the video didn't cover is what will Russia do about this? Is it going to declare war on Lithuania? Will NATO invoke article 5 in response? Is Russia going to militarily escort their rail transport through Lithuania suppressing all who try and stop it? Is it going to impose some economic response to Lithuania? Or will they just conduct sea operations and essentially cave to NATO which I can't see happening?
Russia have said there is no diplomatic solution to this issue. So war will likely start
Good questions. Let's hope the EU understands how dangerous it has become and call their little pup to order.
@@wolfswinkel8906 Affirmative to question 1 and 2. If EU reverses sanctions for Kaliningrad, it will set a .dangerous precedent and open the floodgates for other nations on Russian goods. Sanctions must not be selective, they must apply across the board.
@@nicholasjolt6200 I don't think it would set a precedent since Lithuania is not buying those goods - merely allowing them to transit to another Russian territory.
@@jamesng7320 The sanctions are the 4th package of EU sanctions which prevent any EU member state importing those goods from Russia hence Lithuanian customs agents complying with the sanctions and seizing the said goods. Those goods must not be allowed into the EU member state, if allowed, those goods will be deemed as imports. If Lithuania is allowed an exemption it will set a dangerous precedent and open the floodgate for other EU member states to allow those good into their respective countries. via imports.
The review turned out, unfortunately, rather superficial, with many errors. From myself I can add why Stalin considered it necessary to annex Koenigsberg to Russia, and not to Poland, for example, as he did with the rest of Prussia. Oddly enough, he considered it quite normal. What would you know, on January 24, 2022, it was 264 years since the inhabitants of Koenigsberg took the oath to the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, daughter of the reformer Tsar Peter the Great. On this day, during the Seven Years' War, East Prussia became part of the Russian Empire as a province for 4 years. By the way, Immanuel Kant was among those who took the oath. He subsequently emphasized his loyalty to the Russian Empress. His letter to Elizaveta Petrovna concerning the competition for the position of an ordinary (full-time) professor of logic and metaphysics has been preserved, in which he declares his desire to faithfully serve the new government.
Thank you for map & clear explanation. Much appreciated.
every day when there is a notification on my UA-cam, I hope it's your video. something new and informative. I watch all your video twice, I wait for others to come. Thank you.
Could you also do video on the implications of the banning of import of Russian gold by the collective West? As far as my understanding goes, it is more of the same, i.e., the West is cutting itself off from a reliable supply of gold and shooting itself in the foot while the BRICS nations are mulling over a resource based common reserve currency. However, I will be the first one to admit, I don't have the full picture.
Anytime the West do sanctions they are worse off. Stop with the sanction nonsense please.
What the I haven't heard of this? Jeez we need a discussion on this subject.
Believe it or not, the exact economics don't factor in very much into the decision.
Look, it's kind of like if Pizza Hut started committing human sacrifices, we would stop eating at Pizza Hut. We would be denying ourselves access to a reliable source of delicious pizza, but on the flipside we wouldn't have to support human sacrifice.
@Csongor Kovács I'll add that to the list of what the media is censoring
@@rorychivers8769 Ironically, Gorbachev advertised pizza hut while the Russians were dying of poverty and hunger
Always waiting for your Voice 😍
Literally Great Explanation in all videos
Hats off to you Sir🙏🏻💯💙
Excellent video. Great summary
Beautiful report Amit.
One error, dear Amit, "Kaliningrad" is not the German name of this territory, the German name was "Koenigsberg, the hill of the king". "Kaliningrad" is the Russian name. The "grad" appendix is "city" in Russian; Stalingrad was "Stalin city".
Not only in Rusian language. eg. In Croatia city is also speak as grad. So in this pronouncement Zagreb as capital city in Croatia would be name at same scheme as Zagrebgrad which is same on English language as Zagreb city. In cCroatian Zagreb as pronounced as Grad Zagreb as all cities in country. If we look on Serbian Beograd this mean White city. As you say city is grad literaly.
Excellent research and presentation!
There is no all-out ban via road and rail. People can still travel to and from KG over land. Only certain goods which have been sanctioned for Russia have been banned, like concrete, steel etc. You are making this into a Russia vs Nato thing which it is not. They are economic sanctions imposed by the EU, to discourage Russia to continue its brutal attempt to take Ukraine by force. Lithuania did not decide only now to implement the sanctions, they were meant to go into effect some time after issuing.
The Western Powers were given South Korea and South Vietnam,
at Pottsdam.
Did you notice any conflicts there?
The US appears to wish it had more Colonies,
like Iran.....
Was waiting for ur video n analysis Amit Sir. Thank you again
Lithuania: "What's my purpose?"
Rick Sanchez: "You give NATO an extra 25 minutes."
Well, after seeing the russian performance in ukraine, its probably more like 1.5 years.
@@justanaverageguy912 tell people you’re a killjoy without saying you’re a killjoy. Next time, get the joke before you comment.
What an explaination.... Thankyou Sir for putting so much to make your viewers learn!!
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"For every move NATO makes, Russia has already planned in advanced"
You got it backwards lol
NATO makes no moves, they are tentacles of the US and to a lesser extent Britain. Look at what's happening to the US, look at the debt, look at the internal state of affairs. I know which country I'd be backing if they were personified in a fight.
Russia has planned so far ahead they can't keep up with the here and now lol
Kleptocrats always plan to steal everything and make it easier on the dreaded evil western enemies 😅 what a plan indeed!
You lost buddy
@@MrHuddo Yeah, NATO makes no moves and Russia still cant keep up thats the funny part ding dong
Anyone straight up saying a country's debt is a bad thing doesnt know how economies works which is the overwhelming majority of people
If they were personified i would pick the US because unlike Russia's national debt, the US can actually pay it back in USD and it has a stable economy to do so
If you root for Russia, you are brain dead no matter how you look at it
Military, economy or politics, Russia lacks all of it and is doomed to crumble simply because of an absolute imbecile living in the past glory of the USSR
Thanks for the video !
Thank you, Mr Sengupta
There is no ban on road and rail. People and goods are free to take a train. Just not restricted goods.
No one really cares about Kaliningrad, but they care about Ukraine. If Putin pulls his troops from Ukraine, the EU will stop trade bans. It's that simple.
I watch on tv networks war news, a handful of UA-cam channels, as well as a few bipartisan channels like Johnny Harris. Overall even though TDLR is daily and one of the best. Your video presentation here got you a subscribe and i hope the rest of your videos are as detailed and the geopolitical video presentation is a 10/10!
Kaliningrad is a russian name, for your convenience any name ending with 'grad' is Russian/Slavic which literally means 'town'.
btw, the Ruble did not weaken except for the first 2 weeks following Ukraine. In fact, the ruble has been the strongest global currency this year & it is at 53.40 today.
The entire russian economy iscollapsing. The entire russian army is a hollow shell. They are throwing obselete T62 tanks mmanned by retired officers into the battlespace. All they have left is artilllery.
@@lawrencepryor1309 I keep hearing all this dire news about Russia but the ground reality is the opposite. Some people win the social media war, others the real one. It is highly unlikely that the Russian economy will collapse... it is just in the process of being Asianized.
Well explained in simple terms. Thank you
Well, I guess there are some errors here. I hope you'd clarify and correct those later. Anyway, thank you for the class again, Sir !
Good geographical presentation, but you did not mention the treaties in place allowing transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad. The is not Russia exporting to another country, but Russia sending goods and supplies to an extra-territorial part of Russia. This is a different situation than the rest of the sanctions on Russian goods exported to other countries, or Russian airliners flying over foreign airspace.
Good comment 👍🙏
Keep in mind that there is a international treaty signed from the beginning that Lithuanian must give way to access. Very important.
There is a also a Russian-Ukrainian treaty that defines the borders between the two countries soooo what’s your point
They have access. The only they can't ship through NATO territory are the things placed in sanctions. All agreements made in the treaty are still being kept.
@@charlyf9521 you mean Lithuania can react against Russia in the way that have done, over Russia's action in Ukraine? That's s good one. Then Russia can retaliate against the US over their illegal attacks on Iraq, or Syria, or, Libya, or Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba... Sorry, too many to count. And not just Russia, anyone can attack any NATO country for, say, their unprovoked attack on Yugoslavia alone. the world will truly become an interesting place.
@@venkats0iitk sure let the Russians retaliate against the US if that makes you happy. No need to annexe another nation and kill civilians though is there? Why would the actions of a nation justify the attack on a completely different one
Sir I love your video but I have a request could you increase the quality of sound ,it is fine when I use headphones but when I listen this video on speaker then it is low. Thank you for the videos
You forgot to mention that when the Soviet Union collapsed, they offered Kaliningrad to Poland and Lithuania. They say no, as there there where 'too many Russians' living there. So it remained part of Russia. Now the Poles and Lithuanians recently bitched that it should not have stayed Russian.
Jealousy and hypocrisy of the Russian success.
bullshit
If these are so called "sovereign" states, how can EU force them to impose anything?
EU is the "Unofficial" 4th Reich lol
"sovereign" countries that made a choice to join the EU, an agreement, rules and regulations to act in a unified manner, any member of the EU who wants to leave, can do so ....none are being forced ... you might check out that > " benefits of eu membership " < all the perks of membership
Good on! very well explained about Kalingrad.
I laughed for a very long time... I didn't know that my Kaliningrad had its own independent economy and its own ruble exchange rate. I will recommend this video to my friends and acquaintances in Kaliningrad, let them laugh too.
Its facts know why u laugh
@@aji-e3d 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tq. Very informative.
What tool was used to create this amazing presentation, is it PowerPoint?
The 🌎 geopolitics is shaping in ways that could not have been imagined, now the focus is near Kaliningrad. Except for weapons & pharmaceuticals all the other sectors of the global economy will face disruptions. We clearly don’t how long can the ageing population of Europe could sustain such war & will there be any spill over effects as the years pass by.
Aging population? Youre talking about Russia, right?
Stalin didn't just keep the area because it was a Baltic port, it also has almost all the world's amber and was allegedly the seat of Prussian militarism. Also, it's commonly referred to as an exclave (and the few remaining Hanseatic-style houses there were constructed in the 1990s financed by a Russian oligarch, and the locals there [many of whom are Russian retirees because they get tax breaks and enjoy the mild weather] themselves call the city "Koenig").
That is incorrect. Amber is found all over the world but the nr 1 country for it is the Dominican Republic.
I could see where Kaliningrad may be an asset and a liability. While it gives Russian further reach into Europe it is also a no contagious territory that may be easily cut off. What are the Russia plans as the winter starts to freeze the Baltic? How long would it take for NATO tanks to reach the nukes? The American took the Philippines in the late 1800s, however, they later found out that hey were not defendable against a Japanese attack. The citizens of this territory must understand they are expendable.
the baltics have a lng terminal the dont need any russian gas or oil.
With climate change it is freezing less and less. And when you look at the pressure Russia is under at Crimea, it's only warm water deep water sea port, bothust be considered crucial to Russia's economic survival.
you meant a no contiguous territory
Jeez they have nuclear icebreakers if need be🤣
And there is no such thing as “reaching the nukes” LoL
james freakin bond LoL
Great explanation with exc graphics
Is Kaliningrad safest place for study ?
Any war situation happens in kaliningard upcoming days
Kaliningrad is part of the Kaliningrad Oblast. Oblast means province. It is not part of the Oblast province. When a video starts with such a fundamental error, we can assume that the rest is also not thoroughly researched.
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The European Union has denied instructing Lithuania to impose this blockade, it distanced itself from the actions of Lithuania.
1. Germany didn't fight Soviet Union, Nazi Germany or Third Reich did. Important distinction.
2. Kalilingrad is both a name for the province and the city in that province. It's not part of Russia, it _is_ Russia in the same way Hawaii and Alaska are United States but Puerto Rico is part of United States. Important distinction.
I don't see the argument for Kalilingrad to "fall out of Russia's hands". It makes no sense, just because it's an exclave it doesn't make it any less of Russian territory. Any attack on Kaliningrad would be equal to an attack of Moscow in the same way Alaska can't just fall out of America's hands.
The word you are looking for is contiguous. West coast of USA is far from any hostility. If arctic heats up it it will change. That could happen. But we are not there yet.
Thank u sir for your simple way of explanation
Outstanding. Thank you.