Why Russia Isn't Actually Collapsing 

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Congrats for 7 million. And thanks for the video, keep it up! 👍👍

Videos like this should NOT have to be almost an hour long…plus the enunciations of words is honestly cringy. It’s a reason why I’m starting to watch less of these videos.

@@RougeCheeseit everyone get Nebula!

​@@Labyrinth6000you crying about it is cringe.

At least they’re able to change their minds. This video is an admission of being wrong and an attempt to correct it. Other geopolitical history channels have devolved into pure propaganda outlets.

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Seems like Western Propaganda is crumbling like the Much Hyped Ukrainian Counter Offensive

Because dollar isn't everything Russia has. Time to think about that first.

Sanctions are hurting US/EU more than Russia

That and murder, torture and rape is loved by all Ruzzies. At the beginning of the war, there were Ruzzies cheering on what happened in Bucha and the torture chambers. They can't live without inflicting horrors on themselves and others.

​@@CarlosSpicyWang No, not really. You're just over-generalizing the Russians and typing that they all love to kill. Typical anti-Russian behavior.

@@CarlosSpicyWang😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 your self to sleep little baby

@@CarlosSpicyWang There's a saying in my language that translates to ''shared misery is less misery''. Russians want others to be as miserable as them so they feel less miserable. Instead of actually improving their country and removing their leaders, they prefer to attack others for having better lives.

"well established industrial base" a controversial statement, maybe true in the military branch, but definitely not in all critical areas.

@@user-bz9uv3ui6t its enough to have rocket space troops with the world's most advanced nuclear arsenal. Learn about Sarmat (Satan)..

​@@user-bz9uv3ui6tчтобы иметь хорошую военную промышленность - надо иметь развитие во всех других областях. От образования до производства всего.

Aprove as russian who hate putin. Russian people don't see support

I am from Moscow and consider the West my friend, and the Russian government my enemy.

Why's your name user-hv2uo6rh6k mister "real russian resident"

Ты не представляешь, какие дегенераты живут в США! Эти ублюдки серьёзно считают, что невозможно жить без макдональдса и кока колы!)) И теперь после ухода всего этого дерьма из России, русские умрут с голоду, а Россия развалится)

Россия защищается. Россия борется с фашизмом и бандой мародерствующих убийц, желающих завоевать весь мир и править им. Россия - это маяк, который противостоит одностороннему правлению заокеанского гегемона и тем самым защищает не только свое существование, но и весь остальной мир. Кто бы противостоял этому, как не Россия-матушка. Слава России!

Дак для них это развлечение, эмоции, накал страстей, интриги и расследования 😂. А до реальности им дела нет, и на людей которые в Украине и в РФ живут им тоже похеру, как и похеру на то что они там думают, да и остальные "мелочи" их не будут волновать

I'm from India and your oil is certainly keeping things from going south here. I don't support your government at all but Russian people are very hardened so massive respect for that.

No, it’s very effective. Some Ukrainians are know that 80-90% Russians approve this war. Propaganda works when all people talk there words

Russia has been falling and has lost the war for nearly two years now

So many fact checks for this episode, I cannot even ....

​@@pyropulseIXXIokay NATO bot

Russia has humiliated itself and so have it's shills. I remember when all the pro-Russia fools were calling people hysterical for thinking Russia was going to invade Ukraine. And then it happened and they pretending like they never said it.

Such actors mostly say what ppl want to hear

He is just someone doing stuff based on what will give him more traffic and thus more ad revenue. He or their team are just spineless creatures. They can be neutral but their titles aren't because of clickbait. They only believe in money my friend. 😢

@@iliyasiliev9103 I always advice looking up information from multiple sources with different opinions on the matter and draw your own conclusions. That said, I found this video on my feed, where YT actually showed me at least 2 other videos (I think i saw 3, but might misremember) with titles suggesting that "Russia is collapsing" (one week long, 2nd not sure) - so it looks like some other creators think that people want to see bad news about Russia - which, similar to creators of articles cited in this video here, seems to be logical assumption. You are also not considering the fact that someone might change his opinion, with time more facts might become apparent, or there are generally things that are hard or even impossible to predict (like how fast Russia recovered their supply chain, how hard really Putin keeps his wealthy "friends" under his boots how China will act towards Russian Federation etc). Either case - multiple sources is always the best option.

almost like things change over time

He said Zelensky has a 91% support in Ukraine😂 Zelensky is not even considering re-election considering how low his popularity is.

Things change? What are you implying?

@@veden3383 What I’m implying is that Russia was never losing. Russia is a nuclear power with one of the strongeat armies on the planet. Anyone who srsly thought they were losing to the Ukrainians is delusional

@@itsnadaaaa They were losing, then they were resupplied by the well known freedom fighters: Xi JinFree, Kim Freeman, I don't know what he's called but from Iran. And many more.

Stupid question: what the hell does Russia want with Ukraine

@@itsnadaaaa One of the strongest armies can't defeat one of the poorest European countries for nearly 3 years

it doesn't matter kid.

@@kjererrrt2381 Definitely does

@@benmm01 that was a grave crime they committed. you don't knoe shit about that shit.

The frog fucked a viper

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Yup, Putin knows what he's doing. Kill of the fighting age and indoctrinate the young and old then he can relax and not worry about any internal threats.

Mostly cause Russia keep killing off their young :(

​@@MrRrusiiigerontocracy*

Cause Putin is sending youths to the meat grinder of Ukrain, right?

So true.

Nazi Germany was not collapsing until it was.

cause the first point is what the political elite of the USA and the EU wants, and the second is the truth of the current days

It's based on your Google and RU-vid search history, its on you lol. I get true crime documentaries and debates, and this.

Number 1 is by NATO bots.

as an indian its actually fuking funny as fuk watching eu poltician talk about why india is buying russian oil then they themselves buy the same russian oil with indian sticker on it from us pretending they dont know where it came from lmao

Its working though. It forces Russia to sell it's oil at a discount on the global market, India gets the profit instead of Russia. Russia has less money to buy missiles.

@@justinbourgeois4685 why subsidize India at all? If they are going to buy resold Russian oil then might as well buy it at the same prices India does, cutting out the middleman. Europe gets cheaper oil, Russia makes the same limited profits and India gets nothing. The current situation is just kabuki theater, and an expensive and farcical one at that.

@@darthmortus5702 Because India and China are friendly to Europe. But Russia is not. So the EU is trying the choke Russia income stream, to end the war. It is working.

​@@darthmortus5702 Well Germany didn't blow up Northstream. That one wasn't much of a choice. Overall I agree.

What if West gonna collapse how's that for History books?

Future history books text: „Europe deindustrialized because it followed Usa‘s interests and russophobia. The beginning of the death of the former colonizers.“

Brexit was the dumbest thing my country has done *ever* in its long history. Impossible to prove, but I don't believe Russsia would have gone all in against Ukraine in Feb'22

May you live in interesting times.

Future history books text: Russia collapsed in 2014, Russia collapsed in 2020, Russia collapsed in 2021, Russia collapsed in 2022, Russia already collapsed but not yet collapsed, Russia collapsed but facist racist sexist antihomophobic abcxyz, Russia collapsed season II, Russia collapsed season III, Russia collapsed the prequel, Russia collapsed the prequel

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Sounds like a The Wire reference

He never challenged Putin. He had beef with his lieutenants.

Prigozhin wasn't aiming for the king. That's why the whole thing was designed to fail, no matter the details of the course of actions.

That was just an act. Prigozhin was not a mad man 😆 😆

It was "history and geography"when it's about some other countries but now it's suddenly "politics" when it's about your own country

+, "ukraine should advance now despite possible losses", "it is to russia's advantage for the war to be protracted bloody and expensive" and they have these 2 sentences within the framework of "democratic europe"

There is a big difference between discussing the pros and cons of certain countries' geographic positions, an island full of snakes, or another island - "stuck" in the Stone Age, and discussing current politics, relationships between countries. In the end, politics can also be talked about in different ways. A dry summary of facts is one thing, and it’s quite another thing when the author or editor takes one of the sides. There is no need to be dramatic. @@tabascolovers

@@tabascoloverswhen we are living it… it sure is the politics. It will turn history some time later. Each country has its own history as well. Surprised? 😂

😂😂😂 Russia and the Empire of Lies 😂😂

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Ну давай экспЭрд, бухти.

Heh!

The narration on this video is too much. Its like listening to a gadget salesman. Take a breath, turn the volume down. Turn the quantity down.

personal conflict with Shoigu because of losses

Prigozhin spent months making videos complaining about losses, complete with images or videos of dead troops. One of his complaints was that supplies and proper equipment to Wagner was being throttled.

and he had a personal ego.

Well, nobody know why it happened, and since mr Prigozhin is recently "nullified" probably we'll never know what was the reason of this "performance"

I think ever westerner will now pretend they never said Russia would collapse...

Yeah it's refreshing to see a non biased coverage for once. Both sides for and against Russia are guilty of that. I just wanna know what is REALLY going on and not what MIGHT HAPPEN.

Specially because a lot the videos from this channel had a "collapse in THREE DAYS" vibe at some times, so it's good to know the information provided is changing as we know more things.

aka infographics, used to love that channel, hard to like it now

Rare W reallifelore

А как ещё назвать вооружённый мятеж против правительственных сил с вводом войск и танков в город и захватом административных зданий? Пригоженский мятеж действительно не позиционировал себя именно как антиправительственный, но это факт что "Вагнер", созданный Путиным и правительством, и обласканный пропагандой за время войны, выступил против армии государства где Путин верховный главнокомандующий и двинулся на Москву. Выглядела эта позиция с борьбой только против армейского командования очень абсурдно и закончилось соответствующе - с прямым признанием Путиным мятежа как попытки госпереворота и гибелью Пригожена.

Yes. I was surprised at this video.

Turning around gives more clicks.

@@dwightmanne reality forces even the most ignorant and wrong to the truth in the end.

well the recent oil price increase, the lack of US support, and the good job Russian soldiers have done in building defenses ... all changed the picture

​@@eugenmalatov5470 Lack of US support? 65 billion is larger than the gdp of Panamá or Costa Rica. That amount of money went straight to Ukraine

two thousand years ... maybe you meant two houndred? ... and still wrong

Nope, he isn't. Read the history. They change the name but never fully collapse

@@Andrew-qu5bqDude, 2000 years ago Russian territory barely had any civilization at all. Just a few dispersed tribes.

@@harryshuman9637 Well, already 1,500 years ago you have the first Eastern Slavic principalities. If by some chance there were already Christian faiths then, they would have been remembered in history. Thus, Russian history begins with the Holy Prince Vladimir Ryurikovich, Prince of Novgorod, who took over the "golden city of Kiev" from his brother, and then went to the Holy City of Constantinople, so that the Byzantine Emperor would send a multitude of clergy to "Baptize Russia". These are the 970s, 980s.. So the late 10th century. But it is known that were, centuries before that, only as pagans (polytheists) , lived on that territory for centuries before the Christianization of Russia, the Eastern Slavs, the ancestors of today's Russians (as well as Belarusians, as well as Malorussians, Russian: Малороссы, Ukrainian: Малороси, that is, today's Ukrainians)..

@@ilijaspasojevic7031 But we aren't talking about 1500 year ago, or 970s... we are talking about 2000 years ago here.

Nah, the wrong political parties will be banned under the pretext of being far-right, sponsored by Russia or whatever other excuse is necessary. Look at how hard Germany is trying to ban AfD and how every other conservative party is smeared in shit by propqganda machines in every EU country. Not to mention that the EU executives are not even elected to begin with

Why do you want governments to fall logically it’s a better system for citizen choice (when done correctly)

Hi! Can you tell, please, hwo said that?

@@pavel8485 don't know man, i've heard it in some interview. His name as i recall was Rami Elhanan

@@pavel8485 it was "5 things" podcast.

That's the point... they are no longer part of Ukraine, or contributing to the Ukrainian economy.

Yeah but if you’ve lost them from losing territory and then fleeing the country, that means they aren’t in the economy or able to go for the military

Do you think those 1000 men were lying?

​@@lucakrokrowinkel9576 so you think those that lost the game dont count towards the safety of the game?

Anyone who runs at the first sign of war should be treated as a traitor in my personal opinion, but I guess I shouldn't just judge from my comfortable couch in Arizona lol

Real-life lore: adrevenue 💵🤑💵

Dude really repeats everything that’s a popular opinion 💀💀 kind of lost interest in watching his videos after how absurd these changes of thoughts are now

Political science as well as economics are certainly sciences, but social sciences in general are very bad at making predictions. This is due to stochastic processes ( random) in society. I want to say that we political scientists are not very good at predicting the future. However, I want to predict that Putin will not be president forever. How about that prediction? And it gives hope for the future.

@@Yana-tf1he I stopped when he basically started making western propaganda.

@@j.a.hernandez9742”Making Western Propaganda” You aren’t immune from propaganda, and you probably just chosen some that you agree with.

Exactly, Prigozhin wanted to replace Shoigu and his corrupt idiot generals. No one else. Prigozhin was very loyal to Putin even if Putin didn't see it that way. PMC Wagner now cancelled is what Shoigu wanted so it now happening is clear evidence who actually killed Prigozhin, Shoigu himself.

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@@thethiamat8712 haha

It wasn't coup, mutiny or whatever else you wanted it to be, it was "march for justice" and it accomplished every single goal they set.

@@J--12 it didn't achieve anything you clown,shoigu and grassimov are still in power and prighozin is in hell

his sponsores said to change agenda, this is how western propaganda works. you can see other media changing its narrative too simultaneously.

I'd chalk it down to RLL being full of shit, now backtracking because everything he said earlier was wrong.

RLL in 9 months: Why Russia has collapsed

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Don't worry you will pay it back twenty fold in the next 50 years

@@arislanbekkosnazarov9644 🤡

@@user-ov2xs6ot5r Of course I pay taxes, thanks to the state I now have a good job and a good life, so it's investing in me and you're talking rubbish.

True. In the US you're on your own. Especially where I'm from(California) if you can't make it you end up dead or homeless on the streets or just living in absolute squalor.

Good

Yeah, it's nice to see somebody who is not blindly saying that Russia is being crushed just to get views. I see those videos all the time since the war started.

Why is it so repetitive? Take a shot every time he mentions the USA has given 60 billion in military aid.

@@TomCruz54321 Because it is camouflaged Russian propaganda.

​@@TomCruz54321once? Twice? Did you even watch this video..?

Not much different in US. Cost of going grocery shopping has more than doubled. Mortgage rates went from sub 4% to 7.5% Remember when we shamed Elon Musk for not ending world hunger for 6 Billion dollars? Meanwhile, we send 75 Billion to Ukraine to more efficiently kill people like its a drop in a bucket.

Oo poor us europeans suffering. 20 holidays per year by the sea, nonstop in the mountains, new cars, electronic toys...and rich russians but 2/3 still do not have proper toilet😅

​@@Baccardi83сколько раз в год европейцы могут себе позволить отпуск на другом континенте? 20? Для чего так врать)))

A loan that with no fixed terms of repayment, no explicit rate of interest is indeed a GIFT. Likely to be forgiven/written off

I wouldn't say The western countries were the hostile ones, when the sanctions were put in place after a military invasion started. That sounds peretty hostile to me

lol

I don't think you've traveled to industrial areas

⁠@@user-bz9uv3ui6tnah, industrial areas nowadays are better then ever, a lot of factories started working after 20-30 years of being abandoned because of the sanctions, people there now have a steady job and a purpose

We didn't, I can say. 40% inflation.

7,42%, lol@@user-ps9dg9ww8p

Why did you wait for Russia to fall apart? I was born and live in Russia, my family and I have never had the thought that it would be bad in a foreign country. Until 2020, we actively traveled to different countries and loved to study the history and culture of different peoples. Reading the comments, it is bitter for me to understand that we went to you, left money in your country, and wished us harm. You need to be less exposed to propaganda, hate is slavery!

In a sense Putin was a sort of mediator between the Wagner group and Shoigu.

It was all a Tactic by Putin. Putin never wanted the attacks to be on Bakhmut. He wanted to move from the East, focusin on the Kharkiv and Sumy Oblasts, while the main Trench Warfare would remain in Zapharozie. Bakhmut was an unnecesary front. Taking Kharkiv and Sumy Oblasts basically would give all the Eastern Most regions of Ukraine under Russian control, making mobilization and re-supply far simpler, meaning their offensive would've most likely targeted on dividing Ukraine by the Dnieper River. But Prighozin got delusions of grandeur and wanted to attack from Bakhmut, this cut supplies to Zapharozie and Kherson Oblasts where were where the main of offensives of Ukraine were coming. Now Putin has decided to use the Wagner Group to create a Paramilitary in Belarus (specially since Poland is the only EU country that is open to actually send troops) so having them there is both a fear tactic as well as setting up a potentially worst case scenario. Lukashenko agreed to have the Wagner Group in Belarus, because i am sure Putin will try to have him to take a leadership role in the Wagner Group. A loyalist like Lukashenko would ensure Wagner Group would attack the targets that Putin believes are the ones that are necessary. Also Putin knows that this conflict is starting to become a 2nd Cold War, and China is still unwilling to join. So the Wagner Group is going to be used to spark conflicts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Putin knows that the USA is still the most powerful nation in the world. The only way he can beat them is the same way the USA beat the USSR. Not by direct conflict, but by forcing them into conflicts that will gain them the hatred of the local population, and conflicts that devolve into Insurgency type of Wars. The USA has proven for the past 20 years, that they are not good at Insurgency Type of Wars. It only causes the people in those regions to resent them and hate them. Putin wants that hate to reach the point where they ditch the USA and EU entirely. This is why what the Republicans are planning with Mexico is incredibly concerning. Attacking the Cartels on Mexico is going to be a dumb move, just like how the USSR invaded Afghanistan. Putin knows this, he may be the President, but at his core he's still a KGB Agent. He knows how the USSR fell, and he knows those same tactics can be used by them as well. The conflict in the Sahel Region will destroy France both Economically and Energetically. Add the fact that France has allowed a huge influx of migrants from those same regions, and they will even spark resentment within France itself. Putin knows that a weak EU will force the USA to return to their role as the World's Police, but they no longer have the manpower to fulfill that role.

He also said Russia could have a new President in 48h

​@@trifarianboi3043, well, it's more like "bro, I like you, but you've got to remove these jerks, or I'll have to take your place and do it myself"

ABSOLUTELY FALSE! That’s the language you must use in communist countries! I’m from there, I know. Just like I knew day one Wagner was finished. Putin will never forgive a traitor, his only plan was to disarm him. Prigozhin absolutely attacked Putin. He knew that and Putin knew that. One just can’t say it publicly as not to panic the rest. Prigozhin, just like the rest, specially those who were as close to Putin knew that no decision was made without his approval and that everything that Wagner group was going through was on Putins orders. Nobody makes independent decisions there, this isn’t America.

This is a real epidemic of idle talk. RU-vidrs are trying to stretch the timing in every possible way, because the algorithm promotes long videos better (maybe)

@@AliiMerc it is america epidemic of empty talks

He is breaking the records for the largest vedio he ever made over and over again this year

I think it was all good info well explained

Waste of time this is rubbish there was never even a rebellion

A lot of mistakes were made in this video. RealLifeLore called right now "The Second Phase of the Cold War" what happened at the end of that? Russia collapsed.

And it's pronounced as "vorOnezh" and not "voronyEzh"

It's not a mistake. Bro is just not objective. Listen to how he call head of belaruss dictator

@@kuokkamdamha1691 Head of Belarussia is Dictator.

​@@kuokkamdamha1691But the head of Belarus is literally a dictator...

Yup. I think he’s just going for clicks now. Not sure if he’s hired others to do research for him also now, but it seems like he’s kind of phoning it in.

Both could be true. One doesn't exclude the other. At no point did he say that Ukraine taking back all its territory wouldn't destroy Russia. Edit: I do of course mean the current Russian regime.

Russia will start using Nukes before losing Crimea. Losing Crimea means death of Putin and he knows that.

Both are true and he never said otherwise. The world isn't black and white.

Just reading a script Poor ukrain soldiers Being slaughtered just check the graveyard s hospital s

100% agree, you gotta treat the internet with 3 grains of salt

yeah, "the whole planet will calm down" while russia will continue invading own neighbors?

Count in the Russian Empire as well

US has participated in more wars.

Russia suffered the most? What about Belarus, Poland and Ukraine that each lost a way higher share of population in WW2 (25% & 20% & 20% respectively) What about China, which lost unimaginable numbers of people to its civil war? What about Afghanistan, which has been in continuous war & anarchy for over 30 years. What about North Korea, which has a way more repressive & regressive regime that even Stalin was back in the “Good Old Days”, to the point of being under continuous near famine for decades. What about the island countries in the Pacific like Micronesia, who are literally disappearing into the sea? What about the Baltic states, suffering under 50 years of military occupation directly after being the ‘background’ of Nazi-Sovjet not once but twice. Don’t get me wrong, the Russian people have had more then their fair share of tragedy. But they are far from the worst victims in this cruel world

@@JABN97 А как насчет миролюбивых США, которые провели более 100 военных интервенций за последние 30 лет?

Didn't oil drop down till almost nothing? That rekt them

Well the falling of the USSR had many reasons, but yes the trying to keep with the US' military budget with an economy many times smaller had a big role in this.

hyeah

We can't forget Chernobyl Disaster too. which might be a bigger factor in Soviet's collapse

@@danieln6700 So... to defeat the Russians, we need to do is save the environment?

​@@AdolfRainbowSo is Prigozhen😬

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Nah we know russia never has a plan! 2 guys for ever 1 gun in wwll was their "plan"

@@anything.with.motors Bruh, cringe. Have you studied history on call of duty?

​@@anything.with.motors этот бро изучает историю по голливудским фильмам

Tis why you must look into PPP GDP and not Nominal GDP

War literally brought the United States out of the great depression.

The US is going into that direction! 800+ bases all over the world that produce nothing. The moment the demand for US debt declines, the US deficit will kill the USA. Add to that the catastrophic infrastructure and the completely corrupted US gov that lives in a "La la land".

He always goes for average per capita which is as close as it gets to reality

Aren't you the type of people that says billions given to Ukraine by the US will not affect it because the military industry is gonna get fat therefore, US too??? Why that doesn't apply to Russia?

Even though the video was 52 since I'm heavily interested in foreign policy it didn't feel that long.

@@comebackcodplayer8248 yup, same for me

Definitely not great.

@@comebackcodplayer8248calling it foreign policy is so lame. Just say you like to learn about the world grandpa

With the price of food going up so much I'm sure that will grow

Lost his shit? He'll lose his life!

​​@@terencechaiwat6750he is talking about what was leading to him turning on kreml

@@terencechaiwat6750 You think he's alive?

can you blame him? Watching your relatively capable small army you built get dissolved into a larger less competent mess is not something that most people would like.

​@@terencechaiwat6750he's already dead. He passed in what is reported as Plane crash just north of Moscow that killed all on board.

The problem is that both Russians and Ukrainians lie about what is happening on the ground. This naturally leads to all kinds of speculation from "Oh no Russia will disband, poor Vova!" to "The degenerative West decays!" Apart from not covering the topic, what would you suggest to do, to get the truth of what's happening on the ground?

As opposed to the “Ukraine will fall in 24 hours” line they gave before the war.

Yeah I used to think that. But kyiv didn't fall in 3 days. And then they were pushed back, and then Kharkiv, and then Kherson. Then there was the Russian spring offensive, or lack of. The one tank in the May parade. Prighozhin talking shit about how Russia was doing in the war. And now the counter offensive making slow progress, and the media coverage I think has accepted that.

@@visible5000 The Russian government/military never actually claimed Kiev would fall in three days, that was actually an American general. Showing a bunch of podcasters saying it will be instant means nothing. And honestly Ukraine didn't push anyone back from the city, there wasn't any significant fighting to say they won anything. That giant Civ style stack of doom just sort of left. Putin, and I don't swear this is true, recently commented that the army leaving the area was part of a peace deal to end the war. Which Ukraine broke almost instantly. Also don't take what Prighozhin said too serious, he also said he was about the be completely out of ammo and abandoning the war literally the day before his troops took Bakhmut. His "20,000 KIA" numbers are also completely batshit insane, and he had nothing approaching that many men actually join his coup attempt (it was hundreds, not tens of thousands. Most of Wagner didn't participate). There are a lot of theories as to exactly why, from he's feeding his enemies disinformation to exaggerating for dramatic effect to he's a pathological liar, but he made a LOT of shit up.

@@visible5000 Russian officials didn't say Kyiv fall in 3 days. It's actually from a USA general, another western propaganda to make Russia looks stupid.

Quite a detached comment from reality, though it's easier to digest when you look at everything with the same vision.

​@@Ollay245what vision? egord's words are simple: war bad

​@@Marlin123he called it "two nations", not his nation and russias. He doesn't even care that his homeland is being destroyed by foreign occupants. Even if his former homeland is reduced to rubble, he doesn't care. He now lives a comfortable life in the west while simultaneously bashing the west.

Still what's going on in egord's life is none of our business. It's already enough that we got propaganda all over the place and it takes a lot to find out where things truly stand. I know USA got some news media that BS things just as much as Russia. And I don't have much faith in specific figures knowing we got trouble in USA, partially or mainly caused by some of the people in Federal government. As for egord, only he knows if he truly feels anything for his home. But he definitely seems to dislike war.

There's always been a problem with russians. Perhaps, soviet-russian propaganda has managed to create another image for you. Gross..

My Friends And Zoidberg

@@fighter5583if any country is Zoidberg it’s the US, just look at your presidents. The last non-clown president George H W Bush

The reason this war is happening is because the USA is telling China what happens when you Fck with other democracies. He includes australia, because australia is a MEGA trading partner with china. All the chinese steel was dug out of the ground in Australia, a ton of the copper, and even some coal.

bro cant say G8

He means the 7 dwarfs plus zelensky who has Snow White

Помер Максим, да и хер с ним.

@@user-su4sv4un8s why do u say that ? What did he do to deserve it ?

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250,000,000 years later Any second now

I mean no one in Germany would fight in a war for a 1.740$ salary

Food yes, but not clothing or equipment of which perhaps 90% are imported. Russia failed and continues to fail to manage domestic production of anything except home-grown food (so-called "импортозамещение", import replacement, has been a total failure). They have to import electronics, clothes, high-tech components and so on from abroad - and they buy them in dollars, which weakens the ruble and makes prices higher. Before the war, I once compared the prices in US and Russia for common goods out of interest, and while salaries/rent/food prices were at least 2 times higher in US, the price for iPhone or Playstation or any other consumer electronic in both countries were about the same, which means for Americans these things are vastly cheaper (since higher salaries) than for Russians. Most of Russians now exist below the poverty line (Russian economic authorities even had to change the definition of povery in order to change that and make it seem like things are OK) and are very vulnerable to any economic changes. This makes them susceptible to enlisting in Ukraine war as a cannon fodder from a purely practical standpoint ("if I die, at least my family will have the money to go on"), but it also makes them desperate since they have nothing to lose (more fuel for possible revolution) and it further strains the economy, since poor people are increasingly dependent on government handouts, do not contribute as much in taxes and are taking more and more credits from Russian banks which they have no hope of returning. This credit bubble is getting so bad some economists are already warning that it can collapse just like it did in the West in 2008. Bottom line: nothing is ever simple, but I would avoid the conclusions along the line of "Russian economy is doing fine because it didn't collapse yet" or "Russians love Putin just because they are", which some may draw from this video. There could happen some very drastic and sudden changes in the coming year.

​​@@Mir0v0iwdym, Russia produced a lot of its own equipment, they are a leader in weapons production for example... Russian economy is not doing fine, but they are at war and they are holding up very well for being in a war and sanctioned by half the world.

@@nikolavideomaker that's what should have been the conclusion for the video. All things considered Russia is doing quite well economically for a nation at war with cut ties to most of its major trading partners. But that "quite well" definition is relative, and in absolute values it means a severe economic crisis that undid about a decade of economic and societal development and destroyed most of the sources that allowed for reasonably high standards of living. The problem with sanctions is that a lot of them work against each other. Limits imposed on the capital movement made sure that foreign business isn't investing in Russia but it also means that Russian capital holders are investing domestically which wasn't the case traditionally. The effect of capital flight thus cancels out and I would argue that the impact of domestic capital is actually higher than foreign. Same goes for a lot of other limitations - they hurt growth but also make the country more resilient in the shorter term

​@@Mir0v0i ты ври, ври, да не завирайся. :) Придумывают, блин, аж удивительно, как мы тут живём. В нищете, в отчаянии, без надежды. :D

Yes, and India must be very happy to get the profit from such a trade.

He already mentioned where India gets its oil..It's Russia

​@@ManrajSingh4UIt was a rhetorical question...

What was missed is actual cost for Russia to extract their oil and transport it. Not to mention loss of sales of refined products. It’s all about detail and I feel this was all missed and wrong conclusions drawn.

@@XeonSX Agreed. It honestly just feels like lazy research being done to gather information, and then misrepresenting the data.

gargamel?

@@LeraRiemann Yeah, derp. Dunno how that mixup happened.

Yeah everything is going great lmfbo

Putin will come to an end, he just might have to be wheeled out of the Kremlin on a gurney. But the experts will eventually be right :P

Да, ты прав. Интересно, много ли среди вас тех, кому не запудрили мозги "либеральной" чушью?😂

Dude, this video's biased. It's very clearly biased. Russia's about to mobilize a third time; they're running out of people again. So imagine all those vacant jobs, all those empty family tables. It's almost been 2 years, it's catching up and Russia's "election" is coming up. This likely has been in the can for a while, and it's only being released now because of the youtube algorithm being on it's side. There was a video antithetical to this from the same channel months ago.

Who has ever said that? I only remember the russians believing kiev would fall within a week after the illegal invasion hahaha.

The media in Australia (when it's not simply talking about sports) simply plays the Russia: Bad, Ukraine: Good card without any reference to facts. Never seems to mention the Azoz Brigade either strangely.@@Davoodoox1

Nobody ever said Russia will surrender. We fully expect them to keep dying until they collapse because they are more afraid of their commanders' bullets than the enemy right up until they meet their enemy and surrender or die.

​@@Davoodoox1lmao what constitutes a "legal" invasion?

They're full of food resources but one of their first problems on the battle field was no rations for the soldiers. Some started muttanies beacause their food was stale or none at all.. 😂

​@@thebookdetective8745cope harder

If they're so good at producing food, why are they trying to seize a breadbasket?

@@robertrockwell8995 Remove the main competitor, how do you like this plan?

Russia is useless at everything, they are going to be the fifth biggest economy in Europe in 2024 when Italy overtakes them with on average twice the population and the biggest land mass!?!

Source?

40 mil in February 2014 10 millions in Europe now. 7 million in Russia Crimea and donbass is around 5 million. New territories is also around 2 million

​@@stikulzon801 Ukraine never had census in 21st century. Their real population is unknown.

19 millions

They weren't "forced". That bastard Putin wanted this war. But he probably thought it would take just a few weeks.

And the copium huffing phase has started... These Ukraine fanboys have started seeing the light.

its almost like circumstances change, also, sensationalism

@@mitchellcouchman6589 that's where the sensationalism comes in, gotta make a juicy title

@@rock3tcatU233 The light that russia is a 4th world economic power, yes. Russia is a joke, russians are dying in troves in Ukraine, they're pathetic genocidal fucks. Russia has gone back 30 years economically.

​@@mitchellcouchman6589I think in order to keep sending money to Ukraine, the govenments need to convince general public that its worth it. Hence the propaganda. UKraine is not doing that well at all. I watch Weeb Union, who updates the situation on the battlefield based on ukrainian and russian battlefield footage and reports. Try him, you may see very different situation from what media tells us.

@@Runeboi69

Source "Trust me bro"

@@mironov151

Come on buddy. It's a youtube channel. It isn't serious investigative journalism by a reputable journalist. No need to take it seriously.

you would be surprised by the amount of people that take youtube videos made to entertain as reputable journalism. lot of people take lazerpig seriously for example@@bob-zi1eb

In China yes, in Russia no. People do not fear free speech in Russia.

@@konnectoneforexsignals7844 are you joking?

While true, I've listened to 538 discuss this. The polls are independent and scientific. They use psychology and carefully phrase the questions to assess approval or disapproval in ways people wouldn't think they'd get in trouble for. People put a lot of thought and man hours and testing for these.

Most people refuse to answer polls in Russia.

That's right. In the year 21, during the parliamentary elections, a girl approached me and asked whom I would vote for. I replied that I would vote for the "Yabloko" party. Suddenly, a black van pulled up, and FSB agents grabbed me. Later, they took me to Lubyanka and executed me there. Such life in Russia.

Prigozhin is dead.

Not really, taking into account all the Higher ranks of wagner are now dead including Prigozhin, the russian government will elect the next leader of wagner making it just an other branch of the Russian ministry of defense.

@@ixthebest8325 That's actually good. The main russian army have prooved thoroughly sub-par, Wagner will be much easier to deal with in Ukraine should Russia take over it's command.

hes dead. wagner is screwed.

@@captainharlock3998 That's a very optimstic perspective. In my opinion it was much better to have Prigozhin as a counter part of the russian government, but maybe you are right.

Well that IS good news....if Russia is relying on the support and intervention of the (imaginary) big Sky Fairy, I guess " that's all folks" da d d da da da da, dada da da da daaaaa.

На выборах в Чечне Рамзан Кадыров получил 99,9% голосов - вот это настоящая демократия!

Exactly. Every one of Putin's enemies turns up dead. You'd tow the line too, if there even was an honest survey and the numbers weren't just fake.

True but im pretty sure the number's coming from an independant source

Well it's hard to argue with Saddams reviews of himself when Iraq was doing better under him. Iraq is kind of a huge mess now with rampant corruption everywhere and wealth traveling out of the country. Dictators aren't good guys, but they are in charge of governments which are inherently evil. It's not like it's massively better when you put democratically elected and corporate/foreign owned sockpuppets in charge of said evil organization. It ends up being the same shit with the poor people becoming poorer and the corporations and oligarchs becoming richer. At least the dictator man can offer some stability through his iron fisted rule which could really help in some of these areas.

@@testmaxfadwait isn’t that the Putin puppet guy who’s there to make sure Chechnya doesn’t rebel again and beats protesters? Yeah, “real democracy” my ass. The only time approval ratings go up that much is during big events, like a national tragedy or a war. A great example would be approval of George bush skyrocketing after 9/11 terrorist attacks, or Zelenskyy right now because Ukraine’s in the middle of a massive war.

Putin's party "Edinaya Rossiya" also had 146% rating once or twice, so Kim can rest peacefully

Just wait till you see how many there are for climate change, they use to tell us the world was going to freeze over.

Basically, as author says, it literally ends at USSR times))

As a Russian, i can say it''s the short version. It was 23 years of non-stop "Just you wait, Putin \ Russia is done" narrative. Imagine Trump Derangement Syndrome for 23 years. Just constant media hysteria.

One could bring it all the way back to the October Revolution where people back then were most likely thinking “this is the end of Russia” as well.

​@@GodfatherActualand before that it was Rasputin having so much influence at court

You forgot one event before the pipe blew up.

Медицина плохая население нездорово и порядочно вытравлено,как из за климата так и власти порядка. Не развалится как минимум потому что стремительно стареющая страна некому делать революцию одни старики да скуфы

​@@user-cl7pm7zm3xпсихиатр в помощь😂😂😂

Not exactly true. It depends on the type of war and beaurocracy. The US had low casualties compared to the Afghans and Vietnamese but lost both due to beaurocracy. Those weren't basic wars. The US was completely defensive in South Vietnam and was fighting a massive guerilla force in Afghanistan. The Russo Ukraine war is a simple invasion where both sides are organized militaries. Land and casualties are the best measure as Russia is relatively stable and so is Ukraine.

@@vyros.3234 my point is to be cautious, every war is complicated and has a lot of factors. For all we know Russia could lose millions and still win

The point about the military casualties was the public's reaction to many wives and parents losing their spouses and sons to what could be perceived as a "senseless war." The surprising part is that it seems a majority of the public is unaffected and even content with the reparations the Putin regime is sending to military families.

@@SpeakerWiggin49 But why would it be considered "senseless war"? A lot of people inside Russia thinking that Putin is too soft and call for carpet bombings of ukrainians and other shit like that. That's amusing, but many think that Putin is somehow not a pro-western goon out of the 90s that he is. He only fights back because he was driven into a corner by shortsighted western politicians. Well, better that nothing I guess...

yeah it's very rare in warfare that a side loses because it runs out of manpower. This has been true for thousands of years. I don't know why this video brought that point up. Was a very odd video overall. If you want to understand what's going on in Russia, take the word of a russian rather than some random american youtube channel. The idea that russia would ever collapse is absurd, it didn't need a 50 minute video

@@paul.1337 Both of these guys are appointed by the president, that is, Putin. But they are often appointed out of some necessity. But these guys clearly do not shine with military leadership talents.

One does not start a mutiny to go from number 3 to number 2. There is no holding back in an armed coup, once you take up arms against your own government, you either go all the way or your life is over. Prigozhin flinched and got the latter.

Против правительства он восстал. Он воткнул нож в спину воюющей стране. Тварь он и предатель. И Бахмут этот захватывать не надо. Пригожин просто уничтожил своих бойцов ради собственного пиара и попытки устроить майдан в России

DM and CF are the direct subordinates of the president. Prigozhin going against them means going against the president and the people who elected him. It’s simple as that. The rest is meaningless blabber.

Prigozhin is Putin’s friend and will be allowed to run for election in 2024!!

That's a very interesting point. Could that not come back to hurt them in the long run? As foreign companies will be less likely to run their future businesses in Russia with the threat of losing their assets. For instance I'd heard they seized a lot of foreign commercial airliners, which means insurance companies will be less likely to give out insurance, and extremely high premiums, making it harder for the companies to do business in Russia for the foreseeable future. Not an economist nor do I think I'm smart or right, just asking questions.

Nooooooo! Poor McDonald's!

@@walterroux291 You could say the same for the West. Didn’t Russian businessmen lose their assets and businesses in the West? There has been a huge capital flight from U.K. And Europe especially due to them seizing Russia’s foreign reserve. Even Countries of the global South are diversifying their deposits away from the West. Only the West is keeping their investments from Russia; Chinese and Indian companies are the new kids on the block in Russia

РЕКОМЕНДУЕТСЯ ЛЮБИТЬ СВОИХ ДЕТЕЙ И ДУМАТЬ О БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ И БУДУЩЕМ ВАШЕГО РЕБЕНКА. В год местные и школьные чиновники проводят только 1 или 2 пропагандистских занятия для учащихся школы о знаниях и жизненных навыках в области профилактики наркомании и социальных пороков (1-2 раза в год). Слишком мало и невозможно достичь качества). (Должностные лица и учителя должны читать и перечитывать план уроков, а также руководящие принципы и политику правительства, чтобы запомнить руководящие принципы, политику и правила правительства). Я надеюсь, что партия и государство Вьетнама поручат руководителям молодежного союза, членам профсоюза и школе работать вместе, чтобы дать учащимся больше жизненных навыков. Я надеюсь, что Союз молодежи, местные чиновники и школа, персонал общинного медицинского пункта регулярно работают вместе, чтобы ходить в школу, чтобы распространять более полезные знания и снабжать учащихся жизненными навыками, учащиеся имеют знания о предотвращении утопления и профилактике употребления наркотиков, профилактике социального зла, пропаганда закона о порядке и безопасности дорожного движения, пропаганда, чтобы удержать учащихся от игры в обмороки в Интернете, пропаганда, чтобы учащиеся больше не дрались, отсутствие школьного насилия, независимо от региона, пропаганда, чтобы учащиеся сказали «нет» расизму и дискриминации по цвету, пропагандировать среди учащихся принцип гендерного равенства, уделять больше внимания половому воспитанию и безопасному сексу для учащихся (каждый год во Вьетнаме регистрируется более 300 тысяч случаев абортов в школьном возрасте «очень большое число и очень опасно для учащихся»). . Студенты» (многие учителя боятся учеников и не осмеливаются снабжать учеников знаниями о безопасном сексе, поэтому знаний учащихся о сексуальной безопасности все еще недостаточно, поэтому учителя не бойтесь. А попытайтесь преодолеть барьер страха за здоровье и безопасность наших дорогих студентов). В Школе следует проводить один день в месяц, обучение предметное и углубленное. 20 дней должны распространить среди членов Союза молодежи в штаб-квартире комитета коммуны 1 день. Люди должны смело делиться идеями с Офицером. Боюсь только, что студентам не хватает полезных знаний и жизненных навыков, не слишком сильно. Во время летних каникул и вне школы учащиеся проводят много времени дома, чтобы пообщаться с друзьями, поэтому родителям следует каждый день снабжать своих детей полезными знаниями и жизненными навыками и напоминать: когда гуляете с друзьями, не приглашайте друг друга. драться, не делать различий по расе и цвету кожи, не разрешается употреблять наркотики, не разрешается курить марихуану, не разрешается курить кетамин, не разрешается курить Смеющийся шар, не курить американскую травку, не играть в онлайн-покер , не делать ставки на футбол, не доверять группам по номерам онлайн-лотереи, не играть в лотерею, не играть в покер онлайн, не разрешено делать ставки на футбол (играть в лотереи, чтобы играть в покер онлайн, играть в ставки на футбол - это употреблять алкоголь для освежения). не приглашайте друг друга купаться в море, не ходите купаться в реку без сопровождения взрослого. Родители должны говорить своим детям, когда они идут в школу, чтобы они слушались учителя, а не бунтовали. Если учитель наказывает бунт, они не должны ругать учителя. Учащиеся в возрасте 14 или 15 лет достигают половой зрелости, поэтому родителям следует напоминать ученикам, что если у них есть чувства к мальчикам и девочкам, они должны знать, как контролировать себя, а если они переходят границы, носить презервативы или принимать противозачаточные таблетки. после секса «ежегодно во Вьетнаме регистрируется более 300 000 случаев абортов головного мозга в школьном возрасте» - очень большое число и очень опасно для учащихся». Родители также должны тренироваться и быть строгими к себе, чтобы они сами не были вовлечены в социальное зло, чтобы воспитывать своих детей так, чтобы их дети не были вовлечены в социальное зло. Родители, отправляясь на родительское собрание или собрание по соседству, смело предлагайте идеи школе, а также властям деревни или коммуны, не ждите, пока вода достигнет ваших ног, чтобы преодолеть «социальное зло во Вьетнаме» возможно. увеличивается, поэтому люди должны объединиться со школой и властями, чтобы отразить социальное зло. Смелый вклад родителей - это спасение жизней студентов, студентов и будущего. Страна Вьетнам. Когда сотрудники и Школа, старательно преданные своему делу преподаватели, оснащены полезными знаниями и жизненными навыками для учащихся, учащиеся спасают жизни учащихся, студентов и будущее страны. Члены Союза регулярно снабжают учащихся полезными знаниями и жизненными навыками, родители должны ценить привязанность и преданность коллектива.Школа, Учителя и Члены Молодёжного союза учащихся. Источник статьи родом из Вьетнама, чтобы помочь другим странам построить свою страну. 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

@@Sega-16 How do you know the specific number? Is there any basis to your claim that supports it with reliable sources? Did you check that? Or is it just a baseless claim made by you? I am asking because I am curious and interested in economics. It's not that easy to calculate those numbers, especially when most of the companies aren't publicly traded.

As if he's really trying to say putin's approval rating its that high LOL

It sounded like he was. I was really confused because he would usually be the first person to say that the poll wouldn’t be reliable; but just accepted it and moved on.

@@skipdip That's what he was trying to say. NIce try though.

Exactly. Given how much the state has cracked down on its citizens i would be surprised if his actual approval rating was over 50%.

Yeah I thought it was weird he reported that number like it was a given fact

10+years and 0 result isnt draw or win isnt it?

@@user-ec8lw2vd5zwho told you that there was no results? Educate yourself. Pro-soviet regime of Mohammad Najibullāh was holding until 1992 when drunk Yeltsin betrayed it and cut all military supplies. How long was holding pro-american regime after us forces withdrew?

@@user-ec8lw2vd5z The communist government in Afghanistan ruled independently with very little foreign money for 3 years. They fell because USSR fell. It was not zero result. Soviet military in Afghan had immense success, nearly all rebels were driven out of the country or were brutally killed. Had the Americans supported the communist government even after USSR, they could have avoided tons of trouble. But of course enmity never dies even at the cost of your own. Afghanistan lost the last chance to be a beautiful good country that time.

​@@Keshaw-ht3xkверно, сотрудничество этих двух стран могли бы принести очень много полезного и уничтожить террористов. Но куда бы не приходили русские для защиты граждан от террористов появлялось современное оружие от Америки. Откуда у террористов были стингеры? Которые начали сбивать наши вертолеты...