I love how The Fish is always just squatting in his track suit... so stereotypical lmao

Fish's Slav squat is on point.

Someone give The Fish the medal of badassness

"Are they happy to be here?" "Here isn't anything to like." That cut pretty deep. Probably the most moving sentiment in this series so far. He had a smile only moments before and then his face drops at that question.

2:35 the translator has a very swift touch here. Instead of asking straightaway something he knows is a delicate question, he starts with something unrelated (weather and mosquitos - lubricant) and then introduces what he really wants to know so it doesn't come too crude.

The fish goes " I am the captain of tuatal" lol

I wonder if fish watched this and saw all the love he's getting.

A Russian gangster, an ex-North Korean and American adventure

The Fish didn't take any shit from the supervisor. And why the hell should he?

The Korea translator is the real MVP...dude knew how to relax the North Koreas, even with the intrusive questions. He's not just a translator

That guys face at 0:59 when he realises it's cool for him to drink the beer made me smile, he's all like "fuck yeah this is my beer now!" -- gotta love a good beer.

That poor guy.....he just can't say what he really wants to say. You really can learn a lot from deeper meaning of every word he spoke.

The Fish and his Slavsquat is glorious

Legend says the fish still doesn't give a fuck about anything

All hail The Fish for not giving a single fuck like....ever

Shane Smith has a lot of balls to be wearing a $40,000 watch in the middle of Siberia.

Well.....hopefully those workers weren't shot or tortured for talking to the crew...

The Fish gives no fuck

To be honest the guy that told them not to film told them in the most genuinely nice way as possible. He knew they could get in trouble and was trying to prevent that. And he knew that their living conditions were bad and told them so. He was spot on when he said there are many issues elsewhere and yet they are out there in the middle of no where trying to see what we already know, that it sucks

By God but you fellas are persistent,this is true journalism,ya won't see this on CNN,that's for sure.

*Teen Officer* has joined your party *Chief of Police* has joined your party *The Fish* has joined your party

I love how that Russian is wearing an Adidas track suit, why do so many Russians love to wear those lol.

I hope those guys didn't get in trouble. They seem like genuinely good people who're just trying to survive like everyone else

Canadian nationality works all around the world! literally!

I felt pretty concerned for the guys that spoke when the truck came and took them out of there :/ What worried me the most is that they were caught with beers and talking to some foreigners, that must have surely gotten them in trouble, to say the least.

The fish guy is such a gopnik. This is like a freaking movie except it's even better because it's real life

These videos have blown my mind. You're at the hedge of the world. And shit keeps getting crazier and crazier.

5:25 A true slav squat, with a full Adidas track suit too

There is something so great, extreme and humane about these types of documentaries/news clips. Not just Russian Lumber Camps. But all of these things that are forgotten or not on the radar: Cannibal warlords in Liberia, Moonshine brewing in Africa, Guerilla Gardeners in Atlanta, Vigilante Mobs in Johannesburg etc. etc. etc. Colorful, and fascinating. Even the drunken Russian on the train was interesting!

A trailer made of wood. The Siberian winter must be nice...

Were in a high speed car chase in the middle of the woods in siberia, chasing kim jong il and his droogs, our driver Niko Bellic need to pull over to refule our lima bean van with vodka. Good luck shane.

I am a Korean, and the way the North Korean secretary talking to Shane is highly disturbing and disrespectful. There is something that English cannot fully translate, but he is being very rude... so sad and shameful

Canada Ah ah! lol

2:22 "days off? Like when you rest?" "yes, there are" lol. why am i not convinced

'Ok to have this..?' My eyes burst with tears....

When he laughs getting the beer that’s the first time I’ve seen a North Korean genuinely laugh not because he’s being forced to

A Jew, Korean, Russian Sheriff, Slav mob boss, and A Canadian walk into a bar.

My heart goes out to these people, man. Whenever I think about how shitty things can get in my life I have to stop and think about how good I have it compared to most people. It’s sobering.

The accent they use when speaking Korean sounds VERY similar to certain rural regions in South Korea. Feels somewhat warming to hear them talk exactly like some of the older members of my family

When things got a little dicey at the end, the fish stepped up to the Korean overload like a true slav boss. Props to you my brother!

Fish 2k17

I love how The Fish is the embodiment of every Russian gangster stereotype ever.

Feeling bad for those labours who got caught talking with the vice team 😥 hope they were not punished

The Fish is a perfect definition of a Gopnik. Much love

3:25 the slavness it’s over 9000

5:22 *casually squatting whilst a man with a rebar walks up towards you*

Just when you thought The Fish can’t get more russian ... *HE SQUATS*

It was funny when the russian mob dude stood up to the short korean secretary guy. I was like "oooh shit!"

"here isn't anything to like" heartbreaking.

Every Russian car looks like something a little kid drew

The translator's voice is like butter, I want him to read me a bedtime story

First time the korean translator shows any emotion. Chuckling at whether they chose to come out. Disturbing.

That blue outfit wearing Korean guy is a strong talker, is very hard to refute, and has strong imposing ideology. He easily makes you feel on the defensive with good choice of words, persuasive arguments, and steady pace speaking. A dictatorship is not so unrealistic with a few officers like this.

The fish is my hero

'Russian mob guy, American with beard and beer belly and Jew come in to the pub...'

5:22 best slav squat i've ever seen.

The korean translator is really good. He manages to mask laden questions wery well.

"How about days off?" "Huh" "Days off" "What does that taste like?"

As a Canadian Logger. My hats off to these fellow workers, work harder then I can..

Vice - Breaking down barriers and getting you the full story, through alcohol diplomacy

5:23 Calmly squatting in an Adidas tracksuit a guy walks by with a crowbar SLAV 100

This feels so much like a movie. I mean you have a group of unique people each with a skill and the dumb protagonist (the journalist). They head for an adventure into an unknown place that the audience has never heard of.

Korean secretary guy dropped some good points like if they told you to leave then leave they don't wanna get in trouble

0:26 i thought he meant shotgunning a beer until I remembered they actually brought along a shotgun.

Unskilled people go home, skilled people stay. Logic.

Shane's got the biggest balls of steel balls imaginable. Congrats to him and his team for getting this kind of crazy story out of the backwaters of the world.

“Universal tongue loosener -beer” I couldn’t agree with you more 😂😂😂

The dude with the crowbar: is coming back The Fish: aggressively squats

So like covering the upper part of their faces, letting the bottom show, and not distorting the tone of their voice a little is gonna maintain their anonymity? Right. This poor people are probably hating the moment they spoke in front of a camera for the sake of beer and cigarettes in a concentration camp in the hermit kingdom right now.

Look at me, I’m the captain now -The fish

gta VI Siberia with the Fish

I feel like Vice is not being sensitive to how harshly the North Koreans they have talked to may or may not be punished. The workers that they gave beers to ended up being carted off by the leader of the camp to who knows where, and will probably get in big trouble for having talked to them. It's very obvious how invasive and rude the reporters are being by basically saying "hey we heard this is a shity place and we want to come videotape your shity lives." Number one, that's just offensive to the people, and beyond that, the Koreans are forced to by their country to defend what is happening, or otherwise face trial as someone who is betraying their country. I understand Vice wants to expose this sort of thing, and that it needs to be done, but I believe that it should be done in a more careful manner.

For better or for worse, the man in the blue shirt is intelligent. Maybe not a good person, but he's got smarts.

"Do you get days off?" "Huh?" Also, the interaction between the local Russian mob boss and the nearby North Korean labor camp operator is quite an interesting dynamic.

My favourite Vice documentary!

Fish, lovee you man. A Russian in a tracksuit is someone to be feared and respected. He is the type of guy from whom bear runs away

Straight up, you got a North Korean guy to admit that he's here doing forced labour.

3:17 breaks my heart

"thing's got a bit tense" LMAO THEY'VE BEEN TENSE

This whole thing is a wild goose chase.

This is like the most uncensored realist shit I have ever seen...the workers just seems broken...🙃

VICE: comes back to camp *sees fish selling vodka to the laborers* You are now my comrades men

"you wanna beer?" lol! love it

“Here isn’t anything to like”, and the short silence that followed...You can tell he never had a say in the matter, and even if you couldn’t see his eyes you could hear the pain.

5:22 dat slav squat

This is like what those poor Chinese workers at Foxconn factories. Getting payed almost nothing with crappy conditions and grueling work hours.

the fish and his crew must definitely be involved in some sketchy dealings with them if they know all the spots haha

0:51 Damn that dude is wearing a champion shirt he’s flexin

I love the reporting they are trying to do but they are putting the workers' lives in danger, and I worry for them.

I love vice. Keep it up.

Man with crowbar approaches an unarmed fish stays squatted 0 fear lmfao

The end with the fish squating like a true slav lol

I feel bad for the laborers. I hope they're doing well now.

The North Korean guy that was kicking them out was making good points to be honest

THE FISH IS NIKO BELLIC FROM GTA 4!!!!!!! LOL

That van cutting the argument when it got more serious!!! It's like a stereotypical scene from a film... I hope the little bit of talk helped them think and they might have now had an adventure to run away...

"Once you make a promise. You should keep a promise." I mean.. he has a point.

The sad thing is, I feel like the guys that talked to them are probably going to get punished severely. Just for even being near the cameras and talking with them.

This one is my favorite episode so far and the russian g is my fav character lol

That intro noise makes my ears explode every time I hear it with headphones on haha