Chechnya: Putin's Fake Ally

A video about Chechnya's History, the two Wars against Russia and the rise of Kadyrov's family.
Sources:
Vatchagaev, Chechnya: The Inside Story (2019).
Chechnya: The History of the Chechen Republic and the Ongoing Conflict with Russia (2019)

[@novalectiointernational]

At minute 16:06 the nato block map is messed up, don't know what happened when rendering that clip. It seems that we downgraded NATO expansionism.

[@barakat4503]

It's fine we know how it looks all ready

[@ailediablo79]

Next Putin like leader is a Muslim lol ,most likely.

[@terrorgaming459]

Your sympathising with america? Seriously

[@jus_sanguinis]

You got France and small French Guiana in South America, but not large Danish Greenland in North America, just European Denmark alone. P.S. People, who think Kadyrov will betray Putin, are wrong in my opinion. He is one step forward (Chechen nationalist), two steps back (pro-Russia/pro-Putin) type of a person. Why do I think so? Kadyrov is a brutal dictator: threats, tortures, killing people, his "army" is fighting in illegal (in terms of international law) wars across the world, etc. Kadyrov*s Chechnya is in the same line with North Korea and Turkmenistan. A lot of people from liberals to jihadists and even some pro-Putin centrists in Chechnya and neighboring regions hate him. He is not just a brutal dictator, he is also some sort of imperialist trying to steal lands from neighboring republics. So if Putin will be overthrown by any opposition force, there will be a good chance Kadyrov will be sentenced to a long prison term. Probably to a life imprisonment. The rulers of other regions could survive such hypothetical coup (their biggest crime is corruption and stuff), but not Kadyrov, he is too toxic. And he knows that.

[@shoeby9273]

@@djbabbotstown everything is the west's fault boohoo

[@husted5488]

Wasn't the last war in the caucasus the 2020 Azeri - Armenian war? So the last war was like 1.5 years ago.

[@yafeee1072]

Yeah I think Azerbaijan got it's land back from Armenia

[@mardbenzmura1446]

@@yafeee1072 not completely yet

[@yafeee1072]

@@mardbenzmura1446 I can't you wait for the Turkish Armenian war I heard a genocide going to happen

[@chrisbendall8490]

Ha! Conflict that one

[@terrorgaming459]

Azerbaijan was morally right

[@slc679]

Several issues throughout the video: 3:08 Georgians usually have no problems with Russians, it's the Russian government that is resented.. you know.. because of the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008 3:24 There was a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Autumn of 2020 4:04 Map is of modern day Russia 4:45 Both Armenia and Georgia are Christian 5:32 Map is not of USSR 7:34 Said refferendum was not held in Georgia, Armenia, and the Baltic states 7:47 Both Georgia and Armenia held referendums in 1991 to become independent. In both countries the turnout was more than 99% in favour of independence. Thus, Chechnya was not the 'only one' to do so. In Georgia, in 1989, there were even widespread protests for independence which were brutally crushed by the Soviets (the April 9th Massacre) To say that only Chechnya aspired for independence is an insult 12:11 Diagram shows Chechens retreating into Chechen lowlands, not highlands Also, throughout the video Crimea was shown to be part of Russia despite the fact it was part of Ukraine throughout all the Chechen wars

[@lunafringe10]

naturally, cause the Russians resented islamic encroachment. But Stalin and other russian leaders gave them total religious freedom. When islam doesnt give any religious freedom to anybody.

[@GamesOfficialYouTube]

He is just spreading anti russian propaganda, he doesn't care for anything else. He reads what they payed him

[@salmon2518]

georgians despise russians as people because of everything theyve done in history

[@EnemyDwarf-TTV]

thanks for fact checking this bs

[@Kage-jk4pj]

Damn thats like a quater of the video especially since the 16:06 map is also incorrect.

[@ruffles638]

"The last recorded war in the caucasus was just 28 years away from us" There was literally a war just a few months ago, you haven't done your research.

[@LUKA-kh6db]

2008?

[@joundii3100]

@@LUKA-kh6db 2020

[@alexbrains429]

Everyone can make a mistake. Saying he didn’t do his research is false

[@isse6790]

@@alexbrains429 The whole video is a mistake. Dude clearly knows nothing about the region or how to actually research it and just wants to get a video out because Chechnya is relevant right now.

[@alexbrains429]

@@isse6790 bullshit

[@steafandubhuidhe]

There are too many inaccuracies in this video to waste my time addressing them. One of the most irksome is how it ignores Georgia except to lob a full insults at Georgians. Georgian was one of the first to declare its independence from the USSR. Another issue is linguistics. The video takes the erroneous position that all of the Caucasian languages are related. They are not. There is no linguistic relationship between most of them. Chechen is as different from Georgian as Chechen is different from Russian. They are unrelated.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

Everyone has an egenda

[@Ptitnain2]

Hence, why most people in those regions are using russian to talk to people from other ethnic groups, if I am correct?

[@mansd5131]

@@Ptitnain2 yep

[@iaintgivingyoushitok2679]

Pretty obvious it wasnt going to give everyone a fair shake at things when in the first few minutes he says the chechens were just using civilians as human meat shields when in actuality the russians gave the chechens an ultimatum to surrender or face indiscriminate bombing of their civilian population, which they refused so the russains destroyed the city and filled the streets with dead children. Because the russians got their shit kicked in on the ground in some of the most embarrassing military command of all time . Look up 131st maikop rifle brigade story. 800 of 1000 soldiers in a single battalion dead within 2 days because their government sent them unprepared into a muslim deathtrap. So they resorted to just bombing their woman and children. Who are the real terrorists?

[@ILYAS-7]

​@@Ptitnain2 потому что народов Кавказа языки слишком разные, например есть Тюрки, есть персы и есть автохтонный народы которые вообще другой язык а во время СССР так сложилось что они все знают русский язык и для общения между различными народов используется только русский язык потому что на родном языке разные народы не понимают друг друга

[@thomaschristiansen5133]

I fought Chechens in Afghanistan. They are no joke. A lot more skilled and disciplined than the local fighters.

[@dlmdlm7685]

Yeah but there's 2 groups the one's that fight good are the anti kydrov guy's that hate Russia. There actually fighting on Ukraine's side and the Kydrov loyalists are on Russia's side. So basically the one's we fought in middle east are the same one's we're arming now strangely we armed the Afghanis against Russians in 80s to.

[@nak1509]

@@dlmdlm7685 I doubt hardcore Chechen Muslim extremists would fight for a secular/Christian westernized country that is far away from their native lands just bcs they are at war with Russia.

[@Y2ANJ]

@@nak1509 I can't speak for to the number of Chechens fighting on the Ukrainian side but as I understand it the Chechen separatist movement was secular when it started and eventually became co-opted by religious fundamentalists.

[@wade5761]

Those are against khadyrov, the traitor and Russian puppet.

[@hakimshah8397]

no one wants to fight them 😂 they thoroughly enjoy war. Hope you never see war again.

[@pabloivs]

Nice video. However, as a linguist, let me point out that there is no Caucasian language family. There are at least three indigenous language families. I don't know which source claims that language was a uniting factor for Caucasian resistance, but that makes no sense. In fact, the languages of the Caucasus are notorious for being mutually incomprehensible.

[@CarlosCrisps]

@Ethnic Nationalist There is no caucasian language family dude, he's speaking the truth

[@CarlosCrisps]

@Ethnic Nationalist I don't think that's the issue, serious academic studies haven't confirmed the existence of the language family, as in, no correlation or even mutual intelligibility between languages.

[@johnnyespalahento2431]

@Ethnic Nationalist what language family? I dont understand other caucasians at all we have no words in common. You dont know what youre talking about youre not from here.

[@hrsmp]

@Ethnic Nationalist similar loanwords doesn't prove anything. Languages can be ifluenced by geography too. Mountainous regions tend to produce shorter words with less vowels etc. Writing materials used can influence the form of script. There are lots of similarities between languages all around the world. That's not enough though. If you suppose that all caucasian languages are part of one family, then they should diverge over time and split, not converge. So you need to look not for similarities but for differences. And for some historical base for your theory. Otherwise it's pure speculation.

[@johnnyespalahento2431]

@Ethnic Nationalist we all come from Adam but im not related to kardashians bro forget it

[@racamacafo8069]

There are many mistakes. Khattab was not a war lord in Afghanistan although he fought there. He arrived to Chechnya in the first war that started in 1994 and he never saw Osama and had nothing to do with alqaida! This is just one mistake, there are a lot of Others!

[@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792]

Khatab has idrect Links with al Qaeda and he was sponsored the NATO backed Saudi Proxy . NATO criminals sponsor all terror in the globe .

[@googleaccount065]

These is how outsiders writing history of another people

[@racamacafo8069]

@@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792 its total rubbish and nonsense!

[@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792]

@@racamacafo8069 It's the truth that you don't like .

[@racamacafo8069]

@@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792 it's your truth based on your little superstitious brain (no offence just constituting the fact). I follow scientific method! And since I am being with higher intellect than the primates I like to observe, scrutinize the facts and only then make the conclusion! Now eat your banana and live with your Truth!))

[@collinsoconnor5843]

Fun fact: Kadyrov is not Putin's ally. He's Putin's subject. Now, we can call Belarus President Putin ally because he's a staunch supporter of Moscow but from an independent state. However, Chechnya is part of Russia and firmly under Putin's control. If Putin says jump, Kadyrov asks, how high?

[@FC-hj9ub]

Chechnya is part of Russia?

[@collinsoconnor5843]

@@FC-hj9ub Chechen Soldiers Carry two flags 🇷🇺 🇭🇺, and wear both patches on their arms. That should answer your question. Chechnya is an autonomous region IN Russia.

[@yasararafatha3139]

You need to educate yourself on the subject

[@collinsoconnor5843]

@@yasararafatha3139 You need to educate your mother to stop sleeping around with ,men across town.

[@zafarsharif993]

​@@collinsoconnor5843 ki korisa ei toh tor western woman korisa 😅.Muslim woman eman shameless kaaj korisa nohoy.

[@setht593]

Why is Crimea part of the Russian map in 1994? Even a Russian nationalist wouldn't claim Russia controlled/owned Crimea during the first Chechen war.

[@elspoocho4637]

Was wondering the same

[@hereitcomes3912]

Maybe bcz giving it to ukraine was a fraud all along.

[@setht593]

@@hereitcomes3912 Yeah, but with that logic Russia shouldn't control the true Finnish parts of Karelia, or the sovereign Japanese Kuril and Sakhalin islands. Tanna Tuva should still have it's glorious independence and Mongolia should still rule over most of Russian Asia.

[@hereitcomes3912]

@@setht593 the only logic the likes of russia or murica goes by, is that the stronger dog gets all the food.

[@setht593]

@@hereitcomes3912 I'm ok with that logic when it comes to Russia. The problem for them is that they aren't really that strong and all the dogs in the neighborhood are forming a pack so what strength he has is useless. And now Russia is upset that no one wants to be their friend after having their food stolen for decades/centuries.

[@thomasfarley6052]

Really enjoyed the video and the lesson on this geographic region, quite fascinating.

[@jaydeepsen4769]

Whenever I hear 'Chechnya', my brain automatically goes to Khamzat 'Borz' Chimaev 🐺

[@rishyfishy8799]

He embodies the chechen spirit

[@V1ert]

@@rishyfishy8799 he's lackey

[@Chechenec99]

you insulted us with this comment@@rishyfishy8799

[@lonelycloud4643]

Literally who?

[@maitreyashyam5800]

Mine to ramazan sahin 66kg wrestler

[@taitcarrillo8926]

Great video. Great visualization of history. Subbed.

[@Flowshakers]

Thanks for the video so much. Please share your Italian videos in English with us, they all seem to be great topics to watch :))

[@jimmystewart3826]

Terima kasih (thx) for made n share this content , greetings from jkrta

[@upsidedownbuckets3624]

Enjoyable video, can tell a lot of hard work went into it. Thank you

[@amobilway1032]

Brilliant! I watched from start to finish because of your great storytelling 😌

[@butterchicken4]

Editing it top notch man. Bravo! You've earned yourself a new subscriber

[@dc9856]

Excellent video dude from start to finish and so much crazy subject matter to deal with. Some spot that. Ciao dara

[@rory2569]

Thanks for the great video. Always wanted to understand the history behind Chechnya.

[@alimc1867]

Not the right video for that I promise you

[@harveybeaver9731]

9:00 Crimea wasn't part of Russia yet, because it has been officially part of the Ukrainian socialist republic since the 1960s, which broke away in 1991.

[@azurga]

Was about to make a post on this. And to be sure, it isn't a part of Russia today, only occupied by the orc army. I would hope sensible people would stop advancing Putler's propaganda by making these mistakes.

[@harveybeaver9731]

@@azurga You'd think that actual orcs would be insulted about being compared to the Russian army considering the current situation.

[@marceloorellana5726]

@@azurga Of course it's part of Russia. That's a reality. Don't lose sleep.

[@danielarevalo6222]

Hey, love your down to earth presentations. Informative yet uncomplicated with a bit of humour thrown in. “Disturbing social life” ? 😂😂 social lives by design shouldn’t be disturbing.😂😂 looking forward to that video

[@jessejames9697]

great content brother thank you

[@Frankey2310]

When you look at Chechnya on the map, "mountains" and "countryside" (where the separatists would take cover from federal forces) are at the bottom, and the plains (where the Russians would have full reign) are at the top. This is actually clearly depicted on the underlying topographic map. Your After Effects guy messed this up almost EVERY time!

[@jameshodgson3656]

Love these vids :)

[@harambeislove3004]

I'm so glad to find such a big KZbinr while still small. Your videos quality is insane, you'll reach 100k in no time Im certain. Cheers!

[@derickyyy]

He also has a very successful channel in Italian!

[@bucherregaldomi9084]

Call the insaniteter!

[@KeefeL]

Insane misinformation here though. USSR map doesn't have Baltic states and more, Georgia and Armenia are majority Christian and in the Caucasus, etc...

[@GB-ko8cv]

@@bucherregaldomi9084 what

[@H0kram]

This video is rather a proof that they need to work harder, there is so many mistakes, another comment listed a lot of them. It's worth making another short video to fix those mistakes. It's pretty bad.

[@Catanman39]

Amazing video. Earned my subscription, and even more so my attention

[@benjaminmiller9212]

I really appreciate that you noted which pictures were inverted.

[@Patlichan]

at 3:27 the "chechen" guy is not chechen. he is the Circassian leader Sefer Bey Zanuqo. Also kabardians are a circassian tribe

[@Patlichan]

also pls make video about circassia

[@caralhoguy]

@@Patlichan nice to see you here

[@marcot3868]

@@Patlichan He has already made a video about Circassia, in Italian though

[@Patlichan]

@@marcot3868 oh. sadly I don't know Italian

[@Patlichan]

@@caralhoguy do we know each other?

[@gustavtarankov3899]

First time watching your videos and I was impressed by the amount of information put into it. Very entretainting.

[@doqquz3782]

Most of them are incorrect tho

[@gustavtarankov3899]

@@doqquz3782 I started noticing it afterwards as I Did a little bit of fact check on my own. I wonder if it slipped under his radar

[@doqquz3782]

@@gustavtarankov3899 amount of "radar slippery" is too much. It creates general information awfully incorrect.

[@P4Tri0t420]

Nice to found your Channel, very go Video (: Greets from German ^^

[@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777]

Wow that was a lot of history presented in a very interesting way 👍

[@amirhankhatsiev1035]

yeah and half of it is bullshit

[@freddiekatz8902]

Dear Sir, I really like your videos. As an army veteran, I enjoy the military analysis of how the various battles played out sequentially in the context with the overall war. There are some details that are incorrect, that have been mentioned in some of the other comments posted here. Never the less, your videos are informative with interesting background context. I also love your voice, it is very expressive. As an Italian American, I am partial to Italian accents 😉. And, you are very easy to look at, very handsome. Keep the videos coming please.

[@billybigballs5776]

What was mistakes if you don’t mind asking?

[@EuropeanSoyboy]

underrated channel

[@PaoloMG]

Not for us Italians 💪🏽

[@cccccnnn]

Great Video i look forward for more content from you Sir . Stay Safe and Be healthy .

[@hwggice]

Very professional and informative dive into Caucus geopolitics. Good job.

[@edwardhanson3664]

Thanks for a great lecture. So much I didn't know.

[@mindfucker88]

And u know so many western lies now...better for u not to know

[@Jay_in_Japan]

11:54 "... the Chechens, who had no problem using civilians as human shields..." sounds like doublespeak for "the Russians, who had no problem targeting civilians" Dunno if that's actually the case but given Russian military conduct it wouldn't be surprising

[@kaldqallarkho5238]

Chechens did not use human shields. Chechens would give his live to protect other chechen people. Knowing that russians used human shields.

[@yoban360]

You’re right, spatnaz killed the rebels at the theater along with Russians with that unknown gas. Both sides were using normal citizens.

[@googleaccount065]

These is the script he get from Washington 😂😂

[@aaronnilestoussaint5672]

lol picture having japan in your name talking about "who had no problem targeting civilians" that's like a British person bashing colonizing your country became rich because of you going to Asian countries and raping and killing civilians and stealing from them? Your government won't even recognize the massacres they caused

[@austx290]

Great video. It was very informative.

[@speed65752]

Oh, hai iniziato a fare i video in inglese finalmente! Farai successo, tantissimo successo.

[@robotjeans]

If Mel Brooks was to create a country in one of his movies, it would look a lot like Chechnya's government.

[@davesprivatelounge]

Ramzan Kadyrov is like a ridiculous character out of a movie. He's got to be playing a role.

[@Gnurklesquimp]

And somehow they're falling for this cheesy bs, what a bunch of sad degenerates

[@terrorgaming459]

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺shut up

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

A willing puppet. Using Low IQ idiots as vasall leaders always was liked in history. They are less of a threat

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

Hes just a lap dog for Putin

[@marcussoininen2084]

Looks like a garden gnome too in his shiny ladies boots

[@G1806]

I’ve followed the English version off this for a while mate,but my birds sudden interest in geopolitics is well perplexing 😁

[@user-mb9sd9ty5k]

Great video my friend! but there is an inaccuracy at 04:32 you showed a photo of Shamil and signed it as Sheikh Mansur, in both images Imam Shamil

[@dyn4meis]

Grande Simo!

[@miepmiep3017]

Georgia is not an overly Muslim country, same for [North/South] Ossetia and Armenia. So I wouldn't say they all shared Islam as a common element.

[@user-oz5vu9fb9r]

moreover these days most of russian caucause populated cristians. mainly slavic people. is not the situation of the 18th century

[@jjdelft3216]

@@user-oz5vu9fb9r No, most people there arent slavic.

[@jokerofmorocco]

I think he means the North Caucasus which is mostly Muslim (excluding the Ossetians)

[@miepmiep3017]

@Timur Sayfullah No, my comment doesn't say that Georgia never had many Muslims. At the _current_ age, Georgia is NOT an overly Muslim country.

[@niconicoo5661]

@Timur Sayfullah brah where do you gez information ? 😂 if youre talking about older times those muslim georgians were forced to take islam so they never realy were muslims they were only on paper to not get killed

[@ShpirtSvensson-rm1gr]

The Chechnians are ancient warriors.❤❤ respect from 🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@LS-kp6em]

Super interesting video! More on the Caucasus!

[@user-uc7vf8yp7k]

As a ethnic Chechen, I must say I enjoyed this episode, however I wish you had contacted someone knowledgeble on the matter or done a more proper research. I do understand it's not easy to find trustworthy information since there are tons of misinformation on the web pumped out by Russian propoganda machine. The subject around Chechnya is very complicated, it would be hard to understand due to variety of reasons, especially for a foreigner. For centures we have fought for our independence and there are more wars to come. Here are some information that I think will help the public to understand few important details. I'll be happy to prove my sayings with evidence if anyone is interested. Only facts here: Chechnya is region rich with natural resources. Mainly oil and natural gas. Just this year they found 16 new oil locations that will bring approximatly 40 billion USD. This is one of the reasons Russia does not want to grant Chechnya it's independence. Second reason is domino effect. If Chechnya is free, other close by regions will want to follow and Russia does not want that. In the spam of 2 wars in the 90's we lost around 300,00 civillians, mostly children under 16. Chechens are very honorble warriors so I don't know from where you got information about that they used there own people as a shield. It wouldn't even make sense. We defeated "the great russian army" in the first Chechen-Russian war 1994-96 with only AK-47s and RPG's (didn't have any military vehicles, tanks, jets etc, only infantry). No other country helped us. Everyone became blind and mute. May I remind you Chechnya's population at that time was roughly around 1 million. Russian army was humiliated and when the peace treaty was signed Russians asked for conditions that would make it sem like they are leaving on their own terms. 1999 Russians blew up their own appartment buildings in Russian cities full of civillians and blamed it on Chechens. This triggered the start of second Chechen-Russian war. This is popular tactic Russia uses to this day, where they attack or simulate an attack their own people under false flag and blame it on conterpart so they have a reason to invade. This is well documentated and there are tons of evidence that FSB was behind bombings of those apparment buildings. Russia appointed Kadyrov Achmat as a Chechen president year 2003. He was later killed during 2004, but not by Chechens, FSB were behind this assassination. Russians weren't pleased by their new puppet ruler. He was too weak and they needed someone more bloodthursty who could keep in check the whole region. Assassination: They placed a bomb under presidents seat in the arena during a parade. The explosive device was then remotly detonetad. This would be impossible to pull off for Chechen freedom fighters since 1. arena was full of pro russian soldiers and was well searched before the parade 2. the wouldn't know where he would be sitting 3. and the most important point, the explosive device was remotly detonetad which shouldn't be possible because the arena was surrounded by mobile vehicles with remote jamming detectors that would turn off any remote devices in the area...however those jamming detectors didn't work, I wonder why... Many Chechen freedom fighters you named in this video are people who died for their country, defending their country from the brutar invador. Induviduals like Djokhar Dudayev, Shamil Basayev, Aslan Maskhadov have streets and parks named after them in countries like Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine and Germany. They are national heroes. Russia blames Chechen freedom fighters for the assassionation, and later appoints his son Ramzan Kadyrov (aka lulja), he's the current president of Chechnya. And he's exactly who they need. Ramzan Kadyrov is a little insecure boy with Napoleon complex who kidnaps, kills and tortures his own people. All that for money and power. 95% of Chechen people don't support him, but are forced to play by his rules. If you speak against him, the best outcome is that you get killed, the worst, your whole family tree will be tortured and whiped out. Puppet leader does everything he is told, because if Putin falls, he will fall. Hopefully one day Chechnya will be independent! I hope the current situation in Ukraine can eventually make the world look back at the wars in Chechnya during 90's and realize what really happened. The capital of Chechnya, Groznyj, was the most destroyed city in the world since WW2. We lost around 300,00 civillians. But nobody cared. The world turned their back on us.

[@aboriginalalex]

Chechen you are blind

[@comacollosasa6282]

@@aboriginalalex I don’t know much about the conflict other than this video and this comment, but knowing Russia I wouldn’t be surprised if they are helping to oppress Chechnya. Oppressed ppl often do terrible things so I’m sure they aren’t completely innocent. Probably similar to Israel-Palestine.

[@user-uc7vf8yp7k]

@@comacollosasa6282 If you are not well informed about the subject, it’s better to do a research first without making any assumptions my friend. Everything I wrote up there is a fact that can easily be proven.

[@evilkhamzat]

I concur with everything you wrote. I wish an actual Chechen made a video explaining the history in English. Chechnya has been in the news lately with the war in Ukraine & high profile MMA fighters like Khamzat making a name for themselves. It would be nice to get it from the horses mouth instead of from a second hand source who while decent clearly is severely under informed due to the many mistakes in this video. If I were the OP I would redo the video and consult some people with a greater understanding of the region and the war.

[@sumansaha295]

Is the price of Islamic extremism justifiable for the independence? You speak of more wars to come but you can do much better than wars in this day and age I think, If chechnya really is rich in natural resources then you need leaders who can negotiate instead of following Islamic extremism. Ramzan Kadyrov's father was killed by russians yet he's still loyal to russia because he's insecure? That sounds like some classic psychologist bullshit.

[@nameless7699]

10 months in check: “fake ally” is looking as good as ever😂

[@cristianfamigliuolo]

I have to admit that you had a great idea making a your first video? Using English this choice can open you to international community. This can give you important data about the interest of out Italy comunity interested In geopolitics. I hope that you will seriously continue on this way. Work to get the best luck possible.

[@janeward8293]

A brilliant history lesson thank u

[@mrmiskeen8284]

A brilliant fairy tale

[@matteo.carreri]

I loved watching it on the italian channel and now even more on the international one. Keep It up Man!!

[@sambasedsamurai9338]

Why would you keep Crimea stained with russia's color on the maps where you showcase historical events even before the occupation?

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Said the kid who lives with his mom.

[@rockyyadav1695]

Cremia is Russia. It's been 8 years. Should swallow the pill

[@sambasedsamurai9338]

@@MargaritaMagdalena O, hey, russian female, if you have male friends/brothers/father(doubtful) please make sure they'll avoid the draft (and subsequent involuntary signing of contract, because nobody has rights in russia), otherwise you'll never see them again, it's better to live a sorry ass life as a slave in a corrupt plutocracy than to die on a soil of a free country.

[@lunafringe10]

Ukrainians speak the same language almost as Russians. whats your problem?

[@sambasedsamurai9338]

@@lunafringe10Lol, why then russians don't understand Ukrainian? And why are they so butthurt because we promote Ukrainian instead of russian in our media? And most importantly, what does your question have to do with my initial question and subsequent response to that russian female?

[@augustaalecsa9680]

Thank you!

[@TheDjigitGulam]

As Chechen i would say, a lot of mistakes are been made in video. And a lot of information is missing. But good job making this video!

[@septimussedonius4248]

more than a lot, and don't say "good job" for this kind of vids. They telling about us lies.

[@andreichiorean4450]

ffs so many lies in this video

[@septimussedonius4248]

@@andreichiorean4450 they are huge. They foolish people by publishing this kind of vids where is you can find a lie above some little truth. Never believe in this, never!

[@potatowedges765]

Could you say some stuff he got wrong?

[@4e4twtwt]

@@potatowedges765 At 4:48 he named three points uniting the resistance against Russia. Firstly, Armenia and Georgia are Christian countries and they were together with Russia, not against it, because this is the only christian county in the region, he also said that there is a common language there, but this is not the case at all, in the Caucasus there is 50-60 languages, only Turkic speakers understand the languages of the same Turks. Even Islam have differences, in Azerbaijan they're Shiites, chechens and dagestanis is Sufi. Next thing, Chechens were deported not to Siberia, but to the steppes of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. At 10:10 he said about "worsed political situation in capital of Chechnya, but he showed images of city after 31 December 1995 new year assault, At 10:24 he said about pro-russian opposition, but Ahmad Kadyrov wasn't pro-russian at the time he is talking about. At 11:57 he said that Chechens "had no problems with using civilians as human shield" it's also lie, civilians were asked to leave the city, but those who had nowhere to go remained. At 12:12 "they went to the mountains", but shows that they went to the lowlands. at 12:28 after Dudaev death Maskhadov did not immediately come to power, Yandarbiev was in front of him. 16:42 "illegitimate Chechen government" - no, they we're legit, Maskhadov President elected by Chechen people, election was monitored by the OSCE. 18:49 ”in 1991..." No, it was on 2001. 20:28 "Kadyrov swore in as the new president" The president was Ahmad Kadyrov, not Ramzan, Ramzan become the president only in 2007, after his father assassination. and so on, a lot of mistakes, it would not hurt to better prepare for the video.

[@flfar3445]

i love chechnya , this is where my ancestors come from! i love it im from damascus syria id love to visit chechnya one day insha allah.

[@Isa88865]

Брат, если твои предки из Чечни, то это твоя родина как и моя которого проживаю тут. Приезжай в любое время к себе на родину как домой

[@ionut-valerserbanat3354]

Nice video!Greetings from Romania!I hope that you will talk about the situation in Western Balkans too,about Bosnia,Kosovo,Yugoslav wars and many more,even about Tito leadership.

[@oftheone1856]

Tito was fake. A puppet. A freemasonic puppet. You can't create a country like Yugoslavia without the world's elites giving their OK first, but it's not just the OK, it was their plan all along. Tito, like so many post ww2 leaders, were given the best period to rule over their respective countries... Eventho Tito was a corrupt leader, the country was prosperous enough for the people not to look to him. This is the truth. All are Masonic puppets except Bosnians, who are the truest descendants of the Illyrian against which a conspiracy existed since the great Illyrian revolt.. and they kept punishing the descendants up to now. Secret meeting during the Bosnian wars. François Mitterand visited Tuđman and Milošević, but didn't meet with the Bosnian leader Izetbegović. It was literally presented in the news as secret negotiations. Well now, François Mitterand was a Grandmaster in the Masonic order. This is the world.. John F Kennedy warned in his Waldorf Astoria speech.

[@DreamskyDance]

Best not to talk about it...best to just be happy that it is kinda stable and the way it is... talking about it is a can of worms... I am from Croatia btw.. :D P.S: lets not mention that 70% of Serbians are supporting Russia and they even had pro-russian protests and are glorifying putin. That part of Bosnia, "Srpska Republic", is slowly beating the war drums more and more last few years and its leader is very good friend of putin and expects his help there... And all that.. As i said the best thing is to keep fingers crossed in this extraordinary times that the conflict does not spill over or start here in the neighborhood....

[@oftheone1856]

@@DreamskyDance yea right. Thats the dumbest thing you can do. Id rather eat a can of worms than sugarcoated bullsh##

[@juhannusruusu]

te pup bro.

[@ionut-valerserbanat3354]

@@juhannusruusu cu respect bro

[@ChrisSum.]

I love these videos❤

[@strelitziapete9071]

Top video, more informative than some others on Chechnya

[@irinakolcheva5212]

This channel is fantastic. All the videos are so interesting. I want to watch more! Be blessed! :):):)

[@pixistypses5406]

Actually, the only autonomous republic that has the ability to declare independence from russian federation is Chechnya

[@3haAD900]

""ability to declare independence" on paper, not necessarily in practice

[@user-wk5dz1xp3k]

no, it has not. something close enough to it was given to tatarstan, but obviously not to this extent.

[@pradas.]

3HA Bot took their independence in practise tho😁

[@matf5593]

Merci pour le vidéo intéressant avec beaucoup d'information. Mais dans la carte, la Crimée semble faire partie de la Russie? Pourquoi?

[@goldendeagle1914]

cette video est remplie d'erreurs il ne faut pas la prendre au sérieux

[@septimussedonius4248]

there's many lies in this video, and this blogger is telling to you the russian propaganda.

[@clumsiii]

i am learning so much. First video I've seen from your channel. It's funny: in america the government and people call us "caucasians" .. wow. I feel very removed from the struggles there uau this clip of checnya guy next to putin??? He looks like an uncomfortable boxer before a fight 23:23

[@zoybean]

Al-Khattab did not care about the political system, he just fought against Russians for independence. He left governance to others. Wahhabi influence was overstated, simply because both Russia and the US and Europe had aligning interests at the time. The EU literally stated it would deemphasise Russia's war crimes in exchange for business dealings and the US gave billions to the Russia to fight against Chechnya. The let Russia do pretty much anything it wanted, including painting them all as terrorists. Also, the apartment bombing were reported by Russian media DAYS before it happened, showing how it was a plot all along, you didn't mention this. The victims of the Beslan School siege were literally bombed by Russia, it was not the Chechens who killed them. Chechens did not demand money or power, just Russian withdrawal. Russia committed so many war crimes in the war that they themselves created terrorists, not outside influences. The US did the same thing by killing plenty in the 80s and 90s. It was simply blowback.

[@vgnhdhe]

EXACTLY!!! thank you so much! this video is FILLED with inaccuracies AND LIES

[@aburoach9268]

Honestly speaking, Khattabs judgement was actually very sound and wise and I'm not surprised, he had lots of prior experience from others wars for instance, he was of the opinion that it was pointless to defend cities & towns, forcing the Russians into difficult sieges which then would result in complete destruction due to artillery & Airstrikes, killing many civilians in the process / he simply opted on giving up all cities and towns without a fight while retreating into the forests and mountains and letting the Russians take and occupy those places without any destruction, material damage or civilians deaths & then let them have a false sense of victory and safety & launch a massive TET style offensive over night, catching the stationed Russian army by surprise on many places at once, making them unable to effectively use their airforce & artillery and basically retake the country overnight with a lot of russian losses & prisoners Because he understood that the Chechen insurgents got the better of Russian infantry, once you seperated that Infantry from it's Airforce & artillery and divided up it's armored units as stationary sitting ducks But many chechen warlords were simply too pridefull to give up their urban area's without a fight & were way too divided and disorganized to pull off a complex operation like this / Also Khattab never fought in cities but successfully pulled off many ambushes and raids on the Russian troops from the countryside, he was never a burden on the civilian population and gave actually more value to the Chechen citizen then their own resistance did initially he was also opposed on the invasion of Daghestan & said that if they invaded, they should attack Daghestan with all Chechen units, meaning all 10 000 fighters and not just Basajev with his battalion but since the other warlord didn't want to partake and stubborn basajev said he would attack either way regardless of numbers, Khattab relented and went with Basajev because no one else would loosing khatab was a huge blow to that Chechen resistance

[@user-p6-3561]

@@aburoach9268 thanks for your input

[@mwhd629]

@@aburoach9268 may Allah have mercy upon him oh I miss him so much 😔

[@rishyfishy8799]

The influence of Islamic extremism definitely wasn’t understated.. especially in Dagestan. Unless you think having a non secular sharia law nation is not extremist? The rebels at the time wanted a caliphate, that’s just facts. Maybe it was hijacked by this movement, but it doesn’t mean its not true.

[@vader___]

Very insightful video especially with the conflict going on right now between Azerbaijani and Armenia.

[@DR-bu1sr]

Amazing video

[@rustam3855]

Good job of researching 😅 thank you 🙏

[@me5ng3]

Wait, why is Crimea blue? It was not a part of Russia back then and it still isn't now.

[@Greenteabook]

There seem to be a lot of mistakes in this video. Crimea being included in Russia is one of the glaring ones.

[@darkbrightnorth]

Maybe it’s either a mistake or because it shouldn’t be a part of Russia.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

But it is a part of Russia.

[@yvc9]

@@MargaritaMagdalena no, it's not.

[@megawarpig3401]

@@yvc9 Since 2014 it is. It shouldn’t be, but the reality is that Russia controls that territory and applies its laws

[@FenderX]

This channel! Why doesnt the channel have more subs? So glad i found this channel. You are doing great. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@FenderX]

@@Solid_Snake88 Whoosh!

[@FenderX]

@@Solid_Snake88 😃

[@russoksk]

After one year of war in Ukraine, i knew this video was going to be wrong just by the name, so before start watching it i read the comments. Now i have ended the video can surely say people in comments did a much better analysis of this geopolitical issue and more accurate predictions than the video itself lol.

[@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273]

That's the beauty of comments

[@kevinmcnamara73]

Really well made video. Thanks, learned a lot.

[@thegunslinger1363]

This channel is very underrated.

[@neverdiminished]

Your map at 9:20 shows Crimea as part of Russia but it should be Ukraine

[@lolz36235]

Think there's some Russian bias in this video but overall its decent

[@arisu_k8132]

Спроси лучше у жителей Крыма

[@sultanvisa1097]

You messed up the Imam Shamils and Sheikh Mansurs pictures.

[@hardgay7537]

The President of Chechnya seems like he'd fit right in in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, etc.

[@Factory_Muff]

Based

[@jonseilim4321]

7:50 Only Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan were Soviet republics and could choose independence. Chechnya was an autonomous republic and didn't have the legal right to, just like Abkhazia and South Ossetia shouldn't have been able to

[@lunafringe10]

Ayerbaijan should not have been released into independence, it only created trouble later on. And because of the oil there. All Russian assets, The situation for X sovjet states are now miserable, People there want to be back under Russias wings, but no one wants to be American there,

[@chadsupporter4093]

@TheQuestion Go to a doctor, troll

[@B10101]

@TheQuestion Exactly, Chechnya has every right to want independence just like Georgia and just like how USA declared independence

[@billfarlo3366]

@@chadsupporter4093 angry putinbot

[@chadsupporter4093]

@@B10101 Nah, they don't

[@davidvincent8929]

GOD BLESS YOU, SIR. WE LOVE CHECHNYA. WE PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY.

[@nokhchi1079]

thanks we will get our freedom, we have been trying for 400 years

[@Rus_and_NATO_Slayer]

Lol

[@mohamedali-pr9rl]

@@xrt7874 they will never embrace christianity . a woke lgpt religion .. islam will prevail in the end .. even if you nuked us all

[@gocuk925]

Quick question, why is cremia a part of russia in the cards?

[@MikeHaggarKJ]

Thank you for this great video.

[@Gaystella100]

Why thoughout this video do you insist on showing Crimea as part of Russia, even before the annexation?

[@archerone3254]

At the beginning, Chechens only ever wanted their freedom, which is why they constantly fought back against Russia no matter the odds. But the massacre of the Shamashki village (Russian troops stormed the villages and tortured/murdered civilians, women, elderly and children.) was the one event that broke all the possible rules of this modern conflict. Well, to be honest there was just no rules anymore. This is one of the event that made Chechens swore to take revenge against Russia, and began to deshumanize their people just as much as Russia did it to Chechens. And this mentality which is still deep inside most Chechen's minds (especially the diaspora) is one that Kadyrov is constantly trying to repress by glorifying Russia, Putin, and making that new pro-russian Chechen youth in Chechnya. You have to understand how Kadyrov is hated by his own people for his betrayal, and he knows it himself. The minute Moscow gives up on him, he will be killed and probably rather brutaly.

[@hola-pf1zu]

False. Chechens were killing each other, until Russia stepped up and backed the side that wanted to be friendly with Russia. Kadyrov was on one side of the conflict, some third of the country.

[@archerone3254]

@@hola-pf1zu too bad I'm actually a native chechen who knows more about my history than a random dude on KZbin. Chechens always wanted their independence away from Russia. Those who collaborated with Moscow were just sold off people from break away taips(clans) who didn't even care for Chechnya. This war wasn't new to anyone in the country, since we've been fighting them for 300 years because one bitch tsarine wanted to conquer the Caucasus. The moment things went south is when Russia left the territory beaten down, but with an equally destroyed Chechnya. And of course no one was able to pay for their destruction, certainly not themselves, which saw the rise of warlords against the Chechen government (which Ahkmat Kadyrov was part of before his betrayal) warlords Russia actively used to divide Chechnya even more, and come back when things were a mess to bomb Chechnya again (there is testimonies of Russian soldiers scared of going further than the border because of how afraid they were of Chechens lmao) After Putin bombed his own people in Moscow to create a false flag attack and call us terrorists.

[@eliasziad7864]

Kadyrov might become president of Russia in the future.

[@archerone3254]

@@eliasziad7864 That would be the way to go to fuck up Russia even more than it already is lmao

[@megakedar]

@@archerone3254 COPE

[@ninny65]

You might wanna update that last recorded war part

[@Efendi-khanski]

7:50 Autonomous Republics of the Caucasus? Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia were countries within the USSR (main 15 republics) not the part of RSFSR (as an autonomous part of Russia)/ And why during entire video Crimea is a part of Russian Federation?

[@aydinuzun4646]

I think another reason Russia invaded Chechnya was not just oil but they wanted to prevent other autonomous republics from declaring independence or greater autonomy. If the autonomous republics declared independence or pushed for greater autonomy it would greatly damage Russia.

[@Maestro7228]

lol, imagine if Iran wanted to move in to US borders. Caucasus is an incubator for islamists. Russia needs to control the territory to prevent the rise of another ISIS.

[@ulrichleukam1068]

Russia cannot invade Chechnya as it was part of Russia. Will it make sense for the USA to invade California or Texas?

[@ashnazgthrakatulukii1165]

Russia decided to keep Chechnya under it's rule because Ichkeria that rose in Chechnya's place as a state had 100% of it's GDP consisted from slavery and robbing of russian trains.😅 I don't think US would've tolerated Mexico if all governmental income there was only from kidnapping american citizens & turning them into slaves, and attacking USA's trade ships.

[@StayBasedJesus]

I think kadyrov does best for his people, the economy has gone up so much since he stepped in

[@svoboda.9497]

don’t carry a stranger, Kadyrov is a traitor to his people, and the Chechens hate him, Kadyrov did nothing, Russia steals oil from Chechnya, and gives 10% for construction, if there was no stupid Russia, then the Chechens would live better than in Dubai

[@axmat3436]

@@svoboda.9497 Source ?

[@Sail-away]

I didn't know there were true allies between nations and in politics

[@troubleshootingGG]

New sub here - awesome video and channel!

[@vladimirchylik6754]

4:47 .. Similarity of languages? lol You are mistaken. It's not a language family like e.g. the Slavic languages. Do your research properly.

[@JJT3001]

In 1999 Crimea was ukranian NOT Russian. Crimea was part of ukraine and still is from the time of independance

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Okay kiddo.

[@lunafringe10]

800 years ago, Russia was born in the Crimea. Now Ukrainians are forced out of the country by US agents and clowns,

[@rush1er]

That dude Ramzan looks and acts like a real life bad guy from a COD MW game or from Splinter Cell

[@fidgetspinner1050]

Wow how does this video only have 500 views?? This is some high quality content

[@tambal40]

because your early ?

[@Leandros]

Bit confused why you correct errors you made rather than edit to fix them? Very informative otherwise!

[@PyroNexus22]

18:35 another fun fact. Ahmad Kadyrov had been a snitch to KGB in the 80s. The Chechen top brass knew this, but didn't do anything. Zelimkhan Yandarbiev later expressed regret saying "we should've gotten rid of him then".

[@PizzaPartify]

What are the names of the artworks at 09:23

[@Masaru_kun]

what common caucasian language are you talking about? that area has multiple unrelated primary language families... There's more language diversity in those mountains than in the rest of europe combined.

[@Masaru_kun]

@Ethnic Nationalist no that hasn't been proven. they dont even belong to the same language group, nevermind a single language as was mentionedi n this video. they're completely unintelligible even if there was a ibero-caucasian group, that doesnt mean the languages make sense to eachother or are unified. there was a claim of 'common language' here. And that's all besides that fact that turkic, indo-european, and even mongollic languages are in the area too.

[@Masaru_kun]

@Ethnic Nationalist lmao. Since you decided to get insulting, I'm not sure you're having this conversation in good faith. You're also ignoring the fact that both the Ottomans and Russia have historically owned the area and there are huge amounts of turkic and indo-european speakers like I already said. Look up what a 'primary language family' is. It means a group of languages that share a common ancestor with eachother, but with no other language in the world. East and west caucasian have always been seen as 2 completely different primary language families, along with indo-european. More recently, it was found that the georgian languages do not share a common ancestor with the other west caucasian languages. Therefore there are 3 primary language families native to the area, and 3 more with majority areas that moved in later, indo-european, turkic, and afro-asiatic (arabic). In conclusion, the caucuses are one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. Not only are there tonnes of mutually unintelligible languages, but there are 3 families of languages that have entirely separate origins. They're no more similar to eachother than Basque is to Spanish. So again, implying there was any kind of common language in the area is silly.

[@Masaru_kun]

@Ethnic Nationalist allright 'ethnic nationalist', but ill be blunt. Implying there's one common language group in the caucuses isn't just factually wrong, it isn't just cultural insensitive. It's flat out racist. It's like pushing a conspiracy theory that all african langauges come from a single language. So careful when you push these kind of conspiracy theories, you come across as quite racist beyond just being wrong.

[@valmarsiglia]

The current image we have of Russia as some military juggernaut is of course colored by WWII and the Cold War. However, historically, Russia has been pretty militarily inept. Of course it's not because Russians lack courage or intelligence, and of course it's had its victories, but Russia's military culture has been historically dysfunctional, as top-down totalitarian militaries tend to be: sclerotic and corrupt, with terrible morale. Things like initiative and original thinking are discouraged in favor of following orders emanating from the top. Like China, Russia's approach to war has consisted largely of throwing enough people into the meatgrinder till it simply clogs up. It's tended to do well against much smaller, less advanced countries and nationalist rebel groups, but it has a pretty terrible track record when going toe to toe against first-rate modern militaries (even when it's sat at the victors' table as part of a larger coalition).

[@ayrnovem9028]

Typical arrogance of a westerner living in an information bubble, with a sense of false superiority. Russian military was historically more than capable of using tactics and strategy, often in innovative ways that were later studied by their western counterparts. Try some real history instead of propaganda. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2qbgWR3rbaFi68

[@samarimccloud4947]

China bad Russia bad I know politics… stfu

[@Aprilium]

Read about the battle of Kursk. Germans inflicted 10x their own casualties on the Russians despite being outnumbered like craaaazy!

[@valmarsiglia]

@@Aprilium "The current image we have of Russia as some military juggernaut is of course colored by WWII and the Cold War."

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

@@Aprilium ahaha lier read history not manstein fairy-tail

[@andrewharris9302]

Your English is incredibly good. I’m learning Spanish. I hope to speak Spanish as good as you speak English

[@jedimindtrix2142]

LOL in the beginner with Kadyrov "This is non sense.....We have no gays here!" that had me rollin. He said that so seriously too.

[@pkre707]

Got a few dates wrong, but over all very informative. Thanks for posting!

[@TheGahta]

im sure he would appreciate it if you list them instead of expecting him to double/triplecheck every date incase a random comment is right

[@fourshore502]

also gronzy lol