I think in modern times ,there are no foreign countries who would want Russia. We wish they would stay there and leave us alone.

@user-lu1ji4cl1m

17 күн бұрын

Russia cannot do anything without Kyiv’s permission.

@helgeschneider9069

17 күн бұрын

even Napoleon don't wanted russia. nobody want russia. but russians Like to live in the west

@johnm7267

17 күн бұрын

Rubbish

@rossinvictus

17 күн бұрын

@@user-lu1ji4cl1m Зеленский - не игрок, и даже не пешка. Территория, которой он формально руководит - клетка на шахматной доске.

@MrDosonhai

17 күн бұрын

@@johnm7267 Care to elaborate? Give me one reason to go to Russia instead of any developed European country?

I can also add the Swedish conquest of Moscow in 1610 where the Russians were forced to accept a Swedish King as the new ruler of their country. But since Gustavus Adolphus younger brother was only something like 8 years old did his mother protest much and refused to let him go to Russia to become King there. So negotiations got drawn out, and the tide of war shifted and Sweden was attacked from Denmark. So Sweden had to give up some of its peace demands. But Sweden never the less won the war. And Karelia and Ingria fell into Swedish hands and Russia lost all its access to the Baltic sea with the peace in Stolbova in 1617.

@SveaHovfel-qt6zb

17 күн бұрын

Great. So Russia has no access to the Baltic Sea now? They do? What happened?

@ultraphitaro4834

17 күн бұрын

In 1598, the last tsar of the Rurikids (Fedor I) died, civil war and famine began in Russia, as a result of which Russia lost 30% of the population and in some areas up to 50%. And at such a difficult moment for the country, the Poles-Lithuanians decided to invade Russia in 1609 and the Swedes in 1610. It was a completely unnecessary act of aggression. Russians remembered it and the Swedish Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian union were eventually collapsed in the wars with Russia.

@Alex-pd8zi

17 күн бұрын

Then in 1648 Ukrainians rebelled and started demise of Poland and rise of Russian empire. Russian empire held Baltic from Swedish border to Kenigsberg. Then Ukrainians rebelled and Sobiets lost Baltics and Finland. Then Lenin was smart to add Soviet Ukrainebto the Union and Soviets won ww2 amd captured Baltics. Then Ukrainians decided to break free and Baltics joined NATO. Then Ukrainians kicked Russians turning 3 day special operation into 3+ year war and Finland join NATO. So now Russia controls tiny strip near Peterburg that NATO can spit over. And Kenigsberg where Russians are surrounded. Russian empire cannot exist without Ukraine.

@roberturbanczyk204

17 күн бұрын

There was even a battle of Klushino over WHO will rule russia. Poles have beaten 7x bigger swedish-russian forces in less than few hours. Swedes at least tried to defend their positions. Whole situation ended with Żółkiewski occupying moscow for 2 years

@johnm7267

17 күн бұрын

What is the point of all this? Are you trying to console yourself by saying Russia will be defeated? Practically every country in Europe has been defeated if you go back far enough.

A helicopter in Moscow just blew up the other day. That must have been a little bit disconcerting to people there.

@johnm7267

17 күн бұрын

What rubbish. Do you think similar things don’t happen elsewhere. A fatuous comment

@tanyaroberson9629

16 күн бұрын

​@@johnm7267 Its in the Russian news and they arrested the people who torched the helicoptor now. And no it doesn't happen here, I'm in NZ.

@jarcadipane2849

15 күн бұрын

I understand that a helicopter just fell out of the sky here in the States the other day as well... It was definitely disconcerting to the people here..

@jarcadipane2849

15 күн бұрын

@@johnm7267 Pay them no mind. What has NZ brought to the world other than kiwi, wine and a obtuse "knowitalls"...

@tanyaroberson9629

14 күн бұрын

@@jarcadipane2849 The one in Russia was set on fire by pro Ukraine activists.

The worst failures of russia militarily, is usually when they try and exert their influence... such as the russo-Japanese war and their naval defeat is a prime example.

I always thought a Russian speaker should take the music of the Soviet anthem and create new lyrics about free speech, democracy, the end of corruption, no FSB, liberty, etc. That would drive the Soviet leftovers crazy. They want to play that anthem, then people can sing what they want.

@ttcc5273

17 күн бұрын

That is an excellent idea! 👍❤️

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

That would be wonderful, thank you.

@aleksis-kivi

16 күн бұрын

Wow--it should be the Volga Riverboat Song. Ee-ee-yuk, nyem. Ee-ee-yuk, nyem. Yee-ee sho, rrasazik, ee-ee-yuk, nyem. Blue and white--sky. Blue and white--sky. See the flag, waving high, blue and white--sky!

@lewisdoherty7621

16 күн бұрын

@@aleksis-kivi Maybe there should be words to several different songs and see what takes off. The only problem with that song is the cadence and tempo are designed to indicate the drudgery and exhaustion the Volga riverboat men feel. The white and blue flag is a great idea. It is the Russian flag with the red removed. Get rid of the Soviet leftover components, the red, and things will be fine.

@aleksis-kivi

16 күн бұрын

@@lewisdoherty7621 Interesting point. The Red Army Choir has an interesting performance of it. As a Finnish American, I can feel a little bit of the intimidation that a great powerful culture like Russia is able to project as superior over us little Finns. Except I am nearly 200 cm tall. Well, my point is that the song has an intimidating feel to it and could be repurposed to exert the powerful draw of democracy while showing that real freedom requires very hard work and is laborious, disappointing at times, but a sublime blessing. But you make a good point.

I believe that it time to give them a reminder of their history, The concept of Russian invincibility is a myth.

@Jakez408

15 күн бұрын

You fascist p_g. Russia liberated Europe from the Nazis and won WW2

@tonyxfury

15 күн бұрын

Oh, trust me, Ukrainians been trying to do this for a while with no results. Since 2014 we had popular historical bloggers that were trying to educate average Russians via video chatting. Russians believe all foreign history is a lie, they don’t even read their own adequate historians and one of the reasons Russian invasion happened is because Russians are taught an illusionary history from school to universities, which is used as a tool of Russian imperialistic propaganda. Not to mention that anti-scientific schizophrenia is coming from Putin himself, a tzar of 140-millions of Putins. Unfortunately, Russia is incapable of changes while being an ignorant danger to the whole world.

@jarcadipane2849

15 күн бұрын

Currently, they seem to be holding a few aces...

Absolutely fantastic yet truthful observation!

@johnm7267

17 күн бұрын

You believe anything you are told and obviously don’t do any research

Cheers. I enjoy your videos.

Great video. Enjoy listening to your perspective and your experiences

Till today they Still Don’t Believe that They Lost The Cold War.

@dakansa

17 күн бұрын

We didn't and did in some way. Our elites sold out USSR. Yeltsin called G. Bush after signing the disband of USSR. We didn't loose the war, but lost the battle...

@meziahdanieljolley8842

16 күн бұрын

Why are you capitalizing every word?

@TheJo201

16 күн бұрын

@@meziahdanieljolley8842 You Do Get Core of What My Statement Is About Right???

@saeed7099

16 күн бұрын

@@meziahdanieljolley8842I find it odd that he didn’t simply capitalize every word. Some words are and some are not, as if he’s following some obscure rule in the English language

@HNH421

12 күн бұрын

@@saeed7099 yes i would write it such :- Even today They will "NOT Believe" that They "LOST the Cold War"

Really appreciate the insights you share with us. Thanks

You are growing man.

Was he talking? I was taking in the sights when the video ended abruptly. Holy crap what a backdrop xD

Good to see you again. ✋

Thanks, Mark. Russia definitely needs new management. 🇺🇦

@russvet

17 күн бұрын

Себе не хотите поменять?

@bwellington3001

17 күн бұрын

Хотят, но кокаиновый диктатор запретил@@russvet

@johnm7267

17 күн бұрын

Why? It is winning against Ukraine and NATO. You obviously have never been to Russia.

@lisasternenkind6467

16 күн бұрын

SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦 🍻 🇩🇪

@MrVovenarg

14 күн бұрын

not your business at all, don't you think?

Well, Napoleon’s occupation of Moscow didn’t actually work out very well for him given the scorched earth tactics of his enemy and the oncoming winter.

Before Poland took Moscow in July 1610 the Swedish General De La Gardie took Moscow from russian rebels in March 1610 which is the reason that some 5k Swedes fought on the Russian side at the battle of Klushino. So during same year two different countries occupied Moscow.

@hybridarmyoffreeworld

17 күн бұрын

EDIT FOR YOU : Muscovites

Well said. And this is worth the time to listen.😊

If they are safe, why are they so afraid of the west and nato?

Mark, you are a national treasure. :-) Thank you for every single video. Excellent work.

Thankyou

Tucked away in their arctic wasteland, hilarious.

@yostaustin

16 күн бұрын

Attic wasteland or whatever lol 😂 made me chuckle.

Great stuff! Ima follower. You have a garden in the woods? No sun needed?

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

Since it is Florida even in the woods sun comes through. I have things growing everywhere. Thanks fellow gardener Mike.

Not sure how you go about occupying a country that, ostensibly, is armed to the teeth with nukes. I'm not pro Russian, certainly not the Russian Federation, but I'm not sure we're being honest with ourselves about their capabilities.

@ettoreatalan8303

12 күн бұрын

There are other countries that are armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons. Among them is a country that has invented nuclear weapons and occasionally acts as the world's policeman.

Sure 🤔👍🏻. I can come at that perspective. It really isn’t structured to last too much longer anyway so it’s just a matter of time. 🇺🇦✊🏻

Yes, it's true!

Regarding the idea that removing despotism and tyranny improves the world, I would advise to review that. I would say that the way governments are is under influence of how the citizens are like and what consequences they create.

You are so much better than Peter Zehain

@smk4902

17 күн бұрын

No. They are the same. Peter Zeihan just knows how to make more money.

@nattygsbord

17 күн бұрын

To me it seems like Peter often changes his views 180 degrees. Sometimes in just a week

@maritaschweizer1117

17 күн бұрын

It is not difficult to be better than Zeihan.

@dlmsarge8329

17 күн бұрын

Agreed. I'm pretty tired of Peter Zeihan's super confident and yet super vague pronouncements. I'm even more tired of lazy people who have him as a guest as a instant expert on every imaginable topic.

@mikesalvaggio20

12 күн бұрын

Well this guy just slams Russia all day lol

Funny man. He could be an entertainer at a variety theater.

An important fact that you missed in your beautiful theory is that the French were in Moscow for only 1 month, while Moscow was abandoned and they captured it. Moreover, the capital of the Russian Empire from 1710 was in St. Petersburg.

Mark, I have looked all over for your name, the correct spelling, so I can search for your videos. Also, who is the young man in the photo in the circle? Are you hiding out in FL backlands, off the grid, growing your own food and saving your children from public education? If you are still teaching, your classes must be awesome and interesting!

Hi Mark, As you write yourself: More importantly, when can the world expect Russia to undergo a transformation and become more peaceful and democratic? Yes do you have an estimate? Do you think it's now or next year or when? This war in Ukraine is a source of constant anxiety and sadness 😞

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

I can not predict the future; I can only be hopeful. No person in the world can predict the future, as there are too many currents in time. However, I think in the next two years, there will be a radical change in Moscow, as the economy can not sustain itself. I might do a more detailed video on this.

@kirstenberg4869

17 күн бұрын

@@EconLessons Yes please, do so and thanks 😀

That's an interesting observation! You're right about the 200-year cycle, and we're coming up on another 200 years.

The whole internet is now dumber for this video. For the love of god Russia isn’t the same then as it is now! 🤦‍♂️

@abysscat1729

17 күн бұрын

Prigozin?

@philippage60

16 күн бұрын

Not the whole internet 'Chris'. Just you.

Ok then lets see you collective westerners give it a go, and oh , good luck

I can't get your last name. Is it Mark Fearnaught?

@bigolboomerbelly4348

16 күн бұрын

Biernat

I don't really put much stock in the idea of predictable cyclical history, tbh.

@zoranbeader6441

17 күн бұрын

Why not? It's only slightly less reliable than the horoscope.

Trends are great, but you forgot one variable. Nuclear weapons.

Try and add up properly. Its been 212 years since Moscow was occupied. Soon after Russian Army entered Paris. So who conquered who?

Good point!

Actually two cycles: 40 years and 200 years.

"Russia is a dwarf, I will bring her to her knees." Charles XII, XVIII century. Sweden has lost the status of a great power forever. "I will conquer backward Russia." Friedrich, the middle of the XVIII century. In 1759, the Russian army entered Berlin. "Russia is a colossus with feet of clay." Napoleon, XIX century. In 1814, the Russian army took Paris. "I will conquer the USSR by the end of the year." Hitler, XX century. In 1945, he committed suicide when the Soviet army entered Berlin. "Russia is just a regional power." Barack Obama, 2014 We are waiting...

@user-hd3pc6pn3g

17 күн бұрын

Russia is a sub zero outside toilet run by alcoholic men, who die young.

The one achilles heel to thia argument is something they didn't have back then: Nuclear weapons.

Russia is rushing for a cliff called the hermit nation, North Korea anyone?

Errr guys. I think u forgot about nukes… boom, boom You know?

@eteiei1456

17 күн бұрын

Ah, those nukes that Russia was going to use if Ukraine striked "new Russian regions"? Or those which nad to repel Ukrainian attacks on the internationally recognized territory of Russia? Well, in case of occupation it would be no less than the third boom that didn't happen.

@zoranbeader6441

17 күн бұрын

​@@eteiei1456 Russia fighting a winning war and Russia losing a war and getting invaded are two very different scenarios.

@eteiei1456

17 күн бұрын

@@zoranbeader6441 Russians saying they'll use nukes if A happens (and not doing it), use nukes if B happens (and not doing it), use nukes if C happens (and not doing it) is the same scenario as them saying they'll use nukes if D happens.

swedes been to moscow as well. something about supporting a new tsar

Finnish troops called their commander Jacob de la Gardie "Lazy Jack" because the Moscow campaign lasted years and years and years. They eventually conquered the city in 1610. After them came the Polish. It's a bit murky, I'm not exactly sure who fought who and who were allies. edit: To make clear: That time the Finns were of course part of the Swedish army.

The Moscow insulation is hugely due to wartime draft demographics.

Nope. The leaders don't think Moscow is untouchable. They think, eventually someone will attack and they need lots of buffer before Moscow. That's the Reason they want to conquer, Baltics, Slovakia, Romania and everything east from that.

@heetheet75

17 күн бұрын

Nobody wants to invade russia, it's a craphole. If they would stay in their own country there would be no problem. You don't need a buffer when you have nukes. And you don't deserve a buffer either, no country does. It's sickening that they think they're entitled to this, filthy imperialists.

In all of the feudal system of europe kings would fight each other and the people would stay out of it, 'the new boss, same as the last boss' only the mercenarys would fight for the kings.

artic waste land. Canada is in the sane location north of parallen 49

@toby9999

17 күн бұрын

Yet Canada is more successful economically and in pretty much every other way that matters to its citizens, as is Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Ruzzia is a corrupt poverty stricken dump.

@user-hd3pc6pn3g

17 күн бұрын

Canada has a far higher life expectancy than Russia.

@DonaldDuck666

17 күн бұрын

complete nonsense, canada is great country full of resources and friendly amazing people, just incompetent goverment. same as russia.

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

Canada is wonderful, because the people are free and peaceful.

@bigolboomerbelly4348

16 күн бұрын

That waste Land is rich in resources big time

Don't confuse Moscow with Russia, man. So some feodals fight over Moscow when it was basically a city-state, in times before America was found. French army reached Moscow in times when the capital was in St. Petersburg. Also Germans approached Moscow during early WWII. Look at the map. Moscow is huge, but it's a dot in comparison to Russia. And last two armies which approached moscow, after that lost their wars. So EU and NATO may try again, of course. But I would advise them against it. Russia is perfect in defence. It fights like macrophage - it lets you come close and eats you whole.

Moscow was founded by the Horde as a tax/tribute collection hub. (Moscow means muddy river & the Kremlin means fortress on a hill in the Tartar language)

The Mongols rolled them in the 1230's.

I was not aware of this cycle. What is different this time is that I think not even Russians want Russia, and for sure none of the small nations around them making up the Federation. Most of the working citizens with something more than a passion for vodka have already left Russia since the war in Ukraine started.

Four questions to you: 1: Why would anyone want to occupy that arctic wasteland, as you call it? 2: After all those occupations. Who's in charge of Russia right now? 3: With the history of western occupations in mind. Why would the Russians not be cautious about the west. 4: With the history of western aggresion in mind. Would the Russians not be wise to prepare for-, and try to avoid for the next one?

@HR_8035_YEA

17 күн бұрын

Until now Russia has lived in peace with the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union. No-one in their right mind is going to try and invade a country with thousands of nuclear weapons. The West sought peace by investing in Russia and helping it rebuild its energy infrastructure. Russia has attacked Ukraine and keeps saying it's a war on the West. It's clear they are the aggressor. Invading multiple neighbours over the past 20 is a strange way to claim Russia is a peaceful country. You are supporting attempted genocide and war crimes. Give it up already.

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

Maybe it will be the White Blue White Russian flag.

@SveaHovfel-qt6zb

16 күн бұрын

@@EconLessons Thanks

So that is plan? Occoupying Moscow? Good luck!

Are you saying 2024 is time?

@maritaschweizer1117

17 күн бұрын

Yes, plus minus 100 years

Mark I'm gonna try to keep it simple this time. You remember the Cuban missile crisis? (Before my time) Cuba is 90 miles of the coast and shares land borders with no one. Ukraine shares a 1426 mile land border with Russia. I hope we can agree up to here. Now its 60+ years later and we still punish the cubans. Now try to imagine that it was canada and not cuba. Canada wouldnt exist.

I wish people would stop saying Russian winter is always on Russia's side. It's not. Winters in Russia are as cruel to Russians as they are to unvading forces. General Frost shows mercy to no one. Unless his nortal enemy General Makes sure his troops have winter clothing and supplies is around then he is not as good.

@nattygsbord

15 күн бұрын

The winter war was a humiliating failure. They also suffered more deaths due to winter cold than the Swedish army in 1708-1709 but was less affected only because they had more cannon fodder. The same goes for the battle of Stalingrad in 1942.

@m2pozad

15 күн бұрын

Not hardly! Winter is a supply line nightmare, not a shared wind chill story.

Expect the Chinese will be running the show soon.

11b 4del russian record in war is 68-146.

Times have changed and the Empire of Lies is not safe from retribution behind the ocean. While their stranglehold on Europe and many other countries still persists, they know they have bitten a larger piece than they can swallow this time. The beast is choking, wriggling in agony.

It's a wonderful observation but I don't buy the cycle idea. Sounds a bit mystical, or correlation does not prove causation or some such. My take on it is that sure many have gone to Russia and taken Moscow but then found that it's a very shitty place to be. Most of Russia is a cold, dark, swamp with no access to the sea. My wacky idea is born out by the fact that Russians always seem to be trying to get out of there themselves!

@jarcadipane2849

13 күн бұрын

Indeed. History can rhyme, but does not usually repeat itself exactly unless there are extreme conditions..

Yes, the way history is portrayed in Russia is very delusional, about Russia never surrendering and always being righteous. Some years ago they erected those museums "Russia, My History" in several cities, with the clear purpose of instilling their glossed over version of history into people's minds.

@Zanna_pr

17 күн бұрын

а в Ваших городах есть подобные музеи? а Ваши власти что-то делают для того,чтобы подрастающее поколение гордились своей страной и своим народом? а у Вашего народа есть патриотические праздники, ежегодные и массовые?

@clockworker

16 күн бұрын

@@Zanna_pr Мне такого не нужно, у меня есть свои собственные достижения и оцениваю достижения других, независимо от паспорта или места рождения. Также предпочитаю точную, правдивую историю. Это гораздо полезнее.

@Zanna_pr

16 күн бұрын

@@clockworker в Вас говорит эгоизм, Вы думаете только о себе: "я, мне".

I don't know, I'm not interested in politics

I am Ukrainian. I like your videos and it is not just about terroruzzia's falling down. I used to write a Ph.D. (I guess) equivalent of work in Sociology, but had to quit and become a lot else, getting the second higher education later. So I know a lot about Psychology and its cycles now. Paretto principle with variations and correspondance of so-called 'Dark Triade' are present on macro-level. I mean, there are not only sociopathic 5% of a certain country, but also a whole sociopathic trends in mentality of populations if we take 8bln. of all us. And the cycle you mention about terroruzzia (muscovy or moscovia better) also means my country will take another naїveness cycle and it is bad. In my vicinity (you may not believe it), but cops are grabbing men to illegal recruitment centers (they were not signed by Presidential decree till now) and are kept more than 3 hours or even from evening till morning (as it happened with my colleague). As I know, it is around whole Ukraine.

@MagMar-kv9ne

17 күн бұрын

What do you expect, your country wages existential war against a genocidal aggressor. If i would be president of Ukraine, everybody would already be in uniform. Me including. This is not normal times for your country and your people. Actually, it could be the LAST times for you all. There is no normalcy possible here. I am actually astonished how Ukraine keeps at least a minimum of normalcy. This is luxus, actually.

Zeihan makes the point that for security Russia must expand to more defensible borders. If that is not a recognition that Russian lands are basically 'open door' then I do not know what is. And what IS Russia? for the most part it seems to be Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is a little like saying London is the UK, and if you conquer London you have conquered the UK. Certainly Moscow has been overrun regularly.

@nattygsbord

17 күн бұрын

I feel like Stockholm is so vulnerable on the east coast. It needs a defensive barrier like in the past... when Finland and the Baltic states and Leningrad oblast belonged to Sweden, plus some north German provinces and Polish towns.

@dlmsarge8329

17 күн бұрын

I don't put much stock in what Zeihan says, an instant expert ready to pronounce on any and all topics. I don't trust his complete confidence while being completely vague.

Did you intend to upload this on April 1? I can't believe what I've just listened to. "Russians feel they are impervious to external influences". Do you know how Lenin got to Petrograd in 1917? Russia's one of the most invaded countries in history. The most devastating invasion ever, almost resulting in their complete annihilation, happened in living memory. If someone pressed me to name what I thought the most common geopolitical trait of Russia was, in all it's historical incarnations, the one constant I would say would be their paranoia about their largely undefendable borders. Good video, otherwise.

Moscow, USA. has a nice ring to it.

@mikek9488

17 күн бұрын

You can already visit Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho.

@daniellarson3068

17 күн бұрын

It's in Idaho.

@sashole1

17 күн бұрын

Which one? There're seven cities called "Moscow" in the USA: in ID, MO, TX, PA, TN, IA, KS, OH. Plus, there are Moscow Mills in MO and Moscow Township in MI.

@johnpasquale7095

17 күн бұрын

@@sashole1 Don't sleep on Moscow ME.

@sashole1

17 күн бұрын

@@johnpasquale7095 Sorry, I've indeed missed this one.

When you live in the US, which has not seen its 250th year as a country, it is hard to grasp a country that has existed for so long.

@ettoreatalan8303

12 күн бұрын

The USA has been around for less than 250 years, and yet the USA is far more powerful than Russia.

There is a big difference between Russia and the world then and now. In the world, territory changed hands liberally until 1945. Also, today's Russia has nukes.

The reason that Russia was not occupied by another countrey in the 1940's was that it was saved from occupation by the Allies supporting it with millions of gallons of high octane gasolene, millions of tons of food and hundresds of thousands of vehicles, tanks and aircraft as well as intelligence and the strategic bombing of the Allies which decreased the axis powers to wage war.

Can you talk about sanctions and Iran?

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

On my list

@ivan11h

17 күн бұрын

@@EconLessons thank you. I think there will be interest, since there was no KZread when they implemented sanctions 40 years ago.

Where did the Mongols conquer? They conquered much of that land around Kiev in the Kievan Rus land that made up much of today's Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia west of the Volga River, where modern-day Moscow is located

You forgot that after every occupation Russia liberated themselves, reformed and became stronger and bigger. Someone mentioned in comments they have lost the cold war - Soviet Union did collapse but they had control for 45 years of east Berlin and half of Europe. They withdrew they troops from Europe peacfuly as it was too expensive to feed, cloth and equip troops in foreign lands, they reformed, modernised and grow up infrastructuraly and economicaly after that move and probably now they feel strong enough again for war campaigns as we see in Ukraine. Also to mention that significant changes of power in Russia for example from monarchy to communism led to a first world war, later to second, but communism prevailed until 1990, then collapsed and then Putin came into power since 1998 to today which is nearly 30 years on. Russia don't stand for democratic values like West but rather to authocratic rule and we see that for centuries, long lasting rulers whether good or bad but by the Russians themselves wishing and voting for that. Don't bother to change that rather accept it and make everlasting peace with that and them.

All true but it didn't brought much luck to the invaders

I think Moscow keeps coming back though.. It is not wise to improperly evaluate your neighbors/ opponents.

I view Mark’s opinion absolutely opposite of what he said. Russia knows it’s vulnerable ,hence Putin using the west as the great invading threat of its time. The great patriotic war is only 2nd to Christmas for holidays. . If anything Russia sees itself as enduring and is a formidable force if invaded by any of its 9 weak geographies that can enable a force to March or drive through. It anything Mark makes Putin’s case for first mover tactical aggression. Unfortunately Russia is not strategically capable of addressing Russia’s true enemy, China and the Chinese desire for Russian natural assets.

@nattygsbord

16 күн бұрын

I think russian propaganda is just full of contradictions. First it says that west is weak and that russia easily outproduce the west in artillery ammunition, and that the west have no military stockpiles and is laughably weak. And then all of a sudden Russia turns around 180 degrees and says that the west is a great aggressive threat towards russia that wants to steal their resources. Even if the western armies are so weak that even Germany have less artillery ammunition than for a 2 week fighting with russia. So I say this: Get your own story straight for F*** sake.

i never bothered learning to drive, so i mostly only believe in bi-cycles 😁🙄😛

Occupation would be a huge leap. No chance of that without the consent of the people. And who would occupy? The UK army is only 75,000 soldiers. Is there enough people in the whole of Poland to occupy Russia? Occupation by force is impossible. Iraq for example. Afghanistan.

@EconLessons

17 күн бұрын

When the Russian economy disintegrates, no one will have to occupy it for a reformation to occur. That is all I care about.

@maritaschweizer1117

17 күн бұрын

The Chineese are occupying Russia, but not with soldiers, they simply buy the country

@MS-ii1sv

17 күн бұрын

​@@EconLessonsThat already happened in 1917 and in 1991 and you're complaining about the current leadership. If you bring the country to its knees economically then the people will accept anyone who brings relative stability. Maybe Russia isn't some utopia but their standard of living is higher now than it has ever been so why would they clamour for a shake up? Also might I add the opportunity to have a western style Russia was blown in the 1990s. Rather than prop it up and provide EU style subsidies they allowed Russia to flounder and be taken over by "Russian" mafia and "Russian" oligarchs and their cousins in the US came over like vultures to make a quick buck. So you got Putin who put the country back on its feet using the tools at his disposal. So you want to destabilze Russia and think you're going to get some Russian Justin Trudeau to run the place? A western style leader wouldn't last a week in that country.

Regarding the occupation of the capital : Everything happens for the first time !!!🤣🤣🤣

None of reformatting helped with the "master-slave" mindset muskovites have. While the cycle is there, their moral framework of "success is degrading your lesser" and "the bigger - the stronger" etc seems to be inherent

You've already become a historian? Not a very sought-after economist, I guess. I wonder why? 😉

Bro, are u drunk? Whats up with all this hate speech?

From all information I dig - I came to conclusion that trump might stop them by dumping oil prices. I know it doesn’t sound progressive. I just don’t believe current administration really care to do something more than helping refugees 😔 also thank you for your support of Ukraine! God bless America 💪🏻

Why does an economist feel the need to post videos on the history of Moscow?

Every Empire starts to crumble once it's interest payments on national debt are higher than it' s military budget. Russian foreign debt is just over $ 360 billions, or so. The United States of America has to pay close to $1 trillion in order to service it' s foreign debt. Since BRICS nations just started to form their organization as the answer to G7, and therefore US dollar will have less and less significance as the reserve currency with which international transactions are settled, retty soon the funny Monopoly money that Washington prints at will and in abundance will be worth less. Much less. And once the inflation " hits the fan" , we will see how many dual citizens will decide to seek greener pastures, so to speak.

The Soviet Union never collapsed. Many polticians in the western world studied at the Lenin institute in Moscow. Read " new lies for old " by Anatoliyn Golitsyn.

It is religion that made Russians believe in god like leaders. If a 3 yo ask me what happened I'd say: Prince Charles takes Ukraine from Moscow Patriach and the Pope watches in yeallousy calling for peace.

1610 sweden occupied Moskva

Nobody from the west wants to occupy Moscow in this day and age . However , as unlikey as it is , if one had to name a nation with a desire to take Russian territory it once held in the far east which incorporates regions as far as Vladivostok - China comes to mind . In coming years , should Russia experience severe economic decline , perhaps they might ask China for significant assistance and in doing so open the door to greater Chinese influence inside Russia to such an extent that perhaps Chinese influence could grow in strength to eventual control of political power in Moscow . The Chinese are closely watching Russian agressive actions in Ukraine... A weakened Russia as a result of sanctions and economic collapse and potential miltitary failure in Ukraine might result in the Kremlin leaning on their " friends " to provide aid and support when nobody else is willing to assist .

Very bookish and detached info. Extremely simplistic and outdated. If you want to be making substantive and up to date videos you must learn Russian, draw and process information from Russian languages sources rather than making ivory tower look judgements! Having said that, some of your videos are very informative and substantive nevertheless. And huge thanks for such consistent and devoted interest to that subject matter, Mark!

I really do appreciate your intelligent comments 👍

I think it‘s great you‘re pointing out that in fact, historically, russia is not invincible and that the idea of an unconquerable russia is a myth. However I would also like to point out the obvious in saying that history does not in fact repeat itself, and it certainly doesn‘t move in cycles either. There is no logical beginning and end of human societies, only unparalleled change. Every day is a new one, and each epoch has its own paradigms and challenges. The political, economical and ideological struggles that led to this war have very little in common with those that drove the historical instances you’ve just mentioned. However I think your video serves just as well to illustrate this point.

One big difference this time: nukes. No one dares to attact country that has nukes. So I do not see relation to that 200 years frequency.

@Frankivchanyn

17 күн бұрын

Soviet Union had Nukes and they didn’t save them from disintegration

@Chupacabras222

17 күн бұрын

@@Frankivchanyn Disintegration and occupying Moscow are 2 different things, aren't they? And Soviet union was something different as Russia is. Soviet union was "union" of different countries, there were distinct borders. So disintegration of Soviet union cannot be applied to possible disintegration of Russia. Completely different situations.

@heetheet75

17 күн бұрын

@@Chupacabras222 You can say that the soviet union was different in that because of all the countries they occupied their population and economic might was far greater than that of just russia, yes. But the ussr was the russian empire 2.0 in the sense that every republic answered to moscow. Just like their empire before, it collapsed. Russia falling apart is a very long trend.

@stephenoneill245

17 күн бұрын

Nukes are useless. No one will or can use them because it means instant suicide. Putin doesn't want to die and he doesn't want his wife, mistress and kids to perish either. I expect there are a lot of politicians, oligarchs and military who feel the same. Except for WWII, America, for example, has never used them, but they had to leave Vietnam and Afghanistan. Neither has Britain, France, India, Pakistan or Israel even though that have often been in conflicts since nukes were developed. Nukes therefore do not guarantee not being defeated. Apart from that, the inherent corruption in the Russian military has rendered much of its early warning system unreliable, using cheap components and pocketting half the funding. They therefore cannot properly see incoming missiles. If they know that, they are not about to fire any off themselves.

@helgeschneider9069

17 күн бұрын

it will collapsed from inside

Communism certainly does not lend itself to cohesiveness. Political repression amongst other things certainly doesnt spur development amongst the population as a whole.

Russia has biggest nuke arsenal in the world now. Any conventional armed force approaching Moscow could be vaporised. So it is invincible to occupation in some sense.

@nattygsbord

9 күн бұрын

My bet is that 80% of russian nukes don't work due to corruption and bad engineering and maintence. While my guess is that 100% of American nukes works and will hit their targets unless intercepted. However when it comes to russian ability to intercept I am not that impressed. While on the other hand do the patriot missile system do offer at least some protection against russian missiles. And I would be suprised if USA did have any secret ace up its sleve either. But regardless if do or not do I think it would easily defeat russia in a war, both a conventional and an unconventional.

@nattygsbord

9 күн бұрын

Seems like the only thing Mordor are good at are at letting trolls spamming how good their own country is and how much everyone else suck.

@neolord50pro77

8 күн бұрын

@@nattygsbord Very comprehensive analysis except that patriot missile system doesn't have to do anything with intercepting ICBMs (which i obviously implied). Btw, it's time to bed now - school tomorrow!

@nattygsbord

8 күн бұрын

@@neolord50pro77 Well it doesn't matter. Russia have used up their missiles intended for nuclear strikes in Ukraine and have used them for carrying conventional explosives instead and sometimes not even that and just concrete. And many such missiles has been shot down. So russia have used up most of their missiles intended for a nuclear war, which tips the scale even more in wests favor.

This time, Moscow needs to stop to exist

They are driven by fear. There are several concepts at stake: the danger of the technological advanced West since Charles of Sweden, later Napoleon and then the Germans. Imagine being only saved by the weather and some friends far away. The other danger comes from the steppe people and from East Asia. It could be the Mongolians, the Tatars, the Chinese, the Japanese and the Turks. For a while, the Soviet Union was the progressive culture and place of literature, music and art. Modern Russia has no appeal because they look weak and poor in comparison to even India and the central Asian countries. But at least they are determined and the West is not. The West cannot sacrifice: not blood and also not money. The Ukrainians will do everything but without our strong commitment, they are doomed. Putin plays Frederik the Great, whose only hope was the death of the Tsar which eventually happened and he survived with all his conquests. Hitler hoped for the end of the coalition but it proved to be too strong, while his own consisted of unreliable allies like Italians, Hungarians, Finns, Romanians and Bulgarians. Napoleon hoped for a similar wonder. Putin’s hope is on Donald Trump who dislikes Ukraine and doesn’t trust them. I think he will get away with 2-3 provinces and the Crimea in 2025.

@nattygsbord

15 күн бұрын

Putin reminds me of his own favorite Tsar Nicholas who started the Crimean war despite Russias backwardness and despite England and France was the richest high technological industrial superpowers of their age. And the reason why Tsar Nicholas and Tsar Putin believed in victory was the same. The west was decadent, materialistic, lazy, too comfortable, individualistic, unwilling to sacrifice blood and sweat, and unmanly. While Russia was manly, stubborn, brave, they were used to hardships, they were patriotic and understood the meaning of self-sacrifice for the greater good. It was believed that those virtues would compensate for russias technological, economical and manpower disadvantage. But Putin despite his love for history have failed to see that he is not the first one to have this faulty belief that wars could be won only by superior morality. Tsar Nicholas lost the Crimean war for Russia. Hundreds of thousands of people died for nothing for this childish man that had some silly fantasies about being a succesful conqueror King. Russia lost that war. Japan in World war 2 thought that the superior Japanese soldier would beat the industrial might of the decadent, comfortable, westerners that were unwilling to die for their country or for anything. But Japan had their asses kicked and lost the war anyways. And this was despite the Japanese undoubtably were fanatical and literarly fought til the last man and never surrendered, and japanese soldiers continued to fight for the emperor even decades after the war had ended on some remote pacific islands. So if not even fanatical Japanese bushido warriors could defeat the industrial might of the west, or German military professionalism. Then do I hold no doubt that russia will lose its future wars against the west. The russian soldier is less willing to fight than his western counterparts and more willing to surrender. And the lack of industrial might is even worse than that Germany had against USA. And nor do russia hold any manpower advantage like it had in previous world wars. Russias hopes and dreams are unrealistic. Putin just do the same mistake as previous Tsars. And russia will pay a high price for this for many decades to come.