Why Russians Support(ed) Vladimir Putin
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- A lot of people outside Russia are unaware that Vladimir Putin is actually a highly supported leader in Russia. The explanation is rooted in Russia's political culture, and has to do with how Putin oversaw Russia's recovery from the 1990s, and the restoration of Russia on the world stage.
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:35 - How supported is he?
- 00:57 - Polling
- 03:09 - Elections
- 05:11 - Political Culture
- 05:58 - "Strongman Leader"
- 09:12 - Russian Soul
- 09:29 - Time of Troubles
- 10:29 - Collapse of the USSR
- 11:16 - Introduction to Putin
- 11:54 - The Answer
- 12:06 - Putin takes power
- 12:40 - Economic Recovery
- 14:03 - Pensions
- 14:37 - National Image
- 17:14 - Military Actions
- 17:59 - Public image and state media
- 18:53 - Conclusion
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Additional sources in the comments since I ran out of characters.
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Full List of References
Bibliography
- Alexander, James. Political Culture in Post-Communist Russia: Formlessness and Recreation in a Traumatic Transition. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
- Figes, Orlando. Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia. New York: Picador, 2003.
- Frye, Timothy, Gehlbach, Scott, Marquardt, Kyle L., and Reuter, Ora John, “Is Putin’s popularity (still) real? A cautionary note on using list experiments to measure popularity in authoritarian regimes.” Post-Soviet Affairs (2023).
doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2023.2187195
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doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2016.1144334
- Gabdulhakov, Rashid. “(Con)trolling the Web: Social Media User Arrests, State-Supported Vigilantism and Citizen Counterforces in Russia.” Global Crime 21, no. 3-4 (2020): 283-305.
doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2020.1719836
- Gontmakher, Evgeny, and Ross, Cameron. “The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia.” Europe-Asia Studies. (2015).
doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2014.1001578
- King, Lawrence, Hamm, Patrick, and Stuckler, David. “Rapid Large-scale Privatization and Death Rates in Ex-communist countries: An Analysis of Stress-Related and Health System Mechanisms.” International Journal of Health Services 39, no. 3 (2009): 461-489.
doi.org/10.2190/HS.39.3.c
- Kivelson, Valerie A., and Ronald G. Suny. Russia’s Empires. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Rosenfielde, Steven. “Premature Deaths: Russia's Radical Economic Transition in Soviet Perspective.” Europe-Asia Studies 53, no. 8 (2001): 1159-1176.
doi.org/10.1080/09668130120093174
- Simon, Rick. "Media, Myth and Reality in Russia's State-Managed Democracy." Parliamentary Affairs 57, no. 1 (2004): 169-84.
doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsh014
- Stuckler, D., King, L., and McKee, M. “Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: a cross-national analysis.” Lancet 373, no. 9671 (2009): 399-407.
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60717-0
- Willerton, John P. “Russian Federation: Complexity and Uncertainty.” In Introduction to Comparative Politics, 119-169. McGraw-Hill, 2020.
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www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/11/orthodox-christians-in-central-and-eastern-europe-favor-strong-role-for-russia-in-geopolitics-religion/#:~:text=Further%20analysis%20shows%20that%20people%20who%20agree%20that,necessary%20to%20balance%20the%20influence%20of%20the%20West
- “Do you approve of activities of Dmitry Medvedev as Prime Minister (the President) of Russia?” Statista, 2019.
www.statista.com/statistics/1088544/russia-dmitry-medvedevs-approval-rating/
- Freedom House. “Russia.” 2019.
archive.ph/20191116225413/freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/russia
- Levada Center. “Approval of the Activities of Vladimir Putin.” www.levada.ru/indikatory/odobrenie-organov-vlasti/
- Levada Center. “Electoral Ratings of Political Parties.” 20 September 2016.
www.levada.ru/en/2016/09/20/electoral-ratings-of-political-parties/
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www.levada.ru/2017/05/02/elektoralnyj-rejting-vozmozhnyh-kandidatov-v-prezidenty/
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www.levada.ru/2021/06/21/samye-vydayushhiesya-lichnosti-v-istorii/
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www.levada.ru/2018/10/08/doverie-politikam-2/
- McCarthy, Niall. “How Russians Feel About Corruption.” Statista, 12 June 2017.
www.statista.com/chart/9776/how-russians-feel-about-corruption/
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www.pewresearch.org/global/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/
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web.archive.org/web/20010219192247/www.rg.ru/oficial/doc/ykazi/1763.htm
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fom.ru/Politika/10946
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wciom.ru/ratings/doverie-politikam/
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News articles
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www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/02/02/as-it-happened-navalny-sentenced-to-2-years-and-8-months-in-penal-colony-a72803
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www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/world/europe/observers-detail-flaws-in-russian-election.html
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web.archive.org/web/20080519183218/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1580598/Russian-election-%22neither-free-nor-fair%22.html
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www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/22/putin-valdai-speech-trump-cancel-culture/
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www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/world/europe/russia-votes-in-presidential-election.html
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Thank you for the reference list.
Pin the bibliography as a comment, make sure it stays at the top of the list.
@@MunTheOddity Thanks for letting me know, it should be pinned now
In the first 6 minutes, if you replace every "Russia" and "Putin" with "Hungary" and "Orbán", every sentence still applies and makes sense.
Yeah there is a good deal of overlap between the contents of this video and several other post-Soviet or Eastern European nations
@@nojrants I think Poland would be interesting to explore, since they voted in PiS, and then voted them out. There's gotta be some sort of dueling traditions causing their extremely polarised politics
From the moment I watched your very first video on Austria-Hungary, I was expecting great things and it seems that was the case in other words great things did come
Glad to hear it, thank you for the support
You create your own music and thereby your own style in video making. Your videos feel so intense, great job!
Knowing how bad the 90's were for most Russians can inform on the topic of why older Russians value Stability over Freedom
Ukraine had the same 90s, just no one took the opportunity to credit himself for the passage of time.
@@counterr6750 Ukraine never recovered from the 90s.
@@counterr6750 Yeah, turns out electing a mafia rapist as your president tends to make people not like you. Then the country got invaded by Russia, so everything changed. And there's also the West of the country. Lviv is a crazy place
I've been waiting for someone to go in depth about this! Too many Americans can't see outside the political culture of our country. Great video, glad I found your channel under 10k subs.
Thank you! I appreciate the support
I’d say the majority understand this difference, they usually however seem to find it backwards and foolhearty, much as most Russians likely think of the yanks.
I fuck with this style of editing 💯
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback
@@nojrants i'll add that sometimes frames or text disappears too fast (and it doesnt look like it's intentional either)
@@benismann Yes that was the style I was going for at the time, but I've since become more cognizant of leaving words up for longer going forward. Regardless, thank you for the feedback, I appreciate hearing how people feel about the text duration, music, etc since I'm always tweaking things and trying to improve for future videos
Finally, a good english video on Putin, not made by propagandist but with real understanding of Russia.
UA-cam needs more creators like you, keep the good work up
I'm so glad that I took the time to go through your videos besides the one recommended to me by youtube. I hope that this style continues, its utterly unique in the "Explaining things" Genre.
PLEASE do more of this. I'm sorry it doesnt get as many views as other videos but DAMN this is some nice stuff.
PLEASE DONT STOP
I see you haven’t uploaded in a year and also that this video isn’t doing well (it’s a great video idk why it only has 5k views. Your videos are literally perfect please don’t stop.
I guarantee you, you will have a million subs if you don’t stop.
DO
NOT
STOP
MAKING
VIDEOS
Thank you, I really appreciate the support! Don't worry, I'm working on a new video right now that should be out soon, and have more after that planned. This new video ended up requiring a lot of research causing the delay, but I'm almost finished now.
@@nojrants you're pretty cool
Thank you for this. It's great to get a bit of background of what's happening in the world
Really enjoyed the video! Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Glad to hear it
@@nojrants Your welcome!
i acn already see you blow up! so glad i was here from the start :) Great work man
Thank you! I appreciate the support
Really like your videos, can't wait to see more
i wish you get more subs, man. love all your vids - make more
What an extensive and educational video. Nice work, man ❗️❗️❗️
this is currently my favorite channel
I love your vids man, keep it up
Super informative video! keep up the good work!
Great job ❤❤
Thank you.
Im looking forward to where this channel is heading! Very well craftetd video, definitely gained a subscriber here.
Thank you!
Your videos are amazing
friend, you're goin places
Great video!
Thank you!
awesome. and hugely underrated aswell
Thank you!
Really good video, hope you keep it up!
Thank you, I appreciate the support!
Great videos dude - you’re nailing this.
Thank you! I appreciate it
Fantastic Video, how do you only have 3 thousand subs!?
Thank you! I appreciate the support
That's a mighty fine video, thanks!
Thanks, glad you liked it
Very good video. I knew some of this from Naomi Klein's "Shock Therapy" but you filled in many blank spots. I hope you will do more on the Russian Revolution. Your explanations of the period after the October takeover and before the Civil War were excellent. If you can cover more on what came next it would be great. So many think the Russian Civil War was between the good guys and the bad guys, when it was actually (IMHO) between the bad guys and the worse guys.
Thank you! I definitely plan to make more videos on the Russian Revolution, as well as the rest of Soviet history and beyond as I progress through the election series. And I agree, the Civil War was much more complicated than "good versus bad", as I hope to continue to explore in future videos.
Great! Peefectlt describes the predicament in russia.
Im no professional editor or video creator, and i dont have the same experience as you but if yoi hVe time, please listen in om my suggestion.
I suggest maybe having a didferent tone of music when diving jn on the reasons WHY. It woild go from tour typical "Picture showing and then zooming out into the black background" to "stay on screen while maybe featuring maps or some Digital infograph and talking about it while a more intuitive tone of music while it stops and you answer the Main Question" and then you continue talkimg about the situation. Also maybe make your videks more hooky in the middle. It feels as if NOT ME but other people would lose inferest in the middle of tje vudeo or right after rhe statt, so thats why o suggested doing that.
I have 0 idea what i was thinking of goin into this except maybe less of the picture going in the background causs it gets repetitive and only glld for transsitions and begining asee as Maybe end. Im not sure tho,
Take what i said to your need, this was just to give u a hint of idea that I myself couldnt get, so im leavin it to u , a professional, to take as you need. Also, add sme more humor! I like pizza hut section.
Sorry if my comment is to long for u, i understand many content creators dont have much time for their comments, but i hope it gices u a thoight or idea..
Ну впринипе он все по фактам расставил. Видео получилось качественным.
It says: "Well, basically, he laid everything out according to the facts. The video turned out to be of high quality."
The video is fair, even though it applies mainly for the 2000s. As for the 2010s I'd name the prime reason for supporting him smart authoritarian policy. Putin doesn't allow any real opposition to elections and additionally rigs them afterwards, so ordinary people think that 1) there's no better alternative 2) everyone supports him anyway, so I shall too. As for the 2020s, uh, will see. For now people just shut their eyes as hard as they can, but some people come to more decisive actions (or leave the country, as a lot of liberal public did).
Cool vid
Thank you!
I like this video, but would enjoy seeing slower transitions between texts in the future, as you don’t even have a chance to read them and have to pause every couple of seconds
Thank you for the feedback! I was going for a sort of fast-paced style but I'll try to leave text on the screen longer in the future
This is really interesting and informative and well put together, thank you.
I also like the choice of music and feel it works well with the subject matter. Sounds very electronic, robotic and kind of sinister which is what I think of when I picture Vladimir Putin in my head. I’m from the West though (British) so that might be why I feel that way.
Thank you! I appreciate the support. For each of these videos I try to improvize something that goes along with the words, so maybe I subconsciously channeled that
thanks
really goos video
Things that should be taught in history class. Thanks for uploading.
Ivan the Terrible in Polish is Iwan Groźny. Groźny means dangerous, fearsome, (don't f_ck with me or find out, that sort of thing).
Sorry if you already answered this somewhere, but what direction is your channel going? If its going to have a central topic at all, I support if you just want to upload whatever comes to mind whenever.
Starski
Thank you for the support! If I had to pick a single theme, I think most videos will fall under the category of "rants", in the sense that it's me correcting or explaining whatever's on my mind or annoying me, but since I have a background in history a lot of these videos will also be educational about history, similar to this video.
@@nojrants Great to hear, I love History, Been Subbed since your first video, pretty lucky youtube recommended that video to so many people so quickly. But Im glad, and happy to stay subbed to hear your rants. Wish you more luck. (I'll try to comment more often, to show support and boost the Algorithm)
hard to find good stuff about modern and even presoviet russia after february. good video
Thank you!
Your channel is destined to pop off
Nah, non biased analysis like this is always unpopular
:(
Great video!
A small criticism though. I find that the volume of the background music is a smidge to high compared to your voice in some part of the video. It is not a deal breaker by any means, but lowering it just a tiny bit wouldnt hurt. This could also have to do with that the BGMs baseline has some high treble sounds in it idk.
Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep that in mind going forward
*Interesting.*
Great video! Not to be nitpicky or anything but I just can't help myself, at 6:52 the dates for Peter the Great and Catherine the Great are the same! Thats all, I'm done :D
Thank you, glad you liked the video! And you're right, despite all the times I watched through the video I still missed that haha
What do you think of the saying “good tsar, bad boyars” in modern Russia? With Putin being the tsar and the oligarchs/bureaucrats being the boyars.
That hits the nail on the head perfectly with Russia, very well put.
7:03 and Yeltsin.
I see
I’m happy to see new and fresh content on UA-cam. I like to see what I’ve seen before to reinforce my ideals and knowledge, while also learning about new topics, information and perspectives. It’s really cool.
Aye mate how come you follow a channel called Vanuatu (I was checking your subscriptions to see if you were a Comrade, I think you are?)
@@dannyygraf dunno, I follow lots of mappers I guess. I just looked and he’s privater every other video he’s made. What’s the controversy?
And if you’re wondering, I’ve had the oh so few people call me a commie cause of insignia and political views. So yeah.
@@Void_Wars no controversy was just insanely intrigued cause I lived there and I've never met someone like interested or to that extent anyone that even knew what Vanuatu was. Nice to know you're a Comrade, warms my heart
This is so insightful and interesting. Do you guys think the data on putin is relatable ?
Note from Russian speaker: “Ivan the terrible” is (in my opinion) best translated as “Ivan the thunderous”, same root (not strictly the same word) and captures the vibe better
Based opinion spotted.
as a Russian, yeah, I would say that the video's generally really accurate. I have never myself really supported Putin and the Moscow population has a very, very significant amount of people who do not support him, but outside of Moscow and even within the realms of Moscow his support by the average Ivan is staggering.
Can this mythical moscow pop rise up or smth? I live in central siberia and i doubt much will happen if even the whole region revolts
@@benismannединственное на что приходится надеяться - конец биологического цикла Путина, уж слишком сильный аппарат насилия(
The average big city libs, what can you do with them ?
As average Russian, i just neutral
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Excellent Video. Urrah! As the Russians say haha.
Thank you!
I'm grateful to have access to unbiased info like this. The way things are going in the west I worry that I soon will not
16:19 IDK how they count this but in 2002 i pretty sure you can be easily been beaten for even wearing torn pants or for painted hair
I think that Putin is to Russia what Reagan was to the US. Both were viewed as strong national leaders. Reagan carried 49 states and Putin wins by similar landslides.
the difference is that the americans actually supported Reagan, unlike civilized russians who hate putin.
@@Bibben Ronald Reagan was underrated as an actor. He played the role of President masterfully.
No wonder, I hear that some Russians don't or are neutral over the war but still support Putin.
I think its hard for many americans and westerners to understand the russian political mindset. We dont like authoritarianism. Well at least many of dont and its coming back. But anyway we tend to think a leader for life, antidemocratic, strong men to be bad for freedom. Its hard to imagine people could like stalin, ivan or putin. But when you have been invaded so many times and live in a harsh climate i guess you value different things. I mean im an anarchist i care only about freedom and democracy. But i wonder if most americans actually do. The legislators do the opposite of what we want 75 percent of the time. We have extremely brutal authoritarian cops and a justice system that is extremely corrupted and unfair. The supreme court is like so undemocratic i cant believe it. And then with college i just feel like no one cares about democracy.
There is a huge culture and political, and divide between the East and West
Many are just not into politics at all. Well no shit, back in the 90s i doubt you would think of much except how and what to eat tomorrow
@@FajreroCintiloIts true. I live in an “Eastern” country with some Western influences and despite this I think Western politics is very waffle
I live in England. My best IRL friend, Nikolai, is Latvian. He is the biggest Putin supporter I've met, and he's a really kind, caring guy who I'm proud to call a friend. My Russian friends have many views, but even the most liberal, are still patriots. In the west, in England, our liberals hate the native people, the culture, etc. Russian liberals aren't like that. They'd still die for their country. They are critics, yes, but not traitors.
The ones that don't escape from the country, of course
Rest in Peace Alexei ✊🏾
Now I can see why Russians support him. Thanks! But still, I don't. Then again, I dislike Biden.
Right, my hope was to explain why they would support him, not that they should
As a westerner who, since puberty, has had Russian friends, girlfriends, and spent countless hours learning about, and trying to understand Russia, this is a brilliant video. However, it doesn't push the mainstream narrative so sadly, it will be demoted.
Stalin as a greatest leader started gaining popularity after 2012, before that he wasn't popular.
18:11
Reminder that Mussolini did that too, and a lot.
Honestly we should compare Putin not to the Austrian painter, but to Mussolini. It's more disrespectful tbh because it's a comparison to an incompetent leader.
This implies that Hitler was competent
@@easytiger6570 As a military leader yes, Germany had much more success than Italy in WW2
Competent doesn't mean being a good person
@@nathanwaterser8218 If he was competent, he wouldn't have lost
@@nathanwaterser8218 Germany naturally had more success because it was, and is better developed as well as just larger, look at Italy in first Ethiopia war, in WW1, in Lybia, you shouldn't expect them to match the Germans
all three are competent and great heroes :)
Russian political "culture" can be summarized in 2 phrases:
"I am not interested in politics"
"Guys up there already have everything sorted out"
Its a big country of small people, who crave for strong leader to solve all their problems. Very immature society, where almost everything is "beyond politics"
Russian here - even though I wasn’t the strongest supporter before (neutral, I voted for someone else in 2018), I will definitely vote for Putin this year!
Why? As a westerner I’d be interested to hear the thoughts of a Russian on Putin. Thanks!
@@meneertommy8690 well, to start off with, we had HUGE issues with the oligarchs in the 90s. People also seem to forget Islamic extremism that was rampant in some of the Caucasus. Putin stabilized everything. And yes, it was a long time ago - which is why I initially voted for another candidate in 2018. However, in 2020 during the pandemic the government acted very accordingly (very careful to limit personal freedom whilst also keeping people safe) and now in 2022 with the Ukraine situation.
You have to understand that Russians are quite libertarian, we like our personal freedom and there is this unofficial deal between the government and people that if they do not touch us we do not touch them.
@@MrPeterPan Мне нравится как вы сказали "стабилизировал" а не "разрешил". Вот именно что стабилизировал, вместо диких олигархов, теперь олигархи такие же но путинские, вместо исламистов, те же но путинские
@@easytiger6570 ага конечно еще что? В Америке тоже богатых нету? Или в Украине?? Они везде есть
@@MrPeterPan Thank you so much for your response, it's interesting to hear. What is the view in Russia about the Ukraine war/situation. Do you feel as though it's a war of agression by Russia? Because that's how its seen here (in Western Europe),
are you a lib
Maybe he's both.
The people will remember Gorbachevs disgusting history
imagine being a commie in 2024
@@IrrationalCharm don’t need to imagine
It's funny when I hear Capitalists argue that communism never works and people suffer under communism because the USSR is a direct contradiction to that. They came from a war torn nation, economically on par with India and suffering from trade restrictions and sanctions by most countries, to become the 2nd most powerful country in the world. The living standards of soviets dramatically increased over the USSR's reign until the US (with 2 centuries of slave and worker exploitation + superior geographical positioning which helped it become the world's strongest superpower) illegally dismantled it. People in the former Soviet Union (aside from the countries which have assimilated into the west where the modern generation is just as indoctrinated) revere their history and wish for communism to be brought back. No Putin isn't a good guy but it's no wonder he is well liked. And yes Stalin wasn't a good guy either (not as bad as western media portrays him, i.e. the death toll is overblown and Gulags are overhyped) but I sometimes think that if only he had killed more opposition leaders like Gorbachev, the USSR might still exist today. We NEED worker revolutions in the west, the US won't allow communism to rise through democratic means so we must do it violently. Sadly authoritarianism might be the only way for the greater good.
"aside from the countries which have assimilated into the west where the modern generation is just as indoctrinated"
Oh come on! Thats just silly. Do you really think the Baltic states dislike the Soviet Union and communism just because they been "indoctrinated" by the West?
USSR/Russia could have been anything other then communist (monarchy, capitalistic ex.) and the Baltic states would still dislike its former occupier and the political and administrative systems that was forced on them.
You seem to be a yank which makes it really baffling how blind you are to others strugles for independence and how it shapes the freed countrys thoughts on its political system, as that is USAs whole national identity.
Shut up tankie
I would rather die then let a foreign goverment rule over me
We will never repeat what happend in WW2
Communism, as well as other ideologies which espouse equality (Liberalism/Conservatism), do not work due to the fact that power differences would exist even in a perfect world with unlimited resources (as all human individuals operate on self-interest // strong and weak both want more resources than others). This is well-showcased in the fact how the Soviet Union valued the interests of the Russians first and foremost (due to them being the majority and generally the most powerful of the republics) resulting in ethnic cleansings of the other non-Russian populations (Such as Finno-Ugrics, Volga Germans, etc). This is one of the reasons why the restoration of the Soviet Union is also desired by many (Russian) nationalists.
It was great because it exploited the nation's surrounding it. It was just a continuation of russian imperialism. Countless of Polish people died including my grandmother's family shipped off to Siberia. Thankfully we have defeated this evil and we will defeat it again when the need arises.
@@soulsidejourney2693What do you mean by work? The Soviet Union was turned into a major superpower due to communism. This is even more impressive considering the backward feudal conditions pre communism. So if by work you mean major economic gains, then it worked very well.
it's not Russia, it's the soviet union for god sack! they are not the same! Russia was just one of the many republics of the union of soviet socialist republics or in short the Ussr. you wouldn't say California has the largest army in the world would you!
Russia would have you think it was a "union". In reality, the British Empire wasn't a "union", it was an Empire with one nation in charge. Same with Russia
@@osheridan no, Russia would have you think that it was one of the many prosperous republics of the Ussr. the British empire was an empire of a union between Scotland and England. no for example Stalin was a Georgian not a Russian, and he is regarded as the greatest leader of the all the soviet socialist republics.
@@osheridan are you an American, if yes then I can easily understand why you don't get unions of multiple etheric groups and religions
I believe I chose my words very carefully to at no point confuse the Soviet Union with that of Russia or imply they are interchangeable. I'm not sure which sentence you are referring to, but keep in mind the video is focused on the Russian Federation specifically, and while the video makes reference to Russia's Soviet past, that is not to imply Russia is the only country with a Soviet past.
@@nojrants yeah I might have misheard sorry
New neocon youtuber just dropped
@@jsmedia-ww6gb Tongue my anus
Who knew that acknowledging that Putin is popular is neoconservative
@@salusoutlook2266 support(ed) in title
@@NanamiNishijou cope ya big ol nerd
@@jsmedia-ww6gb That's based on nothing but predictions
So basically, the Russians are doomed for misery.
Not to jump all over you for this comment, but I would be careful about saying they are doomed. Nothing about this political culture was predestined, but rather was (and is) actively built, and with active effort it can be built in a different direction. Not saying you are doing this, but often people write-off Russia as fundamentally different as a form of otherization, and that is something I want to combat with my videos. I may make a video in the near future explaining the history of this phenomenon more, because it's actually a very rich topic.
@@nojrantswould be nice to have some hopium about russia for a change