Sorry Konstantine that I can't support you financially, unfortunately as a pensioner I have to see for myself that I can make ends meet. Nevertheless, thank you for all your work that shows us what is going on in your country and makes it clear to us that there are also good people in your country. Danke für alles und alles Gute für dich und deine Lieben. Gruß aus Deutschland.
Hi off topic ... but I think you remember/grasp enough of the USA system of government to understand my message ... The Military/aid package for Ukraine passed the house of Representatives today *Thursday night April 18th) with a vote of 304 to 90 ... strong support setting up final vote in the Senate ... where it will pass and then the President has already said he will sign it - sometime early next week ... The USA is back. Bless you and all you do.
@INSIDERUSSIA EXCELLENT VIDEO-NEWS-REPORT BRAVE ECONOMIST and UNIVERSAL REPORTER Konstantin. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU MISSED ON THE GREAT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO NIGHTS: THE IRANIAN - ISRAEL WAR. Videos with the titles: ISRAEL IRAN ATTACK and WAR, having those words are facilitated (preferred) by the Google-RU-vid algorithm and popped up in the search to facilitate such videos to be seen by more people this week and the next. The RU-vid channel "The Enforcer" due to commenting on the attack of Iran against Israel and the Israel attacking back Iran, with his video, . . . got seen that night live by more than 40 000 people, & many thousands subscribed just in one night, and his channel "The Enforcer" got listed that night the 5th world wide top most visited channel on RU-vid, and listed "the 5th" in all average topics, onRU-vid's PLAYBOARD far above any other big TV news channels while under the category in which "The Enforcer" is registered (the category section "Travel event" ) was number 1 most visited with twice more viewers than any other channels in that night, and with most gained subscribers (many thousands) in just one night, a night ago and would have been the number 1 in the section "News and Politics" with twice more people visiting than the other channel registered there, but because The Enforcer being pro-Ukraine oriented and does not want to talk USA inside politics, did not want to registered under the 'News and Politics' section being worried of attracting too many people lovers of politics and then having to shut them up / or down, or ban them from the channel when talking about USA inside the USA politics. He said that his channel is not specialized in INSIDE USA POLITICS. ANY WAY WE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD MENTION TO YOU SO YOU WON'T MISS ON GAINING A HUGE NUMBER OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY MANY PEOPLE NOW WHILE ISRAEL ATTACKS BACK IRAN AND PROBABLY WILL DO IT AGAIN TONIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING FEW MORE NIGHTS AND A GREAT MULTITUDE OF PRINTED NEWS ON THE "GROUND NEWS" internet section prints information but very few RU-vid channels covers well the Iran - Israel conflict. You surely could gain faster thousands of subscribers if you would start to write some comments on the Iran - Israel conflict TO MAKE A VIDEO WITH YOUR INFO(rmation) that you collect and write, and maybe report some live action what happens tonight or tomorrow night and read your comment or information live and make some videos about the conflict. It would help you a lot to get thousands of subscribers faster because people are interested in events that doesn't happen every day , such as ISRAEL NOW ATTACKS IRAN. Such titles are popped up this week, in the search engine by the RU-vid and Google algorithm , and if you get to have such videos with such titles, they will get seen by many more people from which more of them will subscribe to your channel and get to see all the other great videos that you made about Russia's reality and situation. BLESSINGS TO YOU for walking toward The Truth and always reveal the truth.
In 1960''s America, my 7th grade geography textbook had a photo of a 14 y.o. girl in the USSR learning to be a machine operator in a manufacturing plant.
We see that Russia is not Europe. One important reason: all developments, citizenship, civil rights, democracy, personal developments are missing. Russia has come to a standstill with Tolstoy. No further developments. Russia and the Russians have been in collectivism for centuries. The individual renounces everything for the "big, whole". Stupid as lemmings. An easy victim for any dictator. Russia as a whole is lost for many generations. Greetings from Germany
"This is atrocious. 14 year olds should not be working in factories. My heart bleeds" RELAX It is only for a very short term. At 16-17, they will be drafted and go off and then their suffering will be over soon.
The Russians are playing catch up with Arkansas. Sarah signed the “Youth Hiring Act of 2023”. That law allows 14 year old children to work in factories. Does your heart bleed for the kids under the rule of Sanders?
Step 1: Get the kids working in factories before they are old enough for the draft. Step 2: Tell them "that's probably not the last time you'll be seeing that weapon." Step 3: Profit. Quality control solved. Thank you for the updates, I feel so badly for the children 😥
Unfortunately some states here in the United States have already, or are trying to lower the age to work so they can employ kids in packing plants. Sarah Huckabee the governor of Arkansas comes immediately to mind but I don’t think she’s the only one.
actually as German I see so many similarities to Nazi Germany back then... makes me sad and in the end it shows how stupid humanity is... because we don't learn from history... instead we exploit it...
@@jrmckimActually the Soviet Union was officially supposed to be neutral. However in actuality, the Soviet Union aided and supported Germany during the war. Well until they got attacked by Germany in June 22, 1941. The Soviets would re-align with the UK and US in December of 1941. This was to protect the USSR against German aggression. After the war ended things would develop into the Cold War of ideologically different values Communism versus Capitalism and so on… So the Soviet stance I think is a little bit complex on what the actual people of Russia would want to align with. Sometimes history can be very complex and not as clear cut as we see things post war.
@@swvwestBack then the economy of the Soviet Union was also already crashed in 1941....without the US-support they wouldn't even able to fight Germany. You totally black out the aggression of Stalin in his time inside the USSR and towards it's satellites. Russia was no victim, it a was an equally sick regime to Nazi-Germany, as that turned on each other in the end. Both with their imperialistic visions in their heads. Russia repeats it's history by fighting expansion wars without having a strong economy. cheers, a German
Editing history, to fit their "fantasy". Any diviation has to be destroyed. It does not need any connection with reality, since it is a view, a belief system produced from coloured/twisted observation of the reality. Like....for instance, increased war losses "PRODUCE" shoes...yummy yummy...
Back in 2000 I sat in O’neils pub in Dublin where I lived for 8 years.We sat at a table Norwegians,Danes,Sweds and a Finn who was me.3 Russians sat by the bar and I whent up to them and said hello neighbours why don’t you come and join us.They hesitated at first and then they joined us.That was a start of a long good friendship.We had far more similarities then differances.2 where from St Petersburg and one from Vladivastok.I remeber that Sasha told me ones that Russia is dangerous with Putin and once GKB always KGB….He was right.They all live today in Ireland and are Irish citizens.We are still good mates.
It must be so disheartening at times for you Konstantin, I don't know if I could face those dismal circumstances every day and keep a smile on my face as you do. That, my friend, is true heroism of the character. I can't even fathom how you manage, it must be something within you that we cannot understand because you had to live it to see it, and we have not in the west. It's as if you are living in some kind bizarro world, not for you personally, but for the unfortunate souls who cannot escape to freedom with you. My hat's off to you sir, all of it seems to be no more trouble than rain on a ducks back to you and your reporting. I can hear the cynicism and intellectual delight in your voice as you mock and embarrass the unfortunate lives caught in the web of deceit that is modern Russia.More power to you, my good man, more power to you...
This is where faith comes in. The realization that this has happened before, many times in fact, and that this is how humanity is so if we don't watch ourselves things can go downhills fast. This takes blame out of the picture, it's neither you as a person nor you as a people. It's just how we are. And that makes it possible to live with, there's even a way out if we tread carefully.
You spoke true high' dear, I bow, and my hatt's off to you hear hear Best wishes fellow good kin, you write what many thinks, pretty clear. it's valuable, please keep g..writing on GET OUT me Head! (Many times thank you, for vividly and precisely expressing a deep concern of mine for Konstantin i am to weak to put words on.) Love✨
THANKS Konstantin, it took Germany inly three years to transition from representative democracy to dictatorship. The lessons are clear, in the face of autocracy democracy is fragile and needs to be fought for. Sadly there are still many in society, not just ruzz, who have a 'serf' mindset, yearning for a strong leader to tell them what to do and how to live their lives.
Russians, do you like the direction your country is heading to? Common Russian who hadn't left the country: "I honestly cannot complain... I really, really can't"
funny - meanwhile reality in russia :) -20% of houses has no inside toilet - apart military - rest economy is in the stagnation (war economy) - medical care is crap: 7 years shorter lives vs Western Europe + one of the highest alcohol related desists. - even with lower costs - level of living is below Bulgaria (the poorest country in the EU) - minium salary: $210/month! - corruption is on Africa level (140th place /180) - created current flood in Russia - but excuse is that "rodents eaten the dam" - he, he - infrastructure (apart from big cities) is 20 years behind Europe - commie looking towns+ poor villages - "brain drain" + population in decline (especially Slavic) - economy wise, Russia is becoming China vassal (totally depended on) - reserves are depleted - the war will be funded by higher taxes now - 15% of refineries are damaged by Ukrainian drones+ over 33% of Russian Black Sea fleet already sunk - fake "conservatism" - super high level of divorces/abortion/ alcoholism, etc. (only 8% of church attendees - lower than in Holland!) - "greeen revolution" will damage future profits soon (oil/gas economy) - Putin can't even protect Moscow against ISIS - despite warnings - the that you can go to prison for calling war a war (etc.), - is icing on the cake
It will, this is just the start of harsh repression and violent totalitarianism. Economy, hyperinflation, state theft and social engineering. Things will be changing in Ukraine with arrival 155mm shells, defence systems, F16s, mobilisation - this will also change Russia.
You ARE choosing the right stories to tell us. However, many of them are hard to listen to because they are so horrifying. Removing books from High School libraries is one of the scariest. The images of children kneeling on school floors in the shape of a cross look like something from a horror movie!
@garrick1946 - He is just trying to SHOW the TRUTH of what is happening in 🇷🇺 RUSSIA that PUTIN and his CLOONIES (Rich Russians) are HIDING from the FREE WORLD. ❌
That's not a cross sign. That's a wiccan sign. It stands for witchcraft. Hence the candles, used for spells in witchcraft. At least they show now, whom they serve: the devil. Although I doubt most kids will be told plainly what they are doing. Yet, pagan signs and rituals still attract evil spirits. They are trying to win the war through witchcraft now... May God Almighty destroy all the intentions of their evil hearts and may the wicked get, what they wish upon the innocent.
@@mike4480 Indeed, and that red star has a certain meaning. It's a wiccan symbol. Wicca is witchcraft. Hence all those candles. The children unwittingly performed a witchcraft ritual. The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. At least russia is getting more open about whom is really served there.
@@mike4480No, it was in the 'Z' shape.. & schools across Russia were trying to outdo one another for the best 'Z' display made up with kneeling schoolkids.
Exactly. A generous donation to the mayor would have been helpful. Acting as if they can do anything outside of the chain of command is not acceptable.
Child labour in any country is a tragedy. When the majority of a country’s population would openly state that they are apolitical, this is what happens. Pathetic!!
Konstantine, I always comment just to help; but its usually just something random. Feedback: I think your choice in news has been fantastic, and the way you relay the message has been on point as well. Keep up the fantastic work. Have a wonderful weekend!
Omg ,,this means Russia used up the men 18-32 an entire generation of men gone. Thats so sad the whole life blood on a nation eliminated. I feel so sorry for the Russian people. I know why their gone and I’m just as sad if not sadder for Ukraine and its citizens to. The Ukrainian people have it worse but this is a tragedy and ruination all the way around for both sides.
You will see the effects of that again in about 15-20 years. All these men who might have fathered children are now gone, so there will be a large chunk of a generation missing in a couple of decades.
Memorial was forbidden a few years ago, now books that describe Stalin's terror. Putin is more and more following Stalin's compass meaning dark times ahead for RU citizens. And once more underscoring that Russia's imperial obsessions must be stopped.
I sent this video to a friend of mine who has a hard head about what's happening in this SMO. We have been arguing on the opposite sides about this situation from the beginning. We're in our seventies and have been arguing since our younger years
Some of my closest friends and I argue like this. It's always good to hear opposing opinions. Never a good outcome when someone lives in an echo chamber.
How horrible to do that to young school children. I thought they looked like they were sitting in a pentagram shape. Not ok, who would want their children doing that.
@EEX97623 no it isn't. America is now the world leader. We are the the richest country on earth 20 times over. We have strong labor laws and would never allow 14 year old children to be working in factories. That was outlawed over 80 years ago, which is four generations of kids who go to school not to work. America has invented almost every single world-changing invention for well over 150 years and we continue to do so. We are at the forefront of technology. We created the PC, wifi, and cell phones, and are now creating AI. No other country comes close. To say that our country is anything like Russia, to say we are not excelling is outright idiocy. You have to close your eyes and put your hands over your ears to drown out our progress. We are not going backward in any way.
Your news selection is a good mix of whats going on in Russia. You better than anyone knows what you think is important for us to know. One thing I thought about the 14 year old work limit as well as the bankruptcy rate seems to be the direct result of the loss of so many men in the workforce due to the war as well as the numbers of men who left the country to avoid the war. Another notable news concerning the return to USSR resembles our return to the past in the US with book banning by the far right extremists religious folks to 'protect' our youth from considering themes like Tolerance and Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ issues and a recent law in Arizona from 1864 banning abortion as well as the conservative loaded Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, which had been a law for the past over 50 years. It is a swing of the pendulum for our two countries Konstantin but i believe at least in our country the pendulum is in the process of swinging back and I hope it will for yours as well. Thank you for your kind and informative and very interesting analysis and I wish you and your family all the best stay safe and healthy and wish for Gods grace and better times for the World.
Has Russian gone back to the Soviet Union or has it become considerably worse...if that's even possible. At least during the USSR, there was some restraint. I don't think that's even relevant now. I can't say I enjoy hearing any of this. It's just become scary and threatening to observe, But, observe I must. Because knowledge is always self empowerment.
Indeed - if I were in your position - I could never go back to Russia. You cannot fit back in - you are used to think critically - which is outlawed there. Please stay outside Russia - your news is valuable. Hugs
I'll point out that all military factories are legitimate targets for Ukrainian missiles and drones. Russia putting children in there to work is obscene.
I wonder if many older Russians ever left the USSR. When some of the still existing channels interview them in the streets, they seem to have only fond memories and a deep sitting graving to get back to the system in which they were told what to do and not to do and if lucky, weren't shot or thrown in prison. The younger generation seems different, but is very small.
You may like the book "Secondhand Time: the Last of the Soviets" by Svetlana Alexievich. Interviews with people who remembered those times. By now many of them are probably passed on, but wow, it's quite the read.
Hello sweet Unusual Russian. I love listening to you while I work, you are funny, informative and I feel sad that your country has been so corrupted. I come from NZ and live in Australia where it is truly like another world and very grateful for it. Saying that I love learning from you and hope one day your country will be safe enough for both of us to visit. Take care.
Konstantin, I don't understand something. When I see videos of the massive shopping centers shown on RU-vid (traveling with Russell), I see tremendously large stores with expensive goods stacked to the ceiling. If the average salary in Russia is $700-$800 per month, how can these stores and so many large shopping centers survive? I am at a loss to understand all of this. All of the bankruptcies you talk about would figure into availability of money out there, and so how do these humongous retail establishments stay alive? Stan
I have similar questions. But at a basic level this is my understanding. Some of the cities have wealth and are also protected from war mobilization. Average is for the country as a whole and some regions are very poor. That said I am surprised by some of the quality of the houses I see for example where it is flooding and so I just don't get it. Is all that new wealth since the 90's. Some of the video shots I see make Britain look poor
Well getting rid of books criticising a dictator is a logical step if you are following the same play book. Wouldn't want the sheep to notice would you...?lol
i just cannont understand how people especialy parents do not QUESTION why books are banned .If that happened in the west especialy Ithe Republic of OIreland today (well it wouldnt) but if it did .there would be a huge rush to get our hands on such books ..Like what is wrong with Russians ? Is there no urge at all to find out ?.or have they become like North Koreans.?
14, back in the 1800-1900's you're going to get married at that age.not to mention that in many cases you were working either in a factory or on a farm.either way I would argue while yes the life expectancy back then is lower but you didn't have the soft men we have in society that's led to these hard times
Are these children also being told about the genocide committed by Josef Stalin? Writing this while watching and you have just given me the answer - history erased.
Hate to see homes flooded cause not all Russians support this war an need there homes safer , reminds me of hurricane Katrina in Louisiana yrs back , just devastated the place like your picture of that southern city an like in Ukraine 🇺🇦 when pootin blew up that major dam near crimian border
Remember when ukraine was flooded by a russian attack????? Yeah, me either.It seemed to have not gotten near the amount of coverage that an accidental damn breach is getting... almost every stream....
I guess you weren't paying attention because it was all over the news. The irony is that after Russia took over Crimea, the Ukrainians shut off the water to the canals that were providing water for agriculture on the peninsula. By destroying the dam, the Russians shot themselves in the foot because now there is no way of returning the irrigation supply at all regardless of whether Russia or Ukraine win this war.
The point of that flood stream is/was to point out the incompetence and corruption of entities tasked with public infrastructure construction and maintenance. The Ukrainian dam was blown up as an act of terrorism by an aggressor nation.
Konstantin - your new selections are fantastic. You are showing us what happens in Russia. So much of it has that air of what we call "shoveling coal on a runaway train". Surely someone in the Kremlin must by now have noticed that this 3-day military thing in Ukraine is producing all of the wrong results, but instead of changing course, they keep doubling down on doing the things that make everything worse. That kind of story usually has a bad ending.
Ah children working in factories for the war effort no wonder Russia's economy is doing well. Just one problem though if the war stops and your goverment isn't spending public money anymore on the war those factories will have no customers anymore. And even if they could get them .... Sanctions aren't going to be lifted overnight not till Ukraine is repaired i hope.
Naah. It's imperial Russia with a Tsar. They are only promoting Stalin because he was opressing people and winning a war, while Tsar Nicholas II. Lost two wars. (And also oppressed people) Otherwise they would outright glorify the old Imperial Russian Empire. Still the same oppression, but the tricolore as flag instead of the red one. That's the difference....😂
To much natural resources that allow a corrupt govrement to create human disasters. Free money corrupts! ... I fact, no ( very very few ) countries have been able transfer productivity/profit to increased life quality....
The Russians people can stop there facist government if they really want to there is 141 million Russians either supporting putin or as they say it there not political
Your points about children and education are well taken. Books such as 1984 and A Brave New World are eye-opening and absolutely appropriate and necessary for young adults to read. Teaching children how to think critically will have a much greater positive impact on their lives and their future than working in a drone or ammunition factory. Education is one thing, but knowingly putting children into harm's way by employing them at a legitimate military target is next-level child abuse. Putin's goal is to turn the people into sheep, hence no access to the great books of literature. Keep the videos coming - you do the best job at helping me understand the Russian world or at least you explain it to me - it seems that even you have a hard time understanding the Russian world today!
The people who built their own dam made one crucial mistake: they thought and showed initiative. As a dictator, Putin does not need thinking people with a tendency to take initiative. When I saw the children on their knees, the first thing I thought of was the Soviet star. In this way, Stalin should slowly but surely be elevated to a cult figure. The ban on books like George Orwell's 1984 fits in very well with the overall concept. Putin is writing his own history - which he has proven before, for example in the interview with Tucker Carlson. Don't forget Putin is a KGB officer. And he's still the master of manipulating people.
younger in russia say no one died under stalin / USSR and that the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s were a period of prosperity for USSR. funny, being that my family lived it, we dont remember this.
Thank you once more for giving us the updates of Inside Russia. I am shocked about the withdrawal of books for school children and shocked about going down on their knees during school. For me Russia of 2024 is a Soviet Union 2.0. The speed with which everything turns worse is worrying.
Good job with the Crazy News reporting , from the mad circus of Russia! . I am sure it would be hard to select the best mad stories, as there are so many to choose from 😂
Beyond horrendous is children younger than ten digging for cobalt and rare minerals in Africa so that we can buy laptops, iPhones, drive EVs etc. That's horrendous. Well fed 14 year olds working in a factory is nothing by comparison.
All depends on perspective. In the fifties it was completely normal to leave school for a very full time low-paying job at the age of 12 or 13. Here they at least still also go to school. And if your country would be under attack and all the men were off to war, wouldn't you Want teenagers to help at least put weapons into their fathers and uncles hands? I was 15 when I started to carry out newspapers every day after school. Earned me some money. As these boys are doing. The difference here is time frame and being the defender or the attacker, and those kids are told they 'defend'. How come your perspective is so tiny?
@@gabriellakadarwell fed 14 year old russian kids will not work in this factories. It will be the poor and not well fed russian 14 year olds...see the difference?
@@gardenjoy5223 Lots of hyperbole in comments. I started unpaid labour in a nursery school between ages 9 to 11 during school holidays. I did a lot of work and sometimes sneaked cookies from the pantry..... It kept me busy and was certainly better than rotting in front of a television. At age 14 I worked in a medical lab. Also better than doing nothing during school holidays. Nowadays it seems it's perfectly fine for kids to spend hours every day in front of a computer playing video games. My boyfriend washed dishes in a restaurant at age 11 and drove a mining truck near Whitehorse in the Yukon at age 15. No word of a lie. I don't think that would be allowed today but it was in the early 1970s. I read that in the USA there are Latino children aged 14 working in factories right now. Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs ...New York Times. This is in violation of labour laws.
I have heard that 50 cents of every dollar of business transacted in Russia goes to pay the bribes that are built into the system. It is no wonder that relative to other nations Russia remains poor, even with all of its natural wealth. I hope for a better day.
I think it not just back to the USSR, but its worst episode - the Stalin Cult Era. Which was so bad that the Sowjets themselves felt the urge to clean up once they were sure that Stalin is dead.
Love your channel, you explain what is happening and just how quickly it can happen when the Government has to much power over the people, and people can not fight back either legally or with weapons, Russia is the perfect example of why there is the First and Second amendments to the US Constitution, the first Ten actually aka The Bill of Rights, Russia had so much potential to join with the rest of humanity and be a force of good in the world, but alas that is gone now,
Thank you. Your crazy Friday is always very interesting and you don't see the information anywhere else. How quickly has Russia reverted to Soviet Union days. It was always lurking below the surface obviously. Unbelievable!!
