How Russian propaganda has been forced to evolve | It's Complicated

Ever since Vladimir Putin took office, he has tried to maintain a tight grip on Russian media, and this grip has grown even tighter since the war in Ukraine. Subscribe to The Guardian on KZbin ► bit.ly/subscribegdn
But as Putin's 'special operation' took a turn for the worse, the Kremlin's propaganda machine was forced to adapt. Thanks to the work of BBC monitoring journalist Francis Scarr, Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Russian state media has evolved its messaging since the start of the war.
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[@Puleczech]

"I am not interested in politics" turned out to be one of the most dangerous sentences a nation can adopt.

[@l.d.t.6327]

unfortunately, it's the only way ordinary Russians can defend themselves at the moment.

[@Puleczech]

@@l.d.t.6327 It is not a defensive position to adopt, rather a fully submissive one.

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@Puleczech just saying it's totally understandable, when you hear a Russian saying in public that he's not interested in politics. A wrong word or answer can put you in jail. The brave reaction would be to protest and overthrow the tyranny, but that's easier said than done.

[@Puleczech]

@@l.d.t.6327 I get it, but first of all, they have been saying that sentence ever since the 2000s. Hardly a defensive move back then. Second, perpetuating this "not interested in politics" bs only further sends the country on a North Korea path. One can refuse to answer instead of pushing forward the claim that has been carefully implanted into Russian minds for over two decades now to depoliticise the general population.

[@ITentrepreneur]

I've heard it all the time from the Russians until February 24, 2022

[@parabalani]

As a child raised in a laboratory, I hate when someone controls me through an app.

[@andrewalderman9489]

Sh, I think we're a clone now.

[@SlaterGator]

@@andrewalderman9489 I think we're a clone now doesn't seem to be anyone around.

[@Mosern1977]

Well, Russian government uses the TV instead of an app. Much better.

[@DavidBennell]

@@SlaterGator I think we're a clone now The beating of our hearts is the only sound.

[@Lorendrawn]

Tik tok and IG?

[@hhKJgf1M8a0rzt8hP]

It's difficult to imagine how hard it is for a normal, sane person to live in such a country.

[@birdofprey108]

Easy. They're just quiet and accepting weakness.

[@fearghal10]

Meanwhile we're re about to have a coronation...

[@st20332]

@Fearghal Joyce not comparable. Bot.

[@fearghal10]

@@st20332 Just pointing out that we're also capable of absurd levels of cognitive dissonance, not suggesting that monarchy is as bad as a brutal war

[@st20332]

@@fearghal10 And in what way is a coronation an example of absurd cognitive dissonance in the UK please? I'd like to understand your view, if you have a moment to explain?

[@martha3445]

I must admit, I haven't heard of anyone at Fox saying that they don't want to comment on something because they don't want to go to prison.

[@nbgoodiscore1303]

Even though they say the biggest amount of bs on tv after The Sun.

[@Rapzer-my8ev]

And it is a real risk, there are actual laws. The moment after 3:52 was cut, he was saying: “ If I support leaving Kherson, that’s article 280 part 1 “Publicly calling for violation of Russia’s territorial integrity”. Several years in prison. If I don’t support leaving Kherson, that’s article 280 part 3 “Publicly discrediting the actions of Russian armed forces”. Several years in prison. “

[@Luna.3.3.3]

Almost.... they bought their way out of lying with a 787$ price tag. They *_Should've_* done jail time for the blatant lies about Dominion

[@AloisAgos]

The paradox of Fox News saying they live in a totalitarian country, and repeatedly bashing their political opponents and spreading misinformation, is that if they actually did live in an autocratic state they would have been jailed, executed, or had "unfortunate accidents" a long time ago. In a sense, their continued existence invalidates their own claims.

[@davidwilliams3659]

@@nbgoodiscore1303 are you saying the sun as in the big yellow thing or the paper ?

[@KingCharles3]

The fact there are no independent TV channels says enough. A free country does not govern by fear.

[@Aengus42]

Tell that to the tories!

[@yurichtube1162]

The West doesn't have that either. They are all government funded.

[@fradiavolo9293]

Yet you banned RT in your country?🤦🏿‍♂️

[@RajSingh-xv9xk]

Yes because governing by lies works equally effectively.

[@IAm-NotHear]

@@yurichtube1162 Hahaha

[@Pin927]

I find it baffling that some Russians think they can use nuclear weapons without devastating consequences for Russia.

[@edc1569]

They don’t, most of that messaging is aimed at you.

[@stephenthwaite3115]

Same applies to the American neocons!

[@andrew6978]

@@stephenthwaite3115 "Same applies to the American neocons!" Had to get that in there didn't you. America isn't threatening to nuke the world.

[@stephenthwaite3115]

@@andrew6978 The neocons are!

[@pabloagusti5104]

​@@stephenthwaite3115 Source?

[@amazingman63]

Imagine openly admitting that dissagreeing with the government or even mentioning something puts you in jail and you think you're the free one.

[@arfhtg]

☠☠☠

[@renemartin5729]

Where's Julian Assange?

[@jurgeeen]

Wow, a country at war puts enemies of the state in jails? No way, never seen before

[@amazingman63]

@Max Efimov enemies of the state include little babushkas not wanting to go to jail so they agree with pootin? Teenagers who know if they speak out will be sent to "training" before being shipped off to die without papers?

[@arfhtg]

@@renemartin5729 1 he leaked documents 2 he was arrested for that nothing else

[@tepesvoda464]

"To have Russia as a neighbour is like living in the same house with a rabid dog ". Romanian proverb.

[@cuthomas4664]

Same with being neighbour of China

[@stephenthwaite3115]

Absolute nonsense!

[@karlanal1]

ask the mexicans about that

[@begun65vdal5]

Absolutely true! Ask the neighbours: Finns, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Polish... Or why Finland joined NATO?

[@karlanal1]

@@begun65vdal5 WHY????Somebody got payed pretty handsomely. I know a bunch finnish people and nobody cared really. NATO or not

[@trydowave]

A song about a nuclear missle? Crazy land.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

Indeed!

[@oldschoolpk]

Its normal😂 ask kim

[@teebodk3917]

@@oldschoolpk Yeah, I certainly remember some clips of those over-the-top-pretentious North Korean tv presenters refering to their "wonderful nuclear missiles" as if they were beloved family members.

[@AlexanderSergeevRus]

About weapon, not missile.

[@mrdamirets]

@@AlexanderSergeevRus SARMAT - is name of a missile.

[@gogalevus]

First they suspended freedom of speech, than the mind automatically adapts to shut itself, as they said it - "to control ones emotions".

[@ToniTortelini]

Russia becomes Panem and Moscow is the Capitol with president Snow in it.

[@rockykhan6338]

west is biggest hypocrite ..blocked russian narrative and websites and same west talk about freedom of speech!!!

[@dwaynedibley4294]

Don't think that's it, it's more I can think it but not say it. People aren't robots.

[@igor_pavlovich]

Yet its the US who created Ministry of Truth

[@cosmopolitanbay9508]

or else you end up like Tucker Carlson, Pierce Morgan or Andrew Tate

[@KentDonaldson]

This is what happens when a population is 'browbeaten' over many generations. Independent thought is expunged.

[@TillyOrifice]

There's a fair amount of independent thought in Russia. But it tends to keep its mouth shut.

[@sylvainh2o]

Putin and his Oligarch take all the money from the country while the population is ultra poor and yet they see him as a hero and supports him.

[@Crashed131963]

Luckily Young Russians do not watch cheap State TV, only old Putin supporters who all have one foot in the grave.

[@gallectee6032]

This is what happens when US economists rush to neoliberalize an economy without regard for instability and poverty that makes authoritarianism like that spur. Instead of attempting to make a successful democratic state, they rushed towards capitalizing the post USSR economy despite the well known but ignored consequences. The strategy is called the Shock Doctrine.

[@matheuss886]

1984-lite

[@user-ix9vu9ev4u]

As a Russian, I can confirm: no friend of mine is watching TV these days.

[@avalllex]

Я смотрю... смотрю на нем ютуб.

[@akulazolota3733]

достаточно находиться в среде сумасшедших, думая что они нормальные

[@sweety29may]

А я интересуюсь политикой с 8 лет и отлично разбираюсь. У нас высказываются разные мнения, но в целом - все правда. Этот ролик Гардиан - ловко вырванные из контекста для их выгоды фразы. Будьте умнее.

[@user-ix9vu9ev4u]

@@sweety29may приведите цитату, вырванную из контекста

[@sweety29may]

@@user-ix9vu9ev4u да хотя бы про использование ядерного оружия! Путин имел в виду Последний Удар. Ключевая фраза: "Нам не нужен мир без нас". Никто не собирается наносить ядерные удары ни по УКраине, ни по Европе вообще! Мы не можем проиграть, потому что эта война - война, развязанная коллективным Западом, а точнее - их сумасшедшими, зажравшимися хозяевами, амеровскими богатеями, за абсолютную власть в мире. И мы нанесем удар. Последний. По США.

[@capslocked7274]

A friend of mine is a primary school teacher in Kaluga and it's so hard for her, when kids keep asking her what's going on, and one wrong word could cost her her job and livelihood

[@sweety29may]

Я все могу правильно объяснить. Интересуюсь политикой с 8 лет, все хорошо понимаю.

[@JohnnyVS]

​@@sweety29may и почему тогда до февраля прошлого года на Белгород и всю Россию ни одна бомба не упала?

[@sweety29may]

@@JohnnyVS Потому что не было подходящих бомб. Когда их вам прислали, тогда вы их и стали на нас скидывать. А у вас какая версия?

[@JohnnyVS]

@@sweety29may а ты новости вообще не смотришь? На Белгород упали 2 российские авиационные бомбы.

[@sweety29may]

@@JohnnyVS Ваше ПВО постоянно по вашим домам попадает. Но вам, конечно, говорят, что это русские))))

[@pynn1000]

Excellent less than 7 minute summary. Thanks for this.

[@sweety29may]

People! DON'T believe this false video!!! Any opinions are expressed in our media. This Guardian simply pulled quotes from various people that were beneficial for his misinformation. This is an outrageous lie! Putin is winning the information war simply because we are telling the TRUTH! And only those who spread blatantly false information are put in prison, and this has been PROVEN! Nobody drove your Western media from Russia, they left themselves after the law on responsibility for spreading lies about Russia was issued.

[@Sjalabais]

If a presenter concludes "I won't tell you my opinion because I don't want to go to prison", on air, that’s a pretty stark reminder of what you're watching isn't an information source.

[@sweety29may]

These words are simply taken out of context. He meant that in difficult times, when there is a question of the existence of the country, it is not the time to "take the trash out of the hut." Yes, we have shortcomings, problems, but now it is not worth giving our enemies food for conclusions against us, now is not the time for self-criticism. For example, the Guardian managed to pull all sorts of phrases against us even from ordinary discussions.

[@Sjalabais]

@@sweety29may how does the phrasing fit in this example? Why would someone go to prison for their opinion?

[@sweety29may]

@@Sjalabais это не его мнение. Один из гостей провокационно предложил ведущему заявить во всеуслышание, что он против войны. Но сейчас наша страна находится в таком положении, что любое неосторожно сказанное слово может быть искажено нашими врагами и страна будет опорочена. Короче, не время сейчас болтать всё подряд, надо очень острожно высказываться. Именно к этому призывает наш новый закон. Поэтому ведущий отказывается говорить, что он против войны, потому что за подобные неосторожные высказывания сейчас предусмотрена уголовная ответственность. Мы все должны выступать в едином мнении, если хотим победить и не давать врагам повод нас разобщить. Вот о чем закон.

[@Sjalabais]

@@sweety29may but why would you want to win a war like that?

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

They simply don’t have a choice😂😂😂😂otherwise they might fall out of a12 story window while in a car for instance or swallow special tea 😂😂😂😂

[@gerry343]

Russia has changed the laws on the call up for military service in an effort to prevent young men from leaving the country.

[@fradiavolo9293]

And Ukraine?

[@gerry343]

@@fradiavolo9293 ?

[@fradiavolo9293]

@@gerry343 they're at war. The Ukrainians are kidnapping men off the street so they can go serve. The Ukrainians have refused to allow Ukrainians who study abroad leave so they can go serve.

[@briant5685]

@@gerry343 UKraine is forcefully kidnapping people as young as 16 year olds for enlisting into the military

[@jaylm4112]

I didn't even know that. Was it a large shift

[@bethburn3237]

“I’ve learned one very important skill… to shut my trap. It’s a lesson we should all learn”… says a commentator… on a talk show.

[@cosmopolitanbay9508]

Exactly, or else you end up like Julian Assange, Piers Morgan or Tucker Carlsson in a country, who isn't exactly in a war, just yet.

[@sweety29may]

These words are simply taken out of context. He meant that in difficult times, when there is a question of the existence of the country, it is not the time to "take the trash out of the hut." Yes, we have shortcomings, problems, but now it is not worth giving our enemies food for conclusions against us, now is not the time for self-criticism. For example, the Guardian managed to pull all sorts of phrases against us even from ordinary discussions.

[@Nikolasz1173]

@@sweety29may THX KGB

[@sweety29may]

@@Nikolasz1173 И что это значит? Расшифруй. Я не могу отслеживать все новые выдумки антироссийской пропаганды.

[@HardMironex]

​@@sweety29may chego polezli na Ukrajinu??? Svoyey zemli nehvatayet?

[@petermaclean9326]

Most people dont like to think, let alone try to justify their country starting a merciless war. It's just easier to listen and to believe...

[@grievetan]

Thinking in Russia is dangerous. You either will end up in jail like Navalny or will disappear without a trace.

[@karlanal1]

you are clearly talking about Us citizens

[@dylanbutts1628]

Incoming WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT !?!?! comments

[@Chogy1]

@@dylanbutts1628 what about palestine🤓

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

​@paper plane do you disagree?

[@Misha_59]

Это вы ещё не самые "лучшие" примеры взяли. У нас тут полно людей у которых рашизм головного мозга

[@lovecats_3346]

ну про соловьева один из лучших точно)

[@shmaldz]

Жаль что Красовкого с его призывами убивать украинских детей не вставили(

[@sergeypopov8279]

Молодец, подлизнул хозяевам. Съешь жёлудь и иди спать.

[@catsapp]

Посмотрим что ты начнешь петь через лет пять

[@xenus_xe]

@@sergeypopov8279 Твои хозяева из тебя швабру вытащить забыли, проверь.

[@roofowl]

OMG, I live in Russia, but haven't seen TV last two decades (I mean literally 20 years, since destruction of real NTV channel). Such a mad shame.

[@shawnmurphy8941]

Yeah, it’s almost like, as a country, or a loosely associated group of peasants, you should do something about that?

[@Iv4Bez]

да дело даже не в том что они несут чушь а в том что они несут тупую чушь. Американское тв хотя бы старается потому-что у них есть конкуренция С позитивной стороны, такими темпами их смотреть никто не будет

[@Oresei]

​@@shawnmurphy8941to get 15 years in jail?

[@jagosingh85]

Haha ..even the Russian people at the rally are LOOKING ANXIOUS!!

[@LMB222]

Those are employees of public companies. They were bussed there.

[@vintovkin]

budgetary workers who were forced to come to the rally. When you watch the videos they toomk on their smartphones you can hear that there's almost zero support but then you have quite a different picture on the telly. People fear. Cos noone wants to go to prison or die because even if you're in prison you're not safe anymore - you can be taken to the army.

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

It’s called rent-a-crowd not even Bollywood could get that many extras in that short notice

[@zutzun8230]

Russia never left the iron curtains. It was always known by former members hence why they are such staunch adversaries to their former overlord.

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

unlike UK and france，russia never decolinized，thats the problem

[@acchaladka]

Call that, "some Russians" - Putin is the old guard, many in the new generation - the million plus who fled the country - are democrats, want the prosperity and mostly the democracy, without fighting the 20th century over again.

[@DSAK55]

Russians never stop being serfs

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

@michal still not enough，china and russia are last remaining colonial power

[@ikmarchini]

@@DSAK55 Certainly not in their thinking.

[@firthm2]

I can't believe this is happening in 2023

[@aker9046]

'Those who never change their minds, never change anything.' - Winston Churchill

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

As a third person I think US is far Wacky these days

[@avlasting3507]

A tragic inheritance for young Russians. 💔

[@kparker2430]

deserved

[@cougars_3471]

@@kparker2430 no one deserve this, and i believe there is also a lot of russians out there that just want to live peacefully and living normally without having to worry about senseless war

[@kparker2430]

@@cougars_3471 understood, there is a clear gap between what you or anyone wants, and what is. Better to level up, leave emotions, deal with what has to be dealt with free of emotions; the emotions will send you mad.

[@lighterudite]

​@@kparker2430 You make it sound like emotion is a weakness but I assure its not. It's what makes one human and loving. The irony is that those russians are the ones devoid of emotion, thus their behavior. But look at Zach the Russian or Nikita or Russian A+, they are sane people with emotion, the future Russia should have.

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

Don't worry, the sane ones already fled russia when they had the chance.

[@intreoo]

The way they were so nonchalantly discussing destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure and causing a refugee crisis was disgusting. These people know what they’re doing, and are willing to go along with it.

[@avalllex]

But how humanly Colin Powell shook a test tube at the UN. Everyone knows what followed.

[@Ru_Imperialist]

Что сделаешь ты, если твоя страна начнёт бомбить другую, при этом это будет оправдываться тем, что их страна совершает геноцид одной этнической группы?

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

Here in the west we can challenge our bosses and nothing happens….In Russia they kinda don’t have no choice….if they don’t do as they are told then it’s a long drop from their position……or out of a window 😂😂

[@AnnoyingDog1997]

@@Ru_Imperialist БНР незалежний

[@Ru_Imperialist]

@@AnnoyingDog1997 ДНР, ЛНР тоже незалежний

[@vladlenafridman8085]

Russia is a paradise country for any dictator!

[@user-ti5lk5ch8n]

для любого нормального человека. Диктаторов здесь никогда не было

[@archiezm1349]

​@@user-ti5lk5ch8nPutin, Stalin, Lenin, the Tsars... pretty much they can be called dictators

[@user-ti5lk5ch8n]

Нельзя. Вчи историю, мать вашу. Для англо-саксов любой-кто им грабить не дает-тиран и диктатор. @@archiezm1349

[@YenZenBamboo]

1984 on an eternal loop

[@normanclatcher]

Not an instruction manual, but definitely a playbook.

[@cristianmicu]

literally everyone on earth( except Ukrainians fighting in their 4 provinces before 24 feb 2022 was living in peace, life kinda boring wasn't it? compared with after 24 February 2022 it was indeed boring

[@normanclatcher]

@@cristianmicu Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nagorno-Karabakh would disagree with that assessment.

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

@@cristianmicu They wanted to do something to support the war on either side of whichever, even if meant making enemies and facing disagreements.

[@frodoczy]

When I search for 'Ukraine' on KZbin, I only see the same three channels repeatedly.

[@detectivv]

sarcasm? i dont see 3 channels repeatedly. scroll farther. 😢

[@BerlinerFolker]

This is so similar to Hitler's Germany. Utterly evil 😈 😢

[@martinalfaro1317]

Bidens war

[@princecharming4708]

Or Churchill's Britain

[@RussianGolden]

Yes, I'm afraid it's slowly getting similiar more and more. I hate it here.

[@mrDredd1966]

A government should fear its people, the people shouldn't fear its government!!

[@meejinhuang]

Same with China.

[@stephenthwaite3115]

Detachment from China would be catastrophic for western economies.

[@_.YouTubeBad_.]

@@stephenthwaite3115 So it would be for China, that's why China is scared of invading Taiwan, can't handle the economic crash that would happen.

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

​@@stephenthwaite3115 oh it'll hurt, but not as much as it'll hurt china

[@stephenthwaite3115]

@@leonardusrakapradayan2253 You need to do more homework!

[@advancetotabletop5328]

@ST : You need to get a clue of what China imports vs. what it exports. Already, the western recession is impacting China with reduced demand for its cheap goods Americans don’t need. Meanwhile, China needs to import energy, food, and soon, water.

[@user-oq5rm9gi5o]

Кремлеботам привет!

[@Peacefulnessxxx]

Wow they seem to have more freedom of expression in terms of criticism unlike the uk where the deepest criticism of certain policies or people could be dangerous if done the wrong way like the NHS or Ukrainians

[@black_teratorn4163]

By this logic, USA have more traditions, Australia is safer and Nigeria is richer

[@ivydark9741]

They have BBC and SKY still openly operating in Moscow!

[@corporalsilver6981]

This entire war has been like watching Russia in a car crash but in slow motion.

[@shsh-he5qg]

Is that why 20% of ukraine has been lost ? 😂

[@juanmestre6195]

@@shsh-he5qg the 20% fraction of a country is not worth military 10.000 vehicles

[@mickeysimon3789]

@@shsh-he5qg 20% now? I remember in the beginning it was 30%. Okay lets wait couple of month 😂😂😂

[@whitelutik]

​@@shsh-he5qg you can't take one village in a province and declare the whole province conquered 😂 Russian logic

[@sweety29may]

People! DON'T believe this false video!!! Any opinions are expressed in our media. This Guardian simply pulled quotes from various people that were beneficial for his misinformation. This is an outrageous lie! Putin is winning the information war simply because we are telling the TRUTH! And only those who spread blatantly false information are put in prison, and this has been PROVEN! Nobody drove your Western media from Russia, they left themselves after the law on responsibility for spreading lies about Russia was issued.

[@pioneer7712]

I am 23, I live in Russia, most of the young population of large cities (from 20 to 40) does not support this war. Especially after the mobilization and the new law on conscription (violating the constitution). But unfortunately we can't do anything. The authorities prohibit any actions, and the police suppress any attempts to protest. We need peace!

[@minagood740]

поплачь ещё ну а касательно молодых то они всегда по большей части идут против потока лишь бы показать что они не такие как все

[@abrahamroe5148]

@@robertdownes793 It is very much not the same situation

[@woofkaf7724]

Сказал бы просто - страшно за себя. А что если бы не у них, то тоже самое было бы уже нас. Это так, мелочи. Интересно, тогда бы ты тоже сидел и вонял, что против? Может ещё и на их сторону встал? Да и кто тебе мешал власть сменить? Хотя последние предложения как показывают правоту моего первого.

[@Lostbutnotfound89]

Stay strong, I hope peace will come soon!

[@avalllex]

Товарищ майор за вами выехал 🤣

[@JimTimber]

It's like a series of Monty Python sketches

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

Yes the Orc army is

[@BillAngelos]

He's built quite the house of cards. 1 bad move will bring it all down.

[@skiddzjust1389]

no, a house of "slaves". They won't ever bring him down

[@mjl1966y]

Baby app... man, I really am curious to know what the average Russian whose worldview is shaped by Russian media really thinks of us. I imagine it would be... terrifying.

[@jonatand2045]

But also quite fragile if the right truths are delivered.

[@blud8875]

Try to think about it the other way around: your picture of us is shaped by your media. We basically have two identical things going on, each believing our own truth. Have you ever asked yourself if everything they tell you is actually true? What makes you think you are not being manipulated in the same way? Crazy times indeed. The truth is always somewhere in the middle, just as there's no total black or white, just gray. Russia is trying to capture the richest places in Ukraine-the mines-and, together with China, reshape the world in a way they want it to be, to fit their interests. The US is doing the same thing they always do: sending a huge amount of weapons, billions of dollars are being burned on the battlefield, their old business scheme keeps the economy alive.

[@empire_1703]

Нам говорят, что русских ненавидят европейцы и чиновники во всех странах Европы, кроме Сербии. Проблема в том, что частично это правда. Европейские политики запрещают выдавать визы россиянам, но ничего не делают с имуществом российских олигархов.

[@jonatand2045]

@@empire_1703 WAT?

[@krassav43g]

@@jonatand2045 21% ready to die in nuclear flames with you, 5% ready to overthrow putin - others inside spectrum

[@user-qt9vn1yj8x]

Imagine George Orwell 1984 in real life. Now, the things gets worse...

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Like...Russia declaring Total War on Germany?

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

1984 already exists…it’s called North Korea😂😂

[@Onatyrade]

Imagine if all the channels were FOX what you get is a country of sheep

[@lif6737]

1:34 I mean the fact they're literally discussing a Carlson clip says more than enough

[@josa3502]

Well said.

[@Spanish_Patriot]

Imagine if all channels were CNN.

[@karlanal1]

DYou dont have to imagine since all the channels you are getting is RRU only with different names. But i don't think you understand me so let me brake it down to you Meeee Mee MMeeee MMeeee

[@carelgoodheir692]

@@Spanish_Patriot Imagine if all the channels were one thing only. Except you don't need to imagine, it is the situation in a number of countries and Russia has joined that list.

[@robertbrennan2268]

Excellent analysis. Slava Ukraini!

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

Heroiam Slava!

[@renemartin5729]

Armchair hero.

[@Sparrows1121]

Zelensky rules!

[@sweety29may]

Да здравствует Россия! Правда за нами и победа будет за нами! Не верьте вашим западным СМИ, они - большие умельцы выдергивать нужные им фразы из контекста и все перевирать.

[@Mrfairchap]

Yes, exactly which part of “The war in Ukraine is lost” do Putin and Prigozhin NOT understand? It was lost in the first week when the Russian attack on Kiev failed. Now Putin faces Ukraine backed by a determined and united West who will never give in - his worst nightmare come true.

[@richardgreen3910]

I'm glad there's a counter weight to NATO

[@jaiselknotoff8698]

North Korea similarities people are afraid to speak out .

[@davidmccarter9479]

A nation living under duress.

[@MinecrafterZo26]

like looking in a mirror... as an american we are fed the illusion of free media, a people divided is what keeps the powerful in their positions of favored status quo

[@erenjeager9442]

I watch RT News.

[@mayaram2411]

That's why so many Russians just give up and say they're not political. The Soviet Union didn't fall that long ago, so many people remember how they had to live during that time, and have reverted back to old behaviors.

[@johnsch1988]

People lived happily . Therefore , tens of millions of Russians want to live back under socialism , and not under capitalism , where the rich are in power

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

Very true

[@tamolamo4698]

@@johnsch1988 Bulshit. I live in post soviet country ( not Russia ). and the only ones that lived "happily" where the ones in goverment, maybe some that had serious connections too, for everyone else mandaine things like coffe was considered a "luxury"

[@kalle911]

At the end of the day, who would want to spend 5-10 years behind the bars for speaking out against the war.

[@peterrose5373]

Sophie Scholl, but that's about it.

[@Aaronsmith-cu8ii]

I dunno Russian prisons are probably only slightly better that African ones

[@DNG12900]

Pretty standard stuff really, at least for those living in dictatorships.

[@acia4545]

That's why in Russia lots of people don't watch TV :) I don't know anyone who'd voluntarily watch any of these "talk shows"... never seen it myself

[@douglastakle8242]

The viewership numbers are still overall very high

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

И военкоров не слушают и в телеграмме не сидят?

[@sintetinis]

A great overview!

[@selbalamir]

Russia needs its hard drive to be turned off and then on again. That might fix it.

[@LMB222]

It did help Japan.

[@kparker2430]

full format

[@ahyesempiresandhermitcraft6825]

why am i watching this i am literally living here

[@MALITH666]

Nice summarization. The root of all this is Russia is in the path to become a failed state (since pre war) because their lack of access to a warm port. Putin knows this for a long time and hence choose the aggressive path of war on Black Sea countries to gain ports and consolidate power around the blacksea. Instead of choosing the more diplomatic approach - because being diplomatic is a threat to his dictatorship it self. So over time, Georgia, Crimea region, Ukraine now, Moldova... these were attacked, or violence was instigated. The mad man needs to understand war is not the answer for the future of Russia, but it only accelerates the eminent Russian collapse. PS: If anyone is slightest doubting the collapse, check Russia's declining workforce. The high pension debt. Amount of Foreign workers coming in against immigration outside. Then obviously this war is killing a lot, thousands of male population. Also again, importantly the amount of access to warm water ports. EDIT Apr 2023 : I am surprised some people are lazy to respond/comment without reading about warm-water ports. They are required for a continuous economy. Much of Russia'n Ports in north get frozen half of the year. BUT Russia is making newer ones with technology to break and remove the ice. HOWEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR - MOST OF Shipping lines do not use the northern route because its extremely costly, and so is the opportunity cost extremely high compared to the southern Indian ocean route. I know there are politically divided people here with their own egos. But the world/war/humans in general follow economy. The only way Russia to save it self is having access to southern ports. BUT, War is not the answer or how you go about it. Which you probably know already.

[@acchaladka]

I like your combination of geography and demography, compelling stuff. Add a little psychology to that: Putin was getting an awful lot of what he wanted via diplomacy and limited military engagements. His psychology of growing up in rat-invested projects in the big city, however, leads to a need for total domination. Or something like that.

[@DSAK55]

The root of all this is Russia is in the path to become a failed state because Russians never stopped being Serfs

[@elephantintheroom5678]

That's why he has a policy of stealing thousands Ukrainian children into Russia.

[@mattcannon8467]

Are you saying thus conflict in Ukraine is because Russia hasn't got access to a "warm port"? Nothing to do with the deaths of ethnic Russians in Donbass for the last 9 years?

[@kuschilop]

The root of all this is NATO endlessly expanding to the East.

[@jinnbuster4753]

Excellent analysis. Quite depressing.

[@sweety29may]

People! DON'T believe this false video!!! Any opinions are expressed in our media. This Guardian simply pulled quotes from various people that were beneficial for his misinformation. This is an outrageous lie! Putin is winning the information war simply because we are telling the TRUTH! And only those who spread blatantly false information are put in prison, and this has been PROVEN! Nobody drove your Western media from Russia, they left themselves after the law on responsibility for spreading lies about Russia was issued.

[@claudiomannoni5557]

North Korean or Russian now is the same

[@Durzo1259]

Not really. Russia is only oppressive by western standards, by the rest of the world's standards they're pretty middle ground. The freedoms we enjoy are not remotely standard.

[@ia_est_chebyrek]

Ahahahahaha no, it amuses me that you believe any media that is taken out of context and then comparing North Korea and Russia

[@k_7848]

thank you for covering this topic🔥

[@dexterello]

Well, actually, no. Rather, Putin is gradually losing even in the Russian Federation, as the soldiers continue to die, no results have been achieved at the front, and the relatives of the dead soldiers are constantly deceiving with payments.

[@dexterello]

@Play Google I'm talking about the fact that the soldiers are not paid salaries, and the relatives of the dead are told that he is missing, so as not to give posthumous payments.

[@Telencephelon]

You can also see this on 1420. I was shocked how restrained everyone is now

[@user-ib3qb5zn8u]

I am russian , I am sorry for this shame

[@net_vranie]

У меня те же эмоции. Думаю, нас не простят ещё минимум пара поколений. Россия - это мрак, страх, ужас, грязюка, быдлячество и нищета... И нет никаких надежд на будущее...

[@takix2007]

I'm sorry for you too. I have been to Russia some 15 years ago, really liked my stay there in Novosibirsk and Jekaterinburg. I know it is easier said than done, but you are most probably the only ones who can collectively do something about the situation... organize civil disobedience, leave for Kazakhstan, anything...

[@gort9374]

Do not be sorry friend, it is not your fault, it is the fault of the leaders

[@empire_1703]

​@@net_vranie где ты живёшь? Просто хочу тебе белое пальто подарить.

[@ITentrepreneur]

Так ребята, назовите-ка номера своих паспортов, пойдёте у меня по делу о дискредитации армии)

[@edc1569]

Fascinating to watch all of this from the position we are in.

[@vladrazym9955]

Especially from Ukraine

[@sweety29may]

People! DON'T believe this false video!!! Any opinions are expressed in our media. This Guardian simply pulled quotes from various people that were beneficial for his misinformation. This is an outrageous lie! Putin is winning the information war simply because we are telling the TRUTH! And only those who spread blatantly false information are put in prison, and this has been PROVEN! Nobody drove your Western media from Russia, they left themselves after the law on responsibility for spreading lies about Russia was issued.

[@centurionzen1005]

This is most likely intentional, but it's hard to tell what the Russian State media is lying about sometimes.

[@ITentrepreneur]

They're lying all the time about everyrything non-stop 24/7. Putin and his subordinates lie even when they say _"Hello"_

[@normanclatcher]

Obscurantism do be like that.

[@Teacher2Polis2XtraRice]

What goes up must come down. Even if you feel a million feet off the ground.

[@andreasottohansen7338]

1:06 Okay, this has gotten me curious, i have got to hear the full thing

[@dreamsteam8272]

It is never only one crazy man.... in germany it wasn't also not one single crazy man..... it was all the people who give him the power!!!

[@richardstewart6900]

I don't know Russia, can only go off and interpret, try to rationalise, what I see and hear, but I just get the feeling that there's a lot of folk over there not very happy. I'm thinking it's maybe like a pressure cooker with the safety valve fastened shut. And sooner or later, when they find out ..... And it HAS happened there before!

[@JamesSmith-ix5jd]

Find out what?

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

that the war (or special military operation) hasn't gone well....

[@fortnex9972]

Perfect info in 6 minutes. !! I hope others channels learn from you

[@sweety29may]

People! DON'T believe this false video!!! Any opinions are expressed in our media. This Guardian simply pulled quotes from various people that were beneficial for his misinformation. This is an outrageous lie! Putin is winning the information war simply because we are telling the TRUTH! And only those who spread blatantly false information are put in prison, and this has been PROVEN! Nobody drove your Western media from Russia, they left themselves after the law on responsibility for spreading lies about Russia was issued.

[@cobrakaineverdies4589]

So you’re just projecting exactly what the US does?

[@noahshantlinger7292]

Anyone else notice the stock footage at 4:05 has cars driving on the left, like in the UK, i.e., NOT Russia?

[@elois2002]

Russian media sometimes sounds like Fox News and others like Fox News...

[@johnhopkins6260]

Hence: "I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person".

[@normanclatcher]

Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.

[@rafajp6689]

Como se a mídia ocidental não mentisse.

[@JonyRotten]

Cultivated babies controlled by smart phones. Next week Tucker will be saying that about democrats and liberals. Their media format seems very similar to Fox News.

[@elizabethsproule5227]

Indeed so.

[@Paul_C]

Little difference between the UK and Russia.

[@elizabethsproule5227]

@@Paul_C In what respects are they similar?

[@ruleamericana2301]

I wish fox news was as right wing as you claim. Most are just neo cons barley even right wing. Besides tucker they are all pro ukraine

[@drdoc7508]

russian tv is like a bad movie

[@realhawaii5o]

4:06 this image is tripping me out... It feels like Russia (not just the snow but the buildings and the road signage too) but the vehicles are driving on the left.

[@EeroMyrsky]

Northern Japan, maybe? Those look like Japanese crosswalks to me

[@MikesGlitch]

might be that the image is mirrored

[@AngloSaks666]

Looks pretty much like Russia. Probably just a mirrored image.

[@MrSumkinFedor]

It's just fliped video

[@MrSumkinFedor]

@@MikesGlitch it is

[@ryltair]

As someone who's vitals are controlled by an app, I can attest it's incredibly inconvienent when my provider has network issues.

[@stevejones8101]

It is difficult to imagine how hard this must be ... for the Guardian news group.

[@VarlamDWMA]

ahhaa, exactly

[@tanyamo9726]

Thank you for your review! I'm watching it from Russia and it's very important for me to have an alternative opinion.

[@BillVolo]

We Ukrainians knew we live next to North Korea 2, but we didn't think we neighbouring Northern Pole Korea

[@cruzada07]

Nobody: Russia: let's sing about nato america and sanctions

[@shanew3293]

The Hague is waiting for these fools

[@Claus-dx2qy]

"A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." (Winston Churchill)

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Also Batman

[@Claus-dx2qy]

@@vice.nor.virtue A Phantom, inside a Shadow of the Dark🌑.

[@tandrichter]

That was the problem with Churchill... He couldn't understand Soviet Union's threat to Europe and democracy in a most crucial historic moment and by signing off half of Europe to Stalin at Yalta haunts us all and costs Ukraine with people's lives and Britain itself and NATO member states.

[@aurimeskis]

where someones freedom starts there is someone freedom ends

[@Lorendrawn]

4:10 - DOTA 2. Some things never change.

[@loadedmusic3192]

The hypocrisy is uncanny

[@constantinuslefug2874]

Western media monopolies criticize eastern media monopolies.

[@loadedmusic3192]

@@constantinuslefug2874 Never-ending cycle

[@tombranch2261]

How so?

[@72stones43]

When you walk into a bar, you ask if there are any Putin Russians in here.

[@user-sz2yi6hj2l]

Now you guys know how difficult it is to live in my country

[@erlingrognhaugen5509]

What happended at 4:05? suddenly they are driving on the left side..

[@Ali-sYT]

says the "The Guardian" British Govr funded channel 😂😂😂

[@leemiguel3437]

What a bizarre country.

[@maxcooper1957]

What’s that song in the beginning

[@MrIwan18]

Scary…..

[@presidentofukraina]

Ruzzia is kaput now 😭😂

[@lordoftherings999]

Great work of synthesis 😊 Russia is a fairy tale 😂😂

[@JC-jv5xw]

4:05 why are the cars driving on the left of the road?

[@MrSumkinFedor]

mirrored video

[@thedubwhisperer2157]

1:07. Ahh, the dictatorship's staples - silly hats and silly walks. Monty Python would have been proud!

[@aker9046]

I remember the phrase 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' from 2003.

[@shesanicon7411]

"To disarm Iraq and free it's people"