A Look Inside Russia’s Creepy, Innovative Internet

[@unexplainedmysteries9540]

I'd love to see a Russian journalist go to America and talk about how "creepy" the NSA is.., or how "creepy" it is for companies to sell personal information.

[@nons5647]

Russia Today

[@MrSouthsideMuscle]

In American we have 0 privacy they like to pretend we have rights here

[@lolfang5725]

@@nons5647 No way, RT was banned in US

[@anfrex3342]

RT IS LOVE, RT IS LIFE!

[@elvenkind6072]

I was going to write: "Just go to RT and have a look", but others was years in advance.

[@not_a_human_being]

Yandex (the Russian Google) was founded 1997, while Google itself was founded 1998. If venture capital was a bit more advanced Russia might've taken the place of Silicon Valley. A lot of innovation happened outside of US. What the US has perfected is "branding" and "scaling", and when it came to the internet those ended up being the most important skills.

[@DanielaAndBenny4ever]

But who really cares n does it really matter No

[@red94mr28]

And if pigs had wings, they could fly. You forgot to mention trust. Do you actually think any nation, any person would trust them with their data? The Russian laws just passed answer that.

[@LironBerisha]

There where tons of search tools like google before 1996

[@bmuraaz6024]

@@LironBerisha I know, like Yahoo.

[@shanetonkin2850]

Cool story. But sorry you are completely mistaken.It’s widely known that google was by no means the web’s first popular search engine, in fact it actually was quite a late arrival to the search game, there were numerous other engines that preceded it (and yandax) by a considerable margin. Google didn’t become Google through being first. Secondly, if you think Silicon Valley is what it is today purely because of Venture Capital, “branding” and “scaling”, you really have no idea, and have also somehow managed the miss the entire underlying theme that ran through the video. Which was that an authoritarian country with deeply entrenched corruption and a dubious track record for adherence to the rule of law, is not a conducive environment for innovation or entrepreneurship. Prime example: One of the guys in the video ( the mail ru guy) had his entire company taken away from him, and another, (the last guy Ilya Sachkov) is currently in a Moscow prison charged with treason. People generally don’t want to found billion dollar companies in places where they can be extorted, confiscated or imprisoned at the drop of a hat for saying the wrong thing. Oh and “Russia could have taken the place of Sillicon valley if Venture capital was more advanced “ bahaaha, please, don’t make me laugh. Did you not catch the part of the video where he mentioned that even as late as2004, only 8% of Russians used the Internet?

[@rogerhudson9732]

It shows the power of ..... Education, early exposure to mathematics, language and science.

[@Mike-fj2ln]

LOL, if parents in the US valued that they'd NEVER send their kids to public schools.

[@Albaniabyair]

Also shows that the era of domination by means of military force is over. With generations of dumb people US universities have produced over the years cant match neither Russia nor CHina.. Other empires are rising. US is doomed and it should. They have favored corporation over people, The most expensive tuition fees in the world and the level of education is a joke compared to Europe for example.

[@SandstormGT]

@@Albaniabyair that's a fact. Other countries are pumping out young Einstein's every year from their university's and The US is pumping out purple-haired Facebook fact-checkers by the million's who are too dumb to realize they squandered their parents money and/or put themselves in debt the rest of their lives for a "education" that's not worth the paper it's printed on.

[@johnboateng184]

No, it shows the power of culture a society decides to practice. Culture breeds ideals or chaos.

[@wfjhDUI]

23:22 This video gives the wrong impression that any government involvement in science is somehow weird and bad. Tons of similar US-based companies have the government as their primary client. The Russian system seems to be more extreme but the video doesn't really convey that distinction.

[@kabzaify]

Jeff Bezos made majority of his billions from Federal government contracts.

[@HandmadeDarcy]

Yes! The majority of R&D - in tech and medical sciences - in the States is government funded and then handed over to some private company to use (hello iphone?), often along with a massive government contract. Elon Musk’s entire, adult existence is based on government contracts and other people’s brains and work.

[@infiltr80r]

Russia isn't the fatherland, that's Germany and other European countries. Russia is referred to as the motherland -- that's why it's "Mother Russia".

[@unev]

infiltr80r there are both terms in Russian. You can use them interchargebly.

[@infiltr80r]

Yevgeny That's strange then, I only heard of "mother Russia". Just like Germany is called "fatherland" and never ever motherland.

[@unev]

It's just normal that you haven't heard of it -- usage of Russia + fatherland in English cultural space is close to zero. In addition there are plenty of well known soviet war posts with the woman symbolizing Mother Russia. Whilst even I can't recall one single post with Russia depicted as a fatherland. But in Russian language there's родина (motherland) and отечество (fatherland). Take care.

[@fvo911]

Za Tzarya i Otechestvo-this motto betakes to fatherland, not to Motherland, so go get urself educated.

[@aur485]

Even in the Russian national anthem have words "Be glorious, our free Fatherland"

[@Evrastrim]

What really pisses me off is that they always film Russia in cloudy weather. Tell me this is coincidence.

[@akdarklight156]

yeah it's like it's a foggy country which completely not

[@panther7603]

The same with many European countries. The UK for instance. Ireland, Scotland, etc. always appears overcast and gloomy, with cold temperatures.

[@jasonji1900]

If you only film portland Oregon this way, it’s 80% true.

[@Ajibolaa]

It’s a technique used to portray places in poor light literally

[@trumpelstiltzkin9068]

Seems less cloudy at night

[@RealDaniyalAhmed]

Russia seems so different than what is usually portrayed in media.

[@coolchannelnumber1]

Because it is. Westerners have such a skewed perception of Russia and to think that we live with instant access to information and people are still swayed by the gov-corporated intertwined mainstream media. It's quite surreal to read some things that Westerners write about Russia.

[@abes3925]

​@@coolchannelnumber1 Same thing with China. Its like if Russians and Chinese perception of the US comes from everything on the media. My fellow Americans for some reason think western media is immune from Americentrism but actually pushes it. Can't tell you how many Americans think Chinese and Russians are all brainwashed and that they don't think independently while believing Americans aren't brainwashed at all and that western media is non bias and more trustworthy than non western media.

[@ED-bb8hm]

Russia is not a joke at all. Happy to have a few Russian friends. Privet rebyatam!

[@Skyy2582]

Daniyal Ahmed dahhhhhh. Let me guess you’re American

[@heatherbwallace6250]

What portrayals do you see?

[@brianbarcus5853]

I'm American and I love Russia it fascinates me! Very strong, smart people that overcome many obstacles, in America people are spoon-fed almost everything.

[@stwopid]

Its a communist state. Nothing fascinating about that

[@YashBhardwaj69]

I like how everyone is named Dimitri

[@BellaBellucci69]

This reminds me of the joke in the A-Team movie about all of their handlers being named Lynch. Counterintelligence? In a country run by a spy? Naaaah! Never.

[@lucaszhu1028]

Also Russia is like China - a lagoon that copies from old outsiders. Except that Russia has normal services co-existing with the outsiders, but in China, a lot of those outsiders are dead.

[@MubashirullahD]

I love it

[@vondahe]

Isn’t Ivan like Mohammed in the Muslim world anymore? ;-)

[@Waff3n]

@K L I met a russian guy called Vitaly once. He might have been KGB tho.

[@nerdinspace.]

11:46 "And for me, this is big sad in terms of change."

[@ardaakin2658]

the big sad

[@Altopics]

This was fascinating to watch. I think it's not just Russia though, similar videos could be made about a number of countries, including the US.

[@maxheadrom3088]

Kudos for the statue celebrating all the mice that have died for humanity!

[@MrPsychicNoodles]

I really enjoyed this piece but some of the anti-Russian sentiments were laid on a bit too thick. I don't see the need for that entire "imagine we lost the cold war" - doesn't seem very constructive.

[@blackmagic9675]

I agree i felt like certain comments were trying to like down russians...like everytime he compared to facebook and silicon valley making it seem like the shitty version

[@secretsecret179]

Bloomberg and US media rarely report good news from Russia, Reuters is even worse. But I am glad this coverage is half-good.

[@SecularDarwinism]

Qimodis You're blind. It's a tech show and they talk about the people protesting Putin.

[@SecularDarwinism]

Qimodis lmao hypocrite. Ofc it's not illegal but you said it wasn't propaganda.

[@nikolazuzic774]

Forget about ,,cheeky humor,, that IS NOT THE WAY.We never trust to the westerners,not to all of them but 99 percent of them.

[@85ndombe]

I'm fascinated by the genius of some of these russian tech entrepreneurs. Didn't like the subtext, shortminded depiction and comments of the reporter. Keep on striving my Russian buddies!! Whatever they think and do. Let's just accept that there are multiple spots where tech magic is created (not only Sillicon Valley)! We will all benefit. I will never let my love for these people be restricted by stupid politics! Respect and Love from Germany/Congo

[@AlexanderBukh]

It was the other way around, not "shortminded depiction and comments of the reporter". The reporter made them look glorious, when in fact, virtually every gimmick pictured was not an original research but a remix of some foreign invention. (cept maybe that fusion reactor). Source: i am russian speaker from Kazakhstan and actively interested in the field.

[@vaustxv6241]

[@yurifink]

What an idiotic report. 1:43 As a Russian, i ALWAYS sit in a dark room, with a gangster hat, and drinking Vodka. sure.

[@xuke103]

Yuri hahahh as a Chinese I thoroughly understand you my brother

[@colingeorgejenkins2885]

Fuck deep learning can predict crime! A lot of nonsence , it deepened on the individuals emotional estate at the time. And I know the story before the matrix Q

[@naradaian9196]

Yuri thanks for this advice

[@sccs9941]

i drink Vodka too. I wrote @To USA@ on my AK-47 today

[@Sultan262626]

Кепка тебя чем не устроила?))

[@neuromancer6218]

Where's the video about the USA's creepy, innovative internet?

[@vladu4489]

It's not allowed to even talk about USA' s creepy innovative internet not to mention showing videos about it here in the US, land of freedom while totalitarian Putin's Russia allows recording and showing all of that.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

There are a lot of smart people. They fell more happy if they can invent and use their mind to solve interesting problems. If we give those people space, work and an income, they feel more happy and productive. Otherwise the smart people just go an move on the places where they can apply their talent and be more productive. Russia was losing the smart people for a decade, the more jobs there are for the smart people, the more of them will stay in Russia, that and the money was probably the idea behind Skolkovo.

[@renatagross5959]

It's interesting that Russia is still cultivating their best & brightest minds to continue to create innovations in technology.

[@Mike-fj2ln]

We use them to riot in Portland and Seattle.

[@TheWizardGamez]

Russias best and brightest minds have already moved, and that was before the war

[@Rabolisk]

2:30 "Chase the ever elusive Russian hacker" *shows picture of perfectly normal person talking about crime statistics*

[@alanmalan3819]

OMG Russians have their own social networks!!! They are hackers IT'S COLD WAAAR! EMPIRE OF EVIL!!! THEY MUST USE FACEBOOK AND APPLE ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcoantoniomirandar]

@@alanmalan3819 Lol right, the way they worded that in the beginning of video definitely could use some re/doing

[@TheDexsword]

Ah I thinl they meant the guy making a machine learning to chase crime "hacker" not meeting a hacker lol

[@michaelbell5410]

crime statistics? *heavy breathing*

[@nm7425]

All of the people interviewed are so nice and gracious, just happy to share their passions. It's a shame we can't all unite like this and leave nonsensical disagreements behind.

[@easyboy1950]

The only ones disagreeing are the politicians.

[@architecture1979]

regarding funds from government - do not forget that initially the Silicon Valley in US was founded by Pentagon..

[@JonathanoQo]

Fake news lol

[@luigidaniele6613]

How can a city be founded by a government agency lmao

[@lenzybluz4347]

SRI just happens to be located in in Silicon Valley which is in Palo Alto. As well, Mountain View, San Mateo, Redwood City et al, just south of San Francisco, are all cities (or suburbs of San Francisco) referred to as Silicon Valley. SRI is Stanford Research Institute in which large governmental funding was given for decades.

[@lenzybluz4347]

@@luigidaniele6613 SRI stands for Stanford Research Institute located at Stanford University in the City of Palo Alto...duh. Redwood City, San Mateo et al are cities within the Silicon Valley area. Double duh!

[@lenzybluz4347]

@@JonathanoQo Fake! Ah..according to whom? ... Repeat the lie often enough and everywhere. Propaganda 101

[@ДенисМихайлов-ь4д]

LoL. 4:07 banner over traffic lights - "Плодитесь!" - means "Make more childrens!"

[@delrasshial7200]

*childrens* LOL

[@FlowerCrownOfPoppy]

@@delrasshial7200 childrens and internets

[@lazypops3117]

why is this sign there? what company/agency is saying this?

[@vagusmaximus3711]

@@lazypops3117 russian government made it maybe. You know our beloved government is trying to increase population

[@rusitoexplorador]

Russia has an ageing population demographic which is a problem

[@aristeidislykas7163]

Minute 10:20. "...would make Edward Snowden weep into his borscht". At least russian laws are out in the open for the public to see, unlike the extra judicial acrobatics of the NSA! May Edward Snowden live long and prosper!

[@mackhomie6]

are you shitting me with that comment? you can't be serious

[@jessepatterson8897]

What a fucking joke. Russia is the bar for corruption, revisionist mouth breather.

[@deusexaethera]

If the state tells you that it is oppressing you, that is honest, but it isn't "better".

[@aristeidislykas7163]

@@jessepatterson8897 If you look into the history of the Soviet Union and every other corrupt government, you will realize that it is not corruption alone that destroys a society. Corruption combined with high taxation is what destroys a country. Yes, Russia is more corrupt than any western country. And Iran is more corrupt than Russia. But the government budget of Iran is less than 8% of GDP. What percentage of GDP is the combined federal, state and local government budget in the USA?

[@АдамкаДыров-е2т]

and no one follow these laws in Russia because it's HIGHLY controversial laws made by foolish government. Привет из Санкт-Петербурга

[@Nikolay_Grigoryev]

The map presented at 10:35 is wrong. Most traffic on the internet passes through a US based server, as much as 80%. So if someone in Russia wants to email someone else in Russia it is likely that it will pass through a US server on its way. In early 2000s Russian government placed several court approved requests for information and was refused by West based companies that operate in Russia. Because they claimed that the information is stored outside of Russian jurisdiction. As a solution Russia passed a law to force any company that operates in Russia to store information in Russia. Seams reasonable to me...

[@relativelytired]

Yeah russia feels it should be able to pass laws on how their citizen's data is stored and handled but the companies felt the laws were too draconian so they refused conduct business there, sounds reasonable to me.

[@monjanger]

The US has also run into similar issues, especially with information out of the five eyes. However, they don’t respond by forcing these companies to cease operations or change locations. They don’t even bother prohibiting access to this content. This would only have the effect of limiting innovation and progress. Seems reasonable to me…

[@alnoose6494]

It was refreshing to see Russia painted in a positive light. Great job Bloomberg

[@garygralton7570]

@BW MadDog [retired] I didn't see much negative slant. What parts were 'negative"? I admit it wasn't a high quality production.

[@ralevdotcom]

Interesting series. Thank you for producing these. Keep them coming Ashlee!

[@williswhat9936]

Im not even Russian and I found this soooooooo condescending! Why always the hate, fair play for investment in science and tech. Why does it have to be that a country is copying the US if it seeks to further develop in these areas. Obviously a city in the middle of Siberia is going to try and attract great minds through making it beautiful and providing a wonderful setting through which individuals can raise a family and pursue further academic interests. This isn't copying silicon valley. I understand that Russia is certainly not perfect but this documentary was far from showing a creepy side to Russia and ended up pushing an outdated US propaganda roll. Disappointed.

[@nachoskyful]

when he talks to the people, he talks with a normal voice. when he narrates he speaks with an annoying sarcastic voice.

[@ksotar]

A monument to a lab mouse! Nice episode.

[@Rickdcpr]

I believe the context of the word "creepy" on this video can be extended for worldwide technology...

[@flwrgirl_1]

is it weird that i was truly touched by the monument honoring the mice used in genetic testing?

[@TheGoodContent37]

This is now what I want written on my grave: "No pity to the enemies of science"

[@YanekChe]

I like how all of russian people speaking english, which is not only popular language people are learning there.

[@sassulusmagnus]

Ah, yeah. That face recognition software is just accurate enough to be creepy.

[@vLion7]

I'm quite impressed with Russian technology, they have come along way.

[@dunpeal6556]

Where did they come the long way from?

[@djosearth3618]

Long way from what though? Haven't they always been "Tetris'ing" their skills into the _scienced & techmowledges?_ Edit: Fixed typo/s... ;]

[@davidfreeman3083]

Impressed today? For me it felt like a fact of history though... Why did you think USSR had the ability to challenge as a parallel world super power along with the US? An aggressive military? A merciless spy network such as KGB? It wasn't the core, not even counting the likely fact that they backlashed and put Kremlin in huge reputation crisis (along with the already complicated bad reputation associated with BOTH communism and Russian empire). It was because they had a lot of experts, especially in areas like STEM (but many great artists/literature experts, etc. existed too in Russia, especially in the Soviet period). Remember it was them, not USA who sent the 1st satellite and human being into the space. Just look around in USA institutions and industries. Is it that uncommon to see some Russian experts around? (Who are obviously educated in the former Soviet Union?) From my experience that is definitely a NO.

[@chefscorner7063]

@@davidfreeman3083 Don't forget the German Scientists we "Liberated" (see bargained for) after WW2. They're responsible for the sudden leap in Technology for our Rocket Program, to include Military and Space exploration aspects..

[@davidfreeman3083]

@@chefscorner7063 Yeah. And I feel like the fall of the iron curtain just gave us yet another 'gift package'

[@andresfeliciano]

Yo that little mouse statue melted my heart 😭😭

[@vikrantsubakade9281]

Russia is rly amazing and beautiful country. cool architecture smart people vast countryside. thank you for this :) love that country :)

[@temyi75]

Vikrant Subakade too bad our economy is beyond fucked(22mil people below poverty line, avg income $1k); laws are anti-human with zero regard for constitution, every piece of mainstream media is completely owned by gov and elites, dead healthcate, education and infrastructure, judicial system and law enforcement structures bought and sold, tax money being funneled offshore etc. other than that it's great here!

[@ogs_Boga1900]

u mean russia? or the US?

[@temyi75]

I live in Moscow, so Russia, obviously. I'm aware of plethora of problems US has, but I can't talk for Americans.

[@ogs_Boga1900]

its broken everywhere m8 if ur not part of the elite... the west is a nightmare for most ppl.

[@user-qr7bm6se2c]

temyi75, это довольно грубо писать такое на сайтах, где сидит много американцев, про то что 22 миллиона нищих в стране это что-то очень плохое. Потому что в США 43 миллиона нищих, а значит по твоей логике их страна вообще гнилое говнищще. Ты ведёшь себя оскорбительно, не надо так. Пиши лучше лично про себя, про то, что ты безнадёжный неудачник и всё такое, но не надо писать про целые страны, в таких масштабах ты явно некомпетентен.

[@Red4350]

A Look inside Russia's innovative internet BLoomberg..."no Russia's bad...say they're creepy...and tell them they copied silicon valley"

[@tejas1205]

This is beautifully shot

[@panther7603]

It’s great to finally see Russia in reality, and not how the MSM portrays it. I’d love to visit Russia, and better understand their culture.

[@ogwess_]

me too!!

[@Loki1191]

And still wanna go there?

[@MS-gt6zh]

Actually it's a magnetic memory, not a semiconductor.

[@simonsieber5779]

Thinking the same!

[@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q]

What is 'magnetic memory' rather than a semi-conductor?

[@MS-gt6zh]

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q You're stupid, get some basic education.

[@RetroDawn]

@@RokeJulianLockhart.s4eb2q Wow, that guy was rude... Magnetic memory would be is usually called magnetic storage these days: think hard disk drive or floppy disks or tape.

[@Pat315]

@@MS-gt6zh You're the dumbest here.

[@johnmcclellan9020]

This reporter's humour is priceless.

[@DiyEcoProjects]

"LOOK FOR CRIMINALS"... Who makes that decision ... 1984

[@247Metal]

Apart for the guy doing the documentary, this made me more interested in visiting the country.

[@Kamadev888]

Yeah, right, and the US gov't does also control all it can in the tech and hacking industry.

[@quantumeseboy]

You have no idea what you are comparing at all, do you?

[@jojochen3360]

I'd claim that the US and the NSA is worse: they will actively spy on all traffic that goes through the US. And there are far more US internet companies.

[@caniacattack]

agreed, the us has more power internationally and is more subversive and clever about it to the point that we are willing to ignore it. the corporations and their controllers alone are a greater weapon than any government as they have no isolated masters to hold accountable and still have their own hand in the governments pocket. at this point our government can get away with much more due to how easy it is to control the flow of information to the american public since our government rarely works to reveal wide scale corruption internally without also being interrupted internally. you have to be a foreign organization like wikileaks or straight up escape to whistleblow and not get incarcerated. we are also much more immersed in our virtual world than any other country, being the biggest content creator of the world, we create what we want to believe about our government. which can be paranoia, but the paranoia is becoming affirmed more often than the belief that none of this really matters. at least the russians truly know how fucked up shit is.

[@sebastianaguirre6003]

its not tech vs privacy, its the powerful vs privacy, tech is just the battlefield

[@skywish133]

I like sense of humour in that video, and people in Russia are amazing, it's the most precious commodity of the country

[@fauxman1]

Alexey Alexeenka Definitely great spirits!

[@garygralton7570]

I agree. I'm sorry I don't speak Russian.

[@Tedd755]

31:49 How is that a different method of developing a neural network? Training on a huge dataset is literally how most do it.

[@iducatifan1]

Big respect for the Russian people.

[@HCG]

It’s wild seeing all of these old comments with the entire world now loathing Russia and seeing it as a joke.

[@hibudy]

literally no one outside anglo-saxons and also that group isn't totally opposed either

[@johnsoto886]

Anyone in russia: do you know Dmitry ? Russians: ahh yess Dmitry

[@nons5647]

Diiiimaaaaa

[@lee-lemon]

"No pity for the enemies of Science" xD

[@ecktoeman]

"No pity to the enemies of Science!" Nostrovia!

[@paulbrooks5717]

This sounds like it was written by Anthony Bordane

[@caniacattack]

it bothers me cus it sounds like hes trying to emulate his voice too. like inflictions and cadence, the pitch going up up up and down.

[@onekewlbraddah8460]

Bourdain is how his name is spelled!

[@truthfiction8408]

The problem we all have today is that the west will always try to put Russia down, many countries hate Russia out of jealousy. I find Russia and Russians very enterprising, independent, and they won't allow anybody throw them around, therefore I support their efforts, viva Russia.

[@pablochampagne525]

7:55 'Start me up...' and a bunch of quasimodos take the stage...

[@morzh1978]

18:32 - "могущество" translated as "greatness [величие]" instead of "might". Is English a mother tongue for such interpreter?

[@Eestarbyons]

10:23 "Those new laws passed this year would make Edward Snowden weep into his borshch."

[@JShdwstar]

The irony really kicks in when you realize the things the guy is complaining about concerning privacy are taking place right now in the usa... still...

[@jorgeluismeoli]

You know you are in Russia when you hear: "Lost his company for refusing to..."

[@FewMoreWords]

Apparatus at 0:56 does not contain semiconductors, it is a magnetic memory, a precursor to semiconductor memory.

[@zglg123]

This was amazing. Fantastic work, Bloomberg. Also that mouse bust dedicated to mice sacrificed to science is amazing.

[@syncopatednotes]

This is exactly how they do tech in America. There wasn't a single aspect of this that I haven't experienced in my own career. The language is the different but the concepts are exactly the same. I would love to know how this was classified as "creepy". This is classic ethnocentrism.

[@Cejpat]

You REPEATEDLY call Russia “Europe”...that is like calling Saudi’s Arabia “Africa”. Read a book.

[@kabzaify]

Well the western part of Russia is geographically in Europe.

[@marksamuelsen2750]

It amazes me how all these Russians speak English. How many US scientists speak Russian?

[@TechnologyGeek862]

13minutes in I realized that youtube has recommended me video that I've seen already couple years ago...

[@spideywhiplash]

Agree. It seems like every tenth 'video recommend' is one I've already seen too.

[@Sprinkles-r5y]

Same, I took the mouse statue to realise..

[@GreenStorm01]

It is pretty disgusting how "normal" Western style internet law is being shown as something super specific about Russia. Besides the physical localization of servers most stuff is also true for the US and Europe. Especially facial recognition, forced storage of digital communication and forced governmental access to that has been US law for years.

[@chrisschall8492]

BTW... I named my newly adopted dog Dmitri after all of the Dmitris in this documentary...thanks for the name idea!

[@sentientarc]

@32:33 Technology. I was fascinated by it as a child and it was in its very early stages. I worked in my field part time while in College. A very smart engineer talked with me about how some engineers don't care about the ramifications of their work, they just find it "neat", so I added "and it pays well". I am no longer fascinated with technology, I am concerned. The warnings about it are coming true, brought to us by the people interested only in becoming wealthy.

[@mybrandnewlogin]

A really brief look of some 10 minutes (to talk with a normie CEO of a mainstream internet company) and then a general overview of science and startups in Russia [SPOILER ALERT: it's not exactly booming]. But it was nice to realize that I know more about Russia's internet than Bloomberg.

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

Poor Dimitri, he seems like a really cool guy :(

[@TarmanTheChampion]

Imagine the crazy leap of technology if all nations where to set aside their differences and work together for the common goal??!

[@danielt.3152]

A raising tide lifts all ships

[@pascalgu6771]

Everything aside, that mice looks very cool.

[@nicksofialakis1448]

I CAN SMELL THE US/ZION HATRED OF RUSSIA'S HUGE PROGRESS IN JUST 20 YEARS. BRAVO RUSSIA!

[@jaredb9523]

U.S. reporters/government not citizens. We've been brainwashed to fear communist russisa for decades but when we meet them there is no hate.

[@nicolek4076]

The "first semiconductor" is a core memory that worked by magnetism, not a semiconductor in sight.

[@stasiaya984]

I thinkj it's not creepy it all. It is amazing, isn't it?

[@Btouhy1]

LOL

[@DotADBX]

one thing he doesnt mention here about the face id tracking AI stuff is the US already does this they just dont make it so public that they do, and the UK has been doing this probably longer then anyone.

[@evropakhan1137]

So this fella just goes into their beautiful country and he pretty much spits in their faces?

[@mullerstephan]

he is one of the most arrogant reporters ever. He went to China as well and did the same thing.

[@арефнар]

The American left as ever.

[@lordeverybody872]

He did what the government said to do. Collect intel and report to the mothership

[@joeyreese1042]

Lowkey, that waiter who dropped off that coffee at the table around, 12:00 minutes was hella rude

[@XOPOIIIO]

Skolkovo couldn't be a Silicon Valley, because there was no Silicon Valley to mimic it.

[@bluzshadez]

The footage shown about the fall of the Soviet Union is about the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German flag was shown.

[@uroskrizman]

I don't appreciate the undertone of this report

[@SkashTheKitsune]

stop crying rusky, you're welcome to crawl back into your iron curtain and rot

[@leninalopez2912]

@11:42 ... love when the KGB guy brings coffee (?

[@mjsticart5705]

A Look Inside Russia’s Creepy, Innovative Internet....no agender here

[@bigworm3886]

31:00 - Seeing all his Russian doppelgangers is hilarious !! - 'Here is 16 yr old me with a machine gun'

[@josephstalin9357]

This guy really shows his ignorance and disrespect towards Russia 🇷🇺

[@alaskanalain]

The hacker security guy at 38:28, checks himself out in the mirror, funny. What's his name again? Dimitri I think, seems to be all their names.

[@alexthompson9516]

There's definitely a lot of anti-Russian feeling in this, but a) hype is the overall point, and b) Russia does, in fact, do some fucked-up shit.

[@vukashin88]

Alex Thompson honestly, having vast experience with both places, I'm far more scared of the US of A and what they're caoable (and willing) to do.

[@alexthompson9516]

You should feel that way even more so because Trump's America will be a nightmare for everyone.

[@alexandersalz5850]

guy talks about algorythms - cameraman films the coolingsystem XDDDD

[@priceandpride]

i like how they glossed over the fact that the CEO of VK was exiled for not revealing identities and other info of the state's political opponents.

[@EddyMakes]

Seeing the monument in 15:53 brought tears to my eyes.

[@omernnnn]

great show

[@BigPoppa23]

Great show

[@aspadeisaspadee7847]

the moment i saw that guy pouring vodka in to a cup at the beginning i knew this was going to be a shitty documentary...just saved 43 minutes of my life

[@MassDynamic]

so founder of russian FB got kicked out for showing some spine? they should talk more about this guy.

[@zsclove]

you should come to Chinaand take a close look

[@valleyhack]

we're planning to next season

[@zsclove]

OK！

[@gearheadgaming1537]

Starlink and other satellite based internet sources could solve this prohibition of the worldwide internet

[@RPDBY]

if Dmitriy was put in charge of vk after pavel refused to reveal personal information that tells us a lot about Dmitriy and how he managed to succeed in Russia

[@dich5088]

RPDBY I don't think this story is correct. In fact I am pretty sure of it

[@RPDBY]

why someone should care about what you *think*?

[@GierlangBhaktiPutra]

This is quite amazing actually. How do the Russian government could keep up with the investment for all these startups and technologies? I know that private funds must be involved but the government's involvement is really amazing.

[@yodelrekishi]

easy.... misinformation

[@Science-ev1he]

*"This is big sad."*

[@IcyBrown]

Russians...

[@otto_ueue]

5:21 And since 2022, those two flags had never been together again.