'No Talking About This': Russians Refuse To Discuss How They Feel About The War

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Жыл бұрын

On-the-street interviews in Moscow reveal that Russians are extremely uneasy discussing the war in Ukraine. But some will still admit they don't support the six-month-old unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, while others continue to back the war with a thumbs up.
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@janlim0916 Жыл бұрын

For a country that gets stereotyped with brave and strong people they seem to be very cowardly in voicing their opinions. 😬

@hello.itsme.5635 Жыл бұрын

They don't get stereotyped like take. It's just them who like to think they are.

@raideurng2508 Жыл бұрын

Voicing their opinion can have them sent to one of the most brutal prison systems, where systematic beatings, exploitation and confessions are the norm.

@nikola237 Жыл бұрын

Dont alienate them, they are people just like any other. It is unfortunate fo russia to be led by a power hungry person and his group of "friends" that have started another mayor conflict in europe, but if you think like that of russian people often you will alienate yourself from them and we dont need more alienation, especially not in todays world.

@19rudy73 Жыл бұрын

@@raideurng2508 because they have submitted to that for generations and allowed it to grow into a monster. it's cowardice

@dgreene4234 Жыл бұрын

I have made this exact comment on other channels and it gets deleted. I wish I could give you thousands of "likes". Praise to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

@j9670 Жыл бұрын

Putin has accomplished many goals. Expanding NATO, increasing NATO arms expenditure, reducing European reliance on Russian gas and oil, etc. Well done Putin!🙄🙂

@harkeb Жыл бұрын

Most of all, exposing how pathetically weak and inferior the Russian army is, vs the vastly superior weapon systems the West possessed.

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

You need to put the word sarcasm in brackets for those who might otherwise believe this.

@stefanth8596 Жыл бұрын

Not sarcasm if it is true, is it?

@colby25 Жыл бұрын

Helping their number one enemy the US and its economy to expand as they help take over russias lucrative role in providing europes energy.

@boondocker7964 Жыл бұрын

Truly Putin has made NATO stronger.

@zeuseditor Жыл бұрын

It is truly amazing when your understand the brave Ukrainians are fighting for their lives just so they don’t become Russians. This video shows exactly what the Ukrainians have to lose.

@erikpeterson25 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@ijusthatenormiesihavenooth1164 Жыл бұрын

Ukrainians and American NPCs are very racist and xenophobic against Russians

@paulbailey7641 Жыл бұрын

Well said

@ijusthatenormiesihavenooth1164 Жыл бұрын

They want to be gay and mixed race like advanced westerners

@zeuseditor Жыл бұрын

@@ijusthatenormiesihavenooth1164 So Russians are not only scared of their leaders, they're also scared of gays and people of color. Very interesting.

@JOSWAY787 Жыл бұрын

I fully understand these people fear the consequences for their words. But the guy who said : “Its a pity the sanctions mean we can No longer buy stuff, otherwise I dont give a Damn.” He Deserves every bit of these sanctions.

@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 Жыл бұрын

Are people in your country any different?! Most people just don’t care much. Wake up! The World still has no idea that Russia and Ukraine are separate now, let alone give a dаmn about them killing each other. Examine how much YOU care too, because I highly doubt you’ve even donated $2 for the cause! So….

@innominatum9906 Жыл бұрын

That fuckboi will get hit harder by reality than he thinks. Not being able to buy luxury items will be the least of his worries when Russia loses the war.

@Nickbaldeagle02 Жыл бұрын

He's brainwashed. You can't really blame him.

@mpingo91 Жыл бұрын

But he's a perfect exemplification of Russian civilization, which readily adopts either technical achievements or external markers of culture (like drinking coffee from an elegant cup with an upright finger) but nothing else. At the core of this civilization is, among other things, amorality.

@tanzat3859 Жыл бұрын

"He Deserves every bit of these sanctions". He deserves to be drafted.

@no-oneinparticular7264 Жыл бұрын

What an awful country to live in. Like robots, some of them, hard and emotionless. Really hard to understand they are really human. 🇬🇧 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

@cursedcorona2384 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it sucks. I am somewhat of an abnormality here as in I am a normal human being. It's pretty hard for normal people here.

@matsf8268 Жыл бұрын

Its hard to be a human there I guess, I understand they avoid things as they risk facing prison for stating an opinion. Fascism dictatorship. And helt most of them get a filtered view if the world, so sad.

@SnoopyDoofie Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is what the channel 1420 does not show.

@2Dracula2 Жыл бұрын

Agree but some try, but not many, see here kzfaq.info

@cba4389 Жыл бұрын

GB enforces political correctness and monitors social media itself. Might want to look in the mirror.

@clarechomyn9686 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how indifferent they can be to the slaughter of innocent civilians. None of them are interested in what their government does. They are just as guilty as their leaders and soldiers because of their lack of concern.

@Richiesrant Жыл бұрын

I think they are concerned, but afraid to speak out, for fear of fine or imprisonment.

@xdcfvghbjnk Жыл бұрын

@@Richiesrant Concerned about the thousands of lives being destroyed by their nation....or by their shopping experience without ikea?

@Tearstank Жыл бұрын

@@xdcfvghbjnk Concerned about going to jail for 5 years if they critizise anything, thats why

@xdcfvghbjnk Жыл бұрын

@@Tearstank And so they dont critizise anything and it will all become much much worse...also for the silent once.

@Barryislarge Жыл бұрын

Sounds like America tbh 🤔

@lukeamato2348 Жыл бұрын

I really like that first guy, a decent human

@fellow7091 Жыл бұрын

Hope he is still free

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

You like him because he shares your views, and you don’t like anyone that doesn’t. This is a very narrow minded way of thinking and frankly it’s a stretch to call it “thinking” at all

@jamesewanchook2276 Жыл бұрын

Send brave Ukrainians everything they need pronto; let them put an end to Putin's folly. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦!!

@MelkorPT Жыл бұрын

Politics is never anyone's thing until it's _them_ getting screwed and then all of a sudden "OH LORDY, WHY DOES NO ONE TAKE PITY ON ME?! OH, THE HUMANITY!"

@puraLusa Жыл бұрын

Not voicing ur opinion in public doesn't mean u don't have one or that u aren't taking action. There have been fires...

@bruenette2 Жыл бұрын

this one sounds more like refusing to comment as a means to critizise without becoming a target of the law

@militantcapitalist4606 Жыл бұрын

I talked with young russian people, they were my tenants at that time, in 2015; they told me they are not interested in politics, and also told me that anyways, protesting is forbidden, so why bother with it. These were young, college educated people, and seemed smart; but they were passive and defeated already. Frightening.

@Yayo11111 Жыл бұрын

Maybe if they took a bit more interest they wouldn't have Putin throwing them I'm jail

@sarac.3259 Жыл бұрын

"I don't have the full picture" - understatement of the year. She certainly does not.

@fld9266 Жыл бұрын

That young guy “who doesn’t care” unless he cannot buy stuff - wonder what he’ll say when army comes for him ! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@lif6737 Жыл бұрын

He’ll have fun once the economy implodes

@KaiserS0ZE Жыл бұрын

It's people like him that result in the west thinking all Russians are bad. Unfortunately, there are just as many willfully ignorant people in the west just like him. Still, because the Russian people don't care to get involved, western countries like USA and Canada, don't care at all about Russia or Russian lives. They are worthless to the west. Acceptable losses.

@s.m.1354 Жыл бұрын

Well done, keep working all. We are going to convert them.

@TheCaesarion Жыл бұрын

@@lif6737 they actually stabilized the economy

@mateuszolejniczak645 Жыл бұрын

They all say that they dont care but in reality they know what is going on in ukraine, they just prefer not to disclose that for their personal safety from their own government which certainly will carry out punishments for anyone who is against this war.

@retkvi Жыл бұрын

Really proud nation these Russians, affraid to speak up.

@mitchvanderzwan5731 Жыл бұрын

They literally can't?

@lazypony2121 Жыл бұрын

How funny it is to mock people who are afraid to go to prison. Because of the dictator raised and fed by the whole EU 🤡

@retkvi Жыл бұрын

@@lazypony2121 People who deliberately visit Russia when they once been interigated on the russian teritory of Kazakhstan and have that medial output like Bold has are not afraid, but they are rather deliberately medial "stupid". We should wait how Russia will be doing when he wont be fed from EU, lucky China like they have nothing to do with it, wink wink.

@NameName-gk8vt Жыл бұрын

If you get prison for "discrediring the russian army" then the entire russian army should be inprisoned on the spot, since they have done a very good job at discrediting themselves.

@albertalberto9988 Жыл бұрын

Holy words

@Ed_Stuckey Жыл бұрын

З Днем Незалежності України!

@absoliutenuds Жыл бұрын

Ukraine will be celebrating 2 independence days every year pretty soon. Slava Ukraini

@herobo123456 Жыл бұрын

Спасибо, мой друг

@packard0001 Жыл бұрын

слава России 💪🏻🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪🏻 сала окраине

@larysaiskckuh4904 Жыл бұрын

@@packard0001 россии ,,кабдза "

@frankiecalsone8536 Жыл бұрын

Когда зрада с переможей уже будет

@SnoopyDoofie Жыл бұрын

This video just proves that zombies really do exist.

@robstar4283 Жыл бұрын

Hence the "Z" as their "mighty" symbol...😆

@underwater372 Жыл бұрын

Everyone who comments here. You underestimate how powerful totalitarian machine is built in Russia. Even if half of the nation will speak out, there will be enough of prison cells for everyone. Do you understand that these people interviewed can ruin their lives completely if they will say just a few wrong words. Those words won't change globally anything, no matter how many people will speak out. It's a dictatorship. The problem is that these people were silent when putin was building this system, when there was a chance to stop this madness. Now its too late unfortunately

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

Of course they exist. Look at MAGA "zombies for trump".

@matjazi8752 Жыл бұрын

This comment section proves it even better.

@razorrabbit2789 Жыл бұрын

Arrogance and ignorance towards all the smaller countries around. Russians have "collected" over centuries a vaste country where they can live in widely autharc. No real interest in other people. All is about Russian, military and war.

@rubenskiii Жыл бұрын

When your "special militairy operation" is going so great you have to scare people with 15 years of Russian jail to be enthusiastic about it, and most still choose to give no comment...

@olenaglushchenko8900 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that I was born in Ukraine, not in Russia. I can say what I want anout Zelenskiy everywhere and nobody will jail me. I can say everybody what I think about them and not to be afraid of criticism or further response. This is who I am and this is how I was raised. Glory to Ukraine!

@bigmull Жыл бұрын

They dont want to know how bad their army is doing as they still have the Soviet mentality of hiding their heads in the sand.What will be interesting is asking the same question once they are defeated and kicked out of Ukraine.

@africanlastborn7776 Жыл бұрын

Why don't you go and help Ukraine kick them out

@sosimple3585 Жыл бұрын

I think they know that if they are filmed talking about it they could end up in jail for 15 years. Give them a break. Putin is evil but it's not as if they voted for him. He would kill them too if it helped him.

@shafts2447 Жыл бұрын

You really think Russia is going to be kicked out of Ukraine? Lol! Stop watching news owned by billionaires

@jeronehowyanjiekcpps7142 Жыл бұрын

yes i fully agree. ukraine will win the war. Their army have the tech and the artillery personals is the top in the world.

@gamechanger8908 Жыл бұрын

I'll come back here once the war is over, though if Russia does win. Don't ever delete your comment.

@hourbee5535 Жыл бұрын

The Russian state has successfully created a society of politically apathetic people so the regime can go about its ways unchallenged from within.

@Theire1 Жыл бұрын

That is what Trumpers want in the USA

@KaiserS0ZE Жыл бұрын

@@Theire1 check your tds, it's embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for you.

@jacqdanieles Жыл бұрын

@@KaiserS0ZE TDS? Isn't that the reflexive default defense of the Trump Cult? Asking for a friend ...

@craighughes2191 Жыл бұрын

So true

@firstuser4832 Жыл бұрын

That's all communist countries modus operandi. Terrorize and put their people in a state called learned helplessness so the corrupt ruling party can plunder the country with impunity.

@kasondaleigh Жыл бұрын

Heartbreaking how many young people don’t care about war, but are upset about not have things to buy. Stupidity and selfishness at its worst.

@UnderscoreZeroLP Жыл бұрын

“don’t care about war” i Dont think you understand the situation in Russia, where if you share your opinions theres a good chance you get locked in prison. Everyone who answered no comment is doing so to save their own skin

@johnnymcblaze Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Every time it's discovered the elite are killing and raping children, everyone can't turn away fast enough, like with pizzagate and epstien, but you want people to care about THIS?

@garlicwithicecream4449 Жыл бұрын

That is how they teach in Russia, USA, chine, etc. They should focus on media and other stuff, don't ask question about politics. Consume and do your work

@daversj Жыл бұрын

Im not sure they don’t care whats going on but they certainly don’t want to get in trouble by answering on video that will likely be seen. They don’t have the freedom of speech obviously.

@KommandantGSR Жыл бұрын

@@garlicwithicecream4449 they SHOULD'NT focus on media you mean you gotta remember Most medias including Russian and ukrainian is nothing but just lies and bullshit own research is more useful tbh

@antoniodomene Жыл бұрын

We had the same situation in the 70's with General Franco, in Spain. I was a political dissent and I left the country when I was 18 years old, I refused to go to the Army. The Police went to my parent's house several times looking for me. When I was 14 years old my mother always advised me " son please never talk about politics on the Street ".

@basho66 Жыл бұрын

Yes - and my Spanish wife, at university in Madrid in the 70's, recalls police bursting into classes, armed with their usual machine guns, to confiscate illegal poetry...

@raven-wf9so Жыл бұрын

I’ve just watched the news here in UK it’s all over the world people coming together for Ukraine today ! Amazing Russia are you blind ✌️❤️🇺🇦🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦✌️

@59thsurvivorofvhs Жыл бұрын

Love England! 2/3ds my ancestors ended up there! Irish, English, Sicilian (Rome Invasion) Viking, Welsh, Dutch, German. I am a mutt.

@Kurtlane Жыл бұрын

Blind. And deaf. And dumb (as in silenced). Particularly dumb.

@raven-wf9so Жыл бұрын

@@59thsurvivorofvhs think we all are here 😂❤️✌️

@Princip666 Жыл бұрын

Just a small portion of the world actually supports Kiev regime. Only a gullible or stupid person could support such criminals.

@rorychivers8769 Жыл бұрын

@@59thsurvivorofvhs Mongrel blood = stronk Racial purity is for pussies like Hitler

@sofiane.. Жыл бұрын

They don't care, they even laugh while people are dying.

@2DSTORMS Жыл бұрын

The laugh my be a nervous laugh, afraid to speak.

@katiedavis5970 Жыл бұрын

I suppose you haven't laughed since 24.02.2022? Because based on your coment you shouldn't

@nmritter Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It is inhuman. But they're concerned about their ability to shop. Nevermind they blew 3 kids mother and father and left them orphaned. It's narcissistic

@steverogers6825 Жыл бұрын

@@nmritter It's evil, no other way to put it.

@natureblank1401 Жыл бұрын

@@nmritter I see propaganda on dehumanising Russia is working quite well here.

@TheAllMightyGodofCod Жыл бұрын

Not wanting to speak about it, that is fine. Your have the right not to speak, not to have an opinion. Pretending you don't care about what is happening or that you don't know what it is happening is a whole different matter.

@niknoks7638 Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure those citizens will have a ‘point of view’ when the standard of their economy declines into a USSR state! .....good luck with that Rusky 🤣🇺🇦

@B0neTV Жыл бұрын

Weird how they like to portray themselves as a strong civilisation that everyone should want to be a part of, but strangely so few of them have the courage to say what they think and show actual strength and courage. How they live with such schizophrenia and don't see this juxtaposition is baffling.

@andriyshepard3095 Жыл бұрын

this

@andriyshepard3095 Жыл бұрын

@@RickSanchez-dn6rd of course it will have no effect if out of 140 million people only handful dare to do it. But even if 5% showed up to streets, changes would come.

@Glostahdude Жыл бұрын

Brainwashed. That’s the word you’re searching for. Systemic brainwashing of an entire country.

@B0neTV Жыл бұрын

Good question, I'm no hero but they way I see it I've lost my freedom anyway, so what if the cell I end up in is just slightly smaller?

@johncorbin4506 Жыл бұрын

Of course they can't speak up either be poisened imprisoned or disappeared...What happens when you have a Soviet KGB agent as president lol

@nwoabt.kaiserreich5289 Жыл бұрын

Robots

@cheebacheeo5876 Жыл бұрын

Let's hope that the people who let this russian mafia war unfold get what they deserves... #StopRussia #SupportUkraine 🙏🇺🇦💖🥇SLAVA UKRAINI!👏🇫🇮🇨🇭 🥇💖🇺🇦 Heroic Sava🥇💖🇺🇦

@YaroslavEx Жыл бұрын

So scared to answer, what a "country"

@myshepspud1 Жыл бұрын

Every Russian... I'm not into Politics. Also every Russian... They must let us speak our language in other countries and I won't question why we meddle in others politics.

@MorMulle Жыл бұрын

3 x true👍

@firrespantagruel9817 Жыл бұрын

The day will come when ruzzians will say: "why didn't we do anything", or "why didn't we do something earlier". Hopefully the latter.

@NYJGreatness Жыл бұрын

I agree with you both, but it's a lot harder that you guys think.

@joshg72826 Жыл бұрын

It's also easier to say it in the future when you're still able to do so. This is the issue many there currently face. Fear is a powerful mechanism.

@frankiecalsone8536 Жыл бұрын

Нет не будет такого

@pyllywaltteri Жыл бұрын

It will never come. They'll always find a way to blame west

@Comodusprimus Жыл бұрын

I worked on a sheep farm one school holidays in 1971 . Watching this clip I was struck by the extraordinary resemblance of the Russian public to simple-minded herdable livestock. Can Russians actually function without being coerced? Perhaps this result of intergenerational authoritarianism is what inspired Lysenko's catastrophic theories.

@frankiecalsone8536 Жыл бұрын

you better stop eating shit, maybe you'll feel better. 💩😆🐷

@JS-ip8xm Жыл бұрын

I prefer sheep.

@nataliiateteruk585 Жыл бұрын

We will all remember these avoiding responsibilities of ordinary Russians the most importance of topics that in effect rape, murderings and pillaging another independent country!

@natureblank1401 Жыл бұрын

Watch less Western television 😅

@nataliiateteruk585 Жыл бұрын

I rarely watch any "western". As do not even own a television set. KZfaq is only what is needed.

@thilomanten8701 Жыл бұрын

Everything's goin' according to plan, as their "dear and eternal" leader hammers in to their heads everyday!

@gma2893 Жыл бұрын

Pure ignorant…

@cursedcorona2384 Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of China very much

@binichaufzack1 Жыл бұрын

it s more North Korea

@gooseywhispers Жыл бұрын

well china and north Korea basically copied communist USSR, brain washed the citizens into moral decay quite sad really.

@pradeepsao4951 Жыл бұрын

*GOD BLESS UKRAINE!🇺🇦*

@Josef-EU Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your sentiment but your deity has nothing to do with reality. You know, the REAL world.

@vladdracul9813 Жыл бұрын

Remember when judging these people for their silence, they were born and raised in fear and uncertainty in all things except one; the state can punish you for anything.

@rickbarnes7745 Жыл бұрын

Seems as if Putin is walking in the shoes of Stalin.

@blkted2945 Жыл бұрын

Despite the issues we have in the West, freedom of speech is paramount to any civilized society. That is why I say, Russia is not even close to comparison to the US. It is sad that Russia didn't go down the road to globalization and a more democratic nation. I remember the cold war and this one will be brutal, since we are more global than in the 80s and 90s.

@Bagnon609 Жыл бұрын

What's chilling, is that there are people in the US that want what Russia has. Ignorance is a dangerous thing.

@adriaank75 Жыл бұрын

This is what you get when you let a KGB operative turned maffia boss turned thief become president.

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

The leaders of russia would never allow a glint of democracy. It is a threat to their power. They corrupt the populace with the promise of money in exchange for their loyalty. Look at the previous president of Ukraine - Yanukovych lived in putin's pocket. Ukraine was offered the chance to join the EU in 2013 but he refused to sign the agreement. He wanted to stay aligned with russia. The people protested - the Ukrainian ones, not the russian ones who had been encouraged to move to Ukraine. Look up the attempts to russify Ukraine.... Yanukovych was forced out and is now living in russia. Some Ukrainian he was..... Slava Ukraini!

@timoglock07 Жыл бұрын

@@Bagnon609 HAHAHA want what Russia has. No one want what Russia has that is a fact. Even you my friend would pick a US passport over a Russian passport

@stefanth8596 Жыл бұрын

Putin was a hero to Trump, atleast that was how it looked like.

@markmuller7962 Жыл бұрын

1:31 That's why sanctions are important, these people don't care until they can't buy stuff

@bloggalot4718 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully, can’t buy bread.

@renestockrelin971 Жыл бұрын

@@bloggalot4718 actually, cell phones are more important than bread...

@gamechanger8908 Жыл бұрын

Russia has already been sanctioned, but Putin had turned the tide and the world's economy is also affected.

@JL-rd9bq Жыл бұрын

Hostages...amazing to see this in the 21st Century. This is so sad to see, an entire population living in fear of their government.

@oldskoolrools3087 Жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine living in a place where my government forbids me to discuss a topic, and I accept that. These people should be on the streets demanding their rights….but they continue to accept it year after year…..it’s like they deserve to be oppressed

@deniseeugene1852 Жыл бұрын

The Republicans salute Russia Hungary and other pro tyranny and autocratic societies. Men that rule like that need to be removed and humiliated.

@mikelbrenn111 Жыл бұрын

Fear, remember Stalin? That's the same model that putin is using.

@deniseeugene1852 Жыл бұрын

@@mikelbrenn111 Yep! And just is too. This reference to violence not too long after January 6 , is not sitting well with people . So they honestly believe that Trump shouldn’t be held accountable me For anything that he has done.

@wackadakka3134 Жыл бұрын

people who trade freedom for security deserve neither

@oldskoolrools3087 Жыл бұрын

@@wackadakka3134 That is a very good point, and appears to be precisely what Russians have done....and I suspect in 2 - 3 years when this war has ground them down and sanctions have destroyed their economy, they will have neither

@bassrooten2217 Жыл бұрын

Yeah totally normal society to live in. No problems in Russia whatsoever at all.

@mclarenf1gtr99 Жыл бұрын

Those who say the contrary, will go to jail for spewing "fake news".

@natureblank1401 Жыл бұрын

@@mclarenf1gtr99 And who told you that Laren?

@erniebuchinski3614 Жыл бұрын

@@natureblank1401 Z is the new swastika, and will end up like it soon enough, in the rubbish bin of history, along with Little Daddy Vlady. 😆

@franskuijs3556 Жыл бұрын

"No, no, i am not into politics !" Well, politics are comming to you very soon !

@Beachgirl1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you totalitarian, intolerant leftists will see to that, won’t you? Leftists are a cancer to be excised.

@baldyslapnut. Жыл бұрын

The irony of using the term 'politics' when there isn't a political system allowing free choice.

@GratisArt Жыл бұрын

До этих людей даже не доходит, что такое отношение лишает их страну будущего...

@frankiecalsone8536 Жыл бұрын

О чем ты?

@miccaleon 2 ай бұрын

Как говорится, будущее у нас будет такое, как прописано верховным главнокомандующим.

@Yayo11111 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I couldn't live like this me it's madness. Hope Russia one day breaks these shackles

@unounounoq Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? They do not need to break anything. It is who they are historically and mentally.

@NYJGreatness Жыл бұрын

@@unounounoq : At least most of them.

@The_Savage_Wombat Жыл бұрын

@@unounounoq Europe was like this in the middle ages. They managed to change.

@L8bro Жыл бұрын

They don't realize their silence will not protect them.

@ned900 Жыл бұрын

there are parallels to be drawn with the german population when hitler was on the rise. 'while individual decisions not to resist may be understandable, cumulatively they allow the oppressive state apparatus to exercise its power and thus to endure'

@Josef-EU Жыл бұрын

Who is the quote from?

@migproductions4045 Жыл бұрын

What a total and disgusting lack of humanity shown here by all but the first. Well done to the first guy, you were the only one with a heart, mind and eyes! Slava Ukraine!! :) x

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

Expected nothing more out of someone who calls people disgusting just because they would rather not be jailed

@migproductions4045 Жыл бұрын

@@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here That's just another reason I am disgusted :/

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

@@migproductions4045 so they let you have KZfaq access from jail? That’s nice

@raideurng2508 Жыл бұрын

Such a sad state of affairs with no way to change it. Not surprising it's fast approaching a million Russians who have left.

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

Well it is a greater and sadder state of affairs for Ukraine. putin is trying to decimate this independent country. The russians still have a physically intact homeland - the Ukrainians do not.

@antanasstan7319 Жыл бұрын

poor russia with poor people :/

@cepelinai123 Жыл бұрын

Nothing poor about being idiot, you don't understand anyway

@NUCLEARARMAMENT Жыл бұрын

@TFactory The funny thing about propaganda is that it goes both ways. It can be made to paint the truth as well as fiction, but the fact is Russia is one of the best countries to weather economic sanctions because they can source their own raw materials in their own borders. Anything else, they can import from China. The amount of Western goods that will slip in through unauthorized channels is also impossible to stop. The country ranks in at least the top 5% of global income per capita, when accounted for on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis, and last I checked over 80% of Russians own their own home, compared with 62% in the USA. I think they are doing fine, personally.

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

Gee they dont look very poor.

@thebusybee7080 Жыл бұрын

@@NUCLEARARMAMENT Of course you do, you little russian soul less bot. You say nothing of this invasion of independent Ukraine but you are so well versed in how well russia is doing. Time will tell. Let's see how putin will put the screws to Europe.

@colby25 Жыл бұрын

@@NUCLEARARMAMENT To be a nobody amongst nobodies doing as your master bids is not doing fine for me personally. Propaganda is not facts as youve just proved in your own effort at it.

@johnnyhollis9977 Жыл бұрын

Yes unfortunately the people have been bludgeoned back to how things were in the 1980's. Many too frightened to speak in fear of that knock on the door later!

@Aussie-Mocha Жыл бұрын

five stages of grief are: denial; anger; bargaining; depression; acceptance. If you are Russian and live in Russia, this is what you have to prepare for. Thank me later 😏✌🏻

@pandoraalberts5267 Жыл бұрын

I would like to add "obliteration" to end that list

@nkristianschmidt Жыл бұрын

I am not Russian, but thank you. That is me looking at my investments every day.

@jacque7736 Жыл бұрын

Not at the level of North Korea... yet.

@renestockrelin971 Жыл бұрын

but soon to come !

@gamechanger8908 Жыл бұрын

North Korea is a pretty extreme place my friend, at least Russians were able to play video games and browse the internet without vpn or having the Governments permission.

@soulek79 Жыл бұрын

Sick country 😔

@harleyquinn8202 Жыл бұрын

No Russian would want to appear on "Radio Free Europe sponsored by the American government"

@pappy9473 Жыл бұрын

The time is turning... Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 ✊ 💙 💛

@bron762 Жыл бұрын

Happy Happy Happy Independence Day to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 And may russian people have freedom of speech one day……….

@erikpeterson25 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@romik1231 Жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@barryhahn6419 Жыл бұрын

You mean like in Socialist countries that censor speech and ban words they don't like and people who say things the Monarchy political class doesn't like?

@Serp2.0 2 ай бұрын

We have lmao, but you?

@johnhopkins6260 Жыл бұрын

If the Russian Army is so easily "discredited"... they have far more serious issues to deal with.

@rickbarnes7745 Жыл бұрын

Hi John, This is Rick. How are you doing?

@annecosgrove2133 Жыл бұрын

Most are not being truthful to keep from being thrown in jail. To me, they all look like they know exactly what's happening. Almost no eye contact after they hear the question, the response about the sanctions, the summer house, the inappropriate smiles. Interesting that there were a couple of people who were all in about the invasion. Definitely not the majority of this small sample.

@relaxationstation7374 Жыл бұрын

This War Desperately Needs To End!

@adamkennedyripon Жыл бұрын

for those that support the war. you should hand the a army form and ask them to sign it.

@twizted3k Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when freedom of speech is limited. Remember that next time someone says something you don't like and you want a word banned. It leads to atrocities.

@WhiteDragon689 Жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me what the republicans are doing with book banning in public schools.

@dominicyelin Жыл бұрын

"When you cut out a mans tongue you prove not that he is a liar but that you fear what he might say". Dunno if I quite got that exactly right but still.

@vitaliyvitaliy7896 Жыл бұрын

Most of russians strongly believe that freedom of speech is a useless toy, or vice invention of West, dangerous for their country

@Princip666 Жыл бұрын

So, are you free to use the N word? Show us how free you are. smh

@HunterShows Жыл бұрын

Google, deleting videos, comments, accounts. Fascists.

@dolorestate6599 Жыл бұрын

I have one very important thing to say, and never forget it, We all have to answer to God one day 🙏.

@Puleczech Жыл бұрын

LOL, the cut to the pigeons at the end was priceless! Thumbs up for whoever edited that, it is a great metaphor 👍

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

Pigeons are stupid, choosing to not put yourself in harms way is not stupid

@Puleczech Жыл бұрын

@@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here "Not helping others is not stupid because you can't lose anything." Is that how you also think?

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

@@Puleczech helping others? What are you on about. Being in jail doesn’t help anyone

@Puleczech Жыл бұрын

@@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Yeah, it most certainly does not help the Russian society. Russians had the opportunity to protest in big numbers when the screws were not so tight. They did not take it for the "fear of going to jail" (or because they simply did not want to). Now the only thing ahead for Russians is full mobilisation, war time economy and iron curtain coming down. Russians were so afraid that *some* of them would end up in jail, while now *all* of them will live in one.

@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here Жыл бұрын

@@Puleczech bro my dad protested on black October in the 90s alongside thousands of others when Yeltsin dissolved the parliament and essentially declared himself dictator (which Putin inherited from Yeltsin). This was the weakest point of the history of the Russian federation yet what happened to those demonstrators is borderline massacre. You should’ve been there too, let’s see how brave you are when snipers on rooftops gun you down, which is exactly what happened

@raymondadams7570 Жыл бұрын

i wouldn't want to live in a country where i was scared to answer questions, you're welcome to it

@gma2893 Жыл бұрын

Exactly and no thank you…

@foggyisland7754 Жыл бұрын

Some people are really sad that they can’t buy some stuff anymore and don’t give a fuck about dying Ukrainians and are openly admitting it

@viiviwagner3240 Жыл бұрын

Russia people or their leaders don't give a dump about human life as we saw how they run over pedestrian daily basis like normal routine

@pyllywaltteri Жыл бұрын

That's russian mentality for you

@kevinkingmaker7395 Жыл бұрын

Assume that most people refusing to answer do not support the war, otherwise they would happily voice their support. This indicates a large percentage of Russians are against the war. How long can the Russian autocracy function with so much bubbling discontent beneath the surface?

@johnwayne8494 Жыл бұрын

Seems more apathetic

@kherson58 Жыл бұрын

Herd of sheep.

@jeffbridges666 Жыл бұрын

How pathetic of the Russian government to treat its own people this way .

@puraLusa Жыл бұрын

It reminds me of the tale: "the king is naked".

@dv6937 Жыл бұрын

It would be better if the King was dead tho.

@Erfierazgzb0ss4u Жыл бұрын

the vacant eyed pigeons are a good analogy

@Tbird19921 Жыл бұрын

you can smell the fear from those people!

@ckcnj9175 Жыл бұрын

Those who don’t answer don’t agree with it, but are afraid to end up in jail.

@jacqdanieles Жыл бұрын

I can have some sympathy for those people. But for the ones that actively defend Putin's actions, I have nothing but disgust.

@ckcnj9175 Жыл бұрын

@@jacqdanieles agreed. Some repeat the party line, but may roll their eyes or laugh, since they don’t believe it, but don’t want to go to jail.

@crookedpaths6612 Жыл бұрын

If they don't care... then they won't care if they lost and the mighty Russian army comes home with it's tail between it's legs? I bet they won't be so indolent then!

@alohatraveler Жыл бұрын

You can tell a lot about a society by how freely it's citizens can speak. A lot of issues with the west but at the end of the day we are free to protest, share information and search for the truth

@merlin767 Жыл бұрын

Wake up Russians .Salva Ukraine 🇺🇦💪

@2DSTORMS Жыл бұрын

No comment means, Russia is in the wrong!!

@joelhenderson4450 Жыл бұрын

The pigeons were articulate and forthright.

@chugrooster2 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@redguard2946 Жыл бұрын

Why the Russians keep referring to “politics” baffles me.

@eurocrusader1724 Жыл бұрын

All the orks know nothing,see,nothing.... And then.... They SMOKE! 💥🤣

@michaelwesterland1853 Жыл бұрын

Those two clowns at 1:28 appear to be draft age. Maybe they'll get a chance to be interested in the war soon enough, whether they like it or not.

@B0neTV Жыл бұрын

The haircut requirement alone would be a horror for these two let alone combat.

@TransistorLSD Жыл бұрын

putin can't afford mass mobilisation - it's a political death for him That's why it didn't happen & won't happen, he'd rather lose than start mass mobilisation

@PradedaCech Жыл бұрын

They live in Moscow and don't look like the poorest people either. There are a lot more desperate youngsters that will be sent before them..

@TransistorLSD Жыл бұрын

@@PradedaCech Ya, big cities pretty much doesn't suffer because that's where protests can start. putin understands that

@AdrianBoyko Жыл бұрын

Can we please get a round of applause for the first guy, at 0:28. I’ll bet he didn’t even go to prison!

@kora372 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@twizted3k Жыл бұрын

Probably straight to the grave.

@B0neTV Жыл бұрын

He was based. It's good to see some of the inmates haven't been broken yet.

@monkeybusiness1999 Жыл бұрын

He may be visiting & able to get out before he's caught. I hope so.

@fdk7014 Жыл бұрын

I bet the FSB is trying to figure out who he is right now

@the1NOnlyJavierAlonzO Жыл бұрын

They WON'T care UNLESS they're ALREADY affected. Slava Ukraini!

@paudsmcmack3117 Жыл бұрын

Pony Tail must be going through training now to fight for Mother Russia! Good luck!

@cattleprods911 Жыл бұрын

gelded, Slava Ukraine

@monkeybusiness1999 Жыл бұрын

"They are doing what they are supposed to do." (Bomb women & children?) 😣

@90iatros Жыл бұрын

Or die like dogs in ditches.

@gma2893 Жыл бұрын

How stupid and ignorant to say that especially when they probably don’t even know what’s going on…

@monkeybusiness1999 Жыл бұрын

@@gma2893 If Russians don't know what's going on - why walk away in fear from interview questions? You're very naive to think Russians are too dumb to find access to the truth. Even North Koreans find ways to see truths. Wake up.

@natureblank1401 Жыл бұрын

Coerce a regime change and exterminate NATO's influence. There's your answer Monkey Bussines, now go outside and watch less Western television.

@rickbarnes7745 Жыл бұрын

That and getting their army decimated.

@subhabose126 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful democracy Russia is 🤫

@Blottski Жыл бұрын

These videos sure expose a lot of cowards and a few among the brave.

@gordonjackson513 Жыл бұрын

Ostriches just burying there heads in the sand.

@rossmackenzie7993 Жыл бұрын

Is it me or does it seem like many Russians are afraid to even crack a smile?

@underwater372 Жыл бұрын

I think it's you. Why would you crack a smile for no reason ?

@rossmackenzie7993 Жыл бұрын

@@underwater372 the best thing about a smile is that you never need a reason to make someone's day 😉

@jacqdanieles Жыл бұрын

@@rossmackenzie7993 no, it's not you. In my travels in Asia over the years, I've encountered lots of Russia tourists. They're usually surly, unfriendly, & generally not a happy lot. In an old documentary about the fall of the Soviet Union, a Russian was narrating his observation on this disposition of the Russian people (in the context of the McDonald's that had opened). He said they had to train the McDonald's employees to smile & be cheerful & friendly. And it was something that did not come naturally. It has it's roots in a culture of repression, paranoia, & distrust.

@Mpl3564 Жыл бұрын

It's easy to talk about the cowardice of others when you don't live under a dictatorship.

@solitaire5142 Жыл бұрын

Heads in the sand.

@markmuller7962 Жыл бұрын

If you don't pay attention to politics... politics will pay attention to you soon or later and not necessarily in a good way

@karilu3777 Жыл бұрын

If these Russians don't know what's happening, they can ask other Russians who fled from Crimea back to Russia though, they've had quite experience there.❤ Slava Ukraine!

@frankiecalsone8536 Жыл бұрын

🐷💩😆

@pyllywaltteri Жыл бұрын

They do know but they decide to do nothing about it

@karilu3777 Жыл бұрын

@@frankiecalsone8536 You piece of💩💩💩 , don't ruin the fresh air.

@Andrew-tx9jy Жыл бұрын

Keep your mouths shut or go to jail. Wonderful regime you have there...

@banksruss3978 Жыл бұрын

They are scared! Of course they are. They are not free!

@user-tm3ec8yu4j Жыл бұрын

NO visa for Russia in EU

@90iatros Жыл бұрын

@@alexanders.6806 No Russians in the west! Let them stay at home and be STRONG and POWERFUL people... While being afraid to speak and hold a blank paper up in the town square. That is what he favours.

@alexandriabrown1388 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like support for a ban.

@militantcapitalist4606 Жыл бұрын

Nice touch with the pigeons at the end; most russian people have about the same agency as those pigeons.

@Puleczech Жыл бұрын

Exactly! That was a great little edit.

@georgef1176 Жыл бұрын

Much respect to those who run this channel. Getting the truth out is a must. There are NO nazis in Ukraine. Just normal people who deserve to be free.