This Country STILL Likes Russia (ft.
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As a Russian, it's interesting for me to keep up with what people from other countries think of Russia. One Eastern European country that has always liked Russia is Serbia: both Slavic nations have a lot of common history and appreciation for each other. However, many people are put off by Serbia's love of Russia amid the Ukraine conflict. In fact, Serbia might be the last country left in Europe that still "likes Russia". So, in today's video I linked up with a fellow UA-camr and a Balkan expert Living Ironically in Europe to talk about why Serbia loves Russia so much, why a lot of people in Serbia support Putin and if the country is really Z or not. We'll also be exploring the Serbian city of Novi Sad, which is a pretty underrated tourist destination in Europe. Hope you enjoy this video and subscribe for more! thx xoxo
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00:00 Welcome to Novi Sad
01:52 Old Novi Sad
03:23 Why does Serbia love Russia?
05:18 Why some Serbs support Putin
07:21 Is Serbia pro-Russia?
09:44 Commieblocks of Yugoslavia
11:41 Chilling by river Danube
13:06 Petrovaradin Fortress
15:45 Anti-Z Russians in Serbia
18:43 Climbing the Fortress
22:42 Z stuff in Serbia
23:49 My take on Novi Sad
24:21 Trying Serbian food
25:27 Outro - Розваги
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Love your channel!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love your channel
Go up to a random Serb and tell them that Kosovo is an independent country
Come to Prishtina my man
View of Russia.
for Bulgarians and Serbs, Russia liberated these nations. For Poles, Russia occupied Poland for 123 years, after which the Soviet Union continued the occupation for the next 50 years. That is why Pan-Slavism never worked in Poland
Ja jestem Polakiem i lubię Rosję.
Nic nie mam przeciwko Rosji. To już było dawno temu, a w 1945 wyzwowili nas od nazistów.
Edit: Why i dislike ukraine - in 1943 ukrainians slaughtered 100,000 innocent Poles, and the ukrainian government calls the people that did this "heroes of ukraine". So literally the ukrainian government is calling literal nazis their heroes. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
That is a educated comment. I always find it funny when people tell us Serbs that we should hate the Russians. It would be like us telling the Finns to hate the Turks because they occupied us for 500 years. I for example love Russian people but I would never like to live under a system which they are currently living under. But they are far from the only ones living under a shitty system and rule.
@@xza5687 they also invaded you at the same time and murdered thousands of poles you might need to learn some history
@@FrederikJolle He is not Polish, the comment contains so many grammatical mistakes that it has to be translated
@@grrrbrrr9053 The eternal Slav-Turk conundrum of Serbia
I visited Beograd for the first time last year, and I had a blast. As a black man, I have never felt so confused in my life. I had heard so much about intolerance to black people bla bla bla, but when I went there, I felt more welcome than the country I was born in(Norway).
Just saying, Serbian people are awesome!
As part of our communist heritage and upbringing we are tought that all people are equal. Nobody in Serbia and especially Belgrade cares what is the color of your skin. After the ww2 we were the leaders of unalligned movement and we had many students from asia and africa coming here to study, Moammar Gadaffi being one of them. So you are most welcome to come and visit again
@@SuperGladijajator Thats exactly how it felt. I loved it so much there, I tell everyone i meet how good it is in Serbia. I am going this autumn again. And the architecture was also mind blowing. I took so many photos.
@@thacrypt223 I think most of racism stems from the fact that the west doesn't have any specific problems, so they latch on to fixing gender issues, racism, depression. In Serbia we focus mostly on money, surviving and a good life, and a common hardworking man in Serbia will not really care about the color of your skin.
@@skullan2771 ❤
@@thacrypt223 Thank you for the love, brother. Even if you do encounter racism it would probably be some kids that do it for the jokes. You are welcome in Serbia 😄
I am from Serbia, i worked in Russia for 6 years. I love Russian and Ukrainian people very much. This war is tragedy for our ortodoh slavic people. I hope and prey it end soon.
Typical Serbian nationalist 🤦🏻♀️ I'm Russian, and you know what? First of all, I have no idea how it is in Serbia (before the war I didn't know anything at all about Serbia but the Serbian film), but in Russia there are people of different races/ethnicities and different religions. Personally, I'm an atheist. So please don't talk this bs about "slavic" and "orthodox" people 🤡
Second, this is not just some kind of abstract "tragedy". This is an attack of one country on another country. Don't dare to equalize the participants in this war. There are the aggressor and the victim. Period. Saying this you're offending the Justice.
Like I said, I'm a Russian and I'm aware of what's going on in Russia as much as it's even possible. There are dictatorship, propaganda, brainwashing, fascism and repression everywhere. Supporting Russia (to you understand, to be "neutral" is the same as to support Russia) means support dictator who hurt us, Russians, and support the genocide of our neighbors, Ukrainians. It's not about races or religions, it's about pure evil. Your comment pissed me off
@@_fuck_pootin_imrussianbtw you are the lost cause, a product of Zionist social engineering.
@@_fuck_pootin_imrussianbtw hey anna nobody asked you for your opinion....go be a bot somewhere else
Don’t listen to Anna - I’m ethnic Russian and share your opinion. If you want, we can drink a beer together in Belgrade. Cheers 🍻
@@svjatoslavblokhin1178 always brother 🍺🍺🍺
💖 Serbia,beautiful Country and good people.From PT
Complex people.
Thank you
@@cernejr shipac
Beautiful country,awful state and strange people.
Thank you Antonio,may God bless you :)
A Serbian politician from the 20th century said about Russia: Russia is like fire to Serbia, it is close enough that you can warm yourself by it, but far enough that you don't get burned.
Serbs and their alliance with Russia is like a double edges sword.
Russia helped Serbs against the Ottomans. and I really won't get into Yugoslav Wars because everyone was a victim and a criminal. so I won't blame anyone for genocide. all of you killed yourselves.
Yugoslavia was a stuofu project to begin with. the people never voted for Yugoslavia. only the rich and powerful of that period deviced to create some artificial country with a Serb king ruling over the country.
I wonder which one told that since that is old saying for the fire so He doesn't seems like someone who's thoughts and sayings are original. Moreover some others told a lot of nice ones about west and their cheapo propaganda. Same as this brainwashed ''Russian'' kid and this wanna be Serbian dude who talk trash about things and people they don't understand.
Was the before or after they got bombed by NATO?
@@alexsnow5092 here comes braindead kid 🤡🤡
@@alexsnow5092 I never heard that one in my life and i'm from Serbia . Anyhow people spread the wrong data over the YT in order to get likes etc as y know for sure. Reason why people support Russia is simple because we were under the attacks of NATO for 78 days and before + after they had ugly propaganda made from 90% of lies about us including the reason for that war was fake 100% and there is a movie made by one German media 20 years ago ''it all started with a lie'' that explains it well what is all about and then people might understand the reaction of majority of Serbian population. Moreover it's a question of human rights aka West made a huge mistake to violate those rights by cutting of Russian media, by attacking Russian students, products and by supporting the anti Russian hysteria were people trews bottles of vodka, cats even etc it 's crazy and it looked like it's 1940 again.
In general Serbs support Russians right to protect their people in Donbas etc since that conflict started long ago.
also the Russia is only force with China that guarantee the UN declaration about Kosovo and is our land, Terrorists have burned over 150 churches over there and monasteries during the 2004 and before that they did some war crimes by killing civilians and nobody cared about it from NATO.
The collaboration we never asked for but needed.
NOP
Was just about to comment this
So true
Needed for what exactly?
That doesn't make any sense.
I actually miss Serbia. I had a great time visiting Belgrade as a westerner from Canada.
Lucky you bro. When they are not trying to totally annihilate your people [Croats, Bosnians, Albanians], rape your women and pillage your homes, they are actually really fun people
As a Bulgarian this video is amazing . I have a Serbian girlfriend I have travelled to Serbia many times and it’s the only country that treats me like their own . They love and respect my country same way we love them and respect them . I am very happy we have dropped the past and have realised we are indeed very good friends 🇧🇬❤️🇷🇸
Of course brother we are same blood
@@nihil4361 yes . But many other nations don’t show this kind of love ! Serbians really so respect their brothers !
@@southamptonfan3460 I love Bulgaria deeply. First Bulgarian Tsardom is one of my favorite nations ever to exist. Our common struggle against Ottomans is inspiring, yet i detest what we did 1885. I also hate the Secound Balkan War. I wish history was different than what happened, and that all of us shared this sentiment, but i will always hold Bulgarians in high regard!
whatever
@@nihil4361 with us 2 . We also did Serbia a lot of wrong . The one where we committed the genocide in Macedonia on Serbian soldiers and when we didn’t back you guys with the nato bombings and many more . I also really like Tito 😂 I think Tito was a very good proud leader (I know Bulgarians are probably about to question my decisions ) I also really respect how much Serbia is improving . I went to zajecar and the village on the ourskirts it’s so well done . The road is wide and not broken there’s lights on the street and for me that is quite good cause my village which is suppose to be very developed got enough potholes to completely kill your car ! One day o hope we are United in a Balkan Union and we grow together .
Damn, NFKRZ and Living Ironically in Europe has got to be one of my top 10 anime crossovers. You guys are both awesome!
I've been to Novi Sad back in the summer of 2007. I met young people from all across Europe. It was one of the most wonderful times in my life. Remember walking where you were walking.
EXIT ?
Serbia is one of the most beautiful countries of the world. I lived in it as child and the Serbian people are amazing
Nah
@@singoller3749 yeah
judging by your comment you have never been to Serbia
Man yall hate serbian for no reason 😂
Yes, especially the Serbian acces to the sea and the many beaches in Serbia are amazing!
As a Dutchman I kinda like this place. There are bicycle lanes and a bunch of greenery and the apartments aren't soulless. It's kinda nice.
Ok Marco hou nu je bek maar weer goed zo
Is Denmark not already like all that already?? Denmark literally has all of those things, and better. So I do not know what you are complaining about.....
@@nicklibby3784 People from Denmark are called Danes. Dutch = Netherlands my bro.
He like it because the Netherlands is also like that
@@nicklibby3784 Novi Sad is ultra vozy city, it also has 2nd biggest fortress in Europe which overlooks the whole city and is amazing place to hang out. Ok I sure Denmark is cool, but Denmark lacks in the weather department and you can not change that, sunshine hours you can not build, but we can have insane summer heats, maybe that some people don't like
Novi Zad, Zerbia
Zad in polish is a colloquial term for "ass"
*Újvidek jaj menj a picsaba
😡😡😡😡😡🇹🇯🇹🇯🇹🇯
@@knightofliberty9297 in ukrainian and russian as well
As a Prague resident I love the CZ geo jokes, they kinda fit. And I also love the paradigm description about putin/russia, because in local media i get worse feel about Serbia than it really is. Keep on doing what you do, even with the sick/worried laugh you put after anything deep. :) Love it!
@MU-ee9ro- it’s called propaganda...have you heard of it? It’s laid on extra thick in NATO Europe. There is no freedom without free thinking. Kudos to Serbia and its people for keeping free thinking alive in Europe.
Really good video Roman! Great commentary about history, architecture and some beautiful scenery. You seem genuinely happy in this video, and that makes me smile.
My two favorite slavs collabing, this is awesome. Happy to see you spend time with the Serbian who's actually Bosnian
Bosniaks are serbian.
@@ivandreuxzuev9473 Serbs are actually Bosnian fam
Hungarian
that's like saying a German is actually a Bavarian
I believe Janos did one of those DNA test things and turned out to be mostly Bosnian XD
an interesting historical fact, do you know that the territory between Bakhmut and Luhansk was called Slavjano / Serbsk in the middle of the 18th century and Serbs lived there, and the main administrative center of this Serbian enclave was Bakhmut
There were two Serbian areas, one SlavoSerbia, and the other one NovoSerbia. I think that one was in the middle of Ukraine.
Another Historical Fact. Vladivostok is newer then my house. it dont have a real russian history because its stolen from china and renamed and chinese people are deported. the same is for many fake russian citys.
and belarus is a fake land too. most of belarus was over 1000 years polish or lithuanian area. russia stole it, like Kalinigrad fake city. russia stoled now krim, and try occupy more from ukraine. historical, turk tartars lifed longer on crimea then the city "moscow" on its today coordinates. (build 500 years ago). all putin wants is fake land and call it "russian". even his generals say poland and baltics and east germany belongs to russia.
As I long-time viewer of both channels this is the collab I never knew I needed.
Love your videos keep it up!
I was in Serbia last year, in Novy Sad and Beograd. I didn't have impression that Serbia is Z country. Quite opposite. Quite normal. BTW I am from Slovakia. I was several times in Serbia. I like Serbia a lot. Serbia is definitely underrated country...
Tbh Slovakia appears to be more Z than any other EU country 😢
@@AdamBurianek92 why ?
@@AdamBurianek92 In Slovakia same as in Serbia are many people which have sentiment to Russia but as said in video. Panslavic idea of brotherhood etc. However some Z supporters are kind of angry people. They even didn't know where Donbas is or who is Zelensky or Bandera. They are not happy with their lives they are jealous when they see some nice Ukrainian car etc. But in general peole understand that what Putin did is evil. Z supporters live in their paralel world.
Serbia is definitely a Z country. Probably even more than Russia. If you were not able to recognize the very obvious fact that Serbia is Z as fuck, you are the one who lives in a parallel world.
@@xvx3503 yes, proud to be Z country, greetings from Belgrade 🥂
I've been helping my Russian friend seek asylum and we spent about a month in Serbia before moving her to Mexico (I'm American and this puts her way closer to me). Serbia was amazing and I miss it!
Why she seeked an asylum?
She's a woman why does she need asylum?
@@niavellir7408 they can still throw your @ss in jail if you're a woman and criticize the government
@@niavellir7408 political persecution?
Sounds like an adventure! Glad your friend is free from the z. 👍
You did it Living Ironically In Europe you are now an official big boy member of the big slavic UA-camrs alongside Life Of Boris
Adam Something?
@@pcopeland15 Adam Something is Hungarian, so not really slavic
@@buriedalive3192 True.
@@buriedalive3192 Roman and Adam share an interest in architecture though. Both live in a post Soviet world.
Giving Life of Boris a look.
This guy was awesome. Thanks for introducing him to your audience
If you are still in Novi Sad there are a lot of cool places to check out! Its a very student filled town so a lot of cool hidden places around I wanna recommend. For anyone visiting, Kafka is a nice and very cheap place to get some beer and play board games, there's Apsolut, Frida all nice hidden coffee shops. KClab, CK13 have cool themed parties and events all the time and Laze Telečkog is like the club street ❤ I'm glad you're enjoying your stay and I hope more people give Novi Sad a visit
The colab I didn't know I want to see! Greetings from Bulgaria to both of you.
Great video. Hope to visit Novi Sad this summer!
We're an American family. We just returned from visiting Zlatibor, Serbia as part of our Balkan road trip. Some of my American friends thought we were crazy for going to Serbia. However, the Serbian people were super friendly and very welcoming. We had no problems whatsoever and we're very happy we visited. Seeing Putin t-shirts and coffee mug for sale at the street market was a little weird. However, that was the only odd part. American tourists are certainly welcome and it's ridiculously inexpensive compared to the U.S. Our only regret is that we didn't get to spend more time in Serbia.
A lot of Americans would buy those mugs I'm sure. :)
Yes it is only inexpensive compared to US,but to serbian people its very expensive,the prices are probably higher than in Germany,but salaries are not even close.
@@frostflower5555 80% of the US population supports Ukraine. The minority of people that wouldn't be weirded out by Putin junk are far right extremists... kinda like Putin.
I'm a Croat-American and definitely would not feel comfortable in Serbia.
@@NatalieSelene No one cares that you are Croat.
You had me laughing hard! Very entertaining! Thank you for being kind enough to share your journey with us!! ❤😊
Many places truly look like in Czech republic there. As a Czech I can confirm it. The reason is that Czech republic used to be part of Austria-Hungary aswell. That's why the architecture is very similar in many cases.
Prague is a beautiful city, nice clubs too.
Serbia 🇷🇸 Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Parada!
I swear it's just because the region uses a certain type of roof tile
Brno > Praha, all I can say
Only difference would be the amount of cars in the "commie blocks". In CZ you can hardly walk because of the cars everywhere. The communists never thought of the future, ironically :)
hey thanks for showing Novi Sad...I got stuck in Belgrade during the pandemic and stayed for almost 2 years. Serbian people are so nice and always willing to help. I have such good friends there now. I was just there 3 months but I have not been to Novi Sad yet and now there is a quick train between the two cities.
Not my experience they must have thought you were a babe 😆 every Serbian I’ve ever met has been a dry rude prick
I kinda know Serbia from Belgrade upwards quite well. I think that is one of the most awesome regions in all of Europe.
You have these small towns everywhere with cafés and restaurants, big parks in the middle, everyone riding a bike, and much less SUVs than here, in Budapest. Top-notch urbanism.
@@adamkovacs4368 ja and when you live in the center it is like a village. Never need any form of transportation....just walk everywhere! I also went to Bajina Basta and the drive over the mountains is amazing...endless vistas.
Good Video! It sure deserves 50k likes.
I think this is a concept that suits you well. Bringing in a local expert that also clicks with you on a personal level is a big win for the video.
The word you wanted I believe for pit around castle is moat, usually filled with water. Thanks for showing me what Serbia looks like. It does remind me of Prague too….such a beautiful city.
Hello Roman,
Thanks for all your commentary, most enjoyable and informative.
Thanks for your vlog from Novi Sad, my father was born just north from there.
I was born in Australia and still here.
A while ago in one of your vlogs you expressed real emotion for you country and a sadness for what's going on there.
I have never been there but during my childhood I met many Russians via my parents and from that contact I have developed a warm spot in my emotions for your people.
Good luck wherever you go.
The question is: Does Serbia move up your Slavic Country tier list? 🤔
good question
Nothing more Serbian than still being mad at that ranking. Srpski inat never change
@@falkkiwiben FORGIVE BUT NEVER FORGET!
@@falkkiwiben lol, inat. Hello fellow Albanian. Lurking in muddy waters I see 😅
@@RedButtonTV1 not really, but whatever makes you sleep easier at night I guess 🤷♂
Never change, Roman. You're doing wonders for the east-west cultural discourse.
I often forward your vids to people unfamiliar with the eastern euro mindset. Keep rockin'.
So cool to see someone showing of Novi Sad like that. I go there a lot and I think it's really underrrated
Russia didn't liberated Serbia from Ottoman empire. We liberated ourselves.
Without russia winning in crimea and the uprising of the albanian ali pasha tepelena ultimately weakening the ottomans and the weapons and financial aid from russia liberation would’ve neven been possible.
@@soul8938you demonstrated that you have absolutely 0 knowledge on the events in Serbia and especially about Miloš' rebellion.
With or without Russians, with or without imaginary albanian rebellions, outcome would've been the same.
@@soul8938 The Ottomans were long weak by the time Serbia revolted.
Montenegrins never fell to the ottomans, we were the last bastion of medieval Serbia 🇲🇪
At the end of the day, dont forget. Beograd is a Hungarian city 🗿😤
Really awesome seeing two of my favorite Slavic UA-camrs work on a collab in my home country! :D
Slavic? my guy is a traitor who flew his country plus that long hair screams of wokeness
I watch you both, guys! Great content by both of you, and now I want to visit Novi Sad :) Greetings from Bulgaria and keep up the good work! And if some day I see you I will ask for photo too :)
Dope vid Roman. I haven't seen Living Ironically in Europe yet. But his little tidbits adding context and history were interesting. Will def peep the channel!
I love the dynamic between these two, first, you have this confident loud russian guy, and then there is the pesudo-Hungarian Serb guy from Novi Sad just trying to add something in here and there.
Best collab ever! Roman x János
My Grandmother was born and raised in Königsberg until the war started and they later run from the soviets. Sadly the soviets didnt cared for its heritage and destroyed the most iconic landmarks. At least her receipt for Königsberger Klopse found their way to us.
sad story, but thats this fake russian victim mentality....destroying and killing everything, but then playing the victim....feel with you
Yes, Soviets destroyed some of the buildings, but most of the city was destroyed in a bombing campaign my allies
Я сам был в Кёнигсберге и я увидел там лишь руины старых крепостей, но все равно оставалось много различных построек со старых времён. Я конечно не намекаю, но город брали штурмом при массивных бомбардировках на уровне Дрездена, очевидно куча культурного наследия было уничтожено.
Bro share the recipe. It sounds good to eat.
@@peterweiss123
They’re killing and destroying, then playing the victim card and claiming you’re just “anti-Russian” because you don’t like their killing and destroying
It’s incredibly tiresome, how Russia’s leaders are just vandalizing the world we live in with their lies and death and destruction, then claiming it’s their divine, historic mandate to do so… Like, just f*ck off
We need atleast one more video of y'all. Helluva collaboration indeed.
Visiting Exit festival a few times, I remember walking this same way you did every night during my stay at Novi Sad. Nice memories! Thanks for the trip!
I am from Bulgaria and I can tell you that most bulgarians suport Russia and Putin i am just thankful that the goverment does not.
That is like Turkeys voting for Christmas. The Russians are already occupying Moldova, which Putin intended to conquer after Ukraine and you would be next in line. I guess some Bulgarians, miss the Russians so much after the fall of the USSR, that they want them back.
You were never smart people
In Macedonia the general public is also divided, but the government is anti Russia.
@@DacLMK the MKD government is a puppet regime let’s be honest here
No, we don't!!!
80% of bulgarians are behind Ukraine 🇺🇦, NATO, and EU.
The other 20% are paid from raSSian propaganda or are just low-educated ignorant bigots.
Novi Sad is an incredible city. I went to the Exit Festival in 2009 and remember standing on the walls of the Fortress admiring the contrast between churches and factories reaching to the sky...
Probably drugged out of your mind 😂
lel kid ..you came to this beautiful country ..and where did u go? Canyon Uvac? Old Mountain? Morava river? Kopaonik? Kosovo's valleys?
Nope
Kid went to one of most s4tanistic festivals in world made for delusional young people to devastate their souls
Love watching your videos Roman And your adventures and stories you go keep making them brilliant video's I hope you visit england in the future❤
Wow! The collab I never expected! 😍
Looking forward for your another videos both!
Holy shit timing lol. I'm binge watching Living Ironically In Europe for last couple days as preparation for my backpacking trip to Balkans and this just drops 😳😳😳
Looks exactly like Slovakia... Including the historical centre, Danube and the commie blocks. I also knew the building was a school just by the way it looked... Glad to see you smiling and having fun Roman.
The building is actually a kindergarten, and an elementary school is a bit further down the street :)
I thought the same thing when i visited Bratislava, i was just like wow this just like Belgrade
Bratislava and Belgrade are very similar..love for Slovakia from Serbia
@@keltberanski2757 Slava rodu
My top 10 favourite UA-camrs in 1 video. Brilliant🙂. I guess you could also go to Bulgaria. My hometown Varna is pretty popular around this time of the year 🙂
Very interesting way of giving a sense of what goes on in people's minds there! The walls speak what the street thinks and feels!
I really like the content you are both doing, this is why I'm glad to see a video with you together :) Hi from Romania!
No way, two legends together.
Yes way 🎉
Is this a crossover episode?!?! On the real i love the travel vlogs. Fingers crossed that someday we get Roman Does America!
Dope places, collab kinda fire🔥🔥🔥
P.S. Flags of Armenia and Artsakh on the T-shirt 🫡🫡🫡
I was born in Novi Sad, now I live in Hungary.
Nice to see it again. Haven't visited in a while.
You haven't been there in a long time, kinds of make me Novi Sad 😢
@@larsstougaard7097 What?
You moved to hungary from hungary?
I'm glad you're out enjoying the city with good company of a friend. The beautiful European architecture really made your heart cheerful Roman. ❤ Much love from NY 😊
are you a bot or do americans just talk like this
@@thevis5465 I'm a human. The USA 🇺🇸 is multicultural. There is no one way Americans speak. English is my first language, but for time sake I do type comments in poor English on purpose. But I'm not writing a college term paper for a grade, so I hope you understand professor 🦬😇
@@jeanneromaine3146 i wasnt pointing out your grammar, it just looks like a bot comment
I really enjoy Romans insights on architecture! Keep it up!
I've been very confused whenever I heard pro Z stuff in Serbia but this video was very eye opening as to what is going on in Serbia so thank you
Roman, you need people who like you. Glad you are in Serbia. The road to peace is a winding one to be sure. Smart co-host.
Yoooo love to see these 2 together! Great energy momci svaka vam cast 👏
The selfie lady was cute. You two guys are seriously interesting to listen to. Thanks for the fascinating analysis - Serbia sees Putin as a beacon of hope? Wow.
It really depends when you were born.. If you are around 40 and lived in Serbia for the most of your life, then before this whole fiasco with Ukraine, you would have a positive picture of him, as one that opposes NATO and US hegemony.. It is really complicated and nuanced.. Lot of important reference points and history.. I for myself can say, that even though I get a gross feeling whenever I see authority figure in power for long, I can recognize that sometimes strong authority figures and actual life conditions might be more important then, having democracy.. I mean, just look at Libya, Iraq.. Those places were much better before the wars and if it wasn't for US corporations greed, those places would be in much better state today..
I don't think that most see Putin as anything but an aging dictator, who was in power for so long, he could have done better then what he did, by creating oligarhs, to stop foreign corporations interests in exploiting Russia.. still I think he could have done better without attacking Ukraine in 2014 and now..
It is the literal meaning of "clean your own backyard before commenting on others" saying, not being done good in practice..
I like your longer excursion videos like this one,
or "I became a Slav Cowboy in Georgia" from two month ago. 🙂👍
Well being a Serbian person from Kosovo, it is important to state that the NATO situation two decades ago indeed did reposition the populations persective on western nations. While there were santions from those, Russians made sure people were actually apply to receive supplies. So it is not a pro Russian position per se as a "we dont think it is all bad" assumption in the black and white way western media paints the current situation. P.S. coming from someone who grew up with pictures of Tito at their home...
I think most Serbians support Russia because without Russia being able to stand up to NATO expansion who knows what happens with all the Serbs still living in Kosovo
Serbia is a genocide state
We sanctioned Serbia cause they were doing an ethnic cleansing on Albanian + the tons of war crimes against Bosnians.
@@Saulgud23 Bro nobody want to do anything to Serbians in Kosovo, why would nato want to start another war ?
NATO even said Kosovo was responsible for the last incident in the majority Serbian region.
As a Bosnian i understand the relation Serb-Russo so im not surprised that people are mixed on this situation,and i would be thankfull that my country would relate with the USA so much or even at all,brings tensions where there arent any and i wouldnt like Russians influence for our country either
Good to see two of my favorite Eastern European youtubers doing a collab 🇭🇷❤🇷🇸🇷🇺
Yes...looks cute🙂👍
Ponosni hrvatski barjak, postavljas zajedno sa srcem i zastavom drzave koja je sve pokusala da se hrvatski barjak, nikada vise ne vije???? Danasnja djeca, strasno
@@oskng Love and unity is the future, war and bitterness remain in the past. Time to move on old man
@@alexandarm.9788 Zasto nije romanu objasnio, tko je na toj zgradi i sto je ta isprika od ljudskog roda cinila civilima, pa cak i u samoj vojvodini, gdje je na silu istjerao jako puno hrvata, a kamoli sto je radio po drugim drzavama???? Odjedanput kao ne zna, tko i sto je seselj
@@oskng Postoji punih 82 godina od kada se to dogodino. Nemamo više ni kunu od te diktature, bajo smiri malo sa tim. I da očajno je to što se dogodilo civilima, nije zaboravljeno.
I like how I asked about the Z situation under your last video and you made this one to respond :)
Nice video, my hometown 😍
Fun fact, at 3:47 behind you is the daughter of the most famous singer/author from Novi Sad, recently deceased Đorđe Balašević.
If I am not mistaken, at around 4th minute you overtook woman walking her daughter which is herself a daughter of the most famous song writer of Novi Sad, Đorđe Balašević. This guy was huge in ex Yugoslavia.
yeah, she really looks a lot like (and probably is) Jovana Balasevic with her daughter...
time stamp: 3:40
E osjecam se starim nisam nista primjetio, imate oraov vid
I noticed this when I went to Serbia in January, met loads of Russians escaping possibly being drafted, saw the Gazprom logo everywhere and Z in graffiti in different places.
escaping the hellhole that is russia rn just to tag 'Z' in your host country is insane
Gazprom has been around Serbia for a long time now; iirc they set up shop here in the early 2000s
@@DDtch6669 It's both.
BaZed
We need to make Serbia-Russia bridge or corridor in order to make the unlimited Z flowing
@@jamesmccomb9525 A brit is gonna tell me who is doing it?
Following you from the beggining of your yt chanel from your Chelebinsk room and now you are finally in my hometown, WOW 😂 Hope you enjoy it 🥳
Serbia is not "Z", but serbia is not NATO as well
Visited Novi Sad for Exit Festival in 2020, had a really great time there! It was one of the few festivals that were still happening that year because of covid
The video I never knew i was gonna see. All i need now is for both of yall to visit Romania
Love your traveling videos :))
The crossover I didn't know I needed!
Living Ironically in Europe is great. Funny as hell, but still informative.
The real deal is here! NFKRZ & Living Ironically in Europe? Definitely a must-see collab!
Thank you for another great video. Hope I will meet you in Prague soon, sir.
Serbia is such a gem in Europe! Glad to see this colab! Much love
Funny how I started watching Living Ironically in Europe very recently and you guys do a collab.
I hope when this war end you could visit my country Croatia, I live acually close to Novi Sad and Novi Sad has great food and great people.
Thank you Croatian neighbor
I Love Serbian people ❤
From Israel 🇮🇱
whats your favorite warcime?
@@cheg6057
Narnia
@@laveeg1 is this the one shooting children or is it shooting journalists?
Love coach Barak Bahar and your football players here in Serbia 🇷🇸
You should love Albania more - the only country in mainland Europe to have MORE JEWS after WWII than before! We didn’t give up any Jews for slaughter and a lot of Albanians paid with their lives for that decision.
Hahaha that's me at minute 14:00! thank you again for inspire me man! I've recently also started vlogging too and I have some in my channel! have fun
Yooooooo, that's so cool!
I'm not even halfway through it but this is one of your best videos. Nuanced, intelligent, topic with a guest who knows what he's talking about and visually scenery plus live evidence supporting the discussed topic. Guest knows English enough to be clear to we English-speaking viewers. You understand how we think and presented this information very well. And in an entertaining way (and I'm not cooped up in a little room with a podcaster). Deserves a Webby award! Thank you! :) (I've been interested in this topic esp. with current news. )
Good vlog, nice to see another Balkan city I previously knew nothing about
Novi Sad not really Balkanic, according to it’s historical past more Central European.
Roman love watching your adventures ❤🇬🇧
The collab we didn't know we needed
"Through history Russia hasn't harmed Serbia."
Yet.
Good video. Lots of nuance.
It's all about proximity,bordering Russia can change your view very fast
@@robb5828 Yup
Wait till they discover Russia was selling weapons to Croatia during the war in the '90s🤣
@@robb5828 Bingo, Latin American nations prefer Russia to the USA because Russia is very far away and has no reason to fuck with them meanwhile half of them have had their government forcibly changed by Uncle Sam lmao
They have, multiple times out of interest, of course. Thats just plain incorrect lol
Im really thinking about moving to Serbia. I’m Russian and I live in Poland for 3+ years, but I still have a lot of trouble with „establishment“ and etc.. After this video I just feel kinda emotional in a good way…
You're always welcome brother
You are welcome 😀
Thanks guys
You should come!
What problems do you have?
Отличный видос, спасибо!
Hi Roman, thank you for visiting my country. Glad you and Janosz (sorry if I got the spelling wrong) had a good time visiting. To the people watching the channel, generally Serbia is pretty tame for tourists. People don't really care who you are or where you're from as long as you're respectful to the local community. Standard stuff for going anywhere really. Don't act like an idiot and no one will cause you trouble. People will be nice and helpful generally, especially the younger generations since plenty of them speak English in various degrees. The only thing I'd recommend avoiding is wearing merchandise of European clubs, that might attract attention of some idiot hooligans that roam around and are just looking for a reason to pick a fight.
Otherwise, there's lot of cool things to see and do here. Serbia has a lot of nice landscapes if you're into nature, the cities are an interesting central European and commie architecture mix that you won't find in many places elsewhere. The food, drinks and night life is pretty banging and relatively cheap for Westerners. People are generally open and direct, it's relatively easy to make friends if you're outgoing and polite. I'm not going to pretend like everything is great, infrastructure isn't the best and the streets aren't as clean as in a lot of Western towns sadly. Overall, I'm confident most people will have a great time visiting.
An unexpected collab but definitely a welcome one
I guess Bulgaria is out of your reach now given the current situation, but I hope everything goes back to normal and you visit soon. There is a lot to see. Plovdiv has the same vibes as Novi Sad
The "soviet blocks" doesn't look all the bad :) like Roman said "It doesn't look that soul less"; on point. Beautiful city! Reminds me a bit about Vidin (Bulgaria). Btw; I'm not slavic or eastern block, I'm Norwegian, but I love the Balkans!
Serbia never be Soviet bloc !
Serbia was communist, but not soviet.
@@DrMrPersonGuy Light Comunist 😃
@@DrMrPersonGuy socialist*
@@slavkostankovic3247 Sorry. You are right. Former communist state in alliance with the Soviet - both economically, politically/deplomatic and defence/military-wise.
This is how I wish people would view most countries in the world.
Too often you hear anti-American or pro-Z people act like the EU, UK, South Korea, Japan, etc. are just US proxies or puppet states, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I know it's hard for people who come from autocratic nations to imagine this, but there's such a thing as allies & cooperation while simultaneously being able to hold many different views independently of each other.
You can disagree with certain stances & actions an ally takes, while still being friends with them. You can support ideals or principles of a neighbor, while also not becoming a "yes man." You can cooperate on economic & humanitarian values, while also having your own interests separate from your ally. You can oppose military intervention in one area, while still supporting it elsewhere. Relationships are complex in a free world, and "the West" isn't a monolith. Similarly, a government may act in one way, while its people overwhelmingly support the opposite actions.
Serbian people seem to have a similar relationship with Russia, with some in support and others against. And I imagine even those who are "against" may be also be split, in that some are Pro-Ukraine in relation to the war but still support Russia otherwise.
This comment needs more likes, being both fair and balanced.
This is something more people across the board need to hear. People in general, on all sides, need to stop seeing countries as pawns on a chessboard and realize that each country in this world is unique and has its own unique history and its own unique interests. The world is way more complicated than just west vs. non-west countries, or red vs. blue shaded countries on a map.
I can confirm. I have a friend who is, or at least was in the beginning, vigorously the "Slava Ukrainii" type of guy. It also had something to do with the girl he was dating at the time (anti-Putin). But this same guy is also well-versed on history, he is also against the West, and is in fact pretty right-wing. But we are chill about it, since I don't care about it as well. Thus, we debated openly for hours about Ukraine, not even once feeling like it's driving a wedge between us.
That is a very naive view, people in the NATO bloc are as blind to the brainwashing they've been exposed to, as they are in pro-Z countries.
While people everywhere have different opinions, only few have informed ones.
THERE IS NO FRIENDSHIP IN POLITICS. It's a show for the masses. It is only about the interest of the powerful few and the others are just puppets. You can either join them and support their narratives, or suffer consequences.
I live in a Western European state and can 100% confirm it is a proxy of the US.
Really enjoyed this, Serbia looks like a cool place.
Beautiful buildings. :D
Cool video!
A very unexpected collab: NFKRZ and Living Ironically in Europe