JAMES MILLER ru-vid.com/show-UCTIG6t4W457xfdVxLIzfQSg?sub=confirmation=1 To make sure that no speech in this video was taken out of context, you can check the following link. It contains all the interviews, but to watch them you need to know Russian language. It will be available for around a week: drive.google.com/drive/folders/13c886sD1MAEpyogImVr0hx-1ropURbQK?usp=share_link
Nobody gives a shit about Russia....Russians are lovely people but also very weak that they allow autocrats to rule them in the 20th & 21st centuries. Nothing like people who cower behind the television that is brainwashing them because the autocrats have complete control of the media.
why do all these man and boys over 18 keep talking stuff like they believe and such but they dont wanna go to war if they so positive about it... while war isnt positive.. most of those things goes on about the past..
I guess you dont understand - noone cares russian opinion neither rural or city living - your chanel is viewd only to confirm that russians are nazis and like scientific experiment to observe lesser beeinngs.
@@user-yj7um6hv1d we do not feel fear. We know we live close to crazy idiot and we need to be ready to deal with him. Do you aware that this being dangerous - your country is doing at your cost?
@@user-yj7um6hv1d Hah, more like ignorant. Many countries are not scared of Russia and are more than ready to fight, if they ever set a foot on their lands. Being prepared for one is not the same as being afraid.
As a finn, I have so much respect for the young people interviewed in this video. I truly hope that Russia will some day get rid of its corrupt and barbarious leadership so we can all live in peace.
Agreed, a happy home is one where you get on well with your neighbours, there is peace, calm and respect for each other...and you certainly don't live in fear of what they might do to you.
Greetings from Finland. Our joining solely makes it feel safer to live your neighbours. We were alone defending our country, we did manage to live in good terms with Russia for decades. But if we can't have good diplomatic relation to Russia, there really is no better way to be safe.
He aid as long as Finnland doesn 't put arms on Russias border there is no threat, he got the point, it was shortsided by Finnland, and all the bad prpagande against Russia
No need to justify Finland joining NATO. Any reasonable country would do that, seeing what's happening to Ukraine. Russia is an aggressive state, always has been. A lot of countries have learnt it the hard way, including Finland. Still, Finland managed to kick their asses before NATO (with a lot smaller forces, just like Ukraine), so with NATO it will be a lot easier, should the situaation require it.
As a foreigner living in Finland i can tell you that Finns have nothing against Russian people, however most Finns feel that their freedom and independence is being threatened by the actions of the Kremlin and they don't want history to repeat again so they are using NATO as a deterrent.
Tbh they don’t really have any reason to feel threatened I’d not now they are in a more risky spot , let’s say a nuclear war broke out now Finland is a target. Not saying Russia is justified for this war (war is always bad) but Ukraine is not this innocent hero , they have done some shady shit , last time I checked Finland does not have a military battalion that committed crimes specifically against Russian ethnic people , the legendary azov battalion which was an unnecessary reason Ukraine gave to Russia for its invasion. Also this war just revealed a lot of truth about the hypocrisy of many countries they all pretend to side with justice or want justice and yet they join an alliance which has done the same crimes committed by the nation they try to escape and suddenly they forget about the crimes committed by one and join them and still preach about justice. Honestly the only nation who get to talk are countries like Switzerland , india etc. India will always abstain from such thing , Switzerland is not perfect as they went completely blind when one committed crimes and sanctioned for another’s crimes. Atleast they didn’t send any weapons to both.
@@Metalluger1 or do u think nooo NATO 100% .perfect it's very good clearly they only have good intentions , millions didn't die in iraq , they went there to give them freedom ,soo much freedom that millions of iraqis had the freedom of starvation. Very kind of them.
As a Russian, I'm very happy about Finland joining NATO, because it would prevent Kremlin and Putin from ever thinking about invading this beautiful country.
Finland will get bombed by Russia for placing NATO troops on tis borders. The West has no business to being involved in Ukraine provoking Russia and it’s an Issue both Russia and Ukraine that need to solve.
Russian concept of "being friendly with everybody" reminds me of abusive men's claims that they truly "love" every woman. And get absolutely angry when a woman rejects their "love".
@@axis1662 well, maybe, but I don't understand how they can maintain such an inverse view of reality then. Does it mean that "we have everything, oil, gas, gold" actually means they have nothing? oh, wait a minute....! Dang.... their oligarchs and politicians have everything, and the ordinary citizens have the leftover.
It's mostly the old who just watch the propaganda on tv, so they believe everything the Kremlin says. The younger people are smart enough to get news from elsewhere.
I really dont think russian knows wtf is going on, they where shown pictures once and said it was photoshoped and there was no destroyed citys in ukraine😂
At 6;26 he then says . "I rather believe it is Russia against Nato and not Nato against Russia" . How come this young man has so clearly understood the truth, while most of other Russians seem not to have ?
@@guysterges1382 well truth is perception. Just because he say what you want to hear doesnt mean its 100% truth. There are people with simmilar chanels in USA, you can see people are brainwashed there too, and that there is a lot of poverty
As a Finn, I am relieved that we joined Nato. We are country of 5.5 milj. and Russia has 143 milj. Before they attacked Ukraine, Lavrov, Putin , Soigu etc promised that there will be no war, and what happened? We didnt want to take a risk. But I can see, that young people in Russia are very smart and that gives us hope that future Russia is going to be different. Right now the old men are in power, but it will change.
Welcome to NATO! Hope Finland will be safe and secure from vile attacks and may prosper and live in peace. Like they say: Strong fences makes good neighbors.
The only difference I see for Finland being in NATO will be in case of a direct war with NATO some of the Russians 6000+ nuclear bombs will be designated for Finland.
ничего не изменится, власть у КГБ-шной мрази, они её отдавать не собираются, российские либералы ждут что им отдадут власть в руки, но этого не будет. Ни Украина, ни войска НАТО не придут в москву и не свергнут местный режим. Так что ситуация в росии будет только усугубляться, будут взращиваться новые поколения фашистов, которые ненавидят весь мир и каждый день мастурбируют на то какие они великие. Сценарий Ирана либо же Северной Кореи ждёт их.
Spoiler: young Russians support the war just slightly less than the older generation. The video is not super representative and it's impossible to make one
The scary bit about Russia is that they are changing the education system to include a lot of imperialistic propaganda. Hopefully the Kremlin regime falls before too much (more) damage is done.
It's dangerous to be near a superpower with a nuclear arsenal as a weaker nation. However, weaker nations should understand that they are weak and should not risk joining an organization that lives by the motto, "a stab in the back is a stab to all." Could you imagine if NATO was pulled into a conflict with Russia over Ukraine had it joined? It would have dwarfed every other military standoff since the Cold War. NATO military planners are trudging on thin ice.
@@edwardcumpstey9061 agreed but Russia invaded another country after signing the agreement to protect Ukrainians if they got rid of their nukes and here we're Russia INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY which it promised to protect it. I'm also demanding bush and Blair should be up in the Hague today for their warcrimes against iraq
@@edwardcumpstey9061 I don't understand your point. Russia is not likely to use nukes, the most likely threat is an invasion. Joining NATO would protect a weaker country from such an invasion
I am in Helsinki Finland. It is so important to hear what real people in Russia think. There is not enough of this type of information available. Please be save. Markku
Finland's accession to NATO gives people a sense of security. As a resident of Russia, I am glad that people will feel less danger, and at the same time I am shocked by how some people in Russia say that there is no threat from Russia, even after what is happening in Ukraine now, they are just crazy. Even if they are actually right. They have no right to say this, they cannot know what is in the head of the authorities, and Finland does not want to play Russian roulette.
I'm afraid it doesn't matter at all what real people here think, since in the end the decisions will be made on a different level, where no one gives a damn about the actual opinion of the citizens :(
These are two young girls who are not quite adequate. such as they have only their own point of view and do not agree with anyone else. for them there is only one truth. one of them can’t even say anything normally, looking constantly at the other in the hope of support from the other. it is very difficult to communicate with such stubborn people, as it is tantamount to talking to a wall.
@@AKTERx2 they cant say anything normally and are acting that way because they could be arrested for the things they say. so they constantly look at each other to gauge how the other feels about the conversation.
Lol NATO countries are afraid for their security. At this time, the NATO coalition is destroying tens of thousands of civilians and military people in the countries of Central Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
@@animetributes6996 I don't think he was a loyalist. Even in later response he said, that he doesn't think that it's NATO against Russia, it's more that Russia is against NATO.
no its not. if finland didnt fuc with russia like its done now.. sending war equipment to ukaine and other stupid stuff.. finland was friend of russia before the idiots in finland parlament fuckerd it all up.. i think usa will do same to finland that they did to ukriane..
Hello from Finland, which yesterday became NATO's 31st member. 🙂 It is hilarious that Finland's NATO membership is actually thanks to Vladimir Putin. If Russia had not started a "special operation" in Ukraine in February 2022, Finland would not have applied for NATO membership. The credit for the expansion of NATO therefore belongs to Putin. 😄
With or without Putin Russia is always a threat to its neighbours and that is number one reason one why so many former Warsaw pact countries joined Nato as quicly as they could, some of them did it over 20 years ago.
Pootin, employee of the year for NATO !. :) Fins joined NATO one year later after the invasion, all major countries that were slacking off their budget spend had bumped it and smaller countries got the perfect reason to get rid of Soviet era hardware and refresh with modern NATO ones. Pootin must be dyeing inside when he sees the hole he dug himself into.
Finland would. Maybe several yeara after. USA plan is to surround Russia with NATO bases and Finland near our border. You might not noticed, but NATo was actively increasing after USSR collapse, before operation in Ukraine.
@@idr121 Yugoslavia didn't want and what did they get? More like some former Soviet countries were forced to join NATO and now have occupation militarty forces on their lands and dictated what to do. Economies of Baltic and European countries doing so great under USA rule, I see!
Old woman at the end has a point. I have a lot of good Russian friends, but there is a difference between visiting every day Russians and being visited by Russia's special military operation.
"I do not see any agression from russia" Well yeah if you do not count the "we are going to nuke Europeans capitals" and the "special operation in Ukraine" than yeah no aggression we have nothing to fear.
@@Worselol While no one apart from some fringe TV talking heads have called for the outright use of nuclear weapons, only Russia's government has sabre-rattled with nuclear weapons during the Ukraine war by saying they've put their nuclear defensive aparatus on higher alert. Not one NATO country representative has even let out a peep about nuclear weapons. The only officials so far that have done so, are Russians.
"We have smart president." Boy, you made my day 😂😂😂 "We are not a threat to them and we don't want to take their territory." They already heard this a few times, and so has Ukraine, and guess what...?
Its not the same. Russia and Ukraine were enemies for 8+ years, and this war is the result. I don’t remember Russia and Finland being that aggressive towards each other. And you can’t deny that Putin is a smart man, he literally holds his position for almost 20 years and is considered as one of the biggest threats to the West. Thats something a dumb man can’t achieve.
I would definitely agree that their president is smart, I wouldn't call him stupid for sure... He just doesn't give a f...k about Russian people and is using the country for his advantage the way he wants. He's not the one who's not smart in this situation, Russians are...
That's a good point. At the time of my comment, it's 9 months later (Jan. 2024). I wonder if the ease of answering will have changed in this amount of time. I assume people would be a little more tight-lipped if the same thing were asked again right now.
As a Finn I have been very Nato-skeptic but Russia’s pushback and the way Russians have reacted makes me glad we joined. Their responses are so fucking pathetic. It is so satisfying to see the angry reactions. Makes joining Nato worth it
If anything, Finland should join more so to protect Estonia their closest European ally. Estonians could not evade the fate that Finns avoided from Russian colonization.
@@IrtizaNadeem-jt8cn Russian colonization)) it's really funny. Russia doesn't want new territories. There is simply no reasons as Russia is the biggest country. You wanted to say European (or NATO) colonisation (or expansion)
Finland was also allied to Germany in world war 2 and Germany lost to Soviet Russia. USA is basically German reich 2.0 and would also lose to Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺Z
I loved the girl who said she knew nothing of politics then went on to describe the situation perfectly. There’s hope in Russia’s youth, I hope it grows in time.
the translation or meaning must be off, many say they are not political, or some variation on that. maybe it means they dont follow politics or dont care about politics, or world events for that matter.
As a Finn, I will give my own perspective on Russia threat. During the Continuation War, Russian partisans carried out dozens of attacks on villages in the Finnish border region, the only purpose was the destruction of civilians. More than 200 civilians were killed in these attacks, and in the worst individual attacks, villages of 20-30 inhabitants were destroyed along with their inhabitants. Women were raped, of course, and even children were not left alive, the youngest victims were babies a few months old. In the worst cases, victims were locked in their houses and burned there alive, or tortured slowly to death. AND THESE WAR CRIMES WERE NOT RANDOM, BUT THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, WHICH WAS ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM THE TOP COMMAND OF THE RED ARMY. The partisans on the Finnish front were "elite soldiers" who had received hard training, somewhat in the same way as the SS troops of Nazi Germany, and they had been taught to destroy all "fascist Finns" including civilians. After all, Finland got away hell of a lot, because our defense held up. But millions of people in Eastern European countries were not so lucky when the Red Army soldiers arrived there to kill, rape and destroy. In Germany, rape was done in revenge, but also the inhabitants of Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and other countries ""liberated"" by the Russians were terrorized, killed and raped without mercy. Millions of people, entire families and villages were killed, tortured or taken to Siberia if they were found to be "fascists" or otherwise enemies of the Soviet Union/Russia. 20,000 Polish prisoners of war were killed in the Katyn massacre alone. In the East Karelia genocide of the 1930s, up to 30,000 Finns and Karelians who immigrated to the Soviet Union and were considered "enemies of the Soviet people" were killed. When we are talking about the war in Ukraine now, I think it would be right time to wake up and look at history in the right light. Far too many people seem to have the naive idea that only "Putin" or "the current Russian goverment" has somehow messed up. But the truth is that it is about at least decades, if not centuries, old Russian culture and national character, which that nation is now just carrying out just like before. A surprising number of people in 2023 also seem to think that the Soviet Union during the Second World War was still somehow "on the right side of history" and "liberated Europe from the Nazis", and that, for example, Finland's military actions in the follow-up war against the Soviet Union would not have been justified. There must be an end to this sick conception of history. In fact, the Russians of the 1940s were exactly the same occupying bastard and imperialist terrorist state as Russia currently invading Ukraine. Russia is the enemy of Finland and Europe. It is the enemy now, it was the enemy in 1939-1944, and it was just as much the enemy during the Cold War, or in 2010, when our president Tarja Halonen shook Putin's hand. This is why Finland joined NATO. Russia can only blame itself.
As an Eastern European I agree: the USSR didn't "liberate" this part of the world. It simply removed the Nazi occupation just to replace them as occupiers.
The same thing happened in Poland when they "liberated" us from Nazi Germany. I see that the only thing that Russia gave to the world is death, pain, stench and poverty.
You are talking exclusively about the 2nd World War and the atrocities that the Red Army carried out in Europe, which evidently should not have been less than those that the Nazis did in the USSR or the Americans in Japan. You base your opinion of the whole of Russia (perfectly legitimate) on events that took place in one of the cruelest wars in living memory. From my point of view I think this is detrimental to a possible peace.
Having lived in England for 40years and never heard anybody, or even the concept of, laying claim to Russia I found the old women very informative. Its amazing the insight living thousands of miles away, being subjected to state controlled media and never having set foot in the country you're talking about can give.
The last thing I'd want to do is to try and conquer Russia in order to be in charge of a Siberian oil well where you're lucky if the temperature is above freezing!
Because civilians don't think about it, but governments do. Are you going to deny the fact that Britain was setting up a colony all over the world? Have you forgotten the intervention of British troops in Russia when there was a Revolution in Russia? It was
А до этого Финляндия отняла Выборг у Российской империи, подло воспользовавшись неразберихой во времена гражданской войны 1917 года, и при этом устроив геноцид местного населения в Выборге. И вообще до этого Выборг был шведской крепостью и к Финляндии не имеет никакого отношения.
@@belywerme You cannot be serious!!! The history books are edited over and over again depending of which dictator is in charge 😂 and generation after generation believes. Russia has never really had freedom of speech or free press. Get VPN and get educated.
@@jopetti they literally just moved a bunch of nuclear weapons to Belarus I believe. So they're literally escalating in the way the Russian said the west would.
They are though? You will experience tenfold more hate and discrimination for being a Russian in Europe or America than you would for being an American or European in Russia. Again, speaking as a Russian-American who has been in both and experienced both.
My relatives went there 20 years ago and what they told me is that they were chocked by the amount of males from 40-60 years old with alcoholism problems and that it was at that time a very militarized society with police everywhere (moscow-St Petersbourg). For sure they said they meet very kind people too and that it is very beautiful but they did not see it at all as an idyllic society.
@@kam2894 If you try enough, leave old life behind and start fresh, observe, listen, work hard, accumulate common wealth you are not target of hate no matter where u come from. To put objective figures behind this is 14% America total population are immigrants while Russia this figure is said to be 8%
@@kam2894 Because Russians invaded a sovereign country, bombed shelters, hospitals and critical infrastructure while relishing that on state TV and the majority of people in the country support that? Ah yes, you call it "Russophobia" while simultaneously dehumanising Ukrainians in the most horrific disgusting terms! And when was the last time a western leader threatened to nuke Moscow or St Petersburg? And all this is supported by a significant majority in Russia. So, please... keep your "woke russism" to yourself. To them if you're from Ukraine, you either accept you're "Russian" or you die as a *insert a slur of choice*.
@@niklasleandr it’s not about trying hard, it’s about being Russian. the amount of hate me and my mother have gotten for being Russian is disgusting. you cannot openly say you are Russian here without someone at least giving some sort of negative reaction. in Russia, people wanted to be friends with me simply because I was American. i have not ever experienced even a single time where someone felt negatively about me in Russia due to being American.
I'm glad that that last elderly woman is having a great life. She should know that her government is destroying / has destroyed the future of her country.
They have probably sayd that mantra for centuries :D:D:D:D Russia has been social psycho-masochism for 1000 years, and will the next 1000 still be the same. There will be always the offspring of people who are imperialist in thinking and just continue the tradition and take power. The problem with russia is, they dont actually understand democracy, its not what they are.. and its okay... if they dont have stupid ideas how european countries are somehow their territory or smt... Kiev was ukraine capital when moscow was barely a village, Russia didnt even exist as a country... and they think ukraine belongs to them... ridicilous.
Great answer from her but the current controlling Generation sure could destroy it first. That's the reality of now. You can't ignore it and dream of the future without understanding and addressing the current status.
I find it interesting that first she says that she is not interested in politics at all. But then she displays quite some political knowledge and personal opinions. And she seems to know jokes about Putin.
For the last ten years I've been saying that the only thing that can save us from Russian madness is Russian youth. The first generation of Russians that actually want peace.
The comment by young Aleksandr that Finland has nothing to fear from Russia because they were a former territory and were friendly was the same thing many Ukrainians were saying about Russia when asked about the impending invasion just before Russia's Special Operation started. The reality is Finland and Sweden never saw the need to join NATO before but the actions of Russia in Ukraine have shown them what happens when you have no alliance to ensure military aid in the event of invasion. For them it is simply a way to buy some insurance against becoming a battlefield for more Russian designs on old imperial territory.
The tables turned because Russian politicians had "expectations" of Ukraine to stay in it's "sphere of influence" and when Maidan began this quickly changed and the approach of Kremlin changed as a result. Finland is already out of Russian sphere of influence and all-in into cooperation with EU, not sure how it's a valid comparison.
Finland dont need NATO because Norway is in NATO, if Terrorist State of ruZZia would attack Finland, NATO forces would automaticly be on Finnish border, nobody general would let ruZZian Terrorist try reach closer to Norway border, its long way to USA. But Finland joining NATO is just for the laughs, ruZZia destoroyed itself when attacked Ukraine 2022. Putler look mirror you fool.
@@FrOsTIIDeAtH I am talking about the people's expectations of their relationship with the Russia and its people. Ukrainians interviewed in the days leading up to the "SO" - war said repeatedly they could not believe Russia would invade them, despite the Crimea issue and ongoing Donbas dispute. Often the statement used was that they were like brothers and there was no need for Russia to invade a brother. Even Zelensky was telling the media he didn't believe the western intelligence reports of an impending invasion and that the reports were only hurting the economy. When it happened most Ukrainians were shocked. Prior to this the Ukrainian people would likely not have concerned themselves with being part of NATO because they didn't see Russia as a direct threat. Would Ukraine have joined the EU or one of the other economic partnerships in Europe? Maybe, it would help them modernize and root out corruption. These are a lot different than NATO. As soon as Putin invaded and the Ukrainian people saw their sovereignty threatened they realized the need for something like NATO when there was a neighbor with a strong military and an expansionist leadership nearby. Finns and Swedes see the same thing. They were content to sit back and say Russia will never invade us because there is no reason for it to do so. Now they have to consider what has happened to Ukraine and make sure that Russia will pay a high price for any attempt to invade them.
@@socket_error1000 it would make sense to make action when there are at least some signs of moves that Russia has an interest in Finland or Sweden. So far there is none and even if Russia would make the next moves Finland is 100% not under the potential threat. You would need years to lay the foundation for threats to appear and that's when it would make sense to go for NATO membership. As for "they could never believe" well most people in Russia as well didn't believe, but believing is one thing, and the ongoing escalation towards Ukraine throughout the year (which was repeated after 2021 similar military build-up). You should focus on such signs, and not on emotional feedback because it will always betray you.
@@IrtizaNadeem-jt8cn Well damn! Russia committed genocide on Estonia too? I knew they committed genocide on Ukrainians in the 1930s. Who else did they commit genocide on? I know the United States committed genocide on native Americans, but a lot of that was by mistake because native Americans had no immunity to European diseases.
As a US citizen, I want to thank the citizens of Western Europe for moving away from dependency on russian oil and gas so quickly. It was quite a feat. Now our global push for the increased use of renewable energy must continue for the sake of our great grandchildren. They WILL judge us. I will continue to push my legislators on this.
Not so fast. Norway is stepping in to supply oil and gas to Western Europe. You can't overnight switch to renewable energy - many countries are still reliant on fossil fuels - you have to deal with the present problems and they are not going away soon.
Так интересно смотреть на то, как бабка, одетая в пальто и шапку за 10 долларов, рассказывает как всё в россии «замечательно» и «великолепно» на фоне уродских дорог с ямами и засранных советских домов…🫠 просто лайк блять🥲
I feel a bit worried for the health and welfare of those young people who answered honestly that it was not their concern or that it was the correct decision for Finland to decide what is good for Finland. I hope they don't get arrested or fall out of windows.
@@zan9607 I’m not entirely sure what that’s supposed to mean. A paramilitary organization is one which resembles a military in structure and purpose while being a separate entity from any nation’s armed forces. The Wagner Group, being a PMC and an Army for Hire, is a paramilitary organization. NATO is a military alliance made up of voluntary member nationstates to consolidate defense and coordinate military resources. The two are not the same.
@@zan9607 if anything you should have mentioned the us having it own paramilitary group though it’s not nearly as dependent on it as Russia is with Wagner and Wagner is larger overall.
"Do Russians ALLOW Finland to join NATO?" is rather too much telling notion. Firstly, Russia is not a NATO member; and hence, is in no position to block Finland's application to join. Secondly, Putin has no power over Finland as to "allow" or "diny" its entry to NATO. Had he not invaded Ukraine, it is very much unlikely the Finns, in order to maintain good relations with Russia, would've seriously considered moving away from its long-standing neutral foreign policy.
They still have the Soviet brainwash, Donald Sumpter's brief charachter in Chernobyl is the perfect example of relation of Rulers and the Ruled in Autoritharian govs. also, in soviet Russia they used to have a job issued and guaranteed income from the gov, in open capitalist Russia they have to freaking work and learn skills for any wealth, guess which one they prefer.
Goebbels said: 'You tell people a big lie often enough they will believe it'. This is the result of relentless vicious propaganda since 2014 and a more tame propaganda before. Older people have rigid brains and they believe this propaganda. This happened in Germany and Japan in 1930s and it will happen again. Most people are stupid
They seem very willing to send their young to die… they’re too old to remember WWII, sure, Russia was able to win the eastern front, but the cost far outweighs all the other theatres combined
That was very interesting, those two young ladies with colored hair. They started out saying they're not interested in politics like so many others but they obviously know everything is going on. I'm glad you got back to them with the second question.
So they actually think the EU wants to attack them for their gas fields, but they can't imagine Russia only attacked Ukraine for their gas fields in Eastern Ukraine?😂
yep, they wanted to steal land areas and Ukraine resources, NATO is only explanation, not the reason. Thye are also afraid of democracy and afraid that neighbor country could develop for rich and democratic country.
The problem is humans cannot handle power for too many years before commencing very poor decision-making. This is why democracies work - they 'FIRE' the leader after a maximum of 2 terms. "There was an election, and you have already served the maximum allowed by law, which is two 4-year terms. So we have a new guy coming in here to lead the country. Get out!" Finland should never have been put in this position to stop being neutral. But if you look anywhere in the world where a single person or group refused to give up power and control, *_VERY BAD THINGS_* happen to the citizens and the country. Stalin, Hitler, Hugo Chavez/Maduro in Venezuela, Fidel Castro in Cuba, the Kim family in North Korea, putin (20+ years!) in russia, and all the kings and queens of old Europe. The People were unable to FIRE those leaders. And much suffering was the result - for the citizens and for neighboring countries. So it's 100% fantastic that NATO is available as a vehicle to insure compliance with the demand for PEACEFUL RELATIONS. But it's sad that some countries do not have "term limits" to eliminate DICTATORS from destroying everything. .
No one in Russia remembers that Russia was a member of the "Partnership for Peace" program and cooperation with NATO. NATO suspended all military cooperation between NATO and Russia when Russia occupied Crimea. Russia left the program in 2014 and started the new era cold war.
@@romarazmari8923 International waters. Also it was not a coup, it was a popular uprising against Yanukovych who made commitments to be closer to EU, then back-flipped to sign agreements with Moscovy. If it was a coup why hasn't the Putinkim Army over-run all of Ukraine, but instead faced fierce resistance ? From being a brother Slavic nation with a shared history you now have another neighbor who hates Russia. Well done Putin. 500yrs from Moscovy to USSR, 50yrs from USSR to Moscovy. Better learn to speak Chinese,
Venäjä tulee vielä olemaan Kiinan siirtomaa, tai vähintäänkin satelliitti. Vaikka Xi Jinping antoikin Putinin näytellä yhdenvertaista johtajaa tapaamisessaan tämän kanssa, niin todellisuus on ihan toista maata. Kiina määrää tahdin Kiinan ja Venäjän välisessä kanssakäymisessä, eikä Venäjä voi sille juuri mitään tehdä, kun on katkaissut siteensä moniin muihin maihin. Mutta ainakin Kiina tulee saamaan halpaa öljyä omien tarkoitusperiensä toteuttamiseen.
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@@jcoker423 that doesn't make it less of a coup. A coup is a coup. Why don't you guys call the storming of the capitol a "popular uprising"but blame it on Trump. Let's be real here.
The guy with red hairs is genius in my opinion, he understood clearly the Russia position. Glad there are still some people with brain in their head in Russia
Yeah. Sadly there is very few people with both balls and brain; this guy showed he has both. Most Russians are at least F-ing cowards, a lot even fuckin' nazi collaborators, supporting a regime led by a war criminal. A typical day in Russia of the last 100 years.
Putin: "We want to keep NATO missiles from our borders." Zaluzhnyi: "Have those HIMARS and Patriots arrived? OK, don't let them anywhere near the Russian border. We don't want Vladimir Vladimirovich to soil his pants. JUST KIDDING!..."
Finland has always had a negative attitude towards Russia, and at the beginning of the turmoil of Russia and NATO, it would have let NATO into its territories, so Russia by and large has not lost anything, but Finland has lost its neutral status and sovereignty.
@@user-kr5we1sc5g Russia has become an outcast, no one other than the outlaw countries of Iran, China and North Korea will have anything to do with Russia.
There’s a difference between Ukraine or Finland joining NATO. Ukraine has been the one committing mass genocide against the Russian civilian population in Donbas for 8 years… Ukraine has also been the one preparing massive arms at Crimea and Russian mainland despite countless warnings from Putin that there will be serious consequences. The reason why Finland is an added threat to our national security is because #1, They don’t like us for historical reasons and #2 them joining puts NATO right next to us right at the heat of this war conflict in Ukraine and them obviously not supporting us.
I wish you would ask the young men if they are planning to serve in the military or how they have avoided being in the military and sent to fight in Ukraine.
You don’t actually only need to hear, you need to turn your brains on and think as well, just keeping you informed. When was the last time Russia and Finland had any conflicts and territorial disputes ??
Young man talking about Finland joining Nato: "they have nothing to fear and we do not want to take their territory", (4 min 15sec) But Russia already holds a large part of Finland called Karelia.
@@romarazmari8923 The USSR practised ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. What happened to the Germans in Kaliningrad? What happened to the Finns in Karelia, the Volga Germans and the Crimean Tartars in 1944?
@@andrejsurdevics6476 Why were there Volga Germans in the USSR? The Jewish Autonomous Republic? in Kaliningrad and Karelia, who wanted to stay, the rest left. The resettlement of the peoples you want to talk about was before the Second World War. Learn history.
Finland and Sweden absolutely refused to join NATO, despite years of requests to do so by Western powers. I wonder what happened in the last year to have changed their minds? Schadenfreude.
i should refresh my knowledge of history but russia subjugated these countries somehow into neutrality... now they are finally free to do what they want
No one requested the Finns and Swedes to join NATO , it’s up to the countries themselves whether they wish to ask to join . Unlike the so-called Russian military alliances where smaller countries are told “join us or we will invade”
@@steveosborne2297 Sure, there wasn't any action taken officially, but it's been a geopolitical goal of the West for a long time to get the Nordic countries to join in some type of strategic military partnership. That's never been a secret.
@@steveosborne2297 NATO actively sought out the nordic countries to try and get them to join for MANY years prior to feb 22. They just said no. And that was fine. Now the world has changed, and so has their foreign policy
Stop judging the entire population as if you are some innocent paragon of purity. You are just the same person as everyone else. Stop trying to fill your ego with bullshit while leaning towards racism, almost dancing there.
I am not sure if you referring to the two red haired gals, but I loved how claimed to not be political and yet they described the political landscape perfectly!
I live in the baltics and we have a lot of amazing russians in here aswell, who are educated and understand that we have every right to be afraid of Putin but sadly there are more those who think that US wants to attack Russia trough us...which is just totally insane :D they are soo brainwashed , there are also those who t just want soviet union back...which is also insane to me :D life is hundred times better now, soviet union was a nightmare
It's not the people whom are bad. It's the ill will of there leaders which makes them look bad. Hopefully Russians will wake up and join the rest of the world.
"everything is great here" said the old woman and probably she doesnt speak any other language than russian and has never ever been abroad in her 80ies years.... but "everything is great".... big respect to the people with red hair 😍
@@user-yf1mw6qu3u russia is an artificial country without its own identity or culture. You have no historical borders to defend and no real ethnicity to speak of.
@@user-yf1mw6qu3u good thing they are not defending ethnic russians in Kazakhstan then😅 Also, how is it different with Finland? Wasn't it also part of your empire? And Belarus. And Armenia. And Poland. Oh sorry, until daddy Putin said something, you're not allowed to һаtе a country.
@@user-yf1mw6qu3u How you keep lying to yourself and us? Defending from what? You were the ones that came on 2014 and started war. Your general Girkin already admitted that. On 1991 you signed a document stating ruZZian -Ukrainian borders. So what historical land, should now everyone go back to year 1605 borders back? YOU ARE DELUSIONAL.
i think most people dont understand we fins were not scared, other countries have Armys, Finland is an Army that have a country. NATO tried to get us onboard for 4 years active, Putin made it in 5 minutes, big reasons: 1.They said they cant allow Ukraine join NATO, ah thats the problem, OK now NATO will be your neighbour, no need to fight in Ukraine. 2.A week before special operation started, they said they will not attack Ukraine, so that blow all the trust and respect we had to that goverment specially Putin. 3.Putin said we (Finland) CANT join NATO, wait wooot! hold my beer. 4.Show Putin that actions have consequences, ya know a small tap to head to wake up. I think joining NATO was only way to politically make our opinion clear, i even had small hope, that Putin really dislike it and would retreat from Ukraine if we drop NATO application, i bet it would be lightning fast application drop, worth a shot? yes! Anyways we are part of EU attacking us would wreck EU economy so EU would have really high interest to support us anyway possible in case of attack.
Mä oon venäläinen. Tiedän talvisodasta ja ymmärän, että Suomen ja Venäjän suhde ovat vaikea ja suurullista 1940-luvulla. Suomi tekee oikein liittymällä NATOon. Toivon, että suomalaiset tuntevat olonsa turvalliseksi tässä liitossa, kehittyvät ja menestyvät. Aloitin suomen kielen opiskelun 10 vuotta sitten, koska se vaikutti yhdeltä upeimmista maista. Ja toivon Suomelle vain parasta.
Spasibo! Suomalaisena miun sympatiat on ukrainalaisten lisäksi tätä sotaa vastustavien, pelkästään rauhaisaa ja hyvää elämää haluavien venäläisten puolella.
7:35 "Can I make a joke about Putin, or am I going to jail?" "You're going to jail" "I'm silent" "I'D LIKE TO ENJOY MY FREEDOM A BIT MORE" she said in Russian
And how the Finns have prepared for that one neighbor. Every apartment building has an air raid shelter, as required by law with meticulous building standards. The shelters are designed to withstand shellings and have their own ventilation systems, larger ones are for nuclear attacks and can house the city population. Every apartment building is even required by law to carry iodine capsules in these shelters. The Finnish freeway bridges are designed with easy detonation in mind in case Russians choose to attack. There are relatively few train tracks in the east-west direction of the country so the Russians can't use them for transporting troops. Same applies for larger roads in the vicinity of the border, which run parallel to the border to limit their usability in transporting troops from the eastward direction.