Comments by "1midnightfish" (@1midnightfish) on "Has Putin made any mistakes over 24 years?" video.

@firmonkey8782 What popular vote, everyone on the planet knows those "referendums" were conducted at gunpoint, and the people who had already fled the violence were not able to participate
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@mannimoneto3356 I was one of millions who took to the streets of London to protest the Afghanistan and Iraq wars at the beginning of this century... Tragically, we did not succeed. But no one shoved me into a police van simply for - loudly, repeatedly - expressing my opposition to that war (which was, incidentally, called "war" by everyone from the start). I've been doing the same recently, again with vast numbers of very loud people, to try and convince our hypocritical politicians to stop supporting Israel's genocide in Palestine. I know you can't understand this, but I find your delusional way of thinking absolutely horrifying.
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@firmonkey8782 Many of those who wanted to remain in Ukraine had fled by then... I don't imagine the separatists "authorities" facilitated postal voting. And because of the way the "referendums" were held, no one will actually ever know how many people would have voted for what in normal circumstances. I support a united Ireland and an independent Scotland, but I would never, ever want those regions to achieve independence that way. What happened in the Donbas and Crimea is indefensible.
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@vigdisrename2537 Having a good experience as a tourist has NOTHING to do with a country's living standards and respect for human rights
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@sambaron7340 Nobody's saying it's the country with the worst current living conditions
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@firmonkey8782 kremlin trolls lecturing Ukraine supporters about "evidence" would be hilarious if it weren't disgusting... Were independent observers and the international press allowed anywhere near those "referendums"? Not counting the various minions that putin has been cultivating among the far right movements of various countries. So yes, we're back to "everyone knows", because everyone does know.
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@Protokloneh No. It's not.
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@drsa5856 It's russia's invasion of Ukraine that stopped me from wishing NATO would disband... I hate everything about that organisation but at this stage in history it is definitely the lesser evil, and I understand why Eastern European countries want to join it. And why should other countries stop arming Ukraine, when Ukraine is simply defending itself from a totally unprovoked russian invasion? russia is the aggressor. Ukraine joining NATO, or even just the EU which was originally all they wanted, would have never threatened the rf's security and territorial integrity - no one would have invested the rf, because 1, other governments were happy to do business with putin & co, an 2, because it's stuffed full of nukes. The problem was that, once free from russia's grip, Ukraine would have developed into a much better, happier, more civilised country than the rf, with a higher standard of living, and putin didn't want his people to see that and start getting ideas. And that is what will happen eventually anyway, the rf will end up even poorer and more miserable than they were before they started invading Ukraine in 2014, and all this death and destruction will have been for nothing.
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@MarjolaineKrug Daniil doesn't always appear, and there's been a number of different interviewers since I first started watching two years ago... He was very visible a few months ago, and may have decided to take a step back from the limelight for a while. He still edits the videos, and the channel doesn't feel in any way different to how it's been for nearly 2 years
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@garethdesborough7960 While your English is just about average for the average internet tosser who's just excited to fling about the latest insult s/he- though you could just as easily be one several trolls who keep trying to undermine this channel by insinuating that Daniil isn't behind it anymore or is connected to the FSB, or whatever. If you were actually paying attention to his content over time, you would notice that a depressingly high number of younger people voice support for putin, and middle-aged or even elderly people who will openly criticise him are, if rare, not uncommon. Watch his other, more recent channel with whole interviews. Also, the other video uploaded by 1420 yesterday has Daniil's voiceover on an editing transition.
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@garethdesborough7960 Oh ok, thanks for confirming you are a troll rather than a garden-variety tosser. It's been nice of you to illustrate one of the trolling tactics used against this channel, for anyone who comes across these comments to learn to spot in future threads.
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