Rural Russians suggest countries that Russia should invade next 

1 year of anti-Russian sanctions. Have the sanctions affected you? People answer on Vasya In The Hay: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6g00EQPDmww.html

That last guy: "Russia is the most democratic country in the world!" A few minutes later: "Let's see what I just said because I don't want to face the consequences of it. I don't think I said anything bad anyway." I don't even need to comment on this....

"I saw on TV yesterday......" The entire problem in five words

First lady suggesting Russia should just attack anyone and everyone. These are simply people wanting to express their anger on others due to their unhappy life.

„Russian soldiers never attack civilians” here in Poland, our grandparents and grandmothers have a different opinion…

''Our Russian soldiers would never do that, attack civilians, they aim to achieve peace through peaceful means.'' Propaganda works so well with older folks, its sad to see. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be for intelligent people in this country.

Every time they claim that the Russian army has never once targeted civilians, makes me cringe. They really should look back at their history and actually visit the countries that Russia has invaded and look at the scares they left behind.

I am always amazed by how people living miserably in a frozen shithole talk about how fortunate they are to own all the resources, and how they should bring their world to the rest of us.

Saying that Russia is a democratic country is same to pretend that A LION IS VEGETARIAN...

"We should eliminate them completely, just like we do in Ukraine." So, they know. Later, they can't say they didn't know.

"I think our country is the most democratic state in the world." "I think a lot of people share my perspective, but at the same time, I don't want to face the consequences for expressing it." I think his editing skills leave a lot to be desired.

It's just shocking what horrible conditions these people live in. Honestly, they're about 60 years behind the rest of the world.

You are doing great work. It looks like the answers really depend which neighbourhood you are in. Some people give me hope but some people are just depressing to listen to

Funny how in the "most democratic country in the world" people are always so afraid to talk about their political position

Dear foreign friends! I have already communicated in the comments, and I consider it important to write separately, as a person living in Russia, what is happening here. I was engaged in the analysis of the situation, daily views of various sources, lecturers, polls and studies on the topic of the war, and therefore I consider my experience quite unbiased (although it is not easy even for me to write scientifically and without emotions from what is happening here in 1984). So, the majority of Russians living in Russia really say that Putin is doing well and doing everything right (about 90% of the population). But this cannot be interpreted one-sidedly. Firstly, most people do it out of inertia and unwillingness/impossibility to study politics, which is normal, because it is unusual for people to be interested in politics if it does not concern them. Most Russians believe that politics does not concern them, because incomes, as a rule, do not fall (sanctions really do not work for ordinary people, since most of the population does not travel abroad, does not use foreign services, does not study science and does not read foreign sources). Almost the entire country, however, believes that there really are no independent courts in Russia, that everything around is bought. Therefore, Russians rarely go to court, do not fight for any rights (even for their own), are afraid of conflicts over poor public transport, unreasonably high rents, and so on. But at the same time, they believe that officials and the city administration are to blame. But not Putin! This is truly terrible. Most Russians say that war is bad, but they say that we had no choice, and the US and Ukrainians hate us. In general, this is already pleasing, if only because people do not approve of murders as such. There is a huge generational gap in Putin's approval. The generation of 20-30 years old as a whole will say that Putin is well done, but they will not particularly answer further questions, since they admit that they do not understand the topic. But in the 40+ generation, something terrible begins. They perceive Putin as a religious figure, on the level of their parents, believing that he is never wrong. They are desperately trying to justify his actions with the most stupid arguments. This is due to the Stockholm syndrome experienced in the nineties. They believe that democracy does not work, and the United States and the West allegedly did not help us and wanted us to be poor. Almost all films in Russia showed the nineties as a time of poverty and devastation. They are afraid of freedom, because it was at the beginning of the 2000s that huge economic growth began under Putin due to the increase in oil sales (obviously, Putin did not contribute to this, but they believe that it was him). It can be seen that these people have a neurosis, and they really believe that everyone wants to kill them, because the president said so. The scariest thing is that most of the people 40+ really think that beating their people to death with batons is the right thing to do. What to plant and poison the opposition - that's right. That directing a nuclear bomb at the United States is right. And the older the generation, the crazier their speeches become, and the level of aggression reaches the desire to kill the whole world. But! Not everyone is like that, but only a large part of the population. And this majority really does not want any rights either for themselves or for others. Therefore, it is worth understanding that even the Russians themselves suffer from them, and not just the Ukrainians. And that, therefore, you should not generalize to all Russians, because, generalizing, you do exactly the same thing, considering all people to be bad because of the majority (moreover, the middle-aged majority, which probably won’t even go to your countries). Secondly, there are many people who understand that Putin is insane. But it is these people who have critical thinking, they read the opposition media. And, as a rule, it is they who can find a good job, know foreign languages and emigrate. Therefore, it is impossible to calculate the exact number of Russians who are against the war. There is not even open data and an unambiguous opportunity to interpret the number of people who left. Russians are generally not inclined to be interested in politics. Political videos on RU-vid get very little views, and it's obvious that people really think they can't change anything. Russians don't like to read the opposition media, because they show all the bad things that are happening here. Their mood deteriorates, and they prefer to sit in the echo chamber, which says that everything is not so bad in Russia, that the West has its own propaganda, and we have our own. That not everything is so simple, and Ukraine also dressed up. All oppositionists are convinced that democracy will be brought on a silver platter. That the regime will weaken, the elites will want democracy, and this is where we will act (and they themselves do not know how they will act). Russians cannot unite in almost anything because of the totalitarian past and the authoritarian present. The opposition itself quarrels among themselves, and it is not clear how it can even come to power. So overall it's really bad. But if you consider all Russians as fascists, it will be even worse. Autocracy and the Soviet Union turns people into beasts, not vice versa. Therefore, fight for democracy in your countries, fight against right-wing populists who want to make the country great. What makes a country great is cooperation with others and respect for all people. Perhaps my generation (I'm 24) will also come to this if Putin's regime is replaced by something softer. But there is little hope for this, and hope is the only thing we have left among the zombie older generation who want to send us to the Middle Ages.

"If there's not 'ours' we won't touch them... We only kill our own" The logic in that 😲 Thank you for your work 1420, stay safe 🤍💙🤍

It baffles me how some Russians so nonchalantly talking about the annihilation of other countries and its people just because their policies doesnt align or kowtowing to Russia. The clear lack of empathy in these people is very concerning.

“The roads are a bit better and we’ve got sewerage’, all sorted then , welcome to the 19th Century. 😂

“The roads have become a bit better” brilliant 😂

If Russia can’t take Ukraine, how the hell would anyone expect them to take Poland?

"Russia also wants peace only, right?" Yes, the kind of peace you find in cemeteries.

The more I watch videos of this channel, the more I think it‘s actually a comedy channel

"We should only subjugate "our" people, not Finland, Sweden and Norway." OK...

Great video, as always. You are a very respectful journalist, which was the first thing that made your videos stick out to me. You ask loaded questions but never interrupt or argue anything. It is very admirable.

that decision in the edit to end with the box wine was genius. it seems like i’ve been on your ride from get go and you just keep getting better.

Wow the way this video ended was SO powerful and so telling! This was filmed and edited masterfully. I really appreciate this level of pure journalism 🙏🏽

Gotta love the guy who said that Russia is the most democratic country in the world...and then told Daniil to let him help edit his interview for fear of getting in trouble for what he might have said. Hah!

Thank you for making these videos. My heart bleeds for all the people that suffers.

Brave journalists, publishing all this! Go on 👍

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic 😞

the alcoholic (just an assumption) around 2:55 is more sober than most of russians.

You have assembled a good team Daniil 👍

this is an amazing window to another world, thank you for the content even tho it's heavy to watch.

Interesting that the last old man is worried about what he said earlier and hoped that he stuck to the script his leader expects him to say

At 8:00 that guy made my day 😂😂😂. "I think our country is the most democratic state in the world". Just hillarious

Orwell's "1984" is no longer a Sci-fi book, but a reportage on Russia 2023

Insightful as always. Keep it up.

Control of information is everything.

Dont even think about invading finland, one man over the border and our walk toward moscow begins

Woah now, that last interview was getting good. Maybe you should interview them just with a microphone. Maybe overlay the audio with visuals of the area.

That shovel clearing the flooded entrance immediately after the dude said Putin built a sewage system. 😂

Question: Are other countries responsible for all of Russia’s problems? People say Russians will always blame others and never take responsibility for causing our own problems.

''I love everyone and all countries'' ''...our allies I mean'' That's the most Russian thing I heard today so far, but its still early.

Daniil, great work.

Za co walczy ruski żołnierz? Jakie będą konsekwencje tej walki? Jaki będzie rezultat tej wojny, w czasie której on tak głupio i boleśnie umiera. Będzie dla niego pożytecznym dowiedzieć się że na dzień dzisiejszy żołnierz rosyjski walczy za wieczną nędzę swoich rodziców. Walczy za to, aby rosja zawsze była pogardzanym i zacofanym państwem na świecie. Za to, żeby jego dzieci nigdy nie poznały i nie zobaczyły tego świata, nie miały pojęcia o cywilizacji oraz nie miały dostępu do normalnej medycyny. Walczy za to, aby mamy i babcie żołnierzy szukały jedzenia na śmietniku obok sklepu. Walczą za wieczną nędzę, za hańbę, za śmierć wszystkich nadziei.

Watching these videos of Russians voicing their opinions is how I imagine it would be like if time travel to 19th century Russia was possible. Only the clothing and transport has changed in the intervening 200 years...

"do we have too many ppl?" "i dont think so". best ironic line in a long while

Daniil, you guys are legends

Brilliant work Daniil.

For some reason that guy talking about Russia's great infastructure made me laugh when it cut to him shoveling water out of his back yard

There is a huge educational task ahead of telling the Russians how extremely distorting the Kremlin's propaganda has been. And a year-long process of self-examination afterwards.

This one really hit home!

Just what i expected. Greets from Finland ;)

The more I watch the more I realize that it is useless. The people won´t tell you what they think. How do I know? I am Czech. And I know how it was before 1989. If a reporter asked you something on the streets you would just autamatically go with the government line. And you would say something completely different behind closed doors. Like the last guy. And I understand why Daniil doesn´t want to compromise him. We have absoulutely no clue how many questioned people say what they trully think. The level of oppression in Russia is reaching those in former Soviet Union once again.That beying said I still am amaized by the cruelty of Russians. They have it in them. Already in 1844 a Czech writer K.H. Borovsky wrote this: "I went to Russia as a Slav and came back as a Czech. It's a country of misery, squalor, booze and extensive literary works about misery, squalor and booze. I can testify that the Russians think of other Slavs not in a brotherly way, but in a dishonest and selfish way. I prefer the Hungarians, who fight us openly, to the Russians, who approach us with a Judas kiss and then put us in their pocket. These gentlemen begin to say and write Slavic instead of Russian, so that they may say Russian instead of Slavic.

The casual bloodthirstiness of the older generation is really sad and alarming. Of course not all people are like that, but I am not used to hearing that at ALL, ever, from anyone, so it's really disturbing to hear a sweet little grandma come out with that sort of thing. The closest thing I can think of is once when I was in Germany, supervising a bunch of teenagers on a trip. We were visiting a religious building and a teen girl wanted to ask for prayers for someone she knew. One of the workers in the building, an older lady, immediately started scolding her harshly for being in a part of the building she didn't think teenagers should be in. One of the other leaders of our group (a German in his 20s or maybe 30) made sure the teenager was all right after that exchange, and then came to me (a foreigner) to talk about it. "This grandma was raised in a generation without love," he told me by way of explanation. I think of that when I see these elderly people talk so casually about murdering people in other countries. Perhaps they were raised in a generation without love. And so their relationship with authority is unhealthy, they are unable to understand why all of this is wrong, and they don't understand how things could change. They are thinking on survival level only. And to those who do not want to harm others and who are against war, all too often, they are blinded by the media telling them that they are the ones being attacked, not the other way around. (I always want to ask these people, what part of Russia did Ukraine invade? In which oblast of Russia is there a battle going on with NATO? The answer is none, of course...) The good thing about Germany is that the younger generation DID change. I wish Russia luck (and I wish for them a lot of smart 24 year olds with brains and perseverance to change things).

Old Finnish saying: "Everything in Russia is shit. Except piss."

Kudos to the gentleman at 2:55 - finally someone with a little sense.

the last guy cleary fears his own words he said...and invites the guy to his garden to check the footage, if he maybe said bad words, that can be used against him.

That was a great video, you phrase your questions slightly differently in rural areas I’ve noticed. The last guy was a real gem. Good work

Thanks!

It's so nice that Russian Federation has peacefull military, it's the first of such to exist. Usually I'd imagine soldiers carrying rifle, and being trained to kill with no remorse, such a fantastic country Russian Federation is, to make peacefull military.

Why on earth would anyone want the 'Russian way' of living. I have Russian and Kazakh family and outside of the main cities especially I just see a country stuck in the 19th century, but whether in or out of the city everything is dependent on corruption and who you know. Dreadful.

❤️🧡💛 Daniil. Be safe. 🙏🏼

I really like that guy's statement beginning at 2:53

"I think our country is the most democratic state in the world." At least stand-up comedy is one form of expression in good health in Russia. 😂

Hey Daniil. Can you please do a review of a Russian newspaper? I wonder what they write about Ukraine, Russia and the world. Thank you

Thanks to the gentleman at 2:53 , Spasibo

Thanks.👍👍

You should edit out the part where he says you're in Yadrin in case they decide it isn't democratic enough there

That must be the first war ever when all damages in attacked coutry is self inflicted ;)

We warmly welcome you to Finland again, just like in the winter war.

THANK YOU THANK YOU FROM ONTARIO CANADA! KEEP ON AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!

The man at 2:57 didn't speak long, but said more actual meaning than a lot of people interviewed. Not to hate on them personally, but the government that's fed them propaganda to make them so cold and ignorant

"They never attack civilians".

Rural Russians: "Let's make everything worse."

"Our soldiers never do that." Boy, is this woman going to have a shocker.

What has Putin done for us.........ermm, ermmm ... the roads are a little bit better )

As a Turkish i was thinking that Erdoğan is pro Putin.😄

I'm curious whether Holodomor is studied in history subjects in Russia

I just got back from Thailand and a ton of Russians are renting condos there for $200-400 USD per month and extended VISA fees waved for refugees. Lots are staying there to avoid conscription.

(Guy) Putin is a cool guy. I support him. We need more people like him (Dan) What has he done for this city in the last 20 years? (Guy) The roads are a bit better 😂

8:27 "His policy is right. He acknowledges that our boys are dying there" What more could one expect of a president?

6:00 XD i can't

What’s wild is how they casually justify invading Ukraine by claiming that other countries don’t love them, are arrogant and not obedient to them. These comments show Russian society’s underlying grandiosity and desire for imperialism and that’s what’s driving everyday Russian support for this war. And while the numbers are exaggerated, Putin’s repeated election success is probably real. It’s like it’s not a flaw, it’s a feature, and a symptom of a much greater problem. 😢

Seriously love this channel. You guys are doing a great job of bringing us the raw truth about how common Russian people think and feel. I sincerely hope that you stay safe while you continue to bring us these invaluable insights 😀

6:00 😢 poor grandma... she's so friendly but doesn't know what russian militaries really do... Hope peace....

OMG I can’t Believe what I am hearing from some of the people in this video.

6:00 :D..... no words to say

Lol got to love the ending on this episode, very nice transition

@1420channel Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 Firstly thank you for your courage in making and posting these videos which provide us all with an honest account of the average Russian person's thoughts on current affairs. I often think the fastest route to world peace would be to force average citizens into dialogue with their counterparts in supposed "Rival" nations. I think the veil of antagonism would quickly fall when each realises the other just wishes to live their lives in peace with dignity and governments would find it harder to justify acts of aggression through fearmongering. The technology is there to support such a movement but I know such transparency would not be welcomed by many regimes worldwide. One thing that interests me most from the responses I've seen in your videos is how Russian people view western values to be "Unacceptable". It seems to me that most of this concerns western tolerance to alternative lifestyles (Which if they have been paying attention they would know are still quite divisive in the west - See wokism and culture wars). But the key western values that I would like to hear them rebuke are the right to assembly and the right to free speech. Could you ask them for their thoughts on these western values? Regardless of your views on any topic, how can you take pride in a nation that is afraid of dissenting voices? That won't tolerate disagreement and threatens it's own people with detainment or worse should they speak against their government? True nationalism is not loving one's nation blindly. It is critiquing your nation continuously. Only then can you build a better "motherland" for all of her citizens.

"I saw on tv yesterday that (Ukraine) bombed a new apartment building .... Ukraine bombed civilians .... our Russian soldiers never do that .... they never attack civilians .... they aim to achieve peace through peaceful means .... our Russian soldiers don't want to kill people." The affect of total propaganda and even beyond that , logical reasoning that Russia could invade a country , wage a war of terror against civilians for over a year , is both chilling and unbelievable.

Послушала ответ первой женщины… без комментариев. Надеюсь младшие поколения будут развивать эту страну, а старшие лучше посидят и посмотрят телевизор.

I definitely have hallucinations. Perhaps those delicious mushrooms from yesterday? The lady at 06:00 - 06:20 says that Russian soldiers do their duty without resorting to violence. They use peaceful means, they don't want to kill. Do you see the same or it's just me?

Daniil, ask people two questions: Do they speak truth on Russian TV? and Did they speak truth on Soviet Union TV?

These interviews are fascinating! It's too easy to convince people that what they want to believe is true even when it's tragically, deeply false.

9:22 lol

Промыли мозги очень многим людям, но радует, что адекватных становится больше

Go after America, indeed. 🤯 Still, it seems that the casualties are starting to make an impact of the minds of some of the older people, who seem to be all that’s left in this place. The men (who may have served in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Syria etc) seem to have a slightly more grounded view than some of the women. The last guy’s anxiety to self-censor is very telling.

6:13 Yeah Katyn forest is the best example for that words yeah?

This channel gives me a lot of hope on how informed and objective Russian citizens can be. On the opposite side, as an American who would like to travel there, it really worries me on the kinds of people I will likely run into.