Who is Going to Rule Russia After Putin? Kings and Generals DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video on the Russian elites and various power brokers and groups, as we try to deduce who is going to rule Russia after Putin. Previously we talked about the European Union, discussing if it is a real superpower or an utopic ( • Can the EU be a Superp... ), short-term union that is fated to dissolve, about Russia, China and Iran and discussed their ties, interests and contradictions and try to deduce if Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Ali Khamenei can form a stable alliance - a new axis or support each other temporarily ( • Russia, China and Iran... ), made videos on the 15 Events that Defined the War in Ukraine ( • 15 Events that Defined... ) and on the possible vectors of the upcoming Ukrainian counter-attack ( • Where Will Ukraine Att... ) and on why we consider the war in Ukraine to be Unprovoked • Why Do We Call the War...
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00:00 - 01:05 Intro
01:05 - 02:11 Sponsorship
02:11 - 03:18 Fake Political Institutions
03:18 - 04:45 Fake Federalism
04:45 - 06:14 Politburo 2.0
06:14 - 14:37 Elite Groups
14:37 - 15:52 Trustees
15:52 - 18:40 Threats to the System and a Possible Civil War
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@KingsandGenerals 10 ай бұрын

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@afrobandera1221 9 ай бұрын

😁 adolf putler has to rule muscovia for 42 years - as long as gaddafi. With the same results for muscovia as for jamahiriya... 😉

@youxkio 9 ай бұрын

Yep, other KZfaqrs have the same opinion on this. You put it in a more complete format. Thank you

@nicklindberg90 9 ай бұрын

@user-yp7xq1zw7thow much do you get paid to be a Kremlin misinformation "agent"?

@mraso30 9 ай бұрын

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@BasBruurs 9 ай бұрын

The West for one, never would like to see Russia collapse. I am pretty sure warlord fighting it out and dividing the country up is the Pentagons worse nightmare. Imagine all those new dictators with all those nukes or lawlessness where some go missing. No thank you.

@user-wm5bv6hb2x 9 ай бұрын

I like how this channel went from Rome after Caeser to Russia after Putin

@user-wk4iw8gt8r 9 ай бұрын

Probably because Putin is a clone of Caeser

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

Haha 🤣

@ironheart5830 9 ай бұрын

Telling future history :D

@SA2004YG 9 ай бұрын

Personally I'm not a fan. I'm here for history not news. They should make a separate channel if they want to focus on modern events

@lew80s53 9 ай бұрын

@@SA2004YGthis is going to sound crazy but you could just...not watch these particular ones.

@raphaelforkel7759 10 ай бұрын

Super interesting. I didn't know about the parachute governors before, but was reminded how Putin himself got into power. Yeltsin made a shocking New Year's speech on December 31st 1999 where he stepped down and announced the largely unknown Putin as the interim president until elections a few months later would be held (which Putin obviously won). This parachute system must be way older than just Putin's regime.

@Maverick0451 10 ай бұрын

The whole description had me thinking of the Roman political system!! Wealthy elites sent by the Emperors to govern regions they had never been associated with, and largely as a way of greasing palms. History has proven time and again that any government ruled almost entirely by a “strong man”, be it an autocrat, a dictator, or even a monarch, are almost always more susceptible to this kind of chaos during a potential regime change!!

@Grek1574 9 ай бұрын

@@Maverick0451that’s why Russian Empire never seized to exist! It’s must be destroyed for future peace in the region! Opinion of an Ukrainian

@maxim_sazonov 9 ай бұрын

Btw Putin was pretty popular and well-known person when Yeltsin left the cabinet, due to his strict policy about terrorism in Russia. Not a surprise, that he dominated the elections in 2000. People saw him as a man, who'd continued Yeltsin's liberal reforms.

@seekeroftruth45 9 ай бұрын

@@maxim_sazonovthe KGB led by Putin had a hand in some of terrorist activities back then.

@user-kg4fr9jr7v 9 ай бұрын

Indeppendent governors were a kind of obstacle for Putin on early stage of dismantling democracy in Russia. In his early days in power they were powerful enough to resist. He replaced them with loyal people one by one, now it's mostly technocrats everywhere, i.e. people who just doing technical work without questions or perosnal ambitions. It was one of his early goals along with taking key media resources under control

@Marylandbrony 9 ай бұрын

As a political science major, this is in fact an excellent video and may send it to one of my professors who focus on international relations in that part of the world, he went to Columbia university actually. I wonder where the Ukrainian source is so we can see the specific regions of control of each faction. Edit: It's called "Kremlin Towers" by the Ukraine Institute for the Future. Who seem to be the main source of this video. I will pass on the report to my professor.

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

4:10 theese governors are mostly called "Varangians", not "Parachutists". It's a reference to the Summoning of Varangians to Novgorod, from which russian history is counted

@WTFisDrifting 9 ай бұрын

Varangian means one who swears an oath. So yeah they are all oathsworn to the fed

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

@@kiki-zt8fz а я в первый раз слышу про "парашютистов". Как раз про " Варягов" я чаще слышал

@adamradziwill 9 ай бұрын

No, Moscow ulus is a Mongol empire´s product

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

@@adamradziwill *k u r w a*

@nellym46664 9 ай бұрын

I would love if you guys made more videos like this exploring the governing systems of other countries.

@ZachSeineVideos 9 ай бұрын

11:50 "The infamous Gerhard Schröder" * laughs in German, then devolves into sobbing, then starts laughing again *

@PhilipOConnell 9 ай бұрын

These videos that look at various things outside of conflicts are some of my favorites. Also if anyone is interested in learning more about how this system was created I highly recommend the book Putin's people.

@user-sx2cv9wh8h 9 ай бұрын

Russia's Putin & Belarus's Lukashenko Are Two Europe's Last Remaining Dictatorships!

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

12:20 "Kovalchuk brothers built their support on friendship with Putin" And so did Medvedev, Rotenberg, Timchenko, and every others

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

Also I have to mention, that it's Mikhai Kovalchuk's conspiriligist fantasies that became the very ideological foundation for the war with Ukraine

@devilsolution9781 9 ай бұрын

@@Klash1100what was the conspiracy fantasy you reference?

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

@@devilsolution9781 google putin's article on relations between russian and ukrainian nations from summer 2021. Basically, it's full of conspiracy theories, and many of them were inspired by Mihail Kovalchuk's vision

@MM22966 9 ай бұрын

Something I try to keep in mind is that from everything I have seen/heard/read, Putin IS genuinely popular with most Russians. While I don't agree with it, they have a vastly different perspective from what we see/hear in Western media, and Putin was the one who pulled them out of their non-stop humiliation in the 90's. That counts for a lot with the average Russian. Plus, they LIKE strongmen.

@Hahaha-io5ov 9 ай бұрын

Как россиянин, подтверждаю. 👍

@user-hs9zt4ik9z 4 ай бұрын

Pretty true. Russian police is more complicated than the show in this video. Putin couldn’t be so self assured if wouldn’t care about his popularity.

@MM22966 4 ай бұрын

@@user-hs9zt4ik9z I think you meant 'politics'.

@user-hs9zt4ik9z 4 ай бұрын

Yes, sure🙂@@MM22966

@brokenordinance 9 ай бұрын

I’ve always been slightly confused as to how there isn’t more discontent amongst the locals (besides the repression) but learning about the tax system and the parachutist governors helped put that question to rest. If a civil war does break out, it’s gonna be messy. 6 different factions (at least at the start) all attempting to seize power, resources, and territory? I’d be surprised if secessions DIDN’T happen during it.

@PoggoMcDawggo 9 ай бұрын

Most major nations are run by wealthy, corrupt elites. And the majority of the population, outside of saying it's bad, doesn't do much about it. Not much you can do about it in general. Not without serious risk anyways.

@ColinTherac117 9 ай бұрын

Any 'civil war' that would result from Putin's early or unscheduled retirement would only exist in the form of high level assassinations. The only thing that could truly upend Russia would be if someone illegally tried to hold onto power if they didn't win the Russian democratic election.

@abemartinez8844 9 ай бұрын

Forsure the militant factions would take control of most of the country. However if you can get the natural resources guys (oil & gas) to see globalization with the west, could in the future financially change the military faction. 🤔

@zylaaeria2627 9 ай бұрын

Reason: Political apathy. I have spoken with Russians before over this issue & the reality is that unlike us here in the cozy west, the Russian people have effectively been conditioned to be politically apathetic for many centuries now. Most people really don't care as there is a considerable stigma in Russia that "things will never get better". And really, can you blame them why they feel this way? There is a reason why I personally always refer to Russia as the biggest tragedy in history. Those that could care already fled the country in droves & have no plans to return nor are they outgoing of their nationality. One of the biggest problems this war is going to lead to is the way Russians will be perceived abroad as plunderers & generally not nice people to be around thanks to the delusions of the few shitheads in charge of the government apparatus. Even if they do return, it is not like anyone can really do anything due to the aforementioned apathy & the fact that the state is so heavily repressive. Here in the west, we are so used to speaking our minds but in Russia, getting thrown in a state prison for disobedience is the least of your worries should you be labeled as a dissenter. Soldiers in the front lines have it worse as trying to desert or revolt could lead to the state going after your family. Not to mention that the commissars in the front lines do the old Soviet thing of never leaving the guns easily accessible to the grunts in the trenches. They keep them in separate locations to ensure no one gets any ideas.

@abemartinez8844 9 ай бұрын

@@zink8841 for who????? The other oligarchs????? Some of you guys are going to have to start coming up with receipts!

@kirillshturbabin8536 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I really appreciate the fact that you mention your sources

@Artificial-Stupidity 9 ай бұрын

Very helpful in understanding how Russia is actually governed (for lack of a better term). Thanks for a comprehensive explanation.

@minoru5760 9 ай бұрын

Great job. Especially the words about remarkable rise of technocrats in Russian young elites. It broke my rusty preconceptions

@FishandHunt 9 ай бұрын

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bz 🤫 Kolorady 🤖, nobody cares what you think. Deep down you know that Russia's war in Ukraine is doomed and that your dwarf Tsar's political end is coming.

@perceivedvelocity9914 9 ай бұрын

@@BrickDaniels-qu7bzThere isn't much to wonder about. The elected officials who make up the US government really work for the mega corporations. Candidates spend millions of dollars to win a job that pays thousands of dollars per year. The money for political campaigns comes from giant corporations. Every politician is bought and paid for. After their time in office is over the politicians are given high paying consulting job by the corporation that funded their political campaigns.

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

8:19 "Siloviki have controll over 19 regions" Boy, where did you get yhise numbers from? I'm just interested, how did you count?

@akon360 9 ай бұрын

Theses guys are in bed with the American national defence industry. I’m not saying this as conspiracy but as a fact. Hence why they have access to this information. Remember people always shit on Russian propaganda(which is warranted) but the Americans have just as blatant propaganda.

@myrar8708 9 ай бұрын

Amazing episode!!

@johnboxler8989 9 ай бұрын

Great video as always

@VeritasAmantesVocat 9 ай бұрын

A handy little hit list. Thanks

@tamastimar9511 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the informative video.

@baybars_0 6 ай бұрын

very impressive analysis, thank you!

@JohnnyElRed 9 ай бұрын

It kind of reminds me of the system of political families present in Francoist Spain. The leader has to play a game of equilibriums between the different political clans, using one to keep the others in check, or otherwise he risks loosing his influence over them and their colaboration.

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

I didn't know about that

@paulofartaria4830 9 ай бұрын

The same happened in Portugal. For almost 50 years, we had a personal autocracy under Salazar. He managed to balance the power equilibrium between the several groups that supported him. After his death in 1970, the regime lasted four more years.

@Grek1574 9 ай бұрын

All fascist systems are same!

@corsariosandrorect5238 9 ай бұрын

And the nazi regimen too. All autocractic systems work in the same way.

@ironheart5830 9 ай бұрын

All non democratic system looks more or less similar to that.

@MasterTheSwag 9 ай бұрын

I love this type of content. Super interesting and rarely covered.

@uif1903 9 ай бұрын

We are grateful that our research, "Kremlin Towers: Who Will Share Putin's Legacy?" was featured in your video! Thank you for sharing our work with your audience🙌

@aaronmarks9366 9 ай бұрын

Where can we find your work online?

@antonkrieg3708 9 ай бұрын

This was very interesting indeed. Time will tell how this all plays out..

@markb8468 9 ай бұрын

That was excellent! Looking forward to the rest in this series!

@evanrobinson9051 9 ай бұрын

What happened to the Pacific war series, I was enjoying that !?

@pedrozepeda6930 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video, always been a fan

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

thanks!

@jeckjeck3119 9 ай бұрын

-Song of fire and ice- Song of fire and vodka.

@user-fn4ld2gw7n 9 ай бұрын

Will you guys make a video about armenia azerbaijan war? It's strange that you haven't covered it yet on the modern war series.

@AmirSatt 9 ай бұрын

I will.

@MichaelMorrison1989 9 ай бұрын

I'd be very interested in breakdowns of power bases in other major world powers as well. USA, China, etc. A concise summary like this is a great bird's eye view.

@kostaskoutsomitopoulos4826 9 ай бұрын

My thought also. One only sees these things on an abstract level but concrete power groups and interests would be very interesting also from other countries.

@Tigusfoyle 9 ай бұрын

BlackRock and Vanguard

@HungaryBased 9 ай бұрын

Facts, every country in the world is run by powerful interest groups. Even countries that are consideres "free" and democratic like Canada.

@jesuschrist960 9 ай бұрын

I know who. His name is aleksey dyumin. Putin's bodyguard. Former fsb head. Governor of tula oblast. And lieutenant general. He is responsible for taking Crimea in 2014 when he himself led a special battalion.

@pablodelsegundo9502 9 ай бұрын

Technocrats along with the petrolords could form a formidable bloc, but I have no idea how their relationships are now.

@philguer4802 8 ай бұрын

Wow, I have no idea how you manage to find these hard-to-find information, notably the regions they control. I'd love to see of map of political ifnluence of each group.

@Kyle-mw3bo 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff guys, not getting this level of insight anywhere else.

@derhuhu3375 9 ай бұрын

Does anyone know where can I find the reports used as sources in the video, or any other articles and books on the topic? I'd like to read a bit more into it...

@stewartroberts617 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ira_qi 9 ай бұрын

Please make video about the Kingdom of hatra in Iraq

@lyndallsymons9767 9 ай бұрын

The list never ends

@helghast_7203 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information, very interesting. Also, is it just me or there could be a political simulator of this? (with the six factions vying for influence inside of Russia, going as far as to be an equal to Putin for Gazprom). Would be interesting.

@lexbor3511 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant as always! Can you make the same analysis with other major countries? Like China, USA, India, GB, Israel, Ukraine, Iran, EU, Turkey... Of cause without risking this channel's future. We all understand there are some limits for that kind of research.

@tylerclayton6081 9 ай бұрын

Democratic countries future leaders are pretty easy to predict. It’s whoever stands the best chance of winning the next elections

@dominiclawson5362 9 ай бұрын

@@tylerclayton6081 With respect, that is abit niave. There are established technocrats and civil servants who belong to differant factions with conflicting interests, and can influence or negate elected leaders.

@pivomanslovensko 9 ай бұрын

@@tylerclayton6081I wouldn't call any of the countries listed above very democratic.

@mikemodugno5879 9 ай бұрын

Interesting video. Thanks for the work that goes into this.

@devaughnjay 9 ай бұрын

Great video K&G team and I learned a lot from this. Just a thought, it could be good for K&G to consider doing similar videos on other more recent regimes of other countries/ nations past and present…e.g. various militarised governments and dictatorships.

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

Good suggestion, will consider

@Rjsaikia 9 ай бұрын

It feel like your channel is more like pro Ukraine

@MicaiahBaron 9 ай бұрын

@@Rjsaikia Better to favor the victim than the abuser, always.

@KingdomOfDimensions 9 ай бұрын

@@RjsaikiaHow is being pro-Ukraine a bad thing? As K&G points out every video, Russia's invasion of Ukraine was illegal and has resulted in a completely unjustifiable loss of life.

@placeholder4988 9 ай бұрын

@@KingdomOfDimensions who said it's a bad thing, you're just putting your thoughts into his comment. Being pro and side in this conflict isn't a problem of itself, the problem is that, that view can and often will be reflected in how you perceive and say things which is problematic if you believe in the idea that any person should be able to form their own opinion. The more pro or anti you are the less you will want to speak about the bad stuff of that side, you'll just form a bubble / echo chamber. You can see this in this conflict, in other discussions like US politics, Twitter drama, the whole gender issue etc.

@craigclose125 9 ай бұрын

The folks who complain about the analysis, sorry but you're missing a basic element of this channel: Strategy and Tactics. You're watching history unfold. K & G is just assessing the players on the Russian side. I would also expect something similar in assessing Ukraine. Be patient, there's probably 3 more years of warfare in Eastern Europe.

@wiktorberski9272 9 ай бұрын

Nice to watch

@adamkullai5971 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful video, one thing I noticed though is the thing about Gerhard Schröder. To my knowledge, he has retired from Rosneft.

@cassiusijeomah4239 9 ай бұрын

Well Documented Kings And Generals Is The Best On War History

@gragraw6184 9 ай бұрын

best one yet.

@orkhanmammad 9 ай бұрын

Çox maraqlıdır

@ggtt2547 9 ай бұрын

What a wealth of information. Well done! What do you mean when you say how many regions each group controls? Is it through the parachutist governors, who i assume are "their" guys?

@blacklion8208 9 ай бұрын

Be loyal to your Khan system holds Russia together, but controlling the military and "now" church holds Russia together. Corruption is rife in Russia.

@sidp5381 10 ай бұрын

Excellent as usual in regards to Ottoman History, will you guys eventually cover the Russo Turkish war of 17 68-17, 74, which resulted in the conquest of Crimea had some of the greatest generals of the Russian empire, who were involved from Alexander Suvorov to Peter Rumyantsev and of course, the biggest ottoman naval defeat in Lepanto, the battle of Chesme

@KingsandGenerals 10 ай бұрын

At some point

@CIABACKWARDYAKUZA 9 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals and Ottoman battle of djerba destory spanish navy and Ottoman destory russian navy from criemian war 1853.

@Hitacha 9 ай бұрын

Good video, very informative. A video like this on the European Union or the USA would be very interesting to see with all the interest groups laid out.

@user-sx2cv9wh8h 9 ай бұрын

Russia Is No Longer Becoming An Authoritarian Dictatorship Due To 2024 Russia's Next Presidential Elections BY 2024!

@RidgeWalletYT 9 ай бұрын

Awesome rings 😎

@liberalgoodi 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@valer119 9 ай бұрын

Oh crap he reinstated the Viceroy / ProConsul system.

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 9 ай бұрын

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

@DubyaDeeEight 9 ай бұрын

Putin boutta gather the dragon balls to wish for immortality

@Dan19870 9 ай бұрын

Lord Guru that would be a grievous misuse of their power!

@EARTH_GARONS 9 ай бұрын

Dang how ya'all make these video so fast?

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

Good team

@manuelapollo7988 10 ай бұрын

Great job as always

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

9:00 Chemezov lost a lot of influence and source of income, because Rostech stoped exporting guns to many countries because of sanctions

@johnquach8821 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting video! I'm a big fan of Speculative History Videos.

@Chadaface 9 ай бұрын

ngl this entire list sounds like a bad guy network from an assassins creed game

@garrettflicker2748 9 ай бұрын

What a fascinating episode! Great dive into the Russian power system!

@steppenwolf1872 3 ай бұрын

The best voice and Channel for history facts.

@lrs.a. 9 ай бұрын

I am wondering whether the Technokrat Faction is the actual Russian State itself - or, to be more precise, the part of the state which is not ideologized or bought by oil money (yet).

@p0xus 9 ай бұрын

So, Novatek was mispelled. In the video, it was spelled "Novatec" which is a company based out of Maryland.

@andreinicu6429 9 ай бұрын

Amazing and well-documented analysis! Great job!

@lordoflosttime 9 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a version of this for the US. It would probably be quite illuminating.

@artemchinakov9646 9 ай бұрын

@kingsandgenerals small hint on pronouncing Russian words. Whenever “o” is not stressed, it is read as “a” in Russian. Also, unlike in English, “r” at the end of the word is never silenced. Say, farmer in English may sound very much like “fama”, but it will be “fermer” with each “r” pronounced clearly in Russian. Therefore the right way to call a man who’s name is spelled like “Igor” is “Egar” (there is also a soft r at the end, which sounds somewhat like an “re” with a very short “e”, but that may be too complicated), not “Ego”.

@JonniePolyester 9 ай бұрын

Most interesting. The most in-depth study I’ve read has been Putin’s People by Catherine Belton.

@willemachternaam690 10 ай бұрын

One of the best episodes - information to be bookmarked.

@poopscoop9016 9 ай бұрын

Is there a map or a list of which of these groups controls each region?

@MM22966 9 ай бұрын

I don't think it is that clear cut, except maybe for Kadyrov.

@tonyoliver2330 9 ай бұрын

In this discussion, what would happen in the event of a civil war and dismemberment into factions and in relation to their nukes? Would they use them on themselves?

@090giver090 9 ай бұрын

Nope. The goal of powerstruggle is to gain power over resources and riches, not polluted wasteland. Also it would be completely dumb to win over your internal enemy by incenerating him in the nuclear fire only to be immediately being tuckled down by joint US/EU/China intervention.

@robertpella2389 9 ай бұрын

As soon as the live ammo is issued you get a noticiple bonding with your NCOs

@tylerchen3797 9 ай бұрын

Where does Lukashenko fits into this?

@TheSanityInspector 9 ай бұрын

This is why one-person dictatorship is so ruinous for a nation: The society's institutions wither into husks, and all politics is reduced to support for or opposition to the dictator personally. Once he's gone, there is no legitimate or smooth way of transferring authority. This is why Libya for example is still a failed state, more than a decade after the death of Col. Qaddafi.

@CMY187 9 ай бұрын

@@badofiQaddafi had to go at that point. The fault I would place at the feet of the west wasn’t getting rid of him but not having a proper plan to ensure a stable transition to a new government in Libya. Unfortunately they then made the same mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as a result they won the war but then lost the peace.

@pivomanslovensko 9 ай бұрын

@@CMY187Funny how you call the murder of hundreds of thousands of people a simple mistake.

@CMY187 9 ай бұрын

@@pivomanslovensko Yes, yes, you subscribe to the Evil-America theory. Thanks for sharing. Hell, even if it is true that the USA is an aggressive and imperialistic power that wants total global hegemony, I’d still see it as the lesser evil compared to the People’s Republic of China or the Russian Federation. And I’m saying this as a Singaporean of Chinese descent.

@Hahaha-io5ov 9 ай бұрын

Надеюсь переведёте. :D При Каддафи Ливия была страной в Африке с самой низкой инфляцией и с самым большим ВВП на душу населения. Я согласен, что он был диктатором, но при нём страна расцветала. Муаммар Каддафи был главным инициатором отказа от международных расчётах доллара и евро. Он призывал арабский мир и африканский мир в переходе единой валюте, под названием "Золотой Динар", аналог Евросоюза. Это могло стать угрозой для Штатов, а значит и для их гегемонии. И именно ПОЭТОМУ США напали на Ливию, не из-за большой любви к "всеобщей демократии", а из-за очередных опасений, что к слову, послужило началу Холодной Войны.) Соединённые Штаты ВСЕГДА действовали исходя из своих страхов, а не исходя из действий. В результате, Ливия превратилась в нищую, полностью зависимую подконтрольную страну. И так было, есть и будет, каждый раз, когда, какой-нибудь гегемон находит для себя угрозу. Сопротивления не было, ведь мы живём на правилах, Правилах капитализма. Но ты можешь дальше продолжать верить таким западным "экспертам" и "аналитикам", продолжающих твердить о злой «Русской Империи» и о том, как важно было нападать и равнять под ноль страну, не соответствующим западным канонам.

@TheSanityInspector 9 ай бұрын

@@CMY187 There's only so much civilization that the West can stomp into tribal societies like that.

@diojelangramadhan2323 9 ай бұрын

where is the next pacific theater episode :(

@user-vz4xw3og5b 9 ай бұрын

King & general will you make a video about the news tension on france vs niger, Burkina Faso, mali,

@Klash1100 9 ай бұрын

10:09 Medvedev is best buddies with Siloviki now. Also, he is Security Council's deputy chairman

@ThaStrum 9 ай бұрын

next ad from Ridge will be "heres Ridge chip, shove it in your ear and you will never have a free though"

@GeoScorpion 9 ай бұрын

This was a GREAT episode! Thank you.

@alexrocky9376 9 ай бұрын

Just letting you know, that im, as always, impressed of your job!

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@vulpoiul7538 9 ай бұрын

You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way

@MagneticDonut 9 ай бұрын

Man... modern geopolitics are fascinating

@Jhonnyoliv 10 ай бұрын

Next russian líder will come from the core state institutions, Army or FSB

@artemo.shapovaloff5577 9 ай бұрын

most likely, a sergeant of the army, rejected by the art school, now fighting here in Ukraine )

@Unknown-mz3ww 9 ай бұрын

probably....once he gets in (Aleksey Dyumin

@stumpe9662 9 ай бұрын

Speaking of Putin and rings... Putin stole Robert Kraft (owner of the New England Patriots) superbowl ring lol

@MM22966 9 ай бұрын

How? Did he let him hold it and he didn't give it back? (Surely Simpsons didn't predict this as well! (see the million-dollar bill episode))

@stumpe9662 9 ай бұрын

@MM22966 Putin asked to try it on, he does, Putin impressed goes, "you could kill someone with this..." then proceeds to leave, Kraft goes to get the ring and two bodyguards put a hand up till Putin was off the premises then allow him to leave. So yeah kind of like the simpsons

@MM22966 9 ай бұрын

@@stumpe9662 That's hilarious.

@emten1584 9 ай бұрын

Is that the iron throne in the thumbnail?

@giorgijioshvili9713 9 ай бұрын

Yes

@debater452 9 ай бұрын

Steven Seagal obliously

@KingsandGenerals 9 ай бұрын

The Hidden Master

@debater452 9 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGeneralsHe will use his hit energy drink business to make Russia the biggest economy in the world and unite everyone on the planet with his legendary SNL hosting skills. Also Russia no longer needs an army as he is more dangerous then an army. After all the real reason why Wagner gave up their coup was actually because Putin was going to send Steven his true super weapon to destroy them. He dosen't even have to get up from his chair to destroy everyone

@saurabhmatrixmaster 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@uncommon_name9337 9 ай бұрын

Im sure Putin already has someone in mind but whether said person is acceptable to powers within and outside Russia is another matter.

@Dustin_Bins 9 ай бұрын

Wasn't there reports that Putin had a child he's hidden away in one of his mansions that he is raising up to be the next dictator? Haven't heard anything more about them, so I don't know if such reports are factual.

@Dgenrias 9 ай бұрын

Dmitry Patrushev, son of Patrushev from this video and minister of agriculture.

@Dustin_Bins 9 ай бұрын

What? I don't really need a name. I was simply asking if such a person existed. Which a name would be of even less value if my question was false in understanding.

@dull4498 9 ай бұрын

I was always told that no one wants a nuclear power devolving into civil war, so not sure which Russia enemy or enemies would want that

@Aurix04 9 ай бұрын

just sat here trying to think what difference there is between "the autocrat" of russia and the french president other than the fact that the french president changes face every 5 or 10 years