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Comments by "Michael Dunham" (@michaeldunham3385) on "1420 by Daniil Orain" channel.

The guy who mentioned political repression is completely right, things really haven't changed since the days of Stalin
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This is why I get so annoyed by westerners who travel to Russia but never leave Moscow they'll claim how wonderful Russia is without actually knowing anything about the true reality
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Russia is so messed up at the moment
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@sicilianknicca_mickygreeneyes never been to Russia have you
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 @TurtleChad1 so explain why they were happy to be part of Ukraine before Putin’s illegal invasion?
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Official government policy is they're not at war
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@wenterinfaer1656 wanna bet?
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More evidence that there is no hope for Russia
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@Сигизмунд-с2й the west has elected governments that can be changed that's not the case in Russia
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 @khaartoumsings Poland is one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine
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@khaartoumsings NATO provoked? Remind me again who invaded who
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@markdalbey to be fair having an interest in politics in Russia isn't going to make a blind bit of difference to who is running the country. Many Russians don't bother voting because they know the result has already been decided
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@Erix442 it's safe to say Russia has done far worse than Poland have ever done you simply have a selective memory
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 @TurtleChad1 Russia can't even take Kyiv
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Russia open? That's hilarious
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I'm amazed you've not been arrested yet
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 @ZdeněkBělík-f5h yeah but how many countries did Moscow invade and force them into communism
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@ontheroadwithyode390 you think they actually have a choice?
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@OlgasBritishFells and yet the majority of Russians support Putin. No one is denying that there's some who don't, but this channel is showing the general attitudes, he does as in this video show those who don't support Putin
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Ukraine isn't in NATO Finland is that's the difference
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@alexbakker8785 yes but the point is he supports the idea of war without ever having experienced it
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😮Blaming NATO of course
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In fact many regions want to separate from Russia however Putin will never allow it
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You mean his war on Ukraine, don't start using the language that Putin does to avoid the truth
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It's not about the money yet Russians are being promised huge amounts of money to sign up......hmm someone ask her about that
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 tigranhakobyan2544 traitors? What do you know about Russia?
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She understands the situation, didn't know NTV had been shut down it was a popular channel but presumably Putin couldn't control it
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 @khaartoumsings only in your dreams
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 @TurtleChad1 sure whatever you say
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@RadicalTrivia you can change your government it's not an option in Russia
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 @TurtleChad1 actually they can and have, Zelensky isn't like Putin he doesn't waste the lives of his men on mad attacks
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@asynchronicity spoken by someone who hasn't actually been to Russia obviously
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 @sillygoose9070 tell me about your time in Russia
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 @santos-pink-867 and you know that because? This was supposed to last a week, its been 2 years without any significant progress by Russia
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@devansa125 sure you just keep telling yourself that while the rest of us live in the real world
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Never been to Russia have you
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@sekel420 by all means explain how the west achieved it? He turned against Putin there was only going to be one outcome
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@yellowtunes2756 Ukraine retook several towns and villages Kherson for example. Russian military products, you are joking right? This war has exposed just how bad they are along with everything else made in Russia.
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 @Erix442 got nothing to do with the channel or your comments everyone's experienced this regardless of their views
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@khaartoumsings again you're literally making it up, you're talking about a time in history when we had the Soviet Union. They'd already had NATO on the Russian border it's a lie to suggest that they invaded Ukraine because of NATO. No country on the US border would host Russian troops, Russia has very few friends
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 @terryhand have you actually been to Russia?
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 @maelstrom254 is he though?
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@mikedon5205 I don't know like I said they don't venture outside of Moscow or spend time with ordinary Russians
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@asynchronicity how can you possibly understand so little about Russia......they're never given a viable alternative plus fear of the bad times returning
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A wise man wouldn't have invaded Ukraine, so the comment is meaningless
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Is there hope for Russia?
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History doesn't show much chances of that, if anything it looking more like North Korea
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 @santos-pink-867 come back when you can spell
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@marcelbeurskens2156 actually public gatherings are tightly controlled in Russia and require permission
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Well developing weapons is a necessary evil as recent events in Ukraine have shown us so I fully support the arms industry keeping ahead of Russia. Peace between the west and Russia? Unlikely because that would be bad business for the oligarchs and to be honest the idea of democracy to Russians is appalling because they're brief experience of it was when the country was bankrupt with Yeltsin in power. I don't actually have a problem with wealthy leaders so long as that wealth is earned or even inherited, obviously Putin stole his
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@MrDino1953 exactly but he's more high profile and I think only made the one video and I don't think he even lives in Russia. Yeah his guided tour of a Russian supermarket was hilarious, what was he expecting to find? Also that shop would have been selected for him by the Russian authorities
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 @AdanSolas you really have no idea about Russia if you believe that
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@khaartoumsings do you always make up your claims? Russia doesn't get to decide NATO membership and Ukraine isn't a NATO member
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@khaartoumsings Internet myth and even if it was true NATO will not be bullied by a dictator. Putin's invasion of Ukraine had nothing to do with NATO you've obviously not very good at research
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And how many countries has Russia invaded?
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@Косово-этотерриторияСербии you mean when the UN decided to stop the Serbs committing genocide? The west attacked Russia in 390's? In what alternate universe did that happen because literally the complete opposite happened
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@ACTB and you know that because?
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And you know that because?
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@salad7776 Siberia would love to leave the Russian Federation but of course Putin will never allow it
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China is not allied with Belarus. I was surprised how many wanted to be closer to the west and those who talked about Lukashenko being a dictator.
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@Mike-mm4mx if you believe that you'll believe anything
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@Math667 the fact you haven't actually quoted anything directly makes me think this is just something that you read on the Internet maybe in a comments section like this. Unfortunately very often when an untruth is told often enough people start to believe it really is true, not that uncommon.
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@Chaldon-hl6yk you mean when the Soviet Union collapsed? Briefly there was a genuine chance of Russia becoming a democracy but then Putin came to power and ended that dream
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They're not all slavishly supporting Putin
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@omenoid you seriously believe she was banned simply because of a few errors in her application?
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Oh you seriously believe that they're teaching that part of their history in schools?
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@janhanchenmichelsen2627 actually there's many similarities between what happened then and what we're seeing now
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@mousaka878 the brink of what? And no he has no knowledge of life outside Russia, his comments are about the situation in Russia only
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@blackcountryme you really need to live somewhere like Russia and then you might understand
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@Scrat335 pure nonsense
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@istilius I must have missed that press conference, I've seen some very pro-Putin TV channels call it a war though
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@johnfsenpai well they need to have an excuse as to why they've failed to conquer Ukraine so naturally they claim they are also fighting NATO. The truth however is the Russian military is poorly trained, equipped and motivated
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Who in their right mind reads RT? Moscow Times had to leave Russia I think you can guess why
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Only idiots read RT
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@NotFound-sm9rg you can guarantee that they've not spent 5 minutes in Russia
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@Mike-mm4mx problem is many actually believe Russia has democracy so I don't think it's something to joke about, he does however appear to have a great deal of support in Russia
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They still think they have a powerful military
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@bck481 if your posts are being deleted then that's YT not me. Be more specific when talking about wrongs
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@Fastbikkel never been to Russia have you
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If you lived in a authoritarian dictatorship would you be interested in politics?
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Russian language has never been banned in Ukraine, the government just wanted all official documents in Ukrainian......exactly how is that unreasonable or oppressive?
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It's Russia once Putin has decided there's no appeal
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@antoinepetrov OK I understand the point you were trying to make now
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@jerrymctwisp6244 OK first point a couple is two things not four. Your first point is laughable be the US has a much larger population yet is a democracy. You're seriously saying poor people should be denied democracy because it will only lead to an authoritarian regime?Not necessarily, there's far poorer countries than Russia that successfully operate a democratic system. You really need to go away and learn Russian history because during the 90's after the Soviet Union collapsed it was most definitely democratic. Why do I have the feeling that you don't live somewhere like Russia but a democratic country, that's called hypocrisy
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That's the thing apart from vodka there's not really anything else. Most Russian vodka in the west is actually manufactured under license in the west
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@barrybrodin7085 again the official policy in Russia and what he would be told almost daily is that Russia isn't at war. When you say liars exactly who?
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@dweb it's doubtful it will get much coverage in Russia
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@eremstemero8823 can't argue with that, the willingness of people even outside of Russia to ignore the reality of Russia now.
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@Erix442 you're talking about things that happen centuries ago and I'm talking about living memory. Even back then people could commit unspeakable crimes, Genghis Khan or Vlad the Impaler are just two classic examples
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@ivansenin6928 You do know that Ukraine has a Jewish president and prime minister? There's no such thing as the Istanbul Agreements, but there was the Budapest Memorandum which of course Putin broke so why exactly should Ukraine trust him? There have been no negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, but by all means give a date and a place where you think that happened. How many Russian soldiers do you know? Absolutely none so don't bother trying claim to know about the Russian military. The vast majority of Russians don't understand English, English is the most widely spoken language in the world so sure there will be people in Russia who speak English.
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Because there's absolutely nothing that they can do about it
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You seriously think that they have free elections in Russia? Hilarious
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Millions have died in the occupied eastern Ukraine? Do Russians seriously believe in this Kremlin propaganda? Russians will blindly elect Putin again so more Russians will die along with the economy.
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Because he knows the consequences
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@santos-pink-867 why would I ever want to speak Portuguese? You only really need one language......English
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@maestro6458 is it a problem for to use English? What has this to with naming a child? What exactly is the problem with using Ukrainian in official Ukrainian documents?
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@johnwayne8494 obviously, what they want isn't what Putin wants
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Never been to Russia have you
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The last guy was the only one with any common sense the rest are delusional..Russia is no longer a superpower assuming it ever was. Mir by the way is Russian for world
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@northof49 I don't disagree
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@ivansenin6928 have you actually listened to any of his speeches on Ukraine? It appears you haven't. He's had to roll back on his original plans because of his incompetent military, but he didn't send all those military vehicles and troops to Kyiv for nothing.
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@johnwayne8494 quite possibly but maybe didn't understand my point
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@devansa125 why? They at least have genuine elections
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The idea with the investments was to prevent a collapse of Russia even today western leaders fear that, they don't want another Iraq
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Funny after McDonald's out of Russia they reopened the restaurants copying virtually all of the menu......Russians love western culture and food
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@salad7776 well it's not making the average Russian rich that's for sure. I think some businesses invested in Russia most of which regret it now because at the swipe of a pen Putin took them over. Corruption has also been a big problem in Russia.
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No very helpful.
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He talks a lot of sense, too many Russians have fallen for the false narrative that the west is the enemy
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Unfortunately they're constantly subjected to propaganda
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@robertplant2059 I don't think so
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@alexeyamosov664 so long as Putin is in charge I see little hope...he has a vice like grip on the country
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Antisocial??? Yeah I'd say he's got bigger issues than that
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@Сигизмунд-с2й because it's a disinformation channel that doesn't report actual news
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 @zachemny Unlikely because their voices will be silenced by the Kremlin
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At not all Russians believe in the Kremlin propaganda however this is now going to be taught to children as if it were real history
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So apparently are Russians
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@Thelostgoldhunters really..why?
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Tell me how long have you lived in Russia? Have you ever actually been there?
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@НатальяТерехова-с6х is understanding English too difficult? Putin is illegally sending conscripts to fight in Ukraine, he has to empty the prisons to replenish his loses. Oh and I know of at least one of those prisoners who went on to murder Russian civilians.
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@yellowtunes2756 no it wasn't before the mobilisation.......Russian troops are badly equipped, poorly trained and have no motivation. If Russia was so well equipped they wouldn't be relying on North Korea and Iran. The NATO equipment given to Ukraine is decades more advanced than the old Soviet junk Russia has.
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@EcoZen24 vague cryptic statements like that are entirely pointless as is your use of Russian in a comment section for a video in English.
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@EcoZen24 and there's the predictable response I always expect from sycophants who support Putin. So I'm xenophobic am because I don't sure your opinion? I lived in Russia on and off for 10 years, I friends who are Russian and I have relatives who are Russian so you know nothing about me, you support a brutal authoritarian dictatorship the question is why?
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Never been to Russia have you that's obvious
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@jimbehan478 you're talking about a handful of people when compared to the millions of Russians that have moved to the west so many in fact Finland had to close the border. These people are essentially useful idiots who I can guarantee aren't earning a typical Russian salary, another noteworthy point is it's always Moscow where these people appear, even Russians will tell you Moscow doesn't represent actual life in Russia. You've never lived in Russia like a Russian and neither have any of these people.
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@Gluosnis9 democracy for many Russians is a dirty word
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@TurtleChad1 what happened to Russia less than a week conquer of Ukraine? Oh yeah they've been forced back and will eventually be forced out of Ukraine. Tell me why you support an authoritain dictatorship?
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Can you be anymore vague
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@Soundsinthevoid After the Winter War just before WWII began I suspect Russia would be very cautious about attacking Finland
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@Soundsinthevoid but when did it become a World War? There's plenty of debate about that, some people say it began with the invasion of China by Japan or the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. You could say it didn't truly become a a world war until Pearl Harbour
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@DinHamburg been steadily getting worse over that time
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@devansa125 yawn......you think Europe is a vassal state???? The fact that Europe and the US share common values is hardly surprising both are democracies after all but don't waste my time with your nonsense claiming Europe is a slave to the US all you're is revealing your stupidity
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@sucktitles you could do absolutely nothing about it, you either live with it or leave unfortunately the leave choice isn't really an option so most Russians are resigned to the situation and really don't bother with politics in a country where election results are predetermined
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@Veeger not just in Russia
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For a dictatorship?
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That attitude is ingrained in them
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@daydays12 welcome to Russia where the laws work only for the rich
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I don't think you can ever predict what Putin will do but for now he must obey China
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The result of the election has already been decided most Russians understand this, unfortunately some still believe the kremlin propaganda
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@chocholatte4416 you mean they attacked Russian backed terrorists who seized control of parts of Eastern Ukraine....... stop watching RT
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@antoinepetrov no that's not what he said at all and if you believe Putin doesn't practice political oppression then you're either in denial or don't know Russia as well as you think. Wasn't there a team investing political repression in the Soviet Union and Russia? Remind me again who shut them down.
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@j.k.1239 low unemployment and labor shortage? And that's because at a million people fled the country and more than half a million have been conscripted. Inflation is low? Do actually know anyone in Russia or are you just quoting Kremlin statistics? Russian economy is fine according to who? Oh yeah the Kremlin
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Yeah I agree and I've seen it repeated many times regarding the Ukrainian elections but how can a country being constantly bombed be expected to be able to hold elections. Putin has altered the Russian constitution 3 times now so we're at a point where he'll probably be in power until 2036
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@Corusame just like back in the days of the Soviet Union
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@jerrymctwisp6244 really and why is that?
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@jerrymctwisp6244 why do you think Russia not being a democracy is a good thing, I'd thought the question obvious given your statement
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@jerrymctwisp6244 Moldova. And there you go cherry picking again the fact that the US formation was different is irrelevant. So you live in Russia? Well you'll have no problem explaining what life is like in Russia for a foreigner. Putin came to power just when oil prices went from $10 a barrel to around a $100 so yeah big surprise there was an improvement in the economy not because of him. Here's the thing though he's done nothing to diversify the economy so every time oil prices drop the economy suffers. He's also managed to lose Russia's most lucrative markets not to mention all foreign expertise Russia was receiving. The value of the currency is less than half of what it was before 2014 and you seriously think he's a good leader? Good leaders don't need to be dictators, they don't need to imprison, kill or ban the opposition.
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@TrevorCrook-c1s really then you'll able to explain the process of entering and exiting Russia and registration. If you'd the interview you'd be aware that he avoided certain topics/questions for fear of his safety
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@gerardovicidomini261 I think most Russians have probably figured out they're at war already, watching these interviews you can see people are genuinely fearful of the consequences of openly contradicting the government.
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Guy is an idiot, doesn't seemed to have crossed his mind that Ukrainians shoot back
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@stevemichael8458 exposure in the west but the media in Russia is tightly controlled by the kremlin so I doubt it got much coverage
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@marcelbeurskens2156 the sort of gatherings you're talking about are illegal in Russia and are brutally put down same way we saw in Belarus. Remember Russia isn't a democracy it's a brutal authoritarian dictatorship where they'll send you to prison for a decade for doing what you're suggesting
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@ACTB that's not what I asked
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@omenoid I asked a question, I didn't quote you
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@omenoid exactly I asked a question based on your comments, if you want to be sarcastic go somewhere else because I'm not interested
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@ACTB you claim she made a lot of mistakes but this is based on a kremlin statement, do you actually believe the kremlin?
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@Arivva777 there's is in theory opposition in Russian elections I think even the communists still take part but Putin won't allow the possibility of him being overshadowed
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Wouldn't be so sure
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@JuliusFawcett because democracy is considered a bad thing in Russia, currently the government has such a tight control over media and education. Many consider the 90's one of the worst periods in Russian history
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@JuliusFawcett Russians aren't English, just look at the history every time they try to escape authoritarianism things actually end up being worse
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This is a Russian channel but as for British history......the commonwealth
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No of course not
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No I don't think you are wrong even western newsgroups say Putin is still very popular but I think the war has damaged his support among many
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@richardsanders.4624 Shoigu couldn't take a leak without Putin’s permission, remember we're dealing a dictatorship
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@mousaka878 such as?
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@Fuzzybeanerizer and you know that because?
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@mousaka878 that's not what I said at all, by all means highlight where I've made such an assumption
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@mousaka878 that's not what I said, why are you deliberately trying to misquote me?
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She's accusing the west of spreading propaganda while living in a country where you can't call a war a war or criticise the government about its policies without ending up in jail?
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Depressing watching these brainwashed Russians
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 @davidfernandez9791 obviously not you
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@banta-pd8zj Vietnam was a war . We now have have a war in Ukraine started by Putin regardless of what he calls it
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@Erix442 and now Russia is paying for its crimes past and present
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@robertginsburg8113 Vietnam was politically unpopular so the US pulled out. Lost in Iraq, what are you smoking? Saddam is gone mission accomplished. Afghanistan, how on earth did you come to that conclusion?
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@robertginsburg8113 do you seriously think Saddam was going to be a good boy after he was kicked out of Kuwait? We're talking about someone who had no problems using chemical weapons on his own people. Just exactly how do you suggest we sending weapons inspectors to search that vast country? There's absolutely no comparison between Russia's invasion of Ukraine, just exactly who was Ukraine a threat to? Your comments are ridiculous to be honest, completely detached from reality.
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@thomasstephens7293 other than leaving a comment on their videos what would you suggest
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@khaartoumsings fairly sure there's no homeless people in Disneyland. You're also going to find overweight in any country and America isn't great but not the worst
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@kilovolt2494 I honestly wouldn't trust any of them to even that's a lot more than many Russians earn
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@TheMarlinspike actually it's very true unfortunately, ever since the 2012 election where there was huge protests against the rigged election Putin introduced laws making such protests impossible. Also don't forget he completely controls the media and wouldn't hesitate to ban any that opposed him
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Never lived in Russia have you
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@morrismonet3554 younger generation drink beer
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@hansjohan3150 Yeltsin inherited a bankrupt Russia so you can't compare now and then, the US along with other western nations saved Russia from total collapse by giving financial aid, investment and technology. Thanks to Putin Russia is literally going backwards towards that time
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@asynchronicity mainly because of state propaganda, am I new? You don't need to be a dictatorship to have stability. Tell me about your time in Russia
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@МихаилМихалков-е1п you understand this channel is in English for a reason? Russia can't defeat Ukraine but you seriously think we should fear Russia? Its become an international laughing stock with a completely incompetent military. China isn't an ally of Russia it owns Russia
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And?
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@Vancouverpillmuncher666 you mean those who support Putin? Or those trying to block his attempts to tackle corruption?
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 @sillygoose9070 watch the video
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What reforms? The country is going backwards
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Define an ethnic Russian
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