Should we finally invade Baltics countries? (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania)
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Russkiy Mir: short explanation.
0:22 - Disclaimer
0:37 - Don't use relocation services, instead find some local lawyer
1:21 - 1st person
1:44 - 2nd person
1:57 - Amir, 22, student
2:15 - 4th person
2:21 - Gleb, 19, restaurant worker
2:54 - 6th person, 74, professor
3:42 - Estonia to stop Russians...
4:34 - Even on the map!
4:51 - Ground News!!!
5:18 - They even have application on the phone!
5:39 - Aleksandr, 50, software developer
5:56 - Oleg, 47, dentist
6:43 - Aleksandr, 50, software developer
8:02 - 9th person, 49, designer
8:53 - Aleksandr, 26, grad student in economics
9:39 - 11th person
10:15 - Aleksandr, 26, grad student in economics
10:57 - 12th person, 63, works in chemistry industry
11:33 - Olga Dmitrievna, 74, works in longevity industry
12:12 - Georgiy, 32, cook
13:02 - 9th person, 49, designer
14:12 - 12th person, 63, works in chemistry industry
14:42 - 9th person, 49, designer
16:29 - 1420: who made this video, when and where.
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Simply ask them if they should finally invade Jekaterinenburg.
Will be funny to listen to those that wann invade Jekaterinenburg cause those might also invade Moscow too once you ask.
It would be like gettin it on with a sheep, except the sheep would smell better.
Not sure I understand your disclaimer in this video: that "Russian world" is "not that serious." Perhaps you mean to use a different English word? It sounds like something that IS being taken seriously these days, especially by the Kremlin. Are you trying to say that it is not always connected to Russian imperialism?
Daniil, you should definitely charge a premium for these kinds of advertisements.
As a Lithuanian native I can say this - we don't have problems with a Russian speaker as long as he is a decent human being - if you came here and started talking how Lithuania or any other Baltic state needs to be united with the Russian World, prepare for a very negative reaction. Especially if this type of conversation would take place with a young person. We love our cultures, languages and traditions. There is a reason the Baltic states opted to join NATO, we just simply want to exist further, in peace. With no fears of another invasion. And ever since our independence we are just building our society and values again and I'm really excited to see where time will take us. And if the worst case scenario happens and Russia opts to invade our peaceful countries, I can guarantee - the resistance would be fierce and widespread.
Całkowicie się zgadzam. Pozdrawiam z Polski.
As a Swede I hope we will join Nato soon so we can fight together for your countries if that happens. Russians need to understand that it is agression and authoritarianism we are against, not the russians who respect these values.
As a Latvian guy, I could say all the same words!
Spaniard here. You are not alone in this figth, brother.
Same here. I don't understand why russians are mad at us for our ruzzophobia. You f*kers want to remove Ukraine from the map, don't give us all that bullshit about fighting nazies. You are the real evil. From the roots. And you want other countries to look at your atrocities and be like, ok, ruzzians are a bit crazy but we love them, come visit us. Yea, don't think so
I’m a russian-speaking Latvian and never had any problems, because I still communicate in Latvian when needed. And that’s how it should be. I have my culture that is a bit of both, but I absolutely respect full Latvians that do not speak Russian or don’t want to. Why tf should they? We’re in Latvia.
Aww... 👏💛
Tnx form latvian. 🙂
Is that just you or do ALL RuZZians in Latvia think that way?
@@WangAiHua No, He is an exception! Most Russians can't even say a hello in Latvian. 😆
Čau no Valmieras! Jauku dienu! :)
Be proud of both - 1 + 1 = 2 You have more to bring, in not less. As those purely imperialistic and grifting wannabe's in the Kremlin think.
"Under the Soviet Union, all the republics lived in friendship and respected each other" What a joke...
They are brainwashed 😂
Yep! They massacred Ukrainians back then.
I guess it's depends on whether you call civil war friendship. My grandfather from Talivka , on the border to ruzzia fought the tsar (Russian Empire) for independence followed by the fight against the Bolsheviks to stop the annexation into the SU. during the Holodomor he was taken to a friendship camp aka gulag for protesting against the Holodomor. My uncle was then deported aka resettled to Central Asia. All in good order, in friendship ... seriously?
Especially Crimea tatars and Greeks that were departed in 1944 by Stalin to Siberia
Most of people in prison are also living friendly, but that doesn't mean they like to be there.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania can count on Poland. We are together
🇵🇱❤️🇱🇹❤️🇱🇻❤️🇪🇪
@@JamesGreen57447 oh yeah, I hope it will happen... it must happen!
@@JamesGreen57447 🤣🤣🤣
@@JamesGreen57447 Daydreamed. As a result, Ukraine will lose the war, China will become the new hegemon, and the NATO alliance will either start World War 3 or break up. What awaits Russia and the EU, only God knows.
@@JamesGreen57447 The problem will be if Turkey and Hungary lifts its veto to Sweden over the Kurdish question.
Poland casus belli before ww2?Not such a friendly country at all.
''I'm not embarassed to say that on camera that I recently had a mobilized buddy come back, he told me not to believe what they tell us on TV.'' Thumbs up to this dude, not afraid of the truth.
On the other hand, this guy also assumes that Russia will now have the conquered territories of Ukraine, which means that Russia has some right to steal the territories of an independent state.
My buddy in Moscow is afraid to talk to me now on the internet. He hates Putin with a passion.
Brave of this guyto state it openly. Bravo to him. And to you for mentioning it.
@@marktuyet if so , he could sabotage russian war efforts , a Simple molotov cocktail into train repair depo or into govermental offices could go a long way
@@kkivela I understood him to say Russia's war has been waged unimpressively and that Russia has given up on its original goals and that "at best" it will stop at the borders of the "alleged" new territories .. I don't think he meant that Russia has any right to steal Ukraine's territories.
"Russia never actually attacked anyone" My grandparents would disagree with that one
there are many,many countries who would disagree with it.
Oh my ancestors wouldn't agree with u too after what u very done in karelia with finno ugrjsh population here, and hey, I am finno ugrjsh of Russia, we never can understand why u r like that
The chechens, the afghans, the ukrainians and the georgians.
I didn´t even need grandparents to remember them
Georgians born before 2005 actually remember it quite well... Since our first long term memories are formed at 3 years of age.
thats is russia, they are all the same.
As Latvian this video give me hope! If you are a good person, we do not discriminate whether you are Russian or not.The biggest problem is the Russians in our country who haven't learned a word of Latvian in 30 years and behave like pigs. It just gives a bad impression of everyone else. Practically all Russians who have entered Latvia from Russia in the last 15 years are very nice and warm people.
Latvia should expell all them. You must remain that you not are your Baltic Oblast for them anymore!
My wife’s Estonian. Her grandmother was deported to Siberia twice. Her mother was born there in the tundra. Let it be said that the people of the Baltics are among the most socially tolerant on god’s green earth. They do in fact co-exist well with the Russian speaking populations of the three tiny states. Strange considering the hell Russia put these small republics through. The Russian minorities are actually quite prosperous there. Such a high level of social integration is rare. Some might resent the ethnic Russians but do that in such a subtle manner that it’s hardly noticeable. Those interviewed were pretty liberal. Which is a great relief.
Lithuanian here. I'm genuinely surprised by the lack of Russians wanting us to join Russia Mir, compared to the previous Poland video. I am sorry to say that recent events in Ukraine has changed my perception of Russians. Before 2021, I only disliked the Russian government, but now, the general indifference and political apathy of perhaps 80% of Russians makes it really hard to appreciate their culture. I wish we could just live in peace, trade and live happily ever after.
Poland achieved great success after the overthrow of communism. Unlike Russia, the 1990s are viewed differently there, in Russia having a black legend. The quality of life (considered through all elements, not just wages) is incomparably higher there. Russia views such phenomena with envy and doesn't really know what to do about it. The simplest ideas come to mind...
@@Cortesevasive Read carefully what's in parentheses. In ancient Rome, it was sometimes the case that slaves were richer than their masters.
@@Cortesevasive Brainwashed.
@@Cortesevasive and how did you exactly come to the conclusion of putting the word Ukraine and n@zi together?
@@Cortesevasive And if you support Putinazis, you not a problem?
You have to feel sorry for the intelligent and empathetic Russians that are surrounded by such toxic nonsense.
AGREE!
Where can you find an intelligent and empathetic Ruskie?? They are all lobotomized and could care less that they are murders, rapists and terrorists.
That’s most Russians, only the leaders and those in power acting like this and brainwashing others ☹️
Check out Russian media monitor channel, if you haven't, and watch the poisous garbage, lies and propaganda. It's disgusting. Translated to english,. I was amazed this video showed more intelligent open minded Russians. There's a lot the other way usually.
asynchronicity
4 days ago
You have to feel sorry for the intelligent and empathetic Russians that are surrounded by such toxic nonsense.
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As a baltic person, it kinda baffled me when you said "bring ruskiy mir before western influence", we as Lithuanians drifted far away from "ruskiy mir" and keep on drifting even further. I'd like all the Russians listen to the 9th person 8:03 and understand why WE DONT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA. Also he is aware of China. The most well informed person in this video
He still thinks we were “indoctrinated”.
I think the "indoctrinated" part was just somewhat badly translated. Don't know much russian myself, so can not confirm to be the case. Though the same person speaks in at the end of the video and from the subtitles it would seem that he might think that the already occupied regions could be considered russian. That part was mentioned in a different comment thread and some other people said that what he actually used words like "alledgely russian" and other adjectives that made it clear that he in no way approved invading Ukraine, so I would rather lean towards assuming that the guy speaking was very reasonable.
Translating is hard, something will always be lost in the translation. Not trying to be negative here, this channel is great, be safe and keep doing what you are doing!
I am from Latvia, I was glad to hear few reasonable people, especially 2 ladies starting at 11:14. But what me amazed is how still many mention that in Soviet time all republics lived friendly….😂 yeah so I would correct it and say lived “friendly” as we were occupied and forced to live under communist regime with no other option. I see with many people in Russia that even if they are against war in Ukraine, but the imperial mentality is very strong though!!!! We stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇱🇻
Overall one of the most reasonable sets of interviewees you've ever shown.
Propaganda hasn't started giving them crap about the nazis in the Baltics yet, so their doublethink lives without a pre-installed system about what they're supposed to think.
I agree, I was ready for some serious genocidal rants.
Because the question was ridiculous, invade the Baltics.
Yet what about the claims that ¾ of the Russians endorse the ‘special operation’? Just BS?
If true, ¾ is an extraordinary high level of danger and for me and more than good enough to nuke everybody in Russia without the slightest afterthought.
@@jasc4364 75% is probably true. Well most just assume their leaders must be doing what needs doing and are not thinking about politics much because it's fruitless and dangerous. But real opposition is probably less then 25%. It's hard to blame them given the years and years of propaganda they've heard. This is a well developed science by now.
The last guy seems to understand the world deeply. Especially his insight about China is very impressive.
Russia is about to become China’s bitch
Indeed! The PRC still claims what is now the Russian Far East, for a start...
Exactly
China is by far Russia’s greatest threat. They need the land and natural resources more than any other country in the world, and they border a very remote section of Russia.
It would be easy pickings for China.
@@jasonpednault465 The Russian government talks about the Neonazi of Ukraine a lot and it is a bit wrong direction. I recommend them to pay more attention to China in this regard)
🇪🇪 Im happy in Estonia. I wouldnt wanna live under Putins rule.
I`m from Estonia... I salute the 9th person for understanding the world as it is.
A lot of rational, down to Earth, people in this video. It almost brings me hope
More like chained to earth.
1. It is doublethink like in Orwell. Why they can't say the same thing about Ukraine?
2. Or is it a war defeat that makes them think in civilized terms? Which means one thing... keep helping Ukraine until Crimea is liberated.
@@pawekurowski Have you forgotten that criticism of the special military operation is punishable by 15 years in prison? They can say what they say about Estonia because it's not covered by that law. They expect you as the listener to connect the dots.
Hope? No. Retribution for what Russia has done to Ukraine and to Ukrainian civilians. Yes. For generations.
@@squeakycleannnn More like enslaved by the Soviet Reunion. Russia should send mobiks from Moscow and St. Petersburg to prove its commitment.
"russia never attacked" srry wtf?
I am a Russian speaking Latvian and it was somewhat refreshing to see these people talking about us. One guy even knew about Soviet occupation of the Baltics! We don’t hate each other in Latvia, I have many Latvian friends and many families in interracial marriages. We are bilingual and we speak both languages fluently. One thing I can tell for sure that we are not Russians in a cultural way. The only common thing we have with Russians from Russia is language like British and Australians for example, but our ways of thinking, culture, traditions are very western. This could be the reason why some Russians may perceive our attitude as hostile, it is not, it is just more individualistic and liberal vs Russian conservative consciousness.
Not true at all. Russians, or slavs in general form their owns groups and rarely interact with natives here. Marriage between slavs and balts is not common, as previously mentioned, both groups form their own circle of friends, therefore relationships outside it don't happen often. Exceptions would be slav majority regions.
Let's not fool ourselves, I can tell a Latvian from a Russian in a glance. From facial features to the way they dress, it's sometimes subtle but nevertheless we are and always will be different.
Russkij Mir- poverty, aggression, alcoholism and hipocrisy.
The lady with the red, white and blue beenie with glasses seems like such a good person. And she's right. Successfully leading with competency and compassion will bring people to your side. Those are the kind of people we need in power. Pretty much every person, everywhere on the planet just wants to live a comfortable life with enough food to eat, a roof over their heads and good times with those they love.
I was going to say something similar, but you beat me to it, bravo.
Russia is repellent, not attractive. The people should know this and do something to change it.
exactly what is wrong with living peacefully with your neighbours....even if they are in another country.....no one wins in war....
"Soft power" is vastly more effective at bringing people over to your side than military power. Of course, for it to be effective, you have to be selling something that people might want to buy into...It is hard to imagine that very many people want to buy into rule by corrupt oligarchs, but Q-Anon (another of Prigozhin's projects?) is doing the best that it can.
The last gentleman sounds more informed than all the generals and Putin put together. He obviously gets his news from sources other than Russian state TV. Hopefully more & more people join his ranks. Thanks Daniil!
Last "gentleman", who casually said they should stop on whatever line russia has already annexed in Ukraine, not because it's wrong, but because Ukraine (suddenly!) fights back, instead of pulling out all together out of a sovereign country?
You have really low standards.
@@noname-kf5xs Seriously, the lowered standards in this comment section speak to how indoctrinated Russians are.
@@noname-kf5xs if you read the translation of this guy’s commentary in the video he called the occupied territories “alleged” parts of the Russian federation which implies he does not agree with the annexation of these territories into the Russian Federation. He is pushing back on the dominant theme in Russian media that all the actions taken by Russia are legal and that the people of Ukraine welcome the invaders. I assume that he would be the kind of person that eventually will accept the return of Crimea to Ukraine along with all the other occupied territories. Let’s not be too harsh on our allies in Russia who are on the right path.
@@noname-kf5xs You seem to have a really low ability to comprehend the comments of a person who has to judge every word against the possibility that he could be thrown in jail for fifteen years for "criticizing the special military operation." In that light, I find him to be extremely sensible, moral and astute. Clearly, if it were up to him, Ruzzia would withdraw all of its forces from Ukraine tomorrow and live in peace going forward.
@@RichardTaylor1630 I'm half-russian myself & I speak fluent russian. I will dare to say I have a better ability to comprehend russians than most people from the Western side of the world.
The "allegidly Russian" wording at 15:57 is biased in translation. What he says is "на границе этих областей, которые мы заявили что теперь это территория російськой федерации".
Word to word, it translates "on the border of these regions, which we declared now that this is the territory of the Russian Federation". You can check with google translation the accuracy of the sound and translation. There is no "allegidly Russian" bit, whoever subbed this video had added that on their own.
Russians went to war with Ukraine and got stuck with it for a year, while expecting to be done in 3 days. They know they look bad to the outside world, they won't make themselves look even worse on camera. That's why pretty much all of people in this video, minus the old lady, repeat the same mantra "war bad", but once you ask them whether they WANT Baltics included in russian federation, they sure do.
This guy's argument is based on "my buddy went there, we're losing so we need to stop", not on "we invaded a sovereign peaceful country and ruined millions of lives, we need to stop".
Ask yourself what his "buddy" did in Ukraine. People in Bucha didn't shot themselves in their heads on their own, kids in Mariupol's dramtheater didn't drop the bomb onto themselves either.
Russophobia in baltics. Well. im latvian. You know how many times a year I'm demanded by russians to speak Russian, when they approach me and i tell em I'm not russian?
Guess the reason i have never seen all 4 of my grandparents and they took a one way trip to siberia on a train, and russians moved in their houses?
What about them trying to influence our government and push for russian as second official language, so every latvian is obligated to learn it?
When is russia going to acknowledge the horrendous war crimes it committed against us and pay for them?
We ain't visitors in our own country, yet sometimes it feels like we are.
I don't mind the russians who at least try to speak Latvian, but I've ever met only one, the rest very likely cant even put a short sentence together in our language, yet have lived here for decades or even born here.
@@cu6upckuu48 no, but they are there for a short time, these Russians live there,And act rude when you say that you dont speak russian.
Same thing in Georgia. Most ruzzians automatically start speaking in ruzzian which is very annoying and disrespectful, especially from younger ones
@@cu6upckuu48again , why not comment on the reply. The difference is the American tourist and short term visitors are here temporary whilst the discussion is about Russians who live in said countries and refuse learn. Yes any other nationality that plans to live long term in any country is expected to learn the language
@@cu6upckuu48 which ex soviet country you live so I know where these overlords are that are permanent and don't learn the language. You do understand just cause troops are signed to a country doesn't mean they don't rotate them like in every 6 months aka no one is gonna or is expected to learn the language. And the difference between them and Russians is that they could do it but they don't, but russia sure has tried multiple times.
@@cu6upckuu48 sure , only exsisted 10k years , Russians will merge with globalism as well. But you never replied, which ex soviet country are you from ?
as a Lithuanian i was surprised by the answers
Fair play to the people in this video for not leaving me in a state of existential dread like 1420 videos normally do
I've never understood what existential means - what does it mean?
Agreed. Finally found some reasonable people to interview.
@@dylanharper1274 Are you even sentient?
@@seseliuvaldovas1240 I notice you don't explain it
@@dylanharper1274if you are serious, since I know not everyone speak english fluently.
existential is just an adjective to existence, basically anything that relates to existence. and existential dread is an actual thing people have like depression, it's when someone exists in a state of despair and uncertainty.
I am always amazed at how my mood can be affected by what a random person says on the Russian streets. This was a 'good' video. Goodnight
Goodnight
Same here 😆
It's very depressing when it's just zombies.
8:06 finally a russian who knows history and tried to put himself in our shoes. hats off, thank you
Literally the only russian who I saw speaking from our shoes 😂
Yes, he was very reasonable and honest
Do you know what they mean by "Baltics are friendly"? They come to our countries and demand the Russian language everywhere they go- as if they never left Russia. That's what "friendship" is for them. I can't imagine walking into a Moscow cafe and expecting the waitress to understand my orders in Latvian. But for some reason, Russians expect this and call it "friendliness" :) Even after they have lived here for a long time, they don't speak the language, because "we understand Russian anyway, so why bother learning an useless language?". Nobody else does that, Estonians, Swedes, Chinese- all learn the language. But not these people, that's why they call us "friendly" :)
It is call chauvinism!
there are lots of ethnical russians living even nowadays in Turkmenistan and they do not speak Turkmen, the state official language of the country. But we still try to display them some tolerance even though we are not supposed to do them any favour.
@@meylishydyrov4382 EXACTLY
Constantly makes me crazy how Russians who live all their lives in Latvia are unable to learn even basic Latvian, it's such disrespect and then they wonder why Latvians don't like them, because they are selfish. They think world spins around them! I have meet only couple of people would do their best to learn and speak Latvian and I respect that, because it's not easy language, but they trying. I myself am half Russian and speak in all three languages, yet most millennials and gen z don't even bother learning Latvian, because their selfish parents told them to not bother learning language. I wish all those people just moved back to Russia, as they keep complaining how everything here is terrible and how Russia is such amazing country.
@@alise4041 I've experienced a Russian person who even didn't understand any latin letter eveh she lived here more than 50 years. It is just an attitude issue.
Whenever I hear Russian propaganda talking about Russian World, I am reminded of Transnistria. 30 years of 'cooperation' with Russia has made Transnistria the poorest region in Europe. Imagine what 30 years of EU would have meant.
Yeah Russians in high places are so corrupt its insane. They funneled all the cash out of that region
It doesn't help that Русский мир translates as both Russian World and Russian Peace... and crushing dissent in order to implement culture changes can still be deemed a "peaceful" result in the long run (as was the Russian-led Soviet ethos).
Yeah I've been there and it's as depressing as it gets. Everything is either controlled by the "sheriff" or black market. Young people are especially struggling.
That's because Moldova was the poorest in Europe (2nd poorest now since the Ukraine has taken first place). Nothing to do with any Russian cooperation. It's blockaded by the rest of Moldova and isn't connected to Russia by land. Take a good look at countries like Kazakhstan or Belarus that have prospered thanks to Russian cooperation. Both countries are far ahead of pro-western Ukraine in every aspect of development. Whatever pitiful little crumbs the EU throws its vassals have to be paid back for a hundred fold with national dignity, sovereignty and independence.
@@HigherMorality Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are all more prosperous and happy than your examples. Try again.
I was on barricades 1991 in Riga. Doma Square. I'm now 55 but will do whatever it takes.
People Sing a song in auditorium opposite Russians 😊
Greetings from Andalusia in Spain 🇪🇸
I'm Estonian. When the Russians came to the villages of my grandparents, they gathered up young girls and took them to rape them. They kidnapped the people who were a little bit better off and wealthier and sent them to Siberia. Those people died there. So I think a negative attitude towards Russia is kinda understandable.
hmmm, interesting thought. Why the world doesnt still hate germans who burned/killed/raped half of the Europe by the time of your grandparents?
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How many days ago did this happen?
@@egro_chaplia 1930s-1940s, do you not know about the Russian occupation of Eastern Europe?
I am Italian. 20 years ago i made a tour in baltics. I Ve heard only bad things on Russian under soviet Union. But in Lithuania they told me that grandparents used to say that nazists were better than soviets...my god.
Wow. As a estonian. I am speechless. So many adequat people in this video. Wow.
I think he filtered out the people with hardline view. The other day daniil was complaining about how some people used some clips of his video which favoured war while leaving out people who are negative about the war
In Lithuania we have a sizeable population of russians who were born here but refuse to speak Lithuanian. It's like they are waiting for the soviets to come back.
Well russians in Lithuania doesnt make up big percentage of entire population. But these so called russian-speakers are very concentrated in certain areas. In fact Lithuania is the least colonized with russians among the Baltic states.
that's why the two types of passport is the best idea
@@VitaliiThe There's only one type of passport in Lithuania -- that of the Republic of Lithuania.
Same for Estonia, and the population doing so is pretty big...
@@giedrestankeviciene34 you better know than me, I'm talking about "Non-citizens" like in Latvia and Estonia
Their biggest mistake is assumption that they are in a position to decide what's right or wrong for a sovereign country.
That is their SECOND biggest mistake. The biggest is not realizing that the Baltics are part of NATO. We will defend ALL of NATO territory
@squeakyclean didn't usa doing the same all around the world?
@@moisiewe What does it have to do with anything? You think if someone does something you're automatically entitled to do the same?
If someone is wrong, you're allowed to be wrong as well?
Childish, dumb, irresponsible and ignorant.
@@moisiewe yeah, and that was wrong too. People generally also agree over that?
@@squeakycleannnn I'm talking about double standarts, everyone is ok with 1 000 000 dead in Iraq (invaded with no reason even when UNSC said big fat "no), it's ok when usa is occupied 1/3 Syria,but everyone is complaining about Russia for some reason.
Estonian here. I am positively surprised about the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the interviewees. This batch of ppl actually sounded more-less decent, I could understand some of them very well! People seemed to have doubts about the war and having more war just seems absurd, which is good. I hope these sentiments also stop the war in Ukraine. Overall, it feels a bit safer here when ordinary Russian ppl do not support any war in the Baltic region. Whew
Советую не верить. Он не выкладывает часовой стрим где опрашивает людей.
Daniil, a lot of older people seem to think that under the Soviet Union all peoples were respected and lived in peace and harmony with each other. But in ex Soviet republics, historians talk about mass deportations to Siberia, bringing in their place Russian speakers that held all command positions and never bothered to learn the local language, assimetrical development, territory exchanges between republics to divide and control. So it was a period in which Russians where first among peers and had a lot of advantages, but they fail to see the imbalance?
You forgot to mention the Holodomor!
@@WangAiHua This is specific to Ukraine. I was discussing ex-Soviet republics in general.
The lady at 11:27: exactly. Instead of invading other countries, focus on making Russia a place that people WANT to go to and you'll find friends around the world.
That's exactly what Russia and Putin tried to achieve in the beginning, but the idea of strong economically and military Russia was a nightmare for USA/NATO, they always need an enemy to satisfy the needs of the MIC. Just watch the Munich meeting in 2007 and make som conclusions.
@@dmitriyivanov9854 Again, this is the exact misunderstanding between Russia and the rest of the world. Strong does not merely mean military might. Respect does not mean fear. To others, strength is found in taking care of your own people--not in invading others. Strength means working infrastructure, roads, running water to every house, old people who can heat their homes. Strength means diversified industry at home. Strength means the ability to allow diverse opinions instead of putting it all into the hands of one unchanging government leader, with no room for dissent. And also, strength means taking responsibility for one's self instead of pushing the problem off onto someone else (NATO, the US, etc.) and saying it's all their fault, or using whataboutisms to justify things.
Respect means not fear and intimidation, not control, but the ability to live peacefully with one's neighbors. To allow other sovereign nations to do their own thing in their own borders instead of deciding they aren't real countries and sending missiles at their hospitals, schools, and homes. Those actions will never create respect, but rather, the opposite. It's continually surprising to me how much Russia talks about the West/the US being "the enemy" when prior to this invasion, the West spent very little time even thinking about Russia, much less being obsessed with trying to oppress the country.
Look, I don't know the answer to how Russia can solve its problems. That's a Russian question and it's got to be solved in a Russian way. But starting an invasion of another sovereign nation is NOT the way to solve the problems inside Russia. Instead, it just kills off your bright young men, impacts your labor force, and makes other nations not want to interact with Russia anymore. Which is a really unfortunate thing for a lot of people, both in and out of Russia. It makes me sad. I still have individual Russian friends, but my opinion on the nation as a whole has definitely changed, and the respect I once had has evaporated.
@@dmitriyivanov9854 You don’t get it, do you?
@@rlcg37 same here about the USA. No respect at all for the politicians, but unlike you I still respect the people.
@@pacmanc8103 Do you? You read and understand russian as good as english?
As a Latvian, it was interesting to watch this video compared to previous multiple videos, a lot of them were very negative but I have to admit, I respect some of the responses like 8:20, its nice to see acknowledgement of Baltic States history, our so called "hatred" towards Russians didn't came with out a reason but a lot of Russians don't see that or even learn why a lot of countries are resentful towards Russia.
I was ready to see very negative attitude from people but I was wrong. It's a breath of fresh air to see logical people for a change, most of the times I see a lot of delusion and cognitive dissonance from Russians. Respect also for last dude and this lady 11:28. Also she's right about making their own lives better so neighbors are interested without invading, too bad their state uses other means.
Funny how losing in the war makes one think a bit---I wonder if those people wouldn't be cheering had RuZZia been winning!
Most Russians think this war is absurd. Don't believe what Putin (or Ukraine for that matter) tells you regarding popular support for the war. They are under a dictatorship.
The man that was in this second was looking like stereotypical Russian who is Z pro putin
But he is actually smart
"making their own lives better so neighbors are interested without invading" this is what russians will never understand. every eu country that joined nato did it willingly not by force. if i were russian i would ask myself, how come that so many slavic people turned to west instead of russia. we slavs speak the "same" language and have simmilar culture after all.
Amazing journalism. You are a hero. One of your best ever, for sure
I am from Latvia, raised in Russian-speaking family with generalized post-Soviet "Russian" mainstream culture, although I got Ukrainian, Polish and Finnish blood, too (high percentage of each, besides my Finnish far ancestors). But generally you can say I'm "Russian".
Never ever had any pressure from native Latvians. I visit Lithuania almost every 1-2 months - same. Was in Estonia - same again. In both regular conversations and in official/state institutes people are gentle and kind, and never insulted or attacked me for being "Russian".
All that cheap Russian propaganda about "fascism" in Baltic States comes from actual modern-day Fascists that don't want to adapt, accept new political reality and not going to consider other cultures as equal in general and dominant on their native lands. These people still exist in historical phantom pain and their government uses "external enemy" and "enemies around" strategy to keep people away from inner problems that now turned into very fundamental crisis in Russia.
For local Baltic vatniks/ruzzists, the "Baltic Fascism" is an excuse to change nothing in their worldview and lifestyle and keep blaming natives for own life/career/social failures because they simply either don't know language or exist only in reality of "Russian Ghetto" (which means lack of communication, lack of sources of knowledge, lack of working places, work for "grey" business with constant violations of rights and laws) and don't even know what's on the other side, where normal people just co-operate, work, study and chill together no matter what nation or mother tongue they are.
That's ill mentality I don't want really want to see in my life, because it's disgusting. Everything you need is just learn the language and start respecting natives. This is everything natives ask for. You are free to be whoever you want and speak whatever language in your environment. Yes, natives don't see the history and politics the way ruzzies do, yet country could have only one political and ideological vector and it definitely can't be established by the loud minority of mainly old people. Simple as that. We eventually aren't and don't want to be another Prednestovie, Osetia or DPR/LPR for Russia. And we should never be. Accept it or GTFO.
Identifying myself as generalized "Western Slav", considering my bloodline and Polish surname - I see Baltic Nations as brothers. Historically and culturally. It means respecting their right to be dominant culture in their native lands, respect their language and policy. Us, Slavs, definitely got the right to be a part of Baltic society, as well as Baltic nations must always be welcomed and considered as brothers in Slavic lands. We existed toe to toe forever and hardly influenced each other cultures. This is the attitude each Russian should seek, too. At this point main enemy of both good Russians and Baltic Nations is Kremlin that ruins whole harmony and co-existence of nations that are supposed to be friends.
I'm glad at least Ukrainians and Poles are our close allies now. This is how it should be. Maybe, one day, when Russia will be free and mentality of it's core nation will be rehabilitated (if it's even possible) - people from Russia, not RuZZia, will come to Baltic States with totally different attitude and see how "negative" towards others Baltic people really are. I swear to God there will be absolutely no problem. And really never was until you decide to bring back occupation or Russian Imperialism ideas.
Ukraine and Poland aren't real allies too! Ukraine killed many poles in 1942 in their sized lands of Galizia and Volyn massacres under Stepan Bandera and even Ukraine haven't paid IIWW war compensations to Poland or repatried the bodies of Poles deaths here.
Ypu are a good man who speaks truth, thank you.
There is no such thing as finnish far ancestors, finland is 100years old.
@@TheSmokezalot yeah, Russian Federation exists for 30 years, thus Russian person can't be Russian, right?
Toe to toe and influenced each other? I agree with everything you said but except that one claim. We're not related, we weren't toe to toe at any point in history. We're just our own people not related to anyone, why can't people just understand that. We've been alone for thousands of years unbothered by anyone, we'd like to keep it that way.
Guy from 8:03 is the only one so far who knew their history. Its not his fault, bjt it is wise to know the dark history of once country. Great guy.
As a German I agree that one should always know your country's history and that it's very important to acknowledge your dark past. In Russia many people don't seem to really know how bad Stalin was or how Russia opressed all its neighbours. It has to do with the law that forbids "spreading disinformation about the Great Patriotic War" (It prohibits telling the truth in most cases). I mean imagine such a law in Germany...
@@wol06fi89 Germany is such a great example of what good it can do. USA Credit for having literally a black history month (ofc a lot of improvments must still be done).
He seemed like not having a healthy sense of how tragic the whole operation has been though. Despite the historical facts he had apparently learned at some point so kinda sus.
@@squeakycleannnn cant really tell as of the tone, but at least he understands thay they were to blame and at the ens he gave the good analogy of people not liking anything (Russia in this case) if it is forced
@@wol06fi89 So, Russia does not honestly analyze its history. The Memorial started an investigation into Stalin's crimes, but Putin's administration stopped it and made Stalin a hero. The current regime in Russia is a Nazi regime.
Invading a Nato country would be really crazy. Putin has enough grief trying to deal with his stupid decision to invade Ukraine.
Putin is strong man, like Stalin. Putin not weak.
@@cinnaminson0653 a strong man does not have to lie to justify his actions, a strong man is able to admit mistakes, a strong man does not have to put tens of thousands fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, children, toddlers and babys to an early grave just to get his way.
@@cinnaminson0653biggest mistake putin made, was to start world war 3.. that was the end of russia
I never ceased to learn and be impressed by your videos. ❤❤❤❤ You floor me.
Thank you for your work!
9:45 “lived in friendship and respected each other” - that’s Russian illusion, coming from propaganda. I am originally from a post-soviet country and all the elderly people describe oppression not “friendship”. The other countries were basically slave states for Russia, all resources going into Russia, there was even a saying “Sausage trains”, because people had to get on trains to go to Moscow to buy anything with meat, everything had to go to Russian cities - this is one of the reasons Russians remember it fondly, as the time “they had everything”, because they did, slave states worked for them.
It's not everything. They lived in propaganda that they were feeding us. It was the highest level of impudence. I remember when I was a little boy, I counted the wagons on trains going east. There was a farm machine on each of them.
Also: illusion abt societal harmony w low crime degree.
Sure: crime was state monopoly.
You are a liar.
I live in a border town in the west of Russia, and people of the older generation tell how they traveled to the Baltic states to Belarus and Ukraine, but also to Moscow, to buy goods that were also produced in my region.
@@Skrullex Hey, idiot. She was writing about the people in her country who were oppressed by Russians, not the other way around!😂 Learn to read before calling someone a liar.
@@pacmanc8103 You can also greet your image in the mirror verbally ... It was not necessary to write...
I really hope you stay safe. Russia needs people like you for a decent future.
And some of the people in this video, too.
It will be a very long time before Russia decides not to bring its brand of death, destruction and misery to a neighboring country. It has to be contained.
No 💩. I've been here from the beginning and can't believe what he does.
@@cathjj840 Russia has no decent future. Or decency.
Probably the best video yet. These interviewees were very knowledgeable to what was going on in the past.
The reality in Latvia (from the Latvian perspective) is this - until the war in Ukraine, 90% of the Latvian population tolerated Russian culture in every single way. We had Russian media, Russian schools, Russian monuments, Russian events, etc. No matter where you went, to a club, restaurant, or any other place - you could easily communicate in Russian.
After the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2021, things have changed. We removed most USSR monuments, prohibited most of the Russian TV channels, removed the Russian language from street signs, and restaurant menus, we are refusing to buy Russian gas or oil from now on, etc. There will be no Russian schools or kindergartens - in every educational institution in Latvia, the Latvian language will be the primary from now on.
Some people would say it is wrong, it is Russophobic, etc. But you have to understand that we as an independent country have the rights to shape our internal culture as we want and consider correct. Those who want to stay can adopt. Those who don`t like it can leave.
It doesn`t mean we have physical aggression against Russians. No. We are just saying that because of what happened in Ukraine, we are finally making some changes that we have been putting off since the collapse of the USSR.
100% support from Lithuania. I have no idea why even we had Russian-language schools. I don't think any other countries in the world apart from Baltic sisters have publicly funded foreign-language schools.
@@07Blackbeard Russia has a Latvian school. And a lot of schools teaching in local languages
No, it just shows that you are physically against the Russian people, now is just a great reason for you to drop your masks. Moreover, give you weapons and let you understand that you will not get any payback for the destruction of the Russians and you would be happy to take up this case together with your brothers from the Baltic States. But it's worth paying tribute to you, you tell beautifully that you have nothing against the Russian people and culture. Your wonderful European allies will believe this story
@@MsThePrettiest Does Russia offer government funded Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian etc schools within Russia to offer these native people an opportunity to education in their "native" language and culture?
@@07Blackbeard
It is a question of civilisation - human rights.
For example, in Poland there are public kindergartens and schools where members of National Minorities can learn in their own language in addition to Polish. Lithuanians, Belarusians ...
I used to live in Lithuania, lots of people speak Russian. Everyone is basically afraid of ending up like Ukraine and feel a lot of history repeating. Stalin annexed them in 1940 and they were incorporated against their will into the USSR. They want to move past that time and develop in their own way, and now they see Russia pulling the same thing with Ukraine that happened with them. That's why they've been so aggressive to Russia, they do not want 1940 to happen again, and if Ukraine falls, it's going to be either Georgia or them next.
But you can visit them no one cares if you speak Russian, most of the older generation speak it while the younger generation speaks English. There's a bit more nationalism now post "special military operation", particularly in Lithuania. A guy in my class when I studied there last year was Russian, and he said he didn't notice any change in hostility towards himself being a Russian. So long as you're not pro-Putin and support Ukraine, no one cares there.
i expect you lived in Vilnius
@@nate8312 I did
Only 4.5 percent of Lithuania's population is Russian, but coincidently most of it is in the capital region and the eastern border regions. But yes, the older generations speak Russian, because they had to learn it in school as part of the Soviet regime. People born in 1990 and later do not speak Russian almost at all, unless they chose to learn it in school, but even then Russian language teachers reported slow learning rates due to psychological reasons (aka feelings the effects of the Soviet occupation regime on their grandparents and parents).
@@m.m.6670 that’s exactly what i wanted to say
Putin has said Moldova next, then a long range plan to absorb Belarus....
Seems like Russians are getting tired of the war whether they’d like to admit it or not. If it’s taking them this long to take Bakhmut then there’s no realistic scenario for which they reach Kyiv.
@Dennis Wilson snail 😄🤣😆
Thank you for your outstanding and brave work.
Honestly speaking, would like to see how russians would not be latvianphobic if latvians enslaved them, invaded them, killed them, oppressed them and did all sorts of other evil things for CENTURIES and even continued to have the same mentality now (contrary to germans, for instance). Huge respect to the man who said that if we are russophobic, then we have our reasons. Just as ukrainians have now.
Russians are not Germanphobes,
Russians are not Tatarophobes,
Russians are not Turkophobes,
Russians are not Japanophobes.
Russians don’t despise any nations at all.
This is the lot of smaller, disadvantaged countries that, lacking their own culture, build their culture on phobias.
And also tell me about the agreement that the Baltic countries signed with Germany in 1939.
@@allright9945 Sure. And what agreement? In 1939 Latvia was occupied by the soviet union / russia. If you want to talk about agreements, maybe recall the Molotiv-Ribentropt pact which your beloved country signed with nazis?
That last guy spoke his mind .some of the returning Russian soldiers are telling how it is in Ukraine currently .
The idea of returning Russian soldiers isn't even mentioned in western media. Seems like everything I'm shown says they're either surrendering, defecting, or dying.
Seems like russia has to choose smaller target to abuse😀
@@OlegHooH что не на фронте ?
Конечно рассказывают. Например то что каждый носит с собой гранату, чтобы не сдаваться в плен, поскольку нацисты нарушают все возможные конвенции.
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f Мнооого пленних www.youtube.com/@VolodymyrZolkin
Daniil, Recently Russian politicians, including consul of Russia in Kazakhstan, were claiming that northern part of Kazakhstan was “gifted to Kazakhs”, and that Kazakhstan “might have growing number of nazis just like in Ukraine”. Could you make a video where you ask people in Russia what they think of Kazakhstan and Kazakh people in general, and should Russia take their northern cities back?
I am really interested in what they think about that.
Thanks.
"Criminal Code of the Russian Federation"
Public calls for unleashing a war of aggression -
committed with the use of mass media are punishable by imprisonment for up to five years
Me too… from Almaty. Asked the same question on recently video. And got reply from Russian in Almaty - he was upset and said that we can’t imagine how many Russians who are citizens of Kazakhstan support putin and this horrible war.
My sister in law is Kazakh Russian and she is supporting the war 😢 My brother too, he is not even from Russia but from Western Europe🙃
Before they were against the Russian gov, but have been turned by propaganda. Russian propaganda reaches wide and far...
@@rogierfrederiks8420 we have sooo many Kazakh Russians who was born here in Kazakhstan but support putin. When we Kazakh asked them directly what they will do if Russia attacks Kazakhstan we hear nothing. So my neighbours, my Kazakh Russian colleague - all of them are separatists inside my country. It was a real shock for me.
fortunately not all Kazakh russians think like that. But we can feel the hidden split in society.
This could be interesting also to ask them how the Russians came from in Kazakchstan.
Big respect from Georgia to our brothers from Baltic countries 🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻❤🇬🇪
Sending love back from Estonia
Love from Lithuania ❤️
@@Joeligma69420 It’s like someone always says „Caucasian States” instead of Georgia. It’s no respect when you divide people from each other. During the Soviet occupation Finland helped a lot to restore the indepence and Sweden hosted Estonian refugees, schools and other organizations. So it’s pretty natural to group 🇪🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪 when you say about people, culture and politics
@@Joeligma69420 Maybe just stop one day and say strong no to pro-Russian things like „Estonia”, „(Pri)baltika” in military, police, education system etc
Thanks for the vid bro
That’s the smartest sample of people you’ve spoken with yet.
"The republics lived in friendship & respected one another"? Why then did these same republics collapse the Soviet utopia so quickly & comprehensively once given the chance? As for "unacceptable" western values, curious as to what those might be & how they'd somehow be worse than what the world sees Russia doing daily in Ukraine.
Good job man. Keep that way!
Why would Baltic countries would like to join with fascist-Russia?
We would not want to join russia even if it was democratic
@@kaur9384The need at least 170 years to have a democracy in their country
@@closeup6263They dont need democracy, they need competent and pragmatic leadership. Singapore is a de facto dictatorship yet its a prosperous country
@@u2beuser714I don't think you can apply an example of a city-state to any other country. It's like saying that any country can be as rich as Monaco.
@@kaur9384 Russia also does not want to annex the Baltic states. The time of communist ideas is gone forever.
What russians are going through resemble a lot what my parents from Portugal went through during Salazar's dictatorship.
We were also at war with our African colonies, and there was a secret police called PIDE that would hunt you down if you had any opinion against the regime. So people would intentionally avoid talking about politics.
As you can see in this video, whenever someone says "I'm apolitical", they most likely support Ukraine.
It is not ignorance. It is not apathy. They know what is going on but they don't know what to do about it.
Нет. Просто есть два выбора:
1. Быть куколдом и поддержать Украину, на что способны не многие, мазохистов у нас мало.
2. Не поддерживать Украину, тогда либералы организуют тебе демократическую травлю.
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f нацик.
Very insightful comment. I'm an American who lived in Portugal from 1976 to 1978. Parallels between Russia today and Portugal's Estado Novo had not occurred to me. Perhaps we should all start sending shipments of carnations to the Russian military.
@@davidfifer4729 Salazar was already dead by the time of the revolution.
No, saying "apolitical" doesn't mean they support Ukraine. They're either neutral or support Russia, trust me. I know.
As an Estonian, I am grateful that there are men in Russia like the one who speaks on 8.10.
Estonians have nothing against those Russians who admit that Russia has occupied us in history and accept our freedom. The problem is with the Russians, who claim that they have saved us and that we voluntarily joined the USSR. Our forefathers have shared memories of how Russian soldiers deported our people to Siberia and killed and raped them. Knowing the history, people can be a little hostile towards the Russians. It's not Russianphobia; it's the fear of history repeating itself.
I never understood why solders rape people. Why does this happen? Do they feel impunity and do everything they've wanted but haven't been allowed to?
The problem with your knowledge of history is that you think Russia occupied you, while in fact it was the whole USSR with it's native Georgian leader. And how you describing this got me thinking that you history classes are super americanised oversimplified version of reality where USSR is a synonym of Russia and all it's political elits are ethnically Russian. Which BS for sure and it will not take you long to learn what ethnicities were featured in the Soviet elits.
@@MsThePrettiest Estonia was occupied for the first time in 1918 when Lenin was in charge, not the Georgian Stalin. The second and third time it was Stalin in 1940 and 1944. Georgia was not included in the original USSR agreement. It joined later. In addition, the capital of the USSR was Moscow.
As for Americans, most of them know nothing about Baltic history. Maybe superficially.
Our knowledge of history still comes from our ancestors-my grandfather, who was in Siberia for a long time. He never blamed Georgia for that. My father-in-law shared a story about his ancestor who the Russians raped on his son's dead body. These stories do not come from a history textbook but from our own lives. No teacher shares these terrible things with us. In that class, we only learned the annual accounts of who occupied us. Sometimes the Germans, and sometimes, the Russians. In addition, the Swedes, the Danes, etc., long ago.
These people are still alive who have seen the USSR's occupation and life under the rule of the USSR.
In Estonia, we have a city named Narva. Many Russian-speaking people immigrated there after the war, and there lives few Estonians. The reason is that the original Estonians were not allowed to move back to Narva before the 70s. But by that time, they had built homes elsewhere. Big saver that did not allow people into their homes for 30 years.
Estonians' mistrust of Russia started before the USSR, because we were forced to live under the Russian Empire in the 18th century
@@paulm6529 War turns man into a monster.
@@MsThePrettiest Americanised? More like real ground events reported by Estonians at the time. Just a quick google search could lead you to how Stalin issued an ultimatum to allow Soviet troops into Estonia, in the end it was about 160 000 soldiers. Then that turned into a Moscow approved coup and voila independence gone. So what history are you reading? Only Russian and Belarusian mandated history, because surprise surprise the entire world thinks very differently.
Daniil and Artyom, thank you once again for providing such valuable insight about Russian attitudes. The lady toward the end, with the funny little hat, was truly brilliant. Again, thank you for your courage. By the way, Daniil, you are a delightfully quirky and gentle human being.💖
The idea of Russki mir died hard when the baltics joined NATO lol.
From Russian pov yes. From Baltics pov it died when they joined EU.
Such thing as russian peace never existed in the 1st place.
Georgia and ukriane should join NATO too
@@badass6954 First they must expell the Russian forces from their ocupated lands and their russian population too.
The Baltics quickly joined to NATO after US invaded Iraq ilegally in 2003, and they realize that Russia as UNSC with veto power could done the same to them, and prove right after that Georgia got attacked in 2008 and Crimea got sized in 2014.
I sympathize with all the people who found themselves in the occupied territories of Ukraine. They had their happy life and one day they were invaded by deceit their life has turned into a nightmare and now they have to live with their tormentors
The occupier will be destroyed.
Estonian here. Russians have done unimaginably terrible things to my family in the past. But we don't hate Russians. Only when they start to think that Estonians and Russians are the same, we will stand our ground. Russians are not our brothers, never have been. We just want peace and let our culture finally flourish after so many years under occupation.
"Russians have done unimaginably terrible things to my family" - yeah, right, as Stalin (georgian), Beria (georgian), Hruschev (ukrainian), Brezhnev (ukrainian) are all russians. facepalm. A lot of people mix words russian and soviet - which is a total nonsence, as Russia was occupied by Soviet government (during the civil war of 1918-1922) same as any of the Baltics countries.
@@RivieraByBuick Yet things have not changet. Hitler was Austrian, so Germans are innocent. Unbreakable logic.
@@RavetsU exactly. nazi politics is the one to blaim, not german es a nation. Although germany polulation during holocaust was A LOT more homogenous than USSR population. Try to beat it.
I am finnish, and estonians are not our brothers either. You are baltic, not nordic.
@@reinoeiole9666 finland is on the baltic sea as well. So finnish are Baltics.
Come to Lithuania and ask people about their values and their beliefs and which of them are the most important to them. I am 100% sure almost all of them will include freedom / independence. Like the wise man in the 8:00 minute said, we have a right to have an unfriendly attitude towards the russians as they used to take from us something what we desire the most. Our independence.
The man at 8 mins was exactly right. An educated man in history.
As a Latvian, I hope the majority of Russians think like most of these interviewees… at least secretly. Growing up in Riga, I’ve met and worked with so many Russians and most of them were really nice people. Never had any real problems with any. Although, it’s true that there are almost two parallel worlds living in one - Russian and Latvian. We coexist mostly peacefully. I used to work in an office where more than half of my colleagues were Russians and many of them didn’t know Latvian well or at all. Yet they all had good jobs, salary and opportunities. So no one can tell me that they are oppressed due to anything. And none of them wanted to be back in Soviet times either.
It all depends on the propaganda that they are being fed and how much they believe in it. But rest assured, Latvia, just as the other Baltic nations are part of NATO now and your future is secured. The Moscovites will never dare to touch your country.
Я как русская могу вас заверить, что я не знаю никого из моего окружения, кто бы хотел захватить вас. Это звучит как нонсенс и бред. Нам это даром не надо. Вот, честно, мы даже не думаем о вас. Вы думаете о нас больше, чем мы о вас. Мы вам не завидуем, как многие почему-то думают. Нам нет до вас никакого дела. У нас своих хватает. Вывод - простым людям в России вы неинтересны. Если у вас есть претензии к нашему правительству, ваше правительство должно вместе с нашим на дипломатическом уровне решать возникшие разногласия.
So what stopped them from learning Latvian language? Velikij ruskij shovinism?
@@linamatusov9283
So why did YOU attack Georgia and Ukraine?---In RuZZian media there are many threats to take the Baltic countries!---Do you live in dreamland?--Do you lie to us? Do you lie to yourself?--Because what you same does not fit the facts!
@@leotimtom6637 young generations of Latvian Russians know Latvian language. Its not a problem for majority. But anyway, its not about a language at all. Rusophobia is a official part of ruling class politics. Unfortunately
dude i so liked your videos and style, watched them before at another location in usa but now im in asia and found you again by accident, subscribed now! carry on !
61 year old american ( :
As an American who tries to see through propaganda (from our government too) and seeks to understand the perspectives of each side, I find myself relying more on people’s behavior than what is said or written about in the media. What strikes me the most is how Putin claimed that Ukraine was “not a real country” yet they (Ukrainians) are fighting for it so vigorously. This behavior is very revealing that indeed- Ukraine is a real country that will defend itself. If Russia prevails militarily, that may be the easiest part. Winning over the hearts and minds of a nation after destroying them may be impossible.
This learning style certainly isn't the worst, but you have to acknowledge that these opinions will always be based of the knowledge of the sociaty. I recommend you to pick up on some history books. Because very little percentage of Russians are aware of the terrible things they did to any of the post USSR country citizens. For example 1949 / 1941 deportations. It was unlawful to sing/compose Latvian songs, read Latvian books, poetry, and if you did you were put in prisons and had to endure some awful interrogations. And as you can imagine many more things which come under USSR regime.
8:18 finally a Russian person who understands why Russia's neighbours hate russia so much
Doesn't take a lot for some to fall out of their chairs. Oh wow, a sane person, lordy!
@@squeakycleannnn in Russia it's very rare to find such a person
@@MiSt3300 rather rare to find a Russian who can freely tell the truth while getting interviewed. folks seeing clearly what's going on avoid street polls in authoritarian and especially totalitarian states, keep their mouths shut. it's fact that too few brave people are ready to express their real opinion on camera. there was an incident where Russians told their point of view for the poll by DW were found by the police and got in trouble afterwards. the majority is scared to death, while brainwashed people supporting their governments feel completely comfortable knowing that they won't encounter ramifications. that's why you cannot trust any results of the opinion polls in countries with severe regimes. sociology doesn't work in countries alike as it's way too distorted.
@@cheezed6897 no, but I live in a different neighour to russia
Just like half of Africa and East Asia hates UK, Netherlands and France and most of the world dislikes US.
Soon, we will add China to this list, when they start "liberating" neighboring countries.
Great job; Daniil. It's good to hear from regular people in the street.
I am Lithuanian who speaks fluently Russian and have no problem with a people still love Pushkin and other authors and artists but if you will come with Putins t-shirt ore Z letter we have a problem, I think this how the most my countryman view Russians! BTW you guys doing amazing work!
Love how the guy mentioned china, it’s crazy to me that Russians think china has good intentions with them for the future
When you asked the lady at the end about the war, you could just sense how angry she was.
Georgiy (12:30) seems to think that Russia has never attacked. Tsarist Russia dismembered Poland, and attacked various others countries, gaining an empire. If he includes the Soviet Union, there is Finland, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Japan and Afghanistan. Post Soviet Russia has Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine.
You forgot China in 1945
@@marin4311 I also forgot Romania (annexing the Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and Hertsa regions).
Thanks Daniil, just a little hope is nice to hear.
You are the real world MVP, this content has the potential to change the world.. Its insane how good you are doing
“The soviet republics were friendly”? As far as I remember, Russians viewed themselves as superior and called the caucas’ region dark skinned people “churki” (a racist slang) and all the rest of nations as Moscow’s slaves. As a Latvian I can say we don’t have a problem with Russian speakers, they just have to respect our language and culture which many of them don’t. They’ve maintained their historical syndrome of superiority. Indeed, the guy in 8:03 knows actual history many russian speakers here will deny.
absolutely correct !💯
I’m constantly reminded that the soviet states have a very different recollection of the USSR than the Russians have. And the gap has widened since these countries joined the western world and our ‘propaganda’ 😁.
One example during the times when Lithuania was occupied by the soviets russians who moved here were telling to lithuanians to "speak in human". It seems that lithuanian language to the russians it's not human language and lithuanians aren't humans...
@@aleksandraslisauskas2871 their superiority syndrome at its finest…
"called"? that should be in present tense cause i hear that slur thrown around a lot. ESPECIALLY from my (slavic) family that actually live in the caucas region in the south, which is pretty much a melting pot of different cultures. truly brainrot.
12:43 - "Russia never attacked" wow how braindead some of the citizens are
This was a hopeful video, I'm glad.
Я с Эстонии. Никогда никем не притеснялся и не чувствовал себя ущербным. Эстонский язык знаю на 50%. Я чувствую страну, как свой дом. Другие национальности они, как родные. Смесь русского и эстонского менталитета, это новое продолжение истории страны. За 34 года жизни я никогда не видел конфликтов на национальной почве. Кто хотел дружить, те дружили. Сейчас в столице, вообще нету разницы, кто ты. Все дружат, общаются и работают.
что существует какая-то руссофобия это миф придуманных самыми русскими, я жил в Донецке до 2021 года и благодаря рос пропаганде начисто верил, что во Львове таких как я избивают, но потом переехал в Луцк и когда люди увидели что у меня донецкая прописка то дали скидку на жильё и я за 2 года жизни на западе Украины только позитив чувствовал, хотя на украинском говорю з ужасно(сейчас усердно учу из-за собственого желания)
@@Aaroncoppelman Россия давно разыгрывает эту карту с "русофобией" и защитой "своих" людей. Люди которые живут за границей, слышат это и на подсознании начинают верить. Ведь "вторая армия мира" помнит о них и хочет защитить! Когда еще приходилось слышать с телевизора, что кто-то помнит и тебе и так яростно хочет тебя защищать? Это знаешь, пример из жизни. Работаешь ты на заводе и слышишь, как с соседнего завода (конкуренты), директор кричит, как он обеспокоен твоими условиями труда. Как сильно он хочет тебе помочь! Но директор твоего завода "нацист/фашист/предатель", всё делает, чтоб твоя жизнь и здоровье на работе, было хуже! Ну как, ты бы начал верить директору конкурирующего завода?
@@Aaroncoppelmanам во львове рассказывали, что вы ненавидите нас и украинский язык, и хочете сделать с нас малоросов и россию 2.0 (как беларусь).
Это многолетняя пропаганда))
Я это понял, когда узнал, что организовавший нацисткий марш (именно нацисткий, с зигами и кличами) организовал некий чиновник - в 2016м году на донбассе уже по другую сторону пел об ущемлении русских во львове. Это был один и тот же чиновник.
you're great at forging these questions!
I am originally from Latvia, born and raised there but now I live in Finland. And as a Latvian I can tell you a lot of people have hate against Soviet Union (todays Russia) because of the atrocities they did to our people. Even in schools they never really told me that SU occupied our territories but after basic history lessons anyone with half a brain understood what happened back then. Latvians very rarely will say out loud their real thoughts but after population was so decimated I am even surprised people are not full out russophobic. My generation tries to move on from the past but also not forget it. This topic really hurts and I am happy that small Baltics are protected under NATO. Jokes on me as my mother is actually Russian and father Latvian I am myself in the middle but always know where I came from and as crappy a country Latvia is it is wonderful in its own way for me.
what does your mother have to do with the USSR, given that she is Russian and found those times? why the hell are you blaming the Russian people for what the government of the USSR did (and I would not forget the governments of the Baltic countries of the 1940s, who voluntarily joined the USSR, for some reason you don’t blame all Latvians here)
crappy ??? are you ok
@@user-uv1gv4tt5w volunteraly joined? 😂😂😂 did you hear your fellow compatriot in 8:03? We had an ultimatum from Moscow who threatened to invade by force if we do not “join voluntarily”. Also, how could the small Latvian army fight the Red army? And we don’t blame these days’ russians, we just want you to RECOGNIZE those facts. Most of you won’t do that.
@@user-uv1gv4tt5w "Voluntarily join USSR" what a liar, was an occupation. They ever wanted be part of Russia after decades of humiliation and repression, another time that russians didn't respected treaties that themselves signed. What a disaster for Europe that was and is Russia.
@@almastebele4564 after the Baltic States joined the USSR, the Baltic government was not repressed, that is, you were betrayed by your own government, which went to cooperate with the USSR
As an American (hopefully not a “dirty American” as you evocatively put it) I really appreciate this video and your other videos. You are doing God’s work-whether you take that literally or metaphorically, I mean it quite sincerely. Well done. I love your channel, and look forward to more engagement with real people. We will take back the planet from those who want to divide humanity.
✌🏽💙🌏
Excellent video! Very well done. Thanks for all the hard work!!! -Carey from Michigan
This channel is gold! Thank you ✌️
it's daunting how this 'Ruskiy Mir' sounds pretty much like Hitler's 'Lebensraum'
I'am german and I don't have any problems with russians. I worked years ago for UtAir. It was sometimes very different and not everytime easy, but I never had bad feelings. You are europeans, too. Love and peace to the russian people.
People yes. Leader no
Can you conduct the next video talking about the Wagner group and their growing influence in Russia ? Would love to see what Russians have to say about them
mother of mine with the azov flag with the nazi symbol on the coat of arms, shame on me.
@@LeyronGames Slava Azov
@@raoufrachedi8903 you sure enjoy that black sun on their symbol, don't you?
@@FrOsTIIDeAtH yes.
What do they think of the fact that a modern version of the SS Dirlewanger Brigade exists in Russia?
hey, you are a very smart dude and i am in awe of your courage. be safe, but remember, you are doing the right thing here.
Person 9 for president. The parallel he draws to movies and his comment on China show what a sane and aware human being he is.
Is it just Poland they dislike cause all of the answers have been pretty chill since that video 😂
they dislike pretty much every democratic country
@@helivesforever7312 Poland is not democratic :D
@@reinoeiole9666 Poland is top democracy compared to russia
I like the opinion of the lady who says, we should make our lives better and it will draw the attention of the neighbors (instead of wars). That is one progressive and very effective approach.
Good video!!❤️🇸🇯
Now the expression "Ukraine is the shield and sword of Europe" means more and more meaning
+ bread busket for Africa, Asia
Long live Ukraine, fck Russia.
@@OlegHooH so ? russia is a petrol station for the world...
@@perfectmazda3538 kind of, discounter for China
What do you mean? I didn't hear much desire to invade the rest of Europe in this video
Well, the last lady and gentleman give me some hope that there might be some opinions changing in Russia. Hope there's more of that kind of thought.
I kept waiting for her to turn into Magda Goebbels, but then she didn't. It was weird. I bet she's not even russian.
And what makes you think at least half of Russians do not think that way? This channel is targeted for a North American/Western European audience so they might just show one side in order to create some outrage which apparently is working.
Its rather interesting when the one guy said Russia was more likely to expect a back stab from China because recently they enacted a law to call cities and towns in disputed borders with Russia with their traditional Chinese names instead of Cyrillic.