Konstantin is a lovely human being. I feel his pain at seeing his homeland descend into an abyss.

@STHFGDBY

4 ай бұрын

He speaks for the silent majority in Russia. He is totally humiliated by his country's behavior towards Ukraine and the West, and like all of us, we all yearn to see Vladimir Putin brought to justice, him and many others that shared his crimes against humanity.

@eveb.6568

4 ай бұрын

Really? He is outside ruzzia, making money off of the situation in ruzzia, NOT fighting agianst the regime that he says he opposes so much inside ruzzia. Real heros work from the inside, not in the safety of the West.

@hmmm2564

4 ай бұрын

​@@STHFGDBYlol what silent majority. Guys why are you so delusional

@Grundewalt

4 ай бұрын

He sure knows how to say things to gather sympathy for HIM and poor "good russians"..Sorry for your loss.

@hmmm2564

4 ай бұрын

@@KingM248 it doesn't matter. He told you that Putin would step down and be eliminated by the end of summer/fall 2023. But it didn't happen. Y'all stupidity and gullibility will lead to the destruction of the West

I am from Germany. Yes, German enginering companies made a fortune in Russia. Think this was one reason why the government hesitated so long sending weapons to Ukraine at the start of the war. The other reason was cheap natural gas, and about 60% of all german households depend on natural gas. My bill is now 200€ per month. So we take a high price for supporting Ukraine. But I would rather freeze to death that seeing Putin win this war.

@yzmey42113

4 ай бұрын

Your conditions are acceptable.

@ArtisZ

4 ай бұрын

200€ a month.. cute, we in the Baltics pay 200€ a month on average, since forever.

@linmal2242

4 ай бұрын

I'm not freezing; I'm in Southern Hemisphgere ! Not even in Winter !

@pawelpap9

4 ай бұрын

I live in Southern FL and pay 300$/month for AC. It sounds like your 200$ is a bargain.

@gkulaitis

4 ай бұрын

Average German net salary is 2500 euro net, in Baltics 1100-1500

The real Russian keeping it real!! Always good to watch him explain what’s really going on in Russia. Thank you @Inside Russia 🇬🇧

@hmmm2564

4 ай бұрын

Yes, he grifts to make money off of you

@john2335

4 ай бұрын

​@@hmmm2564Meanwhile, the kgb strongman never misappropriated even a kopeck from behind your rusopatriotic back, right?

@bdleo300

4 ай бұрын

He is 'real Russian' like Zelensky lol

@He-de-hi-js2yu

4 ай бұрын

@@hmmm2564 shouldn’t you be on the frontline serving your Tsar instead of trying to bring your stupid comment on here? You really do need to get a life that’s worth living instead of just existing to be patriotic to a mad man taking you all for a ride.

@john2335

4 ай бұрын

@@bdleo300 More ussian than the Udmurt puttana of yours.

What is kind of upsetting to me, is that the land that belongs to Russia has so much potential. There could be a massive tourist industry in Russia. But people are afraid to go there. The land could be farmed. Investments could be made in their infrastructure and their people. They could have freedom. They are shooting themselves in the foot over and over again.

@raraavis7782

4 ай бұрын

Yes. It's a tragedy above and beyond what's happening in Ukraine. If Russia hadn't been ruled by a bunch of cleptocratic oligarchs, ever since the fall of the USSR, it could have become an amazing country. If all that money from natural resources had been used to build infrastructure and schools and a good healthcare system and such...they might have become a country, others would have wanted to join, even. They could have formed their own successful, prosperous 'Eastern European Union'. Instead they're now involved in an unending seeming war, that eats up all their money and kills or drives away their young men, they've lost wealthy, reliable business partners and instead have to deal with countries, that are just waiting to f*** them over. You couldn't think this shit up, if you tried 😏

@2russo.phobic4u

4 ай бұрын

@@klaasvakie En jij weet wel hoe het in elkaar zit in Rusland?

@mjohns5944

4 ай бұрын

there is a massive tourist industry in Russia. The land is being farmed far more now than ever. Russia.. one of the biggest exporters of grain... and self sufficient in most other crops. The infrastructure spending is massive. Don't forget they have only had just over 20 years of growth.

@donbasscomrade200

4 ай бұрын

​@@mjohns5944and then there's tucker Carlson showing up in your subscriptions. :D

@WonderfulSpaceship-sx3nx

4 ай бұрын

@@raraavis7782 lolzlozlolz... the degree of delusional you display is unrivaled. Makes for great comic relief. Keep it up. Meanwhile ... and more importantly... as of today 1/30/24 , According to an IMF report , Russia is now the largest economy in Europe .. PPP .. Sanctions notwithstanding , has surpassed germany which along with other vassals, uk, finland, netherlands, Japan... etal are now in a recession with even bleaker prospects and Russia is not. Cue .. massive middle finger... 2023 Russia 3.5% expansion. US 2.4% . Militarily, the borscht reich nato kitted formations MUST, WILL and ARE getting dismantled irrespective of the conniptions, tantrums and hysterics emanating from the degenerates including you and your ilk. BRICS is now larger than g7.. PPP , is plus 5 with a waiting list.

Such an irony that both Napoleon and Hitler hit their blockheads against Russian winter and now Putin does it too.

@Esm_Psevdonimov

4 ай бұрын

"Such an irony that both Napoleon and Hitler hit their blockheads against Russian winter and now Putin does it too" - And now their descendants hope to defeat Russia again. The hopes of fighting with weapons have disappeared - now the hopes are that the Russians will get cold in the winter, lol.

@Kodakcompactdisc

4 ай бұрын

@@Esm_Psevdonimovya because the russian weapons are so good 😂🤣

@super-super-

4 ай бұрын

Putin is worse than Hitler.

@TheShadowOfZama

4 ай бұрын

@@Esm_Psevdonimov See this is why Russians will always remain decades behind the West. A lot of them think all their greatness comes purely from themselves. Napoleon had other foes to contend with than Russia, same with Hitler. Read up on the Crimean war about what happened when the West came knocking on Russia's doors and Russia stood alone (and also keep in mind that Russia fought on their home turf).

@AquaticAbomination

4 ай бұрын

Difference is that in WW2 it was the Soviet Union. And Ukraine was part of it. And they suffered from the war more than anyone in Soviet Union. Russia of today is much, much weaker. Still a threat, but it's no USSR

I have followed Konstantin for a long time, and he is a very special, honest and a wonderful human being. Even if he has pain in his heart for his homeland lost he always gives us an honest insight into Russia.

@AnoNymInvestor

4 ай бұрын

I think the same.

@janstageman2412

4 ай бұрын

There are many keen followers of both these guys who feel the same 👌. Two very special, highly in-depth channels and two highly informed, special people. From 🇬🇧 with ❤

@susannesamuelsson2930

4 ай бұрын

@@janstageman2412 Likewise from Sweden 🇸🇪 with ❤.

@Ukronazi

4 ай бұрын

He in nohing special. Who cares what happens to this abortion of a nation?

@dudeiplayhockey

4 ай бұрын

Ask if his heart hurts for Ukraine. He doesn't give one flying ....

Thanks Jonathan! Thanks Konstantin!

@JaquelineVanek

4 ай бұрын

what for? teh usual russian troll or what?

@blackcountrylad464

4 ай бұрын

​@@JaquelineVanek😂😂 Yes, okay Ivan!

@imaginemetoo

4 ай бұрын

@@blackcountrylad464 🇺🇦🔱💙💛✌🏻

@blackcountrylad464

4 ай бұрын

@@imaginemetoo 🇬🇧🇺🇦💛💙✌️🔱

Always good to hear from Konstantin❤

Excellent guest as always, it's good to be reminded that not every Russian is a mindless Orc and that all hope isn't lost that one day men like Konstantin will be the future.

@frankhernandez6883

4 ай бұрын

*well said*

@johngillespie9459

4 ай бұрын

NATO is not a threat to Russia, only to the kleptocrats who run it. Unlike the Warsaw Pact, we didn’t force the countries of Eastern Europe to join. They wanted to join, out of fear of Russia and its leadership’s imperialistic ambitions. What went on in Chechnya, Georgia and now Ukraine have only confirmed these fears.

@johngillespie9459

4 ай бұрын

NATO is not a threat to Russia, only to the kleptocrats who run it. Unlike the Warsaw Pact, we didn’t force the countries of Eastern Europe to join. They wanted to join, out of fear of Russia and its leadership’s imperialistic ambitions. What went on in Chechnya, Georgia and now Ukraine have only confirmed these fears.

@johngillespie9459

4 ай бұрын

Oops, double clicked.

@dennisluz6453

4 ай бұрын

An update: if Duntsova is disqualified how are the changes of another candidate in Boris Nadedzhdin?

Thank you Jonathan for your very interesting interviews and your intellingent comments on the war. Also thank you for having Constantin on your show. I follow and enjoy all his videos.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@WonderfulSpaceship-sx3nx

4 ай бұрын

Lolzlozlolz.... they're still mourning from Uzbek kitchens..

@JaquelineVanek

4 ай бұрын

@@SiliconCurtain why do you keep promoting the russian toll?

@tangodaze

4 ай бұрын

@@JaquelineVanek projection.

Just love Constantine thank you for all the information. ❤❤

This and Inside Russia, both great channels.

@brianwoods9552

4 ай бұрын

Well said from a fellow "usual suspect"

Love seeing you two together- Thankyou both for all your hard work to keep it real!!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦🙏

I'm a huge fan of Konstantin. I listen to his streams daily, over the past two years. Very inteligent person that gives us accurate information from inside Russia. Great human being. Hugs

Subscribed to both channels and enjoy your content from Canada 🇨🇦. Thanks

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

I like Konstantin, he is a very insightful individual who gives us a perspective of a society that we would not get otherwise.

@customfantasyhotwheels

4 ай бұрын

REAL TALK, though: CONstantin makes mad money off of the blood of the innocent by identifying as "pro-Ukraine". He never donates 1 cent to those suffering and dying in Ukraine. Rather, he takes expensive vacations to Dubai, dresses himself in fancy Hugo Boss attire, and lives a luxurious lifestyle. This man is fooling his s****d American and western Ukraine supporters 😂 He is a russian grifter and a dang good one at that🤑

@docinparadise

4 ай бұрын

There are dozens (at least) of Russians talking in English about what is really going on in Russia. All but one were anti war from the very beginning of the invasion. One was on the fence for almost 2 years….enough to make a fortune on KZread but not enough to go out a high window…or even to get questioned by the FSB🤔 Mobilization made him leave. The end of the main mobilization took him back. KZread fame I guess let him live large abroad.

@chezmoi42

4 ай бұрын

@@docinparadise Who is this KZreadr who left Russia and then returned? I haven't heard of him.

Btw, Finland also has central heating in for example Helsinki, and it's extremely reliable, cheap and effective. I've had it in every apartment I've had. Here it's a great system that Just Works without people ever needing to think about it. Russia has problems with central heating because it's Russia, not because it's central heating.

@AtriadGamasekav

4 ай бұрын

Do you mind me asking few questions? How cold can it normally gets in Finland in the winter and how long is the cold season when people need to turn on their heaters? And what are cold period fuel bill for regular apartment like two/tree bedroom apartment? Also how often are there individual heating systems instead of central heating system?

@ristoravela652

4 ай бұрын

@@AtriadGamasekav With central heating, you don't pay for heating separately. The owner of the apartment pays a monthly lump sum that covers their share of not just heating but all the various utilities/maintenance needed for the upkeep of the whole house, but that number is also a fixed monthly number, it doesn't change seasonally. Your share is defined by the size of your apartment, and the "heating costs" are spread out equally over the whole year, so you pay the same amount all year round. (If the owner rents the apartment out, then obviously that gets added to the rent.) I could tell you how much it is for my apartment now, but it wouldn't be very useful because there's special circumstances which make it not a comparable number... And generally I think most people don't think about how much the heating costs, unless they're more actively involved in the upkeep of the house. (You can always ask if your curious.) Heating is not really something you need to think about at all here, if you have central heating. We don't "turn the heat on". There's always heat when you need it. You can notice a bit of variety at times, so I think there's something done seasonally... somewhere, but I'm not even sure where. "Turning the heat on" (or off) is something I have literally never thought about in my life. There's heat. It always works, you never really think about it. It's great.

@b.r.c9156

4 ай бұрын

It seems to be a maintenance problem

Thanks for doing the work on both channels, Inside Russia & Silicon Curtain! Never miss an episode.

Thank you Jonathan and Konstantin ❤

Go Ukraine Go, May God be with them (all Ukrainians) in their fight for FREEDOM

@carolwilliams8511

4 ай бұрын

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦

@veikkonurmiranta624

4 ай бұрын

They are fighting for Russian freedom,too..,only,many russians do not realize this...

A talk of two Titans 💪 love it ❤️

It's absolutely amazing how much shit from the government that former Soviets will take before they freak out and take to the streets. I observed this as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan from 1997-1999. The pain and lack of comfort and lack of everything - these people have an ability to suffer that we jokingly refer to as resilience in the U.S. What these people go through is BEYOND resilience. It's practically SAINTLY.

@nicholasflynn5376

4 ай бұрын

Many years ago I worked on distance water trawlers with a large number of Russian crew and I never found any of them to be happy until they found something to be unhappy about, a more nihilistic and negative people I have ever yet to encounter.

My great grandfather, Theodore Kovalsky escaped Russia in the 1880s thank God I wish you all the best and normal people of Russia and down with tyrants

Good to know Konstantin’s perspective. I have been following him on “Inside Russia” KZread channel since before Russia invaded Ukraine.👍

District heating in itself is not a problem. In fact, when used as part of combined heat and power generation (CHP), it is very efficient and widely used throughout continental Europe. Of course, the infrastructure needs to be properly designed and maintained, and this is not the case in Russia for many things, not just district heating. Otherwise, I like your guest. He has proven time and time again to be overly optimistic, but optimism is in great demand in these gloomy days.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@bdleo300

4 ай бұрын

DeIusional bs. More people died in the US this winter.

@murphy7801

4 ай бұрын

I mean from my understanding district heating is fine. But it was mostly built by the USSR? And shows it age

@michaelwaldmeier1601

4 ай бұрын

Did anyone considered a decentralized system: rows of houses instead of Khrushchev ghetto high-rise apartments with gas furnaces for each house? Oh wait, the Soviet Union chose socialism instead of capitalism with laws limiting abuses.

@DonnaCsuti-ji2dd

4 ай бұрын

I hope and pray Russia will come to an agreement and change the government

Konstantin, I've followed you since you started ...I saw you responding as an empath and creating groups that can help each other which is admirable ...

Can’t wait to watch Jonathan - I’m a big fan and supporter of Konstantin ❤️🇺🇸 Thanks so much for your fantastic channel as well!

I think the only way to stop this war is within Russia the people need to rise up and demand an end into this mindless war. Thank you both for all your hard work and effort, getting the truth out is so important. More people need to hear your message.👍🏻

Is this why Russia is shutting off the internet so that small towns cannot give updates about what is happening and what is breaking

@SumKnight-iw4rw

4 ай бұрын

I read Russia does not let it’s citizens watch anything about the war in Ukraine.

There is a town in Siberia where the heating failed and all the pipework froze and burst to the point where it was not reparable and the town had to be abandoned and stands there today like a ghost town.

@Clapperofcheeks5000

4 ай бұрын

You’ve got to respect people that work in that temperature s though

@ellebee6712

4 ай бұрын

The drivers came upon it on ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Roads’ where they were told the story.

Jonathan, great interview. Every show I watch I'm simply awed by the way you ask highly intelligent questions in very easily understandable ways that frames the issue so well that allows the person you are interviewing to complete a perfect analysis of very complex issues and making them simple. That's an incredible skill as you make it seem so easy and casual when I can appreciate the amount of research and rational thought you put into creating your questions. Metaphorically akin to framing questions like windows in the wall of my barn allowing your listeners to see outside their walls of not knowing (ignorance) about issues and often cultural complexities usually distant from the ordinary citizen in far away places. You should be teaching your method, as there are so few people who have reached your level. they could improve on their mastery of journalism. I learn so much from your interviews. Being an old farmer caring for sheep and goats I appreciate the intellectual stimulus your program provides me. Cheers mate just to show I'm Australian. Gotta go, bloody Billy the goat is dancing on my bloody Benz.

@tangodaze

4 ай бұрын

Wonderfully said. 👍👍

Great program very informative victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

As a land use planner that worked in the public and private land development, the shorting of support infrastructure happened here (still does in some states). Getting something approved by bribe or influence are rare and often caught. Since bribes are expected and worked into the budget, the developers in Russia use the utility infrastructre budget to be sure their approvals happen. I was working for a major US engineering firm when St Petersburg council asked to have the international airport redesigned and then rebuilt. Great contract, right? The PLANNED (in writing) bribes ended up being 50% of the overall cost. Millions. The US company walked away and ate the preliminary study costs.,

@thor9563

4 ай бұрын

A very very good example that shows a slice of reality in Russia's economy - state sponsored corruption! 40 years ago when the Soviet Union collapsed the men who were intermediate leaders in society needed to grab hold of the remnants, consult with democratic sponsors and draft a civilized document that would spell out how future budgets and projects would be executed. Beneath the rubble of the collapsed Soviet were the seeds of despotism that actually were protected, nurtured and thrived into the worse regime that we see today under this 1.5m Freddie Kruger in the Kremlin!

@docinparadise

4 ай бұрын

GOOD!

@russiandrivers9986

4 ай бұрын

It's a great time not to be in Russia

Slava Ukraini! good job

@robderich8533

4 ай бұрын

Heroyam Slava!

@bdleo300

4 ай бұрын

Slava Hunter Biden!

@imaginemetoo

4 ай бұрын

@@bdleo300 SLAVA SBU 🔱🇺🇦 SLAVA AFU🔱🇺🇦 🤪

@fordwrc2006

4 ай бұрын

Slava Rossiya 🇷🇺

@imaginemetoo

4 ай бұрын

@@fordwrc2006 💤🚽🚬🕳️🌻🌻🌻 🇺🇦🔱💪🏻✌🏻

A fan of you both, I truly enjoy my time with the two of you together ! Thank you for your time !

I could have listened to this all day.

Konstantin Samoilov is very knowledgeable and interesting, and has a wonderful sense of humor, with sarcasm and love for his fellow human beings 💯 I have learned so much about life inside Russia, from way back when they were still USSR, Soviet , what have you, up.until the most recent Crszy News from Russia, which I enjoy very much indeed 😁👍👍👍👍

Well done. Konstantin is the best source for what is happening in Russia

I would love to see Jake Bro join the conversation, with both of you, in the future. Thanks for another great show Jonathan and K.

In Sweden, all cities have central heating, even single-family houses like mine. But, I also have a stove and an air source heat pump.

How wonderful to hear 2 intelligent people have a civilised discussion. What a change, and what a relief from all the angry spiteful so called news I hear from America I follow both of you and really appreciate your videos We now know civilization can be found in Oxford and Tashkent , but definitely not in US (sorry)

Another excellent interview With Konstantin thanks both.

Thank Jonathan and Konstantin.

Great insight Jonathan and Konstantin, many thanks for all your hard work.

We have the same (but very efficient) heating systems in cities in Denmark, but with valves on the radiators that automatically adjust to a certain room temperature for instance 21 C

@Muchoyo

4 ай бұрын

@eisenstahlbrenner the same thing goes for Norway. Haraldrud varmesentral in Oslo comes to mind. An apartment I myself own is connected to it. Very reliable and efficient. But then again it is not run and maintained by Ruzzians.

From UK here, new to this channel but a long time dub to Konstantin's channel, he has a very 'British' dry whit!

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@markb8468

4 ай бұрын

His questions to guests that do the Ukraine war circuits are excellent and unique, even if you're familiar with the guest. Highly recommended!

@carolwilliams8511

4 ай бұрын

​@@markb8468Agree. Great channel 😊

The domestic infrastructure that Constantin is talking about here, has been affected by Ukraine, although not directly in my opinion. The result of the war has been to reduce the ability of Russia to maintain domestic situation, as the availability of trained staff reduces, as well as the money being spent elsewhere.

@JohnSmith-zn5nw

4 ай бұрын

The boiler repair men and similar government workers were among the first to be conscripted. No maintenance since the first conscription.

@milantrcka121

4 ай бұрын

Infrastructure was not affected by Ukraine, it was affected by the insane Putin's aggression in Ukraine. Otherwise all would have been a whole lot better.

@docinparadise

4 ай бұрын

@@milantrcka121exactly. A million men would be alive and whole. There would be no sanctions or national embarrassment. The paper tiger would still be thought to be the #2 in the world instead of #2 in Ukraine. Edit: I forgot to mention the million people who left Russia to avoid mobilization (the best and brightest young Russians) and the million (or so) women and children who fled Ukraine to stay alive and are still refugees all over the world.

@renataallen9688

4 ай бұрын

​@@docinparadise...#2 in Ukraine..😂😂

Centeal heating like this is widespread in Denmark also, but very efficient and we have thermostats, intelligent control in every house. Also my local plant switched from gas to biomass (wood and straw from agriculture) and solar. So in principle its 100% CO2-neutral.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

That’s fascinating- so this system can be built to work.

@TheFeldhamster

4 ай бұрын

​@@SiliconCurtainthis is actually not an uncommon system in continental Europe. The correct name is actually district heating, central heating is when you have one big, say, oil burner for one big apartment block or a skyscraper. District heating heats many houses / apartment blocks. In Europe it's typically coupled with a waste incineration facility so the heat used to burn the trash doesn't go to waste but instead heats lots of homes. Super efficient! And way less pollution because filters at big facilities are 10x better than on small oil or gas burners like those used in homes. Austria has that as well, about 50% of the households in Vienna get their heat and warm water with this system. Fernwärme Wien (the district heating company) made some changes in 2022 so they could use oil instead of gas to incinerate the trash. Because it's easier to buy oil on the global market than gas. Austria has no seaports where we could have quickly set up LNG terminals like Germany did. We had to try and drive down our gas usage as best we could.

@TheFeldhamster

4 ай бұрын

Oh and of course we have thermostats and can regulate the heat even with district heating. I could turn on the heat in the middle of summer if I wanted as well. If done right and maintained well, district heating is a great system! As far as I know, these systems are actually on the rise in many European cities.

@madstrsleff2958

4 ай бұрын

I agree, district heating is a better word. The direct translation from the danish term "fjernvarme" would be "remote heating" which sounds a bit funny I suppose 😊 but yes, with well insulated houses, and pipes 8 feet in the ground it is extremely reliable. And the provider is a Coop, basically a nonprofit owned by consumers, so cheaper than most other options.

@igorvuk4454

4 ай бұрын

​@@SiliconCurtain same in Croatia, we have our thermostats, and its cheap and efficent

Thanks for the update and views Slava to the Warriors and Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇲 Great podcast and your guests is Great

Thank you both for an informative stream!

Thank you Johnathan you are fabulous ✌🏻🇬🇧 Thank you Konstantin Thank you for your integrity 🇬🇧😊

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@billyjohn9192

4 ай бұрын

It sounds like they hired a guy with a Russian accent to put Russia down. He claims the people responsible for alot of this got sent to Ukraine. But Russia isn't forcibly conscription soldiers like Ukraine is. Also, Russia now has the best economy in Europe.

@imaginemetoo

4 ай бұрын

@@billyjohn9192 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Is that you Ivan? stronK wodka again? 😃🤣🤣

@billyjohn9192

4 ай бұрын

@imaginemetoo Just trying to point out some FACTS, something you won't find watching MSNBC. BTW, Putin is ten times the leader that we have.

Again, wonderful, informative, insightful dialogue. I look forward to them. Thank you both.

It seems Winter has turned from Russia's best ally to its worst enemy.

Just a note on central heating: If it is properly maintained and distances are not too big it is more efficient than distributed heating. A single large boiler can be run more efficiently than lots of small ones especially if waste heat from other industries or geothermal can be used. This approach is used in many countries not only Russia (Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Germany, to name a few)

@rabiatorthegreat6163

4 ай бұрын

Waste heat is preferred, that is where the best overall efficiency improvements come from. Thermal power plants are good waste heat sources. Or continuously running internal combustion engines.

I love this guy Constantine he’s a really great honest caring guys his thoughts and heart is in the right place which is uncommon for a Russian. I 💯 % recommend people to check his channel he talks suck sense on the way Russia acts

Elections. Stage one is nomination. Stage 2 is jail. Stage 3 is Putin being announced as the winner. Stage 4 is the voting. 🤣

@nothanks9503

4 ай бұрын

Stage 5 removal of Putin

@minitea4315

3 ай бұрын

Sadly we now know what is stage 5

@nothanks9503

3 ай бұрын

@@minitea4315 stage 6 return of Putin

Thoroughly enjoy tuning into Inside Ruzzia - the same when Konstantin Samoilov is on here. Thank you for keeping this feature going.

Thanks for the analysis Konstantin and Jonathan!! 🕊

Awesome interview ! It’s always good to see you both ! Thanks 🙏🏼

I was living and working in Russia. OMG, i n e v e r I saw so many rotten structures, with replacement of spare parts repaired things, electrical installations from 1938 in "original condition," water installations from before World War II, buses through whose floor you could see the road, stairs that no longer contained concrete, so you had to walk on the reinforcement steel... OMG, I never saw such a rotten country. But much worse were the cold, frustrated, disilusioned people who radiated no warmth, no compassion. Nobody wants to live in Russia, not even the Russians.... and I can understand anyone digging a personal tunnel out of this crap

What a great informative conversation between two intelligent observers of the current situation in Russia.

Hello Jonathan 👋 A terrific update and one that I look forward to monthly. Konstantin brings the inside edge and knowledge that many are not privvy to. Keep up the great work 👍 Slava Ukraini 🇬🇧🇺🇦💛💙

Good show. Konstantin is right on the mark about whats going on.

Fascinating! Thank you!

Konstatin! Hi there! Love your show, even got my husband watching! Did you learn English since you were a kid in Russia? Your English is amazing!

@chezmoi42

4 ай бұрын

He has said that he lived for nine years in the US; I think he attended college while he was there, too.

Konstantine is one of us. One of the good guys. He's Russian by birth but he's Western in every other way. I have learned so much from him over the past 2 years and also from you. Two great channels coming together for intelligent conversation. It's great. It's how the world should work. I blame the utter banality and under performing intellect of many of our collective elected representatives for what's going on. They are not of a calibre to be able to make the right decisions for the world.

@dht084

4 ай бұрын

You've been brainwashed

@fordwrc2006

4 ай бұрын

@@dht084exactly, screw the west - Slava Rossiya 🇷🇺

Konstantin is awesome! So glad you interviewed him.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

Konstantin is the fountain of truth. Please give us more.

Great show lads, very tough in the bitter cold for the people to endure

Excellent report thanks. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦

Thank you both!

I love to listen to both of you!! - so thanks Jonathan and Konstantin, you are great guys!!!

Fascinating. Good luck, Konstantin, you are a brave man.

Konstantin is excellent!,

I live in South Africa. We have gone down the same slippery slope. Corruption, State Capture has brought us to our knees. Many similarities.

I see the same as in Nazi Germany, after 4-5 years Russia is like Germany bankrupt. And also with qualified personel. I wish all people read the gulag archipelo in Russia. Perhaps then thinks wouldnt have become so bad. And it will get worse.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

They should read Shalamov too - even tougher reading.

Terrific interview, Konstantin is very knowledgeable and has done a great job introducing to us the r e a l situation in Russia. Well done!!

Thank you both. Fascinating content. 💮

Really enjoyed this conversation. Thanks guys!

The term "district" heating is sometimes used to distinguish heating that serves many houses in an area from 'central heating' which also applies to just one house.

the fun bit is no one else knows this so its fun to troll russians about it

Always a pleasure to hear Konstantin

Thank you for this interview and all the other. Always quality!

Just saw videos of russians buying damaged apartments in mariupol as investments. These are apartments with families' personal belongings still there.

Thank You so much! I like Your streams very well, because as a common German I understand Your clear language, its easy and intelligent, and I appreciate it very much! People needs education, so go ahead, and I mean both!

Great conversation. Very insightful…

Thank-you Konstantin and Jonathan, once again.

The people who normally care about heating in russia are currently in another land, some of them stay there forever.

@carolwilliams8511

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Very likely.

Thank you for this intresting talk with Constantin. He is a good man.

What a fantastic conversation! Thanks to both of you.

@SiliconCurtain

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Just for the record: Communal / district heating is not inherently inefficient, in fact it can be more efficient since it can utilise waste heat from electricity generation and industrial processes - however the Soviet implementation of the system was very suboptimal. As always a great discussion between Jonathan and Konstantin.

Mr. Fink wonders why Russia doesn't seem to be devoting the same destructive attention to Ukrainian infrastructure this winter, as it did last one. The Russians likely perceive this approach has reached the point of diminishing returns of such strikes, because of greater Ukrainian resilience and preparedness (as noted), but also improving Ukrainian air defense. And there might be yet another reason. Perhaps the Kremlin realizes that Russia's own central heating plants and power stations would be a fairly soft target for Ukrainian saboteurs and long-range drones, if they were provoked into that sort of strategy.

Did not russian propaganda said last winter that in Europe the people will have no heating becouce we dont buy russian gas and oil. and now one year later in russia manny peple are having a hard time to heat there houses???

@hmmm2564

4 ай бұрын

Based on your media

@thomasflenegan-wm9ef

4 ай бұрын

hi troll 🤡, it's based on reports of reliable personal contacts, I love that funny propaganda clip about europe and squirrels, freezing and poverty. You can count on two facts, ruzzian propaganda - due to,the lack of intelligence - just mirrors domestic russian issues and russian misbehavior, and russians in their misery tend to be delusional about their own state.

@klaasvakie

4 ай бұрын

​@@thomasflenegan-wm9efclueless ,🤡🇷🇺🥃

@ralfgartner7549

4 ай бұрын

@@hmmm2564 true that!! May i find the sorccec again. But ist netter Not to beliveb everyting.

@Clapperofcheeks5000

4 ай бұрын

Well there is that advert in Russia where people in the west are eating hamsters because they turned their back on Putin

There is nothing better than hearing a voice of wisdom!

Brilliant interview, very informative👍 Thanks to you both, I am looking forward to your next chat. From 🇬🇧 with ❤

Thank you Jonathan for having Konstantin on. Too bad all the Russian people didn't think like him. Must be hard for him to see what Russia has become.

@user-fj4uw7mz5n

4 ай бұрын

У нас все прекрасно, жили и жить будем, беспокойтесь о себе

@antonyslaughter

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@user-fj4uw7mz5n not everyone is so retarded that they can’t care about others and themselves

I do not think St Petersburg deserves it’s name quite yet. Let us call it what they named it themselves. LENINGRAD. And not because Lenin, but because they hate it.

@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT

4 ай бұрын

And due to its location within Leningrad oblast, you are technically correct (the best kind!).

@peterasp955

4 ай бұрын

@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT Of course, but We always however Wherever ever we were, There were always Whares, where there there where worries.

@peterasp955

4 ай бұрын

@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT Hello Leningrad! How ya doin today? Get ready for another amazing Putin election! I can’t wait.

Great interview, Thank you both

Konstantin is doing us a great service giving news about Inside Russia!! Thanks for this video Jonathan. The great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova decided to stay in Russia and document the atrocities in the 1920s-1940s. As a preface to her poem Requiem, she writes, ''During the frightening years of the Yezhov terror, I spent seventeen months waiting in prison queues in Leningrad. One day, somehow, someone 'picked me out'. On that occasion there was a woman standing behind me, her lips blue with cold, who, of course, had never in her life heard my name. Jolted out of the torpor characteristic of all of us, she said into my ear (everyone whispered there) - 'Could one ever describe this?' And I answered - 'I can.' It was then that something like a smile slid across what had previously been just a face." Once again I think, Russians are speaking in whispers...

I look forward to your monthly chats with K. Thanks Jonathan and Konstantin!