These people grew up in an era where saying the wrong thing could get you and your family killed. They're not fooled. They just don't want to say anything that could get them killed.
The Last Lady has probably seen so much in her lifetime already that she doesn't even seem surprised, contrary to others. She speaks the truth that crosses her mind, it takes courage to do it and I respect that.
It's both fascinating and scary how in such an-information soaked age, it's possible virtually to lock an entire population in an echo chamber out of reality.
Do you really believe this propaganda? We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA... So either: 1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth. 2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
How did she get the truth? Pootin's closed down all foreign media and internet media sites. His efforts to pump his population with lies and misinformation must be full of holes.
@@jackbrian2993 No.. Honestly no. Go watch the live streams of rockets and artillery falling in Kyiv. Call and talk to your friends that live there. FFS
This is what happens when you dont have a free press. None of us truly have the full truth but some countries literally have none. Freedom of information has to be defended at all costs.
The success of businesses like WalMart and Amazon in the USA demonstrate that humans will turn a blind eye towards atrocities for a slight discount in the price of merchant goods. Why would people react any differently? It’s human nature.
Baldr93 I 100% support what you are saying. They are civilians, i can't blame them for saying that because they are afraid of their lives. Putin is a satan, demonic beast. See how the world are afraid of him no one can face him that's why he has the to destroy Ukraine. If this citizens say negative things about him, he will kill them and their families so that's what they will say. As the way I'm seen Putin, it will take a strong man to bring him down as David did to goliath yes.
That elderly lady at the end could not care less if they want to try and throw her in jail. So much respect to those who are raising their voices despite the clear danger of hard time behind bars.
@@edwardmitchell6581it's kinda like the way the chickenhawk boomers in America went for Trump, while the greatest generation still remembers FDR with reverence and knows that nazis are the bad guys. perhaps it's the difference between a generation that watches TV for information about the world, and a generation that has already seen real life at its worst.
Now had they taken them to a private room and obscured their identity you would have gotten a lot of different reactions. You could tell that some of them wanted to speak out but are rightfully afraid.
That these Russian citizens are afraid to state their true minds proves that Russia is a totalitarian state where citizens DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I feel so sorry for them. Regime change must happen, IMHO.
Respect to the old woman at the end, not blinded by the mainstream media in Russia. The media must be going to ridiculous lengths to cover up the story if people don't even know their own country is at war, that's madness.
@@PauloCesar-cy5ls the Ukrainian president is Jewish. Are you sure you know what you are talking about? There are an estimated 50,000-70,000 neo-nazis in Russia. Only two days ago the leader of the Russian neo-nazi ‘Sparta’ battalion Vladamir Zhoga was killed by Ukrainian forces as he tried to invade the Eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Look it up. Oh wait, you can’t because your tzar Putin won’t allow you to read things he doesn’t like.
I dont agree with russia as They went too far with it But i wont ignore what ukraine did They have provoked russia and done other things And usa are hypocrites too Giving aid to israel who is taking over Palestina and invading other countries Critisizing russia for doing the same to them while they aided a country in doing it
The man’s response that he can’t talk about it because it’s dangerous to do so in Russia tells you everything you need to know. The other people either really do support Putin or are scared to actually give there opinions.
@@rosemarin4750 I'm assuming this is a Russian bot account, but if you're somehow a real, naive sheltered idiot: 1. The Ukrainian president is Jewish 2. Russia has caused tens of thousands of casualties, a third of which are civilians 3. The "actor" president is brave and and actually staying with his troops to fight (won't see Putin anywhere near the battlefield) 4. These Russians live in a state where they can't even show their opinions, shown by the young guy in the middle. Not really democratic. 5. Yes, the USA offered to evacuate him, but he chose to stay 6. Do you have any proof that Ukrainians are bombing children? Because there's plenty of proof Russia is. 7."Your media doesn't disclose to you this information" -This point kinda proves why you're so oblivious to this situation.
Some of them don't understand they're being lied to, others understand but are too scared to admit it on camera. They know what happens when you criticise or doubt the party-line.
it reminds me of the US during the second invasion of Iraq. i was against it, but even i felt outnumbered and somewhat intimidated here. and i live in a very liberal place. it was very weird and unsettling.
Of course the mainstream western media would never lie to you.... right? We are being fed a diet of propaganda.. on both sides. Russia lies to it's citizens and the media here lies to us.
People don't realize sometimes how information is controlled in some places. Back in my college days - I took a Russian culture class that was taught by a woman who had immigrated to the US but had lived and worked in Russia back when it was still the USSR. At that time - she had a unique job which enabled her to have frequent contact with foreigners visiting the USSR - she and others in her position would act as a travel guide showing them around to various locations and they would actually have to file regular reports with the KGB regarding these contacts. She told the story about some foreigners who were visiting and were asking them about the Chernobyl accident ....... and they had no idea what these foreign visitors were talking about - that's how she found out about Chernobyl - from foreigners visiting the country. The government had kept the news of this major nuclear accident from their citizens when the rest of the world knew all about it. That just blew my mind.
How ironic "information is controlled in some places". But not in the good ole USA? As for your lecturer not knowing about Chernobyl.. Was that before 1991? How many of your US 'students' know what WTC7 was, why it was demolished, what it contained? And how many know anything about Area 51, or Fort Derrick, and what about Operation Paperclip and Mockingbird, or knew where Iraq was, when they were waving their young men off to murder and be maimed.. they thought it was Australia? Lol.... If you are going to speak about controlled information begin here with your own misinformation. We in the UK know all about it.. and the present day Russians probably do..
@@katpuss6564 You have a clear point, but that whataboutism is so annoying. We’re talking about Russia, not Usa. And also the Ussr’s propaganda were in completely different level than Usa’s.
You've just described the society that Bezos, Zuckerbeg, Biden, Harris and their henchmen are trying to create in the West. Half of my German ellies lived in East Germany - every 5th person was in the employ of the Statspolizei. The reports they filed made sure you had a good job, education, privileges, could go on volks arbeit cruises to Cuba, black see holidays, etc. Or made sure you got none of those things. This is the world that the left want us to live in today. We should be fighting them as well as Putin - all dictators are very bad people, whether they are named Biden, Putin or Xi.
I feel bad for the guy who said that it's too dangerous to discuss the subject. This is a tragedy. They might as well still be living under Soviet rule.
Ya they have to say this there was a video I saw of people talking about how they didn't want it to happen there's still family there and all this but that was before the invasion it was safer then to say no war no invasion
I like one comment here which quoted Mark Twain, “It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.” I think to a large extent you can tell that people - those who staunchly denied the war in the video - can sense something is wrong. However, to believe and acknowledge the alternative means throwing away what you know and believe in up until that moment. Recognizing oneself as being incorrect, or that one is on the wrong side. Humans hate to do that. Belief is closely tied to one’s sense of self, and it gives people a sense of comfort and security. I think many people here are doing exactly that. They know something’s off but are too in denial about it to acknowledge it and choose the comfort of what they’ve been told.
This is a very succinct and 100% correct and equally sad but true. This is the problem with politics (people) the world over. Double down...double down....
They all know... But the girl with the coloured hair has a heart and all her life ahead of her and the oldest lady has a heart and has nothing to lose. Beautiful people both of them. Slava Ukraini. Viva Ucrania!!
Did that lady really just say they don't like it because it's draining their pockets?! Say that to all the poor Ukrainians who have litterly lost it all.
Only the last old lady, and the coloured hair girl…… the rest are still drinking the kook-aid…they aren’t going to revolt against that beast….they don’t give a $hit about their ‘ brothers’ …..
I think the comment "I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here" says everything. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine and the Russians who are bravely speaking out against the war ❤
Lmao clearly was paid to say that... if it is so true and apparent that having a different opinion rather than that of the governments, explain why this organization is able to even exist in Russia. Also it is actually the Neo Nazi government of Ukraine that is murdering, silencing & jailing opposition media/independent journalists lmao
For those of you who live in a free country, imagine saying, I can't discuss this because it's dangerous to say anything. Imagine living like that. Imagine a country where you are not allowed to see what the rest of the world is doing. Imagine being unable to express your opinion without being arrested or assassinated. You do what some of these people do, you put your head down and just go with the flow. Can you blame them? If you live in fear and ignorance long enough, you begin to believe whatever is told you because it's safer that way. How horrible.
@@StarsManny the US is a battleground of ideas but it is not Kremlin propaganda and no one is being "silenced." These people are brainwashed by fear and isolation from a variety of perspectives.
There are a few interesting things to note here from the Russians you interviewed. The older ones either didn't believe there is a war going on, or knew there was a war but supported Putin. However, the younger ones all knew about the war, but didn't sound like support Putin. This is most likely a difference caused by generation gap. The younger generation gets most of their news from social media or abroad, while the older generation is probably still getting their news from Russian TV stations.
Agreed. Also older generation has been groomed and intoxicated with propaganda for decades now, reaching back to Soviet Union narrative. Young people see it as it is, old people through dimmed and scratched lens of of the past.
@@TheTeamStealth I agree. But you can also ask some Russians about their opinions via social media. But be aware that the Russian government is apparently banning many social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and twitter; so you might not find many of them there for much longer
yes, that is why putin now blocked all social media, facebook, twitter etc. And passed a law today jailing anyone that spreads misinformation, (the truth), about the war for 15 years. Scumbag dictator. And the dumb bitch that said "should we wait for them to attack us first"? Is she fucking stupid? Even the lies they tell you ANYONE with half a brain knows a tiny country with no nukes would NEVER attacked a huge country that has nukes. Not sure if this is some kind of sick joke or she is on drugs???
“There’ll be inflation and unemployment. But it’s probably the way it should be.” My god this is what decades of suppression and fear look like. No one should ever have to feel that being financial instability and war “are the way things should be”
Isn't this going on in the US of A right now? Next you'll be saying how unsafe and unsecured Ukrainian boarder is & all citizens should have automatic weapons (just not US) Lets Go Brandon Reeeeeee the Salt must flow
@Esphaeras Praestans Yep. The 1917 Revolution changed nothing really. Russia is still a feudal country. No real middle class in the American or European way. Just an oppressed proletariat who are kept in the dark about what's really going on, and a wealthy oligarch class who control everything and are utter criminals. We don't even know if that woman was telling the truth about her feelings. She's trying to survive and I don't judge her for it at all.
@Boo Dayne Guns do protect people you lemon, they protect us from people like you and the flithy oligarchs that want Russia to be a Tsarist autocracy where the people are serfs, Putin is the Tsar and his inner-circle of billionaires are his ministers. You wanna know one of the most important things the Bolsheviks needed to overthrow the Tsar and continue carrying out their revolution? *GUNS* They didn't walk into those government buildings with petitions, they walked in with GUNS.
Twain was right, but we all are at risk. We humans are ALL psychologically immature. Some of us are worse than others due to our levels of narcissism and other life experience factors. We lie, exaggerate, and delude ourselves into believing false things in order to support our fragile narcissistic ego. Once we convince ourselves to believe something, we then often close ourselves to the possibility we may we wrong concerning what we believe. Only by seeking the humility and courage to challenge our beliefs without* bias* allows us the possibility of finding the truth. We will kill ourselves with our technology if we don't learn to find ways to be a more mature species and question our biased beliefs. We should all fear belief, because it can make us support monsters or become monsters. And "belief" includes all belief, not just religion. Racism, bigotry, politics, and religion are just a small handful of belief that changes our perception and behavior. One belief can create a whole subset series of beliefs that can warp your understanding of things. Fear belief and focus on mature growth. People who value truth and maturity do not believe things which lack credibility and good evidence.
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 identify and admit the problem. Then start teaching children in school how better to deal with skepticism, critical thinking, and understanding how bias and cognitive psychological issues can allow us to hold onto false belief and do bad things which damages our lives and world. Knowing ourselves should be more important than mathematics, and we should designate a class throughout grade school to educate our children about our psychological immaturity difficulties and how best to deal with them. Knowing, admitting, and understanding there's a problem is half the battle. We wouldn't carelessly and ignorantly choose extreme narcissists as our leaders or mates if children knew all about narcissism, bias, and cognitive dissonance when they graduated.
In Russia (as in the Soviet states) you think one stuff, talk the other. You can say what you want to a friend you know VERY well in your kitchen. But you would be REALY careful what you say outside.
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
@@siren369xstar8 True, but what's the difference between the Americans and the Russians at this point? They will both do what they feel necessary to achieve their objectives. How right or wrong those objectives are, doesn't really matter too them.
Absolutely not sympathy for Russians. They were happy to sit on their hands whilst Ukraine citizens were being massacred and worse!!. Only when the mobilisation started did Russians suddenly wake up. Slava Ukraine don't forget what Russians have done to your beautiful people and country. Support from your friends in Australia! 😁
I understand these people for one simple reason, my parents were already in their mid teens when my country stopped being a dictatorship. The fear of talking against the state is real because the consequences can go from imprisonment to "disappeance", and it's not only for those how talk against, but for their family and friends too. It's easy to ask why don't the Russian folk revolts when whe are living confortable in a democracy.
@@serabale80 I can think of several reasons Russians should revolt ... Like maybe the fact that Russia's dictator is killing not only his kin in Ukraine but also the many humanitarian crimes he commits on his own citizens
@@serabale80 The Answer to that lies in the long term goals in the presidents strategy. Nato is a defensive alliance build out of fear of despots who would want to take their freedom from them. Their members have really no interest in war, as can be seen by the negligence of their military over the last 2 decades since Russia has become a friend and partner. Knowing this why would anyone consider a Nato neighbour a threat? China for example was not asked to create a buffer zone of any kind. The only logical reason for preparing a large buffer zone is a plan for a convential war to move further west into poland and beyond. Noone would have thought this possible until the president decided to start his long planned campaign. Having this long term plans come to fruitions (maybe including China and other despotic nations) will trigger a non conventional war at some point. That is something that can only be avoided by the people of russia and not anyone from outside. Thats why Nato isn't stacking military at the borders right now in fear of iminent attacks. We love peace here and in germany we know very well how a bad leader can turn the world upside down and kill millions. We don't want that to repeat anywhere in the world. There have been stupid or downright criminal leaders in the western nations (like the US) well, but in the end they managed to remove them from office through normal means. I would wish for the russian people to have this choice as well, so if they go to war it's their own well informed decission.
Living in a state of fear is when only the very young and the very old can afford to see and speak the truth. The old woman at the end has the most spontaneous expression, no fear, no care about what they could do to her.
Amen. The young speak their truth freely, often without fear, mostly with limited understanding or experience in the "ways of this world"; the old speak their truth freely with confidence; deep understanding through having experienced the ways of the world (wisdom). Both are at a point where they might feel they have nothing to lose and everything to gain-- simply by speaking their Truths and being Free in their Hearts. - just my 2 cents
Yes, when in fear of NATO and the EU militarized at your borders and when the west puts in their own politicians in their "own free" society.. no reason to panic.
@@benjy117 mentally ill propagandist. NATO is light years ahead of Russia in everything military short of nuclear warheads. The presence of Warheads alone would stop NATO from ever attempting any move against Russia. There really is no reason to panic. Now, after this moronic war, US banks will control most of the Russian economy, wp Putin.
This is very, very similar to the opinions of many of the German people at the end of WWII. If people deny what is happening around them, it is either them protecting themselves from the truth or they are complicit with what is happening.
this is very similar to the opinion of many of the usa and israel people when confronted with their atrocities. they always blame the victims and are complicit with what their thugs do.
yes but there is a movement going on in the west supporting it because trump was against it. they do not understand what communism truly is, this is it! either they don't understand or they willingly want censorship and full government control. it's insane
You can get arrested just for protesting in a plaza. No looting, vandalism, arson, or physical assaults against others. That’s how you know you’re not in a free country
Lots of older Russians genuinely love and miss ussr era. That’s what I’m seeing in the video. A threat is there to loose your job or something like that but nobody is knocking at your door if you say something
I feel sorry for that last man. He knows it’s ridiculous and insane to invade Ukraine but has too much trust in what is government says he’s going to be heart broken
I am an English language teacher and one of my students is Russian, but she is now living in the UK. She said State tv is literally the ONLY tv in Russia. She said that she absolutely believed that Putin was a man of the people and that the West was just trying to slowly destroy Russia, until she came to the UK when her husband got a job here. Every time I speak to her now, she is in tears. I think she feels guilty for ever having believed him, and is horrified for all of the Russians who are either just as brainwashed as she was, and those know the truth but are terrified to say anything out of line.
if you haven't already told her earlier the next time you talk and she feels that way console her by saying "It isn't Your fault. You weren't the one being trained by your government to believe in lies. Don't feel guilt as if it were your fault because there wasn't a choice before you could know differently." I've used variations on this for former trump epublican supporters, seen it used for brexit supporters who believed the lies told about it to make them vote to leave. It can be used for anyone tricked. If you haven't told her some version of this yet I hope you can use it now. Because if she's feeling such guilt over her earlier feelings and support then we know for sure she truly cares for other people and her family now. She can be redeemed and especially for something that wasn't her fault to begin with.
I would be so interested to ask her , wouldn’t people be suspicious that they can only listen to state run TV, and also to the people here saying,it was preemptive and that Ukraine was going to strike first, why would they believe a smaller weaker country would do that? Or the lies that he was forced , what is the rationale there?
For the lady who worries they will have to endure sanctions but she doesn't seem to worry about Ukrainian people, I say may the sanctions result in your having a 300 calorie day for long enough that you will lose thirty percent of your body weight.
My utmost respect to the last lady in the video. She probably still remembers the horrible times during WW2 and under Stalin’s regime. It’s a shame that these wise words are too rarely heard by the young generations, who then repeat the same mistakes which history has witnessed a thousand times!
it seems that the elderly (whom seen the worst of dictators) and the young (born after the fall) can see around their leaders' lies; but the "boomers" have totally sunk themselves into the leadership's trap... willingly. strange generational parallel here stateside
Most of Putin's supporters are elderly and most of his critics belonged to the younger generations. The problem is the youth have no voice in Russian society.
@@aaroncabatingan5238 really in all societies. Not only that but the young choose not to speak up or to be involved in politics. The elderly are the ones that are most involved into politics and this is why we have so many issues is because there’s too many older generations running new generation people and never matches up
If she's actually sent to Ukraine, only then will we hear about her opinion, a moment before that is just a woman who knows sharing her real opinion is not an option.
This just goes on to tell how dangerous life can be in a authoritarian country with very little freedom of speech and information. You are forced to obey and believe in what the leader says and what the national media says (because it's also limited). Failing to do so or protesting or even mentioning the truth can get you killed or kidnapped and probably being held hostage.
The west is slightly better but also states that shut up other opinions and descriminate against. Russian musicians and artists in the west are either fired immediately or are forced to pick sides between the west or Russia. They express they don't want war, but that's apperantely not enough and are being excluded from any programs, because they are from Russia and don't hate on their own home country.
pretty much.. its actually sad but same time scary.. imagine if other countries decided to do this we'd all be mindless sheep following a 'Leader' listening to their beliefs and idealism.. i feel sympathy for these people you can tell they want to speak up.. but they dont want to say anything incase they will get killed for talking
Do you really believe this propaganda? We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA... So either: 1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth. 2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
@@anna-5104 "slightly" better??? Go to school and consume more than one type of media to educate yourself and you will realize that it's not hard to come up with an opinion yourself.
agreed, they know what's happening but they rather not care. that old woman at the end knew and so did we in Romania under Ceausescu knew in 1989. they have no excuses today to not know. it's willful blindness and indifference.
Stand out participants, girl with two-coloured hair calling out the self-destructive administration and the 'to hell with him' old lady at the end. Honourable mention to the young guy who opposed war but sadly felt unable in such repressive circumstances to fully express his views. Here's to a freer version of Russia and a Ukraine without foreign aggression.
@@devansa125 Putins russia is a failed state and it is failing (latest) due to his actions since February 21st. Only way for this country to prosper is after Putin is gone forever
I am Japanese. During World War II, when Japan was once the "Empire of Japan," many Japanese people had the stance of "Hurray the Emperor" and "We obey Hideki Tojo." (The number of people who advocated anti-war was a minority) During World War II, the Japanese listened to a radio telling a false battlefield called "Great Headquarters Announcement" and were intoxicated with false victory and aggression. (Some people doubted the content of the radio, but it was a minority) During the war, the number of illnesses caused by malnutrition and undernourishment increased explosively. In Japan at that time. A Russian who supports Putin and refuses to open his eyes to the truth. They will be in a difficult situation. It's already started.
Stupid, you forgot that America dropped two atomic bombs on your country. You Japanese are cowards. Will Russia be harmed by sanctions? No! Russia has been helped by sanctions to establish its own production. when he goes to the gas station and sees the video price, he remembers when the sanctions hit. Stupid one
When all this is over, as it was in Nazi Germany, may no one ever come to tell me or the whole world that the Russian people did not know about this Ukrainian genocide! The entire Russian people are guilty, if not specifically denounced for this crime! Когда все это закончится, как это было в нацистской Германии, пусть никто и никогда не скажет мне или всему миру, что русский народ не знал об этом украинском геноциде! Весь русский народ виновен, если конкретно не осужден за это преступление!
That woman saying: "We have no impact on this anyway" (by the way thinking only about economic consequences and not about the human suffering on the pictures that she was just shown) should remind us how important it is to fight for our freedom. At some point, the time comes to take a stand and fight.
True... but as we've seen with all these various social media driven mass hysteria's (Kony 2012, Floyd, Covid, Kabul Airport and now Ukraine) it's important to have a grounded view of reality. In a month or two when you all calm down (and Ukraine has surrendered) we can move forward in a more productive manner.
@@togarnis8096 Wauuw, you're truely the brightest human in this disgusting attack on peaceful Ukraine! Comfort the totalitarian maniac and let's talk about the whole when dust has settled, - and the innocent citizens are buried! How unbelievable pathetic and weak minded 🤮🤮
The scary thing is that media from around the world, including this channel, was available on the Internet in Russia until a day or two ago. Ordinarily, people will tune out what they don't want to hear. Also, one gets a rewarding feeling of reassurance from trusting authority. I suppose it goes back to trusting one's parents as a small child.
People will not openly speak badly about Putin because, like all dictators, he will kill you and your whole family. Annoyingly, these idiots don't even realize they suffer from the exact same effects the German people did in the early years of the war. By 1942, Germans despised Hitler but they'd already made their bed. Most of the old, plebian humans who maintain oxygen on this earth, still spill their poison from the 80s and 90s in to the youth. Wont be long until the elderly complain and people get beaten on the streets.
They know the truth, but: the system will know what these people told the media, and they or their familys would get punished for it. If they ask the people open most people will tell them they love putin. 20years of prison for going on a demonstration(if the judge has a very bad day) beating on the house anyway... . People dissapear in russia, get killed. Or if you have a decent job, you cant speak open, without risking it and your future.
Dear Dixon Pinfold: Children will trust what they hear from corrupt parents and governments not being trained in right and wrong; therefore, not knowing the difference. Most of the Russian people are hostage puppets.
Not as bad as hearing it from young people in Ukrainian cities, calling their parents to Russia about being bombed, and being laughed at because "Putin would never do this, silly".
That maybe explains to me just one thing I still can't comprehend , how quickly those naive and young soldiers, somebody's sons, brothers, husbands turned into a fascists ( yes, I know they have to follow the orders, but I do not care)...
So very true! I wonder sometimes if even one of the Russian soldiers now fighting in the Ukraine, has paused for a moment and realized that he could be killing a cousin of his or an aunt! I wonder if any of the Russian soldiers have refused orders to shoot! I know that they are being told that a hospital or church or apartment building is being used to hoard weapons or is being used as a Ukrainian military installation, so they feel justified at bombing it! But I still wonder if one Russian military can see proof that he was lied to and has refused to engage in Putins war!! 😪
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
So, russian here. Don't expect AT ALL to have honest reactions on camera. I'm pretty sure they could though the cameraman is from the government. Very courageous people or old babushkas (like mine ❤) will say the truth. I hope that the young man and women are in security, because boy they had courage to say that. I just hope the war will end and someone will try to repair the quite negative reputation of Russia. Sending love to Ukrainians and Russians that are suffering and killing each other, even if they are the closest brothers and sisters.
I live in Russia now and I want to cry. In Russia the less educated people don't understand the situation at all and the well-educated people in Russia understand everything but we don't have any power to stop the madness.
If you can access the internet and get international news, here's hoping other Russian people can too somehow? Putin actually gave an interview and said he hadn't bombed Ukraine!
This is the exactly same things that German people said about the Holocaust. German people in the next town less than two miles away from an "arbeitslager" had no idea it was there and refused to believe it's existence until Allied troops rounded up the entire settlement including women, children and the elderly, marched them to the camp and made them bury the bodies of the inmates that the guards had executed as they left.
@@renataostertag6051 the women and elderly who refused to believe that their countrymen were executing Jews en masse in extermination camps just s free km down the road. What better way to show them the falsehood of their beliefs than to make them bury the corpses of the victims of their country's evil behavior.
It wasn’t about “being the hero” you dunce cap wearing tool, it was about making them witness the reality around them- what they chose to ignore, deny, and pretend was never there. They refused to acknowledge the truth, so the soldiers made them witness the horror firsthand. If they see it, saw the bodies, the buildings, the torment, carried those bodies and dug them graves, again and again, they could not deny that people have been murdered not far from their home. That it happened so close to them and they did nothing about it. That was the point. Their country became hell on earth. The systemic slaughter of innocent people needed to be seen to be believed. Felt, too, because you know there’s idiots out there who would claim all the bodies were fake until they get up close- smell the decay, feel the cold flesh pulled taut over fragile bones. All of them NEEDED to see. After all, you’ve got Holocaust deniers even now simply because they didn’t see it themselves. Do you understand now, or are you going to continue to make a fool of yourself in front of everybody?
They can't speak freely - even if they wanted to. It would put them in danger for expressing their true feelings. Those that did and opposed the war are truly courageous!
Unless you live in a country that has oppressive laws, secret police spying on their own citizens, and citizens who disappear for saying something that does not suit the narrative, you cannot even imagine the danger an interview like this can bring.
@@damienholland8103 Understand that there are countries that see us and our leadership the same way. How many countries have we, or do people believe we have invaded? War is a nasty thing. There will always be two perspectives. The best we can hope for is that the results will not come rest on our doorstep.
"I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here". That just about sums it up. The ordinary Russian will talk freely only when Putin is strung up for all to see.
Everyone is talking about the last lady, and I totally agree with them about her--she rocks. But notice the very first lady! She was one of the most tragic instances in these interviews. When the interviewer was describing things to her, she seemed to listen and be subtly concerned by what she was hearing. She didn't have anything bad to say before looking at the pictures. The moment she can actually see picture proof of what the interviewer is saying, she is tugged away by someone else, probably a husband or another older man close to her. He doesn't want her to even look at the pictures long enough to form words, but I'm sure I see a lot of thought behind her face...
Guy's please, its just like about half of population in Russia. They so stupid, this sad, but true. They live in totally lie and without internet 22 years of extremely aggressive propaganda. In Russia so many people, that agree with you. Mainly this problem of aged people from 40-50 and more, and their little children. People in age 16-35 mostly didn't support their opinion
The last lady is like your grandma who only watches CNN and tells you you can't visit anymore unless you get your vaccination and wear your mask. The guy pulling away the girl might be the smart one realizing this style of CNN propaganda is BS.
Putin is a professional brainwasher. Controlling people’s thoughts through mental manipulation is a common skill of dictators. This dictator will soon be visiting his colleagues… Hussein, Gaddafi, and Ceaușescu
Don't forget the brave Russians like Yelena Osipova, Елена Осипова, a well known activist in Russia, now 76 years old, survived WWII & Siege of Leningrad. On March 2nd, she was taken by Russian police officers in St. Petersburg for protesting against the war in Ukraine. And Marina Ovsyannikova a heroine on TV. And others.
@@NaturesGarlands Siege of Leningrad ended Jan 1944. I've no issue with applauding her bravery, but it doesn't help to pad the statement with factually incorrect claims.
@@steeltrap3800 Osipova is said to have survived the siege of Leningrad. Stop nitpicking, it's about the core. Ask yourself if you would demonstrate and risk 15 years of jail sentence?? Are you demonstrating against Russia today? And will you still do that when you are as old as Yelena Osipova? After a war/siege it takes years and years for the reconstruction. There was famine. Many died still after the siege. Like many did after WWII. Do you think Ukraine will be reconstructed in one day? Do you think that no one will die after the bombing will stop in Ukraine? Elderly Petersburg artist Yelena Osipova, who regularly takes part in opposition protests, has even earned the nickname “Opposition Grandma. Hopefully you will ever be so brave as her.
I have a friend in Russia I met while in Japan. I messaged her a few days ago to make sure she and her friends/family was safe. She said “We don’t want this war because almost all Russians have friends and relatives in Ukraine. So, people die in Ukraine while Russians are getting cut off from the world. The prices are skyrocketing, people lose their jobs. We’re so tired”
It's just so tragic 😥. Not only is Putin destroying Ukraine and its people, he is destroying his own country in the process. Sending Russia back to the dark ages. Needless lives lost in Ukraine, and for what?!
Agreed. Some of the older people really supports Putin. A few older people aren't afraid to go against him. The younger generation are against Putin but just like the guy said "It can be dangerous here" when talking against their government's action. Communist Putler.
To be honest them denying it paints a better picture it shows how much fear is instilled in the russian people from their own government. Every single one of them knows what's going on they just feel powerless to stop it.
@@JT-bs2lm i think its more of that the older generation knows that people would disappear if they speak openly about this. The Younger generation haven't been arnd much of those societies and most of the time Younger generations are more expressive. But of course its dangerous to speak against Putin in a system where most of his political opponents always goes missing or gets imprisoned.
@@1970joedub most western countries give freedoms to their citizens to choose their occupation and the freedom to press. Probably wherever you are from you have these freedoms sense you are here to watch and comment on this video.
What is more disrespectfull? Comparing putin with hitler, or putin accually brainwashing his people and sending them to their death (just like hitler did).
@@BlobBoi It's not Disrespectful for anyone, putin is killing anyone and everyone that is not with him. Same thing as hitler. I'm ukrainian why should someone be offended when you call putin hitler 2.0, it's true. And you can't say anything because my great grandfather escape USSR they were trying to kill him because he was christian. Pretty much same thing.
It's interesting seeing the older people who grew up when it was the Soviet Union have not much more to say than "I support Putin." While the younger generation isn't quite as institutionalized and speak more freely but still cautious.
on the contrary, the woman at the end saw the Soviet Union at its peak and also the decline, most of the people who say they support Putin are of his generation, knew only decline of the Soviet empire, and saw what happened to the young people who questioned the ransack that occured after the fall.
PROPAGANDA NEWS MEDIA WITH SO CALLED NEWS JOURNALISTS BECOMING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS NARRATING FOR INFLUENCING THEIR VIEWERS. " ONE SIDED " INFORMATION USED , CENSORSHIP FOR MISLEADING INFORMATION USED , NO. FACT CHECKING FOR THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STORYLINES , INCOMPLETE NEWS , MAYBE FAKE NEWS ON PURPOSE ????????
Younger generation (anywhere) generally have more willingness to take risk, especially the risk from a change, while older people have fear of any change even if they are provided with enough information.
Well it's natural to be more worried about your own life than some abstract lives you hear about on the news. People die all around the world every day, you know. Not really a tragedy if you don't know them personally.
@@yomer355 bro Putin has been draining your pockets since 2000 how are people so dum. Just look at the different social classes it makes me sick that people can’t open their ignorant fat mined.
That was extremely sad and at the same time very scary! Indoctrination on a country wide scale, the majority of the elderly not believing for one moment that Putin would do such a thing, not wanting to even glance at the images! Almost like they feared seeing the truth. The younger ones too afraid to utter anything about it, or against Putin, fearing that they would be killed if they did. I know for a fact that I would be the last old lady. Thankfully, I am able to watch and read what I want, and also vote and speak out as I want... and I exercise that right daily.
We humans are ALL psychologically immature. Some of us are worse than others due to our levels of narcissism and other life experience factors. We lie, exaggerate, and delude ourselves into believing false things in order to support our fragile narcissistic ego. Once we convince ourselves to believe something, we then often close ourselves to the possibility we may we wrong concerning what we believe. Only by seeking the humility and courage to challenge our beliefs without* bias* allows us the possibility of finding the truth. We will kill ourselves with our technology if we don't learn to find ways to be a more mature species and question our biased beliefs. We should all fear belief, because it can make us support monsters or become monsters. And "belief" includes all belief, not just religion. Racism, bigotry, politics, and religion are just a small handful of belief that changes our perception and behavior. One belief can create a whole subset series of beliefs that can warp your understanding of things. Fear belief and focus on mature growth. People who value truth and maturity do not believe things which lack credibility and good evidence.
The older generation grew up with communism, they dont know anything else but being told what to do every day of their life. Without it they would wither and die, literally.
Ther is a definite split with the older generations supporting Putin and younger generations being more savvy and non-Putin supportive. Small sample of peoples views but nevertheless expected.
@@J5X7 … I appreciate your comment - you have a right to it but likewise I also have a right to my comment. If you don’t like it - well that’s tough. We all take objection in life to peoples comments. I object to yours for instance. I did highlight in my comment that the sample of people is low and so use your head and determine for yourself. From experience I wouldn’t expect there to be statistical significance but hey … that’s how the comments appeared. I’m not saying that it is the case but just a clear observation. Nothing wrong with that so calm down.
all of them know exactly what is going on！ Especially the senior Russian citizens， they grew up in Soviet era, they know everything, and also they know what is coming.
They are just a bunch of old cowards now to just keep thinking that they are going to always get punished if they ever say anything, so they just say noooothing against anyone up top. Thank goodness the young generation is here to take their place eventually.
Yep once the cameras and reporters go home the secret police come to torture families into compliance and or send to prison. Sounds awful and cannot leave country either.
It's interesting that some of the people in Putin's country know more about what harm Putin has caused more than he does and yet some people seem completely brainwashed and blind to the situation. We live in a sad world and it's gonna be hard to pull ourselves back together as a whole. Hang in there Ukraine. Edit: Also the last couple people are what we need in this world. People who know that this is causing national suffering across a country that has done nothing wrong. We need more people to understand the truth.
It's always the older that hold firm old views and don't look to change them. The younger are always more connected to the world and know what's really going on.
I have a friend that went to russia after the fall and he bought a radio as a souvenir. It had one knob for both on/off and volume. No tuning knob because it's crystal was already tuned to the only station that was allowed. It was made by the State to hear the programs of the State and nothing else! It seems like Putin is aiming for that again with the new law that gives you up to 15 years in prison if you speak up against the war or the military! So glad I live in Sweden.
@@jsquared1013 canadian media took 600 million from liberal govt... since then ... nothing but sunny ways I trust RT more when it comes to foreign (to them) affairs.
It is really sad that the older generations seem to be totally oblivious and in denial of what's happening. It seemed though that the few younger ones who most likely have learned the truth from the internet are up to par on what's happening. This is why it would be imperative to get the truth inside the country so that they would all know what is happening.
Many of the older ones remember the Soviet days and that fear is coming back. Also as you get older it is easier to slip back into the old cold war mindset. At 60 I am finding it real easy to do it myself. 10 years ago trained myself to call them Russians rather then Soviets, finding myself slipping back into the old mind set the last week. It is easy to go back to the old ways, harder to start new ones. This goes on much longer and all progress made the last 30 years is going to fade. Europe is already slipping back into the Cold War Mindset. The countries that were held captive for 40 years (Poland, Germany, Chech Repub, ect) are worried and are arming up. I do not think they will go back into servitude without a major fight, and Europe is backing them. The longer this goes on the quicker we are going to fall back into the Cold War mindset and Russia will be forced to depend on China more and more until they find themselves trapped like many other countries have found.
I think the old people are burned out. They don't have any fight in them anymore and would rather live a comfortable life under Putin's regime than fight for justice. But it's like this everywhere. A generational shift has been necessary for a long time now
They will feel the sanctions, but it will take time. Happy to see that the younger generation knows what’s going on and that the one babushka is freaking badass!
Sanctions don't work. America still trades with China, Russia will just trade with them. Proof sanctions don't work. Iran north Korea. Sanctions hurt the west just as much. Russia will just stop supplying gas, oil, food, raw materials. Europe will beg first. Russia and China are the biggest producers of wheat and food in the world the US is third but a long ways from russia.
@@Robert53area ,thats wrong,yes..eu use russia gas,but it can be changed easly,also the grain will be easly changed,poland ,romania will take that place ,russia already feels the sanctions,what will they do in 1 year to 5 years?? All their bank accounts are closed by eu , everybody suffers here and mostly the people
You can see the fear in their eyes, they don't know if this is some kind of test, and some don't care of course - but the last woman really hit the nail on the head - she's seen enough to know what to really think
God save Russia too. Ukraine may be feeling the fallout now, but everyday Russian citizens are suffering under the oppression of their own government. False information spread for personal gain, human rights violations etc. The American government is far from perfect but thank God it’s nothing like the Russian gov.
The saddest thing of all is that because of one megalomaniac, Russia has done more harm to itself than Russians can ever imagine. Russian energy had Europe by the short hairs. Russia was poised to write its own ticket because of its natural resources. Now it is burning every resource it has just to try to keep alive.
I remember watching a video of concentration camp footage being shown to Germans and the shock, disgust and disbelief they experienced was visceral. The thin veneer of denial was cracked wide open and guilt and shame stained the souls of those people. I'm sensing it's easier to say the truth is wrong than accept the bitter reality for many of these Russians.
I have different information. When the Americans brought them to camp Auschwitz. They showed them all the atrocities. They said it was a Hollywood set-up, that they were feeding them to deceive them. It was the Nazi intelligentsia.
What's happening to my country and my people ( I'm a citizen of Russia and a resident of Saint Petersburg) is total shame for us. I fully condemn this so called special operation. Not only are many people here absolutely brainwashed- recently our pocket reichstag ( state duma) has implemented serious limitations on freedom of speech. Giving coverage of the actions of russian military forces in Ukraine russian mass-media are bound to use only the information provided by the militaty themselves. Besides, calls for sanctions against Russia and any other counteraction will now be punished by criminal law. In my home town people are being arrested for holding a sheet of paper with the slogan NO WAR! Yes that's we who are to blame, that's we who have fed this monster now threatening the whole world. I've never voted for him, though I bear my part of responsibility for the atrocities of this kremlin maniac. But western leaders are to blame too. For many years they' ve been shaking hands with Putin, welcoming him at their meetings in their capital cities , smiling at him, joking with him, calling him partner. And even now when this foul stinking political corpse is trying to rape valiant Ukraine, president Macron keeps talking with him. It looks and feels like watching a young beautiful girl being raped and beaten and a witness of the crime trying to persuade the rapist to stop instead of beating all the fucking shit out of him. People of the west, you must apply pressure to your leaders and make them stop this madness. It's not only Ukraine, russians with conscience and dignity still left are begging you to act. If this ultimate evil rapes and devours Ukraine, you will be the next!
Thank you for your courage. People like you are the only ones that can save this world from this ogre. I am so afraid of my children dying in a nuclear war, and the thought of people in Russia dying in the same war, just to save Putins face, makes me furious. I am sure somebody adult will take control in cour country and arrest or kill the fat fuck.
its a left over from the communist era..... police your words and actions glory to the state glory to the leader blah blah blah.... and people wonder why i hate communism with such a passion. even decades later these people still live in fear about speaking out.
I am actually impressed on how people think a country like Ukraine was planning on invade Russia, one of the most powerful countries in the world… or so we thought…
@@deeh.513 Your comment is just like Putin PROPAGANDA. Ukraine never wanted to invade Russia. what a stupid idea... Ukraine is smaller than Russia and has small military, what's the logic for wanting to invade another country much bigger than you? Ukraine wants to join the EU. The EU would never accept a county that had invaded another... to join EU it needs to be a good country with good intentions. What Ukraine wants and DESERVES... is peace and the right to be independent. They don't want to be unde Russia control ever again. They know what it was like, they've been there 75 years.
@@deeh.513 thanks a lot. Most of worlds people didn’t know about the reasons of this operation (and about kids “azov” for example, about street at Kyiv named by nazist), but eats this reports like fresh food.
@darinaa that's the propaganda they've been told in Ukraine, and they believed in this propaganda that NATO will help them until the last minute. Both Zelensky and Poroshenko were begging for war planes and better military equipment, or at least for the west to extend a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This was all over news in the west for anyone who watches news. So it looks like NATO has misled them and let them count on support they weren't willing to extend. There were also many reports that Russian army will fold in under 2 weeks, that it's too weak and incompetent, that Putin is firing his generals left and right, that Russians have miscalculated logistics and now their soldiers are starving and freezing, etc. They believed in these reports from the west.
@@АннаФрундина-с3э you're welcome, unfortunately propaganda is always 'sweeter' to believe in since it tells people exactly what they want to hear - easier to watch an emotionally pleasing video than to read and learn some unpleasant facts about this whole situation
I saw another comment on a forum elsewhere, allegedly from a Russian guy. He flatly refused to believe Russian troops were in Ukraine....or that there was a war, with fighting going on.
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” - Mark Twain
They know whats happening... but they know the consequences of speaking up..
These are the exact same kinds of people that supported Hitler, that's all.
These people grew up in an era where saying the wrong thing could get you and your family killed. They're not fooled. They just don't want to say anything that could get them killed.
@@marleyjames566 yes but its still no argument
says you
The Last Lady has probably seen so much in her lifetime already that she doesn't even seem surprised, contrary to others. She speaks the truth that crosses her mind, it takes courage to do it and I respect that.
She is old and doesnt have mutch to lose anymore i think thats why she told it so casualy🤔
Wish more were like her. That old guy is in denial and the rest brainwashed
I can’t believe I agree with the girl with koolaid hair 🤷♂️
I can’t believe people in their country don’t know what is happening, so sad, they are so used by the government there
@@tinytattoomike7943 what does it matter what color her hair is? Hopefully, this shows you how ignorant judgements can make you.
It's both fascinating and scary how in such an-information soaked age, it's possible virtually to lock an entire population in an echo chamber out of reality.
Agreed. This entire thing is shocking in so many ways.
No different than liberals that see CNN as truth and conservatives that believe Fox news as truth.
@@PimpingAintEasy1 That's super ironic... I wonder if you see it....
Do you really believe this propaganda?
We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA...
So either:
1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth.
2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
Talk to people who only watch Fox News, it's the exact same thing.
That last *Babushka* didn't give a shit, did she? 😂
All my respect for the last older Lady. She is not afraid and tell the truth.
@A p Sigma mindset
Wisdom
She'd be the OG to take up that 1 Mil from that bounty on putin
How did she get the truth? Pootin's closed down all foreign media and internet media sites. His efforts to pump his population with lies and misinformation must be full of holes.
She said it doesn’t interest her. Not „to hell with him“. The subtitle is false. They believe only 500 russians have died.
God bless the old Babushka with the balls to say "The hell with him!"
You Ma'am, have our respect.
It actually translated to "go fuck himself"
@@EyesonEnforcement911 That makes it even better somehow
Respect to all who value human lives! We are One people, share One planet Earth, and are all members of the Family of Humanity. 🌎💞🌍💞🌏💞
@@EyesonEnforcement911 😂😂
yeah, don't use that sexist phrase of balls to describe courage and bravery. It's insulting and disgusting. 🤢
"That's not what they're saying on the news."
Ho boy, state controlled media is a real kick in the teeth.
Ever thought we are getting the same treatment?
ON BOTH SIDES?
Yes it is, especially when the State is American or British. CNN lie? The BBC lie? No that cannot be true. 😮
Yeah, like American/British MSM is so much better.
It's terrifying that only a few companies control the sounds of information
@@jackbrian2993 No.. Honestly no. Go watch the live streams of rockets and artillery falling in Kyiv. Call and talk to your friends that live there. FFS
“We have no impact on this anyways.”
Reminds me of German denials from average citizens after the war.
This is what happens when you dont have a free press. None of us truly have the full truth but some countries literally have none. Freedom of information has to be defended at all costs.
Facts Putin is on cheat mode in Russia 🙄
We don't have free press in the UK as RT has been banned.. Censorship and hypocrisy...
@@Team-fabulous Most of the press in the UK is right-wing tabloid owned by people with no interest in the UK. I a wary when news is censured.
@@normanchristie4524 totally agree
We get our propaganda and they get theirs.
USA funded both sides of the war. We wanted this
People afraid of speaking out because of retaliation breaks my heart. That’s why all those people protesting are the real heroes.
The success of businesses like WalMart and Amazon in the USA demonstrate that humans will turn a blind eye towards atrocities for a slight discount in the price of merchant goods.
Why would people react any differently? It’s human nature.
Most of them aren't afraid, they're brainwashed by 22 years of non-stopping propaganda.
@@dimachekhov You mean in the West by the likes of this channel?
Part of it but i think most of them truly do support the war. if you only watch state sponsored propaganda 😟🤷🏽♂️
Baldr93 I 100% support what you are saying. They are civilians, i can't blame them for saying that because they are afraid of their lives.
Putin is a satan, demonic beast. See how the world are afraid of him no one can face him that's why he has the to destroy Ukraine. If this citizens say negative things about him, he will kill them and their families so that's what they will say. As the way I'm seen Putin, it will take a strong man to bring him down as David did to goliath yes.
That elderly lady at the end could not care less if they want to try and throw her in jail. So much respect to those who are raising their voices despite the clear danger of hard time behind bars.
welp, she has likely lived through the worst of russian history, she ain't afraid of no discount stalin
@@NewPaulActs17 I hadn't even considered that. I wonder why the 55-65 crowd are so supportive.
@@edwardmitchell6581it's kinda like the way the chickenhawk boomers in America went for Trump, while the greatest generation still remembers FDR with reverence and knows that nazis are the bad guys.
perhaps it's the difference between a generation that watches TV for information about the world, and a generation that has already seen real life at its worst.
@@edwardmitchell6581
Because some probably are used to this kind of leadership and are stuck in those old ways.
@@edwardmitchell6581 they don't have internet, only tv
Now had they taken them to a private room and obscured their identity you would have gotten a lot of different reactions. You could tell that some of them wanted to speak out but are rightfully afraid.
That these Russian citizens are afraid to state their true minds proves that Russia is a totalitarian state where citizens DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I feel so sorry for them. Regime change must happen, IMHO.
For certain!🏴
Probably not. They'd be afraid the room was bugged.
@@DP-ie8tf Exactly what part of, "...obscured their identity..." are you having trouble with?
1:42 "I'd rather bored talk about it, it can be dangerous here"
Respect to the old woman at the end, not blinded by the mainstream media in Russia. The media must be going to ridiculous lengths to cover up the story if people don't even know their own country is at war, that's madness.
@@PauloCesar-cy5ls funny how a Russian bot does not have a Russian name. Good job
War 😂?
@@PauloCesar-cy5ls the Ukrainian president is Jewish. Are you sure you know what you are talking about? There are an estimated 50,000-70,000 neo-nazis in Russia. Only two days ago the leader of the Russian neo-nazi ‘Sparta’ battalion Vladamir Zhoga was killed by Ukrainian forces as he tried to invade the Eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Look it up. Oh wait, you can’t because your tzar Putin won’t allow you to read things he doesn’t like.
I dont agree with russia as They went too far with it
But i wont ignore what ukraine did
They have provoked russia and done other things
And usa are hypocrites too
Giving aid to israel who is taking over Palestina and invading other countries
Critisizing russia for doing the same to them while they aided a country in doing it
Educate yourself first.
Last lady and the guy who said he was for peace even though he knew it was dangerous….. so much respect
The man’s response that he can’t talk about it because it’s dangerous to do so in Russia tells you everything you need to know. The other people either really do support Putin or are scared to actually give there opinions.
It seems like most young people disagree with Putin and all the old people agree with Putin. Maybe it's cuz the Soviet Union days
Agreed
@@rosemarin4750 I'm assuming this is a Russian bot account, but if you're somehow a real, naive sheltered idiot:
1. The Ukrainian president is Jewish
2. Russia has caused tens of thousands of casualties, a third of which are civilians
3. The "actor" president is brave and and actually staying with his troops to fight (won't see Putin anywhere near the battlefield)
4. These Russians live in a state where they can't even show their opinions, shown by the young guy in the middle. Not really democratic.
5. Yes, the USA offered to evacuate him, but he chose to stay
6. Do you have any proof that Ukrainians are bombing children? Because there's plenty of proof Russia is.
7."Your media doesn't disclose to you this information" -This point kinda proves why you're so oblivious to this situation.
Agree. Also, we feel these older people interviewed have very minimal schooling and do not question their rights to freedom of press, speech, etc.
the "I support Putin I support Putin" one is probably just scared for their life, afraid that the one asking these questions is a snitch for Putin
these people are scared to speak out aswell as being brain washed .
Like the West
@@Pietra430 Not like the west at all. We don't get shot in the head for not liking our leaders. Critical thinking bozo learn it.
Your not any different lil bro😭🙏
When you do see someone in Russia not afraid of speaking out, it tends to be young people. That is very encouraging.
They speak from inexperience.
@@1Way. ha
Yeah none of them lived in the Soviet union so they dont know the price of speaking out yet
They have better access to VPNs.
As they say, growing up you don't really get much smarter, you just become more careful.
Some of them don't understand they're being lied to, others understand but are too scared to admit it on camera. They know what happens when you criticise or doubt the party-line.
Cancel culture, Russian style
Putin would have attacked the dissenters
nothing happens
it reminds me of the US during the second invasion of Iraq.
i was against it, but even i felt outnumbered and somewhat intimidated here.
and i live in a very liberal place.
it was very weird and unsettling.
Of course the mainstream western media would never lie to you.... right? We are being fed a diet of propaganda.. on both sides. Russia lies to it's citizens and the media here lies to us.
People don't realize sometimes how information is controlled in some places. Back in my college days - I took a Russian culture class that was taught by a woman who had immigrated to the US but had lived and worked in Russia back when it was still the USSR. At that time - she had a unique job which enabled her to have frequent contact with foreigners visiting the USSR - she and others in her position would act as a travel guide showing them around to various locations and they would actually have to file regular reports with the KGB regarding these contacts. She told the story about some foreigners who were visiting and were asking them about the Chernobyl accident ....... and they had no idea what these foreign visitors were talking about - that's how she found out about Chernobyl - from foreigners visiting the country. The government had kept the news of this major nuclear accident from their citizens when the rest of the world knew all about it. That just blew my mind.
its called cold war.
How ironic "information is controlled in some places". But not in the good ole USA? As for your lecturer not knowing about Chernobyl.. Was that before 1991? How many of your US 'students' know what WTC7 was, why it was demolished, what it contained? And how many know anything about Area 51, or Fort Derrick, and what about Operation Paperclip and Mockingbird, or knew where Iraq was, when they were waving their young men off to murder and be maimed.. they thought it was Australia? Lol.... If you are going to speak about controlled information begin here with your own misinformation.
We in the UK know all about it.. and the present day Russians probably do..
@@katpuss6564 You have a clear point, but that whataboutism is so annoying. We’re talking about Russia, not Usa. And also the Ussr’s propaganda were in completely different level than Usa’s.
@@juliusjansson6531 True, USSR’s propaganda can be very unsophisticated...in the US it has become much more subtle, targeted and insidious.
You've just described the society that Bezos, Zuckerbeg, Biden, Harris and their henchmen are trying to create in the West. Half of my German ellies lived in East Germany - every 5th person was in the employ of the Statspolizei. The reports they filed made sure you had a good job, education, privileges, could go on volks arbeit cruises to Cuba, black see holidays, etc. Or made sure you got none of those things.
This is the world that the left want us to live in today. We should be fighting them as well as Putin - all dictators are very bad people, whether they are named Biden, Putin or Xi.
"I support Putin. I don't want to see any pictures." IOW "I don't want to see anything that might make me think differently." What a society.
I feel bad for the guy who said that it's too dangerous to discuss the subject. This is a tragedy. They might as well still be living under Soviet rule.
They are! Putin doesn’t care who he kills and in my opinion neither does NATO or Biden! 😡😡😡
We will all be living under tyranny one day if we continue to follow these so called "leaders"
They are still living under Soviet rule.
Ya they have to say this there was a video I saw of people talking about how they didn't want it to happen there's still family there and all this but that was before the invasion it was safer then to say no war no invasion
They basically still are..Delia Morris
I like one comment here which quoted Mark Twain, “It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.”
I think to a large extent you can tell that people - those who staunchly denied the war in the video - can sense something is wrong. However, to believe and acknowledge the alternative means throwing away what you know and believe in up until that moment. Recognizing oneself as being incorrect, or that one is on the wrong side.
Humans hate to do that. Belief is closely tied to one’s sense of self, and it gives people a sense of comfort and security.
I think many people here are doing exactly that. They know something’s off but are too in denial about it to acknowledge it and choose the comfort of what they’ve been told.
Absolutely. Great comment, and excellent explanation!
This is a very succinct and 100% correct and equally sad but true. This is the problem with politics (people) the world over. Double down...double down....
Very similar to how the Germans denied/didn't want to face what was happening to the Jews in WWII.
They could be arrested so it’s not the same as the cult in the us.
Then make a comment below the comment you mean so the OP can see it butter brain
They all know... But the girl with the coloured hair has a heart and all her life ahead of her and the oldest lady has a heart and has nothing to lose. Beautiful people both of them.
Slava Ukraini. Viva Ucrania!!
The hell with Ukraine and the hell with Russia.
@@righteousone1 what is wrong with you
@@righteousone1 Absolutely
Coloured hair - the most predictable opinion.
30 years Ukraine had a lion breathing down its neck and FAILED to modernize their military. It's all on you.
Did that lady really just say they don't like it because it's draining their pockets?! Say that to all the poor Ukrainians who have litterly lost it all.
She doesn't really that hundreds of thousands of their boys are dead and dying every day, and she's worried about the price of Vodka probably.
So, like Russian civilians shouldn’t complain about losing it all too?
literally
My respect for the old lady. Peace and unity to the Ukranian people and the Russians who are standing aggainst the war.
I think unity is already happening as we speak...
We'd be better off with old ladies running the world. That is until they run out of crumpets.
The older lady said like my grandmother.
Only the last old lady, and the coloured hair girl…… the rest are still drinking the kook-aid…they aren’t going to revolt against that beast….they don’t give a $hit about their ‘ brothers’ …..
I think the old lady has seen enough in his life
I think the comment "I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here" says everything.
My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine and the Russians who are bravely speaking out against the war ❤
At least no ones getting cancelled over there unlike the west
@@TheHypernaught yeah. They're getting killed, you privileged puppet! Were you not listening?! What do you think dangerous means?
@TheHypernaught oh they do get cancelled, just not on social media, and not with words
Lmao clearly was paid to say that... if it is so true and apparent that having a different opinion rather than that of the governments, explain why this organization is able to even exist in Russia. Also it is actually the Neo Nazi government of Ukraine that is murdering, silencing & jailing opposition media/independent journalists lmao
Happening in Canada and US. Happening in alot of countries.
For those of you who live in a free country, imagine saying, I can't discuss this because it's dangerous to say anything. Imagine living like that. Imagine a country where you are not allowed to see what the rest of the world is doing. Imagine being unable to express your opinion without being arrested or assassinated. You do what some of these people do, you put your head down and just go with the flow. Can you blame them? If you live in fear and ignorance long enough, you begin to believe whatever is told you because it's safer that way. How horrible.
You mean like being booted off UA-cam or FaceBook called misinformation or disinformation?
@@StarsManny there are degrees of course but assassination and disappearance is a very rare thing in the UK
@@StarsManny it's nowhere near as bad, every country has it but fuck geez you are living a luxury in UK
@@StarsManny the US is a battleground of ideas but it is not Kremlin propaganda and no one is being "silenced." These people are brainwashed by fear and isolation from a variety of perspectives.
How many people under 30 support Putin? And do you really hear nothing about what is happening in Kiev and Charkov on state media?
The Grandmother saying to hell with Putin is braver than all those men fleeing conscription
literraly this elderly woman is saying "let him (it) go on dick"
don't put words in her mouth she said him not Putin
@@wildswift8040 you dumdum who else would “him” be?
@@wildswift8040 but... "him" is referring to Putin, yeah? Who else would she be talking about?
Is she braver than them boys holding up in hospitalslol
There are a few interesting things to note here from the Russians you interviewed.
The older ones either didn't believe there is a war going on, or knew there was a war but supported Putin. However, the younger ones all knew about the war, but didn't sound like support Putin.
This is most likely a difference caused by generation gap. The younger generation gets most of their news from social media or abroad, while the older generation is probably still getting their news from Russian TV stations.
Agreed. Also older generation has been groomed and intoxicated with propaganda for decades now, reaching back to Soviet Union narrative. Young people see it as it is, old people through dimmed and scratched lens of of the past.
Exactly, but I would love to see more people answers, this is a very small group. I would love to see 30min of this
There were a few older here who knew the truth like the last woman
@@TheTeamStealth I agree. But you can also ask some Russians about their opinions via social media. But be aware that the Russian government is apparently banning many social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and twitter; so you might not find many of them there for much longer
yes, that is why putin now blocked all social media, facebook, twitter etc. And passed a law today jailing anyone that spreads misinformation, (the truth), about the war for 15 years. Scumbag dictator. And the dumb bitch that said "should we wait for them to attack us first"? Is she fucking stupid? Even the lies they tell you ANYONE with half a brain knows a tiny country with no nukes would NEVER attacked a huge country that has nukes. Not sure if this is some kind of sick joke or she is on drugs???
“There’ll be inflation and unemployment. But it’s probably the way it should be.” My god this is what decades of suppression and fear look like. No one should ever have to feel that being financial instability and war “are the way things should be”
Isn't this going on in the US of A right now? Next you'll be saying how unsafe and unsecured Ukrainian boarder is & all citizens should have automatic weapons (just not US) Lets Go Brandon Reeeeeee the Salt must flow
Happening here in America as well. Look at how they’ve beaten us down over the last 2 years. They are conditioning us for hard times ahead.
@Esphaeras Praestans Yep. The 1917 Revolution changed nothing really. Russia is still a feudal country. No real middle class in the American or European way. Just an oppressed proletariat who are kept in the dark about what's really going on, and a wealthy oligarch class who control everything and are utter criminals. We don't even know if that woman was telling the truth about her feelings. She's trying to survive and I don't judge her for it at all.
@Boo Dayne Guns do protect people you lemon, they protect us from people like you and the flithy oligarchs that want Russia to be a Tsarist autocracy where the people are serfs, Putin is the Tsar and his inner-circle of billionaires are his ministers.
You wanna know one of the most important things the Bolsheviks needed to overthrow the Tsar and continue carrying out their revolution?
*GUNS*
They didn't walk into those government buildings with petitions, they walked in with GUNS.
And not one word about the people who are dying.
"I don't like it, but I support it." Basically sums up what it's like to live under a dictator.
Or "That's all I know so it's the best I can get"
@@Thesamurai1999
You don't know what psychopathy is do you?
Guys, USA didn't want to kill 100ks people on Iraq right? But they had to. And we can say Russia's excuse is more understandable.
@@Thesamurai1999 exactly ! That’s why they’re gonna suffer Economically. For supporting a freak like Himself
@@cem8968 they had to? bullshit
"The more monstrous the lie, the more they believe in it"
“It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain
Twain was right, but we all are at risk.
We humans are ALL psychologically immature. Some of us are worse than others due to our levels of narcissism and other life experience factors.
We lie, exaggerate, and delude ourselves into believing false things in order to support our fragile narcissistic ego.
Once we convince ourselves to believe something, we then often close ourselves to the possibility we may we wrong concerning what we believe.
Only by seeking the humility and courage to challenge our beliefs without* bias* allows us the possibility of finding the truth.
We will kill ourselves with our technology if we don't learn to find ways to be a more mature species and question our biased beliefs.
We should all fear belief, because it can make us support monsters or become monsters.
And "belief" includes all belief, not just religion. Racism, bigotry, politics, and religion are just a small handful of belief that changes our perception and behavior.
One belief can create a whole subset series of beliefs that can warp your understanding of things. Fear belief and focus on mature growth. People who value truth and maturity do not believe things which lack credibility and good evidence.
Nice try like beggar. You're only about an hour and 50 of the same comments too late. 😂
@@audieabel1261 how do we change that?
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 identify and admit the problem. Then start teaching children in school how better to deal with skepticism, critical thinking, and understanding how bias and cognitive psychological issues can allow us to hold onto false belief and do bad things which damages our lives and world.
Knowing ourselves should be more important than mathematics, and we should designate a class throughout grade school to educate our children about our psychological immaturity difficulties and how best to deal with them.
Knowing, admitting, and understanding there's a problem is half the battle.
We wouldn't carelessly and ignorantly choose extreme narcissists as our leaders or mates if children knew all about narcissism, bias, and cognitive dissonance when they graduated.
Exactly. Inform yorself what hapened from 2014 on.
The elderly woman at the end was the only one of the older people who thinks for herself. Brava, and good luck to her.
She says exactly what I say at the end of any comment of mine: PutinGoToHell
They all think for themselves, but if they speak out they put themselves and their families in danger so it’s not that simple
In Russia (as in the Soviet states) you think one stuff, talk the other. You can say what you want to a friend you know VERY well in your kitchen. But you would be REALY careful what you say outside.
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
@@siren369xstar8 True, but what's the difference between the Americans and the Russians at this point? They will both do what they feel necessary to achieve their objectives. How right or wrong those objectives are, doesn't really matter too them.
Full credit to the reporter, she is really putting herself at risk of state security, so brave.
+1
Stand with Russia 🇷🇺
@@SoulforSale The whole world is against you!!! we can't all be wrong. THINK. you have been lied to.
@@webbo9798 Let's go Brandon.
@@dandimaxou92 Thats fine thanks for that, but People can make there own minds up, bearing in mind its sources, validity, credibility etc.
Absolutely not sympathy for Russians. They were happy to sit on their hands whilst Ukraine citizens were being massacred and worse!!. Only when the mobilisation started did Russians suddenly wake up. Slava Ukraine don't forget what Russians have done to your beautiful people and country. Support from your friends in Australia! 😁
I understand these people for one simple reason, my parents were already in their mid teens when my country stopped being a dictatorship. The fear of talking against the state is real because the consequences can go from imprisonment to "disappeance", and it's not only for those how talk against, but for their family and friends too. It's easy to ask why don't the Russian folk revolts when whe are living confortable in a democracy.
There is one main reason. Russian don't revolt because they don't want to. Maybe 10-20% percent want. But most people don't want. Why should we?
@@serabale80 Yeah, why should you...
@@Trip_mania Do you know any decent reasons? Where do you live by the way?
@@serabale80 I can think of several reasons Russians should revolt ... Like maybe the fact that Russia's dictator is killing not only his kin in Ukraine but also the many humanitarian crimes he commits on his own citizens
@@serabale80 The Answer to that lies in the long term goals in the presidents strategy. Nato is a defensive alliance build out of fear of despots who would want to take their freedom from them. Their members have really no interest in war, as can be seen by the negligence of their military over the last 2 decades since Russia has become a friend and partner. Knowing this why would anyone consider a Nato neighbour a threat? China for example was not asked to create a buffer zone of any kind. The only logical reason for preparing a large buffer zone is a plan for a convential war to move further west into poland and beyond. Noone would have thought this possible until the president decided to start his long planned campaign. Having this long term plans come to fruitions (maybe including China and other despotic nations) will trigger a non conventional war at some point. That is something that can only be avoided by the people of russia and not anyone from outside. Thats why Nato isn't stacking military at the borders right now in fear of iminent attacks. We love peace here and in germany we know very well how a bad leader can turn the world upside down and kill millions. We don't want that to repeat anywhere in the world. There have been stupid or downright criminal leaders in the western nations (like the US) well, but in the end they managed to remove them from office through normal means. I would wish for the russian people to have this choice as well, so if they go to war it's their own well informed decission.
Living in a state of fear is when only the very young and the very old can afford to see and speak the truth. The old woman at the end has the most spontaneous expression, no fear, no care about what they could do to her.
Amen. The young speak their truth freely, often without fear, mostly with limited understanding or experience in the "ways of this world"; the old speak their truth freely with confidence; deep understanding through having experienced the ways of the world (wisdom). Both are at a point where they might feel they have nothing to lose and everything to gain-- simply by speaking their Truths and being Free in their Hearts. - just my 2 cents
@@LeeBee1111 i agree
Poor lady, she’s prob sitting in a cell right now for speaking truth.
Yes, when in fear of NATO and the EU militarized at your borders and when the west puts in their own politicians in their "own free" society.. no reason to panic.
@@benjy117 mentally ill propagandist. NATO is light years ahead of Russia in everything military short of nuclear warheads. The presence of Warheads alone would stop NATO from ever attempting any move against Russia. There really is no reason to panic. Now, after this moronic war, US banks will control most of the Russian economy, wp Putin.
This is very, very similar to the opinions of many of the German people at the end of WWII. If people deny what is happening around them, it is either them protecting themselves from the truth or they are complicit with what is happening.
this is very similar to the opinion of many of the usa and israel people when confronted with their atrocities. they always blame the victims and are complicit with what their thugs do.
@kd And how exactly would NATO be gone? Do you even know what youre talking about?
Radio Free Europe is a CIA backed propaganda media, no, seriously, most Russians don't support this war.
you were alive during 2nd world war????
@@sabin97 keep pointing fingers
They are forced to say these, they dont want the russian government to send them to the gulag.
"I'd rather not talk about it because it could be dangerous here" is why I believe most Russians 'support' putin.
yes but there is a movement going on in the west supporting it because trump was against it.
they do not understand what communism truly is, this is it! either they don't understand or they willingly want censorship and full government control. it's insane
@@enednas801 you think twitter has freedom of speech? also they aren't communist I have no idea where you got that from but ok
@@enednas801 a society setting cultural norms is not comparable to a government restricting speech.
You can get arrested just for protesting in a plaza. No looting, vandalism, arson, or physical assaults against others. That’s how you know you’re not in a free country
Lots of older Russians genuinely love and miss ussr era. That’s what I’m seeing in the video. A threat is there to loose your job or something like that but nobody is knocking at your door if you say something
I feel sorry for that last man. He knows it’s ridiculous and insane to invade Ukraine but has too much trust in what is government says he’s going to be heart broken
He probably has close ties to the countries and or acquaintances
He doesn’t know what day it is proper wasteman
@@dd52161 How do you feel about the starving lower-class citizens of North Korea? Are they evil as well?
You could see it in his eyes; he believed but wasn't ready to accept it.
@@WilliamNeely yeah, that's what I got as well, from several people in the video.
I am an English language teacher and one of my students is Russian, but she is now living in the UK. She said State tv is literally the ONLY tv in Russia. She said that she absolutely believed that Putin was a man of the people and that the West was just trying to slowly destroy Russia, until she came to the UK when her husband got a job here. Every time I speak to her now, she is in tears. I think she feels guilty for ever having believed him, and is horrified for all of the Russians who are either just as brainwashed as she was, and those know the truth but are terrified to say anything out of line.
if you haven't already told her earlier the next time you talk and she feels that way console her by saying "It isn't Your fault. You weren't the one being trained by your government to believe in lies. Don't feel guilt as if it were your fault because there wasn't a choice before you could know differently." I've used variations on this for former trump
epublican supporters, seen it used for brexit supporters who believed the lies told about it to make them vote to leave. It can be used for anyone tricked.
If you haven't told her some version of this yet I hope you can use it now. Because if she's feeling such guilt over her earlier feelings and support then we know for sure she truly cares for other people and her family now. She can be redeemed and especially for something that wasn't her fault to begin with.
Same thing for Germans in WWII. its is impresive how easilely we can be brainwashed and twisted.
I would be so interested to ask her , wouldn’t people be suspicious that they can only listen to state run TV, and also to the people here saying,it was preemptive and that Ukraine was going to strike first, why would they believe a smaller weaker country would do that? Or the lies that he was forced , what is the rationale there?
I have access to news channels from worldwide... my government doesn't care ! How Russians can be so naive ?
@Market A22 There are no naive people in Russia. Everyone got their own opinions, where they clearly answered here on this video. 🙄
For the lady who worries they will have to endure sanctions but she doesn't seem to worry about Ukrainian people, I say may the sanctions result in your having a 300 calorie day for long enough that you will lose thirty percent of your body weight.
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
― Soren Kierkegaard
Until they all die in nuclear inferno.....
These are the exact same kinds of people that supported Hitler, that's all.
There are exceptions to every rule.
The tyrant dies and the struggle to fill that vacuum starts, rinse in cold blood and repeat
Both Tyrant and Martyr die in the GAME
Astounding how one man can control the "reality" of an entire nation without them questioning a single thing.
What country are you from?
What country are you in?
History repeating itself once again!
Astounding? Not at all. The methods and techniques are taught in Universities. Look up Edward Bernays...
It happened here in the US for over 74,000,000 people in 2020. And how many believed "Q"? We are not immune.
My utmost respect to the last lady in the video. She probably still remembers the horrible times during WW2 and under Stalin’s regime. It’s a shame that these wise words are too rarely heard by the young generations, who then repeat the same mistakes which history has witnessed a thousand times!
it seems that the elderly (whom seen the worst of dictators) and the young (born after the fall) can see around their leaders' lies; but the "boomers" have totally sunk themselves into the leadership's trap... willingly.
strange generational parallel here stateside
Most of Putin's supporters are elderly and most of his critics belonged to the younger generations.
The problem is the youth have no voice in Russian society.
@@NewPaulActs17 exactly my thoughts.
@@aaroncabatingan5238 really in all societies. Not only that but the young choose not to speak up or to be involved in politics. The elderly are the ones that are most involved into politics and this is why we have so many issues is because there’s too many older generations running new generation people and never matches up
a couple of the younger people in the video both denounced the war though
Every time Russians will try to tell they are victims too - remember this video.
The woman that said “This is what needs to be done”. I think she should be sent to Ukraine to share her opinion with some local Ukrainians.
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Easy to say something "needs to be done" when, being a woman, she won't be the one doing it, or isn't the one that this thing is done to.
If she's actually sent to Ukraine, only then will we hear about her opinion, a moment before that is just a woman who knows sharing her real opinion is not an option.
Time to take it to Russia
@@DM-rc4yu exactly
This just goes on to tell how dangerous life can be in a authoritarian country with very little freedom of speech and information. You are forced to obey and believe in what the leader says and what the national media says (because it's also limited). Failing to do so or protesting or even mentioning the truth can get you killed or kidnapped and probably being held hostage.
The west is slightly better but also states that shut up other opinions and descriminate against. Russian musicians and artists in the west are either fired immediately or are forced to pick sides between the west or Russia. They express they don't want war, but that's apperantely not enough and are being excluded from any programs, because they are from Russia and don't hate on their own home country.
pretty much.. its actually sad but same time scary.. imagine if other countries decided to do this we'd all be mindless sheep following a 'Leader' listening to their beliefs and idealism.. i feel sympathy for these people you can tell they want to speak up.. but they dont want to say anything incase they will get killed for talking
Do you really believe this propaganda?
We have Western media showing Russians the truth about Ukraine/Russia conflict IN RUSSIA...
So either:
1.) Putin is not actually a dictator and journalists are not under threat even when they expose the truth.
2.) Putin is actually a dictator and kills journalists who expose the truth about his crimes and this is not from Russia...
@@anna-5104 "slightly" better??? Go to school and consume more than one type of media to educate yourself and you will realize that it's not hard to come up with an opinion yourself.
And that's what will happen to America if we keep electing Democrats.
They have trained themselves to refuse to believe their own eyes. KGB's proudest achievement.
agreed, they know what's happening but they rather not care. that old woman at the end knew and so did we in Romania under Ceausescu knew in 1989.
they have no excuses today to not know. it's willful blindness and indifference.
No different than CNN watchers in the US though.
@@briansmith2125 No comparison-call true evil what it is
You could've gotten pretty much the same responses here in the USA in 2003, in a different language.
@Atheos B. Sapien Fox didn't spend 4 years propagating a russiagate hoax did they.
Just like 1984, supreme love for the supreme leader.
Stand out participants, girl with two-coloured hair calling out the self-destructive administration and the 'to hell with him' old lady at the end. Honourable mention to the young guy who opposed war but sadly felt unable in such repressive circumstances to fully express his views. Here's to a freer version of Russia and a Ukraine without foreign aggression.
very well said
That old lady , man how brave. She thinks Fuck Putin! Because she survived the Stalin regime!
100000 percent a man
@@TBonald Ukraine is a failed state.There is no future for Ukraine.
@@devansa125 Putins russia is a failed state and it is failing (latest) due to his actions since February 21st. Only way for this country to prosper is after Putin is gone forever
I am Japanese.
During World War II, when Japan was once the "Empire of Japan," many Japanese people had the stance of "Hurray the Emperor" and "We obey Hideki Tojo." (The number of people who advocated anti-war was a minority)
During World War II, the Japanese listened to a radio telling a false battlefield called "Great Headquarters Announcement" and were intoxicated with false victory and aggression. (Some people doubted the content of the radio, but it was a minority)
During the war, the number of illnesses caused by malnutrition and undernourishment increased explosively. In Japan at that time.
A Russian who supports Putin and refuses to open his eyes to the truth. They will be in a difficult situation. It's already started.
Stupid, you forgot that America dropped two atomic bombs on your country. You Japanese are cowards. Will Russia be harmed by sanctions? No! Russia has been helped by sanctions to establish its own production. when he goes to the gas station and sees the video price, he remembers when the sanctions hit. Stupid one
History has a habit of repeating itself sadly
one of the ways we broke that illusion for you guys was by showing that tojo was short in public news papers
History doesen't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
Ukraine being the battlefield same in my country in WW2 Philippines became a battlefield by Japan and American.
Putin: "It's not a war, it's a special tactical operation"
EU: "It's not sanctions, it's a special financial operation"
When did the EU say it wasn't a sanction? Nonsense whataboutism
@@uzohlaurence478 When they kept buying Putin's oil.
he actually told his army they are going to humanitarian mission.
It's lying 🤥
Fuck off, Russian troll. Of course we are calling it sanctions, because a war criminal deserves the worst sanctions.
When all this is over, as it was in Nazi Germany, may no one ever come to tell me or the whole world that the Russian people did not know about this Ukrainian genocide! The entire Russian people are guilty, if not specifically denounced for this crime!
Когда все это закончится, как это было в нацистской Германии, пусть никто и никогда не скажет мне или всему миру, что русский народ не знал об этом украинском геноциде! Весь русский народ виновен, если конкретно не осужден за это преступление!
That woman saying: "We have no impact on this anyway" (by the way thinking only about economic consequences and not about the human suffering on the pictures that she was just shown) should remind us how important it is to fight for our freedom. At some point, the time comes to take a stand and fight.
True... but as we've seen with all these various social media driven mass hysteria's (Kony 2012, Floyd, Covid, Kabul Airport and now Ukraine) it's important to have a grounded view of reality.
In a month or two when you all calm down (and Ukraine has surrendered) we can move forward in a more productive manner.
Regardless how many tanks or lies you put into the battle, you will never be able to defeat free people !
@@tome4589 Shouldn't you be on your knees, praising your dead savage?
@@togarnis8096 Wauuw, you're truely the brightest human in this disgusting attack on peaceful Ukraine!
Comfort the totalitarian maniac and let's talk about the whole when dust has settled, - and the innocent citizens are buried!
How unbelievable pathetic and weak minded 🤮🤮
That woman was not interested in the truth. She can't handle the truth. Who needs cognitive dissonance?
The scary thing is that media from around the world, including this channel, was available on the Internet in Russia until a day or two ago. Ordinarily, people will tune out what they don't want to hear. Also, one gets a rewarding feeling of reassurance from trusting authority. I suppose it goes back to trusting one's parents as a small child.
People in the US do this just as easily. Anything we don't want to hear is "fake news."
People will not openly speak badly about Putin because, like all dictators, he will kill you and your whole family. Annoyingly, these idiots don't even realize they suffer from the exact same effects the German people did in the early years of the war. By 1942, Germans despised Hitler but they'd already made their bed. Most of the old, plebian humans who maintain oxygen on this earth, still spill their poison from the 80s and 90s in to the youth. Wont be long until the elderly complain and people get beaten on the streets.
Citizens around the world have to come to terms:
The politician's hand is always an axe and a knife and a hammer.
They know the truth, but: the system will know what these people told the media, and they or their familys would get punished for it.
If they ask the people open most people will tell them they love putin.
20years of prison for going on a demonstration(if the judge has a very bad day) beating on the house anyway... .
People dissapear in russia, get killed. Or if you have a decent job, you cant speak open, without risking it and your future.
Dear Dixon Pinfold: Children will trust what they hear from corrupt parents and governments not being trained in right and wrong; therefore, not knowing the difference. Most of the Russian people are hostage puppets.
Fear fear fear and control.
I totally agree with these people.As a Romanian, I would rather go with Russia than the neo-nazi globalists
@@theotheo7241 also as a romanian, i hope you're joking......
And i would rather go with peace.
@@Luciniov I bet he is not joking. He is just simple minded and has no clue ...
@@theotheo7241 russian bot account
@keep Dreamingplease dont try to spread religion this way
It's pointless to ask russian what their real opinion is in Russia. I would have lied too if I'm being recorded in a country like Russia
Not as bad as hearing it from young people in Ukrainian cities, calling their parents to Russia about being bombed, and being laughed at because "Putin would never do this, silly".
How do you know it occured this way?
@@lasferta just look up the videos of it
@@Галина-я8з6б pathetic
Is that why Russia has bombed schools?
Is that why Russia has Pentwater far past Donetsk?
@@Галина-я8з6б prove it!
Tragic for Ukraine and tragic for the world that lies and misinformation can influence so many people wrongly!
I agree and just look at how Fox news is at it again..
other way around lmao
or maybe she's just as evil as putin and dgaf
Right because it’s happening here too.
Like putin attacked nuclear power plant? Both side of this conflict are as corrupt as anerican media.
Voltaire once said, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” He was right.
It was Stalin who said "... If you can control what people belive, you can control how they act...
That maybe explains to me just one thing I still can't comprehend , how quickly those naive and young soldiers, somebody's sons, brothers, husbands turned into a fascists ( yes, I know they have to follow the orders, but I do not care)...
So very true! I wonder sometimes if even one of the Russian soldiers now fighting in the Ukraine, has paused for a moment and realized that he could be killing a cousin of his or an aunt! I wonder if any of the Russian soldiers have refused orders to shoot! I know that they are being told that a hospital or church or apartment building is being used to hoard weapons or is being used as a Ukrainian military installation, so they feel justified at bombing it! But I still wonder if one Russian military can see proof that he was lied to and has refused to engage in Putins war!! 😪
Powerful words. Sadly, all too true.✌😸
#if it shoots send it 🇺🇦
Sorry but the american media said nothing bad about their ugly & shamefull wars in iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam & killing innocent children!!!!! Fuck you & your hypocrisy
So, russian here.
Don't expect AT ALL to have honest reactions on camera. I'm pretty sure they could though the cameraman is from the government. Very courageous people or old babushkas (like mine ❤) will say the truth. I hope that the young man and women are in security, because boy they had courage to say that. I just hope the war will end and someone will try to repair the quite negative reputation of Russia. Sending love to Ukrainians and Russians that are suffering and killing each other, even if they are the closest brothers and sisters.
Oh yes, the good ol' "fraternal love" Russia spreads upon those too close to Russia to feel safe.
I live in Russia now and I want to cry. In Russia the less educated people don't understand the situation at all and the well-educated people in Russia understand everything but we don't have any power to stop the madness.
If you can access the internet and get international news, here's hoping other Russian people can too somehow? Putin actually gave an interview and said he hadn't bombed Ukraine!
The older generation supports Putin while the younger generation hates him
I believe that! 🙏
U have power to stop it ,citizens of Russia can change ANYTHING if u work together .
@@prvotri8253 Easy for you to say
This is the exactly same things that German people said about the Holocaust. German people in the next town less than two miles away from an "arbeitslager" had no idea it was there and refused to believe it's existence until Allied troops rounded up the entire settlement including women, children and the elderly, marched them to the camp and made them bury the bodies of the inmates that the guards had executed as they left.
That's the best part of the war in Europe. To strike the heart of those support evils.
Band of Brothers titled the episode as "Why we fight"
@@renataostertag6051 Your comment is very idiotic and seems to have missed the entire point.
noobder noobder that is naive view. Most of Russians are brainwashed absolutely convinced that Putin is right. He converted them in obedient slaves.
@@renataostertag6051 the women and elderly who refused to believe that their countrymen were executing Jews en masse in extermination camps just s free km down the road. What better way to show them the falsehood of their beliefs than to make them bury the corpses of the victims of their country's evil behavior.
It wasn’t about “being the hero” you dunce cap wearing tool, it was about making them witness the reality around them- what they chose to ignore, deny, and pretend was never there. They refused to acknowledge the truth, so the soldiers made them witness the horror firsthand. If they see it, saw the bodies, the buildings, the torment, carried those bodies and dug them graves, again and again, they could not deny that people have been murdered not far from their home. That it happened so close to them and they did nothing about it. That was the point.
Their country became hell on earth. The systemic slaughter of innocent people needed to be seen to be believed. Felt, too, because you know there’s idiots out there who would claim all the bodies were fake until they get up close- smell the decay, feel the cold flesh pulled taut over fragile bones. All of them NEEDED to see. After all, you’ve got Holocaust deniers even now simply because they didn’t see it themselves. Do you understand now, or are you going to continue to make a fool of yourself in front of everybody?
They can't speak freely - even if they wanted to. It would put them in danger for expressing their true feelings. Those that did and opposed the war are truly courageous!
Hey Muppets. Saddam-man bad! Gadaffi-man bad! Assad-man bad!
Bingo - carpet bomb their countries into oblivion - compliments US/NATO/NWO - mission accomplished.
Oh! - who's next? Guess that would be ... umm ... yea right - "Putin-man bad!"
All of the ones in this video who said they support him, actually DO support him.
@@modsa8901 Putin is bad, idiot. You seem to admire dictators.
Unless you live in a country that has oppressive laws, secret police spying on their own citizens, and citizens who disappear for saying something that does not suit the narrative, you cannot even imagine the danger an interview like this can bring.
@@damienholland8103 Understand that there are countries that see us and our leadership the same way. How many countries have we, or do people believe we have invaded? War is a nasty thing. There will always be two perspectives. The best we can hope for is that the results will not come rest on our doorstep.
The older Russians won’t look at the pictures because they have learned to fear the government.
"I'd rather not talk about it because it can be dangerous here". That just about sums it up. The ordinary Russian will talk freely only when Putin is strung up for all to see.
Пишу из России. Вы полностью правы!!!
@@badcat787 be safe 🧡
You can get beaten up or lose job by saying that you are for Putin in the west. Don’t act like west has complete freedom of speech.
We do have complete freedom of speech. BTW no one supports that monster
@@Dzeividz I don't think you understand what freedom of speech means.
Everyone is talking about the last lady, and I totally agree with them about her--she rocks. But notice the very first lady! She was one of the most tragic instances in these interviews. When the interviewer was describing things to her, she seemed to listen and be subtly concerned by what she was hearing. She didn't have anything bad to say before looking at the pictures. The moment she can actually see picture proof of what the interviewer is saying, she is tugged away by someone else, probably a husband or another older man close to her. He doesn't want her to even look at the pictures long enough to form words, but I'm sure I see a lot of thought behind her face...
he wanted to keep her safe most likely. It's dangerous to speak about this in Russia.
Guy's please, its just like about half of population in Russia. They so stupid, this sad, but true. They live in totally lie and without internet 22 years of extremely aggressive propaganda.
In Russia so many people, that agree with you. Mainly this problem of aged people from 40-50 and more, and their little children. People in age 16-35 mostly didn't support their opinion
The last lady is like your grandma who only watches CNN and tells you you can't visit anymore unless you get your vaccination and wear your mask. The guy pulling away the girl might be the smart one realizing this style of CNN propaganda is BS.
Putin is a professional brainwasher. Controlling people’s thoughts through mental manipulation is a common skill of dictators. This dictator will soon be visiting his colleagues… Hussein, Gaddafi, and Ceaușescu
@@anse001 No its not
Don't forget the brave Russians like Yelena Osipova, Елена Осипова, a well known activist in Russia, now 76 years old,
survived WWII & Siege of Leningrad. On March 2nd, she was taken by Russian police officers in St. Petersburg for protesting against the war in Ukraine. And Marina Ovsyannikova a heroine on TV. And others.
the second world war ended 77 years ago... so she didn't survived ww2 she was born in the year after it according to your information.
@@BrendaArtist Yelena Osipova was born in 1945. In other words during the war and she survived WWII.
@@BrendaArtist thats not a important , its important to wrothe moronic spins , idiotic bots.
@@NaturesGarlands Siege of Leningrad ended Jan 1944. I've no issue with applauding her bravery, but it doesn't help to pad the statement with factually incorrect claims.
@@steeltrap3800 Osipova is said to have survived the siege of Leningrad. Stop nitpicking, it's about the core. Ask yourself if you would demonstrate and risk 15 years of jail sentence?? Are you demonstrating against Russia today? And will you still do that when you are as old as Yelena Osipova? After a war/siege it takes years and years for the reconstruction. There was famine. Many died still after the siege. Like many did after WWII. Do you think Ukraine will be reconstructed in one day? Do you think that no one will die after the bombing will stop in Ukraine? Elderly Petersburg artist Yelena Osipova, who regularly takes part in opposition protests, has even earned the nickname “Opposition Grandma. Hopefully you will ever be so brave as her.
Thank God, I was born in America!
I have a friend in Russia I met while in Japan. I messaged her a few days ago to make sure she and her friends/family was safe. She said “We don’t want this war because almost all Russians have friends and relatives in Ukraine. So, people die in Ukraine while Russians are getting cut off from the world. The prices are skyrocketing, people lose their jobs.
We’re so tired”
That's the truth. I also russian and have relatives from Ukraine. We don't wanna it:(
It's just so tragic 😥. Not only is Putin destroying Ukraine and its people, he is destroying his own country in the process. Sending Russia back to the dark ages. Needless lives lost in Ukraine, and for what?!
Go to the streets, only people in russia could change this themselves.
No one is dying in Ukraine. Literally faked news.
@Colin Gregson problem is they would more likely storm ikea or some other now closing western brand, than change their goverment
You really think they're openly going to talk negative against him on camera after everything he's done
If they do they will be sought out for sure.
Agreed. Some of the older people really supports Putin. A few older people aren't afraid to go against him. The younger generation are against Putin but just like the guy said "It can be dangerous here" when talking against their government's action. Communist Putler.
To be honest them denying it paints a better picture it shows how much fear is instilled in the russian people from their own government. Every single one of them knows what's going on they just feel powerless to stop it.
they just did..did you not watch?
@@JT-bs2lm i think its more of that the older generation knows that people would disappear if they speak openly about this. The Younger generation haven't been arnd much of those societies and most of the time Younger generations are more expressive. But of course its dangerous to speak against Putin in a system where most of his political opponents always goes missing or gets imprisoned.
I’m so grateful for my freedom and ability to work and live openly in society. My heart breaks for the innocent Ukrainian and Russian people
Where do you reside with such freedoms?
@@1970joedub probably Canada.
@@1970joedub most western countries give freedoms to their citizens to choose their occupation and the freedom to press. Probably wherever you are from you have these freedoms sense you are here to watch and comment on this video.
with this freedom, Americans still didn't stop their government's wars and invasions
@@GreekHouseEffect some of the wars were justified until they weren’t.
Dude at this point Putin is acting like Hitler 2.0
don't even attempt to compare anyone to hitler, delete this comment while you can, this is disrespectful to a lot of people.
What is more disrespectfull? Comparing putin with hitler, or putin accually brainwashing his people and sending them to their death (just like hitler did).
Putin is Hitler 2.0 ......Slava 🇺🇦Ukraine 🇺🇸@@BlobBoi
@@BlobBoi It's not Disrespectful for anyone, putin is killing anyone and everyone that is not with him. Same thing as hitler. I'm ukrainian why should someone be offended when you call putin hitler 2.0, it's true. And you can't say anything because my great grandfather escape USSR they were trying to kill him because he was christian. Pretty much same thing.
If you say that you know nothing about either Hitler or Putin
It's interesting seeing the older people who grew up when it was the Soviet Union have not much more to say than "I support Putin." While the younger generation isn't quite as institutionalized and speak more freely but still cautious.
on the contrary, the woman at the end saw the Soviet Union at its peak and also the decline, most of the people who say they support Putin are of his generation, knew only decline of the Soviet empire, and saw what happened to the young people who questioned the ransack that occured after the fall.
PROPAGANDA NEWS MEDIA WITH SO CALLED NEWS JOURNALISTS BECOMING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS NARRATING FOR INFLUENCING THEIR VIEWERS. " ONE SIDED " INFORMATION USED , CENSORSHIP FOR MISLEADING INFORMATION USED , NO. FACT CHECKING FOR THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STORYLINES , INCOMPLETE NEWS ,
MAYBE FAKE NEWS ON PURPOSE ????????
@@treadhead Bot
Social media is the cryptonite to Putin's propaganda. Younger generations are more into social media than the old conservative ones.
Younger generation (anywhere) generally have more willingness to take risk, especially the risk from a change, while older people have fear of any change even if they are provided with enough information.
I like how the third lady is more worried about the sanctions hitting her pocket rather than the human lives lost 🤦🏻♂️
Well it's natural to be more worried about your own life than some abstract lives you hear about on the news. People die all around the world every day, you know. Not really a tragedy if you don't know them personally.
@@yomer355 right…little different when your country is the perpetrator and it’s very publicly on display for the whole world to see
I don’t dislike Russians and I think different options are healthy but when your that egoistic I just want to knock you the fuck out.
@@yomer355 bro Putin has been draining your pockets since 2000 how are people so dum. Just look at the different social classes it makes me sick that people can’t open their ignorant fat mined.
hakuGman... you ''like how the third....''.... WhatTA SILLY, miserable, lowlifeD dissembler you ARE, your CLOWN... Lmaooo
"To hell with him!" Someone isn't afraid to speak out. Good for her!
@@adolfostalini5957 How does it feel to have a severe brain malfunction like you do? Do crazy people like you actually know that they are crazy??
@@sukhmaidickoff its a bot
What about soldiers of Russia who died in WW2 because of Ukraine
That was extremely sad and at the same time very scary! Indoctrination on a country wide scale, the majority of the elderly not believing for one moment that Putin would do such a thing, not wanting to even glance at the images! Almost like they feared seeing the truth. The younger ones too afraid to utter anything about it, or against Putin, fearing that they would be killed if they did. I know for a fact that I would be the last old lady. Thankfully, I am able to watch and read what I want, and also vote and speak out as I want... and I exercise that right daily.
We humans are ALL psychologically immature. Some of us are worse than others due to our levels of narcissism and other life experience factors.
We lie, exaggerate, and delude ourselves into believing false things in order to support our fragile narcissistic ego.
Once we convince ourselves to believe something, we then often close ourselves to the possibility we may we wrong concerning what we believe.
Only by seeking the humility and courage to challenge our beliefs without* bias* allows us the possibility of finding the truth.
We will kill ourselves with our technology if we don't learn to find ways to be a more mature species and question our biased beliefs.
We should all fear belief, because it can make us support monsters or become monsters.
And "belief" includes all belief, not just religion. Racism, bigotry, politics, and religion are just a small handful of belief that changes our perception and behavior.
One belief can create a whole subset series of beliefs that can warp your understanding of things. Fear belief and focus on mature growth. People who value truth and maturity do not believe things which lack credibility and good evidence.
The older generation grew up with communism, they dont know anything else but being told what to do every day of their life. Without it they would wither and die, literally.
Well...that's nothing compared to what's china is doing......
@@TheMan-it7px what speech is being censored. What words can you not say? Examples please.
@@LolLol-pp7fk this isn't the 1930's
Ther is a definite split with the older generations supporting Putin and younger generations being more savvy and non-Putin supportive. Small sample of peoples views but nevertheless expected.
Many of those older people remember Soviet times and are afraid to say anything against the government.
@keep Dreaming Man if you don't stfu and some spamming the comments.
They've been brainwashed since childhood in Russia I mean actually brainwashed not the shit we have in the US
@@J5X7 We’re talking about on average.
@@J5X7 … I appreciate your comment - you have a right to it but likewise I also have a right to my comment. If you don’t like it - well that’s tough. We all take objection in life to peoples comments. I object to yours for instance. I did highlight in my comment that the sample of people is low and so use your head and determine for yourself. From experience I wouldn’t expect there to be statistical significance but hey … that’s how the comments appeared. I’m not saying that it is the case but just a clear observation. Nothing wrong with that so calm down.
all of them know exactly what is going on！ Especially the senior Russian citizens， they grew up in Soviet era, they know everything, and also they know what is coming.
And they know that if they speak out putins secret police will come knocking on thier door.
Sometimes willful ignorance is about survival
They are just a bunch of old cowards now to just keep thinking that they are going to always get punished if they ever say anything, so they just say noooothing against anyone up top. Thank goodness the young generation is here to take their place eventually.
They also remember what happens when you talk about the Kremlin or its activities, the Gulags and NKVD are not gone just different names.
@@tomw6947 Nkvd?
Yep once the cameras and reporters go home the secret police come to torture families into compliance and or send to prison. Sounds awful and cannot leave country either.
Wow, the ignorance is thick among most of these.
It's interesting that some of the people in Putin's country know more about what harm Putin has caused more than he does and yet some people seem completely brainwashed and blind to the situation. We live in a sad world and it's gonna be hard to pull ourselves back together as a whole. Hang in there Ukraine.
Edit: Also the last couple people are what we need in this world. People who know that this is causing national suffering across a country that has done nothing wrong. We need more people to understand the truth.
you know the truth? what is the truth?
each country is brainwashed... just we don't see it
This is Russia, they're afraid to speak up! That would be a death sentence!
The sad world we live in is when Israel bomb Gaza or Russia Bomb Syria you keep quiet or defend the colonists, not surprised att all
It's always the older that hold firm old views and don't look to change them. The younger are always more connected to the world and know what's really going on.
I have a friend that went to russia after the fall and he bought a radio as a souvenir. It had one knob for both on/off and volume. No tuning knob because it's crystal was already tuned to the only station that was allowed. It was made by the State to hear the programs of the State and nothing else! It seems like Putin is aiming for that again with the new law that gives you up to 15 years in prison if you speak up against the war or the military! So glad I live in Sweden.
The west banned russian media first...
Wanna re evaluate your comment there?
@@superdupermax West did not ban the free media to operate in their own countries though, right?
@@superdupermax because Russian "media" is literally state-run propaganda, not real media.
@@jsquared1013 what is BBC....CBC... lol
@@jsquared1013 canadian media took 600 million from liberal govt... since then ... nothing but sunny ways
I trust RT more when it comes to foreign (to them) affairs.
It is really sad that the older generations seem to be totally oblivious and in denial of what's happening. It seemed though that the few younger ones who most likely have learned the truth from the internet are up to par on what's happening.
This is why it would be imperative to get the truth inside the country so that they would all know what is happening.
They might not want to be disappeared.
no they know what could happen if they spoke out
you watch the old woman at the end she bassically told putin to suck a cock lmao
Many of the older ones remember the Soviet days and that fear is coming back. Also as you get older it is easier to slip back into the old cold war mindset. At 60 I am finding it real easy to do it myself. 10 years ago trained myself to call them Russians rather then Soviets, finding myself slipping back into the old mind set the last week. It is easy to go back to the old ways, harder to start new ones. This goes on much longer and all progress made the last 30 years is going to fade. Europe is already slipping back into the Cold War Mindset. The countries that were held captive for 40 years (Poland, Germany, Chech Repub, ect) are worried and are arming up. I do not think they will go back into servitude without a major fight, and Europe is backing them.
The longer this goes on the quicker we are going to fall back into the Cold War mindset and Russia will be forced to depend on China more and more until they find themselves trapped like many other countries have found.
I think the old people are burned out. They don't have any fight in them anymore and would rather live a comfortable life under Putin's regime than fight for justice. But it's like this everywhere. A generational shift has been necessary for a long time now
This is why I like Canada 🇨🇦 we are allowed to be freethinkers
They will feel the sanctions, but it will take time.
Happy to see that the younger generation knows what’s going on and that the one babushka is freaking badass!
They definitely already feel the sanctions.
Sanctions don't work.
America still trades with China, Russia will just trade with them.
Proof sanctions don't work. Iran north Korea. Sanctions hurt the west just as much.
Russia will just stop supplying gas, oil, food, raw materials. Europe will beg first. Russia and China are the biggest producers of wheat and food in the world the US is third but a long ways from russia.
@@Robert53area ,thats wrong,yes..eu use russia gas,but it can be changed easly,also the grain will be easly changed,poland ,romania will take that place ,russia already feels the sanctions,what will they do in 1 year to 5 years??
All their bank accounts are closed by eu , everybody suffers here and mostly the people
@@Robert53area hahahahahhaha venezuela cuba north korea? Hahahahaaha
@Xatoric you bloody western spy
You can see the fear in their eyes, they don't know if this is some kind of test, and some don't care of course - but the last woman really hit the nail on the head - she's seen enough to know what to really think
Fear is a powerful tool. Most people are not heroes. They just want to live their lives.
God save 🇺🇦
Let Russia and USA know that.
@@263fjbenitez04 Let Russia and USA know what?
God save Russia too. Ukraine may be feeling the fallout now, but everyday Russian citizens are suffering under the oppression of their own government. False information spread for personal gain, human rights violations etc. The American government is far from perfect but thank God it’s nothing like the Russian gov.
@@TheInterestingInformer Absolutely. It’s always the “small-folk” that suffer.
@@chrisinkansas1362 To stop creating/supporting war. Leave people alone
The saddest thing of all is that because of one megalomaniac, Russia has done more harm to itself than Russians can ever imagine. Russian energy had Europe by the short hairs. Russia was poised to write its own ticket because of its natural resources. Now it is burning every resource it has just to try to keep alive.
I remember watching a video of concentration camp footage being shown to Germans and the shock, disgust and disbelief they experienced was visceral. The thin veneer of denial was cracked wide open and guilt and shame stained the souls of those people. I'm sensing it's easier to say the truth is wrong than accept the bitter reality for many of these Russians.
@Mr. Cool says you
That is what we call propaganda
Russia should finally get the same treatment Germany had after ww2. Guilt and shame forever.
I have different information. When the Americans brought them to camp Auschwitz. They showed them all the atrocities. They said it was a Hollywood set-up, that they were feeding them to deceive them. It was the Nazi intelligentsia.
@@YPO6 are you a jew by chance?
What's happening to my country and my people ( I'm a citizen of Russia and a resident of Saint Petersburg) is total shame for us. I fully condemn this so called special operation. Not only are many people here absolutely brainwashed- recently our pocket reichstag ( state duma) has implemented serious limitations on freedom of speech. Giving coverage of the actions of russian military forces in Ukraine russian mass-media are bound to use only the information provided by the militaty themselves. Besides, calls for sanctions against Russia and any other counteraction will now be punished by criminal law. In my home town people are being arrested for holding a sheet of paper with the slogan NO WAR!
Yes that's we who are to blame, that's we who have fed this monster now threatening the whole world. I've never voted for him, though I bear my part of responsibility for the atrocities of this kremlin maniac. But western leaders are to blame too. For many years they' ve been shaking hands with Putin, welcoming him at their meetings in their capital cities , smiling at him, joking with him, calling him partner. And even now when this foul stinking political corpse is trying to rape valiant Ukraine, president Macron keeps talking with him. It looks and feels like watching a young beautiful girl being raped and beaten and a witness of the crime trying to persuade the rapist to stop instead of beating all the fucking shit out of him.
People of the west, you must apply pressure to your leaders and make them stop this madness. It's not only Ukraine, russians with conscience and dignity still left are begging you to act. If this ultimate evil rapes and devours Ukraine, you will be the next!
Вы правы , Дмитрий
Is youtube aloud over there? How is it possible that people dont know thier own country is the aggressor?
I hope God will save them Dmitree😓❤
Thank you for your courage. People like you are the only ones that can save this world from this ogre. I am so afraid of my children dying in a nuclear war, and the thought of people in Russia dying in the same war, just to save Putins face, makes me furious. I am sure somebody adult will take control in cour country and arrest or kill the fat fuck.
Amen to that ,citizen
I love how the elderly lady at the end has no fear left in her and says to hell with him.
That’s most women of a certain age my friend.)
Она про Зеленского
@@im.wenumo I’m sorry I cannot translate this
Guy at 1:45 says more in few careful words than you may realize. Guy in balck hat is right. Why are they in someone elses country demanding rights?
People policing their own opinions at the expense of others is truly scary.
its a left over from the communist era..... police your words and actions glory to the state glory to the leader blah blah blah.... and people wonder why i hate communism with such a passion. even decades later these people still live in fear about speaking out.
@@SSGTWinters this is why I hate imperialism and capitalism with such a passion.
@@tunnelsnake627 say what you want about "imperialism and capitalism", we're still free to express an opinion and not end up in a gulag.
SSGTWinters this has nothing to do with communism this is an authoritarian fascist state
That's "political correctness" is all about, too
I am actually impressed on how people think a country like Ukraine was planning on invade Russia, one of the most powerful countries in the world… or so we thought…
Russia was never one of the most powerful there weapons in this day and age are 50 years past there sell by date!
@@deeh.513 Your comment is just like Putin PROPAGANDA. Ukraine never wanted to invade Russia. what a stupid idea... Ukraine is smaller than Russia and has small military, what's the logic for wanting to invade another country much bigger than you?
Ukraine wants to join the EU. The EU would never accept a county that had invaded another... to join EU it needs to be a good country with good intentions.
What Ukraine wants and DESERVES... is peace and the right to be independent. They don't want to be unde Russia control ever again. They know what it was like, they've been there 75 years.
@@deeh.513 thanks a lot. Most of worlds people didn’t know about the reasons of this operation (and about kids “azov” for example, about street at Kyiv named by nazist), but eats this reports like fresh food.
@darinaa that's the propaganda they've been told in Ukraine, and they believed in this propaganda that NATO will help them until the last minute. Both Zelensky and Poroshenko were begging for war planes and better military equipment, or at least for the west to extend a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This was all over news in the west for anyone who watches news. So it looks like NATO has misled them and let them count on support they weren't willing to extend. There were also many reports that Russian army will fold in under 2 weeks, that it's too weak and incompetent, that Putin is firing his generals left and right, that Russians have miscalculated logistics and now their soldiers are starving and freezing, etc. They believed in these reports from the west.
@@АннаФрундина-с3э you're welcome, unfortunately propaganda is always 'sweeter' to believe in since it tells people exactly what they want to hear - easier to watch an emotionally pleasing video than to read and learn some unpleasant facts about this whole situation
2:06 this completely unaware guy said the pain truth by accident: "why invade Ukraine? There are people living there"
I saw another comment on a forum elsewhere, allegedly from a Russian guy. He flatly refused to believe Russian troops were in Ukraine....or that there was a war, with fighting going on.
Poor "brain washed" people!!!