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[@VICENews]

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[@moodguitar410]

We know that we are all young people who still have lots of futures and new things to do. ignore putin!! do not follow his ambition!! he's just an old geezer who will soon die. while we are still young friends... don't we want to see our parents proud, and our younger siblings smiling all the time and spread kindness to others??? Putin is poison for Russia's youth. putin is the only person who made thousands of parents' tears fall because of the loss of their beloved child.. millions of younger siblings are sad because they were abandoned by their older siblings Isn't your family more important than a territory??? don't you love your mother more than a lump of land?? do you know for whom the land you fought for desperately in the battlefield??? for your mother??/for your sister/for your father??? and you just realized that you are doing all this silliness just for the fun of that old grandpa named PUTIN.!!! who are said to be animal lovers children lovers womenizer look.....how many thousands of animals he has killed...look at how many lives of children have died pinned to the ruins of buildings, how many millions of children have cried because they lost their parents because of PUTIN!!! Don't you young Russian youths have no mouths to scream!!!!!????? do you have hands and feet to fight??? are you that loser to see your country made sad by parents who are not sane!!!!! think about it, O young Russian youth!!! we can live more relaxed friends ☕ start lining up neither the West nor the Elien will destroy Russia. But it is Putin who will be the destroyer of Russia. ahh..never mind

[@мыпойдемвадновадумыбудемлучшим]

You are a good source of fake!

[@aleksanderfradkin7955]

I want to see more statistics on the immigration to Russia vs the USA

[@lexiyoutube]

@@мыпойдемвадновадумыбудемлучшим теперь ты переходишь на личности.....

[@мыпойдемвадновадумыбудемлучшим]

@@lexiyoutube why don't you come and check and then comment?

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

Huge respect to all anti-war protesters all around the world.

[@sigmaputin6888]

America is No.1 war criminal rouge country

[@yurichtube1162]

Nato is the problem, not Russia

[@God-w-]

War is fun, it’s make me money 💰

[@DavidRGD]

And 2 people whose replies were obliterated out from the existence suggest otherwise I had noticed. Now they gonna say it's a "violation of free speech"....

[@GeetMonke]

@@God-w- cap

[@aznexile602]

Thank you for doing what may be a dangerous job at times to show the world what is happening through an unfiltered lense.

[@hellohypo2009]

Speaking up and or out. It's just something some people do.

[@Evercreeper]

@Epic yeah you right, unfiltered is just raw footage. Not saying Vice is wrong here, but you are right to say that it is filtered

[@Goooooo000]

lol

[@Evercreeper]

@Epic ok meme channel I will believe fox news

[@adambussert3383]

@@Evercreeper Fox News proven liers , believe them sheep

[@razerone49]

This guys photo’s are a great example of amazing photojournalism. Major respect to him for going to these places and putting himself in danger to get the shot🙌

[@U.H8]

💙🙏🏻💛💫💫

[@ИванДятлов-т6е]

Quote : "Photos of police officers who are fighting against their citizens." Ha ha - and in the USA and Canada, they don't beat anyone. )) Watch the video from France with the crackdown on protests. )) This video is for fools and for Navalny. Give this photographer an Oscar soon.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@ИванДятлов-т6е В США и Канаде тоже критикуют полицыю, это не значит что в Росии всё нормально.

[@RussianSmacker69]

@@ИванДятлов-т6е Found the paid shill

[@lobstershonor6069]

Only Respect for ukrainin Police officers who is Not shootin on ukrainian and russian citizens. Respect for all russian seperatists and russian soldiers !!!

[@Dahrenhorst]

I'm happy that I'm in my mid sixties now, living in Western Europe. I'm still living a rare dream of human society: a whole lifetime without war and carnage around. This was probably a first for several thousand years in this parts of the World. Unfortunately, it looks like this rare occurrence is slowly coming to an end. Some of the most powerful people in the World simply hate the concept of freedom and peace and are willing to start wars again, simply to stroke their egos, and just in the next but one country there is already a war as brutal as they come.

[@wilhelmu]

peace doesn't end magically by itself. peace is created and sustained by the people. the people wasted the peace, and the people created tyranny. the people wage wars now. yes, that means that you and I (even though I'm half your age) are to blame for the current state of events. these powerful people didn't come to power and stay in power by magical or supernatural means. For me, I never even went to elections in my country until evil people came to power and started doing evil things, I took democracy and peace and economic progress for granted.

[@jrknsOFF]

I'm sure it's not really coming to an end in Europe. This war was initiated by a mad and insecure dictator, and for just two reasons: revenge on the country he couldn't keep under his boot, and the complete lack of anything worthwhile to show his country in an attempt to win some voters. Putin is a face everybody is tired of - Bolotnaya protests started in 2011 because Putin took the seat again, after Medvedev, and at that point, a larger amount of people who were dissatisfied with him took to the streets to protest. Later, in 2014, Putin took the opportunity to annex Crimea and fuel propaganda to make some kind conqueror image for him. Then, Putin has completely turned away from his previous rhetoric of democracy and progress, which, among other things, he had been using to fool people into supporting him; his new plan was to play the older generation, to leverage revanchism, to do what every failing dictator does because they have nothing good to present as the results of their rule - found an enemy on the outside and blamed them for all the problems that he himself actually created, and, like any fascist would, filled the media with noise of fear and anger so that nobody could ever have a moment to stop and think. Someone of your age, living in Western Europe, definitely recognizes tones of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Salazar's Portugal here, perhaps, and for a good reason - there are now old, obsolete, and unimaginably outdated regimes that have been gone for decades now. Russia, too, is outdated - it's a developing country, and has been for many centuries. The gap between Russia and the countries that comprise the first world may have grown smaller in last several decades, but it surely never sealed; no leas important is the fact that it never sealed in the minds of the people who usurped the power in Russia and have been parasitizing on the country, its allies, and everyone else for over 20 years, while carefully rooting their old and hateful beliefs and principles (or lack thereof, rather) in the minds of the rest of the population. The vast majority of the Russian government, in its each and every form and institution, are either bandits (like Putin and his gang) or happy benefactors. Fortunately for everybody on this planet, Putin is no different from any other dictator in that he's built a personalist regime, either killing his opponents and critics or scaring them to death. Every imaginable circle of his, inner or outer, is comprised entirely of people everyone would call cowards, incompetent fools, criminals. Once Putin, the leader of their gang, is dead, they will either attempt to flee with as much wealth they stole over the years, or turn on each other to try and stay in power, become the power, just to steal even more - and either way results in death of the regime the moment Putin dies, because the entire government of Russia is just a number of pathetic benefactors and perpetrators who could only thrive under a criminal regime like Putin's, and they won't be able to build one on their own, for they lack the courage, ways to fool everyone into supporting them, and any competence, even in the criminal affairs. So, I say let's forward with hope and reasonable optimism. Ukraine will win, and Putin will lose in each and every way as a dictator, his rule will lose, and so will his supporters. Ukraine will grow richer and happier, free at last and hopefully for good, as Russia steps to the post-dictatorship phase of its development like any other failed empires did.

[@godleftelmo7710]

Pretty dumb take tbh. The current system and its ideology is flawed in the west and even more so in russia thats why war is here.

[@LuisC7]

You had it good. Us younger guys have everything against us. Not to be like other people say: "oh, screw boomers", but I'm happy that you could build a life like that. I hope I can too and all this subsides

[@nikchernikov1700]

Just open your eyes and see that all three described scenes in this video were related to russia: russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, protest against pro-russian president Viktor Yanukovych, protests inside russia. russia is the most powerful state of tyranny and terrorism you can imagine. Don’t just be against all the bad things in the world, make a difference, see the main problem that is russia

[@blopjones1665]

Vice has been killin it lately.

[@themanonmars]

Vice has always been fast at putting out their narrative

[@lukestreet2346]

@@themanonmars theyre killing it when its exposing russia but not the uk

[@budgetking2591]

@@themanonmars if you dont call this journalism, then you never seen journalism in your whole life.

[@stanlee6829]

Lately⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ U mean you’ve just been paying attention lately ‼️

[@Ayreez1]

They’re trying to find a buyer because they’re going bankrupt so they’re putting out less stupid nonsense

[@michaelcalabro4553]

Great photographs. Thank you Sergey (and Vice) for showing what needs to be seen.

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Sad to say that people wouldn't be so grateful if that same unfiltered lens was turned on their own country. Look into the comments section of any Vice video on America, and you'll see what I mean.

[@kiemugen9830]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 my guess its some mental defending mechanism, reverse psychology

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

@@kiemugen9830 I'd call it nationalism. These days, Americans flirt with ultra-nationalism pretty regularly. Anything critical of their own country isn't comprehensible for them. There's a pretty deep psychology and sociology of nationalism, but there are other good resources for that once you know what you are looking for.

[@lobstershonor6069]

"needs" lol

[@lobstershonor6069]

Fascists in ukraine, thats what we need to See..

[@YouCareMoreThanMe]

Their police look better equipped than their army

[@schloops8473]

Police in a criminal dictatorship are a long term investment while mobilized and conscripts are just a crop that they'll replace by a further crop.

[@ChiuaruStefan]

Of course. Those braindead slaves are Putler’s first line of defense. He knows his people are his nr. 1 enemy. Sadly, the common russian does not know that.

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Thats normal for our policw as well and its a disgrace

[@WiRELeSS_G_13]

It's the biggest country in the world with a huge population and a currupt government... What did you expect some advanced call of duty army? Remember they still have the numbers.

[@jokuvaan5175]

They actually might be. Because the most likely party to threaten an authoritarian government rule is always going to be the people of the country. Equipping police well and paying them well keeps them loyal to the regime and ensures the safety of the government from its people. And coutries like Russia haven't really had any external threats to worry about due to their nuclear arsenal and large size acting as deterrant, so they have been fine with deterioating quality of army equipment to certain extent. Democracies on the other hand don't need such heavily equipped and large police force to keep the people down because the people have a way to throw out a disfunctioning and corrupt government without having to use violence.

[@denvernelson]

I love hearing his closing words. And the photos are so powerful, often saying more than words. But to hear the background of each photo is important. For better understanding is very important.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@genadiyrool]

It's vice. They obviously edited the 4:23 part, when he probably said "rubber bullets" to make it more dramatic, and who knows what else

[@sashaspano588]

@@genadiyrool you sound like a tool

[@erikmartin5344]

Sergey Ponomarev is not only an incredibly brave journalist; he is an absolutely phenomenal photographer. Every photograph shows so much emotion, and is framed so perfectly. It is difficult to stand out as photojournalist in 2023, when cameras are ubiquitous, people know how to use them by the time they are three years old, and the world is as hyperconnected as it is now. But he manages to stand out with every single photograph he publishes, nearly all of which were taken with substantial risk to his own personal safety.

[@Sjalabais]

Beautiful series, giving access to brave photographers from around the world. Thank you!

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@AnythingYashubh]

You look like a spammer, sent by Biden!

[@Marc-.]

That’s a bot name fr

[@studiogigantredeyeproducti9036]

Ya 1 way only 😂

[@Sjalabais]

@@Marc-. It's just not something people would remember or track.

[@Gdub33]

The title is misleading. But good video. That last photo of the riot police in masks is terrifying. Something you'd see out of 1984.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@no1noob194]

or Canada 2022

[@Fechual]

@@no1noob194 Cry harder for morons who don't want to take basic precaution for their fellow Citizens. Well you dullards won, Covid 19 death has been adopted as part of life. In the US it is still killing 400-500 people each day. "Just a sniffle"

[@tomwobus1482]

​@@no1noob194 It is the international standard for police forces nowadays... If your job is to beat down protesters it might influence with your private life if one of them is your neighbor or friend and he might recognize you while working😶😶😶

[@APPR3NTIC3]

@@no1noob194 Oh did Canada use snipers against protestors?

[@rogazrok]

I was on Pushkinskaya Square after the arrest of Alexei Navalny. It was very scary when knights in armor go out against the unarmed

[@Siko7000]

Great that journalism is slowly becoming journalism again 👍

[@smallpeople172]

It always was journalism...

[@bakedcookiezzz]

@@smallpeople172 not russias journalism

[@Almighty_Mage]

@@smallpeople172 it was more of a commentary on the quality of journalism rather than the qualification of the work

[@joemammon6149]

western journalism is still a vessel of western propaganda. "moderate" Syrian rebels are hardcore jihadists. the snipers at Maidan protests were firing from buildings controlled by the protestors. Crimea doesn't want to go back to 404.

[@soothing_de4th863]

This is prapaganda

[@Yassified3425]

And at the same time there are these westerners who say that Russia is the only free country in the world. If they said the same thing in Russia, but the opposite way they would get jailed or fined.

[@firstlast8258]

Muh freedumbs 🤪

[@obosranecc2938]

Who says that? Gimme examples

[@rifan4703]

Can you tell me what Russia has to do with the video if we are talking about Ukraine? And yes, who told you such nonsense that you would be imprisoned in Russia? Do you live in some kind of parallel universe?

[@d.b.2215]

@@rifan4703 we're not talking about Ukraine in this comment thread. Who's talking about Ukraine?

[@Yassified3425]

@@rifan4703 It's not that hard to find information on how many people have been arrested for "Discrediting the Russian armed forces". Not to mention how anyone who says something bad about Russia or it's government they get arrested and labeled as a "Foreign Agent". Or how any opposition to the Kremlin get's sent to a penal colony.

[@amorem4660]

This is spine-chilling and should be unfathomable in our modern day and age. My heart goes out to the Russian people.

[@5kr3aminMunk33]

They brought it upon themselves

[@rediii9239]

@@5kr3aminMunk33 exactly, they brought it on themselves and Ukrainian civilians women and children are being raped but ohhhh I feel so bad for the Russian people.

[@Winterstarf]

@@5kr3aminMunk33 :)

[@The_universal_cynic]

Nice to see that there are some people out there that still see the Russians as human beings. Ever since the beginning of this work, racism is apparently okay, but only as long as it's against Russians. I see some of the most heinous things being written about Russians that their orcs subhuman evil people. Russians are just like everybody else. They hurt, they bleed, they're scared and just want to live decently and meaningfully.

[@slothsarecool]

Russian people don’t care about themselves or anyone

[@corey2232]

Still so upsetting how they did Navalny like that... Massive respect to him for having the guts to go back to a country that just tried to poison him, knowing full well he'd be arrested on some bogus, trumped up charge.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@Dizle81]

If you betray your country that could happen, my country you can kill a politician and walk around like a free man after 12 years ,not really a good system either.

[@Cleeon]

How the current condition of Mr Navalny?

[@Dizle81]

@@Cleeon He won a oscar 😂

[@Cleeon]

@@Dizle81 but, from what I remember, he is not American citizens, but Russian residents, and even not Hollywood actors, different with Mr Dmitri Medvedev, I know he is Russia politician, but even the lifetime Russian Federation president Mr Vladimir Putin ever admitted, sometimes Medvedev do some acting as needed, are you in Russia? I have heard Mr Dmitri Medvedev even richer than the president Mr Vladimir Putin and all other elite, which is amaze us but also make us wondering🤔💭, is that really true?

[@activatekruger446]

"Three days to take Kyiv" they said "We'll be welcomed as liberators" they said

[@HalloweeN245]

US even made it 20 years to capture Afghanistan and yet, they can’t even defeat donkey riding Talibans who were not even supported by a NATO country and now, the Talibans are thanking US for donating their military equipments to them. How ironic

[@xandr13]

@@HalloweeN245 US controlled Afghanistan for as long as they were there. russkies couldn't manage even that much.

[@activatekruger446]

@@HalloweeN245 You realize Russia lost in Afghanistan too, right??

[@HalloweeN245]

@@xandr13 But hey, US vs donkey riding Talibans? Really? “The best in the world army” can’t even defeat Talibans who don’t even own fighter jets. Don’t make me laugh 😂

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

@@activatekruger446 just let him overdose on copium

[@alenatim3837]

На этой неделе были очень красочные разгоны протестов в Гааге, во Франции... полиция избивала мирно протестующих беззащитных людей дубинками, швыряли их на землю, под колеса автомобилей, сбивали их струей воды - а ведь совсем еще не лето... Ведется подготовка к разгону протестов в США... ждем впечатляющих фотографий из этих демократических мест.

[@3ejiu6o6a3]

ему за это не платят, а если сделает эти фото и опубликует то станет не нужен западным СМИ

[@mojibake7868]

It's a shame that these wars exist. It causes people to hate each other, while they could be working and learning together.

[@samuelsamenstrang6069]

blame putin

[@SDS007fi]

Well, one people come to kill other people because they exist. Not sure how we can work with them.

[@mojibake7868]

@@SDS007fi They only come to kill because of their governments and their propaganda. It doesn't serve the people, war only serves the ones in power. Without the war these young men and women would go study, maybe go abroad, and work with people from all over the world. Now they're being blown to bits, and with every death the hate against the other side increases. It's a shame really, it feels so unnecessary. But what do I know as a 'simple' civilian.

[@vladavuckic5262]

@@samuelsamenstrang6069 Blame West for non stop spread toward Russia.

[@JohnJohn-bz1lq]

@@samuelsamenstrang6069 I blame the west

[@Tailspin07]

Fantastically composed technically perfect photographs in the middle of situations of extreme duress, really amazing work

[@U.H8]

💛👍🏻💙💫💫

[@jefffstone]

Dudes, protests are not only happening in Russia and Ukraine. From the recent - they were in France and Moldova. There, too, protests were suppressed. And there is no need to be hypocritical, saying that the suppression of protests in France and Moldova is necessary, but in Russia and Ukraine it is unacceptable. And there is no dark Russia with an evil Putin who wants war just like that, and a bright Europe that always wants only world peace. There is simply geopolitics. A chess game tens and hundreds of years long. Usually the chess pieces just move around the field and the opponents show fake smiles to each other. But when two figures are close and the interests of opposite sides collide at one point, a war begins in that place. And this will continue until the countries have something to share and what to fight for. As long as everyone strives for superiority over others, setting conditions, instead of considering everyone equal to each other and together strive to improve society.

[@theglitch312]

Call me back when France employs snipers to shoot and kill protestors. Or better yet, call me back when France starts arresting people for being against the war. Or even, for the war. Because calling it a war has been made illegal.

[@reallymentalpig1173]

@@theglitch312 **ring ring**

[@lucidrain9469]

these are some of the best series vice puts out. the P.O.V pictures straight from the journalist's eye.

[@Onlyme.n.u]

Well done to Vice and this brave Russian photographer 👏 to show and spread the reality is much harder nowadays. Let's pray for peace and love this world in needs desperately. 🙏

[@vilsonherra3329]

Reality is different from what you try to believe 😉

[@paolohill6414]

Ah yes, "reality". Defiantly what you will find on 2023 vice news. Def not bought out by US gov.

[@мыпойдемвадновадумыбудемлучшим]

These are the anti Yeltsin protests of the 1990s. The police had those uniforms which were abolished in 2000.

[@tylerelissa6377]

@@vilsonherra3329 the 141 countries that support Ukraine would say otherwise. Only 6 countries would agree with you

[@elaishh3533]

Uk imprisoned 3300 for online speech- Russia had 500 during the same period.

[@mariadekelver2240]

Sergei thank you for this video, I hope you do more. We hear so little on news channels and then one questions the content. STAY SAFE.

[@peachymeechie1844]

I love what he said that "photography is the eyes of society"! So very true. A photograph doesn't need language to be explained or translated like news does. Photos can go a long way in showing a situation, or the aftermath of a situation! It can also show us what needs to change in this world, and frankly speaking I'd say Putin needs to be the 1st change made to free the Russian people from their state of repression! People pretend like they don't know what's going on, or that as long as it doesn't affect them personally they don't care. BUT... I guarantee when they lay down their heads at night and begin to think... They wonder why all this is happening, and wonder who and how to stop it before it's too late! I grew up with the saying, "There's good and bad of every kind of people." And I know that probably 80%of people do have good intentions for their fellow man . The problem is getting those 80% to stand up and do something. Like he said they take 10% of protesters away, and the others are probably so afraid they just give up. Imagine if the roles were reversed!?!? Then they'd have to give up instead of the protesters!! So come on Russia please be brave and stand up for your fellow man. This thing in Ukraine needs to stop, and only one man can stop it! Dead or alive, he could stop this evil! We just need the right people to stand up and fix it!

[@archarovec]

President Zelensky came to power, calling "peace" his main goal, but did everything so that there would be no peace. Even now he travels around the world and demands more and more weapons, and as long as they give him them, he will continue war. Obviously

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@Fillipok]

Mmm, first offer Russia acceptable terms for ending the conflict, and then we'll discuss it. Why should we Russians capitulate and plunge our country into chaos? No, sorry. I won't allow it. Russians are for peace, but for a peace that will take into account the interests of Russia. You left no other choice to adequate Russians. Not a single adequate Russian will wish his country terrible grief, defeat, which will lead to ten years of reparations, the destruction of the army, the renunciation of nuclear weapons, the taking of power under external control and other horrors of capitulation.

[@AlxzAlec]

@Starship Captain See how France handles their protesters lol…

[@vladimir.zlokazov]

Very sorry to say that but as long as people have something to loose they would think twice before protesting. In today's Russia you risk a lot. You risk your livelihood, your property, your freedom, health and sometimes life. Even if you do not care for yourself you have family members who could be targeted. A head of investigations branch of Navalny's organisation (ACF International) Ivan Zhdanov has to witness from abroad his elderly father getting imprisoned on fake charges. A recent story of a girl being separated from her single father and placed in a youth care center for making an antiwar drawing at school is also telling (father was first detained and then put under house arrest). I often hear accusations from the Ukraininans that Russians who are against the war should start an armed resistance. It's very unlikely to happen or succeed. An organized Ukrainian army increasingly armed by the West is barely holding against the Ru army. What could unorganized unarmed civilians do against a millions-stong repression apparatus armed with the best surveilance and technology. Moreover any armed resistance that would immediately get squashed would play right into Putin's hands ("See, they are arming against us, we need to defend our country!") Another point I hear is that if Ukrainians could achieve victory on the Maidan in 2014, why can't the Russians? The difference is that in Ukraine the consolidation of power never got to such a state as in Russia. In 2014 there was opposition in the Ukrainian parliament, there were major opposition media outlets and large business groups that supported the pro-EU protests. So it wasn't just a grassroots protest. In Russia however the consolidation of power, influence and capital in Putin's hands happened long before major protests took place in 2011 and 2012 and by then there was neither opposition in the parliament, nor media channels independent from the government, nor any largescale business willing to support the protests.

[@georgetware2098]

The forgotten heroes at a time when everyone says "They're all responsible"

[@spartakdauti9783]

Whatch the protests in Paris to see what's a police state.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@spartakdauti9783 "Whataboutism" is a Soviet-pioneered propaganda technique, whereas cricitisms are not answered directly, but distracted from by pointing out something that somebody else did. Whether the counter-accusation is actually relevant or stands up to criticism is not important, the intent is only to divert the attention of the audience.

[@archer8849]

@@paulgibbon5991 no u

[@georgetware2098]

@@spartakdauti9783 Ah you mean France, a country where it's actually legal and even renown worldwide for its protests? Great point

[@n74wilson33]

So much respect to the Russian people who just want to live in peace from a corrupt government.

[@Tacodip420]

All governments are corrupt

[@GoodBye618]

Thank you so much

[@timetraveler9218]

As much as Americans like to say this and that about both parties atleast we are still allowed to say Biden sucks or Trump sucks, or we can public express disapproval for what elected officials do or the military does. And can challenge/or run against the other party without worry of poison or being arrested.

[@odysseusoodysseuso2784]

Yes be proud to have a selection of leaders that suck

[@moniumus6303]

Oddly some say that that isnt true for some reason

[@timetraveler9218]

@@odysseusoodysseuso2784 Well that I don't disagree with but I can still publicly say I don't like our leaders or officials.

[@timetraveler9218]

@@moniumus6303 Some like to use fear words to scare their followers into following them blindly.

[@vincentvanmeow]

But what can’t we say? Kanye, do you have an opinion?

[@susansmith9263]

Thank you Vice News and Sergey Ponomarev, for your outstanding reporting. 💙💛

[@xonious9031]

protestors are generally CIA- are you an adult?

[@susansmith9263]

@@xonious9031 trolling Vice News a lot. Must be a Kremlin financed troll. 10 rubles per comment.😆😆

[@kingconstantinusthesadisti133]

@@susansmith9263 Remember, good stories like this are from third party source, not from vice. They just rich dude buying other people stuff. While their original staff focusing on making politically bia$ stories.

[@susansmith9263]

@@adilnizam2120 u getting paid in Kremlin rubles, otherwise u wouldn't be here trolling..😆😜

[@microvvaveoven]

​@@susansmith9263 не хрюкай

[@bretonfou7046]

As a French, I would very much like VICE to cover police violence during the recent protests against the pension reform. Obviously they won't because that would expose the ongoing hypocrisy and double standard of Western "democracy".

[@EM2theBee]

This is what happens when authoritarian regimes take over.

[@vitalipopkhadze369]

💯 Exactly!

[@rahrahrobbbieee]

Welcome to our nightmare...

[@firstlast8258]

@@rahrahrobbbieee speak for yourself

[@EM2theBee]

@@edilioa3964 your conspiracy theory being??...

[@potatofuryy]

Photographic journalism really has a special place in my heart.

[@torrent1615]

Bullets. What are you on about. You should see what is happening in France. Total nightmare. This guy completely failed to mention that Russia, very legally, are allowed to have their army there. They were renting the ports in Mariupol. That Navaly guy is not even a politician, he does not even have an army. His daughter was in college in San Francisco. Where did an unemployed person find the money to house and pay for that education San Francisco is not cheap.

[@IamTuxedo]

Amazing photography Sergy! He has a gift to capture these moments. Anyone can take a picture but not everyone can capture the story with it👏🏽👏🏽

[@A1lexander]

Well said, buddy!

[@jouuueee]

I hope this guy still out there working. Good job young man. Takes a lot of courage to do what you're doing. I for one really appreciate it and respect it

[@mansingpowar1971]

Vice is back baby. Biggest comeback of 2023 needed, great channel when presenting unfiltered info

[@l10n0]

Very good report, I truly enjoy the descriptive aspect of the photography - it is vital to tell stories behind them. One remark is that it is Kyiv, not Kiev(Kyiv is the original and correct translation from Ukrainian into English, Kiev is from Russian). Thank you Vice for your work!

[@redtapecollection3363]

Cut the crap with that bullshit. Do you write in English Deutschland or Germany? Is it Suomi or Finland? Do you say Hellas or Greece? The same principle applies here as well. For all the English speakers - Kiev, for the Ukrainians in their native tongue - Kyiv.

[@l10n0]

No need to get so worked up :) The correct form has been Kyiv, since the Tenth United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names in 2012. However, because of Russian influence, it was comfortable for other countries to keep calling it Kiev. Right now it is important, first of all for Ukrainians, whose country is under unjustified attack, to be regarded in according to law and their native language, Ukrainian. If for some reason it is hard for you to learn another spelling of a 4-letter name of the capital, well then, it is not my problem. Kind regards

[@L_Train]

I think this was filmed a few years ago when the world widely used the Russian pronunciation. Plus this journalist has a Russian background so it's natural for him to use Kiev.

[@ИванДятлов-т6е]

The most delusional comment on this video

[@AlexanderSergeevRus]

@@l10n0 You are making false conclusions from the work of the UN Commission. This Commision create a set of RECCOMENDATIONS, not obligations.

[@v1ntex740]

As Crimean citizen, I can say, that it’s true, what he is talking about, and he is strong person, who is against government. I’m Russian, and he fights, everyone should fight, but majority of people don’t want so…

[@venturingwgio115]

This is why Photography is very important, ever since I learned about the first photos taken of New York City back when it was filled with garbage on the streets & immigrants living in small spaces i then seen the power of photography. Even now I am shocked seeing these pictures and videos. I live in Houston Texas but my heart goes out to all suffering around the world. We see your pains and we feel for you.

[@АлександрБелл-ц2ж]

Hello from Russia)how are things in texas?

[@venturingwgio115]

@@АлександрБелл-ц2ж things are okay I guess, In my area a lot of shootings happening back and fourth so I watch my back often around here lol how is it in Russia?

[@АлександрБелл-ц2ж]

@@venturingwgio115 no better things

[@venturingwgio115]

@@АлександрБелл-ц2ж I hope things are looking better for you today

[@АлександрБелл-ц2ж]

@@venturingwgio115 thank you)

[@valentynknyaziev3524]

A stark difference in protests. Where people of one country were willing to do anything and even die for what they believe in while in another country they stand around and let the police take one of their own countrymen without doing much.

[@spacelemming4493]

The Russian spirit is always one of servitude after all

[@pieroo7]

@@spacelemming4493 never said better.. spineless cowards!

[@tkokflux6322]

@@spacelemming4493 sadly true and for that reason right now (us georgians and ukranians) are suffering the consequences

[@JohnJohn-bz1lq]

It’s because Russians are divided there’s only a handful that actually hate Putin and handful that worship him and the Soviet union and then most who don’t even care about the war and som who see it as an attack on Russian identity done by the west

[@Chorkaloopa]

@@tkokflux6322 🟡🔵Slava Ukraini! 🟡🔵

[@omri9982]

Always remember that your government can become extremely tyrannical if left unchecked. This applies to any government of any country, and that tyranny can come from any side of the political spectrum.

[@ericsuarez834]

America has it but it's extremely propagandized to complain

[@DahVoozel]

Government, whether benevolent or tyrannical always derives its power from the consent of the governed. It is more necessary to convince the governed that the tyranny is good and righteous. That they are good and the other is a weak, evil force seeking to corrupt the purity of the strong nation.

[@judyparsons1333]

Every country needs to sort their own problems out if you get outsiders sticking their nose in then you get escalation

[@zoosool]

Lets talk about USA human rights crimes first, shall we?

[@Fit_soldier]

This is such a tragedy!’

[@olena8089]

russians can easily stop war against Ukraine, they just need go out to protests. But they don't want, they mostly support the war.

[@RR-et6zp]

no, its good

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@RR-et6zp]

@Stopanimalabuse No Im not, and no I wont

[@RR-et6zp]

@Stopanimalabuse No Im not, and no I wont

[@MileyWoodson]

The one thing about faceless policemen in Russia that it is very important for Russian goverment to protect police privacy. We had a an incident where one protestor opened this little window on a helmet, revealing top-part of the face. After this he (the protestor) was sentenced 3 years in ordinary prison. Guarding police privacy is the way to stimulate agressiveness towards the protest. If their names are unknown then there is no one who will judge them for their doings even after the putin's fall.

[@big_smoke46tv16]

I love Russia ✊ , I love Putin, we are Africans you can't tell us who to choose, America has also done d same , stop trying to paint Russia black, why don't you speak about the ones also happening in Africa

[@Robrulz666icloud]

These people are the real heroes it’s so easy especially these days where conflict seems a constant in our lives just to sit there and do nothing they stand up ❤️ To all the beautiful souls who stand against the wrong in the world THANK YOU 💪

[@vladyslavstanislavsky2704]

So Vice decided to mount the video in such a way, that when it came to Russian protests in Russia, you decided to put photos from Ukrainian protests with real clashes with special forces in the title photos, and then, use the same photo as quick slides, and when it came to Russian protests, where there were no such clashes as in Ukraine, in order to create a false impression about the nature of those protests, it is interesting

[@ultraviiiolence]

вы вообще не понимаете о чем говорите. сравнивать Украинский Майдан и протесты в России - глупо, это несоизмеримые сравнения.

[@ChiTownGuerrilla]

Remember guys, if you have a camera phone. You can also be a photographer.

[@KONAMAN100]

The best camera is the one you have you.

[@danrook5757]

My friend used one in a women’s bathroom

[@damage98]

Humans are such contradictory animals. On the one hand, we have Sergey and his fellow journalists trying to expose and make visible the absolute inhumanity of dictators and other deplorables. On the other, said dictators and their soldiers. I'm afraid for you, thanks for the work you do. Journalism is not 24hr news. It's reportage like this. Supported.

[@nabeelahmedkhanofficial]

This is illuminating take on the issue but VICE needs to cover protests happening in Pakistan against US backed government as well. There has been brutal crackdown on opposition and assassination attempts on the life of former PM Imran Khan.

[@marjoriecoey3418]

Thank you for these reports. The world can see what's going on. So important. Stay safe.

[@KashmariKS]

Очень мило подавать информацию обрезанным образом. Показать как полиция бьет протестующих на майдане, но при этом не показать как эти "невинные" протестующие кидают в безоружных полицейских коктейли молотова. Так же как и протесты на манежной площади, которые были готовы повторить то же самое что было на майдане. Очень честный выпуск, мои поздравления. (In English) It's very nice to present information in a cropped way. To show how the police beat the protesters on the Maidan, but not to show how these "innocent" protesters throw Molotov cocktails at unarmed policemen. As well as the protests on Manezhnaya Square, which were ready to repeat the same thing that happened on the Maidan. A very honest issue, congratulations.

[@АртемЧепрасов-х6е]

очень мило писать о протестующих с коктейлями Молотова и не упомянуть про жестокое избиение студентов беркутовцами. очень-очень честный комментарий, мои поздравления. а про манежку вообще заткнись, любитель бутылки в жопе.

[@Lorifel0]

Viva la France! The people of France will free themselves from tyrany!

[@Marc-.]

Just beating? Here in the US they would just start executing people right on site

[@wojciechtyszkiewicz7619]

hey, you doing grate job providing all this real photos, please take care of yourself! Great respect for you and for all activists and protesters!

[@kyleos6312]

Impressive work Sergey. You really captured unique human and critical poltitical moments,not only demostrating the humanity of the moment but all of those photos seem to ask a question, as if there is more to try and understand about the subjects beyound what we make of them in our vision.

[@mostneuter]

they should see how people's and journalists get treated during strikes in france lmao

[@ericsuarez834]

Have you seen what they do to protesters in Israel and France?

[@onceawirealwaysawire]

Don't all pootin trolls claim about other countries when infact its on about ruzzia

[@mostneuter]

@@onceawirealwaysawire going after 1 specific country when there's worse in countries of freedom and liberties is just dumb, but sure call us troll just because you are blinded by your hatred

[@ericsuarez834]

@@onceawirealwaysawire there's free english courses in KZbin, I suggest you try them to learn how to write properly

[@midwestmike613]

We've for the most part had so much prosperity after WW2 because we weren't all trying to kill each other. It seems like history is ready to repeat it self once again. 🙏for us all and our children

[@ouinon4138]

Baby boom? Reconstruction? Industrialisation ? Mécanisation of agriculture? Maybe those are thé reasons...

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Unlike Germany, Russia never learned from it's own atrocities it committed during that period. Worse still, they deny or glorify it

[@midwestmike613]

@@ouinon4138 of course yes those are all great reasons for our prosperity and they are greatly increased when we are not on a war time footing with the likes of World War 2

[@comgetit1]

"Cannot verify that the chemical weapons were not from the Syrian government." Guess they missed the part where the Assad regime destroyed all the chemical weapons under supervision from the OPCW. Conveniently left that out.

[@4xhoser]

Thank you Sergey for your courage taking those photos 👍🇨🇦🇺🇦

[@GOLDEN_ROGER118]

Good bless 🐻🇷🇺❤️🇨🇳🐼 well done 🤗 😘

[@GOLDEN_ROGER118]

Bank 🏦 SVB Collapse 🤡 zellensky 🚮

[@polyroid6345]

"Kremlin’s brutal crackdown on pro-Navalny protests" - If only they knew how funny it sounds here in Russia

[@lairofhorrors1756]

This guy is incredible, definitely someone who is making a difference in this world, not just sitting on his ass complaining like most people do. Amazing photographs! Amazing human being!

[@nasif9470]

I just love this series! Please bring more of these, Vice.

[@jakephelp]

destroying public buildings and cars is not protesting it's called rioting

[@horizonblack]

Heroic work

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@Master8razrad]

Why you don't show protests in europe?

[@Bryophytan]

Imagine someone has made a biased Illogical, rambling, incoherent claim. Talking about Macron forcing laws through government in France in an interview with a photographer would be just that.

[@MultiSciGeek]

Wow. I'm gonna say this is one photo journalist that ACTUALLY understands journalism. Very brave!

[@Motifcycle]

Bravery and integrity you rarely see in journalism anymore. I have nothing but respect for people who are brave enough to speak out when it matters most.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@mxweng]

It's a shame that back in 2018, Russia hosted World Cup Soccer and invited fans and tourists like myself to visit Russia then everything changed soon after. I visited Belarus and Ukraine during the peak of the pandemic and the political protest, and I witnessed the arrest of a peaceful protester by the Belarusian riot police in Minsk in 2020. Soon, I will be revisiting Moldova and Ukraine in June. I still can not believe our world has changed so much in a matter of 4 years.

[@brianticas2068]

The west

[@orelevato5664]

You can thank the west

[@Cycles_of_life]

Russia and Belarus remained what they were in 2018. You just didn't live there and you couldn't see it. Congrats, looks like your eyes are open now.

[@stevenevans3836]

@@orelevato5664 Yes we forced Russia to invade Ukraine.. dont ya know?

[@МихаилЗарубин-ю5г]

Paris, France, now - look! Oh, ye, it is another

[@Red0543]

Sometimes, with everything that’s going on, it’s easy to forget that there are Russians who’s against the war and Putin. Keep fighting the good fight, my friends. I see you all on the other side of all this.

[@Jkim890]

You are all an inspiration to us all. Do not let your government intimidate you into becoming like them. You will be the reason a Russian refugee fleeing the war and the draft will be openly accepted in a Western country, by Western people and societies. Your efforts have not gone to waste. May your country and fellow countrymen finally know peace, freedom, and safety in cooperation with the rest of the world.

[@jrod6891]

I can't believe we have to live in a world like this

[@AreX21]

say thanks to USA...

[@wesker911]

​@AreX21 christ. Can't you guys have a little accountability and stop blaming the west for everything. Do you blame us for stubbed toes and headaches too?

[@AreX21]

@@wesker911 no, we just accuse you in the west of meddling with your "values" and imposing on the whole world how to live correctly...(google translate)

[@jrod6891]

@@AreX21 sorry for protecting the innocent people

[@AreX21]

@@jrod6891 Do people really need your protection? Are you ask people before comes to "protect"? Wherever the usa comes to "protect" only destruction and death remains... Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syrian, Yugoslavia, Vietnam....and more, more, more... Bombing Belgrade is this your democracy and protecting? Execution of Hussein allegedly in Iraq there are nuclear weapons. Did they end up finding nuclear weapons in Iraq huh?

[@philosoraptor777]

As a pacifist and former anti-war protestor, it pains me to recognize and admit that NATO needs to gear up and deal with the increasing threat represented by Russia, China and North Korea.

[@novak7970]

Did you say the same when US attacked any of the 54 countries they have attacked since WW2. Or when Nato attacked Libya, fmr Yugoslavia etc - current hypocrite.

[@philosoraptor777]

@@novak7970 LOL, yes I did. Are you confusing me for an American? Ask questions before making accusations, or people will think you a fool.

[@zygmaszel8882]

Blessed are those who are oppressed and persecuted

[@nicoabruneiras2837]

Amazing content, more of this please, this is the reason i started loving Vice.

[@lobstershonor6069]

I can suprise U with a piece of cheese

[@philipcrawford7415]

Why pick on Russia? Most countries' so-called leaders are cracking down on protesters. Why? Totalitarianism.

[@ionnanskilliorus6877]

When protesting doesn't work, or isn't allowed. The people will find other ways to express their anger.

[@marinebymistake]

Yeah but not in russia

[@GeetMonke]

@@marinebymistake they've managed to do so once in 1917... who knows

[@marinebymistake]

@@GeetMonke Yeah let's just wait for 5 more years I bet they will do something.

[@VioletSkye19]

Brilliant! Although I’d expect nothing less from VICE. Photojournalists don’t get near enough credit for putting themselves on the line so the rest of us can see what’s really going on. The quote “A picture says 1000 words” isn’t made up for nothing. Thank you VICE & photojournalists everywhere!

[@deltacentralreintegration498]

But vice is bought

[@zndxanh]

Same things also happening in Israel, France, Ukraine and many western countries,,, We respect western propaganda

[@joh8379]

Thanks for your service brother. Stay save, keep fighting.

[@Ofasia777]

Both siders and concerned centrists can draw all the false equivalences they want but there is good and evil in the world. Russia's Putin regime is one such evil tyranny. My heart goes out to the protesters and activists being tortured in Russia's jail basements as I type this. Good always prevail over evil, in the end but it takes fighting and it takes time.

[@odysseusoodysseuso2784]

So your telling the us hasn't spread/facilitated evil across the globe in Syria Libya Iraq Viet Nam throughout the southern Americas no acts of torture no killing of civilians with drone strikes no hundreds of thousands dead children in Iraq due American blockades during Clinton era causing famines and shortages in medicine yemen Afghanistan yeah Putin is a tyrant but what the hell does that make the us you guys spread misery violence and depravity across the globe and because none of it is at your door step you can just continue as if you are angel guardians get a reality check

[@ouinon4138]

That kind of fondamentalist philosophie is probably the most dangerous. The self persuasion of what deeds are good and bad offers you a moral superiority allows you to accepte any possible action against what you now consider the absolute evile. The Russians voluntering in this War are actually convinced and arbore the same mentality as you in this case. The best way to avoid in finale this situation would actually be to understand the deep preoccupation of both parties in any conflict to avoid it. Russians are not by essence the dirty animals you think they are, the ukrainians are not thé beautifull Angels (even if in this particular sense thé ukrainians have no choice but to defend their country). The final question is was this conflict evitable, The answer is yes

[@TotalEclipse856]

​@@ouinon4138 You just wrote the most manipulative attempt at gaslighting I have read today. Congratulations I guess...

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Only far right loves russia or tankies but they are pretty much just red fascists

[@Ofasia777]

@@ouinon4138 This isn't about avoiding conflict. This never was about avoiding conflict. This is about revolution and the overthrow of evil in order to create a better world for our children. Conflict can, do and most importantly MUST happen for lasting change to take place. Tyrants who depend on a police state, the status quo and their useful idiots will obviously fight back, torture and kill anyone who wants a better world.

[@Schmitzelhaus]

Being a true journalist nowadays honestly requires you to be a real life hero, no joke. Literally risking your life or freedom on an almost daily basis to show the world the truth. And imagine on top of that a significant amount of the very people you´re doing this for, accusing you of lying anyways and just projecting hate towards you... No way i could do what they do. You have my outmost respect!

[@treavorwalton1929]

I would love Vice to do an episode on what's happening in Atlanta with that police city they are building on a protected forest, and the clamp down on protesters there. What's happening in Russia is terrible, but its also happening here in the land of the supposed free...

[@paulgibbon5991]

"Whataboutism" is a Soviet-pioneered propaganda technique, whereas cricitisms are not answered directly, but distracted from by pointing out something that somebody else did. Whether the counter-accusation is actually relevant or stands up to criticism is not important, the intent is only to divert the attention of the audience.

[@bad_writer]

@@paulgibbon5991 lol the guy is not distracting from anything and not deflecting any criticism. Whataboutism would be if he said "it's OK for Putin to do this because someone else is doing it". That's not what he is saying at all. It's hilarious that some people have been trained like Pavlov's dogs to shout "whataboutism" without any thought, literally whenever any place or issue is brought up in the same conversation as Russia, regardless of context. Not everything is whataboutism my dude.

[@joek600]

@@paulgibbon5991 you people are fed with buzzwords and then parrot them out of context, I used to detest the elitist view of some professional politicians that declared that ''the people are idiots'' but as Im growing older I have to resentfully accept the reality of the statement.

[@treavorwalton1929]

@@paulgibbon5991 hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform

[@FriendofDead]

Половина фото - тема Украины и Сирии, Половина фото - обычная работа полиции в России. Крч ниче не понятно, но очень интересно!

[@Святослав-анти-Тарас]

Просто тупая пропаганда для англоязычной публики.

[@1nchore]

How wonderful propaganda is... He showed what he wanted, without mentioning the details that can show all these events from the other side. Navalny, before promoting the idea of a bad government and its replacement, violated no law. He sacked an entire city. He was illegally selling wood from my city and defrauded a small business that was selling this tree. All the rallies he held were illegal and not coordinated with city, and also violated public order and the work of the city. As for Ukraine, it's even easier there. The pro-Russian president was changed to a pro-European one. Ukraine is divided into Eastern and Western. Western Ukraine was and is pro-European, and eastern Ukraine is pro-Russian, so all movements in Europe or Russia led to conflicts between the two sides. Therefore, even now a huge number of Eastern Ukrainians have moved to Russia. It's the same with Crimea, most of them were not against joining Russia, but there were also dissenters, which led to armed actions.

[@KennyEvansUK]

Great work Sergey, you have to be in it to win it, you did both.

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@NothernNate]

Putin just can't find a win anywhere. lol

[@mrsimon-ur5lm]

Ok, please show France protests next

[@johnswanson217]

The best solution to many conflicts in modern world. Don't rely on energy resources coming from single country. Always diversify and prepare 200% of what you need. Make smaller energy unit. Small reactors, small solar farms. That makes you stronger against warfare.

[@carmenlatorre3129]

God bless Ukraine and all that support for Ukraine’s victory

[@nerzhul2455]

OnIy if your god is Lucifer, you can expect "bIess". But wouIdnt surprise me

[@robertfountain3274]

A great photographer. Thanks for all you have done.

[@bgnm3537]

The Maidan in 2014 was the coup d’état, where the police forces were shot and thrown Molotov’s at by protesters who occupied the central square. The police used force to late to stop the rebellion and shortly after protesters burnt alive 40 people in the Odessa trade union house. Talking about Russian protests, they are just pathetic. No people killed, really low violent stuff compared to French or Netherlands riots where the police beat the crap out of or even kill demonstrators. The collective west has some problems to solve in their own country’s first. Goida!

[@hko2006]

Need more these down to earth news reports

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@erikpeterson25]

Excellent photo journalism....thank you for your work in informing the world 🌎 👍

[@williamferguson8914]

FAKE NEWS..VICE HAS BEEN PROPAGANDA EVER SINCE THEY SOLD OUT TO HBO. MIGHT AS WELL BE CNN. PUT Simon Ostrovsky BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN LIKE IN 2014 OR ARE YOU SCARED HE'LL DISCOVER WHATS ACTUALLY GOING ON? Reply

[@erikpeterson25]

@@williamferguson8914 it's 7 to 1 against you so far 🙂

[@RegTarg011]

He held a cardboard, to save himself from bullets? >.> ..riiiight

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

war never changes!

[@Helvig-pn7bf]

Your right Ron !

[@firstlast8258]

Never say never

[@reanimationeas342]

War is Hell. That will always be true

[@kenny6920]

This video got me feeling patriotic 🇺🇸

[@4thought___]

We're waiting for the USA to lead the way! 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[@Philomats]

That was one of the best international affairs video I have ever seen. Extremely thought provoking and terrifying.

[@matthewoneil8037]

i wonder if the press gets this active during anti war protests here in america.

[@firstlast8258]

Gawd bless Murica

[@superpieman5773]

I've never seen any near me, maybe because this is a cause most people support this, maybe besides tucker viewers

[@paulgibbon5991]

"Whataboutism" is a Soviet-pioneered propaganda technique, whereas cricitisms are not answered directly, but distracted from by pointing out something that somebody else did. Whether the counter-accusation is actually relevant or stands up to criticism is not important, the intent is only to divert the attention of the audience.

[@matthewoneil8037]

@@paulgibbon5991 or maybe americans truly dont want or like the useless wars over the past 50 years. But of course call me a kermlin agent because i dont want my country supporting the deaths of hundreds of civilians overseas. People like you disgust me and sicken me, and frankly you have no morals.

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@matthewoneil8037 Assuming you're not posting from a Moscow troll farm, look up the accounts from Actual Ukranians about what it was like living under Russian occupation, and how many people were murdered, tortured and disappeared by the orcs. Also, look up the Holodomor and what Russia did in Chechnya and Syria for a sample of what will happen to Ukraine if Putin wins. Don't be a Useful Idiot, and don't be a tankie.

[@ThomMorrison]

i understand Putlers aversion to calling for a general mobilization.....these "security" forces would be the first to be called up....if they are in the army there would be no force to silence protests.

[@SavagioTs]

Nope, these guys would be the last actually. Putler is too afraid to loose his throne to send his protectors to Ukraine. And there were news actually that police were giving enlistment notices to protesters

[@thaicuisineoui]

Don't protest. Easy. Why destabilise a country that you live in? Also, Assad is fighting against Isis. Well done for being ruthless.