I remember the western news on Russia in the 90s ... it consisted of "They now have McDonalds and are free."

@MrMr-ws3tv

Жыл бұрын

Your daughter's getting ran through but hey atleast she get that taste out her mouth with a nice big mac

@brianmurray1395

3 ай бұрын

Pathetic isn’t it?

400 people were arrested in Russia last year for things they said on the internet, that number was approx. 3500 in the UK in the same year. Interesting statistic

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

And how many people were arrested or " disappeared " by the Ukrainian Gestapo/SBU?

@limenciel6081

Жыл бұрын

@@tatianalyulkin410 About 22,000, officially.

@romani8494

Жыл бұрын

That's because if you say anything bad against minorities or LGBTQ in Russia, nothing happens. If you say anything against Putin or military or war, you get arrested. That should tell you something.

@khaelamensha3624

Жыл бұрын

In the riots in France a few years ago, more than 40 people loose one eye due to anti riot weapons because they were manifesting against taxes... And the guy elected speaks about freedom...

@hamish1309

Жыл бұрын

Shocking.

As a South Korean, I understand what Konstantin is talking about. Until 1993, South Korea was ruled by either dictator except in names, or actual mlitary dictatorship. Many of them are revered by old South Koreans even today because they brought certain level of stability after devastation of Japanese Occupation, WW2, and Korean War. In comparison to total chaos and war torn country, stable dictatorship was preferrable.

@Autobotmatt428

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the brief North Korean gorilla war across the DMZ from 1967-69

@Aeonized

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Taiwan and Chiang Kai-Shek.

@DieFlabbergast

Жыл бұрын

@@Autobotmatt428 "gorilla war"! I didn't know they had a rainforest in Korea!

@1969cmp

Жыл бұрын

....just like Singapore 🇸🇬

@davidhunt313

Жыл бұрын

*Security* is preferred to _Liberty_ for most everyone who have had neither in their lives!!?!

Many people ask this question and are puzzled by the popularity of Putin. Thank you for this important explanation. Everything is relative and we should not judge others by our own standards.

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

It's not that Putin is so great- it's what we, as Americans, have become. We're in bed with the Ukrainian Nazis and the Wokesters at the same time. Instead of being a shiny beacon of hope we're a bunch of liars and hypocrites. And we're not even trying to hide it.

@gjlander100

Жыл бұрын

See my comments above.

@richardgietzen4591

Жыл бұрын

Well as an American ** my country isn't a democracy either

@niguel4438

Жыл бұрын

@@richardgietzen4591 sadly true

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

Anybody who strips what going on in Ukraine down to " evil Putin attacking poor defenceless Ukraine " is selling something.

Well coming back to the question of 1990's in Russia, USA and western advisors helped form the new Russian economy which almost destroyed Russia as well as many of it's citizens. You can find a speech of Russian president Boris Yeltsin in the Congress in USA and how everybody is happy and applaud (similar to Zelensky or Guaido today), while it's nation suffered.

@noone6037

Жыл бұрын

It was the aim of the USA to destroy Russia in the 1990s so they could take control. Same thing they are trying now and again Putin is saying 'Not on my watch'.

@nusaibahibraheem8183

Жыл бұрын

History repeating itself, whenever you see western leaders clapping for someone, it is because they are about to profit at the expense of others. That's what they are truly applauding

@z1az285

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I'm glad yelstin was kicked out.

@joshadrale4415

Жыл бұрын

I watched a vid about this... basically the proposed way forward proposed by some IMF guy was shock therapy. Drastic socio-economic changes instantly notwithstanding how far rock bottom they could hit with a few people in the loop acquiring and hoarding former Soviet property dubiously. Leaving the populous to the dogs:- hunger, cold, starvation, inflation, unemployment, no government subsidies. breakdown of public service delivery all at once. Savings, little property, jobs all wiped out at ago.

@lukamiki6479

Жыл бұрын

Russians perceive this step as genocide. millions of Russians died, and even more were simply not born because their parents could not afford them.

The right question is: What's democracy to Western World? Democracy to Western World is just prosperity? And what about FREEDOM, LIBERTY? Nowadays, would be Western people experiencing a real democracy? Really?

@thegeneralist7527

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Our freedom, equality and rule of law is evaporating before our eyes in Canada.

@demoraes4037

2 жыл бұрын

​@@thegeneralist7527 I'm really sorry about that. But, unfortunately it's happening around the world. Words like DEMOCRACY, LIBERTY, FREEDOM, CIVIL RIGHTS are becoming empty and meaningless statement, just fallacies used by Western political leaders.

@miketimberland4850

2 жыл бұрын

for sure censorship is increasing in the western world

@Exterminator19861

Жыл бұрын

You know that all that movements of changing your pronounce is to dehumanaze people ? You know that if yo uare not human by law you can be treated like not a human if you know what it mean . Someone in US want to destroy society and term Human socialy and next step will be removing word Human from documents so in end you wont have human rights .

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

Well, our Kostya doesn't live in New York, Portland or SF.

Especially when you ask a person in Asia, Africa or Middle East what Democracy means. To them it means western imperialism, bombings, invasions and “if you have a different ideology and especially natural resources that we want we will force you to have democracy and liberalism”🤷🏾‍♂️ Edit: Also I just watched a great documentary on the BBC “Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone” by Adam Curtis. It makes you realise the 90s in Russia was horrible so I never got triggered or mad when Russians supported Putin I understand it fully

@LeadLeftLeon

Жыл бұрын

US foreign policy researchers admit China is an attractive trade partner because it doesn’t meddle with local governments. Business not politics

@mcbure1

Жыл бұрын

very true!!!

@125discipline2

Жыл бұрын

i saw documentary where a kid in iraq refugee camp say he will destroy the west when he grew up, when i see he's surrounded by unbelievable amount of misery, i understand.

@intello8953

Жыл бұрын

@@125discipline2 you understand now right? If someone bombed my home and killed my family I feel like I want to destroy their whole existence haha. But apparently according to America and Britain they are only allowed to invade and bomb other countries because they bring “democracy, liberty, liberalism, capitalism” etc 🙄

@stanleybuchan4610

11 ай бұрын

Russia, or the USSR, has killed more of it's own citizens than any invader. Stop blaming everyone else for your own failures.

I'm russian. I would prefer things to change but this man did a neat job explaining what is actually going on and how things in the past lead to what we have today.

@aktraining3747

7 ай бұрын

russians do not exist.

@vennatuniv

6 ай бұрын

The idea that the indigenous in Australia voted to be put in reserves....show how we all believe in democracy! Nobody is better than anybody...

@aktraining3747

6 ай бұрын

"Russian" is fake identity

I’m from United States but have listened to a lot of his speech’s! Great man and thank heaven for him!

I lived in China for 12 years, and I used to tell my western friends that the idea that democracy meant you got everything (or anything) you wanted was as ridiculous as the idea that public opinion had no influence on government in China.

@jyreklordinthrain7813

Жыл бұрын

If you think the legitimacy and quality of the Chinese gov't is in any way comparable to a democratic one then the only ridiculous thing here is you.

@tufsoft1

Жыл бұрын

@Bogda Nov quite so, there was a study by Princeton University which showed that voter preferences had no effect on government policy, but policies were enacted which the commercial lobbyists spent the most money on

@cheriedeurope

Жыл бұрын

I hope your Western friends are at least thankful to you and didn't take you as a brainwashed naive person. Coz as I told my best European friends similar things, they just labeled me as brain washed by the Chinese Communist Party.

@insomniacresurrected1000

Жыл бұрын

The Westerners suffer from hubris that makes them think their system is superior to what they have in China.

@AexisRai

Жыл бұрын

by what mechanisms, though, does public opinion have influence on government in China?

I was born in Belarus in 1983 and moved to the UK in 1986 with my mother. I showed her this clip and she said that Konstantin is spot on with everything (yes, everything) that he said.

@tunisiandom9318

Жыл бұрын

very interesting, because neither your mom nor Konstantin have actually lived the naughties in Former SU

@bachristus

Жыл бұрын

Belarus is another separate state. He was talking about Russia where your mother was not living at all

What is so shocking about this is how it's beginning to apply to the West of the 2020s.

@soren9310

Жыл бұрын

exactly!

@katl3892

Жыл бұрын

No, it's not.

@soren9310

Жыл бұрын

@@katl3892 yes, it is...open your eyes

@katl3892

Жыл бұрын

@@soren9310 oh yeah you are so devastated by oppression in the west. You have no idea how life looked like behind iron curtain. You think you are blocked on tweeter or something and that's a problem? Open your eyes, you haven't seen what Soviets did with people.

@soren9310

Жыл бұрын

@@katl3892 oh yeah? Well how about people losing their lives here, because their lives are destroyed for saying :"there are only two genders" people losing their jobs or are sent to prison for a month for swearing at someone...it's not the oppression Olympics, there aren't free cookies for the winner, honey..you have NO effing idea, what your talking about, so spare me. Oh and btw: the Soviets had at least never the level of technology that these fascists have....people get busted here for words, they say in their house thanks to "Alexa"....learn up on the issue

Brilliant answer. In six minutes. It makes sense when you look at Russian history.

@stanislavstoimenov1729

Жыл бұрын

In the minds of Americans, Western Europeans, Australians, etc. the 90-ies was this great time of palpable cultural dynamic and economic prosperity. But for us -- Russians, other Eastern Europeans -- it is a decade of total collapse and humiliation. And it makes sense, since we lost a war; it might have been a "cold" one, but it was a war and we lost. So, we'll burn the world down if we must, but we're NOT going back to this. Ever.

@LDunny

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Konstantin is quite accurate. I would only disagree with his statement that Putin is "the main oligarch". He is not - he took the oligarchs under control, made them to finally pay state tax and not to influence the political life to keep enriching themselves.

@gogaonzhezhora8640

Жыл бұрын

This is how you are fed lies. Literally everything out of this man's mouth is lies.

@dimitarvelinov277

Жыл бұрын

@@LDunny , I wouldn't agree with Kissin that under Yeltsin there was democracy. There was nothing but anarchy back then. Also, he was given small amounts of money by the US (IMF) to give to the Russian people and to be reelected in order to let Western companies exploit everything they wished in Russia.

@asdf3568

Жыл бұрын

Except Putin was democratically elected and a majority of Russians like him.

I simplify it even more. My grand parents were very scrupulous with their money. They had a very hard life, born during the civil war, childhood in the red terror years of 30s. Then the war. After the war worked all their lives, my grandmother as an accountant my grandfather as a mechanic. When the Soviet Union fell apart they had their lives savings, about 200 grand in buying ability in today's money. Those life savings were devalued in 3 months so much that you couldn't buy a pack of smokes with them.

@JTM1809

Жыл бұрын

What a nightmare of an experience. And this describes just the economic devastation under Yeltsin. Another aspect is the utter lawlessness. I remember reading a news article in mid 90's (I was junior high at that time) describing what happened to one Russian lady who needed to go to hospital for some banal surgery such as appendicitis. She woke up and found out her recovery would take longer than expected, because someone just removed one of her kidneys (to presumably sell it to a person in need of donation). After returning from the hospital, she found out, that her apartment was sold in her absence to someone else by someone she couldn't track. And there was no way she could get it back. She went for a minor surgery and wound up minus one kidney and homeless. Corruption, oligarchy and lack of free press is a minor issue compared to such utterly predatory lawlessness.

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

True. Absolutely true. But we gotta face the fact that the same thing is happening in the States now even as I'm typing this. Our whole lifestyle, the very fabric of society are being destroyed! And all we can say is, " Look at the evil Putin! ".

@50centgotshot9times

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember counting a bunch of money that my grandparents had saved up and our family standing around telling me that it's now worthless. My grandparents were old and needed a lot of help but my family decided that the best option was for my parents and me to get out of Russia so we thankfully came to Australia. I've seen the poverty first hand with my own eyes and it's absolutely horrible. My grandmother in Moscow drank herself to death when everyone left her. It really hurts thinking about it but that's life. I imagine our stories are identical to many others.

@leonidas229

Жыл бұрын

comunists did that in cechoslovakia. from one day to another money didnt worth. when i look to national debt on usa and some other states, we can experience it in our lives too

@JTM1809

Жыл бұрын

@@leonidas229 Yep. That was the 1953 Zápotocký monetary reform. All government debt towards population was cancelled. New banknotes and coins rolled out overnight (printed secretly in the USSR), so that the old notes were just paper. All deposits, savings, pensions etc. were re-valued wrt old currency by a factor of X:1, depending on the amount (akin to progressive taxation, ranging from 5:1 to 50:1). The result was a complete neutering of the middle class and private capital for the benefit of the communist-controlled state. Until the financial crisis of 2008 and the resulting public to private transfer of money, the 1953 czechoslovak monetary reform had been the biggest theft by inflation adjusted volume in modern history.

As an American , and 8 year veteran of U.S. military my country is not a democracy **** and for anyone to hold up my country ad a democracy well perhaps they should take a closer look .

@realitycheck4086

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the same for the UK.

@richardgietzen4591

Жыл бұрын

@@realitycheck4086 the English revel in the British Empire, America is a ( constitutional / democracy / republic) the English are imperialist America is not an Empire.

@Reinhard_Erlik

Жыл бұрын

Democracy rarely turns out great, 1933-1945 Germany was very democratic yet look at how that ended up, Germany did what it did by the means of deceiving it's people and bringing out the worst in them.

@elmermatthew6796

Жыл бұрын

The Western countries have never been a democracy... it's all lies that have been told to us constantly.

@MrMr-ws3tv

Жыл бұрын

From 2007 to 2017 Australia was ment to have 3 prime minister's we had about 10 due to the politicians kicking out the leaders we voted for and installing the person they wanted. My "country" is a joke.

Well I can't say I noticed much democracy in the west in the last decade. Swapping one corrupt party or politicians for another is not really a choice, is is? And do you have the feeling that we prosper?

@oliveoil7642

Жыл бұрын

Politicians in the West have become self serving, inept and corrupt!

@SchultzDorinda

Жыл бұрын

Demicrqcy in the West has always been a fraud

@uncletedscabin4625

Жыл бұрын

It's been that way for much longer than a decade.

I was born in 1979 and I remember very well the absolute collapse Konstantin is talking about. Just one correction: founder of Romanov's dynasty has been elected peacefully and democraticly in 1613 by Zemsky Sobor ("Estates General"). The same about Tzar Boris Godunov in 1598, after the Rurikovichi dynasty has stopped, but legitimacy of this election and the representativeness of this particular Zemsky Sobor is disputable. We also had a lot of democracy in Novgorod Republic, which was important part of middle ages Russia.

@ericfrolov148

Жыл бұрын

Romanov was elected by boyars, nobility, not by people. Hard to call it a democracy.

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

And when push came to shove, Novgorod also needed a prince to rule them!

The same financial collapse spoken of here will be coming to the west. . . Soon. We are all going to experience this soon.

Simple really, he isn't the evil dictator our "leaders" claim, he puts his country first rather than using it as an ATM for the rest of the world, he doesn't allow the woke nonsense we have here, frankly he is just simply a good leader.

@zloyboy8

Жыл бұрын

I agree, originally I believed what I was told to believe about him, but once I got deeper into his actions and generally most things that happened due to the war , I started realizing how much of all this is a lie, and that we are the ones living in what news and politicians say Russians live in.

@andrewminaev9958

Жыл бұрын

You are russian speaker. Being russian myself I can easily spot it from the grammar you use. You are paid troll.

@rolandcr

Жыл бұрын

The woke staff is not nice, but he is not a good leader. A leader is someone who leads, he dictates, he oppresses. Pray that you have such "leader" in your country

Very well spoken, this young man. I was shocked back in 1977 when my college History professor told me about why the Soviets were afraid of Western powers invading them, and that is why they were so determined to hold on the Eastern Block countries. I thought my professor was nuts at first, but when I thought about it more, I realized it would change the way you look at things, having had your country invaded, your citizens murdered and slaughtered, and your entire infrastructure completely destroyed. (Reference WWII). I can see where this guy makes sense too. We need to stay out of this.

@alex-ff1mp

2 жыл бұрын

...having learned (that your country was invaded); and not leaned that your country had started wars non stop in the last 500 years with ALL your neighbors in the process killing 10% of the population from the invaded neighbors. Is not about someone staying out is about staying them in their country. And this was not the case consistently in the last 500 years.

@martynpage1794

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is Putin thinks we are involved. He thinks that, because the European plane looks like a funnel with its narrowest point on the Polish German border, he needs to invade every country in Eastern Europe up to that border. This is because he needs a defensible narrow point to pack his armies into to fend off an imaginary NATO invasion. That’s why his staff is so upset by the prospect of Finland’s proposal to join NATO, that border is huge and indefensible. The real reason Putin will never stop is because he needs continuous war to remain in power. The Kremlin clans are already plotting for succession.

@brianwilke592

2 жыл бұрын

@@martynpage1794 Well, we (in this case the US) are involved; the Pentagon just a few days admitted that US intelligence assisted Ukraine with targeting information on 8 assassinated Russian generals in the war, and also helped Ukraine target the Russian cruiser that was sunk. If the situation were reversed (remember the fake news story about Russia paying "bounties" on the heads of US soldiers in Afghanistan?) we would be going bat crazy. Regardless, your analysis is interesting and compelling, and will be interesting to watch, but we don't have a clue what we are getting into, and should stay away. Further, I find it interesting that I brought a "someone liked your comment" notification up, and I checked it out, and noted there were two replies, but at the time they were not available to me. It was only after your specific reply was shown on my notification box that I bring up your reply. Not sure what's going there, but with all the interference by big tech these days I find that suspicious.

@martynpage1794

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianwilke592 Thanks for your thoughts. I'm never sure how these platforms work anyway, possibly a bit "buggy". Putin likes to paint NATO as "the Enermy" and an "existential threat". He believe France, Germany, the UK (my country) are just side show performers, the real enemy, the only one that counts is the US. The US is NATO to all intents and purposes and Russia is really at war with the US in Ukraine. Ukraine itself is just territory in his eyes (although he has a soft spot for Kiev and Odesa which is why they haven't been blown to bits). So, I fear you can't stay away, Putin is gunning for you.

@fevgg

Жыл бұрын

This man is actually 40 years old. He looks young but hi's not

We don't need to imagine what he's talking about because we experienced it first hand right here in Australia. We had great jobs one day, and were out on the street the next. We had done nothing wrong, we just didn't want to participate in a medical experiment.

@leonidas229

Жыл бұрын

terrible. how are you now?

@chrislloyd5415

Жыл бұрын

What are you taking about. The lock-downs? In that case you weren't on the street. Most people retained their job and those who didn't were paid by treasury.

@davidevans9992

Жыл бұрын

@@chrislloyd5415 What am I taking about? I'm talking about the mandates destroying my life. I'm talking about getting kicked out on the street with no compensation or support whatsoever. What are you talking about?

@jeremywhitehorn1228

Жыл бұрын

@@davidevans9992 9/11 was not an inside job

@ArtemKo___

Жыл бұрын

Add to it: - 0 value national currency - savings lost for EVERYONE in the country - massive amnesties for "political prisoners" flooding country with criminals - police doesn't work -- this and above leads to local criminal groups similar to mexican cartels in every sphere of life and not just business. You either do what they want or be buried somewhere out of town and it is absolutely common practice and known to everyone. - no one is being paid for work - War with Chechnya - Terrorist attacks all over country - Boom of heavy drugs, bloodied needles everywhere And thats not even half the problems Russia had to deal with after USSR fall.

What Kisin is describing is also happening in the so called Western democracies

@antoinettekankindi6807

2 жыл бұрын

And I don't think it is true that democracy produces prosperity. Aristotle already established that democracy is possible where prosperity is more evenly spread in society.

@koroglurustem1722

2 жыл бұрын

Where?

@sanher20

Жыл бұрын

That's how economies work and economist have known this for centuries, there are times of economic prosperity but there will also be times of economic recession ALWAYS. A recession always happens approximately every 8 years. Even the USSR collapsed, this doesn't apply only to capitalist countries, the reason why Russia was in crisis in the 90s was because the nation was already in crisis which made it collapse. The biggest issue here is that Russians were so illiterate and their education on economics and politics is so poor that they don't understand that what happened was inevitable, economic recovery was also inevitable and unfortunately it occurred when Putin rose to power. So now Russians since they're so ignorant thank Putin of bringing stability when in reality it was inevitable and anyone would have been able to fix it.

@Dakamaru

Жыл бұрын

@@sanher20 Russians - illiterate? Are you high?

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

No, he's quite brilliant. He's just a liar with an agenda though. How sad.

And I love the concept of soviet people being ignorant about the fact how unfree and poor they were. As if stable life, career opportunities, decent job and free healthcare is an ILLUSION of some sort. Kisin again paradoxically mixes his dellusions with factual knowledge. That is so amazing.

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

If he doesn’t package it in a way that soothes the egos of westerners, they won’t listen.

@nikogdatakogo

Жыл бұрын

@@myronplatte8354 because their mindset is totalitarian. They cannot accept even a possibility of their dogmas being wrong

The best thing about democracy: everyone has a vote. The worst thing about democracy: everyone… has… a vote…

@Lucia-sy7le

Жыл бұрын

Or 3 or 300 depending on where you live in this great Republic🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@asdf3568

Жыл бұрын

You could say that about most countries. Esspecially the US.

@spacecat4691

Жыл бұрын

Haha, well said! 👌

@FueRent

Жыл бұрын

Vote but you know where you can stick your vote when 60% are easy to control and exploit monkeys and 10% do not give a fck because they have enough money to not care

@zomgneedaname

Жыл бұрын

Thats why when the Athenians did it, it was restricted to old rich men.

right now there are protests in Europe (France, Great Britain, etc.), but the protesters have achieved nothing, and the elected politicians are not responsible for their promises, then what is democracy if nothing depends on your choice

I have been professionally and personally enmeshed with Russia and Central/Eastern Europe since I became an adult. I can say this is the best explanation ever for the mindset, especially in Russia and Eastern Europe.

One amendment about democracy that Russia first experienced in the 90s. American politicians openly admit that they bought the 1996 elections in Russa and led to the victory of Yeltsin, and not the communist Zyuganov, who had the majority of Russian citizens on his side. We have democracy now, because Western countries are not able to influence our choice. No one forbids us to choose the same person for president if he is the guarantor of the stability and prosperity of the country.

@gopatych

11 ай бұрын

Так-то мешала конституция, которая ограничивает количество сроков на посту президента. Но в 2012 Путину это не помешало, а сейчас вообще обнулился.

@dariyarudakova7093

11 ай бұрын

@@gopatych да, но только кем и под чьим влиянием была написана та конституция и что-то бурных протестов при изменении этой статьи в народе не случилось (разве что у навальнистов, но это такой минимум что проходит как погрешность)

@gopatych

11 ай бұрын

@@dariyarudakova7093 Какая разница под чьим влиянием она была написана, если она была в силе? Путин нарушил конституцию, которая тогда действовала. Просто статья о двух сроках была интерпретирована, что "нельзя 2 срока подряд сидеть, а вообще они не ограничены", поэтому и был Медведев между сроками Путина. Он её не изменил в 2012, а сделал это только в 2020 году, в середине его четвертого срока, потому что иначе пришлось опять ставить приемника, а там непонятно что может случится. И тут было принято решение, что лучше просто поменять конституцию, основу оставить той же, добавить пару поправок, о которых никто даже не вспомнит, и все. В чем различия между "навязанной Западом" и нашей "новой" конституцией? Там почти нет отличий. Зато теперь обнуление конституции даёт возможность сидеть еще 12 лет. В 2024 году будет только первый срок. А сами поправки не были прямо однозначно встречены. Там было 50 на 50. Не все хотели менять документ. А само голосование получилось очень спорным.

As Russian living in Russia, I say that this is short, sharp and brisk explanation what people of Russia feel and think. So sad.

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

Why sad?

@greedytoski

11 ай бұрын

sad what exactly ? or do you think the west is a democracy? so naive

You can't find this point of view on MSM. Instead, you'll only hear about how unpopular Putin is.

@Eng0926

Жыл бұрын

Putin is very popular in Russia.

@herman-6839

Жыл бұрын

wrong... how evil, crazybastard putin is... rolf

@YanaPetruk

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately he’s popular here. And you can’t say you don’t like him. It’ll get you in trouble.

@YanaPetruk

Жыл бұрын

But. As a Russian. He’s not so popular as you think. There are numbers if deluded people here, surely. But also, all of my friends, relatives don’t support him. We just can’t say this and speak loud. All free mass media are banned here. The opposition is in jail or left. So.

@SiberiaKim

Жыл бұрын

​@@YanaPetruk вы всегда можете сказать, что не любите президента, правительство, не поддерживаете. Но оскорблять нельзя.

Isn’t the collapse of our society what we are starting to experience now?

@user-mg3fj7iw8y

Жыл бұрын

вас ожидают наши девяностые

@kathleenfederl5121

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

Taki da. K gadalke ne xodi.

@xtrash1ove

3 ай бұрын

"our" means British? Or, more broadly, western society? Then absolutely no. Judging by the amount of clashes and debates about the future, it's more than alive.

Based on original definition Canada Australia are no longer democratic

@foraustralia2558

2 жыл бұрын

garbage ... utter garbage

@zloyboy8

Жыл бұрын

Most of the "democratic" countries aren't either.

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

Neither is America. Kostya is talking about " my " America- and she died a long time ago.

@markiankchik1338

Жыл бұрын

@@tatianalyulkin410 well in comparison to canada and australia your home is still good

Question would be "Why wouldn't peiple support him". 1. Made Russia souverain again 2. Living standard rose by important levels 3. Level of corruption declined 4. Production of goods and services rose while imports have been substituted by own products. Not all but a large ammount yes. 5. Currency coupled with gold and withstood enormous pressures Australia better takes care of locking their own people away for.months at the time.

@AlejandroNievas1

Жыл бұрын

i guess that you never been to russia... if you go out of moscow and st peterburg most small cities still in 1950 conditions , and most villages could fit in a lord of the rings movie

@morskisrle

Жыл бұрын

@@AlejandroNievas1 I am very well aware but it has nothing to with my argument. My patients and families with two incomes in the Netherlands increasingly cannot pay basic treatments not because i am expensive but because somebody is tempering with their money via inflation that i can correct and gladly do to avoid going bust but they cannot. I worked in 2007/2008 in the Dutch flower industry that earned massive money, by that i mean hundreds of millions of Euro's, that dissapeared once sanctions started. Around 20-40k jobs were lost, many companies dissapeared. Now even if they would like to export it would have not an impact because around 30% maiby even more of former imports have been substituted by local products or product imported by friendly nations. What a dumb move isn't it?! Dont get me wrong but west, and especially EU, has overleveraged itself by thinking the other could not live without them. That is now coming back in a manner i would summarize like: "Russia is maiby the next western USA of 18/19th century" that could potentially see a large influx of Europeans and Americans over 10-20-30 years. "Our" economy is declining, infrastructure is here and there still ok but increasingly of less quality just as education and healthcare. I am not making up just summarize observations.

@vyacheslavkoshcheyev819

Жыл бұрын

@@AlejandroNievas1 Strange argument. I'm living in Russia, but not in Moscow or St. Petersburg. You are complitly wrong about this point.

@AlejandroNievas1

Жыл бұрын

@@vyacheslavkoshcheyev819 well i lived in russia, i can assure you im quite right , maybe u should discover your own country abit better...

@vyacheslavkoshcheyev819

Жыл бұрын

@@AlejandroNievas1 Or may be you should not tell strange things about place where I live.

The same thing happened in Yugoslavia. And Yugoslavia was rich country compared with the countries of the Soviet Union. Democracy literally destroyed the Yugoslavian people.

@nered123

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😆, when you try to install a communist regime and dictate how people can live their lives that have been there for 100's of years. That destroyed yugoslavia. And its good that it did 👍

@mihaelbitola3812

Жыл бұрын

@@nered123 Yugoslavia was socialist country, and 99.% of the people were living very good, but the American government have spent millions of dollars to destroy Yugoslavia, they don't want a country where Every company every factory every Bank belong to the workers. The ordinary workers were treated like a real human beings.

@blase777

Жыл бұрын

what about ethnic nationalisms?

@kn0wmore126

Жыл бұрын

I reckon 'interference' from US/ NATO had something to do with that, as well..

@peterpinn5330

Жыл бұрын

I see the point of view. I heard similar views in Kroatia. On the other hand: Some winners can be observed, Lidl, Müller etc. outrange small kroatian supermarkets, the coast is "develloped", some prosperity came with it ... can it be Ukrainian people are dreaming that prosperity will be provided as soon as the European commission runs the economy?

Wonderfully persuaded and explained. Kisin has a brilliant mind and knows his history. His speech at the university about the perils and stupidity of wokeness is a must for everybody to hear .

@andreyevsv

Жыл бұрын

If he is right in one thing it does not mean he is telling the truth about other. He lies to you and you don't even bother to double-check

@mattbarbarich3295

11 ай бұрын

@@andreyevsv Life experience and my own two eyes are the ony things I need to check with.

@andreyevsv

11 ай бұрын

@@mattbarbarich3295Good answer.

All I have in my mind when I hear the word democracy is USA. And I didn't like being there, at all, nor I do like what I see there on the internet. Democracy looks like a mess to me, a mess which damages your psyche. That's why I support Putin. And when later on I've checked what happens to other counties which USA has brought democracy to, I've started to support Putin even more. Democracy is a rot. But the history is written by winners, and at the moment democracy is what writes history.

Russia has the famous Republic of Novgorod as an early form of a democratic State so to say Russia never ever had a democratic transition from power is not right.

@hrissan

Жыл бұрын

The democratic mechanism worked like this: influential local fur (resource) traders paid laymen to shout on the marketplace, which side shouted louder (more 💰) would win elections. Sounds suspiciously like modern democracy to me😹

@yurgurtha4757

Жыл бұрын

@@hrissan lol

Good stuff. Great insight. As an American we have a very bad habit of seeing the world from our own echo chamber perspective and it does us much good when we sitdown and shut up and let others have the floor and hear them from their perspectives. Big thanks to John and Konstantin on this one.

Wow, very accurate! I have never thought that way. A lesson in 6 minutes.

Lets be real, the right to vote who leads you is worthless, compared with the right to go out for a walk at night (or any other time) and know you are going to be safe.

@jamalaziz5021

10 ай бұрын

The right to vote for party that choosen by the oligarch becouse it does't matter what you choose, right or left they are puppet of oligarch

@defaultytuser

9 ай бұрын

Bro... come on! that's literal paddock-sheep thinking

@answerer-mo8by

8 ай бұрын

So just to clarify, you'd rather have peaceful slavery than dangerous freedom. Got it.

@paranoiadev

8 ай бұрын

@@answerer-mo8by you got dangerous slavery. good work.

@ekaf1735

4 ай бұрын

At least you will always have reedom of ignorance

Nice to see KK having a discussion with Anderson. Admire you both!

On top of that I would say that Putin also listens to people to see what they want and need.

@SNORKYMEDIA

Жыл бұрын

did they ask for the right to not be able to critizise the government?

@IliyaOsnovikov

Жыл бұрын

@@SNORKYMEDIA No they didn't. They just criticize the government every single day.

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Individual autocratic-style leaders actually are more accountable than parliaments, because they are individuals.

It's not just Russians who support Putin. Many countries and people around the world have had enough of the likes of the USA. UK.

@tobiasmccallum9697

11 ай бұрын

And yet still those two countries have the most people moving there.....

Absolutely. Very insightful.

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

He's positively brilliant and that makes him dangerous because people will believe him even if he lies.

Good perspective, 90% of individuals are culturally and geopolitically illiterate. Keep sharing this information!

We live in a cleverly disguised Oligarchy who own the political system We have the best government’s money can buy

@z1az285

Жыл бұрын

Neoliberalism is the root cause of that. And yes, that's not democracy by any means

Kisin is up there with Sowell, straight answers to direct questions and he is able to throw in a little humour at the same time.

@andrewminaev9958

Жыл бұрын

Where did you find humor here, half-wit? He's talking about national tragedy, when million lost everything in their lives. What did you find funny here?

@anthonyclarke5579

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewminaev9958 Kisin is generally regarded as as a satirist and that was my intention to illustrate the difference between Kisin and Sowell. In the interview above Kisin is deadly serious (as he should be) but in others he is does inject a little gallows humour to lighten the subject matter. As for my being a half-wit, thank you, it is an upgrade on my usual dim-wit moniker.

@skiev6657

Жыл бұрын

Kisin forget to mension that today Russians are capablt to distinguish imitation of democracy (US, UK) from the real rule of peaple. Ukraine is a western-promoted democracy$^ really??

@anthonyclarke5579

Жыл бұрын

@@skiev6657 You might well be correct, but this war is a tragedy for both sides. Nobody "wins" in war. Thank you for the reply.

@dimitarvelinov277

Жыл бұрын

Nowhere near him. Under Yeltsin there was no democracy. There was nothing but anarchy back then. Yeltsin was given small amounts of money by the US (IMF) to give to the Russian people and to be reelected in order to let Western companies exploit everything they wished in Russia.

Thank you John...guess I betta head to the full interview.

I guess he also forgot to mention that behind the transition in the 90ies there were US, UK, and EU appointed consultants exclusively...

Excellent summary and well taken point. I'm writing it as a Russian who lived through 90's in Russia.

So the conclusion is: we all need Vladimir Putin 😂

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

At least I do. If not for Putin my brother and Edward Snowden would be sharing a cell with Julian Assange.

how does this guy know anything? he left Russia at the age of 11!!!! stop portaying him as some sort of expert! he is a bloody comedian)))))

it is not the business of the West first of all. But if you must know, Putin is honest; fair and not screwing the World for $$

@firestarter000001

Жыл бұрын

Yeah only invading neigbooring independent countires, and killign thousands.

Democracy as is , is not stable and has failed miserably … I’m not sure why we don’t talk about tweeting IT 🤷🏽‍♀️

fascinating explanation of what is happening in the entire world

I'm Russian and a Russian friend of mine says democracy is good because everyone can influence the way the government rules the country. Guess what, whenever I try to discuss (with her or other friends of mine) new laws that the government is about to pass, EVERYONE says they are too busy with their life to even keep track of the news! Russian don't want democracy, they want someone who can take care of things so that they can have their peace and quiet. Myself included.

@Nikolaievich9837

Жыл бұрын

It’s because the idea sounded good and it’s considered a norm. And since the end of the USSR, Russians were and wanted to be more open with the west hoping to improve there relations but only got stabbed in the back. And what’s funny is that they blame Russia for all these oligarchs meanwhile the west has the same but there are called differently.

@sianek7973

Жыл бұрын

You just admitted that you all have got mind of slaves. Mongols, tzars, communists and now KGB agent. You're slaves for centuries. Russia is not a country, its state of mind

@firestarter000001

Жыл бұрын

Then, sorry to be blunt, maybe you should try to change your mindset. Really important stuff thah you should follow doesnt happen all the time, you dont need to devote much time efery day. Democracy isnt a great thing, but its the best form of ruling humanity has devised so far, because it maintains a very painful, but stil a balance between the rules and the ruled. You do to many unpopular things as deputees? You wont get voted in next time. And with your mindset Russia got what it has : a group of mafia-oligarchs , kept under the leash of the Tzar Putin. You didnt care about growing autocracy, opposition getting locked/assasineted, no real free speech, no free media, because life was much better then before. Now that Putin has gone of the rails and started to realize his mad dream of rebuilding Russian Imperium, starting wars, its very hard to oppose even if you would like. My country Poland is also having for 2 elections very bad gouverment who slowly tries to change the country laws to have more power,to be more authocratic but its isnt yet anywhere this bad as in Russia, and hopefully we can elect the opposition come elections

@firestarter000001

Жыл бұрын

@@Nikolaievich9837 They arent same. There are some similarities, but they arent same. Its the same tired propaganda that west is same as Russia, that decomracy sucks, but whnever poeple in Russia got enough money, they send their children to the bad west, I wonder why...

@downbad7077

Жыл бұрын

@@firestarter000001 You're completely omitting the influence that non-political financial structures have over the "democratic" order. Just because one politician is swapped for another doesn't mean that the "dialogue" by voting out is effective. A strong-willed oligarch politician is not prone to submission to the foreign incentives. It's not a free form of rule, but it's not inferior either. The talk about Putin going insane and him rebuilding an empire is just clueless drivel.

Partially true. Descent life in USSR but wide spreaded poverty at the same time. A bit controversial. We werent poor most of the things were free of charge. It was huge lacking of material goods. But in whole life was, especially before 1985 , affordable.

There was nothing worst than being born in the 90‘s for someone in a USSR country. Surviving on your own was pretty impossible already, and if you had a kid on top of that to take care off… you were doomed to a life of true hardship and a test of faith.

@vedser

Жыл бұрын

Exaggerating much. I was born at that time and at that place. It was difficult but not that bad as you described.

@Phasma6969

11 ай бұрын

@@vedser They are literally a different person with different experiences.

@vedser

11 ай бұрын

@@Phasma6969 he said "there was nothing worse" which is obviously wrong. there was much worse places to be born in.

@yerossyle

10 ай бұрын

@@vedser You take everything literally don't you? Like if someone says today was the hottest day ever, you'll say " That's not true, during the Triassic period the days were much hotter"?

I'm (white, western english speaker), and I support Putin. I'm sure his own people would support him more.

@Eng0926

Жыл бұрын

In the nowadays western democracies the fact that people support Russia is irrelevant to the policies of their governments.

Konstantin is a product of western believes about Russia and West adn wrong in both opinions. Russia had parliament forms of authority called VECHE in Cities-republic such as: Belgorod (997 г.), Novgorod (1068 г.), Kiev (1068 г.), Vladimir-Volinsky (1097 г.), Zvenigorod-Galitskiy (1147 г.), Rostov, Suzdal, Vladimir on Klyazma (1157 г.), Polotsk (1159 г.), Pereslavl-Zalesskyi (1176 г.), Smolensk (1185 г.) This is a school history course. The first English Parliament was convened in 1215, with the creation and signing of the Magna Carta, which established the rights of barons (wealthy landowners) to serve as consultants to the king on governmental matters in his Great Council. Russia went through the same forms of power as European states. However, it is a new fashion to think of Russia as a wild black forest country with not "civilized" "slavering" population. Any country has dark pages in history so do the UK. It doesn't make direct effect to the present society state. And this is the same in Russia. If you really care about your neighbor, make at least one visit there. You are mostly welcome to get rid of these dark fair tales!

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

The veche was a method of concentrating the power of the boyars. The princes ended up cracking down on them, because they were corrupt and unruly.

China, India, Brazil: Saudi Arabia support President Putin

Short version: Vladimir Putin saved Russia from chaos. He is Russia's champion🙏

@YanaPetruk

Жыл бұрын

Wooow, come live here, to Russia. I can send you an invitation. How excited you’ll be to live in a total police state, with no justice, no freedom Of speech, corruption a d lawlessness. And please, when I hear “usa has no freedom of speech” i’m just, are you serious???? In Russia all free mass media were banned. All! There is no other point. Only the one the government approves.

There is a lot that I agree with KK, I saw the people selling their possessions on the streets in Russia. It was a horrible & demeaning time for many. When the Soviet Union dissolved, the vast majority Russian people had nothing but positive feelings towards the US & the West. Every other bloke was wearing a 'US Airforce' shirt. The russian people & leadership wanted to become genuine partners of the West, even join NATO. However, it was the West ( especially the US ) that rebuffed friendly overtures from Russia for closer co-operation. The US needs Russia as the 'bogyman.' That is Russia's designated role to Western leadership. The US can only countenance Russia as a powerless & chaotic 'Disneyfied Slavdom,' dependent on and compliant with the will of the West. Ultimately, the West will never accept Russians as equals, and Russians will never accept being subservient to the West.

@jossiesh7649

Жыл бұрын

you are right

@tatianalyulkin410

Жыл бұрын

No, politicians like Barack will never accept Putin as equal. There is nothing wrong about my self esteem- I willingly admit that I didn't grow up on 5th Avenue in New York! And I deeply respect Volodya because he protects Edward Snowden and my brother, Oleg Tsarev. And people like my dearest Barack are just losers. End of story.

He's a Saint protecting the World from the Great Satan.

Looks like Konstantin haven't been visiting Russia for some time.

@user-ez8le1rp3x

Жыл бұрын

I mean "Kisin"? For real? LOL what kind of surname is that?

@andrewpotapenkoff7723

Жыл бұрын

@@user-ez8le1rp3x Ну Кисын. Или Кысин. Или Кисин? Не встречал раньше такую фамилию. Но дело не в этом, Константин хоть и более правдивую картину описывает, но всё равно шаблоны проскакивают. Всё равно в их суждениях с нами - россиянами - что то не то, вечно мы какие то ущербные у них и надо с покаянием к ним обращаться.

@user-ez8le1rp3x

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewpotapenkoff7723 Don't try to find any sense in his speech. He lived in UK for his entire life, and completely clueless about politics.

i have come to Australia from CZ I am bit older then Constantin .....Democracy is very nice word But difficult to explain .....It needs to be live and experienced trough Because we all have different feelings and perceptions about democracy.....And its very broad......... Love and be kind qnd acknowledge other person other people and you are living...... democracy.....

@prodigiii712

Жыл бұрын

What is CZ?

I worked in Russia in 1999 - 2000 and I can confirm 100% what you said !

@kyunney4361

Жыл бұрын

Russia's worst years. We hate the 90s

Why every ukranian troll write “ as а Russian” 😂

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

Because they are Russians, but they live outside of the political borders of Russia.

why do western world keep supporting USA after the Irak war ?

I don't agree with K.K. on everything, but this explanation is spot on.

Great job, I have never heard this expressed so clearly.

He is great leader surrounded by not so great subordinates. He did served well to the majority of russian population, not bending the knee to the western hegemony, which led us to this conflict with ukraine. Also it's funny to hear someone mocking russian democracy while they themselves have self-elected potato as a president.

1. USSR wasn't really poor. Quality of life was quite high comparing to majority of population of our planet. On par with Eastern Europe or Russia today PLUS people had free housing, free education and free healthcare. How much university education costs in USA? Only when Gorbachev started reforms, in the second half of the 80s, the economy started to collapse... and as Kisin said - it wasn't pretty. Millions died because of cold, hunger, lack of basic healthcare. 2. Russia has some democracy, just like the West. The thing is, Oligarchs exists in the West as well. The difference is, in Russia President controls Oligarchs and it's somewhat obvious and in western countries Oligarchs "secretly" control Presidents/Prime Ministers. It's especially obvious today, with senile Biden, and how Oligarchy-owned Media, FBI/CIA, social networks, etc, etc treated *slightly* independent previous American President (their attacks basically paralyzed him). So, corruption is USA is very much controlled by Oligarchs. 3. EU is different from USA. EU politicians are much more independent from their Oligarchs... because they are mostly obeying American Oligarchs.

@Capturing-Memories

Жыл бұрын

In the US the lobbyism is the dictator, Yes I mean that word, The lobbyists dictate what a politician/president can do or cannot do, In other countries the president (which usually is/was a high rank in the army) is the dictator that dictates what's good or bad for the country, Both systems look for their own interest first enough not to disturb the peace or causing instability, both use propaganda media outlets.

@rayboish

Жыл бұрын

Are you seriously trying to imply that Russia and the West have the same

@lynxspooky3776

Жыл бұрын

Well, having an additional country house with some piece of land and motor boat for some summer rest (for those who lived on large rivers) was quite common among USSR population. Not menting the inner tourism on sea sides, mountains or various mineral water resorts. The annual paid vacation was 28 days long, so the average family had plenty of time to rest somewhere far from their home. So I can't say we were poor. It's better to say we lived different way.

@user-mg3fj7iw8y

Жыл бұрын

@@Capturing-Memories lobbying is legalized corruption. The two-party system is not a democracy, but an imitation of democracy. politicians Republicans and Democrats receive money from the same corporations. the rest is all game for the public. divide and rule.

@Capturing-Memories

Жыл бұрын

@@user-mg3fj7iw8y Very well said.

This guy is the Main Stream media. I have never heard anything but sense from Kisin's observations. He needs to be more visible! A modern day sage!

Who, if is not him? Who else will explain things about Russia in a few words wiser than Konstantin Kisin? Western politicians have to listen Konstantin Kisin and take example from him how to talk on Russia. I'm happy to see that such people does exist among many westerners who enlightens other westerners. Well done.

Imperial Russia and Soviet Union were never poor to begin with ... Mr. Putin is perceived as a patriot , great leader, who cares about his country and the people of Russia. That is why he has full support .

@zloyboy8

Жыл бұрын

The fact he came in time to save his country from the disaster it was at the time, and regardless what you think he really did save Russia. People remember how much better things got after he got in power and prefer to keep him there. Especially when you see how much external forces keep threatening your country and doing everything to ruin it, you instinctively prefer to keep supporting him. The sanctions were a mistake, not only did this destabilize Europe, it made the people in Russia to prefer putin even more, as the "good" west does everything they can to destroy their country. I can't blame them either for this, I would've hated the west more than putin if I was in that situation.

@_k1mjke

Жыл бұрын

Well, Konstantin just can't say it, it will be too much for audience ;) they will claim he's Putin agent in this case, or communist. Step by step ;)

@mikelecabezaguerrero

Жыл бұрын

The Soviet Union wasn't poor, just the whole population, but you're right the government were never poor

The short answer is they're against 1WO.

@h.r7050

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

It is really undemocratic when the state controls oligarchs instead, as in those true democratic countries, the oligarchs control the state. 😂

@vermilion6966

Жыл бұрын

i mean. unironically.

Democracy is freedom of choice and opinion, and Russians freely support Putin, this is their opinion. Isn't it democracy? What kind of democracy is this that is imposed from the outside? This is not democracy, this is suppression.

@user-cp3zj9so2l

Жыл бұрын

Так и есть , мы поддерживаем своего президента.

@Almoniification

Жыл бұрын

"What kind of democracy is this that is imposed from the outside?" - the power of US democrats?

No, no not why do the Russians..why do the majority of the world support him you should ask......

Wow! Thank you for such a great explanation!

I am Russian, and Kisin is extremely on point.

What is democracy again? Looking at Europe these days I wonder what its population call "democracy". There were protests against demolition of Soviet monuments in Eastern Europe, against NATO presence, against shutting down NS2, against funding Ukraine and sending weapons, against pension reform, farmers protested, and so on. Have the protests influenced their countries' politics? Or democracy implies that you have the right to go out on street to protest but it will be pointless?

Yes my friends mother had all her savings stolen by Gorbachev! Her daughter here had to help her

What a brilliant, well articulate man!👏🏻

Because he stands against the ravenous military empire that is the US. He wants to protect his people and his land from said ravenous military empire and he has the intelligence and power to do it.

Why they did censor the russian chanels as RT News and Sputinik ?

@SchultzDorinda

Жыл бұрын

Because they challenged their lies. The West is the one making Propaganda

Great analysis. Would like to add one point only - personal qualities of Putin (integrity, respect, self-control, dedication to service of the country and its people - that will command love, respect and loyalty in anybody).

@firestarter000001

Жыл бұрын

Reallly?Sending thousands of your citizens to death to a pointless war is "dedication to service of the country and its people "?Amassing obscene riches and allowing the others that support him to to the same, by definition by pillaging Russian citiens is "dedication to service of the country and its people "? Assasinating his opponents, therefore denying his citizens to decide , is "dedication to service of the country and its people "? To me it sounds much more like a power mad dictator.

I'm reminded of what an African missionary told us: he was extoling the virtues of democracy to tribal people. Not only could they not understand what he was talking about (knowing nothing but rule by a tribal cheif for generations), they saw no need or use for it. "We can tell the tribal leader what to do...? Why would we want to do that?" Other people haven't our experience, other places can't do overnight what it took us generations to get somewhat right.

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

It looks like insubordination to them.

pretty same experience for people of Yugoslavia. Where everything around you fell apart and crumbled and yoz just have to deal with it. Most of the countries never recovered besides maybe Slovenia

Thank you for speaking out. We are all vulnerable when life seems scary…like now. God has created you for such a time as this, to be a voice for truth.

Odd isn't it? India 🇮🇳 has been a democracy for at least 5,000 years!

@katarinamor

Жыл бұрын

Democracy with caste system? (Not saying that either of those is bad or good, it's just I thought they were incompatible.)

@myronplatte8354

Жыл бұрын

Since when?

That is a very relatable answer, seen to a lesser extend in East Germany after the wall came down. We are still not over that...

This explains a lot.

The USA was very responsible for what happened to Russia after the USSR collapsed. They always saw Russia and its artificially created states as resource centers to be. They did not want another rival to rise.

Not just Russians, so many more other nations ❤

Such 2 marvellous men delivering great discussions & wisdom. So worth listening to. Much to learn.

This is the problem with forcing ideologies on others. Leave people alone. Growth and change and transition needs to be internal and organic.

A better question would be why do so many outside of Russia support Putin? Open your eyes Konstantin, meet your new boss. Same as the old boss.

@Eng0926

Жыл бұрын

May be because so called "democracy" in it's current state is just a joke?

Good food for thought

Excellent answer