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@MJ-27

2 жыл бұрын

Now make a video about American oligarchs. American oligarchs make the Russian oligarchs looks like ants

@saadabbas8976

2 жыл бұрын

The Other Pro-Israel Lobby: The Mearsheimer and Walt Controversy and the Rise of J Street By Maya Spitzer

@janjordy

2 жыл бұрын

you talking about siloviki at the start and showing slovenian president who we mockingly call barbie is kinda ironic.

@saadabbas8976

2 жыл бұрын

That ‘Israel Lobby’ Controversy? History Has Proved Us Right By Stephen M. Walt

@hzgl

2 жыл бұрын

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The part where Putin dragged the Siloviki onto TV makes sense now. It's similar to when Saddam made Ba'ath Party loyalists help him carry out a purge live on TV.... tying their fate to his.

@joseffrolik8799

2 жыл бұрын

If I go down, you're going with me. - Putin to Siloviki

@specialnewb9821

2 жыл бұрын

Watching him humiliate Naryshkin at that meeting is cringe and terrifying in equal measure.

@jankopransky2551

2 жыл бұрын

That's actually one of the best comparisons of current happenings to a historical event so far.

@MrPhilTakken

2 жыл бұрын

Saddam would be the preferred power to whatever is going on in Iraq now. The devil we know.

@RobBCactive

2 жыл бұрын

@Larry Bimak secular Saddam invaded another Arab country .. only then suddenly discovered religion in face of the coalition, but 80% of Iraq is Shia, not his Sunni

Actually, in Russian - “Siloviki” means “enforcers”. The true meaning behind it are the people who come from the security services such as FSB. It used to mean the law enforcer but now the “law” has been dropped and just “enforcer” remained to signify the only characteristics they possess.

@nouveauprofil

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The entire Russian apparatus is made of thugs and bullies. They exclusively use and understand brutality. To them, what Ukraine is doing is a concept entirely alien. And do you break bullies? You show everyone else that beyond the veil of appearance, they are *weak*. They have no talents, no skills, they're completely disconnected from the world. It shows that they are, after all, humans... and humans bleed and die too. Also, put sufficient pressure and tension on a pack of orcs, and they will eventually start tearing themselves apart out of paranoia, uncontrollable anger and fear.

@phlezktravels

2 жыл бұрын

Bitcoin, yeah!

@anti-emo4721

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares! They are a bunch of criminals, that's what that means!

@jivkotodorov84

2 жыл бұрын

Vals Foppel - security services and military + military industrial complex (last are part of russian industrial capital too)

@ua-trinnua

2 жыл бұрын

yes thats like military junta but not from army.

"Shoigu's health may be tied to what happens in Ukraine." This is gold

@volcryndarkstar3283

2 жыл бұрын

Subtley advocating an assassination. I respect it and hope someone is willing to try.

@mooncake387

2 жыл бұрын

lol he has to win or else

@baarbacoa

2 жыл бұрын

I think he's alluding to Shougu's recent heart attack, which has been described as being from "unnatural causes."

@georgew2014

2 жыл бұрын

@@baarbacoa I'd think that as a siloviki, Shoigu would have an antidote, I mean "heart medicine," available.

@baarbacoa

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgew2014 I suspect the antidote Putin will provide might be made from lead

Now I understand that weird press conference where Putin had his advisors sit in a circle and explain to him why they should go to war against Ukraine: It ensured none of them could plausibly deny supporting the war if things went badly.

@DoNaLd_TrAmP27

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is the freest country in the world. I live in Russia. The question is which country has the highest number of prisoners??? In the ratio of prisoners and free citizens, this country has long overtaken the USSR, China, and Nazi Germany. This is the country of the USA... The USA has the most prisons and the most people behind bars. That's a coincidence??? I don't think. And you are trying to teach us "freedom"??? Funny. )))) I live in Russia and I know that we have much more freedom than in the West.

@debilman9065

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoNaLd_TrAmP27 then how about you go your local grocery store, piss in a milk bottle and see how much Putins government values your freedom 😉

@Crackhonos

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoNaLd_TrAmP27 Please do show us an example where you have more freedom, thank you

@aplsin

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoNaLd_TrAmP27 How much taxes does the regular guy pay in Russia?

@karriim00

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoNaLd_TrAmP27 hows the special operation thing going? To you have the balls to call it a war?

One small note: «Силовики» doesn't literally mean “the powerful”. It means ~ «люди из *силовых структур*» or “people from the police/military/intelligence structures”.

@magos2610

2 жыл бұрын

Law enforcement agencies or units

@Rtyuvcf

2 жыл бұрын

The enforcers

@larsstougaard7097

2 жыл бұрын

They don't take yes for an answer 💰

@lachdananx7686

2 жыл бұрын

Call it Staatsschutz or short it to SS.

@KinslayerOfDoom

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, that's why this whole article is a bunch of misunderstanding, for example at 4:55: while people like Lavrov, Rogozin and Ivanov are important members of the ruling elite, they don't have armed men behind their backs. And although Kadyrov has some, he's a local potentate without force leverage (i.e. troops) in Moscow.

This video feels like the prologue cutscene in a spy assassin kind of game

@anrai287

2 жыл бұрын

Hitman

@bayraktarx1386

2 жыл бұрын

Final boss Putler.

@adude8424

2 жыл бұрын

literally every call of duty game ever :

@user-mk5vj5bf3j

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought, ghost recon or hitman maybe

@evolassunglasses4673

2 жыл бұрын

The NeoCons/ Victoria Nuland should never ever of backed the coup against the ELECTED government of Ukraine 8 years ago that started this nightmare off. please watch the documentary up on Rumble called UKRAINE ON FIRE

"Siloviki" does not mean "the powerful". It means "related to hard power agencies", i.e. army, police, "security" services, intelligence, etc. More like "enforcers".

@davidfitzpatrick4041

2 жыл бұрын

yes. And the Red Mafia is one of the more important components of this structure.

@Rye_

2 жыл бұрын

Really bizarre seeing these replies. Siloviki, when used in the context of this video, is a completely accurate term to use to describe the powerful + corrupt figures in Russia. Siloviki can refer to different power structures in different contexts, it's not that hard of a concept to understand. Amusing that the Russian trolls are holding on to this point and using it to cry "Propaganda!". I know, the complexity of language is hard to understand for orcs.

As somebody who is following the conflict closely, but has almost no knowledge of Russian politics, this was good content. However, a MASSIVE thank you to the **commenters** who provided some important clarifications.

@pittsburghmcconnell

2 жыл бұрын

Right

@alquinn8576

2 жыл бұрын

you should also read some of Kamil Galeev's stuff (too bad it's on twatter). KG is a little over the top and biased but really good at explaining the Russian psyche that led up to the war

@Spanish_Patriot

2 жыл бұрын

@@alquinn8576 He's the only analyst who predicted Russia would not win in Ukraine. I've been following him ever since.

@doncajas6511

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spanish_Patriot he was misled like many others. It’s now becoming clear that Russia will win.

@egregius9314

2 жыл бұрын

@@alquinn8576 I second Kamil Galeev (third?). He is very biased, but also very insightful.

"Shoigu does not come from a defence or intelligence background. As Defence Minister he is responsible for modernising the Russian military." -- well that explains a lot.

@thedausthed

2 жыл бұрын

He is too busy with his wood fetish. Spent all the militaries budget on rare wood dildos.

@alihasanabdullah7586

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I was thinking the exact same thing

@folou9199

2 жыл бұрын

Which is even funnier when you remember we have the draft, so anyone with an able body should have at least a rank of Private and a year of experience.

@amalgama2000

2 жыл бұрын

For the democracies it's a good practice MoD to be civilians, but for the authoritarian countries is a nonsense

@CakePrincessCelestia

2 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Germany, where Ursula von der Leyen, often called "Flintenuschi" was Minister of Defence from 2013-2019, before she became President of the European Commission. Prior to that she'd been Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2009-2013), Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2005-2009) and Minister of Social Affairs, Women and Families and Health of Lower Saxony (2003-2005). Quite a stretch :)

"Siloviki" can be translated as (law)"enforcers". "Siloviye organy" - "Institutions of force " - russian term for all law enforcement agencies.

@dzengrinder

2 жыл бұрын

Also, you have to understand, that "Siloviki" is not a monolithic structure. The military, FSB, Fsin(prison-running structure), Rosgvardia and the Police are very different in terms of their interests and the amount of influence they have. Not even to mention, that putin made it so, that they have to compete for both influence and finanaces.

@legion999

2 жыл бұрын

@@dzengrinder The competition isnt even putin's idea, it's a standard soviet set-up

@AndrewSienx

2 жыл бұрын

It's an old generic term for this part of USSR/Russia administration - not some mafia or even party fraction.

@dzengrinder

2 жыл бұрын

@@legion999 Soviet structures didn't have competition post-stalin, they had party infrustructure integrated into them, which was overseeing them for the most part. What I'm trying to say is - special services were controlled more in the post-stalin era, now it's just an ongoing struggle for power, money and influence over the security council.

@BazzBrother

2 жыл бұрын

If people abroad asked someone from Europe to define a Lobbyist, the answer they'd give is "someone who beseeches the government on behalf of a group" if you ask an American, its "someone who owns the government" technical terminology does not reflect the reality on the ground

I wish this became a series, delving into the most influential and powerful people of policy making within a country.

@HeinRichKocHPretoria

2 жыл бұрын

Suicidal.

@blakebrown534

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, they do geopolitics as a whole. Most of us are interested in this because it's so different to typical democratic norms. Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery within an enigma, and so learning more about it is interesting.

@bringinthedope5929

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakebrown534 that's a good breakdown. Its definitely a mystery to me an a big reason I tune in

@Vysair

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakebrown534 the US should be more bizarre since it's far more complex

@ezemoses4698

2 жыл бұрын

Start from USA, since they have more bloodshed than any other country in the world.

Very clever. He made all his keys to power agree to the war prior, so that he wouldn't be used as a scapegoat when it did go to shit.

@richardcory5024

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that will save him in the end when things go belly up as they are doing. He is the leader after all and in the end the buck stops with him.

@gustavju4686

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardcory5024 It's meant more to drag them down with him should any of them think of crossing him (using the war as an excuse to dethrone him). At least that's how C.R. made it sound.

@richardcory5024

2 жыл бұрын

@@gustavju4686 Yes, I understand but in the end that little piece of political theatre would not be enough to convince the siloviki that they had no choice but to support Putin to the hilt. Besides, at that meeting the agenda was only the annexation of the Donbas, not the destruction of Ukraine as a whole, which has arguably taken the conflict to the brink of a major continent wide war. They did not agree to what Putin immediately went and did.

This felt like watching the opening cutscene to a Hitman game

@Zei33

2 жыл бұрын

Oh you’re so right. Hitman Siloviki coming soon

@god_slayer-restart

2 жыл бұрын

Call of Duty anime opening

@ghostdivision7

2 жыл бұрын

Or Assassins Creed.

@ViktorKozh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zei33 That would be amazing. Imagine the whole game you killing siloviks one by one and your final target will be pootin.

@Aprilium

2 жыл бұрын

Hitman Siloviki. Electric Boogaloo!

Note on Shoigu: though he does not come from military background, he was a minister of emergency situations. This ministry was made by Yeltsin in the 1990 as an en enforcement agency, which was loyal to him and not to Gorbachev. Shoigu was a silovik from the start

@homer88100

2 жыл бұрын

If Stalin was in charge, Shoigu would be in a gulag right now

@justiceforall2054

2 жыл бұрын

their is rumor that shoigu had heart attack

@homer88100

2 жыл бұрын

@@justiceforall2054 no one asked what you wanted to say buddy boy

@theMarkerChannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@homer88100 more likely he did not, but he is trying to distance himself from his failure

@redplague2133

2 жыл бұрын

The “ministry of emergency situations” is for “emergencies” - a.k.a. “first responders”, a.k.a. firemen and lifeguards.)))

I'm an author with an interest in various forms of political dysfunction, and your explanation of the dynamics at play here was wonderful, thank you.

@Serocco

2 жыл бұрын

The counterintelligence state is a very scary thing

@ArawnOfAnnwn

2 жыл бұрын

This is hardly political dysfunction, quite the opposite. It's a political apparatus working largely in concert towards a defined goal, it just so happens that that goal is anti-western. That doesn't make it dysfunctional. A better of case of political dysfunction in Russia would be during the Gorbachev or Yeltsin eras, when the country was falling apart internally rather than sanctioned from outside.

@georgew2014

2 жыл бұрын

The political system is dysfunctional if viewed from a Western or broadly democratic perspective. Russian political history is neither Western nor democratic. The closest was a short period under Gorbachev, maybe. But that moment spiraled into the truly dysfunctional shock capitalism of the Yeltsin era. In function, the current system guards against that type of chaos. And is a return to form of a powerful political-security apparatus that answers to one man. BTW, I'm also an author.

@martineden7075

2 жыл бұрын

Guys watch Patrick Lancaster and Graham Philips vids! I recommend them to find the true stories behind the curtain

@jirislavicek9954

2 жыл бұрын

@@martineden7075 You have to come up with someone new in Kremlin 🤣. Patrick Lancaster and his "independent journalism "is too revealed by now 😆

I don't think I realized how based in Siege Mentality the Russian Economic and Political motivations really are until now. This kind of explains why Russia keeps gaining ground then falling apart over and over again "a Siege Mentality is ultimately a fatalist position"

@alexseguin5245

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it ends up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. The constant bellicose foreign policy and violent repression and lack of good domestic governance makes it all fall apart in the long run.

@richardcory5024

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is essentially what we could call a "backward nation." It is trapped in unfathomable paranoia and completely unrealisable dreams. It's history has shackled it and it can't find a way out of its pain and its own brutality.

@elaineburnett5230

2 жыл бұрын

Russia has had centuries to develop a highly effective fatalism...For Russian "leaders" optimism is the most difficult attitude to embrace...

@richardcory5024

2 жыл бұрын

@@elaineburnett5230 That fatalism has now become something almost indistinguishable from nihilism.

@masterofgame9209

Жыл бұрын

and what kind of mentality are we talking about? do you understand what you're talking about, you fool?

1. Siloviki in Russia are all people engaged in police, army, FSB, rosgvardia and other special forces 2. We call a silovik every man who serves in police or army etc. Not only the elites 3. Peolpe like Rogozin, Lavrov and Sechin technically are not Siloviks 3. Siloviks are usually opposed to so called System Liberlas (technocrats in fact) 4. Besides this two groups, there are also oligarchy, and the majority of Putin's friends who are in power now are very rich buisnessmen or the CEO's of state companies, like Sechin, Rottenberg brothers or Chemezov. We call them oligarchs too, or Putin's oligarchs 5. Please stop spreading this stupid theory about the influence of Dugin. There're no proofs that he had or has any influence on Putin. He was a bit popular in army in 90's, and he was allowed to build a "Eurasian Youth Union" later. A pro-kremlin organization, that had even less support from administraion than some other similar movements (like "Nashy") 6. And the whole western view on place that Dugin has in russian public space is overestimated. I can name a dozen of russian conservative or right-wing public speakers who has or had as much influence as Dugin 7. Of course some russian elites read some books about the Supremacy of Russia, how russia is destined to be an empire and so on. Especially the Siloviks. It doesn't mean they have somewhat similar to a strong unifying ideology. I understand this longing to explain the evil, but at the end they are just obssesed with greed for power and control, and money, and career achievements. And don't give a shit about other people lives. FSB might be the most corrupted structure in whole russian state. In spare time they can think whatever they want, but there is only one man in country who makes strategic decisions.

@dzengrinder

2 жыл бұрын

Я думаю, что о Дугине говорят как о квинтэссенции взглядов правительства, а не обязательно как о главном идеологе. Идеологии тут нет, как и структурных убеждений со взглядом вдаль, есть просто шиза вселенского масштаба, которая лезет наружу на фоне вседозволенности.

@user-le4tl5fw7c

2 жыл бұрын

@@dzengrinder Ну да, ещё у него борода есть! Конечно на квинтэссенцию взглядов Дугин не очень подходит, но кто и впрямь станет в этих сортах шизы разбираться.

@alicelund147

2 жыл бұрын

What would you call Putin's ideology then, as he describes his views on history and geopolitics? We in the West have no name for it.

@dzengrinder

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicelund147 Schizophrenia

@eisernfront8549

2 жыл бұрын

So Siloviki sounds similar to the brown shirts or the SS of the Nazi regime. They are the enforcers and the subjugator of the populace. To enforce and prevent democracy. Just like that leader of the Pro Russia paramilitary in Georgia, he said he doesn't care democracy and he rather rule with iron fist.

Yevgeny Prigozhin is also a powerful guy, he owns the Wagner Group (some calling them little green men) a paramilitary group.

@fabioartoscassone9305

2 жыл бұрын

nazi paramilitar group.

@joey4ever444

2 жыл бұрын

Little green men doesn't refer to Wagner mercenaries but to the 'volunteers' Russia sent to take over Crimea in 2014. They were called little green men because there were sent in unmarked green uniforms.

@davidwagner6116

2 жыл бұрын

The little green men in Crimea and Donbas have been Wagner Group from day one. And i really hate the fact that they are abusing my name.

@jokuvaan5175

2 жыл бұрын

I think Russia officially denies the existence of the whole group because private militaries are banned by law but... come on. They have been deployed in for example many African countries by their governments' request to crush separatists etc. Like in Central African Republic that has been supporting Russia in Ukraine invasion I think

@CakePrincessCelestia

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidwagner6116 It's basically an abuse of Richard Wagner's name, but yeah, I'd hate that as well...

My god this channel keeps getting better and better over the years. Great job!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I cant really take this video seriously as long as it repeats Kadyroves hyped-up claims of having 70.000 "shock troopers". He certainly does not have such numbers and they are most definetly not shock troops or anything else then a warlord militia. In ukraine we have seen they are not even real soldiers.

@ns7023

2 жыл бұрын

Well, for Russian standards, which is not much

I think Narukshin can later claim he was forced into it , so his squirming during the security council meeting he can say he was forced into it.

@MemoTea

2 жыл бұрын

That may be taken into account in a future trial at the Hague (if it ever happens). Maybe Naryshkin remembered Rudolph Hess at the Nuremberg Trials or Shigenori Tōgō at the Tokyo Trial who both escaped the death sentence. Clever.

@NeostormXLMAX

2 жыл бұрын

@@MemoTea rudolf was literally an ordinary soldier and was in the army since ww1 he wasn't even an outspoken member of the Nazi party and he only firsy met hitler during the trials. It makes zero sense why he would get a death sentence. Also the other gut had aids. And no evidence that he made the mukden incident

@rositasultana3958

2 жыл бұрын

That's a weak response to putin and a weak defense in case of a trial. On the other hand, how many of these mentioned will survive the cleansing?

@Mustafa1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@MemoTea what trial clown?

@NLTops

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mustafa1998 Relax Mufasa.

*If Russia used Skillshare they would have won the war in Ukraine already. But funny thing is Ukraine uses NordVPN , So defeating them isn't possible.*

@pmathewizard

2 жыл бұрын

The Ukrainian resistance is sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends

@sebresludolf9611

2 жыл бұрын

@@pmathewizard 🤣

@pecheneg896

2 жыл бұрын

@@pmathewizard Soros : 😒😔🥺😢😭

@mr.lumbergh

2 жыл бұрын

This comment is a Masterwork.

@karloyu3484

2 жыл бұрын

😂

Caspian..... your research on current affairs is on another level bro🔥🔥🔥

Any other Americans just refreshing youtube thinking “Damn Caspian Report really killing it lately”??

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

All over the world, with the same feelings mate. Cheers from Slovenia

@nzd5

2 жыл бұрын

@@elektrotehnik94 It is a universal agreement indeed! Enjoy the land of lakes, beautiful mountains and even more intriguing architecture. Many of us here envy the stunning buildings of your historic cities. It was the home of our gem, previous (yet very controversial) first lady Melania.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

@@nzd5 Melania is not what most here would consider our gem thought ^^ :D Thank you

@nzd5

2 жыл бұрын

@@elektrotehnik94 indeed a lot to improve in politically, but through most of our military excursions in the world we’ve learned how high the cost is for unnecessary conflict. The entire public (90%!) had turned against keeping troops in middle east. It’s such a shame that when the entire country wants to ‘end the empire’ war comes back to Europe :( God bless the people of Ukraine, everyone in the world loses as this war continues.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

@@nzd5 Military is a tool & the last tool, but it's a crucial tool to have. War will hurt, but in the long run, expect more countries in East Europe & expect Russian neighbours to, sooner or later, reform towards non-imperilistic democracies. This war will hurt too much, but it wasn't us who caused the pain & cowardice would only end in more destruction. We will endure it, overcome the Russian empire of lies & freedom will have a chance for those in Ukraine, Russia & others, who sadly live in Putin's shadow for far too long.

Every second post: Siloviki does not mean "powerful". It means "Enforcers". *OK WE GOT IT*

@folou9199

2 жыл бұрын

It’s important. To us it sure is. Puts things into the perspective of a ministry of hammers.

@taufiqutomo

2 жыл бұрын

At least one person needs to do it...

@joey4ever444

2 жыл бұрын

KZreadrs sometimes say things incorrectly to drive engagement in the comments. It's working the algorithm. Same reason KZreadrs will sometime mispronounce words in their videos.

@phlezktravels

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Lmfao. Get an original comment already!

@phlezktravels

2 жыл бұрын

@@joey4ever444 great point!

Trying to go back to the past will destroy Russia's future.

@golagiswatchingyou2966

2 жыл бұрын

Russia seems destined to break apart at this point.

@tyronesoares3268

2 жыл бұрын

The same could be applied to the conservative party in the US.

@AbhishekThakur-wl1pl

2 жыл бұрын

@@golagiswatchingyou2966 nice dreams. Yet you forget the part where putin holds this position after numerous years of experience. He knows and owns the game.

@Rishi123456789

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is a country that is fundamentally stuck in the past, much like Britain and France, but it embraces modernity (whatever the hell that is) far less than those two countries.

@slimjimnyc270

2 жыл бұрын

@Tyrone Soares. Which conservative party in the U.S. are they breaking up?

thank you for this, once again excellent video detailed and informative, I look forward to the next one

Great analysis indeed. It would be great if there's a similar analysis for the internal political situation of China too.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man yes YES *YES* !

@Noble713

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a video from a Chinese guy who talked about the 3 factions inside the CCP, basically the Old Guard/descendants of Mao's Inner Circle, the "Shanghai faction", and one other group (forgot the name now). Remember that big mess with Bo Xilai? That was one of the factions getting crushed, basically.

Wait. I thought the people who own Russia are the friends we made along the way.

@legendsson

2 жыл бұрын

But my lord there is no friends!

@MrMediator24

2 жыл бұрын

*are Putin's friends, whom he made along the way

@auxencefromont1989

2 жыл бұрын

For putin it is

@chopperaxon6171

2 жыл бұрын

Fellow Travellers?

@kevingrossell7869

2 жыл бұрын

NATO doesn't want Peace.

"They are on the same ship as Putin." If only that ship was the Moscova.

@marmac83

2 жыл бұрын

It is.

@xmurshedz

2 жыл бұрын

Wait till the end, no need to hurry!

Very good, quality information, as always! Thanks, CaspianReport!

next level policy breakdown , dude. consistently amazing content.

Calling Kadyrovs guys "shocktroops" is a little far fetched. They are more TikTok troops. Also they are a part of RossGvardiya. They are not under Kadyrovs direct order.

@benjamindavidovichwaals2899

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@josephmartel2254

2 жыл бұрын

Shock troops can be on tiktok?

@ssssstasssss

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephmartel2254 "shocktroops" is put in quotes because they don't participate in battles but serve as decoration and yes, they do quite a lot of tiktok videos.

@seanbrazell7095

2 жыл бұрын

But I thought his powerful not-a-single-scratch-or-sniffle supersoldiers were about to take Kiev! 😉👈

@ericyuan9718

2 жыл бұрын

Kadyrov's butt buddies are known for their savagery, not their skill.

We will never forget Naryshkin’s public humiliation by Putin

@Tarik360

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he will either.

@Ramtin-Blue_rose

2 жыл бұрын

At the End Naryshkin knew about the catastrophes ahead but Putin was dumber than him .so funny where are Putin's simpers now ? People who claimed he is such an alpha😏. He is just another dumb, fragile ,insecure dictator.

I only recently found and subbed to your channel but your content is absolutely top notch. Very very high production value and in depth content. Thank you!

Thanks Shirvan. Always a treat when you post a new video.

In the current situation, i.e. war the Siloviki could be a house of cards. In Russia despite all the nationistic spruiking I think it is every man for himself.

@eljanrimsa5843

2 жыл бұрын

The trick of a successful dictator is to provide everybody around him a reason why he is more likely to survive with him in power than without him.

@larsstougaard7097

2 жыл бұрын

Like a babuska doll 🪆🪆🪆🪆

Shoigu's health might be tied to what's happening in Ukraine 🤣

Always appreciate the effort you put into your work and equally enjoy it.

Thanks for another insightful and fascinating video. I learn more geography from your channel than I did in public school.

I challenge anyone to try and find this level of detailed coverage, or even the name "Siloviki", on any mainstream media channels from any western country. This channel is amazing. Edit: Siloviki, not Soliviki (my bad)

@soeppoes8949

2 жыл бұрын

1. The Duran. 2. Perun. These are only two of many I can name. They provide far better analysis on Russia and Ukraine than CaspianReport does. I'm not saying CaspianReport is bad. I find CaspianReport to be a great channel. But it's far from the best. The Duran offers an in depth perspective on the Russian side of things. Whereas Perun gives a more in depth perspective on the western and global side of things. And as always; make up your own mind, that is most important!

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

For anyone wanting more of this; go to Porun, he's THE King of the Ukraine war on YT. Undisputed. LazerPig, Mark Felton, Military Aviation History, hypohystericalhistory. "WW2" for Ukraine's historical context in depth. Plenty of goodies also on Twitter (if you "build the algorithm") & some wisdom on Reddit as well. The Duran might be good if you want to hear how "raw Power is everything, USA imperialism is the devil" people think, The Atlas & Benjamin Norton (Twitter) provide that same worldview as well. But in the final analysis, their analysis is whack, dumb & most importantly, not how people work, on many levels.

@TheWorldHasGoneNuts

2 жыл бұрын

@@soeppoes8949 thanks for the reply, I will be checking out these channels. 👍🏼✌🏼

This is a great video. To me it shows that our Western obsession with Putin as a person is a very dangerous oversimplification of the situation that can lead to a disastrous outcome. We have to understand that not Putin himself is the sole cause of the war, but a complex interplay of domestic circumstances and international relations. Balance of power politics is still real in 2022, if we in the West want it or not.

@travismears5993

2 жыл бұрын

The u.s uses its own balance of power plays in an attempt to maintain its influence, economic and militaristic power in world it just does it in a way to sell an image that they are the good guys and people like china/russia are the bad guys and everyone in the west eats it up.

@joey4ever444

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously our intelligence communities don't get their information from media that oversimplify the situation and just laser-focus on Putin.

@evolassunglasses4673

2 жыл бұрын

The NeoCons/ Victoria Nuland should never ever of backed the coup against the ELECTED government of Ukraine 8 years ago that started this nightmare off. Please watch the documentary up on Rumble called UKRAINE ON FIRE

@you-know-who5657

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@yulusleonard985

2 жыл бұрын

Yea but good luck telling that to Liberals. If Russia is down they still have to deal with 75% of the world population.

Another insightful video. No one breaks it all down like you guys. I wish media around the world would learn from you all.

Informative as always, thank you Caspian Report

I have no idea how Caspian report doesn’t get more views or likes. One of the best reporters out there

@rositasultana3958

2 жыл бұрын

Every video about Ukraine has many views, even the one before the invasion. I think he's doing pretty well

@onlythetruth4039

2 жыл бұрын

KZread success management. Caspian is considered subversive, not woke enough.

Next Vids: Chinese Siloviki American Siloviki European Siloviki Saudi Silovike Who are the men in the high castles 🏰?

@sridharprasanth8833

2 жыл бұрын

@A B America literally has pentagon and cia

@fosterslover

2 жыл бұрын

​@@sridharprasanth8833 Heads of the pentagon and cia can still be fired/replaced by the president and replaced by congress. American government is set up with checks and balances so that no one branch becomes to powerful. You need competition and accountability to have a legitimate government. Otherwise you get stuck with tyrants who will suck your country dry and oppress any and all opposition to their power.

@sridharprasanth8833

2 жыл бұрын

@@fosterslover yeah sure we all know the system is in place in America. Question is does it work?? Do u know if it works? Everything CIA and Pentagon is super classified, not even the president would be aware of everything until there is an absolute need for him to know, thats is how it is. If you really think that Pentagon and CIA are corruption free and have zero cases of power abuse then you're absolutely clueless. The Congress is a defanged snake, only intimidating to the eye but in reality poses absolutely no threat. Congress can't even hold all the American big tech accountable, you think they'll dare touch CIA and Pentagon. Fact is Russia and America both have oligarchs, corrupt leaders, ruthless power hungry organisations and men, propaganda machine, military industrial complex, the only difference is America does a better job at hiding it all from the public eye. America has managed to keep the ppl believing that they are in control thas it.

@stephenjenkins7971

2 жыл бұрын

@@sridharprasanth8833 ...Which are only branches of military, nowhere near the executive, judicial, or legislative branches. Do you not know how the US functions at all?

If we're counting ex-KGB yes men in positions of influence in Russia, couldn't you have also included Patriarch Kirill? He meets all the same criteria and has been crucial to the propaganda machine around the war.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

I believe an argument can be made that Kirill is more of a side character, affirming already accepted policy, more-so than generating new directions of movement for Putin's regime to move towards. Therefore, he might be omitted in this analysis.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

Though, Kirill is still important to anyone thinking the Russian church has any sincere Christianity in its leadership.

@NormanF62

2 жыл бұрын

The church unlike in the Soviet era, is a part of the power structure and as cynical as Russian leaders are, they’re also Orthodox Christian. Gone is the old Soviet hostility to religion. Now faith emphasises Russian distinctiveness and its aspirations as a civilisational state apart from the West with its own values and path. Holy Russia is more than just a slogan.

@gchukma

2 жыл бұрын

Do they still have a car wash in the basement?

Wooow fasinating. l certainly posted it and passed it on. Very good. Masterful piece of work.

Excellent video! Must have taken a lot of work to put that together. Thank you.

As always a great video! One thing - "siloviki" is better translated as 'enforcers'. It is a broad term applied to any state enforcement agency, i.e. those who can use weapon, violence have a power start investigations etc. And of course, the heads of various siloviki groups have become closer to Putin over the recent decade. It would also be great if you expand further and tell about FSO (basically personal elite guard of Putin) and Zolotov's Rosgvardia. Overall there is an interesting dynamic where Putin tries not grant too much power to any one of siloviki group, so they do not overthrow him

@coolbeans8682

2 жыл бұрын

"Siloviki" can also be translated as "buttlicker" or "bitch to the bitch".

@Ted-Stryker

2 жыл бұрын

This channel has failed totally in getting any of the facts about this conflict. Dont expect in depth analysis let alone for him to understand the meaning of a language that isnt propaganda.

@skywillfindyou

2 жыл бұрын

his vids are almost never great its more like for beginners

@coolbeans8682

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ted-Stryker Please be more precise and concrete. I do not see wherefrom your criticism comes. I find this channel to be a bright fucking star.

@JamesC785

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ted-Stryker Then please enlighten us all with your greater insight & wisdom, so that we can be better informed.

Worthy content. Thanks, Shirvan and team.

This gives a very good context. Thank you!

Shirvan, "siloviki" means "the people that hold the force". In short, the "siloviki" means "ministries of force". You said "members of the siloviki have enrolled into offices throughout all branches of governance in Russia, with a particular focus on military and security-related agencies". That goes the other way around. They are the siloviki BECAUSE they run military and security-related agencies. They are all old members of the Putin's clan, ex-KGB, ex-GRU workers, etc., that have been given more and more power by Putin. They did not "enrol into offices". They were appointed by Putin, because Putin made them his core "tower" in the Kremlin. Although thank you for telling the world that no, the oligarchs do not run Russia. I mean, the siloviks are themselves crazy rich, but not the oligarchs that the West think they are. Also, Sechin is probably the most prominent of the siloviki, I do not know why you mentioned him last.

@jout738

2 жыл бұрын

This Russian system is like Hierarchial system where Putin stands top of it alone and these olgigarchs stand in the second floor in the hirarchial system in second level, so Putin speaks down to them to tell them what Putin wants to do, when they also got a lot power on money over their own region and so these olgigarchs speak down to their small bosses also what they want and so I dont know how long the speaking down goes, unitil some small boss speaks down to their ten workers, so it is hirarchial power system and so Putin puts trust on these olgigarchs, when Putin wish them to be loyal to Putin, when Putin does not want them have some cheeky personality behind all of it and betray Putin, because then Putin never going to be that olgigarch friend again, when Putin drops him out of power to never reach again the same level of power he once had, when Putin cant trust that person, but can be overthrown, if all the olgigarchs together stand up to take Putin down, but I dont think all of them want to do that, when they friends with Putin, got a lot power and money already and so Putin typically rise up the men in the hierarchial power system who Putin personally likes.

@lashlarue7924

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying these points, sir.

@prostohodim

2 жыл бұрын

Lol he isn't a silovik at all. He's just a trusted person of Putin, he has no real power comparing to patrushev or naryshkin. He's a sort of putins 'purse'

@cryptarisprotocol1872

2 жыл бұрын

@@jout738 Sounds like Putin created a Semi-Stratocracy.

@Haganenno121

2 жыл бұрын

@@prostohodim Just because Patrushev or Naryshkin have larger chairs doesn't mean they are more important than Sechin. Informal > formal.

Kadyrov is good at 1 thing - tiktok.

@EnteiIsDoge

2 жыл бұрын

And shooting at traffic lights lmao

"Sila" in most Slavic languages means "'Force'' and it gives me chills that Russians have coloquial term with that root, it literally means 'Ones of the force'' , in Serbian that is.

@Vlad_-_-_

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, " sila " means in romanian to be forced to do something. Another word we borrowed from slavs for sure.

@kafon6368

2 жыл бұрын

So they are Jedi?

@petarilic8695

2 жыл бұрын

@@kafon6368 Exactly, but I am not sarcastic, it literally has such meaning.

@kafon6368

2 жыл бұрын

@@petarilic8695 I know, just joking.

5:43 - It's not Murhpy's Law, it's what USA have been openly advocating and doing since the Cold War and continued doing after the fall of Berlin Wall. Although there is a lot of paranoia and bad planning from Russia's side, partitioning and balkanising Russia has been USA and NATO goal for a long time as per Brzeziński and Kissinger, to name a couple.

@alfredthepatientxcvi

2 жыл бұрын

@@vnolan633 read on Yugoslavia

My man Shirvan! Thanks for another video!

"...there are no life boats available...", that hits hard. When this whole thing shits the bed, it's gonna be so interesting to watch.

All of these ideas that are being attributed in this video to Russia not only comprise NATO's mantra, but most of them are also found in Brzeżinski's "The Grand Chessboard"

Relentlessly outstanding, my favourite KZread channel by a country mile.

@manhoosnick

2 жыл бұрын

Same here but by an urban mile

Highly informative. Caspianreport, never fails to deliver great cinematics with equally great music which all adds to the immersion.

@homer88100

2 жыл бұрын

You are such a brown noser Joseph

The next fall of Russia will be quite a fireworks show, this kind of system will not last forever.

@specialnewb9821

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately a worse system may emerge.

@Numaaaaaa1

2 жыл бұрын

@@specialnewb9821 Maybe but it will be golden opportunity For Georgia, Ukraine and perhaps japan to retake lost territories and also high chance to get NATO membership

@AlpaTyrant

2 жыл бұрын

It can also happen the other way around but chances are less but that will be quite a big show 😉

@ernestjimmy4537

2 жыл бұрын

Same as america

@AnimaRandom

2 жыл бұрын

@@ernestjimmy4537 i guess this is where the difference comes into play Oligarch exist almost anywhere but they dont have much power other than soft power like policy making. but when a dictator gives so much power over a certain group of people. that becames very dangerous. Russian oligarchs or the dudes mention in the video is the best example of why you shouldn't give too much power over those people. change is not an option. the only way to escape this shittass system is a country should fall apart.

*I am never disappointed with a Caspian Report in my notifications.*

Great job on your content looking forward to more of your videos.

Incredible research and production cutting edge. 👍

Getting those guys on live video supporting the invasion, is such a boss move.

Love your content! Always.

One of your best, most important videos on Russia and that’s saying something.

I can imagine already Call of Duty Modern Warfare kind of missions (game), but diving straight into Russia and such leaders...

Do a detailed video on Kadyrov. I think a lot of people wants to know what he is really like behind the public projection he puts out.

@davesprivatelounge

2 жыл бұрын

Kadyrov is like a campy villain from a 60s spy movie. I'm convinced it's all an act.

@Noxcho-li8pn

2 жыл бұрын

As a Chechen if Putin should fall i predict a civil war in Chechnya most chechen refugees from the last 2 Wars want to go home but can’t but if they do it will be Pro kadyrov against anti kadyrov families will be torn apart and it will be ugly

@davesprivatelounge

2 жыл бұрын

@@Noxcho-li8pn Oh god, not a Third Chechen war. The last one was horrific enough.

@Noxcho-li8pn

2 жыл бұрын

@@davesprivatelounge well its not for sure maybe it won’t be a full scale armed conflict but there sure will be a lot of revenge killings happen

Great insight Amazing video Caspian.

Brilliant eye opener! Thanks for sharing! 👍✌️🇬🇧

This channel is incredible professional. Just analysis of geopolitical matters without either bios nor nativity. I'm sadly not in a position that allows me to be patreon, but I hope that this message can serve as support!

@vladavuckic5262

2 жыл бұрын

Naruskin is the person which started Nazi Ukrainian narrative. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4d20ZKam8iqfbw.html Meanwhile Nazi West Ukrainians themselves. What we want? One people, one county, one nation. One clean nation. Ukraine only for Ukrainians. If you ever did your research you'd know Shirvan is western scummy liar, which speaks only for money and doesn't care for truth. He is just a professional lair and nothing else.

@zusiphemsongelwa7517

2 жыл бұрын

There are biases in his analysis alright.

@tengkualiff

2 жыл бұрын

Usually there isn't but his earlier coverage of the Russo-Ukrainian war & the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict definitely were bias.

@anotheranon3118

2 жыл бұрын

@@zusiphemsongelwa7517 There's no such thing as unbiased geopolitical analysis.

@soeppoes8949

2 жыл бұрын

@@anotheranon3118 That is not what the guy is arguing. Stop using strawman arguments. ;)

A bunch of crooks and corrupts with bloody hands. 😡

This channel has the most insightful videos on the current situation in Russian. Keep them coming!

Great video, that part where you mentioned that the members of the Siloviki can protect their backs when threatened by Putin, you should have mentioned about Zolotov, Viktor Zolotov is also a member of this "inner circle", he was previously Putin's body guard and later went on to become the chief of the National guard of Russia, Rosgvardiya. The Rosgvardiya has been specifically tasked with taking down any form of protest that might pose a threat to toppling of the government, Zolotov personally leads 365,000 personnel in that national guard. It came into existence after the 2011-12' protests against Putin.

Craziest thing is that all of Putin's inner circle are younger than half of US congress

@warbler1984

2 жыл бұрын

Incorrecto! Narushkin, Bortnikov and Shoigu are all older than the median age of US Congress being 64.7 years

@eljanrimsa5843

2 жыл бұрын

@@warbler1984 Don't counter memes with facts

@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff

2 жыл бұрын

@A B Can't eat McDonald's if there is no McDonald's!

As always, your video is in depth and informative, with sharp clear insight into the culture and politics of the former Sovjet Union countries - something very few of us westerners possess.

Great content as always, Thanks

This channel is rapidly becoming one of my favorite news channels. Insightful stories that seem to be unique to this channel:

"These are a group of men who won't take no for an answer" - except from everybody outside of Russia

@nolianpazac8440

2 жыл бұрын

keep living in your bubble

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

@@nolianpazac8440 How nice how confident this little "internet entity" is, so cute... UwU You go little being, spread your cute propaganda far & wide

Thanks for the break down. This type of info is accessible if you are working in an intelligence agency that does these types of assessments.

Excellent video. Just one remark: the Heartland theory is not Dugin's work, but it was elaborated in mid-18th century by Royal Geographic Society 's Halford John Mackinder.

@bernardoohigginsvevo2974

2 жыл бұрын

The two are very closely linked however, and Dugin's works are built off the Heartland thesis

@1258-Eckhart

2 жыл бұрын

*early 20th century

Really great video as always, keep it up

Good analysis as per usual, but I'm not sure they resent the way the Soviet Union surrendered. They were the first ones to benefit from its downfall. We have to stop seeing modern Russia as an extension of the USSR; the later was a confederation of republics, something which Putin has criticized repeatedly. To be clear, he criticized the USSR for being too lax. If we REALLY need some sort of analogy with the past, they're most like modern boyars.

@georgew2014

2 жыл бұрын

True. The political structure resembles Muscovy under Ivan III.

That publicly televised security council meeting was a genius move. Gotta give that to Putin.

@homer88100

2 жыл бұрын

Everything he has done up until this invasion gives him every reason to be the greatest statesman the 21st century has seen so far. How did he get this current invasion so wrong or is it all part of the plan?

Great vid Shirvan. Thanks

Awesome as always! Great stuff!

I do not agree with everything you said in you video, but I gotta say, the way you make them is a peace of art

@cv4809

2 жыл бұрын

Why not

@Polo-rn8ly

2 жыл бұрын

He lost me when he showed the guy got humiliated in front of Cameras.. İt seems putin has entire control

Thank You for explaining why this Meeting was so important to be viewed by every Russian... And perhaps non Russian

Great video! Thanks

Amazing content! Please keep it up

Thank you for explaining the psychology behind their seemingly crazy paranoia over a NATO invasion.

@AlfaGiuliaQV

2 жыл бұрын

With the ukraine war, they ensured much more Nato

@malokegames

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfaGiuliaQV With right wing winning elections on Europe, he will enrure no more Nato, from within.

@AlfaGiuliaQV

2 жыл бұрын

@@malokegames Yeah,but they´re not winning elections now, are they?

@malokegames

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfaGiuliaQV That's why Russia will drag this war for some time.

@AlfaGiuliaQV

2 жыл бұрын

@@malokegames That´s beacause they don´t know what to do.

I LOVE this channel!!! So well put together!

Waouh ! The best analyst, narrator... That's a pure researched documentary. A masterpiece. Thanks

Awesome content! Please do more like this!

I don't get why all these protestors against Putins war are comparing Putin too Hitler... Comparing Putin to Hitler is actually slander against Hitler, Putin is closer to Mussolini in competence than anyone else.

@vksasdgaming9472

2 жыл бұрын

It is the insane amount of murder and lying that makes the connection. Mussolini was inept buffoon who allied with wrong side. Of course Putler's war against Ukraine is as good as Mussolini's equally stupid attack to Greece, but Putler has no stronger ally to beg help from when things turn bad.

@fgqgqlfqsfsffeff

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment lmao

Your graphic presentations are awesome!

Thanks for the video