Why is every country against us? 

All those people, walking around in H&M clothes, sitting on their IKEA furniture, talking on their Iphone and surfing the internet on their Samsung devices, driving their BMW to the airport to sit down in a Boeing airplane., financed with money from oil and gas sales to Europe...and complaining about the West. Astonishing.

I am a Russian, I have lived in Russia all my life, half of my life in Siberia, the other half in St. Petersburg. I would never have thought that such a large number of zombified people live in our country. I am ashamed to watch this, I am ashamed to read comments where people from abroad wish me and my country the worst. All my surroundings (my family, my friends, colleagues) are against the war, everyone understands what is happening now. And to hear such statements, as in the video, is a real shock for me. I sincerely apologize to the entire population of Ukraine for what our government has done to your life. This is not the result of recent years, it is the result of ten years of propaganda that is instilled into the people of the Soviet generation every day. They do not understand what they are saying and will never understand, their thinking cannot be changed. I understand all the hatred and anger that is now felt towards our country, but please, dear people, do not draw conclusions about the whole nation only on the basis of such videos. We are not all like that. We understand and regret what has happened. I just want this to end soon. No person in today's world deserves to experience the horrors of war. I have relatives in Ukraine, we are in touch every week, we worry and pray. Even if someone opposes the war-fact in Russia, this person will be persecuted. Our telephones are examined, our people are detained, and force is used in case of disobedience or resistance. They attribute some random article just to ruin the rest of their lives, just for expressing their opinion. And these are mild consequences. We are afraid of this system and we are afraid of Putin. Here is a whole web that weaved for twenty years of his reign, everything is fixed on him alone, a whole state. I used to be proud that I am Russian, because our people are, in fact, hospitable. They are responsive, with a persistent character. But not now. The propaganda has brainwashed them so much that now they can't see anything. It’s easier to think that you are a hero and save someone from something than to open your eyes and understand that we are murderers. Sorry for mistakes, I don't know English, but really wanted to leave the comment. Update: I would never have thought that with one comment I could get such a huge response from so many corners of our planet. Thank you. Thank you for your indifference, thank you for your understanding, thank you for all the kind words and wishes. I read every comment and think about every word. Please remember: there is no "bad nation", there are only "bad people". Peace to all of us, happiness and love.

The lady in the red hat had it right. "We think the way we have been forced to think" it's sad but true.

Thank you so much, Daniel, for the work you've done. I myself come from Moscow and I can honestly say that it is very unpleasant for me to hear exactly the same words from people very close to me... Years later, our grandchildren will be shocked at how low we were then. No war! Freedom of Russia! Long live Belarus! glory to Ukraine!

Believing that Russia has the right to take an independent country to be a buffer state is pretty incredible.

It will never cease to amaze me how a country with 2.5x the population of but an equal economy to Italy thinks that it's somehow a global power able to rival that of China and the US. If it weren't for nuclear weapons Russia would only be a footnote on the global stage.

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Could you ask something along the lines how people view situation of a neighbour breaking into their neighbour's house and killing the neighbouring family's husband, raping and killing his wife in front of their children and abducting their children. Other than that, thanks for persisting with these videos. Stay safe!

I'm British and have 0 patriotism in my blood at all, I can honestly tell you that the majority of people in my age bracket (30 - 40) do not care about being "On top" nor do we care about controlling Russia. We simply want to enjoy life and be successful, I could probably speak for a lot of Europe in this aspect. This constant playing the victim is absolutely pathetic from a "strong country" as they so pride themselves to be. When will they realise that actually, nobody cares about them, we have our own problems within our own borders to worry about.

"Tell me, what is there in the West that we don't have in Russia? Russia has everything!" You're absolutely right, sir. You had literally everything: - Italian clothing, - Silicon valley i-Phones, - German engineering, - European aviation, - US IT technology, - French cuisine, - Japanese cars, - British pop music, - Suisse cheese, - Spanish holiday resorts, - Taiwanese semi conductors, - etc. etc. Until you decided to leave the community of civilized nations. Good luck with your new 'friends' in China and North Korea. You will definitely need it.

As an educated American, I can safely say that most Americans (well, all the ones I know) give no thought at all to Russia. They simply do not care what Russians think, do, or how they imagine *us* to be. A complete non-issue. In that light, I always find it interesting that a lot of Russians have formulated an opinion on what Americans are like, or motivates us, etc.

Painful to watch this darkness in the heads...😢

Everything Russia does is somebody else's fault, like you'd expect a naughty 6 years old kid to react when confronted with its own behavior.

As a Russian, I say that I am disgusted to live among such people.

I really do feel bad for all these people. Simply because they don’t know any better

I am Lithuanian, the oldy one who understands Russian language clearly. When I hear what these people are saying, I asking my self - do they live on a parallel earth ? Looks like 2 + 2 is not equal to 4 for these people...

Until it invaded Ukraine, I don't think many people in the West thought about Russia at all, yet these good folk seem to think we're obsessed.

This is what happens when the citizens of a country “Don’t want to get involved in politics “

You're brave for even covering this stuff in earnest, with the Foreign Agent laws. Stay safe!

Wow, the sheer victim complex all these people have is extraordinary. Of course, it's everyone else's fault that you're hated, it couldn't possibly be the result of your own actions, could it?

I once said to a Russian, after the war started, "you will lose all your friends; for generations you will be remembered as invaders". His reply was: "Russia doesn't need friends". I was speechless.

It’s honestly sad to see how utterly brainwashed these people are.

That first answer from the old lady made me very sad. She was very honest and you can tell what she really feels.

Thank you for bringing these videos to us

This one was tough to watch. The last guy epitomized this episode: "We will figure out who brought us to this war" I'm at a loss for words

"We live like oppressed serfs in a dying economy, sent to die in a meaningless war... And the WORLD IS JEALOUS OF US!"

That guy in the black hat ssaid it perfectly "They were always bad, we just looked at them through rose-colored glasses, which have now been removed..." This perfectly describes what happened to Russia and how Europe naively together with the west hoped Russia could be a moder peacfull country.

You can tell everyone is scared to even give an answer good or bad

No surprises, shifting responsibility onto others as usual.

'Ukraine was a part of Russia' That is exactly the mindset that is part of the problem.

I'm not sure if they actually believe what they're saying or just keeping in line to avoid any repercussions.

Great work. Thanks!👍👍

I'm from Denmark, and in school we learned about Hitler being bad, and Russia lost many million men in WW2. We learned to feel sorry for Russia in WW2. . . Today Russia is just as patriotic as Germany was, and the Swastika here is a big Z.

"It is always everybody else, but not us" ruzzian logic has no analogs in the world

2:15 ehhhhh who’s going to tell him? 😂

"The more we destroy, the better" What can you do with people like this?

For me, in Poland, patriotism is to do the best for the country and people. For these people it is to support leaders no matter how criminal and thieving they are.

They're always looking around to see anyone is listening. You'd never get what they really think out of them. They'll say what keeps them out of trouble.

I think I need a cat video now

Now I'm wondering how many europeans would agree with the statement that "it's natural that any country should wish to be at the top" This sentiment seems to come back often in 1420 interviews and is stated as if it is an obvious fact, but I doubt many people in the EU countries would agree. It seems we've learned very different lessons from the 20th century.

"We should all join together to defeat the enemy." he said while standing in civilian clothes and NOT being in the army. What he meant was "Somebody else should join together." but not him obviously.

This was incredibly hard to watch.

This one is super depressing

Amazing how none of them can even bring themselves to discuss Russia's treatment of the people of Ukraine as a reason for bad relations.

Older Russians don't seem to understand that in order to have a superiority complex you first need to be superior at something. Having oil and gas is pretty run of the mill.

Did that older guy really ask “Tell me what is there in America that Russia doesn’t have?” 😳🤯 Basic freedom

Suggestion for your next video: What are your thoughts regarding the recent imposition of a miltary tax as well as imposition of digital mobilization notices for conscription?

"If not, they might leave us alone with Ukraine! One on one! But, instead, they're arming Ukraine". The U.S.A. is arming Ukraine, because in 1994 the U.S.A., England an Russia ll signed an agreement which stated that if Ukraine was invaded, those three countries would come to its aid. In return, Ukraine would surrender all its nuclear weapons. So, I suppose the U.S.A. could replace those nuclear weapons and stop aiding Ukraine. Would that satisfy Russians?

"The more we destroy the better" - Russkiy mir

2:27 a Russian calling out “Anglo-Saxons” for being imperialistic is really the pot calling the kettle black 😒

I don't see hope for Russia with this mindset that even young people share.

Lyudmila: "I actually live in Russia and have to obey its laws. I have to think the way we are forced to think, right?" Lyudmila hits the nail on the head perfectly!

For me, the saddest interaction was with the political scientist who was incapable of seeing any other possible answer to the problem. Propaganda may work on ordinary people, but she should have been capable of seeing through it.

8:15 brave woman wasn’t afraid to speak up.❤

It"s a pity to see so many young people beliving in propaganda. But "professional politoligist" is the worst. Her example shows that higher education is contaminated for a long time. Shame of it all

all those people that think russia is doing the right thing should be shipped to the front line

''If they are mad that mean we are doing something right'' Typical Russian mentality.

Thanks to social media like this, we can now judge the intelligence level of ordinary people in many parts of the world. That is for many not an advantage.

Someday, foreigners in the comments will understand that if they want world peace, this does not mean that the government of the countries also wants it.

9.26 China has always been our friend, The woman seems to have forgotten about the war between the USSR and China in 1969. "Sino-Soviet border conflct". 9.45 What they in US have, what we don't have? Well , asphalt on roads, toilets in houses.

As an American no one cares about Russia no one talks about Russia we're not interested in Russia. and it's terrifying that lady is a teacher

Ok, if they say so!

It feels like they get more on the same message(“they want our resources”) and at the same time think the invasion happened for different reasons…

Paranoia is defined by two things: Grandiosity and fear. Grandiosity is the belief that you are a lot more important than you really are. The fear that powerful forces want to harm you is irrational because you aren’t that important. Paranoid people believe they are so important that an enormous amount of attention is focused on them by those who would do them harm. They may believe that aliens are trying to manipulate them or government agents or sinister international forces are watching them all the time. When it is an individual person who believes such things as we call it a mental illness. When it is an entire country that believes this, we are talking about Russia. It’s sad that every single person you interviewed is paranoid and unaware of or unconcerned about the horrors Russia inflicts on other countries: Chechnya, Syria, Ukraine, Central African Republic, Mali, the list goes on. As this song goes, “Russia always wants war.” That’s how others look at Russia and what they don’t like Russia. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ox5OeOIBBzI.html The Margaret Thatcher “quote” is fake. I looked it up. It was made up by Russian propagandists.

I think my favorite is when Russian state media said that Europe was starving and freezing to death because Russia stopped supplying it with gas and energy. They even said "in the UK they have to shoot squirrels to eat because they have no energy"

10:17 "we attacked preventively". These people need to start listening to themselves.

I’m only getting to know your channel so pardon if this already exists. I would love to see and episode of asking where they get their information and how they know its reliable.

“Everything is right with the war “ . I’m speechless

Its sad when people cant see the difference between supporting criminal government and being a true patriot. Patriot fights for his country not watches as it turns into Mordor.

Russia don't bend to others.... China "doubt" 😅

I support all street level interviews. The people are not polished spokespersons. You get honest opinions and I believe that there is similar opinions everywhere. Older generations wanting past wars settled and young people wanting to move on to a better future.

Maybe it is the translation but sometimes different people give the same reply almost word for word or using very specific terms. Seems like they are simply repeating what they heard or read somewhere word for word.

Thank you Daniil, from France. Even if your videos make me often sad, your work is very interesting.

Best of interviewed Russian citizens: "If they are mad, it means we are doing the right thing." "We are too soft on them. We need to be harder, so that they understand that Russia has power." "The more we destroy, the better!" "They are trying to take a piece of us somehow." "Everyhing is right with the war. The war is a right thing." "The West has been too aggressive lately." "Russia is one of the most comfortable and pleasant places to live." "We welcome their homosexuals, let their nations fall apart since they are nuts about it." "Russia chose the right way, we attacked Ukraine preventively." "Putin has sourrounded himself with decent people who are his friends and honest." "Now we need to unite and defeat the enemy. And then we will figure out who brought us to this war."

8:06 hahaha... about to shit my pants from laughter :D

Damn I wanted to listen to Maria. Get her back on for a full interview!

"Anglo Saxons are used to plunder their colonies and live off them" Holodomor has entered the chat

"What is there in the West that we don't have in Russia?" Accountability, less corruption, less oppression, open speech (even for the dumb and opportunistic one), less censorship, human rights, working class protection, social help, streets, toilets, heart and brain ...

Thoughtful and heartfelt comments by the people of Russi. Very insightful and informative.

Daniil, could you ask people if they prefer a dictatorship or a democracy?

”Tell me, what is there in the West (in America) that we don't have in Russia?”....FREEDOM, you silly old man!

the utter ignorance of some of these people is both sad and scary

should ask them why would west and allies with a combined economy 40 times bigger than russia, having 75% of global trade with the most innovative happiest countries in the world according to rankings, would care about russia which contributes hardly anything to the modern world?

2:33 has he ever wondered ... "If u had too many resources in your country... Why your country still poor AF?"

It's like the most disliked person in the class saying "they are just jealous of my brains and looks". Delusional.

As a Russian immigrant who lived in the USSR, I can tell you - I remember how I've been buying chicken thighs exported from the US as a humanitarian assistance - the only normal meat that we could buy in 1980th in the stores, the only tasty chocolates were American Mars and Bounty, the second hand cloths were donated from US and Europe and so on. Unfortunately, the memory of Russian people is very short. Funny thing - they are praying to China but forgot what China did to Russia and how the friendship was ended ))) The history repeats itself if you are not able to learn you lessons. Glory to Ukraine!

The discussion here includes some of the most intelligent, respectful, thoughtful conversations among people from around the world I have ever read on the internet. A far cry from the bot-ridden comments one sees on Fox News, RT, and many other sites. What the internet should be, but I don't know if it can be kept that way. Thanks to Daniil and the team for what they are doing.

I’m amazed by their answers🤔

They certainly are deeply impressed with themselves.

Ignorance knows no national boundaries but this is sad.

I leaned forward when the woman said she was a political scientist and then I let out a huge sigh of disappointment after her statement. Amazing how every single person in this video except perhaps Vova has such a distorted view of Russia in the world.

Lol that teacher where did she go to school

Too depressing to watch til the end.

Daniil, thanks for sharing these people with me. As a Westerner I cannot fathom what is the matter with Russian people. Meat waves in Bakhmut, graveyards filling up, bad Covid vaccines, people being poisoned or falling out of windows, 77 year old Babushka-artists being arrested, chemical food, bad roads, alcoholism, criminal oligarchs stealing the pensions and funds for medical services. Extremely poor logistics, huge Gulags filled with horribly treated people, a president who murders people and builds palaces.....and yet the average Russian in the street with rotting teeth surrounded by snow thinks Russia is hugely powerful and cannot go down. Let us not mention the Kulakization of Ukraine, the Holomor, and the purges in the 20's and 30's, the Chechen Wars, Georgia etc. I mean this is a National Delusion. An erroneous idea impervious to reason. Some ghastly frontal lobe brain disease which flows down the generations.......a sort of sense of entitlement. We can be the bad child and because we are Russians you had better watch out! It bodes very poorly for Russia's future in my opinion. 140 million totally deluded people. We in the west have no designs on North Asia, we don't care a fk for your resources or anything else. If Russia disappeared overnight, would any one notice? I know there are clever people in Russia, artistic people, mathematical people, educated people, nice people, but there are nice people everywhere. The horrible people in the West simply are not as horrible or numerous as the horrible people in Russia. My worry is that at the end of the up-coming civil war in Russian another nasty group of criminals will start the cycle again. Putin, Lavrov, Peskov are just horrible men that I would certainly not want living next door to me. Their taste in everything is indescribably horrible. They walk and talk like something out of a gangster movie and they never tell the truth. Are autocracies places where the general population have frontal lobes susceptible to delusion? From Ireland.

Jeez, even the so-called political scientist...

I think the world would be quite happy if Russia kept itself to its self and not try to use their belligerence to force other countries to conform to Russian policies. You can see by the people that they are afraid to say what they really think. Most of the countries surrounding Russia have had a taste of living under Russian rule and they emphatically don’t want it again.

I can not even listen to these people anymore, the brainwashing really hurts.

Какой кошмар...... Спасибо за вашу работу.

Sad that so many people have such poor understanding of the real world they live in. Lies piled on lies and they believe it.

Imagine me being an intellectual living among such creatures. We need a separate country of intellectuals to feel happy, but I’m not sure if it is possible.