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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

[@user-wb7ex4ir6b]

You are a good source of fake!

[@aleksanderfradkin7955]

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

[@lexiyoutube]

@@user-wb7ex4ir6b теперь ты переходишь на личности.....

[@user-wb7ex4ir6b]

@@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-wv4bf]

War is fun, it’s make me money 💰

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

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-wv4bf 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.

[@Arkephalos]

unfiltered? I don't think so

[@hellohypo2009]

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

[@Evercreeper]

@@Arkephalos 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

[@Arkephalos]

@@Evercreeper yeah believe vice bro

[@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]

💙🙏🏻💛💫💫

[@user-vo9rg8gx7m]

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]

@@user-vo9rg8gx7m В США и Канаде тоже критикуют полицыю, это не значит что в Росии всё нормально.

[@RussianSmacker69]

@@user-vo9rg8gx7m 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 !!!

[@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..

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@Tailspin07]

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

[@U.H8]

💛👍🏻💙💫💫

[@Siko7000]

Great that journalism is slowly becoming journalism again 👍

[@smallpeople172]

It always was journalism...

[@bakedcookiezzz]

@@smallpeople172 not russias journalism

[@Apex_Yonko]

@@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

[@nasif9470]

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

[@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**

[@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.

[@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.

[@venturingwgio_9267]

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.

[@user-gi7vv2kt2x]

Hello from Russia)how are things in texas?

[@venturingwgio_9267]

@@user-gi7vv2kt2x 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?

[@user-gi7vv2kt2x]

@@venturingwgio_9267 no better things

[@venturingwgio_9267]

@@user-gi7vv2kt2x I hope things are looking better for you today

[@user-gi7vv2kt2x]

@@venturingwgio_9267 thank you)

[@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😶😶😶

[@MatthewFutrell]

@@no1noob194 Oh did Canada use snipers against protestors?

[@lucidrain9469]

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

[@marjoriecoey3418]

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

[@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!

[@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 😂

[@NuSuntSerb]

@@activatekruger446 just let him overdose on copium

[@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

[@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 :)

[@macanaeh]

​@@5kr3aminMunk33 There is a grain of truth to that, but I'm afraid it's not that simple. Russian democracy in the 90's didn't last for too long, it was broken back under Yeltsyn in 1993. So of course, we can blame people who were adults at that time for not acting and stepping up as much as they should have, but what about everyone who was born after? What about people who were born when Putn was already in power? Or those who were too young to do anything when he started cracking down on media and consolidating his power? We are talking about a very big percentage of the population. If you were 18 in 1993, that means you had to be born in 1975, these people are almost 50 now. People who were 18 when Putin came to power are now 40. All that to say, that 28 year old guy who got beaten and tortured by police didn't "bring it on himself" and it's despicable to even suggest that

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-wb7ex4ir6b]

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.

[@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

[@mansingpowar1971]

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

[@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 💪

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@user-ud7zt2vi5q]

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

[@potatofuryy]

Photographic journalism really has a special place in my heart.

[@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.

[@RJLove_film]

Thank you VICE these are important documentations we need to see, the lack of bias-driven narrative is appreciated.

[@Danchell]

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

[@mrsimon-ur5lm]

Ok, please show France protests next

[@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

[@W26731]

I'm impressed by the quality of this video, great journalism. I haven't watched much vice for a while, i'm glad i'm still subscribed.

[@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

[@polyroid6345]

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

[@BLOOM604YVR]

This was extremely valuable. Thank you for this!!!

[@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.

[@MultiSciGeek]

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

[@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.

[@joh8379]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@colinmartin6804]

Knowledge of things that happened through the eyes of the photographer is priceless regards from Australia

[@sanityplusmilkshakes]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@user-vo9rg8gx7m]

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…

[@justdoingitjim7095]

War journalists have a very profound influence on public opinion. So, it's important for them to remain impartial and allow their viewers to make up their own minds about what they're seeing and reading. Too many so-called journalists insist on showing only one side in a favorable light to influence their viewers. They produce what is called "biased opinion pieces," not fact based journalism!

[@Irnbruist]

07:30 what a phenomenal photograph, amazing capture of world history. Looks so scary and dark

[@robertfountain3274]

A great photographer. Thanks for all you have done.

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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".

[@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

[@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

[@samemyst]

Thank you, really interesting to see!

[@Tairygreen]

Thank you for that. Most of the rest of the world knows that it’s not so good inside that border. Very haunting pictures. Respect for the protesters, and curse the ones who killed them.

[@4xhoser]

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

[@GOLDEN_ROGER118]

Good bless 🐻🇷🇺❤️🇨🇳🐼 well done 🤗 😘

[@GOLDEN_ROGER118]

Bank 🏦 SVB Collapse 🤡 zellensky 🚮

[@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

[@LoneSteezy]

Definitely need a Part 2.

[@maxmouche]

Cool video but question to the editors: What is the point of the transition frames showing a film contact sheet when clearly all these images were shot digitally (using a Nikon Z7 or Z6 mirrorless system which is next to the guy at all times on the table) AND the images in the contact sheet are all identical (as opposed to slightly different as per the real thing)?...

[@righteousone8454]

I am Russian born in Ukraine and being 100% for Ukraine. Yet, it saddens me how hard Russia presses their own people. I am not talking about those soldiers that came to destroy Ukraine for money. I speak for the ones that refuse to fight in this war against Ukraine and fight for peace. Instead of saying "oh I don't want to be here on the Battlefield, while holding rifle and shooting at Ukrainians" Russia is decaying right in front of us

[@tonnyanthonys2159]

No one is going to give you a USA visa for this statement (trying to betray your homeland in search of western vanity)

[@user-wb7ex4ir6b]

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

[@isaiahferreira5267]

Good

[@the_grand_tourer]

If you were born in Ukraine you are a Ukrainian.

[@hazzmati]

ukraine is decaying harder than russia right now

[@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.

[@user-ot3yc1tk6j]

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.

[@morpheusartstudio4666]

Fantastic job‼️ thank you for your courage!

[@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.

[@Marc-.]

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

[@zygmaszel8882]

Blessed are those who are oppressed and persecuted

[@TheSixers88]

Finally a good vice video. God bless you and your camera. Keep spreading the truth

[@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

[@overcastskyline1747]

what about americas crackdown on protesters? the unmarked vans making protestors disappear?

[@dearmas9068]

Nothing in America is anything even remotely like what's happening in Russia

[@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! 🟡🔵

[@philsanders9625]

This video style is the most human and best display of photographs as art

[@conradconrad24]

Phenomenal photographs, especially in those environments!

[@sheliadean9548]

Thank you for sharing this information with us

[@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.

[@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.

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

3:38 I wonder how many of those young people are now on the front lines of the war.

[@MrMedalice]

Bring Putler down. Freedom for Ruzzian people.

[@smoshfan439]

God I love journalism. There’s people who are more focused on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock than what’s going on around the world.

[@danrook5757]

Whose will smith

[@smoshfan439]

@@danrook5757 Mainly an actor

[@ohoiboi9818]

Thank you for the work you've done

[@seanmurphy6480]

KEEP IT COMING VICE ,WE NEED TO SEE ALL THE ANGLES . OR PRETEND ITS NOT HAPPENING X

[@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.

[@vladyslavstanislavsky2704]

@@ultraviiiolence Sorry, i don't speak svynosobacha

[@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?

[@zndxanh]

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

[@SandyWolf-]

Some really great photos! I like the kid with Birthday hat! What possessions do you cherish?

[@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 🙂

[@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.