hello ladies and gentlemen, we have a big a** team working on these videos: editors, designers, interviewers, director and a manager, so if you don't mind, support our team at the links in the description ⭐ by the way, some people said that this video is sponsored by FSB and Russian Intelligence Agency, but man, where's the money then 😂 We were looking for these guys on our own on Russian social medias and through acquaintances! :) this video might looks biased because foreigners who don't like conditions in Russia basically don't live in Russia. this video was filmed by Maxim (on camera) and Artyom (behind the camera) within the last few weeks in Moscow. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introductions 00:33 - Why did you move to Russia / Moscow? 02:26 - Positive things about Russia 04:07 - Negative things about Russia 05:53 - Why don't people move to Russia? 10:31 - Reasons to stay in Russia 12:21 - About Russian mentality 18:16 - How do people treat you in Russia? 22:44 - About police in Russia 23:57 - About politics 27:05 - About education 29:05 - Do you want to move from Moscow? 31:11 - Message to those who want to move to Russia Daniil Orain.
It was good to get this perspective from outsiders who live there. In difficult times we generally get to see more of the worst of the "enemy" than normal and that can sadly skew our opinions. The country and its people are beautiful in their own way. However it seems these kids avoided the elephant in the room: the danger of living in a country where constitutional rights have been eroded to the point where it is illegal to voice any opinion the state does not like, where remaining existing laws are ignored like the one about private armies being illegal, where the leader routinely lies about facts only to change his story later (the SMO not being a war, no land grab in UA, no mobilization, no bombing of civilian targets, no private armies supported by the Kremlin, etc. all turned out to be lies), where over 300,000 people have been forcibly mobilized, where about 1 million citizens have fled the country, where the leaders routinely threaten the outside world with nuclear assault, where dozens of high visibility figures who "coincidentally" have opinions that run afoul of Putin have fallen out of windows or died under mysterious circumstances, and where just a few days ago the leader of the Wagner group (which Putin initially said didn't exist then said they did but weren't supported by the government then finally admitted on international news that the Kremlin fully funded them from the beginning) led a coup against certain government officials, took military control of cities and marched towards Moscow. It is a pretty big elephant.
Come on Daniil, this is not good. I know Maxim is new to this, but instead of just nodding along why didn't he challenge the interviewees occasionally or ask about their views on the way Ukraine has been treated by Russia?
A "crypto trader" who runs a gambling website living in Russia? About as shady sounding as you can get, of course he would hide in a country that caters to the online criminal underworld 😂
Yeah, was gonna say, Moscow's development is very much driven by image and the need to cater to the comforts of a more liberal elite that are necessary for the economy.
@@marchvertochko0056 I guess you don't know what folks discuss in small talk, and why. Even if you get on the railway from the airport there are people watching you.
People who choose to live in another country are like people who choose to convert to another religion: they often have a much more positive view of it than people who were born there.
Sorry to say, but that is just not true. Some do choose because of the greener grass effect, but many are kind of forced in some way. That's why a lot of them never learn the language of their new country for instance. They also quite often shack up with others with the same background in one neighborhood and more or less create a state within a state. I have worked with these kind of people until my retirement last year. It's a big problem.
@telebubba5527 - This video is the proof that it is, in fact, true. Even many of the people who live in more insular communities have this tendency. Maybe you are an American and are talking about Spanish-speaking communities in Florida. Well, most of the people in those towns are very much in favor of the USA, very patriotic. Particularly its more traditional right-wing values.
@@telebubba5527 There is definitely this type of expat. There are Russians who immigrated to the US and hate the US and support Putin. There is also that type of other foreign immigrant to America or Europe. There are also western expats who live pretty much everywhere, who hate the country where they live, are middle aged, socialize only with their own kind and are there pretty much due to personal circumstances, work, or some psychological issue. There are not many expats left in Russia who dislike the place, but I do know a few. They are there due to their Russian wives refusing to leave and not wanting to leave the life they have built up, etc.
Massive generalization. My country's economy is garbage and opportunities lack everywhere. Most people that leave my country is because they simply can't live in here anymore, it's not rally a matter of choosing. Evidently you are a privileged person to write that comment.
maybe he doesn't care, as long as you stay out of politics you can be fine there I guess, as long as they still have a working market and you can find a decent job. Not sure how long that's gonna last tho, crash there is coming and it's coming hard
and not only Ukraine :) ... and... I was wondering about the Sri Lanka's guy who is so happy to go to the museums and who loves the history.. what kind of history is he consuming there.. 🧐
@@TheJcrist oh, so the genocide commit to almost every single family in our formerly occupied and massacred territories then belong to the "comic book" categories. I see.. i bet you are also the victim of the "victorious Russian liberators" propaganda. You know, we don't need to get facts from any books, our families' history, tragedies and trauma are still very much alive and told directly by our grandparents.
Exactly. These dudes dont realize thay they can get frivolously arrested on a misdemeanor and we'll probably have to pay millions and hand over some spy or arms dealer.
Amos does seem to want to be the poster child for the Russian authorities. I'm confused about his comments about 'woke' culture, since it is the 'unwoke' who would want to take his freedoms. Maybe he's been away too long to know - or follows different news sources, I guess.
to me it seems absolutely insane for US citizen to think there is not enough of diversity of food, climate, freedom of movement etc, in US. That black dude who thinks Russia is "the dope " will learn few things in due time. just wait....
@@EvansdiAl Do you want to know why all these people have the wrong idea about Russia? 1. These people are all young and have never had to be treated in hospitals in Russia. 2. None of them work in Russia and therefore do not know the problems that arise there. 3. They all live in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where everything is quite good compared to other parts of Russia. There are 89 regions in Russia, and in 2 capitals life has always been different from other cities and regions. 4. They communicate all the time with people of the scientific community and with young people who differ from others in their optimism, culture, and education.
Do you want to know why all these people have the wrong idea about Russia? 1. These people are all young and have never had to be treated in hospitals in Russia. 2. None of them work in Russia and therefore do not know the problems that arise there. 3. They all live in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where everything is quite good compared to other parts of Russia. There are 89 regions in Russia, and in 2 capitals life has always been different from other cities and regions. 4. They communicate all the time with people of the scientific community and with young people who differ from others in their optimism, culture, and education.
Since we've been talking about the role of gender in Russian culture, it makes me wonder if you could have got answers from at least one or two foreign women living in Moscow.
Yeah. All these guys are kind of into “traditional” gender roles and like that about Russia. I’ve been to Russia and I liked my time there, but it was a short trip.
@@squeakco Well, IMO, it's more than "traditional gender roles." This guy's alleging Marxism has infiltrated the US educational system, talks about the deep state, feels discriminated against as a white male, feels life is freer in Russia, claims the police here are PTSD army vets, and is a bigot as he admits to being anti LGBTQ and usually that comes with a host of other bigoted notions (I also believe that someone who'd mention Affirmative Action three times when discussing shortcomings of the US educational system is probably a racist). I went to Russia once back when it was still the USSR. Russian culture and people are beautiful (and have shortcomings like everywhere else). My mother went to school there to study Russian and Russian Literature and I grew up to appreciate the country and its culture. She was a socialist because she carted about others (I'm not a socialist, BTW, but certainly one can be a socialist or Marxist or conservative because you think those systems would be the best for the most people. This guy only thinks about how he, himself, is treated. He's a shallow self-centered bigot who's only interested ins own well being. This little Neo-Nazi really pushed my buttons, as you can see!!!
@@engletinaknickerbocker5380 I am familiar with the expression. I am only curious what makes them the opposite of the gentlemen and why should every single person be accountable to take sides in this war?
@@UncleHam1337 They could be whatever sort of men (presumably), but it's rather rich to be in Moscow and hold such views, and not even acknowledge that there is a war going on. As far as I can tell, that's why the majority of folks are upset with this particular episode, because of its title and and that it takes a snippet of some conversation out of context. Of course these folks represent different factions of the USA, but none are the majority of opinion and if someone is attempting to show that these views represent the majority of Americans, then there is a problem. Up to this point the program has seemed to show that the war in the Ukraine means different things to different folks in Russia, especially among Russian citizens. But it is questionably inauthentic to compare these 'bystanders' as Americans, in this type of annihilation to other wars that Americans were participants.
As a young man, my grandfather finished his PhD in Germany around 1935-36. He liked the Germans, he spoke German fluently, later in life he would only drive a Mercedes Benz. He was a very, very conservative man. But he said that these years was a wake up call. He recognised the evilness of the regime, and during the war, he joined the Norwegian resistance. These guys are so happy because Putin‘s fascism doesn‘t care about them. At the moment.
hope they live to regret their love of nazi-russia...These people are collaborators with a fascist , evil regime , and no different from Mosely and Blackshirts .... who supported Hitler and the nazis.
Just learned about this a month or two ago while researching Germans who lived in Ruzzla. Ya outta look up the history of the Volga Germans. They where actually German descendents that where Ruzzlans who had migrated there during Catherine the Greats Reign. Which she was also of German Heritage. Wanna take a guess of what Stalin did during the 1940s just because their families had originated in Germany? He sent them to concentration camps. Just another thing to add to Stalin and Moscovite gov and military atrocities committed towards another ethnicity who was apart of Soviet USSR. But hey according to Putler everything is everyone else's fault. Wouldn't expect any less from an ex KGB AGENT who has made it clear he has ambitions of wanting the USSR countries back together through his actions and words.
Dante: "Russia is a victim of propaganda meant to portray them as the villain" . . . Alex: "I was a loser in the USA but I moved somewhere they have lower standards" Amos: "Crypto" . . . "Anti woke" . . . "Women know how to stay in the kitchen in russia" . . . Mmmm yes, now these are clearly the men of my dreams right here.
. . . whatever Let's appreciate Vladimir Kara-Murza, two time poisoning survivor, who after Russia's aggression on Ukraine, returned to Moscow to openly criticize the war and shortly after it got arrested and then was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
👍That guy is a hero. Keep repeating his name and what he's done, please. (His wife is brilliant as well and campaigns relentlessly on his behalf and against the PooTin regime.)
For all the angry Americans in the comments - Half of your country voted Trump, the young guy (Lee) only aired their shared opinion because he feels he is SAFE to talk feely in Russia but not in his country. And it is clear why - look at all the hate in the comments. Exactly the "tension" he experienced.
You should've included European citizens to even out the comparison. I worked in the US for 5 years and also visited Russia many times (I learned Russian too). Surely, American police is really nasty in the way they treat you compared to European police (but really, you don't want to deal with the Russian corrupt police). Russians have a higher cultural level and people are normal people and more traditional. However, these guys live in their bubble and they don't realize how corrupt the political system is. Also, Russians don't really understand freedom, they value stability and safety (sometimes mistaken as freedom in dictatorships) and delegate politics to the government and the government steals freely from them. The problem is that as a society you are helpless and cannot adapt to change or have a say about it; and changes are coming in a bad way to Russia.
You have just provided a very concise analysis as someone who has had boots on the ground. The rose colored glasses these guys are looking through may well change color, should they step out of bounds. How about simply putting everyday first amendment practices into play. The welcome mat in the gulag is rolled out.
Still interesting to hear their perspectives. Even with rose tinted glasses, they're able to highlight some flaws in the West, which may be less of an issue in Russia.
"don't really understand freedom, they value stability" This is why Russia had 4 revolutions in the past century, the last one only 32 years ago. Plus this failed coup attempt this year. Makes sense...
Addressing your criticism: I am pro peace in Ukraine. Peace was attempted several times with Minsk 1 and 2 agreements, which Merkel later called a means to buy time to arm Ukraine. The war started in 2014 when Azov Nazis started bombing peaceful Russian speaking residents in the Donbass. The west could care less about Ukraine. The reason why the US supports the proxy war against Russia is because Russia is a threat to the hegemony of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The US killed Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein because both leaders wanted to sell oil in their national currencies. The US dollar is backed by oil. The US blew up Nordstream 2 in order to slow the sale of oil in Rubles. It’s ironic that the EU doesn’t have sanctions on Gazprom.
These guys are the non-critical leftovers. If my country of birth did what Russia did in Ukraine I would be in disgust and ashamed and would try to change my nationality.
I hope so. More attention to this channel in Russia means they're exposed to more thoughts and opinions. It's through the exchange of ideas that a people can start to see through propaganda. One of the biggest barriers to disinformation and misinformation is the language barrier. We can't understand the Russian viewpoint because we don't speak Russian and can't watch their news to see things from their perspective. Likewise they can't understand our perspective as they don't speak the language, can't understand our videos and don't see our news. That's why channels like this that show different ways of life and different thoughts while bridging the language gap are essential for breaking Russian and Western propaganda and it's the start of creating peace as we have to understand each other to have peace.
@@natureblank1401I guess you're pro Putin and pro war, which I disagree with. But I agree with you: Many "1420 viewers" are fools who are disgusted when they hear an answer they don't 100% agree with. They immediately come up with wild conspiracy theories and their own propaganda as to why someone could give such "wrong" answers. It's as if these viewers didn't allow people to have a different opinion than them, "Only my opinion is the only right one!!!". Whenever I see a considerate person try to reason that things aren't simple they get called "Ivan", a bot... you name it. Just because they try to understand the situation, don't trash talk Russians and don't see everything black and white. More often than not, I feel embarrassed about 1420 viewers.
I love how they keep saying "we love Russia" yet they've never been outside of Moscow or St-Petersburg, it's just like going to America and visiting New York and assuming you've been all over. Also bruh of course you're going to be one of the best, there's been a brain drain for decades. There's a reason most leave Russia and not emigrate there
@@W_Bin What nonsense . Moscow is the largest industrial and industrial center in Russia . Moscow is one of the main economic donors in Russia , Moscow 's contribution to the all - Russian budget is 16% .
@@user-qj5dj5hk1y You're wrong. Google says "As of May 2022, there are 5.99 million foreigners residing in the Russian Federation with the vast majority (91%) being citizens of CIS countries." The reason for that is that "Russia borders all central Asian countries and former USSR nation-states." And shortly, given that Russians were getting the fruits of colonization of the other countries, they were living a bit better economically. So, they flood Russia, the same as hispanics flood USA.
Definitely the two obvious weirdos from the US. The others seem to be decent people who can only be wished luck, no matter where in the world they will live.
Why did people keep on coming to the US when they were invading so many countries in Middle East? Oh yeah, it’s a gesture of democracy, it’s different indeed
The young American males portrayed here are criminals on the run. I am willing to bet $ on it. There are not representative of any people I know, except for perhaps neo nazis and white supremacists or crypto investors guilty of financial crimes....
Now, if you attempt that in Ukraine but twist it to 'Fuck Zelensky' and 'Glory to Russia,' you'll immediately end up labelled as a 'traitor' and thrown in jail, if not worse. Russia is much more free and less strict than Ukraine.
@@reverie3746 Probably because he has no moral center. People with no moral center will condone criminal actions by their government and not speak out. They will put money ahead of morals. That dude is in the right place for his mentality. Criminal mentality.
That guy just completely contradicted himself, he says Russia is better and stable because the leaders don't change like they do in the US which destabilises the country, but then says that people actually in charge in the US never change..
I don't think autocracy brings unity as much as it silences opposition. The guy from Tennessee seems like he grew up immersed in a certain information silo. Unfortunately, some people have difficulty differentiating what is fact and what the media says. I blame the change in media rules, which basically allowed "news/entertainment" shows like Faux news that dispense false and misleading information mixed in with some verifiable facts. IMO this is false advertising and shouldn't be allowed, but the money dictates otherwise. In addition, he has a very limited perspective of academia in his field. In the more prestigious schools, there are strong conservative groups/ok organizations on campus that segue into political careers. Many, if not most, serving in international relations capacity are more conservative, right/center right. I'd really like this guy to show me all these Marxists he's talking about. As someone who's more left leaning, following different political/academic figures and their work, I have to say there are probably about 5 genuine Marxists in the US. Btw the irony of "Marxism" being considered bad relative to Putin's history/USSR is not lost.
On top of that he would most likely reject all the positive aspects he mentioned about Russia like money being spent on public education and health care while being in the United States and label them as "socialist"/ "marxist". The mental acrobatics are mind boggling. 🤣🤣
I'm struck by the use of Trumpist rhetoric. For instance, the Tennessean references the "deep state," characterizes the President as a puppet or figurehead, expresses a preference for a system in which leaders wield power for many years and are not required to respond to constantly shifting priorities of the electorate, accuses affirmative action of having ended American meritocracy and led to the poor treatment of straight white men, sees both Russia and the South as defenders of traditional values, and claims (with no apparent trace of irony) that Russian society is stabler than the US. Even crypto guy gets in on the action, seeking a Russian haven from the "woke virus." I wonder if this indoctrination occurred in the US or Russia. I also wonder what we are to make of the fact that the American Right and the Russian regime now seem to speak from the same script. Politics sure makes for strange bedfellows.
I have no problem accepting that Russians are just as nice (or just as nasty) as the citizens of most countries.What differs is the autocratic nature of their political leadership. The many examples of 1420 interviewees refusing to answer political questions (unless they agree with the regime) would not be found in voxpops elsewhere in the world.
Im sorry for being so categorical but you are very wrong. I guess to understand current russian culture better you have to watch most loved russian films “Brother” and “Brother 2” of director Alexey Balobanov. I promise you that those are not fully propaganda but actual russian cultural phenomena. You need to se how xenophobic russians really are.
Please, by all means stay the hell over there. Yes woke garbage is a virus but the rape and genocide committed by russian troops do not make this a popular tourist destination. Stay there.
Про ментов могу рассказать, забавная ситуация у меня была. Я как-то уснул в рабочем автобусе, а водитель походу просто доехал до остановки и ушел, не проверив, есть ли внутри люди. Так вот, просыпаюсь запертый в автобусе, никого нет, уже поздно, а завтра снова на работу утром. Позвонил в диспетчерскую -- там не берут. Пришлось вызывать ментов, они помогли выбраться. Проверили документы, я показал рабочий пропуск, и всё. Сказали, чтоб больше не засыпал, поржали и уехали.
Moscow and St. Petersburg are not a whole Russia. Those ppl were at the best part of this country. Regarding other statements like friendly people and so on... Friendly people are everywhere. We as human beings are like that without dependence on political system
My experience with Russian police: Last week I tried to take pictures of military ceremony at the grave of the unknown soldier, a military police guy constantly blocked my view on purpose. I was at least 50 meters away of the ceremony. And on June 25th, in St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospect, two policemen smashed a young guy to the ground, twisted his arms really badly and threw him into the police car. He was not resisting. His fault? He held up a sign, probably with a political slogan (I can´t speak Russian). Terrible police brutality and nobody cared. Short look at this, and walk on. I stopped.
@@wikitikitubait was not an actual funeral. You seem to be unfamiliar with the concept of "the tomb of the unknown soldier". There's one in every Russian town and usually the place where public events are held each year to remember the war dead. Why would state officials be blocking him from taking pictures? To prevent the subject of current war losses being brought up in public.
@@tin-n-tan Leading on American television who expressed a pro-Russian position. It is obvious that he was very biased in this matter. But doesn't freedom of speech mean that everyone can express their opinion, even if it is very unpopular, without any sanctions and consequences for themselves?
@@Naschira I dont now what you are talking about? Who faced consequences? Fairly sure old mate mini-tuck moved to Russia because he is a crypto bro and probably enjoys paying almost zero tax.
The guy criticizing the "woke culture" talking about how it's so difficult to talk freely and have your own opinion in US, sigh.... Then goes on saying Russia is better for free speech and opinion - I guess it is - if you don't care about the rule of law, war, corruption, LGBT - in other words, you don't have any opinions or political interests that might conflict with the interests of Putler and the Kremlin. Guess the crypto trader fits right in. I feel like these people haven't really been outside Moscow and are a bit naive. Don't get me wrong, I believe the ordinary Russian is very friendly - but the negative view of Russia doesn't just stem from propaganda, please keep in mind that Russia occupied a lot of Europe for decades after the 2nd world war, collaborated with Hitler in 1941, invaded several countries around the world, committed genocides, oppressed millions around the world and still do, at war with Ukraine.
You're confusing Russia and the USSR. You probably know nothing about it. You should learn who ruled the USSR from the beginning. And who rules the US now. Then find the similarities.
@@leroyanthony1208 That makes no sense, I am not into speculation and conspiracy. The USSR collapsed, yes, but I think you forget Putin was a member of the CPSU (communist party of the Soviet Union) for more than 25 years. Also, do you think people forget just because of a name change? Actions have to follow.
@@Christian-ty5vn Putin is not a communist at all, everything he does and says is not at all communist. Former KGB agents consider Putin as a traitor, from the communist point of view. Putin always says that in 1917, the bolshevik revolution was a treason to the Russian state and people. The communist regime was anti Russian, anti christian, killed millions of Russian people. Putin is a liberal in economic politics from the beginning. You should read the book from Soljenytsine called " Two hundred years together " And then you should look at the composition of the US official government, and also who rules the media, Hollywood etc etc.
@@leroyanthony1208there is definitely corruption in all governments. But… Putin is old school KGB. If Putin could restore USSR, he would. He’s made a lot of money throughout his career.
Having taught languages and seen students in foreign countries, sometimes there is a kind of “infatuation” with a sudden discovery of things different, a sudden acceptance of another culture, which involves throwing away all sense of critical thinking. A bit like when people join a cult. I do not know these people here, but from their answers I see some of that. Then there’s the guy who comes down on diversity and all, almost in contradiction to what he is saying about Russia. Anyway, there are people who like all kinds of things; it would be interesting to know what other countries they have lived in, how they are financing their trips (crypto investor, really?), and as others said, talk to women, from people from other places.
I really like this point of view you're suggesting. I believe any foreigner currently living in Russia ignoring political situation has to have some sort of blinders on. They ignore the bad and only focus on how it is (in their opinion) better over there than the places they come from. It honestly sounds like a North Korean propaganda when they speak about Russia. The crypto trader is a borderline criminal probably hiding from something like the IRS, and the white guy talking about "affirmative action" and "white male prosecution" is clearly a misogynist racist. Give me a break. They're both clowns.
As an ecuadorian we are spread all over the world. We also used to have a large portion of people living in Ukraine relative to other south american countries. We don't like or really care about global politics and we have always been this way. People from my country don't really care where they live, as long as the country gives them more opportunities than in here which sadly, there's not much opportunity for prosperity for the majority of the population.
I still have the image of Russian police hauling away a young girl over her carrying a blank sign burned in my memory. It must be horrible not to have freedom of speech.
@@AlexanderJohnLee Was G.F. simply walking around carrying a sign or acting out violently in a street drug induced rage? The leftist news media clouded over the whole event twisting it and turning it. Did they ever show the autopsy report on the drugs in his system?
Have any of them tried protesting the war freely ? While in America we could freely protest the Iraq and Afghanistan wars without risk going to prison. Im willing to bet state TV and Prpgandists are gonna love using this footage plays right into their agenda.
He already did something unwise. He is in Russia. However, his "1938 Germany" mind-set seems to fit right in with the other orcs. I saw let him remain. Keep him. I would not want to meet this guy.
u really should have asked them directly what they think about Russians getting arrested for protesting, russians getting arrested for speaking against the war, against Putin, etc.
@@elyungito8205 why would you do that though? You like Russia invading countries and fully support it? You can try to protest against punishing murderers and support punishing those who protected their lives as well, to fully show your level of empathy and general qualities of you as a human being.
@@elyungito8205 hmm, sorry , what do you mean? Ukraine doesn't have ATACMS and F-16 yet, so it's not about destroying Putin. All Russian soldiers won't kill themselves, that's why Ukraine needs help. Russian media says Ukraine must be defeated and used in the future wars just like Chechnya. For wars with whom you might ask? Isn't it obvious?
They also live in a bubble called Moscow. That's all they know. Send them to Eiik Эйик then you can ask them again because only then will they know what Russlan is. Thousands of kilometers nothing. Only Moscow.
They have all been warned and told to leave by the state department. Unless you're there as a journalist or for military/diplomatic reasons - YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!
The longer they spoke, the more confident I was they were either nuts and/or dubious. . All of them should be put thru considerable review and monitoring if they come back to the US. I'd bet their stories would fall apart real quickly.
2 of them are not from the US, so they won't be going there. They are from Sri Lanka and Colombia and are more used to living in a totalitarian state. The Americans are just MAGA Nuts and totally screwed up by the GOP politics.
A "based" cryptobro; a freeloading antisocial coomer; a CIA (or FSB) asset, and a bunch of IT/call-center denizens?! Take as many as you want, Russia. 🤣🤣
It seems like they are "foreigners who choose to live in Russia because it fits their mentality" rather than "random" foreigners, so of course they'll say "I'm not a political person", agree with Putin being in power for 20+ years to bring stability, etc. ~
Being a US citizen, I will admit that we have our problems here. We live in a system of runaway capitalism. The thing is, I am free here to criticize our government and our leaders and even publicly protest if I feel strongly about something. The two Americans you interviewed belong there. I noticed they had nothing positive to say about the US and nothing negative to say about the Russian government. Probably because they could very well be thrown into a Russian prison. It would have been interesting if Daniil had asked the anti-"woke" gentleman what he defines as "woke". Our constitution says that everyone is created equal, but it seems he has a problem with how some people live. Those two US citizens didn't seem to like it in the US. I'd say they're in the right place.
I dislike those "US citizens" every bit as much as some of the Z-ombies we see regularly on this channel. A blind fool is a blind fool, whatever country they're from. Just watch those guys go running to the US consulate or embassy, the moment there's a question about their conduct, or they say the wrong thing in the wrong place.
I fully agree. That one white kid (forgot the name) was going on about "woke", "leftist", LGBTQ, "Marxist" and stressed no less than three times he was a "straight white male" who had been somehow mistreated in the USA and wanted to treat others with disrespect and hate. He is in the right place. Stay right there, bud. NEVER come back to the USA. Please don't.
Yes and if they get arrested that's their problem. US will be better off if more of these types go and stay in russia. They don't want freedom for everyone, just power for themselves.
That one man that talks about propaganda in the college classes...wonder where he went to college...no where i know of , but then again everyone i know didnt go to crap schools. He would fit right in at Liberty University....
@JK-gu3tl Zinn wrote the history from a different view point than mainstream..The history of the people hasn't been ,for any civilization , written by the commoner. History has been written by the " winners" , the leaders. to write the common man/ woman history for any civilization is much like writing a novel. Much of Zinns writing .because they are written near or at the time , are a look at society today and responsibility for political movement ...
"There are more opportunities for young people in Russia than in the U.S." Right, that is why hundreds of thousands have left Russia in the last year. "There is more stability in Russia than in the U.S." Watching these videos, it becomes clear that there are many people in Russia that are apathetic about what happens in the country unless it directly affects them. So, it is thought-of as better to have imaginary stability in a country without freedom of speech or dissent than to live in a country where societal conflict occurs as a way to sort-out differences and arrive at a middle-ground.
I guess your reference to political stability in Russia is from raincoat guy at 24:50. My reading of him is that his position on the political spectrum is either fascist or fascist-adjacent. Also, I wonder why a 24 year old software engineer was deemed important enough to get an invitation to Putin's recent St Petersburg economic forum propaganda circus. That suggests he must have very good connections to the regime. I wonder who he's working for as a software engineer.
well I myself am a Russian immigrant who left to pursue career opportunities but I have to say, many of my friends (uni education, STEM, IT type people) have stayed because there is a real future for them, career-wise. im not sure if it's the right call, but anyway opportunities exist and there is a real demand for a qualified workforce, even if it's anyone's guess what the future holds. concerning the us, honestly even I, a western-minded immigrant, would probably not choose to live in the us over russia. all the guns, inequality, racism, intolerance -- it's just so much like russia, except some people are not as poor, but now every idiot has a gun. stability-wise it's maybe better, but eh, im not so sure anymore with all the nazification of the right in the us and the societal tension. i think you'd be surprised just how apolitical the average person is. maybe not as bad as in russia, but in western democracies people also have no clue about shit, they don't really care and they don't follow the news. it's just that those that do have less fear about taking it to the streets. guess this is what happens when people haven't endured 1000 years of complete suppression of individuality, and don't face 10 years of jail time for a tweet
@@mmitleidt7969 I don't know if any of them are weirdos, but having been an expat myself, I knew how entitled I was and very well aware of the local authoritarian regime. They don't seem to be aware or turn the blind eye. Very similar to most of the locals, actually.
Well, one US guy mentioned public transportation. That's something normal for any big city in Europe, but I guess it's an upgrade for them (I've been to the US twice, and I was shocked at how the metro was bad in NY and close to not-existent in LA)
@@chickensprintThough cyber crime is technically illegal in Russia, the Russian government is so corrupt that they probably don’t enforce any laws like this anyway
I lived nearly 8 years in Russia. I would probably never have left, if not for the war. Amos is correct, Russians do, for the most part, treat foreigners just like they would treat each other. The caveat is, they often treat each other like crap, so you will get exactly the same treatment. On a personal level, they are kind and curious people. And can be quite generous also. But if you deal with anyone professionally, and especially anyone in whatever petty position of authority, they will take sadistic pleasure in screwing you to the maximum -- which again, is the same treatment Russians themselves get. Customer service in Russia generally is some of the worst anywhere -- in Russia "the customer is always wrong." Not all people are like this, but many are. People blame it on Soviet mentality -- this is wrong, because you find descriptions of the same behavior in classic Russian literature. It is not Soviet, but simply Russian. The Marquis de Custine wrote his famous critique of Russia in the 19th century -- a lot of it may seem extreme, but most of it is generally still accurate today. Obviously there are pluses to the country, many of which are mentioned in this video, but they simply glossed over the negatives which deserve mentioning. Thank you Daniil for another wonderful compilation of interviews.
I have the italian translation of the book of de Custine. Amazing book. He descrives well the russian mentality. Part of it can be found in other eastern orthodox countries.
@@the_g371 I guess you are from the Baltics and I have been there too...yeah I could tell immediately who was Russian just by how they dress and their behavior.
They really are strange. How can you be kind and caring, yet sadistically find pleasure in screwing people? Seems like one of them has to be an act. Either that or they want to be kind, but their life sucks so bad that they use the old adage "misery loves company" to vent at work.
I have the impression that all these interviewed guys are living a bit in their own world, as one says. at 27:45 : "what i like in russia is that you can objectively study your subject without being constantly inondated by propaganda all around you " !!
Yea… the dude needs to stop watching Newsmax. I’m a straight white man, and I’ve never felt persecuted here in America. Yes, you hear new buzzwords like CRT or whatever, but you are free to disregard that stuff if you choose. Nobody is going to “cancel” an average guy in the street for having his own personal non-liberal opinions. If he goes around making a scene, people may not be a fan, but the same goes for liberals. I WILL agree with him that hyper conservative blowhards should be able to go to universities and speak. If people don’t like what the guy/gal has to say, don’t attend. But there should be a free exchange of ideas in the U.S. If that seems like it’s not happening as often as in the past, that should be rectified.
If a foreigner comes to Russia and repeats "Russian propaganda" in the same way, don't you find it strange? Maybe there is something wrong with your picture of the world?))
@@NameRiioz I don't think it's strange. For example Alex.. Moving to a foreign country is an adventure and that brings joy on its own. I guess that as a US citizen he also receives some possitive attention, and more so because he's adoring Russia. In the US he is just an average guy like many others. I also think that he might be living in a bubble - he probably found few friends and is just enjoying life with them, not really caring about local issues or perceiving them, not following news, politics etc. He talked about indoctrination at universities and so on, but has not studied at US uni (?), so perhaps he just got overwhelmed by media. (Not saying that everything is perfect in the US, I don't live there. But even in my country some topics get huge unproportionate coverage and it might be overwhelming.) And when he talks about situation at Russian universities and schools, he might just not know. (I wonder how objective history is for example.)
@@vladimirburian8439 Lots of theories just to justify your version. It seems very strained. Just like in most videos when young people refuse to talk about politics in the comments there are theories that they are afraid. Apparently it is so hard to accept the fact that there are many people who are not interested in politics. But every time they are counted among those who are afraid of a "dictatorial regime". It seems so ridiculous. You're doing the same thing right now.
@@NameRiioz I'm just providing a point of view. And I'm speaking of my own experience - I lived abroad for some time, being around his age, and I had the best time ever. But it was not because my homeland would be inherently bad and the foreign country good. It was just totally different life situation. So I think he is happier and has good time too. But it's not like you step over the border and suddenly you know everything about the foreign country. On the other hand you do leave everything at home, including all social problems, politics, news/media. So I think it has really nothing to do with "not being indoctrinated constantly" or "lifetime president provides stability" etc. (Also I don't agree with those. Country waging war of this scale, conscripting citizens is anything but stable. It's just not affecting him personally and he does not care.) Back to your original question: I don't find it strange that a foreigner deliberately moving to Russia and staying there for several years thinks it's aweome. And it does not affect my "picture of world". (Which is that Russia is a villain regime and "SMO" is a huge mistake and tragedy.) Also I don't think he was repeating the hardcore "Russian propaganda". And repeating "in the same way".? Honestly don't know what propaganda and which way you exatly mean by that.
Yup, you are just about right about that. A lot of them fit right in with white supremacists, neo nazis, and thugs in general. These guys were mostly on the run from the Law. I would bet $ on it. They feel safe and happy in Russia because Russia won't extradite them. They would not DARE to say anything negative about Russia, or the Kremlin.
Staying in moscow, of course, they will admire russia: russian soldiers did not rape and tear to death their 9yo sister, did not cut off head alive captured their brother, did not cover their hometowns with cassette bombs and chemical weapons. Not mention that, they are marvelous people grown up on marvelous “culture”
Many people don't like to think about unpleasant topics, so they don't pay attention to them. Out of sight, out of mind. It doesn't affect them personally so they don't care.
Exactly all males and I assume also all of them straight. I wonder what the opinion of women or homosexual people (males and females) living in Russia is. I believe that Russia also has a beautiful culture, beautiful cities and an interesting history, having said that the regime that is currently in power favors a certain category of people, mostly heterosexual males with very conservative ideas. There is no possibility of disagreeing so either you think like Putin and agree with his ideas or you are "out" and cannot express a different opinion.
Americans in Russia always have the possibility of being used as pawns in political activities. The State Department does not recommend Americans travel there if possible.
Phil, or Philko, who was a UA-camr who is a black American who lived in Russia for almost ten years, was smart enough to get out of Russia after two months when Russia invaded Ukraine and he moved to Thailand. Even his friends from America left as well. It seems like this black guy is not so bright and putting himself at risk of being arrested to use as a pawn or bargaining chip.
@@horizonskyfpvrc6152 hahahahha there are more americans here than you can fathom life is really calm and good here but you dont know that and i actually left back to usa when things started but they calmed down so i came back in september im not of any value to russia im just a normal dude.. you have an unrealistic idea of reality here. i leave and come back often its so chill here.
This video has highlighted that people don't give a fuck as long as they are enjoying their useless, puerile lives. Very depressing. 10 out of 10 for ruining my night.
Russian banking system is 100x more advanced than CC in the US. I can transfer any amount of money to anyone in Russia instantly with zero fees all on my phone....
@@AlexanderJohnLee and please try to send me some money from russia to us.....oh wait, your goverment is not allowing you to convert a bigger amount of ruble into usd.....poor russia!
Just because I say I am a straight white male does not make me a white nationalist. Russia is a multiethnic county with hundreds of different peoples and languages. It is much more tolerant of different races and peoples than the US. That's one of the reasons why I like living here.
@@AlexanderJohnLeeAsk the Tuvans, Dagestani’s, Tatars, Buryats, etc how “well” they are treated by Russia. If you can find any that weren’t sent to the slaughter in Ukraine that is…
Is this a joke? They are singing like a songbirds, because they know what's gonna happen otherwise. They completely well understand where they are and what might be an outcome for them criticizing the government. They have learned that from russians. Amazing country, with a freedom of speech, killed and burred a kilometer under ground.
Plenty of people from my country living in russia and we used to have people living in ukraine too. People from my country don't really care where they live as long as they have better lifes than back home, simple as that don't overthink it.
This video was pretty cringe but I actually hope Russia continues to accept American conservatives. Would be doing our country a huge favor by making them someone else’s problem.
Right? It’s like US right wing MAGA propaganda. Woke culture, respect for straight white male, etc. Did the Koch brothers pay you for these interviews? 😂
"As a straight white male, I'm treated better here than in America," says it all... Translation: "As an aspiring racist and fascist who has stopped believing in democratic accountability, I find I fit right in here!" And more stability in Russia? Ummm... you're staying in a country who's gov't is on the verge of collapse, is an international pariah, and may very well break up (I would mention that they are killing civilians, kidnapping children, etc., but I can see those sorts of things don't concern you). The USA, which is not perfect and has many problems (I'm certainly not in the "America can do no wrong camp"), is the largest economy in the world with the most powerful military whose reputation has been somewhat restored by the way it has responded to Putin/Kremlin expansionism. If anyone's taking bets the USA will fall apart first , please contact me and let's put some money on it. I don't think your'e crazy, you just don't care about Western values, which is your choice. Ironically, you can say what you want here, but you can't speak against the Russian gov't there (of course, as an American, you have a lot of latitude in Russia that Russians don't). But, I get it it. You wanna live in a country that favors your gender and ethnicity and you don't want stuff like Affirmative Action or other "values" to chip away at your status. To my Russian friends: pretty much the only time you're going to hear Marxist interpretation of stuff in America is in a class on Marxism and, BTW, being anti-LGBTQ or any kind of hateful bigot is allowed here (as long as you don't harm anyone physically)... though I find the views of anti-LGBTQ (and anti-minority rights, in general) completely repugnant, you will find many Americans who see the world the way this mini-fascist does and seem to feel right at home here in the USofA. Please stay in Russia, creep.
I gotta say, as someone who hangs out solely in somewhat left leaning western social media, that there is definitely some weird collective shunning of whiteness, heterosexuality and male gender going on. And I'm certain it's not all Russian bots but genuine humans who participate in it. I'm very much pro LGBT+, pro gender equality, pro racial equality, pro economic equality, yet I clearly see this unsettling movement that uses all these good things as a pretext to just hate specific groups of people. This is based on my interactions and observations in large social media platforms and forums. I'm sure it's not reality in American society in general but I have no problem believing there are bubbles in real life where one would experience it. I know this will fall on deaf ears and not many will even see it but wanted to give my 2 cents. I see it as a big problem that directly feeds the bigoted portion of right wing population in a major way.
@@marchvertochko0056 Where is this? This program today is very interesting. A person has to wonder how and why folks from America are still in Moscow during a war, and can only say positive things about Russia from their living quarters in Moscow, finding it way too easy to regurgitate Russian propaganda about the USA, using words like 'woke', 'LGBTQ', 'cancel culture', stereotypical male/female roles, etc. It makes me feel as if these folks might possibly use the same 'code words' for their biases if they were in the USA. I wonder if these young men have ever watched 1420. Sure, the Moscow Metro underground railway system is one of the best in the world, but it's very heavily monitored by what seems to be ex-KGB. I was standing near a newsstand in an entrance with my suitcase one time waiting for my sister to pick me up to show me around town. Older men i.e. in their 50s seemed like security officers were ready to strong-arm anyone that looked at them sideways, and this one fellow comes up and says I needed to move along, and I definitely did not look like I was soliciting for ANYTHING, and yet I saw people that had set up blankets in the corridors to beg for money. The Metro opened up in the 1930s and there's all sort of Soviet propaganda art. Security doesn't want tourists to take photos.
Alex, dude, if both your American friends and russian friends keep repeating that you are crazy, it might be true :D Also, if everytime you say your opinion and you have to add "people think I'm crazy", that's also might be true :D
“I’m not a political guy” They either learnt the script, or have already signed the contract with Putin that they can live a “free” life as long as they leave any politics to Putin.
@@RobespierreThePoof I understand your reply and you make very valid points. And yet at the same time the possibly two most articulate outspoken pro Russia guys ARE political guys - they make no secret about their conservative political views. They have found a nice safe home for those conservative socio-political views in Moscow and St Petersburg, which “treats them well”. Let’s not forget that gender roles, rights of LGBTQ community, issues of inclusion and diversity are all about politics. These guys are committed to a set of political agendas that they have found to fit nicely in Russian society. And then we still hear the same phrases coming out of their mouths that we hear over and over and over in 1420 videos about not being interested in politics, just getting on with their lives (in at the moment sheltered safe Moscow and St Petersburg)
@@ekattri so they tell us it’s much more stable in Russia and better than the changes in government in the US, and it’s safe for them from woke politics in Russia, but they say they’re not political because they’re afraid of getting arrested.
Something you have to realize though is... even in places like America there are huge numbers of unpolitical people, the types who either dont vote because 'it makes no difference' or who on the day simply vote who ever with no thought behind it. Granted in ruZZia it seems to go to a very extreme degree of the unpolitical.
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045Good point. They're there for a reason. I wasn't surprised to hear what they said. I don't agree with them AT ALL, but I'm not surprised either.
They're like 'tankies' of the 21st century. (Tankie = Western supporter of the USSR, who either credulously believed the Soviet authorities that no mass atrocities went on within its borders, or knew about them but was satisfied as long as the USSR opposed the West. A tankie was a communist or socialist typically found in larger cities and university campuses.)
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 No. I just find some universal opinion expressed and am supposing it has to do with these young folks not desiring to be kicked out unceremoniously, or perhaps they've lived in Russia so long that their impression about what's happening in the USA has somehow become distorted, for some reason.
Propaganda much Daniil? The guy from TN Alex is absolutely from a Russian family that is there to discover his ancestry, and his view of the police is so wrong I don't understand him at all. As for the Black guy has he watched your channel and see how many Russians use the N word? Sorry I couldn't even finish this one.
Yes, it is propaganda in the sense that the people who choose to move to Russia are precisely those who believe in Russian propaganda. They really believe in it. That's just how things tend to work. Why fault the 1420 team for that?
If this is filmed today, I feel as if there's something going on that I cannot grasp. This is Moscow, which is one of the major metropolitan cities, and so I wonder what their experience would be in another Russian town. I was there many years ago, and I didn't have any of this sort of opinion. Everywhere I went it seemed that there were eyes watching. It's unfathomable to imagine American folks think they're free to do whatever they want or say, and the young guys dissing the USA about education, sexism, meritocracy, diversity, gender roles, etc really have some sort of unbelievable point of view. How the interviewer came up on this cast of fellows to interview just makes me wonder if there are actually very few Americans left that are living there, and therefore it's a higher ratio of the weird ones. The person involved in cryptocurrency, which in my mind is an unreliable form of investment, seems to me to be 'overdoing' the friendliness bit.
Russia has alway attracted a larger amount of the American weird ones. There is always a reason underneath that they don't talk directly about, but you can figure out by listening to them. They are not the smartest tools around.
Yes. I see it, too. Like, who makes a living as a crypto analyst, or a writer, or a race car driver lol People in movies and that's all. Carrie Bradshaw 😛 Fake chick lit characters. He strikes me as a paid actor. But the million dollar question... who paid him and why?
Yeah, talk about an incel nightmare. It is like an Oral Roberts University frat boy who decided to go even further to the right and just move right into "1938 land". His ass can stay right there, with the other orcs.
Why does it feel like this channel has been taken over by the FSB? Different graphics, pro-Russian propaganda take and a Daniil lookalike? Somebody better check on him
It would be even more interesting to ask their perspectives about the war Russia is waging in Ukraine. But wait, that most interesting question is the one that cannot be asked...
I have a feeling most of them are either running from the law in their country, like for example the crypto guy from USA, I'm pretty sure he's on the run lol. Or they are either students whose parents romanticize studying in Russia for some wierd reason. Others are in Russia simply because their girlfriends are russian & enjoy the 'home-working' role of the russian wife, or they maybe hate gays & stuff and they feel at home in Russia. Behind all these nice words, for the majority of them Russia is a shelter for crimes committed elsewhere or a home for their racist mentalities. Obviously not all of them, but the vast majority yes.
What we have seen here is most of these guys are indeed incels and misfits that cannot live in a society where diversity and inclusion are valued, and a society where sending terroristic threats to politicians or even neighbors is not condoned. Their asses can stay there. I strongly suspect the crypto dude and the white dude (Alex?) are both on the run for different crimes.
As the Russian economy circles the drain, I suspect there will come a time when native Russians will become less friendly toward foreigners who compete with them for disappearing jobs and Rubles.
As a Russian, I can say that your statement is fundamentally wrong. Our economy is not going to the bottom, but is being rebuilt to the east. Of course, this carries certain disadvantages for a person in the form of price increases and so on. Sanctions only help local businesses to develop. Our jobs are not disappearing anywhere, but on the contrary, they are only increasing. For example, we lack more than 1 million programmers at the moment, and this is only in the IT field. Because of the current situation, many have left and many vacancies have become vacant.
About the friendliness to foreigners. Here you are right that the attitude may change, but this is due to the reason of "cancellation". You see, after the collapse of the USSR, Russia has always been held in a negative way at the level of propaganda in films, games, music, etc. Of course, this also had a strong impact on our citizens. Moreover, it affected so much that if something good is being done in Russia, then it will still be perceived negatively in our country. There is no such situation that a Russian person praises something in his country. And this is not to mention the fact that many people want to divide Russia into many separate countries altogether. Such opinions really went among our people. Now the situation has gone different. Many people really feel patriotism and their rightness. This has never happened. Now national things are put above international ones. I began to notice among my acquaintances that indeed many people become nationalists and chauvinists. Not all of course, but there is such a trend. The same thing is happening in Ukraine. And it is unfortunate, of course, that there are movements to the radical right. But this trend is reinforced by the culture of "canceling" all Russian in Western countries. And of course, many Russians may somehow be offended by this. We still share politics, people, culture and other things. And abroad, everything looks like it's being mixed into one. I am not a supporter of Putin myself, but it upsets me that the behavior of Western countries sometimes reaches the point of absurdity. Therefore, we have more and more sympathy for the Eastern countries. They do not interfere with everything in one, but clearly separate many things.
@@asynchronicity do you think I'm worried about something?) I just talked about the things that I observe inside the country. I have nothing to worry about, much less calm down)
As an international observer, it's disheartening to see such a stark contrast between the reality of the situation in Russia and the propagandistic narrative presented in this video. It is important to acknowledge the dire circumstances unfolding in Ukraine, where an illegal and devastating war has been initiated by Russia. Countless lives have been lost, both among Russian occupants and innocent civilians in Ukraine. The war crimes committed by Russia cannot be ignored, and the global isolation they now face is a consequence of their aggressive actions. While I understand that this video aims to showcase a positive image of Russia through interviews with foreign individuals, it's crucial not to overlook the grim reality of the situation. Misrepresenting the truth and disregarding the suffering of others is not only morally reprehensible but also perpetuates the cycle of misinformation. My thoughts are with the people of Ukraine who continue to endure the hardships of war, and there is no way Russia will make out this conflict undefited. It's imperative for us to seek accurate information and support the truth, rather than falling victim to manipulation and propaganda.
Sure, the interviewees are presenting a propagandistic view but in my mind at least two of them are revealing themselves to be total nut jobs. I don't interpret the whole video - or this channel - to be propagandistic. What these guys say (and don't say) speaks volumes about the larger context.
This channel isn't propaganda. It's just interviews. Sometime he interviews certain categories of people. Sometimes interviewees have an ax to grind. For example, they might want to finish school, keep their job, not get jailed, interrogated, or deported, etc...
@@RobespierreThePoof As they are talking about the difference in police, why not ask the American if he has attended any protests? Those types of questions would make it an interview.
Studying the Russian language is now pretty much "dead" here in Denmark, simply because there are no future job opportunities, except for working with Ukrainian refugees, who for the most part also understand the language.
@@karinaivankova4099 Some are, some are not, but in truth, the president of Ukraine's first language is actually Russian and not Ukrainian, and if you go watch the show that later also practically caused him to be elected in real life, then you would also know that it was also in the Russian language. When he was elected he could almost only speak Russian. So it's quite funny that he has been accused by Russia for trying to get rid of the Russian language. The show itself was about fighting corruption also among ordinary people, so it was not allowed to be shown in Russia.
@@agffans5725 I don't like Zelinsky, told my parents do not to vote for him. I barely find Russian school for my kid. If he let go Donbass, we wouldn't have a war.
@@karinaivankova4099 .. Yes you would, where do you think the Russians in Donbas got all their weaponry and training from in the first place ?. Most of the fighting that went on at the start of the conflict in 2014, was done by Russian paramilitary groups, who instigated the whole thing, not to forget Girkin organizing local militant groups and shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with 298 innocent civilians. Then in 2022 Russia went straight for the capital. They had also made "peace treaty" demands that they knew in advance that NATO would never be able to agree to, just go search for > Russia issues list of demands to NATO - DW < the 17. December 2021 and you will find that Russia did not only make demands regarding Ukraine, but also was demanding the end of all NATO activity and bases in eastern Europe and Central Asia, and that there would be no further expansion of NATO. Demands that Russia knew in advance would be rejected, so they could use it as an excuse to put the blame on NATO for their invasion, that they obviously had already planned a long time ago, because such large scale plans you cannot make from one week or month to the next, but need to be made a very long time in advance. This is all about Russian expansion, trying to reverse an irreversible population decline by annexing as much land as they can get their hands on, and grab the Ukrainians Black Sea ports and recourses, like their oil and grain production, in a desperate attempt to recreate a position in the world, that Russia no longer hold.
I have a russian wife myself and do travel a lot to russia. Although russia has its beauty (e.g. women), i would never want to live there. People are nice but live bad - in terms of wealth and civil rights. But the biggest thing that annoys me, is that no one cares and no one even wants to change something. In western democracies people complain all the time - maybe too much. But in russia they tolerate everything the state does to them. Everything is great, russia is great, putin is great. If something is bad, it is the evil west. In my opinion this mindset is the root of all problems in russia and as far as it will not change, i don't think about going to move there (even though my russian relatives are nice people and would welcome me with warm and honest hearts).
@@karinaivankova4099 As I am from Germany I cannot compare the US medical system and food with Russia. But compared to Germany I would not say Russia has a good medical system. Basic things are free as in Germany, but within a much smaller spectrum. In Russia you need to pay very fast if you have some special medical need. In Germany not. Although hospitals and everything are far better in Germany. Only private ones in Russia have often a good standard, but there you must pay. Regarding food I cannot say something bad about Russia, besides that it is very expensive in relation to the much lower income. (In the russian supermarket things cost nearly the same as in Germany, but income of the Russian people is much lower - I was surprised when I made my first holiday in russia).
@@karinaivankova4099 LOL! Ummm I know you must be trolling . But okay I'll play . ALL other wealthy countries have Universal Healthcare EXCEPT for the US . And yes A LOT of us hate that about our country and our giant military budget ... The difference is that here many of us DO CARE and feel free to speak against our Neo- Liberal economic system . UNLIKE Russia
@@karinaivankova4099 Except for the rural areas in deep red " Christian " states. The rest of the US has great food because we have so many citizens from other countries ... Also UNLIKE Russia
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this video might looks biased because foreigners who don't like conditions in Russia basically don't live in Russia.
this video was filmed by Maxim (on camera) and Artyom (behind the camera) within the last few weeks in Moscow.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introductions
00:33 - Why did you move to Russia / Moscow?
02:26 - Positive things about Russia
04:07 - Negative things about Russia
05:53 - Why don't people move to Russia?
10:31 - Reasons to stay in Russia
12:21 - About Russian mentality
18:16 - How do people treat you in Russia?
22:44 - About police in Russia
23:57 - About politics
27:05 - About education
29:05 - Do you want to move from Moscow?
31:11 - Message to those who want to move to Russia
Daniil Orain.
They said that because there are many Russophobes watching your channel, Daniil.
Really? You liked your own pinned comment. Pretty SUS government.
Fun fact...The Punisher studied in Moscow. John Berthol ☠
It was good to get this perspective from outsiders who live there. In difficult times we generally get to see more of the worst of the "enemy" than normal and that can sadly skew our opinions. The country and its people are beautiful in their own way. However it seems these kids avoided the elephant in the room: the danger of living in a country where constitutional rights have been eroded to the point where it is illegal to voice any opinion the state does not like, where remaining existing laws are ignored like the one about private armies being illegal, where the leader routinely lies about facts only to change his story later (the SMO not being a war, no land grab in UA, no mobilization, no bombing of civilian targets, no private armies supported by the Kremlin, etc. all turned out to be lies), where over 300,000 people have been forcibly mobilized, where about 1 million citizens have fled the country, where the leaders routinely threaten the outside world with nuclear assault, where dozens of high visibility figures who "coincidentally" have opinions that run afoul of Putin have fallen out of windows or died under mysterious circumstances, and where just a few days ago the leader of the Wagner group (which Putin initially said didn't exist then said they did but weren't supported by the government then finally admitted on international news that the Kremlin fully funded them from the beginning) led a coup against certain government officials, took military control of cities and marched towards Moscow. It is a pretty big elephant.
Come on Daniil, this is not good. I know Maxim is new to this, but instead of just nodding along why didn't he challenge the interviewees occasionally or ask about their views on the way Ukraine has been treated by Russia?
A "crypto trader" who runs a gambling website living in Russia? About as shady sounding as you can get, of course he would hide in a country that caters to the online criminal underworld 😂
Captain Obvious 😂
Exactly, he probably helps try to hack systems as well. I bet my bottom dollar he is paid by the Ruzzia govt.
I am sure he loves Andrew Tate
@@LandisLL He even does the tate hand thing where he puts his fingers together in that triangle shape that tate also does.
@@LandisLLI was reading the exact same vibe lol
"in Moscow" and "in Russia" are very different things. Most of the positive things they are naming are present mostly in the biggest cities.
If you watch it carefully, you will realize they’ve traveled in other places in Russia too
Also, they refer to positives in general (like the country is huge and you can find anything here); how is it applicable specifically to Moscow ?
Yeah, was gonna say, Moscow's development is very much driven by image and the need to cater to the comforts of a more liberal elite that are necessary for the economy.
It's the case of almost all the countries in the world, not just Russia.
@@marchvertochko0056 I guess you don't know what folks discuss in small talk, and why. Even if you get on the railway from the airport there are people watching you.
The crypto guy over there scamming the sh*t out of someone’s poor grandmother 😂😂
Russia is the right place for it. Putin considers internet criminals and hackers to be artists who do whatever they want.
Sprinkle sprinkle
and the tattooed guy for the chicks
That dude is a Caribbean or African who grew up in America probably a Nigerian American not an actual Black American
@@yodad723 I know
People who choose to live in another country are like people who choose to convert to another religion: they often have a much more positive view of it than people who were born there.
Sorry to say, but that is just not true. Some do choose because of the greener grass effect, but many are kind of forced in some way. That's why a lot of them never learn the language of their new country for instance. They also quite often shack up with others with the same background in one neighborhood and more or less create a state within a state. I have worked with these kind of people until my retirement last year. It's a big problem.
@telebubba5527 - This video is the proof that it is, in fact, true. Even many of the people who live in more insular communities have this tendency. Maybe you are an American and are talking about Spanish-speaking communities in Florida. Well, most of the people in those towns are very much in favor of the USA, very patriotic. Particularly its more traditional right-wing values.
@@telebubba5527 There is definitely this type of expat. There are Russians who immigrated to the US and hate the US and support Putin. There is also that type of other foreign immigrant to America or Europe. There are also western expats who live pretty much everywhere, who hate the country where they live, are middle aged, socialize only with their own kind and are there pretty much due to personal circumstances, work, or some psychological issue. There are not many expats left in Russia who dislike the place, but I do know a few. They are there due to their Russian wives refusing to leave and not wanting to leave the life they have built up, etc.
Massive generalization. My country's economy is garbage and opportunities lack everywhere. Most people that leave my country is because they simply can't live in here anymore, it's not rally a matter of choosing. Evidently you are a privileged person to write that comment.
Agreed Plus royaliste que le roi or more catholique than the Pope
"I'm not really a political person"
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Well, you'll fit in perfectly.... ~
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9:40 The absolute irony coming from someone living in Russia where you can get arrested for holding a blank piece of paper.
maybe he doesn't care, as long as you stay out of politics you can be fine there I guess, as long as they still have a working market and you can find a decent job. Not sure how long that's gonna last tho, crash there is coming and it's coming hard
@@Globetrotter193 He is just talking about freedom of speech. Not some work related stuff.
You can get arrested for that in the UK. Happened at King Charles' coronation.
Like that Ecuadorian guy at 3:14 😱.
also funny that conservatives need a safe space in Russia 🤡
It's amazing how these people have COMPLETELY assimilated into the Russian lifestyle... at least as far as becoming "unpolitical".
They are not assimilated yet. Soon they will find out why russians are “so cold” and mirthless
Yea. That guy from university is as smoothe brained as it gets. He obviously has been indoctrinated by RU college.
Admit it, you just want them to parrot your opinion on Russia.
Some people just don't care about living in a fascist country..
@@starseed8087 chill with these kind of remarks. it's never that serious
Somehow I don't think Ukraine would say the view of Russia as the enemy is mere propaganda.
yeah it's a smoothbrain cope to suggest that people are wary of moving to russia because they watched rocky IV lol
and not only Ukraine :) ...
and... I was wondering about the Sri Lanka's guy who is so happy to go to the museums and who loves the history.. what kind of history is he consuming there.. 🧐
@@lattenoisetteI’m sure he is getting a chance to know a real history, not these comic books most of the Westerners are getting their "facts" from.
@@TheJcrist oh, so the genocide commit to almost every single family in our formerly occupied and massacred territories then belong to the "comic book" categories. I see.. i bet you are also the victim of the "victorious Russian liberators" propaganda.
You know, we don't need to get facts from any books, our families' history, tragedies and trauma are still very much alive and told directly by our grandparents.
@@TheJcrist no soup for you!
They are treated ok until the Russian government decides to make an example of them.
Exactly. These dudes dont realize thay they can get frivolously arrested on a misdemeanor and we'll probably have to pay millions and hand over some spy or arms dealer.
This video puts a giant target on their back
Amos does seem to want to be the poster child for the Russian authorities. I'm confused about his comments about 'woke' culture, since it is the 'unwoke' who would want to take his freedoms. Maybe he's been away too long to know - or follows different news sources, I guess.
@@Booshay__ Then they can go defend mother Russia that they love so much
to me it seems absolutely insane for US citizen to think there is not enough of diversity of food, climate, freedom of movement etc, in US. That black dude who thinks Russia is "the dope " will learn few things in due time. just wait....
These guys don't really live in Russia, they live in a Moscow bubble
As people in Washington DC, or California, living in their respective bubbles
@@EvansdiAl Do you want to know why all these people have the wrong idea about Russia? 1. These people are all young and have never had to be treated in hospitals in Russia. 2. None of them work in Russia and therefore do not know the problems that arise there. 3. They all live in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where everything is quite good compared to other parts of Russia. There are 89 regions in Russia, and in 2 capitals life has always been different from other cities and regions. 4. They communicate all the time with people of the scientific community and with young people who differ from others in their optimism, culture, and education.
Do you want to know why all these people have the wrong idea about Russia? 1. These people are all young and have never had to be treated in hospitals in Russia. 2. None of them work in Russia and therefore do not know the problems that arise there. 3. They all live in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where everything is quite good compared to other parts of Russia. There are 89 regions in Russia, and in 2 capitals life has always been different from other cities and regions. 4. They communicate all the time with people of the scientific community and with young people who differ from others in their optimism, culture, and education.
@@EvansdiAl These millennials are like people who just visit Miami and Seattle and think that they know everything about the United States.
@@maxbig9021 and
Since we've been talking about the role of gender in Russian culture, it makes me wonder if you could have got answers from at least one or two foreign women living in Moscow.
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Bingo.
Russian women are all over the internet whoring themselves out to get out of the country. You’re not going to find too many foreign women in Russia
Yeah. All these guys are kind of into “traditional” gender roles and like that about Russia. I’ve been to Russia and I liked my time there, but it was a short trip.
@@squeakco Well, IMO, it's more than "traditional gender roles."
This guy's alleging Marxism has infiltrated the US educational system, talks about the deep state, feels discriminated against as a white male, feels life is freer in Russia, claims the police here are PTSD army vets, and is a bigot as he admits to being anti LGBTQ and usually that comes with a host of other bigoted notions (I also believe that someone who'd mention Affirmative Action three times when discussing shortcomings of the US educational system is probably a racist).
I went to Russia once back when it was still the USSR. Russian culture and people are beautiful (and have shortcomings like everywhere else). My mother went to school there to study Russian and Russian Literature and I grew up to appreciate the country and its culture. She was a socialist because she carted about others (I'm not a socialist, BTW, but certainly one can be a socialist or Marxist or conservative because you think those systems would be the best for the most people. This guy only thinks about how he, himself, is treated. He's a shallow self-centered bigot who's only interested ins own well being.
This little Neo-Nazi really pushed my buttons, as you can see!!!
These "gentlemen" are the epitome of "just look the other way"
What do you mean?
@@UncleHam1337 The expression means, 'pretend not to see' or 'ignore'.
Exactly.
Selfish small men in many ways. Boring, though Amos was something 😂
@@engletinaknickerbocker5380 I am familiar with the expression. I am only curious what makes them the opposite of the gentlemen and why should every single person be accountable to take sides in this war?
@@UncleHam1337 They could be whatever sort of men (presumably), but it's rather rich to be in Moscow and hold such views, and not even acknowledge that there is a war going on. As far as I can tell, that's why the majority of folks are upset with this particular episode, because of its title and and that it takes a snippet of some conversation out of context. Of course these folks represent different factions of the USA, but none are the majority of opinion and if someone is attempting to show that these views represent the majority of Americans, then there is a problem. Up to this point the program has seemed to show that the war in the Ukraine means different things to different folks in Russia, especially among Russian citizens. But it is questionably inauthentic to compare these 'bystanders' as Americans, in this type of annihilation to other wars that Americans were participants.
As a young man, my grandfather finished his PhD in Germany around 1935-36. He liked the Germans, he spoke German fluently, later in life he would only drive a Mercedes Benz. He was a very, very conservative man. But he said that these years was a wake up call. He recognised the evilness of the regime, and during the war, he joined the Norwegian resistance. These guys are so happy because Putin‘s fascism doesn‘t care about them. At the moment.
True!....at the moment...
hope they live to regret their love of nazi-russia...These people are collaborators with a fascist , evil regime , and no different from Mosely and Blackshirts .... who supported Hitler and the nazis.
Well said.
Just learned about this a month or two ago while researching Germans who lived in Ruzzla. Ya outta look up the history of the Volga Germans. They where actually German descendents that where Ruzzlans who had migrated there during Catherine the Greats Reign. Which she was also of German Heritage. Wanna take a guess of what Stalin did during the 1940s just because their families had originated in Germany? He sent them to concentration camps. Just another thing to add to Stalin and Moscovite gov and military atrocities committed towards another ethnicity who was apart of Soviet USSR. But hey according to Putler everything is everyone else's fault. Wouldn't expect any less from an ex KGB AGENT who has made it clear he has ambitions of wanting the USSR countries back together through his actions and words.
Rather , the USA is a fascist country .
Dante: "Russia is a victim of propaganda meant to portray them as the villain" . . .
Alex: "I was a loser in the USA but I moved somewhere they have lower standards"
Amos: "Crypto" . . . "Anti woke" . . . "Women know how to stay in the kitchen in russia" . . .
Mmmm yes, now these are clearly the men of my dreams right here.
Totally agree.
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You just assumed their gender Nazi
😂😂😂 amazing synopsis
Haha I bet most women (who are sane!) in US are relieved to know you wont have to run into these people when dating 😅
. . . whatever
Let's appreciate Vladimir Kara-Murza, two time poisoning survivor, who after Russia's aggression on Ukraine, returned to Moscow to openly criticize the war and shortly after it got arrested and then was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
👍That guy is a hero. Keep repeating his name and what he's done, please. (His wife is brilliant as well and campaigns relentlessly on his behalf and against the PooTin regime.)
👏 Very well said.
And an RIP to Anna Politkovskaya. 2 russians with heart, a soul and are/were interested in politics.
The police were very polite when they arrested him tho
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304
Exactly!
For all the angry Americans in the comments - Half of your country voted Trump, the young guy (Lee) only aired their shared opinion because he feels he is SAFE to talk feely in Russia but not in his country. And it is clear why - look at all the hate in the comments. Exactly the "tension" he experienced.
You should've included European citizens to even out the comparison. I worked in the US for 5 years and also visited Russia many times (I learned Russian too). Surely, American police is really nasty in the way they treat you compared to European police (but really, you don't want to deal with the Russian corrupt police). Russians have a higher cultural level and people are normal people and more traditional. However, these guys live in their bubble and they don't realize how corrupt the political system is. Also, Russians don't really understand freedom, they value stability and safety (sometimes mistaken as freedom in dictatorships) and delegate politics to the government and the government steals freely from them. The problem is that as a society you are helpless and cannot adapt to change or have a say about it; and changes are coming in a bad way to Russia.
You won’t find many Europeans who want to go to Russia. Only weirdo Americans
Russians have a gugher cultural level?? Ahahahahah Maybe people from Moscow ...
You have just provided a very concise analysis as someone who has had boots on the ground.
The rose colored glasses these guys are looking through may well change color, should they step out of bounds.
How about simply putting everyday first amendment practices into play.
The welcome mat in the gulag is rolled out.
Still interesting to hear their perspectives. Even with rose tinted glasses, they're able to highlight some flaws in the West, which may be less of an issue in Russia.
"don't really understand freedom, they value stability"
This is why Russia had 4 revolutions in the past century, the last one only 32 years ago. Plus this failed coup attempt this year. Makes sense...
Amazing how not a single one called out the Invasion and the guy from the US south has certainly drank the Cool Aid.
“Similar values” 😬
he is an INCEL. He couldn't hack it in the US
Addressing your criticism:
I am pro peace in Ukraine. Peace was attempted several times with Minsk 1 and 2 agreements, which Merkel later called a means to buy time to arm Ukraine. The war started in 2014 when Azov Nazis started bombing peaceful Russian speaking residents in the Donbass.
The west could care less about Ukraine. The reason why the US supports the proxy war against Russia is because Russia is a threat to the hegemony of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The US killed Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein because both leaders wanted to sell oil in their national currencies. The US dollar is backed by oil. The US blew up Nordstream 2 in order to slow the sale of oil in Rubles. It’s ironic that the EU doesn’t have sanctions on Gazprom.
These guys are the non-critical leftovers. If my country of birth did what Russia did in Ukraine I would be in disgust and ashamed and would try to change my nationality.
@@LandisLLBINGO
Undoubtedly this interview will be on Russian TV shortly.
I hope so. More attention to this channel in Russia means they're exposed to more thoughts and opinions.
It's through the exchange of ideas that a people can start to see through propaganda. One of the biggest barriers to disinformation and misinformation is the language barrier.
We can't understand the Russian viewpoint because we don't speak Russian and can't watch their news to see things from their perspective. Likewise they can't understand our perspective as they don't speak the language, can't understand our videos and don't see our news.
That's why channels like this that show different ways of life and different thoughts while bridging the language gap are essential for breaking Russian and Western propaganda and it's the start of creating peace as we have to understand each other to have peace.
I just love how the zombified comment section isn't satisfied with the answers. Must be a woe to your ears.
@@natureblank1401I guess you're pro Putin and pro war, which I disagree with. But I agree with you: Many "1420 viewers" are fools who are disgusted when they hear an answer they don't 100% agree with. They immediately come up with wild conspiracy theories and their own propaganda as to why someone could give such "wrong" answers. It's as if these viewers didn't allow people to have a different opinion than them, "Only my opinion is the only right one!!!". Whenever I see a considerate person try to reason that things aren't simple they get called "Ivan", a bot... you name it. Just because they try to understand the situation, don't trash talk Russians and don't see everything black and white. More often than not, I feel embarrassed about 1420 viewers.
@@natureblank1401 it's actually crazy bro😂
@@natureblank1401Says the guy with a Z on his UA-cam profile... LOL
I love how they keep saying "we love Russia" yet they've never been outside of Moscow or St-Petersburg, it's just like going to America and visiting New York and assuming you've been all over.
Also bruh of course you're going to be one of the best, there's been a brain drain for decades. There's a reason most leave Russia and not emigrate there
You 're wrong . Russia is one of the leaders in the number of migrants . There are 2 million applications for emigration to Russia in Europe alone.
More like going to Disneyland or Las Vegas - Moscow is a show city, it has no purpose, there is no industry. New York is a functioning city.
@@W_Bin What nonsense . Moscow is the largest industrial and industrial center in Russia . Moscow is one of the main economic donors in Russia , Moscow 's contribution to the all - Russian budget is 16% .
@@W_Binwhat a nonsense! You have no idea what is it 😂
@@user-qj5dj5hk1y You're wrong. Google says "As of May 2022, there are 5.99 million foreigners residing in the Russian Federation with the vast majority (91%) being citizens of CIS countries." The reason for that is that "Russia borders all central Asian countries and former USSR nation-states." And shortly, given that Russians were getting the fruits of colonization of the other countries, they were living a bit better economically. So, they flood Russia, the same as hispanics flood USA.
Beats me, but keeping them there looks like a solid option.
😂Great comment!
Definitely the two obvious weirdos from the US. The others seem to be decent people who can only be wished luck, no matter where in the world they will live.
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Why?
Regardless of these fabulous guys point of view, I think the consensus remains: Invading another country in this day and age is a no go.
Why did people keep on coming to the US when they were invading so many countries in Middle East? Oh yeah, it’s a gesture of democracy, it’s different indeed
these people are invaders as well
You're talking about the US invading countries thousand of kilometers away from them ?
@@leroyanthony1208 100% lol
@@leroyanthony1208They are talking about all countries that do that. Is something about that hard to understand?
video should be called "why do these foreigners live in Moskow"
Young American males have always been so weird to me and this video just confirms it
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They are definitely not good examples. There are a lot like them. Thankfully, I don't know any of them personally.
The young American males portrayed here are criminals on the run. I am willing to bet $ on it. There are not representative of any people I know, except for perhaps neo nazis and white supremacists or crypto investors guilty of financial crimes....
Wdum?
You can go to North Korea and get foreigners to be sycophantic towards the government like this there also.
I want the dude at 9:42 to yell "Fuck Putin" and "Slava Ukraine" down mainstreet. JUST to see how free he's able to think and share opinions.
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Now, if you attempt that in Ukraine but twist it to 'Fuck Zelensky' and 'Glory to Russia,' you'll immediately end up labelled as a 'traitor' and thrown in jail, if not worse. Russia is much more free and less strict than Ukraine.
He doesn’t care about it. And why should he?
@@reverie3746 Probably because he has no moral center. People with no moral center will condone criminal actions by their government and not speak out. They will put money ahead of morals. That dude is in the right place for his mentality. Criminal mentality.
@@reverie3746Likely because he's a Russian citizen these days?
That guy just completely contradicted himself, he says Russia is better and stable because the leaders don't change like they do in the US which destabilises the country, but then says that people actually in charge in the US never change..
He wants to emphasise that US-system artificially divides people into two bodies, whereas the autocracy brings the unity.
I don't think autocracy brings unity as much as it silences opposition. The guy from Tennessee seems like he grew up immersed in a certain information silo. Unfortunately, some people have difficulty differentiating what is fact and what the media says. I blame the change in media rules, which basically allowed "news/entertainment" shows like Faux news that dispense false and misleading information mixed in with some verifiable facts. IMO this is false advertising and shouldn't be allowed, but the money dictates otherwise.
In addition, he has a very limited perspective of academia in his field. In the more prestigious schools, there are strong conservative groups/ok organizations on campus that segue into political careers. Many, if not most, serving in international relations capacity are more conservative, right/center right. I'd really like this guy to show me all these Marxists he's talking about. As someone who's more left leaning, following different political/academic figures and their work, I have to say there are probably about 5 genuine Marxists in the US. Btw the irony of "Marxism" being considered bad relative to Putin's history/USSR is not lost.
On top of that he would most likely reject all the positive aspects he mentioned about Russia like money being spent on public education and health care while being in the United States and label them as "socialist"/ "marxist".
The mental acrobatics are mind boggling. 🤣🤣
@@erinmcdonald7781 If so, then we live in an autocracy of your type, since my opinion is about to be silenced in the near future. Tirany of majority.
I'm struck by the use of Trumpist rhetoric. For instance, the Tennessean references the "deep state," characterizes the President as a puppet or figurehead, expresses a preference for a system in which leaders wield power for many years and are not required to respond to constantly shifting priorities of the electorate, accuses affirmative action of having ended American meritocracy and led to the poor treatment of straight white men, sees both Russia and the South as defenders of traditional values, and claims (with no apparent trace of irony) that Russian society is stabler than the US. Even crypto guy gets in on the action, seeking a Russian haven from the "woke virus." I wonder if this indoctrination occurred in the US or Russia. I also wonder what we are to make of the fact that the American Right and the Russian regime now seem to speak from the same script. Politics sure makes for strange bedfellows.
I have no problem accepting that Russians are just as nice (or just as nasty) as the citizens of most countries.What differs is the autocratic nature of their political leadership. The many examples of 1420 interviewees refusing to answer political questions (unless they agree with the regime) would not be found in voxpops elsewhere in the world.
most countries in the world are disfunctional representive democracies or dictatorships
Im sorry for being so categorical but you are very wrong. I guess to understand current russian culture better you have to watch most loved russian films “Brother” and “Brother 2” of director Alexey Balobanov. I promise you that those are not fully propaganda but actual russian cultural phenomena. You need to se how xenophobic russians really are.
Nothing is wrong with autocracy.
Whats wrong with autocracy?
@@Chikanuk obviously - bad autocrats
You should ask them their thoughts on the war.
Why don’t we always talk about politics and wars?
No don't they'll get their visas cancelled and America will have to take them back and we don't want them.
Please, by all means stay the hell over there. Yes woke garbage is a virus but the rape and genocide committed by russian troops do not make this a popular tourist destination. Stay there.
Aren't these pre-war videos?
They’re mostly con artists and people looking for vulnerable women …. Pathetic.
Alex sounds like the kind of guy who got his entire world view from 4chan posts.
"Police are NPCs"!
Or Mabye he just doesn’t wanna be a minority in his own country ?
@@OrthodoxZ2what do you mean by that?
The level of coping and denial in the commentaries is mindboggling
Про ментов могу рассказать, забавная ситуация у меня была. Я как-то уснул в рабочем автобусе, а водитель походу просто доехал до остановки и ушел, не проверив, есть ли внутри люди. Так вот, просыпаюсь запертый в автобусе, никого нет, уже поздно, а завтра снова на работу утром. Позвонил в диспетчерскую -- там не берут. Пришлось вызывать ментов, они помогли выбраться. Проверили документы, я показал рабочий пропуск, и всё. Сказали, чтоб больше не засыпал, поржали и уехали.
Next up... the american dudes maintaining their innocence to spy charges in a Russian prison! 😅
Once that happens, they beg the US government to get them out, forgetting all the praise they had for Russia and their bad-mouthing of the US.
😂
Name one
“Come in come in” said the spider to the fly
Moscow and St. Petersburg are not a whole Russia. Those ppl were at the best part of this country. Regarding other statements like friendly people and so on... Friendly people are everywhere. We as human beings are like that without dependence on political system
My experience with Russian police: Last week I tried to take pictures of military ceremony at the grave of the unknown soldier, a military police guy constantly blocked my view on purpose. I was at least 50 meters away of the ceremony. And on June 25th, in St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospect, two policemen smashed a young guy to the ground, twisted his arms really badly and threw him into the police car. He was not resisting. His fault? He held up a sign, probably with a political slogan (I can´t speak Russian). Terrible police brutality and nobody cared. Short look at this, and walk on. I stopped.
Don't be so picky
You’re in a foreign country as a tourist taking pictures of military funerals. And you’re the one mad?
@@wikitikituba I don't seem to see what's wrong with it?
@@wikitikitubait was not an actual funeral. You seem to be unfamiliar with the concept of "the tomb of the unknown soldier". There's one in every Russian town and usually the place where public events are held each year to remember the war dead.
Why would state officials be blocking him from taking pictures? To prevent the subject of current war losses being brought up in public.
@@whatsgoingon71 yeah, I live next to one. I’m aware. You seem to have missed my point, however.
Wow... this one is noteworthy. How did Danil's crew manage to find every foreigner living in Russia?
@@RobespierreThePoofbullshit
Salty westerner as always
FSB will be tapping their rooms. They can no more say anything critical than any other Russian. Black guy is a tankie.
@@vedser
I’m from the East butt boy. How’s the humiliation treating you?
Scott Ritter was unavailable. Probably prowling around Kindergartens...
It's cool you found and interviewed Tucker Carlson on the streets of Moscow!
Black Tucker.
This is the man who, living in a country with freedom of speech, lost his job because he expressed the wrong political opinion?
@@Naschira who is that? Eh, what now?
@@tin-n-tan Leading on American television who expressed a pro-Russian position. It is obvious that he was very biased in this matter. But doesn't freedom of speech mean that everyone can express their opinion, even if it is very unpopular, without any sanctions and consequences for themselves?
@@Naschira I dont now what you are talking about? Who faced consequences? Fairly sure old mate mini-tuck moved to Russia because he is a crypto bro and probably enjoys paying almost zero tax.
The guy criticizing the "woke culture" talking about how it's so difficult to talk freely and have your own opinion in US, sigh.... Then goes on saying Russia is better for free speech and opinion - I guess it is - if you don't care about the rule of law, war, corruption, LGBT - in other words, you don't have any opinions or political interests that might conflict with the interests of Putler and the Kremlin. Guess the crypto trader fits right in.
I feel like these people haven't really been outside Moscow and are a bit naive. Don't get me wrong, I believe the ordinary Russian is very friendly - but the negative view of Russia doesn't just stem from propaganda, please keep in mind that Russia occupied a lot of Europe for decades after the 2nd world war, collaborated with Hitler in 1941, invaded several countries around the world, committed genocides, oppressed millions around the world and still do, at war with Ukraine.
You're confusing Russia and the USSR. You probably know nothing about it.
You should learn who ruled the USSR from the beginning.
And who rules the US now.
Then find the similarities.
@@leroyanthony1208 That makes no sense, I am not into speculation and conspiracy. The USSR collapsed, yes, but I think you forget Putin was a member of the CPSU (communist party of the Soviet Union) for more than 25 years. Also, do you think people forget just because of a name change? Actions have to follow.
@@Christian-ty5vn Putin is not a communist at all, everything he does and says is not at all communist.
Former KGB agents consider Putin as a traitor, from the communist point of view.
Putin always says that in 1917, the bolshevik revolution was a treason to the Russian state and people.
The communist regime was anti Russian, anti christian, killed millions of Russian people.
Putin is a liberal in economic politics from the beginning.
You should read the book from Soljenytsine called " Two hundred years together "
And then you should look at the composition of the US official government, and also who rules the media, Hollywood etc etc.
@@leroyanthony1208there is definitely corruption in all governments. But… Putin is old school KGB. If Putin could restore USSR, he would. He’s made a lot of money throughout his career.
@@hotfix13 Are you an ai bot? Your comment makes no sense.
Having taught languages and seen students in foreign countries, sometimes there is a kind of “infatuation” with a sudden discovery of things different, a sudden acceptance of another culture, which involves throwing away all sense of critical thinking. A bit like when people join a cult. I do not know these people here, but from their answers I see some of that. Then there’s the guy who comes down on diversity and all, almost in contradiction to what he is saying about Russia. Anyway, there are people who like all kinds of things; it would be interesting to know what other countries they have lived in, how they are financing their trips (crypto investor, really?), and as others said, talk to women, from people from other places.
Online gambling apparently. None of these guys have much success with women tho I do wish Daniil asked them their opinion about “girls”.
I really like this point of view you're suggesting. I believe any foreigner currently living in Russia ignoring political situation has to have some sort of blinders on. They ignore the bad and only focus on how it is (in their opinion) better over there than the places they come from. It honestly sounds like a North Korean propaganda when they speak about Russia. The crypto trader is a borderline criminal probably hiding from something like the IRS, and the white guy talking about "affirmative action" and "white male prosecution" is clearly a misogynist racist. Give me a break. They're both clowns.
As an ecuadorian we are spread all over the world. We also used to have a large portion of people living in Ukraine relative to other south american countries. We don't like or really care about global politics and we have always been this way. People from my country don't really care where they live, as long as the country gives them more opportunities than in here which sadly, there's not much opportunity for prosperity for the majority of the population.
You really hit the nail on the head here, imo.
They should also try to spend some time in North Korea ... then they will get a feeling of how it will soon be in Russia too.
I still have the image of Russian police hauling away a young girl over her carrying a blank sign burned in my memory. It must be horrible not to have freedom of speech.
#georgefloyd
@@AlexanderJohnLee Was G.F. simply walking around carrying a sign or acting out violently in a street drug induced rage? The leftist news media clouded over the whole event twisting it and turning it. Did they ever show the autopsy report on the drugs in his system?
@@AlexanderJohnLee Lol this guy thinks America has freedom of speech😂
u have free speech?where
@@cwpv2477 Everywhere, bashing govt is basically our national past time, obviously you have never been there.
In American living in Russia right now is especially crazy.
Interesting that they almost don't talk about "politics" at all. Already Russians.
The troll farm that hired you wants their money back...
An American voting for Biden is even more crazy..but somehow it happens 🙃🙃🙃🙃
Have any of them tried protesting the war freely ? While in America we could freely protest the Iraq and Afghanistan wars without risk going to prison. Im willing to bet state TV and Prpgandists are gonna love using this footage plays right into their agenda.
Why would you go to someone else’s country to protest
The 24 year old is incredibly naive. His family should try to get him to come home before he does something unwise.
He already did something unwise. He is in Russia. However, his "1938 Germany" mind-set seems to fit right in with the other orcs. I saw let him remain. Keep him. I would not want to meet this guy.
@@goUkraine At least this guy is not in Ukraine
u really should have asked them directly what they think about Russians getting arrested for protesting, russians getting arrested for speaking against the war, against Putin, etc.
Life is not just about politics + if I protest for stopping the Ukrainian counter attack I might get arrested too in France.
Happens in other countries too - mainly to the Palestinians in Israel. Where are your tears for them?
@@elyungito8205 why would you do that though? You like Russia invading countries and fully support it? You can try to protest against punishing murderers and support punishing those who protected their lives as well, to fully show your level of empathy and general qualities of you as a human being.
@@AlexA-eg7gz right now it’s much more about destroying Poutine than defending Ukraine and finding peace isn’it ?
@@elyungito8205 hmm, sorry , what do you mean? Ukraine doesn't have ATACMS and F-16 yet, so it's not about destroying Putin. All Russian soldiers won't kill themselves, that's why Ukraine needs help. Russian media says Ukraine must be defeated and used in the future wars just like Chechnya. For wars with whom you might ask? Isn't it obvious?
something it's weird about this video .. seems like a beauty cream company paying guys to speak how fabulous the new product it's working ..
Its as if they're trying to think of reasons why they're there but no one is saying the real reason.
So, why?
They also live in a bubble called Moscow. That's all they know. Send them to Eiik Эйик then you can ask them again because only then will they know what Russlan is. Thousands of kilometers nothing. Only Moscow.
There is no place in Russia called Eiik Эйик
I hope the U.S. doesn't make any effort to get these guys out if Daddy Vladdy decides to use them as hostages.
They have all been warned and told to leave by the state department. Unless you're there as a journalist or for military/diplomatic reasons - YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!
We keep warning them and it’s a problem
Plenty of people from my country live in russia. Don't be so hateful.
Kidnapping people around the world is the work of the United States.
@@juanmam.2113 LOL! He was talking about US citizens We've had to trade for known violent arms dealers to get people out ... Don't be so ignorant
The longer they spoke, the more confident I was they were either nuts and/or dubious. . All of them should be put thru considerable review and monitoring if they come back to the US. I'd bet their stories would fall apart real quickly.
The crypto guy.
The plack guy is just over there to grape Russian women
2 of them are not from the US, so they won't be going there. They are from Sri Lanka and Colombia and are more used to living in a totalitarian state. The Americans are just MAGA Nuts and totally screwed up by the GOP politics.
Lets all hope they just stay over there!
Yah they can stay in Russia
A "based" cryptobro; a freeloading antisocial coomer; a CIA (or FSB) asset, and a bunch of IT/call-center denizens?!
Take as many as you want, Russia.
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'Freeloading antisocial coomer'. I like that description.
that cryptobro makes more then u lil bro
@@robertocarslos292 facts
What is a coomer?
he has more money than your whole goofy family combined😂
literally everyone is just afraid to say anything bad so they dont have to go to jail (im from uljanowsk btw)
It seems like they are "foreigners who choose to live in Russia because it fits their mentality" rather than "random" foreigners, so of course they'll say "I'm not a political person", agree with Putin being in power for 20+ years to bring stability, etc. ~
I guess they just don't speak russian as good to understand what's going on.
@@oinn6216they’re all fluent if you see them forgetting English words and replacing them with Russian instead. Watch the video first
Leonid. They said that you were dead.
@@jojor9766 nah im alive and my real name is actually leonid :D
Being a US citizen, I will admit that we have our problems here. We live in a system of runaway capitalism. The thing is, I am free here to criticize our government and our leaders and even publicly protest if I feel strongly about something. The two Americans you interviewed belong there. I noticed they had nothing positive to say about the US and nothing negative to say about the Russian government. Probably because they could very well be thrown into a Russian prison. It would have been interesting if Daniil had asked the anti-"woke" gentleman what he defines as "woke". Our constitution says that everyone is created equal, but it seems he has a problem with how some people live. Those two US citizens didn't seem to like it in the US. I'd say they're in the right place.
I dislike those "US citizens" every bit as much as some of the Z-ombies we see regularly on this channel. A blind fool is a blind fool, whatever country they're from.
Just watch those guys go running to the US consulate or embassy, the moment there's a question about their conduct, or they say the wrong thing in the wrong place.
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I fully agree. That one white kid (forgot the name) was going on about "woke", "leftist", LGBTQ, "Marxist" and stressed no less than three times he was a "straight white male" who had been somehow mistreated in the USA and wanted to treat others with disrespect and hate. He is in the right place. Stay right there, bud. NEVER come back to the USA. Please don't.
Yes and if they get arrested that's their problem. US will be better off if more of these types go and stay in russia. They don't want freedom for everyone, just power for themselves.
Preach!
"Meritocrisy is dead in America" is coming from someone with little merit, seems to me.
That one man that talks about propaganda in the college classes...wonder where he went to college...no where i know of , but then again everyone i know didnt go to crap schools. He would fit right in at Liberty University....
I went to Berea College and read Howard Zinn. There's def. bias.
@JK-gu3tl Zinn wrote the history from a different view point than mainstream..The history of the people hasn't been ,for any civilization , written by the commoner. History has been written by the " winners" , the leaders. to write the common man/ woman history for any civilization is much like writing a novel. Much of Zinns writing .because they are written near or at the time , are a look at society today and responsibility for political movement ...
"There are more opportunities for young people in Russia than in the U.S."
Right, that is why hundreds of thousands have left Russia in the last year.
"There is more stability in Russia than in the U.S."
Watching these videos, it becomes clear that there are many people in Russia that are apathetic about what happens in the country unless it directly affects them. So, it is thought-of as better to have imaginary stability in a country without freedom of speech or dissent than to live in a country where societal conflict occurs as a way to sort-out differences and arrive at a middle-ground.
I guess your reference to political stability in Russia is from raincoat guy at 24:50. My reading of him is that his position on the political spectrum is either fascist or fascist-adjacent. Also, I wonder why a 24 year old software engineer was deemed important enough to get an invitation to Putin's recent St Petersburg economic forum propaganda circus. That suggests he must have very good connections to the regime. I wonder who he's working for as a software engineer.
I don't even know where the hell did Daniil find this creature. My brain just melted after listening to his responses.
well I myself am a Russian immigrant who left to pursue career opportunities but I have to say, many of my friends (uni education, STEM, IT type people) have stayed because there is a real future for them, career-wise. im not sure if it's the right call, but anyway opportunities exist and there is a real demand for a qualified workforce, even if it's anyone's guess what the future holds.
concerning the us, honestly even I, a western-minded immigrant, would probably not choose to live in the us over russia. all the guns, inequality, racism, intolerance -- it's just so much like russia, except some people are not as poor, but now every idiot has a gun. stability-wise it's maybe better, but eh, im not so sure anymore with all the nazification of the right in the us and the societal tension.
i think you'd be surprised just how apolitical the average person is. maybe not as bad as in russia, but in western democracies people also have no clue about shit, they don't really care and they don't follow the news. it's just that those that do have less fear about taking it to the streets. guess this is what happens when people haven't endured 1000 years of complete suppression of individuality, and don't face 10 years of jail time for a tweet
For Sri Lanka and Ecuador it's probably an upgrade. For US guys it's probably an adventure.
Amos can operate his probably illegal casino freely in Russia because they don't enforce online regulations so he'd be making a lot of money
Definitely, you can tell that the two from Ecuador and Sri Lanka are serious people, while at least two from the US seem to be quite dodgy weirdos.
@@mmitleidt7969 I don't know if any of them are weirdos, but having been an expat myself, I knew how entitled I was and very well aware of the local authoritarian regime. They don't seem to be aware or turn the blind eye. Very similar to most of the locals, actually.
Well, one US guy mentioned public transportation. That's something normal for any big city in Europe, but I guess it's an upgrade for them (I've been to the US twice, and I was shocked at how the metro was bad in NY and close to not-existent in LA)
@@chickensprintThough cyber crime is technically illegal in Russia, the Russian government is so corrupt that they probably don’t enforce any laws like this anyway
I lived nearly 8 years in Russia. I would probably never have left, if not for the war. Amos is correct, Russians do, for the most part, treat foreigners just like they would treat each other. The caveat is, they often treat each other like crap, so you will get exactly the same treatment.
On a personal level, they are kind and curious people. And can be quite generous also. But if you deal with anyone professionally, and especially anyone in whatever petty position of authority, they will take sadistic pleasure in screwing you to the maximum -- which again, is the same treatment Russians themselves get. Customer service in Russia generally is some of the worst anywhere -- in Russia "the customer is always wrong."
Not all people are like this, but many are. People blame it on Soviet mentality -- this is wrong, because you find descriptions of the same behavior in classic Russian literature. It is not Soviet, but simply Russian. The Marquis de Custine wrote his famous critique of Russia in the 19th century -- a lot of it may seem extreme, but most of it is generally still accurate today.
Obviously there are pluses to the country, many of which are mentioned in this video, but they simply glossed over the negatives which deserve mentioning.
Thank you Daniil for another wonderful compilation of interviews.
I have the italian translation of the book of de Custine. Amazing book. He descrives well the russian mentality. Part of it can be found in other eastern orthodox countries.
the negatives arent worth the risk
we shouldnt say too much
@@the_g371 I guess you are from the Baltics and I have been there too...yeah I could tell immediately who was Russian just by how they dress and their behavior.
They really are strange. How can you be kind and caring, yet sadistically find pleasure in screwing people? Seems like one of them has to be an act. Either that or they want to be kind, but their life sucks so bad that they use the old adage "misery loves company" to vent at work.
Хахахах мне нравится как люди в коментах все равно отказываются в это верить !
I have the impression that all these interviewed guys are living a bit in their own world, as one says. at 27:45 : "what i like in russia is that you can objectively study your subject without being constantly inondated by propaganda all around you " !!
Yea… the dude needs to stop watching Newsmax. I’m a straight white man, and I’ve never felt persecuted here in America. Yes, you hear new buzzwords like CRT or whatever, but you are free to disregard that stuff if you choose. Nobody is going to “cancel” an average guy in the street for having his own personal non-liberal opinions. If he goes around making a scene, people may not be a fan, but the same goes for liberals. I WILL agree with him that hyper conservative blowhards should be able to go to universities and speak. If people don’t like what the guy/gal has to say, don’t attend. But there should be a free exchange of ideas in the U.S. If that seems like it’s not happening as often as in the past, that should be rectified.
If a foreigner comes to Russia and repeats "Russian propaganda" in the same way, don't you find it strange? Maybe there is something wrong with your picture of the world?))
@@NameRiioz I don't think it's strange. For example Alex.. Moving to a foreign country is an adventure and that brings joy on its own. I guess that as a US citizen he also receives some possitive attention, and more so because he's adoring Russia. In the US he is just an average guy like many others. I also think that he might be living in a bubble - he probably found few friends and is just enjoying life with them, not really caring about local issues or perceiving them, not following news, politics etc. He talked about indoctrination at universities and so on, but has not studied at US uni (?), so perhaps he just got overwhelmed by media. (Not saying that everything is perfect in the US, I don't live there. But even in my country some topics get huge unproportionate coverage and it might be overwhelming.) And when he talks about situation at Russian universities and schools, he might just not know. (I wonder how objective history is for example.)
@@vladimirburian8439 Lots of theories just to justify your version. It seems very strained. Just like in most videos when young people refuse to talk about politics in the comments there are theories that they are afraid. Apparently it is so hard to accept the fact that there are many people who are not interested in politics. But every time they are counted among those who are afraid of a "dictatorial regime". It seems so ridiculous. You're doing the same thing right now.
@@NameRiioz I'm just providing a point of view. And I'm speaking of my own experience - I lived abroad for some time, being around his age, and I had the best time ever. But it was not because my homeland would be inherently bad and the foreign country good. It was just totally different life situation. So I think he is happier and has good time too. But it's not like you step over the border and suddenly you know everything about the foreign country. On the other hand you do leave everything at home, including all social problems, politics, news/media.
So I think it has really nothing to do with "not being indoctrinated constantly" or "lifetime president provides stability" etc. (Also I don't agree with those. Country waging war of this scale, conscripting citizens is anything but stable. It's just not affecting him personally and he does not care.)
Back to your original question:
I don't find it strange that a foreigner deliberately moving to Russia and staying there for several years thinks it's aweome. And it does not affect my "picture of world". (Which is that Russia is a villain regime and "SMO" is a huge mistake and tragedy.)
Also I don't think he was repeating the hardcore "Russian propaganda". And repeating "in the same way".? Honestly don't know what propaganda and which way you exatly mean by that.
I think four of them could have been plopped down in Berlin 1938 and they would have said all the same things.
Only changed ”woke” to ”jews” , agree with you
Yup, you are just about right about that. A lot of them fit right in with white supremacists, neo nazis, and thugs in general. These guys were mostly on the run from the Law. I would bet $ on it. They feel safe and happy in Russia because Russia won't extradite them. They would not DARE to say anything negative about Russia, or the Kremlin.
Staying in moscow, of course, they will admire russia: russian soldiers did not rape and tear to death their 9yo sister, did not cut off head alive captured their brother, did not cover their hometowns with cassette bombs and chemical weapons. Not mention that, they are marvelous people grown up on marvelous “culture”
Yes but their marvelous co-citizens did, so what? How long will we generalise all people by worst ones?
@@bellami86 the worst ones = 100%, just last 20 yrs prove it, no need to browse their whole history. Turn on your brains (if you only have ones)
Many people don't like to think about unpleasant topics, so they don't pay attention to them. Out of sight, out of mind. It doesn't affect them personally so they don't care.
All males, no females. Actually, so many Russian women have escaped from RuZzia to other countries, notably JPN, which says a lot about RottenSia.
Exactly all males and I assume also all of them straight. I wonder what the opinion of women or homosexual people (males and females) living in Russia is. I believe that Russia also has a beautiful culture, beautiful cities and an interesting history, having said that the regime that is currently in power favors a certain category of people, mostly heterosexual males with very conservative ideas. There is no possibility of disagreeing so either you think like Putin and agree with his ideas or you are "out" and cannot express a different opinion.
Well every country has its freaks
Americans in Russia always have the possibility of being used as pawns in political activities. The State Department does not recommend Americans travel there if possible.
Yup
Phil, or Philko, who was a UA-camr who is a black American who lived in Russia for almost ten years, was smart enough to get out of Russia after two months when Russia invaded Ukraine and he moved to Thailand. Even his friends from America left as well. It seems like this black guy is not so bright and putting himself at risk of being arrested to use as a pawn or bargaining chip.
@@horizonskyfpvrc6152 hahahahha there are more americans here than you can fathom life is really calm and good here but you dont know that and i actually left back to usa when things started but they calmed down so i came back in september im not of any value to russia im just a normal dude.. you have an unrealistic idea of reality here. i leave and come back often its so chill here.
I’m surprised there’s any Americans there at all. The State Department has Russia on the Do Not Travel list
This video has highlighted that people don't give a fuck as long as they are enjoying their useless, puerile lives. Very depressing. 10 out of 10 for ruining my night.
Looks like 1420 channel got a bit of pressure by the government 😂
Hmmm.
oh his biggest problem is he can not pay with his credit card.....no words about it
Russian banking system is 100x more advanced than CC in the US. I can transfer any amount of money to anyone in Russia instantly with zero fees all on my phone....
@@AlexanderJohnLee and please try to send me some money from russia to us.....oh wait, your goverment is not allowing you to convert a bigger amount of ruble into usd.....poor russia!
@@helgeschneider9069 lol have you heard of crypto?
@@AlexanderJohnLeeyou ever heard of crypto fees? And most stores don't accept it?
One of the Americans have the same talking points as a White Nationalist. He would obviously love Putins Russia.
Yep. He can stay in Russia.
Just because I say I am a straight white male does not make me a white nationalist. Russia is a multiethnic county with hundreds of different peoples and languages. It is much more tolerant of different races and peoples than the US. That's one of the reasons why I like living here.
Which one?
@@AlexanderJohnLee🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@AlexanderJohnLeeAsk the Tuvans, Dagestani’s, Tatars, Buryats, etc how “well” they are treated by Russia. If you can find any that weren’t sent to the slaughter in Ukraine that is…
Is this a joke? They are singing like a songbirds, because they know what's gonna happen otherwise. They completely well understand where they are and what might be an outcome for them criticizing the government. They have learned that from russians. Amazing country, with a freedom of speech, killed and burred a kilometer under ground.
So, police in Russia aren't militarized don't suffer from PTSD. 😅
@@jeffbreezee ... ex-KGB? Paid handsomely.
Hahahahahaha, oh boy, you so delusional. "HURRDURR EBIN KGB IT WATCHING EVERYONE" my sides xD
No kidding…😂they all love Russia,.. it’s wonderful 😂
Plenty of people from my country living in russia and we used to have people living in ukraine too. People from my country don't really care where they live as long as they have better lifes than back home, simple as that don't overthink it.
This video was pretty cringe but I actually hope Russia continues to accept American conservatives. Would be doing our country a huge favor by making them someone else’s problem.
Getting rid of rightoid-ism by exporting it 👁👅👁
Right? It’s like US right wing MAGA propaganda. Woke culture, respect for straight white male, etc. Did the Koch brothers pay you for these interviews? 😂
@@EditUMedia toodles
It's 3 guys. Stop being such a snowflake ❄
@SEMIracist I'll give you directions, Head east to Romania and walk through Ukraine
"As a straight white male, I'm treated better here than in America," says it all...
Translation: "As an aspiring racist and fascist who has stopped believing in democratic accountability, I find I fit right in here!"
And more stability in Russia? Ummm... you're staying in a country who's gov't is on the verge of collapse, is an international pariah, and may very well break up (I would mention that they are killing civilians, kidnapping children, etc., but I can see those sorts of things don't concern you). The USA, which is not perfect and has many problems (I'm certainly not in the "America can do no wrong camp"), is the largest economy in the world with the most powerful military whose reputation has been somewhat restored by the way it has responded to Putin/Kremlin expansionism. If anyone's taking bets the USA will fall apart first , please contact me and let's put some money on it.
I don't think your'e crazy, you just don't care about Western values, which is your choice. Ironically, you can say what you want here, but you can't speak against the Russian gov't there (of course, as an American, you have a lot of latitude in Russia that Russians don't). But, I get it it. You wanna live in a country that favors your gender and ethnicity and you don't want stuff like Affirmative Action or other "values" to chip away at your status.
To my Russian friends: pretty much the only time you're going to hear Marxist interpretation of stuff in America is in a class on Marxism and, BTW, being anti-LGBTQ or any kind of hateful bigot is allowed here (as long as you don't harm anyone physically)... though I find the views of anti-LGBTQ (and anti-minority rights, in general) completely repugnant, you will find many Americans who see the world the way this mini-fascist does and seem to feel right at home here in the USofA.
Please stay in Russia, creep.
🎯Yes!
Is it democratic to bomb and kill thousands of people in the Middle East? Stop the bs, a typical hypocrite
I gotta say, as someone who hangs out solely in somewhat left leaning western social media, that there is definitely some weird collective shunning of whiteness, heterosexuality and male gender going on. And I'm certain it's not all Russian bots but genuine humans who participate in it. I'm very much pro LGBT+, pro gender equality, pro racial equality, pro economic equality, yet I clearly see this unsettling movement that uses all these good things as a pretext to just hate specific groups of people. This is based on my interactions and observations in large social media platforms and forums. I'm sure it's not reality in American society in general but I have no problem believing there are bubbles in real life where one would experience it. I know this will fall on deaf ears and not many will even see it but wanted to give my 2 cents. I see it as a big problem that directly feeds the bigoted portion of right wing population in a major way.
I was thinking that the young man may have been involved in Jan 6th and fled to Russia. He sure has all the talking points down pat.
@@barbaraann2558 Well put and I wouldn't be surprise (and, it doesn't help that looks like a Nazi Youth from Central Casting).
Child torture chambers in occupied Ukraine or the missiles killing people in the night are not a "crazy opinion" or "propaganda"
What about the US having been doing the exact same crap?
@@marchvertochko0056 You're the one talking crap pal. DPICM coming for your boys Ivan; get out of Ukraine.
@@marchvertochko0056"what about"...
What's the problem? You don't like daddy Vlad being a nazi terrorist that you need to deflect?
@@marchvertochko0056
“What aboutism” much?
Allah Akbar!
@@marchvertochko0056
Where is this?
This program today is very interesting. A person has to wonder how and why folks from America are still in Moscow during a war, and can only say positive things about Russia from their living quarters in Moscow, finding it way too easy to regurgitate Russian propaganda about the USA, using words like 'woke', 'LGBTQ', 'cancel culture', stereotypical male/female roles, etc. It makes me feel as if these folks might possibly use the same 'code words' for their biases if they were in the USA.
I wonder if these young men have ever watched 1420.
Sure, the Moscow Metro underground railway system is one of the best in the world, but it's very heavily monitored by what seems to be ex-KGB. I was standing near a newsstand in an entrance with my suitcase one time waiting for my sister to pick me up to show me around town. Older men i.e. in their 50s seemed like security officers were ready to strong-arm anyone that looked at them sideways, and this one fellow comes up and says I needed to move along, and I definitely did not look like I was soliciting for ANYTHING, and yet I saw people that had set up blankets in the corridors to beg for money. The Metro opened up in the 1930s and there's all sort of Soviet propaganda art. Security doesn't want tourists to take photos.
Alex, dude, if both your American friends and russian friends keep repeating that you are crazy, it might be true :D Also, if everytime you say your opinion and you have to add "people think I'm crazy", that's also might be true :D
"As a straight white male" (20:29) sentences that begin like that are always interesting.
Guy say he like freedom in moskva. Is he crazy? I am gay. Is there freedom for me?
these individuals should try out REAL russia and not Moscow
“I’m not a political guy” They either learnt the script, or have already signed the contract with Putin that they can live a “free” life as long as they leave any politics to Putin.
@@RobespierreThePoof I understand your reply and you make very valid points. And yet at the same time the possibly two most articulate outspoken pro Russia guys ARE political guys - they make no secret about their conservative political views. They have found a nice safe home for those conservative socio-political views in Moscow and St Petersburg, which “treats them well”. Let’s not forget that gender roles, rights of LGBTQ community, issues of inclusion and diversity are all about politics. These guys are committed to a set of political agendas that they have found to fit nicely in Russian society.
And then we still hear the same phrases coming out of their mouths that we hear over and over and over in 1420 videos about not being interested in politics, just getting on with their lives (in at the moment sheltered safe Moscow and St Petersburg)
Taketony, half of the Russians Daniil interviews say the same. "I´m not interested in politics": They know that secret police is listening.
Yes it’s called “not wanting to be arrested”, crazy right?
@@ekattri so they tell us it’s much more stable in Russia and better than the changes in government in the US, and it’s safe for them from woke politics in Russia, but they say they’re not political because they’re afraid of getting arrested.
Something you have to realize though is... even in places like America there are huge numbers of unpolitical people, the types who either dont vote because 'it makes no difference' or who on the day simply vote who ever with no thought behind it.
Granted in ruZZia it seems to go to a very extreme degree of the unpolitical.
These people lack a moral compass.
Yep - totally clueless. Just like listening to 5-year olds.... My 5-year olds got older. These wont.
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045Good point. They're there for a reason. I wasn't surprised to hear what they said. I don't agree with them AT ALL, but I'm not surprised either.
They're like 'tankies' of the 21st century.
(Tankie = Western supporter of the USSR, who either credulously believed the Soviet authorities that no mass atrocities went on within its borders, or knew about them but was satisfied as long as the USSR opposed the West. A tankie was a communist or socialist typically found in larger cities and university campuses.)
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 You just proved my point.
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 No. I just find some universal opinion expressed and am supposing it has to do with these young folks not desiring to be kicked out unceremoniously, or perhaps they've lived in Russia so long that their impression about what's happening in the USA has somehow become distorted, for some reason.
The crypto scammer saying he ran away from woke culture. Good riddance.
And you just proved his point that he was making about the toxic woke culture. You sound so excepting and tolerant.....
@@MontanaChase208 Fallacy
@@MontanaChase208 Also it's "" accepting "" not "" excepting "" 🤡
Too bad we can't ship woke culture to Russia. Oh yeah, Russians wouldn't put up with that bullshit. Good for Russia.
@@MontanaChase208on a brief inventory, I'd say you're lucky anyone is tolerant of your character.
It's cheap.. As long as you don''t talk politics......
Propaganda much Daniil? The guy from TN Alex is absolutely from a Russian family that is there to discover his ancestry, and his view of the police is so wrong I don't understand him at all. As for the Black guy has he watched your channel and see how many Russians use the N word? Sorry I couldn't even finish this one.
Yes, it is propaganda in the sense that the people who choose to move to Russia are precisely those who believe in Russian propaganda. They really believe in it. That's just how things tend to work. Why fault the 1420 team for that?
If this is filmed today, I feel as if there's something going on that I cannot grasp. This is Moscow, which is one of the major metropolitan cities, and so I wonder what their experience would be in another Russian town. I was there many years ago, and I didn't have any of this sort of opinion. Everywhere I went it seemed that there were eyes watching.
It's unfathomable to imagine American folks think they're free to do whatever they want or say, and the young guys dissing the USA about education, sexism, meritocracy, diversity, gender roles, etc really have some sort of unbelievable point of view. How the interviewer came up on this cast of fellows to interview just makes me wonder if there are actually very few Americans left that are living there, and therefore it's a higher ratio of the weird ones.
The person involved in cryptocurrency, which in my mind is an unreliable form of investment, seems to me to be 'overdoing' the friendliness bit.
That crypto guy is crazy. I hope he never comes back to America. Not one word about RU invading Ukraine or maybe he isn't allowed to say anything.
Russia has alway attracted a larger amount of the American weird ones. There is always a reason underneath that they don't talk directly about, but you can figure out by listening to them. They are not the smartest tools around.
Yeah have them go outside of the city. See how they like it in the Siberian woods LMAO with the Russian equivalent of rednecks.
Yes. I see it, too. Like, who makes a living as a crypto analyst, or a writer, or a race car driver lol People in movies and that's all. Carrie Bradshaw 😛 Fake chick lit characters. He strikes me as a paid actor. But the million dollar question... who paid him and why?
@@sarahflanagan9345He is definitely selling hard.
I’m glad I don’t live in Russia
Where do you live?
@@AustenSummersUnited States of America
Bro commented the second the video was posted 😭
@james.p4579🇺🇸
@james.p4579🏳️🌈🇫🇮
These males are all excellent candidates to go fight in the trenches
Of course, especially that cockwomble in the green hat
Yes, as a russian I support it. They should experience the freedoms themselves and prove their right to be citizens 😂
25:50 Never go full fascist, bro. Russia: no backsies on this guy. Y'all can keep him.
Right?! 😂
Lol when I talk about the deep state in the US, you get triggered. Take the red pill Neo
Yeah, talk about an incel nightmare. It is like an Oral Roberts University frat boy who decided to go even further to the right and just move right into "1938 land". His ass can stay right there, with the other orcs.
What is fascism?
We like him - a decent human being send more like him :)
Hey Dante: guess what, it turns out they really ARE the bad guys.
Coup attempt in Russia - 'I honestly think there's more stability here'
"Nothing to see here. Everything is under control and all is going according to plan"😂
@@MegaKonradb Maybe by 'stability' he means instability?
To be fair Trump almost toppled US government too. Which was creepy af if you ask me
None of them look smart to me,that's why they feel comfortable in Moscow.
If they share contradictory to your narrative and brainwashed narrative ideas, it doesn’t mean they are not smart
True, they all have dull faces.
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 I look much better than Ronald Reagan when he was young.
@@jesusgonzalez-acton8045 THOSE GUYS from Moscow look like typical losers.
Why does it feel like this channel has been taken over by the FSB? Different graphics, pro-Russian propaganda take and a Daniil lookalike? Somebody better check on him
EAXACTLY MY THOUGHTS!!!
So now that there’s positive comments, it’s propaganda. Because of course, it has to be negative to be normal 🙃😆
It would be even more interesting to ask their perspectives about the war Russia is waging in Ukraine. But wait, that most interesting question is the one that cannot be asked...
I have a feeling most of them are either running from the law in their country, like for example the crypto guy from USA, I'm pretty sure he's on the run lol. Or they are either students whose parents romanticize studying in Russia for some wierd reason. Others are in Russia simply because their girlfriends are russian & enjoy the 'home-working' role of the russian wife, or they maybe hate gays & stuff and they feel at home in Russia.
Behind all these nice words, for the majority of them Russia is a shelter for crimes committed elsewhere or a home for their racist mentalities.
Obviously not all of them, but the vast majority yes.
What we have seen here is most of these guys are indeed incels and misfits that cannot live in a society where diversity and inclusion are valued, and a society where sending terroristic threats to politicians or even neighbors is not condoned.
Their asses can stay there. I strongly suspect the crypto dude and the white dude (Alex?) are both on the run for different crimes.
As the Russian economy circles the drain, I suspect there will come a time when native Russians will become less friendly toward foreigners who compete with them for disappearing jobs and Rubles.
More likely, Russians will despise Putin for preventing them from becoming friendly and cooperative members of the world community.
As a Russian, I can say that your statement is fundamentally wrong. Our economy is not going to the bottom, but is being rebuilt to the east. Of course, this carries certain disadvantages for a person in the form of price increases and so on. Sanctions only help local businesses to develop. Our jobs are not disappearing anywhere, but on the contrary, they are only increasing. For example, we lack more than 1 million programmers at the moment, and this is only in the IT field. Because of the current situation, many have left and many vacancies have become vacant.
About the friendliness to foreigners. Here you are right that the attitude may change, but this is due to the reason of "cancellation". You see, after the collapse of the USSR, Russia has always been held in a negative way at the level of propaganda in films, games, music, etc. Of course, this also had a strong impact on our citizens. Moreover, it affected so much that if something good is being done in Russia, then it will still be perceived negatively in our country. There is no such situation that a Russian person praises something in his country. And this is not to mention the fact that many people want to divide Russia into many separate countries altogether. Such opinions really went among our people. Now the situation has gone different. Many people really feel patriotism and their rightness. This has never happened. Now national things are put above international ones. I began to notice among my acquaintances that indeed many people become nationalists and chauvinists. Not all of course, but there is such a trend. The same thing is happening in Ukraine. And it is unfortunate, of course, that there are movements to the radical right. But this trend is reinforced by the culture of "canceling" all Russian in Western countries. And of course, many Russians may somehow be offended by this. We still share politics, people, culture and other things. And abroad, everything looks like it's being mixed into one. I am not a supporter of Putin myself, but it upsets me that the behavior of Western countries sometimes reaches the point of absurdity. Therefore, we have more and more sympathy for the Eastern countries. They do not interfere with everything in one, but clearly separate many things.
@@kobi_pw
Haha. Keep reassuring yourself.🤦🏻♂️
@@asynchronicity do you think I'm worried about something?) I just talked about the things that I observe inside the country. I have nothing to worry about, much less calm down)
As an international observer, it's disheartening to see such a stark contrast between the reality of the situation in Russia and the propagandistic narrative presented in this video. It is important to acknowledge the dire circumstances unfolding in Ukraine, where an illegal and devastating war has been initiated by Russia. Countless lives have been lost, both among Russian occupants and innocent civilians in Ukraine. The war crimes committed by Russia cannot be ignored, and the global isolation they now face is a consequence of their aggressive actions.
While I understand that this video aims to showcase a positive image of Russia through interviews with foreign individuals, it's crucial not to overlook the grim reality of the situation. Misrepresenting the truth and disregarding the suffering of others is not only morally reprehensible but also perpetuates the cycle of misinformation.
My thoughts are with the people of Ukraine who continue to endure the hardships of war, and there is no way Russia will make out this conflict undefited. It's imperative for us to seek accurate information and support the truth, rather than falling victim to manipulation and propaganda.
Sure, the interviewees are presenting a propagandistic view but in my mind at least two of them are revealing themselves to be total nut jobs. I don't interpret the whole video - or this channel - to be propagandistic. What these guys say (and don't say) speaks volumes about the larger context.
You have missed the point entirely.
This channel isn't propaganda. It's just interviews. Sometime he interviews certain categories of people. Sometimes interviewees have an ax to grind. For example, they might want to finish school, keep their job, not get jailed, interrogated, or deported, etc...
@@RobespierreThePoof
As they are talking about the difference in police, why not ask the American if he has attended any protests?
Those types of questions would make it an interview.
@@gaoxiaen1
Read comment above.
Studying the Russian language is now pretty much "dead" here in Denmark, simply because there are no future job opportunities, except for working with Ukrainian refugees, who for the most part also understand the language.
The situation is quite similar here in Finland, too. Studying Russian has never been popular, and nowadays even less.
Ukranian refugees are not just understanding language, they are native Russian speakers.
@@karinaivankova4099 Some are, some are not, but in truth, the president of Ukraine's first language is actually Russian and not Ukrainian, and if you go watch the show that later also practically caused him to be elected in real life, then you would also know that it was also in the Russian language.
When he was elected he could almost only speak Russian. So it's quite funny that he has been accused by Russia for trying to get rid of the Russian language.
The show itself was about fighting corruption also among ordinary people, so it was not allowed to be shown in Russia.
@@agffans5725 I don't like Zelinsky, told my parents do not to vote for him. I barely find Russian school for my kid. If he let go Donbass, we wouldn't have a war.
@@karinaivankova4099 .. Yes you would, where do you think the Russians in Donbas got all their weaponry and training from in the first place ?.
Most of the fighting that went on at the start of the conflict in 2014, was done by Russian paramilitary groups, who instigated the whole thing, not to forget Girkin organizing local militant groups and shooting down the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with 298 innocent civilians.
Then in 2022 Russia went straight for the capital. They had also made "peace treaty" demands that they knew in advance that NATO would never be able to agree to, just go search for > Russia issues list of demands to NATO - DW < the 17. December 2021 and you will find that Russia did not only make demands regarding Ukraine, but also was demanding the end of all NATO activity and bases in eastern Europe and Central Asia, and that there would be no further expansion of NATO.
Demands that Russia knew in advance would be rejected, so they could use it as an excuse to put the blame on NATO for their invasion, that they obviously had already planned a long time ago, because such large scale plans you cannot make from one week or month to the next, but need to be made a very long time in advance.
This is all about Russian expansion, trying to reverse an irreversible population decline by annexing as much land as they can get their hands on, and grab the Ukrainians Black Sea ports and recourses, like their oil and grain production, in a desperate attempt to recreate a position in the world, that Russia no longer hold.
I have a russian wife myself and do travel a lot to russia. Although russia has its beauty (e.g. women), i would never want to live there. People are nice but live bad - in terms of wealth and civil rights. But the biggest thing that annoys me, is that no one cares and no one even wants to change something. In western democracies people complain all the time - maybe too much. But in russia they tolerate everything the state does to them. Everything is great, russia is great, putin is great. If something is bad, it is the evil west. In my opinion this mindset is the root of all problems in russia and as far as it will not change, i don't think about going to move there (even though my russian relatives are nice people and would welcome me with warm and honest hearts).
I like Russian medical system better than US: don't have to pay a lot of money on insurance and doctors. Also, food in US horrible.
@@karinaivankova4099 As I am from Germany I cannot compare the US medical system and food with Russia. But compared to Germany I would not say Russia has a good medical system. Basic things are free as in Germany, but within a much smaller spectrum. In Russia you need to pay very fast if you have some special medical need. In Germany not. Although hospitals and everything are far better in Germany. Only private ones in Russia have often a good standard, but there you must pay. Regarding food I cannot say something bad about Russia, besides that it is very expensive in relation to the much lower income. (In the russian supermarket things cost nearly the same as in Germany, but income of the Russian people is much lower - I was surprised when I made my first holiday in russia).
@@karinaivankova4099 LOL! Ummm I know you must be trolling . But okay I'll play . ALL other wealthy countries have Universal Healthcare EXCEPT for the US . And yes A LOT of us hate that about our country and our giant military budget ... The difference is that here many of us DO CARE and feel free to speak against our Neo- Liberal economic system . UNLIKE Russia
@@karinaivankova4099 Except for the rural areas in deep red " Christian " states. The rest of the US has great food because we have so many citizens from other countries ... Also UNLIKE Russia
With money from US you can live like a king
No fucking way that dude is from Tennessee thats a northern accent.
Crypto guy seems hiding or something 😂
And the other shot haired guy a MAGA insurrectionist hiding his ass from the FBI.
That Crypto guy reminds me of a rapper name LL Cool J with the Kangol hat. 😂