Can you ask the question: "If Putin announced that the war with Ukraine must end and Russia should pull its troops out of Ukraine, would you support another candidate in the next presidential elections who supported continuing the war and keeping all the territory its annexed?" Or "Would you support the war to continue even if Putin announced that it was in Russia's best interest to seek peace with Ukraine and make concessions, such as giving some or all of the territory back to Ukraine or allowing Ukraine to join NATO?" I'm really curious about whether the Russians who say they support the war would continue to do so even if Putin and the government were now against it?

Everyone's brainwashed, you think you aren't? Think again 🧠💆😵‍💫🥳

Those that have the currage to speak out negativly. Can you atleast blur their eyes/face?

I am curious about something as I'm a person with no connections to neither Ukraine nor Russia. Do russians or ukraineans even know why this war is even taking place? Some people in your videos seem to think the war was "necessary", but what for? What's the historic reason behind this? Even if it's used as a facade. My country, Romania, has lots of lost territories that are now part of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and the entirety of Moldova which was once fully Romanian territory, but that doesn't make us think of warmongering the neighbouring nations. Even with the propaganda and the brainwashing, what excuse could be justifiable enough to be thinking positively of war, especially when there is a precedent that brought nothing good (USSR)?

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Exactly, that would be my answer too

you mean the one in grey coat who said they been zombified

there are many ways to answer that question. It's just a clever dodge on her part.

@@dayvidsonhenrique2379 Actually it was an intelligent response to avoid an arguement and make him go away without being unfriendly and seeming like a bad person. Being brainwashed doesn´t have to do with intelligence; she still can understand the topic of thr discussion and understand where it is leading to (anti-russian/anti war) and she knows she has an opinion that is different than most young people have, and she sees young people asking her questions and filming her. She gave an answer with humor to avoid a confrontation because she knows most people can be fooled with a little humor and an untrue fact/statement, and they will stop asking her questions; . But she couldn´t be more wrong by saying How can a brainwashed person adequately answer this. And you´re not the only person she fooled, look at all the others who make the same comment you made. Sadly, today most people do not really listen closely and think about what was just said and why it was said, they just take everything word by word because it is easier that way. It has nothing to do with someone being stupid, it has more to do with people being lazy.

Actually it was an intelligent response to avoid an arguement and make him go away without being unfriendly and seeming like a bad person. Being brainwashed doesn´t have to do with intelligence; she still can understand the topic of thr discussion and understand where it is leading to (anti-russian/anti war) and she knows she has an opinion that is different than most young people have, and she sees young people asking her questions and filming her. She gave an answer with humor to avoid a confrontation because she knows most people can be fooled with a little humor and an untrue fact/statement, and they will stop asking her questions; . But she couldn´t be more wrong by saying How can a brainwashed person adequately answer this. And you´re not the only person she fooled, look at all the others who make the same comment you made. Sadly, today most people do not really listen closely and think about what was just said and why it was said, they just take everything word by word because it is easier that way. It has nothing to do with someone being stupid, it has more to do with people being lazy.

That's a common thing among russian 30-40 old men. He doesn't lie, he really might not watch tv, but he doesn't suspect his internet sources are same as tv. So he convinced that those are his own views.

I could almost envision Moscow being invaded by a gay pride parade. That's a pretty wild coup attempt. I wonder what kind of memes are seared in to his brain?

Удивительно считать, что если ты не смотришь ТВ, а читаешь и смотришь интернет, то не попадаешь под лево-либеральную ПРОПАГАНДУ

@@trudycolborne2371 😭😂

@@Ivaninho dude under every other comment I click on shouting about leftists and the woke mob 💀

I’m always super relieved to hear these words from older Russians because I feel awful that I’m forced to expect the least from them

@@Shaosprojects Yeah, I think you don’t have to. A lot of the older people where raised in the Soviet Union. I’m German and it’s often the same here. In eastern and western Germany. Old ideas die very slowly. This woman has balls as large as a truck.

@@Shaosprojects The woman is an exception. The old Russian still cry over the loss of the great empire. Good old times. They could sh.t of everyone and now they have to be nice; especially to the Chinese :)

@@Shaosprojects it is more of education and surrounding... support for Putin seems to increase with fewer and fewer tooths and salary... :D

bless her

She got to spitting facts. 😂😂 She probably knows hella ppl like that

@TFactory The Nazis only had 33% of the votes. When Hitler became Richkansler it was to late. In the beginning he gave people hope with the changes in the economy and the German people acted as the Russians do today and slowly but surely Germany turned into a police state. That’s why we in the West who know how the history and that nothing will stop Putin but force is supporting Ukraine and will do that until the war is over and Putin is gone. We will hold our politicians responsible to uphold that support or we will replace those politicians very quickly. This is a question of the survival of democracy and a very simple one to answer - better suffer a little today and support Ukraine then to let Russia have its way and suffer much more tomorrow! The real suffering is what the Ukrainians are going thru and my heart bleed every day for them and I wish I was 20 years younger so I could take up arms and fight alongside them. Now I support them what I can and hope to do more when the war is over and they need help to rebuild their country! Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦

A great majority seems to be zombified!

She was awesome

Amen! What a smart cookie she is.

Not all the pro-war citizens actually watch TV or even support Putin's regime. It's a complex geopolitical and culturological question, as many Russians still have an imperialist mindset because Russia in any forms has been an empire since, probably, Ivan the Great (officially since Peter the Great). And such things as banning of Russian language for native speakers ant total Ukrainization of the territories that had been Russian for centuries leads to a major resentment.

its not only on tv you find russian propaganda, its also on social media and everywhere

You nailed it

@@Yirayol Ukrainization of the territories that had been Russian for centuries? You have absolutely no idea about Ukraine and its history. The majority of the population spoke Ukrainian here for centuries. What was really going on, is neverending attempts of russification. Destroying educated people and artists. Many attempts to ban and destroy Ukrainian language. Genosides. And many other nasty things. This is why we will never surrender, we know who we are dealing with.

@@Yirayol yes, yes, but it seems you didn't got the sarcasm on the comment you're replying to...

100% agree. He said it clearly, calling it by its name instead of any other evasive answer.

Every war was and is a crime regardless of which one you or anyone rationalise it to be a neccessity.

@@bobby3787 War of aggression is the supreme international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.

@@bobby3787 I see youVlad

Yes it was a crime. Considering that all this situation was created by UK and their neonazi puppets in Ukraine it's their crime.

Actually it was an intelligent response to avoid an arguement and make him go away without being unfriendly and seeming like a bad person. Being brainwashed doesn´t have to do with intelligence; she still can understand the topic of thr discussion and understand where it is leading to (anti-russian/anti war) and she knows she has an opinion that is different than most young people have, and she sees young people asking her questions and filming her. She gave an answer with humor to avoid a confrontation because she knows most people can be fooled with a little humor and an untrue fact/statement, and they will stop asking her questions; . But she couldn´t be more wrong by saying How can a brainwashed person adequately answer this. And you´re not the only person she fooled, look at all the others who make the same comment you made. Sadly, today most people do not really listen closely and think about what was just said and why it was said, they just take everything word by word because it is easier that way. It has nothing to do with someone being stupid, it has more to do with people being lazy.

@@north2green Not about being fooled or not...the answer was still the BEST. Being "fooled" is writing a long winded nonsensical response to a comment(meaning there was nothing "academic" about it)

@@north2green i swear no z has ever admitted that they are brainwashed

Actually a ver unintelligent take. You can tell how much certain things affect your opinion if you are capable of intelligent rrflection.

@@lisavauhti7675 just like every other people. In example 1420 itself. Does he agreed that he was "brainwashed" with some strange "pro-western stuff"? No. Because he think that this is not a brainwash, it is just a reasonable position. And so with any other position. This is the same for everyone - either you, well, not brainwashed at all and you gonna say that "no, I'm not brainwashed"... Or you ARE brainwashed and you gonna say that "no, I'm not brainwashed", because you are already been brainwashed and now you are thinking that you are not been brainwashed and that all this ideas are yours and not from brainwashers, this is just how brainwashed works. So... Yeah, to me this question is still highly incorrect, because it would get the same answer in like 90%+ times, because almost no one are walking there with thought that "ohhh, I was brainwashed, this is all massons and aliens!", we all think that "I'm not one that been brainwashed, you are!".

in Russia there s REAL democracy and freedom of speech ...in usa asking questions like these the guy d ve long got imprisoned in guantanamo

Brave guys!!!!

It does show that, in spite of the - let's be honest - widespread belief in things that have no basis in factual reality, Russia still remains a much freer country than China, where this channel would've probably been shut down long ago.

And what is so amazing?

Mads: you are comparing the plague and cholera! lol

It is not so easy to make a matching follow up question. Respect guys

there is no logical problem in answering the question. it's a dodge based on the phrase "brainwash" which kind of implies a complete unwilling reprogram of the mind. But that isn't what brainwashing is. She knows that, and so do you. But you chose to go with her specious remark. that is brainwashing.

Actually it was an intelligent response to avoid an arguement and make him go away without being unfriendly and seeming like a bad person. Being brainwashed doesn´t have to do with intelligence; she still can understand the topic of thr discussion and understand where it is leading to (anti-russian/anti war) and she knows she has an opinion that is different than most young people have, and she sees young people asking her questions and filming her. She gave an answer with humor to avoid a confrontation because she knows most people can be fooled with a little humor and an untrue fact/statement, and they will stop asking her questions; . But she couldn´t be more wrong by saying How can a brainwashed person adequately answer this. And you´re not the only person she fooled, look at all the others who make the same comment you made. Sadly, today most people do not really listen closely and think about what was just said and why it was said, they just take everything word by word because it is easier that way. It has nothing to do with someone being stupid, it has more to do with people being lazy.

@@north2green it seems like her answer and reasoning went over your head

It's obvious what the question really means - do you accept whatever state media tells you? Many people immediately understood the real meaning and started talking about state media before being prompted or a couple just parrotted what they'd heard on it as a way of saying 'yes' without the connotation of 'brainwashed'.

If asked they would rely on one side only of information which is incorrect. Russians are more and more like North Koreans about their leader being a God to them even.

Chapeau chapeau, indeed ! Je l'adore !

Westerners are especially zombified. It's awfully ironic how you Westerners watch your TV, draw conclusions about Russia and Russians from what you just watched, then accuse Russians of being brainwashed...

@@eliasziad7864 Fortunately some Westerners watch reports like this (as well as any of the dozens of TV channels available to them) and see that some Russians are clear-eyed and courageous. Like Mrs Hat here.

I think people would be saying different things if their homes were turned to dust and they lost partners and children. Can you imagine russia raided all the time. People frightened no electricity. No water freezing. Nobody started special operations on russia. Looks beautiful in square. Deaths occuring due to soldiers being sent to ukraine. Very interesting programme. Nice to see normal people that think

Independent journalism is more important than ever now.

right? in the vein of " new boss, same as the old boss"

Late reply, but nah man. This is bullshit and tactics. Making people apathetic is a tactic used by fascists to control the people.

@@monkeibusiness There's some wisdom in what you say.

It's not wisdom, it's nihilism. They believe they can't affect what the authorities do, because they are used to living in a dictatorship. A dictatorship they themselves keep choosing because they believe they don't have a choice.

This is what Putin says. So Putin should be your president

What's horrifying is that the young people are clearly more susceptible to propaganda. They are the next generation of Russians, and yet they grow up surrounded by lies, and they have no other source of information, so they believe the lies. It's absolutely abhorrent.

Max, have YOU been brainwashed?

@@deaansugee Its question to show what people feels and next questions only reveal if brainwashed or not.

No it doesn't, how do you know that you're not brainwashed?

True that

Same happens here 😂

You're more brainwashed than these people

Мальвин, а тебе промыли мозги?

Why do you feel the need to mention your ethnic heritage. Does that, somehow give you more credibility?

Some people have an inbuilt bullshit meter mate, my mum installed mine when I was but a wee nipper.

@@charleshillman2010 I think in this particular case he was saying it just to stress the fact that he finds the channel interesting despite the fact that he's not Russian/Ukrainian/other geographically closer nationality. Imagine if he said "I'm an American/Egyptian/Australian but I really enjoy your channel", that probably would look less weird to you. (Full disclosure, I had to do a double take as well because I live in the US and this does read different looking from this side of the pond)

It’s an edgy answer, but if you think about it you’d realize it’s a very unintelligent take.

@@project-arlo if you were intelligent and really thought about it, you would realize that this statement is actually very true

In Russia, you laugh while you are young. If you are not young, but continue to laugh, then you are considered strange and a fool.

@@Lubashka495 That is so sad

there wasn't any sarcasm. That guy really thinks putin is cool

@@dmy_tro His arguments are rather ironic. It is unlikely that a young man of 17-19 years old will consider Putin good, because he raised pensions for the elderly. Young people don't like that. If he were a supporter of Putin, he would say something like this: "He raised Russia from its knees"

@@Lubashka495 That's a lie, babushkas always joke to each other in Russia.

It should be privately owned by the Putin cause He can't trust his little gang completely.

If I remember correctly - at the beginning of the "special military operation" - there were several independent news organizations in Russia - they have since all been shut down.

I can predict the most daring answer: they can be private, but responsible! 😃

If the private companies tell same story as government does it doesn't matter if they are private. There must be a diversity. In several country don't control even state owned media.

" or do you think it should be privately owned?" It really doesn't matter when there is no independent justice system. In a world where government owns justice the state owns everything, even the private owners of press and media.

When they are blind, they're blind👌

If one does not watch TV, but is surrounded by others who do, its pretty much the same as watching TV. Perfect example of peer pressure

There are lot of Russian telegram channels that spread worse lies than Russian TV.

@@mikatimonen5449 yeah, totally. Together with 20 years of state owned media it works "wonders". It only took a tiny sliver of US media talking heads, and about 6 months for people to go and attack the Capitol... Russia is far gone in that department.

@@opart True but the OP is right as well.

@@opart In Sweden we have a law which says public service must be objective and government cannot control it.

That sounds rather strange.

They know what they are saying

I love how everyone in the comments are calling Russians brainwashed, when the only reason they think Ukraine is good is because the media told them "Russia bad, Ukraine good".

@@user-dc9oq2pr6v In the west most of us are used to seeking, evaluating and considering a wide range of sources to make our decisions. Anyone trying to draw parallels between western free press and Russia's information control is just another Kremlin stooge

bring Russia back on the "right track" - you understand that there are a lot of people with washed brains in all countries, right? Even this poll can be considered brainwashing to some extent, because the dude polled people aged 40 to 80, and this generation that grew up during the Cold War, naturally many people in this age support the war. Although this information cannot be considered objective, do you understand that? Imagine there are 100 people in front of you. You asked 10 of them: "Do you like apple juice?" 9 of them answerded no. And the remaining 91 would answer yes. It's exactly the same here: the dude interviewed a very small number of people of a certain age, most of them answered as he possibly planned, and now many viewers of this video now believe that almost all Russians are like that. I have a large circle of friends and only one person from my acquaintances supports the war. I repeat, I have a HUGE social circle. You can draw your own conclusions And it infuriates me that no one understands such simple things, this hypocrisy infuriates me. Sorry man, but the arrogance of commentators like you infuriates me. For 9 months I'm already fed up with such statements (sorry for mistakes, I use the translator)

@@whatwhoisdis "People don't want this war, but even less do they want to get into a conflict with the state," said Lev Gudkov, the scientific director of the Levada Center, the only independent polling institute in Russia.

He could well mean "everyone against russia" as in the west has been brainwashed by america. That narrative is presented in their propaganda so you cant assume he means his countrymen.

Pray for Ukraine not Russia they are the aggressor

What he said was the truth though, we're all brainwashed one way or another.

@@lesleystewart5882 And I thought believers usually pray for people, not for states

I hope everything will end this winter, because the cold adds reason even to fools. P.s. The strongest snowstorm since 1966 took place in the USA (CBS)

Same here. Very intelligent answers from the ladies. The young guys in the end were hilarious: "They say in TV Putin is good! I believe he is good!" Yeah right... 🤣

@@-NEH- It was obvious what they really thought. I mean...raising the pensions of the soldiers...joke.

Westerners are especially zombified. It's awfully ironic how you Westerners watch your TV, draw conclusions about Russia and Russians from what you just watched, then accuse Russians of being brainwashed...

@@eliasziad7864 GRU or SVR? I thought I was on your list already?

@@-NEH- 🤡

Every modern media is propaganda, so of course no one deny it.

An expert is here!

I think the responses would be the same in any country.

Get some professional mental health advice as soon as you can - reality is often overpowering so a bit of guidance from someone experienced in this field can be very helpful.

That's a normal reaction for listening to idiots, why would anyone feel calm and content while watching this? It is very sad, after all.

@@ragvald8835 life is full of idiots in general, you can’t be that emotional all the time, it’s exhausting for you mental health . Also keep in mind if you support democracy and freedom of speech, that actually means that every person you find an idiot have the very same right to speak what’s on their mind the same as you…

@@dc5269 OH, I know, but you get used to it eventually. And you gotta admit, as far as idiots go, some of those are pretty far gone. And I'm not saying they can't voice their opinion, I'm saying their opinions are a sad result of years of brainwashing. I meet those kinds every day, and I know it's useless to argue, since they don't rely on logic. Best you can say is "OK" and move along. But if you don't feel any kind of indignation or resentment when you listen to lies or propaganda, that's when you know you're dead inside. Like, we're the same species, and you're dumber than a log, so that insults ME.

Contact some psychologist then…

And the gentleman just behind who clearly says "it's a crime". Not just I don't support it, or I don't like it or I feel negative about it, or some evasive answer, like others. He called it by its name, and that is important and very brave, being where they are.

Because Russia has prospects for the worsening of the situation. Even if Putin is gone, there are enough villains who claim to power. And they can be even more cruel.

Actually it was an intelligent response to avoid an arguement and make him go away without being unfriendly and seeming like a bad person. Being brainwashed doesn´t have to do with intelligence; she still can understand the topic of thr discussion and understand where it is leading to (anti-russian/anti war) and she knows she has an opinion that is different than most young people have, and she sees young people asking her questions and filming her. She gave an answer with humor to avoid a confrontation because she knows most people can be fooled with a little humor and an untrue fact/statement, and they will stop asking her questions; . But she couldn´t be more wrong by saying How can a brainwashed person adequately answer this. And you´re not the only person she fooled, look at all the others who make the same comment you made. Sadly, today most people do not really listen closely and think about what was just said and why it was said, they just take everything word by word because it is easier that way. It has nothing to do with someone being stupid, it has more to do with people being lazy.

@@north2green Lazy - like the cut and paste repetition that you indulge in?

@@north2green Thanks for answering my statement, and by that I really felt my statement was correct since Im asking my self the same question from time to time getting pumped from YT and the newspapers. - I remember when I was younger I played alot on my computer, and specially MMO games. I remember when observing the russians, and this is in general, they appeared to attack a target with weak random armor, and equal lousy weapons, going dead-on either to by chance win, or more likely to lose, so back then I asked my mother about why russian players do things in this manner. She used one second to find the reply, and that reply should be framed in and put on a wall: "This is what communism does to people." Have a great day! :D

100%

Is that a saying in Russia, or did the lady spontaneously independently come up with this? Great line!

Me too. I don’t know how you’re getting away with this Daniil, but I have to assume you have it under control. 👍

THIS IS GORGEOUS, DUDE!!!!

Mmm got that shiny smooth brain

Yeah russians are smart, but they are not able to produce computers or anything, which is more complicated than a hammer. The only thing they can produce is wheapons, to kill other nations, and ever for this purpose they had to steal the technology and design!

@@joker7301 O kurczę! Znalazł się człowiek wyzwolony i wszechwiedzący! I z cała pewnością nie brainwashed! PS: A tak na poważnie to może dowiedz się czegoś na temat rosyjskich osiągnięć w dziedzinie nauki?

@@user-fi4yd2kf6g tak, tak, znam te wszystkie kawały o radzieckich uczonych. He he

@@user-fi4yd2kf6g Np. taki: do radzieckiej akademii nauk w moskwie piszą rybacy z Władywostoku, że złowili jesiotra, który od głowy do ogona mierzy metr, ale od ogona do głowy ma metr dwadzieścia i czy to nauka zna takie przypadki. Akademia odpowiada: Tak, nauka zna takie przypadki i nie ma w tym nic dziwnego. Jak stwierdzono w ramach badań naukowych w naszej akademii od poniedziałku do piątku są 4 dni, ale od piątku do poniedziałku tylko 3

"People with the "wrong" answers could be prosecuted for their answers" Kind of like in US, right?

@@J--12 No. I'm American and I don't support a lot of what my country is like, but we do indeed have a strong enforcement of the first amendment, so strong that you can be very discriminatory towards others and either get away with it or have someone else call you out on your behavior. You can also say anything you want regarding the country. You can be as political as possible and yell out "I hate the US" with no consequences besides people glaring at you or vocally disagreeing with you. It is not illegal at all to voice your opinions here and you won't get into any legal trouble. You'll only get shut down by people who strongly disagree with you, or worse, maybe you'll get shot which is rare but still happens. I think that's why you replied what you did. Cancel culture is very prevalent here, but it doesn't truly stop people from saying what they want to.

@@cof... you literally said cancel culture exist to end career of those who's not convenient to minoritarian society, then proceeded to downplay it like it's normal, like it's never happened and not a big deal overall. See how brainwashed you are?

@@J--12 NOPE

@@negy2570 Yes.

I would love for this to happen or yo be able to do this. how do people feel so confident walking up to people! I’d pee myself.

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