As a Belarusian, i can tell you that people did not "unleash their fury" and this wasnt about Covid at all. It was about abuse of power, corruption, election frauud, and killing and torturing the innocent which continues to this day. Protesters were never violent, police was. And yes, that Stephen Seagal carrot photo op was pure comedy since day one.
@modisp3 жыл бұрын
He looks like walrus eating a carrot.
@alischmaz00373 жыл бұрын
There is a big problem which is WLADIMIR PUTIN. I see his track in my country, and even in Syria and Afghanistan.
@emcee13373 жыл бұрын
Why is the military and police on his side?
@ranjanbiswas32333 жыл бұрын
Unleash their fury? Belarus police RAPED protestor WOMEN. What should the people do after that? Be silent?
@DF-be6pn3 жыл бұрын
The same scenario that happened here in Belgrade,Serbia. All media reported 2020 protests as Covid protests. Our president is known as Lukashenko of Balkans, maybe even has thighter grip on the media than Lukashenko. Bunch of young people got angry and started rioting which turned into massive protests, our president sent his controlled 'opposition' to claim the leadership of the protests, they were literally all kicked out, some of them literally got kicked in their buts because people are so fed up. So when his people failed to claim protests to themselves, he sent the police which started brutally attacking people and beating up unarmed civilians, even people who had nothing to do with the protests and just happened to be nearby. There is countless material on the matter, police beating up random people who aren't even resisting, police setting aflame their own cars so it looks like they were attacked and so on. All those videos are on youtube.
@Pseuydonynum3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Lukaschenko said the sentence "Better to be a dictator than being gay" to the foreign minister of Germany, who was at the time Guido Westerwelle, who was actually gay.
@Sp4mMe3 жыл бұрын
... and it was in reaction to Westerwelle describing Lukashenko as "last dictator of Europe". This at the time was opposite to Lukashenko repeatedly claiming that he's (of course) totally legitimately democratically elected and all that.
@oldnite34143 жыл бұрын
Well he's not wrong
@Sycokay3 жыл бұрын
@@oldnite3414 For real. If you don't suffer from a guilty conscience, being a dictator must be awesome.
@octavianpopescu47763 жыл бұрын
There's homophobia and then there's Lukashenko... he's the last old-school communist. And he really demonstrates something I noticed regarding Eastern European politics vs the Western world, that the left + far-right = love. There's a difference between what we call right and left and what people in the West call right and left. Our right is more like CDU or FDP in German terms (think moderate Democrats or Republicans in the US), while the left is more... socially like the Republicans in the US, but economically left-wing. There really is nothing equivalent to the Western progressive left or libertarians/market-fundamentalists... probably the right would be closest to progressive social views, not the left. While only the far-right promotes libertarian economic ideas. For example, in my country, Romania, absolutely no party, left or right supports gay marriage. It's not that they're all against it, the main left-wing party + far-right are against it, but no one has that as a policy objective. There was a referendum to ban gay marriage constitutionally a few years ago. I think only 20% of people went to vote... the rest either boycotted it or didn't care about the subject, so the referendum which needed 30% turnout failed. A recent European Parliament decision makes it mandatory for all EU countries to recognise gay marriage... Interviews with people on the street in the media, all said they're against gay marriage, but as one guy said: if that's the rule, then ok...
@t3ss333 жыл бұрын
@@octavianpopescu4776 somehow it's awfully difficult to understand your point while I also feel it is valid and interesting. Could you maybe elaborate what your point is and how Lukashenko demonstrates it? What I took from your comment was that Western & Eastern politics are much different from another (though you should probably distinguish further between Western Europe and US), but I couldn't exactly grasp to which extent.
@StudioTotalNouveauAd Жыл бұрын
Hi John Oliver, I'm one of the pilots. Happy to see you liked our stunt. Remember the love goes to the belorusian opposition for their constant resistance!!
@nedcurfman3486 Жыл бұрын
o7
@Wh40kFinatic Жыл бұрын
Fight!
@brumous93646 ай бұрын
o7
@gerardcagna73235 ай бұрын
❤❤❤😂😂😂😂
@Konoval_maxim3 жыл бұрын
"Well, it feels like shit" - мost Belarusians absolutely agree with Kirill
@Samson164363 жыл бұрын
Hope I don't sound insensitive but that part, his reaction, made me laugh out loud I had to rewind it a couple of times honestly. Perfectly simply put
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
97% for sure.
@NotDaveGahan3 жыл бұрын
@@Samson16436 it’s his deadpan delivery with precise cursing about a worrisome issue. I laughed too. Hope he and the rest of protesters are all okay.
@Ryanlexz3 жыл бұрын
Democrats think sanctions gonna work on Lukashenko HAHAHAHA
@jonbongjovi18692 жыл бұрын
COuld be worse: you could be in the LEAST FREE NATION EVER (ask for proof), AMERIKKKA, that just LIES THE MOST IN HISTORY. IF I TOLD YOU 5000 TIMES A DAY "I HAVE TEN TOES!! DID I MENTION I HAVE TEN TOES???" You'd start to DOUBT me, cuz why ELSE would i overcompensate and REPEAT THIS SO MANY TIMES? A: bc if you are Super-Nazi-Germany.... aka USSA....u MUST REPEAT THE LIE REPEAT THE LIE REPEAT THE LIE so the sheep fall for itl ike a shitty pop song stuck in their heads. SAME reason we put "TO SERVE AND PROTECT" on KKKOP cars: TO THROW YOU OFF THE SCENT. Cop-aganda. Nazism 101. WHY don't we put "TO PUT OUT FIRES" on the sides of firetrucks? WHY don't we put "TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH" On the sides of garbage trucks? WHY ARE KKKOPS THE ONLY GOVT EMPLOYEES....whose JOB STATEMENT is on the side of their cars?!?!! It's 2 layers of systemic fraud and nazism: 1) TO SCAM THE PUBLIC that KKKOPS IS GOOD! 2) To TRY and get the CAVEMEN KKKOPS to not rape and rob SO MUCH PLEASE. It's backfiring! I've been jailed 47 times for cartoons, my outfits, playing uke, writing newspaper articles, in NYC (!!!) and not one earthling backed me or free speech against then-Mayors Giuliani and Bloomturd. NOT ONE PERSON ON EARTH BACKED ME OR FREE SPEECH against Rudy GIuliani. THINK ABOUT THAT. 100% of my EDITORS, best friends, bandmates, girlfriends.....ALL JOINED TEAM GIUILANI vs me (and they all hated Rudy, so any THEORIES on why 100% of my allies joined THEIR ENEMIES? Oliver, COlbert and the rest ALL covered up Rudy Bloomturd's shocking nazi crimes ALWAYS. John only mocks Rudy TODAY, cuz everyone does. It's lazy and easy. Just as 100% of adults knew the CHurch was RAPING THEIR KIDS but it was easier to ignore it.... 100% of adults in America know KKKOPS ARE SYSTEMICALLY RAPING YOUNG GIRLS EVERY DAY IN EVERY TOWN...but it is easier to ignore it. (It's not even a secret!! EX: the #1 goal of a MALE kkkop? To FUCK A GIRL PERP IN HIS PATROL CAR...while ON-DUTY.) 20 kkkops a day being arrested now in Amerikkka, and everyone STILL plays dumb. I WISH THEY'D SHOOT ME AND END MY PAIN.
@falka23983 жыл бұрын
I'm from Belarus and this video literally made me cry. Thank you so much to everyone who worked on this
@slickrick24203 жыл бұрын
Stay strong🙏🏽Free Belarus
@RealTalkWithSSG3 жыл бұрын
Stay safe!!
@elvenkind60723 жыл бұрын
God bless you. I hope soon you will get a democratic government, that do the will of the people of Belarus. All my support for you and your countrymen, from a random person in Norway.
@kostajovanovic37113 жыл бұрын
When you put him down, just, please, don't choose some neoliberal hack backed by the USA, please!
@ДмитрийКирильченко-ь4н3 жыл бұрын
Love from Belarus gay comunity 👨❤️👨🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🌈
@humanoidcat96333 жыл бұрын
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in creating this piece, people of Belarus really appreciate your work
@AY-ln1mk3 жыл бұрын
yes
@theaviary2383 жыл бұрын
💯👍✊
@reinette_croissant3 жыл бұрын
@Kitan Mani I'm sorry, what?
@desmondmiles28803 жыл бұрын
@@reinette_croissant It's a bot. Report it.
@asherikamichaela84253 жыл бұрын
@@desmondmiles2880 Have been. It's all over the place.
@SneakyMuffin2 жыл бұрын
I can't get over that protester's casual "Well, it feels like shit" in that accent. It's just perfect.
@jovanlaskovski3912 жыл бұрын
Q
@meganfaith40522 жыл бұрын
Nothing greater then people being completely casual and blunt on national television
@Widdekuu916 ай бұрын
Yeah, I like the szhhj-sound of the word szzhjhit
@ilya63553 жыл бұрын
I'm from Belarus, left a couple years ago. Thank you for doing this piece, setting fundraiser and raising awareness. These are fun outtakes of grim reality. I was thinking a lot lately what is a cost of human capital when ten million people are forced to live under regime that serves one man and army of police thugs instead of the people. It must be insane.
@Auntchovi3 жыл бұрын
The people need to overthrow him NOW like they did in Ukraine. GO Belarusians!
@Чайка2543 жыл бұрын
Ілля, вы маеце рацыю. Сапраўды, сёння жыць у Беларусі- страшна. І слова " страшна" не агульнае. Кожны ранак пачынаецца з думкі, а не час ужо збіраць заплечнік з ліхтаром і " чыстым" тэлефонам? Але нас падтрымлівае ўвесь свет. І гэтая акцыя з мядзведзямі выклікае ўсмешку) Не, яшчэ не час бегчы. Яшчэ пазмагаемся
@vladimirseven7773 жыл бұрын
It will be part of Russia soon. He forgot to say that all what happening moving Lukashenko closer to Russia and Russia's support let him do whatever he want.
@dannyboy84743 жыл бұрын
yeah here we just serve bankers instead
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
You're right! I think all of the Belarusians grateful for speaking up about all of those tortures that happening in Belarus
@laurenconrad17993 жыл бұрын
"If we don't sell all of these bears, I'm in real shit." And...they're completely sold out less than 12 hours after this episode premiered.
@ElBribri3 жыл бұрын
really???
@amandamorse73553 жыл бұрын
Damn it
@boratsagdiev64863 жыл бұрын
So if everyone woulda given 20$ directly to the organizations they woulda had double :D
@TadanoCandy3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna check 'em out rn but they were already sold out lol
@CyberJAM-zd1jh3 жыл бұрын
@@boratsagdiev6486 no, he said 100% of the money was going to the organizations
@NLWerner3 жыл бұрын
i'd avoid Belarussian airspace for a while John
@ЦветанГанчев-у4п3 жыл бұрын
If you stop avoiding it, please take some teddy bears with yourself
@chamberlainquench24842 жыл бұрын
As Belarus has decided to side with Russia in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, I find myself coming back to this video saying “Yeah I’m not surprised.”
@sfurules2 жыл бұрын
Thats why I'm here too
@the_real_rascal2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@riojonze2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Tanagra1802 жыл бұрын
*"Russian invasion of Ukraine"... Putin wants to make us believe there was some conflict from Ukarine, but they were just invaded for not wanting to be "his" anymore...
@toxytronic73642 жыл бұрын
It's not Belarus it's Lukashenko and his generals.I wish the decent people of Belarus will take this opportunity to take to the streets again and finish him off
@olgalayter3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, John. Belarus is beautiful country with nice people who deserve a freedom and democracy. Gyve Belarus!
@Bisquick3 жыл бұрын
Well let's be real, "freedom"/"democracy" with American characteristics is more like it. That is afterall why this segment exists, whether the writers are conscious of this or not, hell Radio Free Europe was created by Allen Dulles himself, very explicitly a CIA-cutout and cited a few times in this (the bear thing specifically). Which is to say regardless of the veracity of the claims (because like yeah, they are true-ish, Lukashenko doesn't _not_ suck), the actual intention is to manufacture consent for "regime change" ultimately to sell off the state assets to private investors like what happened with the Soviet Union under Yeltsin. Insatiable neoliberal capitalist US empire imposed at the behest of _supranational_ financial/corporate capital knows no bounds, consciously destroying ourselves and the earth for perpetual profit extraction at the cost of literally everything else. _"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."_ - William Casey, CIA -demon- director under Reagan (see: Operation Mockingbird), also see literally any of the CIA's operational history, as the throughline couldn't be more obvious (Iran '53, Guatemala '54, overthrowing democratically elected Allende in '73 - hey whatdya know, on 9/11 no less, Lumumba in the Congo, Sukarno in Indonesia, etc. etc. far too many to list sadly, Phoenix Program in Vietnam also uh..."cool")
@mateuszlaskowski31233 жыл бұрын
@@Bisquick Maybe ask Belarusians whether they would prefer to live under the tyranny of this fucker or in some form of actual democracy ran by merciless capitalists.
@drextrey3 жыл бұрын
When You get Oil, You will get Freedom!!! By U.S.A
@Kafkaesque19653 жыл бұрын
Freedom is necessary But not freedom like of Iraq and Libya European freedom would be fine 🙂
@mamoonshah13 жыл бұрын
Remember what happened in Afghanistan
@Puzzleguy3 жыл бұрын
OMG, this is the most hilarious way of saying how bad the situation is in my home country! Thank you for that! I'll show this video to all my English speaking friends and subscribers.
@Pengu694203 жыл бұрын
How is the internet situation there?
@Puzzleguy3 жыл бұрын
@@Pengu69420 tons of independent websites are blocked. Hundreds of Telegram channels are recognized as extremist by corrupt judges and government. Internet was off for 3 days starting from the night of elections on 9th of August 2020.
@ccdaly25613 жыл бұрын
Best of luck. I'm sorry you have had to live with this.
@Pengu694203 жыл бұрын
@@Puzzleguy Holy fuuuck dude, would a vpn help? Not for the down internet but for the sites. This "president" is a giant piece of shit, I hope you guys manage to take him down and other countries decide do really help instead of small sanctions
@thejudge17283 жыл бұрын
@@Pengu69420 Iirc VPNs are illegal in Belarus.
@linatroshka3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! As a long-time Russian fan of this show I am extremely happy that John and the team have finally done the episode about Lukashenko. He is the absolute worst that could happen to the people of Belarus. I hope the situation there changes for the better as soon as possible. Жыве Беларусь!
@didih33393 жыл бұрын
One third of the Belarusians were exterminated by the Nazis, and now more than 70 years later, they are still oppressed by the dictator...…
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N13 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he should've focused more that he's a self-proclaimed communist with political ties to USSR and the Belarusian communist army. No wait, that'd cancel half his audience!
@avedic3 жыл бұрын
I honestly find Eastern Europe fascinating. It's history, culture, all of it.... On one level it is a deeply beautiful region full of wonderful people and culture. It really is. On another level, it utterly decimates the notion of white superiority. It proves that all the crap people throw at the feet of non-white people....is 100% possible in 100% white communities. We really should stop this white vs. non-white stupid fight and recognize the common enemy that will destroy us both if only given the opportunity. Predatory authoritarian faith-based cults of power wealth fame and greed. Lukashenko is nothing more than a white African war-lord turned dictator. And the people in both places....suffer. While the leaders enjoin the populace to fight against themselves. This was an unexpected, but excellent, segment. So glad John & Co. tackled this one....
@thearchibaldtuttle3 жыл бұрын
You are a western spy! Just kidding
@dd36553 жыл бұрын
Жыве! 🤍❤️🤍
@draconious40052 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish this piece was done recently. Then, we’d have such classic moments as, “told a state journalist interviewing him that Putin wants to make him (Lukashenko) a colonel in the Russian army”, or, “went on live TV and gave out the whole invasion plan for Ukraine”.
@rocknrollmilitant2 жыл бұрын
So what you're saying is he's a complete moron who undermines his boss every time he opens his mouth? Holy Shit! He's Putin's Rudy Giuliani!
@mogscugg26392 жыл бұрын
Bozo Lukashenklown
@fred16422 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3uxpZyFbNObo9E
@ideitbawxproductions1880 Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, what?! Where is this video? If we forward it to the US military, they might have a use for it
@DavidVT23 Жыл бұрын
@@ideitbawxproductions1880 here's an overview of Belarus's possible involvement, which includes pictures of him showing the plans: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXfQppqDfNFni9E
@azoth66413 жыл бұрын
After a year in a blank void, the joy in John’s face to have a live audience again is simply infectious (in a good way).
@hello70323 жыл бұрын
Guess you could call it a….positive
@willtheprodigy38193 жыл бұрын
It’s not safe though
@aserta3 жыл бұрын
If there aren't enough vaccinations to feed this years' end quota (by the time the cold season, which is going to be a murder because another polar vortex is coming) he's going to go back in the void as the variants might double. Already two more are on the way apparently. Delta plus for example.
@sylviatamieanan40883 жыл бұрын
Good choice of words 😅
@Game_Hero3 жыл бұрын
you mean casper' ass?
@nnannakalu94233 жыл бұрын
"Well, it feels like shit." An understandable sentiment likely shared by many Belarusian denizens.
@josephguzman47373 жыл бұрын
Probally everyone in the world rn
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
It's clearly 97% of population who thinks that way!
@Wustenfuchs1093 жыл бұрын
@@AlinaCalifornia If that were the case, he'd have fallen a long time ago. Dictators are many things, but never was one in power without the support of majority (relative or absolute) of the people. By the very nature of their power, they require popular support. It is only in a democratic system that a person can get in power with minority support - as it happens throughout Europe quite a lot, due to the various coalitions and other political shenanigans. And while there are people who oppose him, they are not a majority in any shape or form. Not because they hold some special love for Lukashenko personally, but because they know that replacing him and his power structure will bring nothing but suffering, and decades of political vacuum and struggle, dooming a few generations in the process. For no need - as Belarus, with all its problems, still has one of the highest living standards in Eastern Europe. So majority sees no need to fuck everything up on the off-chance of having to boast that they live in "a democracy" in 30 years. Aaaand they can see what "importing democracy" did to many nations around the world... so they choose not to play that game. Especially not when the next door neighbor is Russia that does not take kindly to border nations joining the enemy... any more than USA would like Mexico and Canada joining China.
@BeakerButch4203 жыл бұрын
@@Wustenfuchs109 imagine being a lukashenko stan
@AIArtworks453 жыл бұрын
@@Wustenfuchs109 Aaaaahhh, i like the smell of propaganda and BS.
@sahumullasaud48373 жыл бұрын
JO: He's been in power for almost 30 years. Me: Oh so like since the 80s or something. JO: He came to power in 1994. Me: :o
@jonatansuarez97113 жыл бұрын
This comment hurst so much. Hahaha. So accurate!!
@srahim06113 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Made me realize I’m almost 30yo lol
@Sniperbear133 жыл бұрын
what a way to make someone feel old.
@lofnouk3 жыл бұрын
I was born closer to the end of WWI than today's date. I'm 54. What a bloody depressing thought for a Monday
@jus4funtim3 жыл бұрын
@@lofnouk Hell I'm 66 how do you think I feel
@surfingshewolf2 жыл бұрын
I think the journalist who stood "cake out" in the freezer in London found an ingenious way to make sure that viewers never forget the fact that Lukashenko tortures dissidents by forcing them to stand naked in a "stress position" in the freezing cold. 🥶 😆
@mattlogue1300 Жыл бұрын
I don't know what "cakes" are because I have issues, but it was funny as hell.
@dustyrose1924 ай бұрын
@@mattlogue1300 slang term for butt cheeks
@spaghettibadger6473 ай бұрын
John Sweeny He's done great reporting on Putin as well
@callumjohnston2072Ай бұрын
The journalist did his job well in showing that. I hope he got a raise
@LilZombieFooFoo3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, seeing him in front of a set is surreal.
@Marijuanifornia3 жыл бұрын
He still talks about useless garbage no matter where he goes. Climate change makes everything else irrelevant, and ending Cannabis prohibition will stop climate change, but the only way that anyone will learn that is if a celebrity says it, which they won't, so the world is completely fucked.
@psychodelogen.96943 жыл бұрын
@@Marijuanifornia also, and this is coming from someone that has smoked weed and is 100% pro weed, how does smoking weed possibly help climate change in any way
@Marijuanifornia3 жыл бұрын
@@psychodelogen.9694 Smoking weed has nothing to do with it. _Growing_ millions of acres of industrial hemp worldwide to make everything including food, clothing, homes, cars, fuel for those cars, plastic, paper, and virtually everything else in modern society that isn't glass or metal, will stop climate change by reducing pollution, replacing fossil fuels and ending deforestation. All of this would have happened 75 years ago if Cannabis had remained legal after being legalized to stop the Holocaust. The US government hid the *Hemp For Victory* film from 1945 to 1989, and has ignored it for the 30 years since it became public. There was even a bill in Congress recently titled the *Hemp For Victory Act of 2019* but no one noticed because no one knows what *Hemp For Victory* is or why it's important. I've spent over 10 years talking about this. I make videos that try to explain it, including editing music videos to try to make it more entertaining, but it just doesn't get through to anyone. At the same time, John Oliver couldn't even mention it in the LWT episode titled "Marijuana." Millions of people know more about fake Japanese mascots than how growing weed in their yards will take in CO2 from the atmosphere.
@MrDjgalas3 жыл бұрын
My country has a border with Belarus, so we see a lot of his interviews in our news and holy shit, they are hilarious xD He is so funny that you can't even take him seriously LOL
@deus_ex_machina_3 жыл бұрын
@@Marijuanifornia Cannabis, the plant from which THC is extracted, is not the same as hemp, which has innumerable uses as you say. If you want to avoid the image of a raving, paranoid pot-smoking dudebro, then you'd want to make that distinction. If you were aware of the difference, but called it cannabis anyway to get a reaction, then carry on.
@Lincos3213 жыл бұрын
Thank you John and the team. Really. My granddad died because Lukashenko’s bad coronavirus handling. I’m depressed since August 2020 because of the cruelty happened in Minsk, my home.
@makelikeatree16963 жыл бұрын
Buddy, my condolences on your loss.
@Ana-do8yq3 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for what happened to your grandfather and to your home. Please, find help for yourself, you deserve to have a chance to recover from this. There are psychologists who volunteer, if you can’t afford therapy. Sending prayers.
@Lincos3213 жыл бұрын
@@Ana-do8yq I can afford it, thanks. Still deciding if I need to go this deep.
@e.g30403 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your loss. Is the freedom of speech situation really that bad over there?
@joeyscerbo77763 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry. He will be with you forever.
@CVL133 жыл бұрын
Goddamnit, the bears are already sold out. We demand more, John! My girlfriend works at a press agency and has focused on Belarus and the media situation there for a long time. I want to give her one as a gift. GIVE ME MORE BEARFORCE!
@koopatroopa1873 жыл бұрын
Here's the bearforce you asked for: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqi0naN8p9Jon68
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
Maaaan! 👻 I am Belarusian and I want more bears too! 🐻🐻🐻
@cutelatina005083 жыл бұрын
I wanted one too! 🐻
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын
That's a lot of bears.
@rikkirogge32453 жыл бұрын
Donate the money you would’ve spent on the bear to Planned Parenthood instead!
@irenemax35743 жыл бұрын
John Sweeney may not have needed to stand there naked, “cakes out” but his report had a much greater impact because he did. He is a brave and heroic man.
@John-ed2wj3 жыл бұрын
😂 John Sweeney is an absolute clown, who is a disgrace to journalism. He works for these BBC, which is full of lies about Belarus and Russia.
@Zzyzzyzzs3 жыл бұрын
I'm no Russian troll-bot like the clown who responded above me, but you have a _really_ generous standard of what counts as 'heroic'. He stood naked in a room in controlled conditions and in a safe country, likely for no longer than it took to get the footage which, if what we saw is any indication, was no more than a few seconds. He wasn't being tortured and the only other people in the room would've been people he trusted and who respected his dignity. It wouldn't have been comfortable, but it isn't "brave" and it certainly isn't "heroic". By that standard, anyone who musters the strength to get out of the house in the morning is heroic. Let's not unnecessarily cheapen that word.
@John-ed2wj3 жыл бұрын
@@Zzyzzyzzs I'm no Russian troll bot either. I'm just aware of Sweeney's and the BBC's bias against Russia and Belarus. I live in a place called Hereford, which is in England. I also refuse to pay for the TV licence, as the BBC is a Whitehall propaganda machine.
@Novastar.SaberCombat3 жыл бұрын
But the POINT was about Lukashenko's destructive 'leadership'... not really the reporter. Is anyone touting that Lukashenko's methods, beliefs, policies, intelligence and more are... fine? As in... is it 'propaganda' that he's (literally) a dark ages plague for both Belarus and the world? If so, why so? Do tell.
@John-ed2wj3 жыл бұрын
@@Novastar.SaberCombat Where have you got your information on him to form that opinion?
@commandercrook3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he's back in the studio, but I felt that in the void the points he made in his episodes seemed to hit home harder than with the proceeding laughter from the audience. Felt more impactful in my opinion.
@tsvetelin65563 жыл бұрын
You're right but less funny..
@ololo5183 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I felt like I was the only person who preffered void over the audience. And my mom hates audience laughter so she'll definitely won't see it now.
@singenstattatmen50963 жыл бұрын
@@ololo518 You most definitely weren't, I've seen this opinion reflected many times by many viewers (myself included). When there was no audience, I actually *laughed out loud* at John's jokes sitting at home by myself and it felt so much more personal and impactful. I'm glad they seem to have at least balanced the audio differently, so the cheers and laughter aren't quite so loud and overbearing and we can still hear John. Small blessings - perhaps they saw how many people online were not looking forward to leaving the void.
@MagiconIce3 жыл бұрын
Well, even with audience before the pandemic he could bring across hard points without problems, then the audience in the studio fell silent too, because he then just got serious and didn't joke at that moment.
@ExodusM303 жыл бұрын
Yah i feel u the silence would punctuate & emphasize when he would pause .. & everything had a more serious, deeper tone
@mattramen36963 жыл бұрын
Props to that BBC journalist for giving us all a visual representation. He could have just explained it - allowing us to brush past the absolute horror of that situation. Instead he put himself in that awful, humiliating position so we’d have a visual that was much harder to forget and much more visceral. It takes a lot of courage to do something like that on international TV.
@akumamakima22803 жыл бұрын
Cakes out
@CloneDAnon3 жыл бұрын
That is worst kind of propaganda. BBC should not make a peep about anyone, especially how UK treats Julian Assange and does not allow any media even close to him. Why BBC, CNN and other MSM trash do not make similar "stress position" tests on how U.S and its NATO allies treat prisoners in Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram prison and the nameless CIA torture prions in Eastern Europe (and Latin America)? Ah yes, but that is different of course. Certainly not propagandist.
@mattramen36963 жыл бұрын
@@CloneDAnon I mean we can be mad about more than one thing. That guy got assigned to cover Belarus and so he did it with gusto. Doesn’t mean he thinks everywhere else is just peachy. You’re 100% right that we should give those issues our equal (or greater) attention before throwing stones from our glass patios - I just wanted to give props to the journo for going full send on his story.
@phungdao46603 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight. Honestly just chuckled at it but this comment helped me revisited my thought
@CloneDAnon3 жыл бұрын
@@mattramen3696 But that is exactly what most people in places like Belarus think when they see this, that you are throwing rocks in a glass house.
@SRFriso943 жыл бұрын
15:00 It is moments like this when I remember Tywin Lannister: "Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king."
@shaneokeigan61502 жыл бұрын
Nearly half a year later, and this video has managed to become more relevant. Glory to Ukraine
@t-and-p2 жыл бұрын
Slava Ukraini! ✊🇺🇦
@maghenshaw87172 жыл бұрын
The Ukrainians are showing the world how to unite, too bad nobody will pay attn enough for it to matter. They have my ultimate respect n prayers
@cornblaster70032 жыл бұрын
Slava Ukraini
@cornblaster70032 жыл бұрын
@@maghenshaw8717 nah everyone is funding Ukraine's war effort, they just can't get fully involved since if they get into direct conflict world war three happens
@maghenshaw87172 жыл бұрын
@@cornblaster7003 no shit sherlock
@lauramaue3 жыл бұрын
So back in the early 2000s when I was in middle school, my social studies class participated in an international pen pal project, and I was assigned a girl from Belarus. Now that I've learned more about their situation, it breaks my heart to think this monster was in power even back then. Olga, wherever you are, I'm praying for you and I hope you're okay.
@TheManinBlack90543 жыл бұрын
idc if he's a dictator and kills opposition his son mad cute, idgaf
@chezmoi423 жыл бұрын
@@TheManinBlack9054 Yeah, well, he'll probably grow up to be fat and bald with a combover just like Dad's.
@Jenny-tm3cm3 жыл бұрын
@@TheManinBlack9054 you have bad taste 🤮🤮🤮
@MasterArchfiend3 жыл бұрын
@@TheManinBlack9054 Satan is commonly described as being extremely handsome.
@renanphillips14793 жыл бұрын
What the fuck is happening here?
@MisterBondPT3 жыл бұрын
John, we did NEED to see that gentleman bare naked in that humiliating position. That burns in people's minds, as it should.
@thearousedeunuch3 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@carolyntalbot9473 жыл бұрын
I respect that journalist all the more for his commitment. Imagining human rights atrocities sometimes isn't as effective as being confronted with them visually.
@abigailhowe83023 жыл бұрын
@@carolyntalbot947 THIS... it's hard to appreciate TORTURE...if you've never been tortured. When the fallout over waterboarding happened, I felt it was inappropriate to even comment on it until I knew what waterboarding felt like...
@MLennholm3 жыл бұрын
Where are the black rectangles when you need 'em, though?
@TheQuintanaRoo3 жыл бұрын
@@MLennholm lmao
@maximpileckiy51563 жыл бұрын
I'm from Belarus and writing the comment to express my deep thanks for what you do! Thanks for bringing this back again in the media as the protest continues but unfortunately not on the streets as the repression goes wilder and wilder every day.
@alexandertownsend32913 жыл бұрын
Be careful in case **** monitors what you do on the internet. I don't know if they do or not.
@maximpileckiy51563 жыл бұрын
@@alexandertownsend3291 unfortunately they do that. For any comment you may be sentenced to prison.
@alexandertownsend32913 жыл бұрын
@@maximpileckiy5156 Try to stay safe then.
@Nightsd012 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is why I love watching John Oliver. This video, five months later, ended up being incredibly insightful (it was incredibly funny when I originally watched it). This video was the only reason I even knew who Alexander Lukashenko was. Given the recent events in Ukraine, thank you John Oliver - keep up the good fight
@flofri3 жыл бұрын
I really ask myself if John has a map in his office, where the countries he should no longer visit are marked ;)
@daanoverveld76163 жыл бұрын
By now the list of countries he can visit takes a little less effort to create xD
@manuelschneider11053 жыл бұрын
He does... it's called a world map
@garthako3 жыл бұрын
He‘s an American, now - He does not travel anymore
@Nshadowtail3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the countries he needs to stay out of are generally the ones *no one* should visit, so...
@austincde3 жыл бұрын
"Big tit-its" 🤣 effing bots
@MrAnTiTaLeNt3 жыл бұрын
The trouble with John Oliver "insulting" Lukashenko is, that these were not insults as much as honest descriptions
@eldorados_lost_searcher3 жыл бұрын
To paraphrase Horace Vandergelder, "All the facts about Lukashenko are insults."
@Mondfischli3 жыл бұрын
...does that teddy bear have a genuine bald patch 🤔
@SirCap153 жыл бұрын
JO is shitting on Lukashenko from US where Biden hides from nation who didn't elect him behind barbed wire, behind army and national guards backs. And JO supports that dictator. Double standarts?
@Steph-rj1uc3 жыл бұрын
The best insults tend to be brutal but honest descriptions
@Kira-rd7id3 жыл бұрын
@@SirCap15 shut up. We elected him, sure as hell, he was in-ideal, but at least better than the other guy
@PavelYasonov3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much from Belarus. Everything from this show is true. Thank you for your support!
@steelwolfwc362 жыл бұрын
Watching this a week into the Ukraine war, and I was immediately like "that's not Belarus, *this* is Belarus"
@MrMuel12052 жыл бұрын
War has always been the best geography teacher.
@einhorntaschentuch94042 жыл бұрын
Average 2nd grade geography lesson
@Sebastian-sd1om Жыл бұрын
@@MrMuel1205 For Americans indeed it Is.
@MaeLSTRoM1997 Жыл бұрын
Bonus points if you also said "that's Lithuania, not Belarus"
@waldothewalrus2947 ай бұрын
@@einhorntaschentuch9404every elementary school student should memorize the location and capital of every country on Earth
@RevazTateishvili3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the support of the people of Belarus! Even though I live in Ukraine, it is a dare situation on the border with Belarus. And your attention to this is extremely important!
@linlong10803 жыл бұрын
Thank you, John, for giving attention to Belarus... The situation there is horrible, please, help! SOS Belarus!
@kostajovanovic37113 жыл бұрын
Just be cautious on what comes after he's gone
@linlong10803 жыл бұрын
@@kostajovanovic3711 Yes, it also a danger, cause Putin already there and trying to eat Belarus as Ukraine... We need all the help from the world. Don't forget Belarus, do all that you can!
@AndreyShu3 жыл бұрын
Maria Kolesnikova, who was sentenced to 11 years is actually the most badass. At first, they tried to forcefully fly her to Ukraine. And she just destroyed her passport in an airport in order to stay in the country, knowing that she deffinitelly will be in jail and maybe worse.
@Ядерный_пепел3 жыл бұрын
+ 👍🤝💗🙏✝🙌
@2AirSnake3 жыл бұрын
Small correction - they tried to drive her through the border and even got her out out of belarus but when they gave her her passport to go through ukrainian border she ripped it so they were forced to take her back. Still badass)
@rjavaja3 жыл бұрын
I wish John Oliver included her story
@MaiAolei Жыл бұрын
To be fair, my imagination would not have done justice to how unsettling that picture of cold torture turned out to be. It painted a vivid and stark picture and will stick with you every time you hear Lukashenko's name.
@dpskane3 жыл бұрын
It's so sad that the people in Belarus were so brave, having protests going on for months, and despite detainments and beatdowns they still kept on going. Just to see nothing happening.
@pro-choicemom3 жыл бұрын
Because of a lack of international support.
@anterogradus3 жыл бұрын
It is still happening. The protests were steam rolled, but even Lukashenko understands that they will get back as soon as his ability to exert violence fade.
@tomgreen27373 жыл бұрын
Don't S4 America or Britain's help. They will invade kill 100000 of you spinned over 2 trillion and then when they leave the dictator will be stronger than ever before.
@ИванИванов-д5щ6б3 жыл бұрын
@@anterogradus Yes, it's still happening. Thanks for these words.
@zirklutesKerpa3 жыл бұрын
I am not fully sure what other countries can do. If Europe or USA would invade I believe it could start a WW3. As this then be a pretext for Russia to attack back and claim we invade free country.
@MyChannel7733 жыл бұрын
“i’ve only had this show for 8 years” oh my god we’re all old
@PaulGaither3 жыл бұрын
We have been watching since the late 90's on the Daily Show.
@dragoon10903 жыл бұрын
@@PaulGaither for real. We're all getting old.
@TheGyrocop3 жыл бұрын
Not me. I'm gonna live FOREVER!
@Shepfax3 жыл бұрын
My geography teacher in high school 7 years ago showed me the John Oliver segment on standardized tests and now this is just a weekly ritual for me
@jschuler533 жыл бұрын
@@Shepfax the one that got me hooked was me randomly coming across one he did on student loan debt. It was really good. And I just want to reiterate, as so many have already done, John Oliver loves the USA. I think he people here love the idea and the dream of a USA. How we get there is an entirely different story. He ain't no communist.
@brycef.44323 жыл бұрын
I lived in Belarus for a few months. It's an absolutely beautiful country with a rich culture and such sweet people who are terrified to do or say anything against the government. Please support them
@sayresrudy26443 жыл бұрын
thx for this
@Mubariz3 жыл бұрын
Support them by encouraging regime change, sanctions, destabilization?
@olegk113 жыл бұрын
@@Mubariz yes. That's what people are asking for. For international companies to stop bying from personal Lukashenka companies "his wallet companies." Belarus survives on grants by EU from road building to cleaning radiation areas.. country profits are non existent and banking system is rated close to 3rd world country.
@thejudge17283 жыл бұрын
@@Mubariz You're right, it'd be better to let their dictator torture press and slowly sell their country to Russia in peace.
@WTFizgoingon1233 жыл бұрын
@@thejudge1728 are you joking? Sell the country to Russia? Sanctions are closing the markets to Belarus, the only way to survive is to sell things to Russia! It is absolutely obvious! Sanctions are made to encourage revolution in the country but since when revolution is something good?
@leandrotami2 жыл бұрын
this was just 5 months ago. we know even more about how deep his insanity goes. It's just amazing this was allowed to reach this point in these modern years.
@dimetronome2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, since this aired, Lukashenko has already bragged that Putin promised to make him a “colonel” and accidentally revealed Russian battle plans to invade Moldova. The guy is a clown.
@mp5enthusiast2 жыл бұрын
@@dimetronome Yep, what a world.
@mrg1120002 жыл бұрын
You know what they say, absolute power corrupts absolutely. So what's the answer when most "Politicians" care mostly about getting re-elected? So that money river keeps flowing? It's the same reason that no matter what's going on in the world the price of everything keeps going up. GREED & the NEED for MORE!!
@pppLT193 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING THIS. It is so sad how forgotten this topic is for the rest of the world. As a Lithuanian who has young belarussian friends it is a subject laying particulary hard on the heart.
@txlee55133 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
I'm Belarussian, and I cannot believe he is covering this! This is something unreal for me! My favorite TV-show! Finally somebody speaks about our sad and huge problem!
@pppLT193 жыл бұрын
@@AlinaCalifornia He is my favourite too🙂. Stay strong our belarussian sisters, we do everything we can to help you, that coacroach cant live forever.
@LifeFull113 жыл бұрын
@@AlinaCalifornia , to my mind you've lost your say in this matter when you've moved to USA. Say hi to millions of homeless people outside your window and millions more who can't afford healthcare and food. Oh and while you're at it, wave to the millions poisoned, tortured and killed by usa all over the world. And good luck there, you'll fit right in.
@Marijuanifornia3 жыл бұрын
@@LifeFull11 Wherever you're from, your country sucks, too. But the good news is that climate change doesn't care where you live and will ruin every country without caring about politics, religion, wealth,, age or gender.
@lenaradevich80793 жыл бұрын
Thank you for support my native country! It's complicated to explain how I am happy to watch that video. More than thank you for the video and amazing support! Long live Belarus!
@Algerd19803 жыл бұрын
Stop lying! Belarusians are living an ordinary life like in other european states!
@АндрейЖибуртович-и3н3 жыл бұрын
А вы не заметили что вместо Беларуси на карте в видео подсвечена Литва? Они не знают кто где находится, им нет никакого дела до белорусов в прочем как и до литовцев, это часть антироссийской пропаганды а Беларусь инструмент.
@MegaVta3 жыл бұрын
@@АндрейЖибуртович-и3н зачем вы смотрите это шоу, если не понимаете английского? Показали только свою глупость. Меньше смотрите пропаганды типа 60-ти минут.
@АндрейЖибуртович-и3н3 жыл бұрын
@@MegaVta Я знаю английский, а ещё итальянский болгарский и турецкий, просто не смотрел видео а увидел заставку, потом посмотрев понял что это была шутка. А ещё я поездил по миру и пожил в разных странах по нескольку лет. Свою глупость показывать не стесняюсь главное что я так считаю на основании моего опыта. 60 минут я не смотрю.
@jjoploo3 жыл бұрын
GOD, how i have MISSED john’s quirky mannerisms like waving his arms. He never did it in the Void 😭
@ethancarpenter80753 жыл бұрын
I know me to. It makes sense though, if I was just talking to a camera I’d find it hard to really get in to what I am saying.
@astick77773 жыл бұрын
John was secretly made by Jim Henson Studios. He is a real-life muppet.
@d.e.b.b57883 жыл бұрын
He learned it from Jon Stewart. Watch the rest of Stewart's prodeges like Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, and others; they all do rants in the middle of their presentations. It does get tiring after a while, though..... These people's presentations are often about very serious things, and it just comes across as very odd that the most respected journalists today, are comedians, while 'real' journalists keep screwing up their credibility (I'm talking about YOU, Brian Williams; once caught in a lie, no one can ever trust that you're giving news instead of made up stories ever again).
@RochelleHasTooManyHobbies3 жыл бұрын
@@d.e.b.b5788 A good laugh keeps people watching. And when it comes to awareness of global issues like this? The ends definitely justify the means. I would definitely bet that people will pay more attention now to Belarus and Lukashenko, when they might not have heard of him before.
@potaterjim2 жыл бұрын
I love how Seagal isn't just there, he's dressed like a bad kung fu movie villain too
@tugger2 жыл бұрын
he is truly an exemplar of how the weakest and smallest men are attracted to autocrats
@markbrisec39722 жыл бұрын
This reminds me.. WhereTF is Seagal these days? I haven't heard his comment on the matter of his favorite dictator getting crushed on all fronts.. War, propaganda, finance, influence....
@warrenbennett18632 жыл бұрын
Fking with Bugs Bunny’s reputation.
@passingby25223 жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing it to public attention again. Last year's protests in Belarus were the biggest in its history by a large margin. Because this time Lukashenko really lost the election, as independent polls showed. Consequently, the level of oppressions is also very high, and rising
@utvpoop3 жыл бұрын
14:42 "The Cockroach" (Тараканище, the "big" one, obviously) is a Russian poem for children by Korney Chukovsky. There, the cockroach takes the power over the forest and every animal (the largest ones, too) is afraid of killing it despite of its size. But in the end, it gets eaten by a little bird.
@lucascamelo35013 жыл бұрын
it is basically "a bug's life" plot. Damn Disney stealing european stories.
@tomaxx12963 жыл бұрын
So would Trump be "The Cockroach Orange"?
@TheJeweledBird3 жыл бұрын
@@tomaxx1296 Oh, well played! I am so stealing that.
@ChronologicalLogic3 жыл бұрын
There is also an incredible poem written by Osip Mendelshtam called "Tarakanishe" about Stalin, which eventually got him killed. When Osip asked his friend to review it, his friend said that this poem is a suicide note, and distanced himself from Osip
@oskarfunes25053 жыл бұрын
@@ChronologicalLogic then he had real talent cause art is supposed to have an emotional response to it.
@henrylebard26483 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Oliver only noted the Ukrainian hanging victim, Vitaly Shishov, as a "dissident". He was the head of an organization that helped Belarusians flee Lukashenko's rule. Important to note.
@Jofkos3 жыл бұрын
@@aleksazunjic9672 dude really be simping for a dictator 💀💀
@aleksazunjic96723 жыл бұрын
@@Jofkos Dictator = someone whom West does not like :P
@isabellaangeline21753 жыл бұрын
@@aleksazunjic9672 You’re a fool who gives it up backdoor style to a dictator. You poor wannabe man.
@aleksazunjic96723 жыл бұрын
@@isabellaangeline2175 Dictator = someone who does not bow down to the West :P
@isabellaangeline21753 жыл бұрын
@@aleksazunjic9672 Aleksa = A dictator’s boy toy.
@roc78802 жыл бұрын
Norman Mailer spent months in Minsk to research Oswald life there when he wrote a book. He said that he found in Minsk the kindiest people on earth although they were also the most scared by the state and the police. Probably the same thing now
@Joethetooltech3 жыл бұрын
That reporter putting his bare bottom out did exactly what he wanted. I wouldn't have known about that if he hadn't then John Oliver reported on it. So good job naked reporter man.
@pushista93223 жыл бұрын
Totally
@Ryanlexz3 жыл бұрын
Democrats/ western liberal politicians think sanctions gonna work on Lukashenko HAHAHAHA
@googiegress3 жыл бұрын
I agree with your assessment
@MrDanBoj3 жыл бұрын
I'm Belarussian. Thank you for showing people the truth! Thank you for your support!
@olyabakhareva59073 жыл бұрын
The worst thing is, Russia gives him money, and he keeps on going there and asking for more. Without it, he wouldn't last so long((
@austinschumann83763 жыл бұрын
How is that the worst thing?
@danilooliveira65803 жыл бұрын
@@austinschumann8376 probably because we can impose as many sanctions as we want, its not going to help, because he will always have the capital to impose force on the people. in the end the sanctions will hurt the people, but not him.
@CorporateG0th3 жыл бұрын
@@austinschumann8376 he's creating a debt bond to Russia for whoever comes next, and probably "cause" for invasion/annexation when the time comes.
@Grubiantoll3 жыл бұрын
Belarusians are losing their freedom step by step
@TTFerdinand3 жыл бұрын
@@CorporateG0th You're absolutely right. Lukashenka has burned the bridges to the west and has given Putin all the cards to annex the whole country and Putin never lets go of what he holds. I fear it is already too late to do anything for the Belorussian people. Pardon my french, but they're fucked.
@BadgerOff322 жыл бұрын
I'm now imagining a scenario where an unsuspecting mother has somehow got a hold of one of those teddy bears and given it to her child, completely oblivious to both the context about why that bear exists, and also the configuration of the fruit on the bears shirt. Over time, that bear becomes the childs favourite teddy, and he takes it everywhere with him and forms an emotional bond with it. Many years later, now an adult, that child finds his old teddy bear while rummaging around in his parents attic, he pulls it out, looks at the picture of the fruit on the shirt, and suddenly recognizes what the fuck he had been carrying around with him as a child.
@lindaaustraarende13713 жыл бұрын
Few years ago I went to Minsk and me with friends were laughing about Luka's "office" palace in public transport. Then our guide came to warn us about laughing and saying Luka's name loudly. The fear undertone in her voice hit hard about living in Belarus.
@teresathayn51703 жыл бұрын
That's terrifying!
@kosxe213 жыл бұрын
this is what I had to live for 21 years prior to escaping to America
@Heisenburg173 жыл бұрын
all great mind escaping this shit hole, the living there is like in Borat movies.
@seanpboyd19683 жыл бұрын
It feels strange to "like" such a terrifying yet banal description of authoritarianism. I'm glad you and your friends made it through unscathed. And I hope your guide did as well.
@lindaaustraarende13713 жыл бұрын
@@seanpboyd1968 Thank you for concern, but we were fine without serious problems, if you ignore the man following whole group through the tour of the city center and regular questions from police officers. I'm glad that most of my friends from Belarus have relocated outside the country. :)
@pluki13573 жыл бұрын
There's a huge unexploited topic of what Lukashenka has been doing recently with refugees. He's actuallly doing human trafficing on a huge scale - it goes in thousands. Encourages people from countries like Irak / Syria / Afghanistan to legally fly as 'tourists' to Blearus, earning money on that and than pushes them through green borders with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia. His toughs - in full gear - literally push groups of those people towards boarder guards of said countries. There are people - including women and children - held for weeks in open fields at the borderline, stucked in between. There were reports of some of them being killed when trying to move back.
@z.kaminska1303 жыл бұрын
People are still stuck at polish boarder and Poland doesn't let them pass. It's horrible
@CrowColdblade3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, there was almost a firefight between Polish and Belarusian soldiers over it. And there have been 200 frontex agents stationed at the border.
@z.kaminska1303 жыл бұрын
@@CrowColdblade polish military and police are still stationed there, it's quite scary
@a.filakiewicz29423 жыл бұрын
@@z.kaminska130 Pass where? Where would they go?
@z.kaminska1303 жыл бұрын
@@a.filakiewicz2942 I don't think it's that hard to give them at least a temporary refuge. There are people who would gladly take them, in Poland and outside. Keeping them there, where they can't pass to neither country is murder.
@ЛисаПатрикеевна-ю9ж3 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO MUCH! We really needed a programme like this one. HUGS FROM BELARUS
@SuperPixiechild3 жыл бұрын
I think JO overlooked what was happening when the journo took his clothes off to stand in the freezer. It's a mad thing to do, sure, and I don't care for seeing a journos bare posterior, but it's also an incredible display of empathy. In the face of entrenched and grossly inflated narcissism, sometimes you have to hold a mirror up to the monster.
@arkadiyk3 жыл бұрын
He is nobody without Putin's money.
@carolyntalbot9473 жыл бұрын
🎯💯👍
@zirklutesKerpa3 жыл бұрын
That's so true and sad. Because basically Belarus is in Russians' pocket.
@NoRussiaNoCry3 жыл бұрын
He is just Papakoli )
@Joppi19923 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the foreign assassinations and control over the media as well as the elections are eerily similar to Russia as well, especially that Ukraine rebel leader who was shot close to Angela Merkel's office by a former murderer inmate of a Siberian prison who "somehow" got a legit passport only to carry out that assassination soon thereafter. Only reason that assassin was caught was because a couple of teenagers saw him ride on his bike into the bushes and come out looking very different, and notified the cops who quickly acted on it.
@Averageenjoyer-br1zm3 жыл бұрын
@@zirklutesKerpa in Putin's pocket, not ruasians'. Russian people won't benefit if he annexes belarus (and i suppose he may, lukashenko doesnt mind, it's pretty much the only way lukashenko can save his ass). Saying that belarus is in russians' pockets is like saying that Belarus is in Belarusian pockets' now. Don't confuse the dictator with the people
@soumils66233 жыл бұрын
Totally surreal to see him not inside the white void and in the studio with an audience.
@drunkensailor37363 жыл бұрын
Always great when he does foreign topics. New developments now in Afghanistan, found a great video on what Taliban 2.0 rule will be like and which geopolitical players will step into the vacuum left by the US: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKu9dp-OiJ2LiK8&ab_channel=MyTake
@Irish_Pub3 жыл бұрын
Is he? It sounds like a laugh track.
@psychodelogen.96943 жыл бұрын
did you watch the show before 2020
@scottgordon17813 жыл бұрын
@@Irish_Pub my thoughts exactly .
@ralfsstuff3 жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice...
@flyguy30003 жыл бұрын
As a Belarusian I've been waiting for this segment a while now
@tysonreuter57883 жыл бұрын
You don't understand who will run your country if this guy leaves.
@pavelm94693 жыл бұрын
@@tysonreuter5788 there is no if, there’s only when. Is it that hard to grasp?
@posto97163 жыл бұрын
@@pavelm9469 100% agreed ✌
@86damn863 жыл бұрын
@@tysonreuter5788 A very good portion of Belarusians are bright, well educated, have travelled and are building awesome businesses, especially in tech. Just look at how "polite" so many of the demonstrations have been, and how well they've self-organised to provide evidence of election fraud. If there is a country whose people will be very able to run itself its Belarus
@bolbyballinger3 жыл бұрын
@@86damn86 Problem is they would need to overthrow the guy via military conflict and if an anti-Putin puppet military get going in a country that borders Russia they'll have to deal with the Russian military.
@vandelayofficial492 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, somebody has to force-feed vegetables to Steven Seagal.
@gspendlove Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: That was the first time Seagal had ever tasted a carrot. According to him, he found it "enjoyable and crunchy, like a deep-fried chicken tender." Since then, he's added carrots to his diet, but only tempura-battered and deep-fried, smothered in gravy and cheese sauce.
@thomaskositzki94243 жыл бұрын
13:25 onwards: The guy who was found hanged certainly didn't commit suicide. It was in the media here in Germany at the time. His fellow dissidents and him were currently planning further resistance from Ukraine. He had plans for the next days, he was not depressed, he had a goal and purpose in life, he had friends. Nothng that hints at suicidal tendencies. You can assume that the Belarussian KGB (yes it is still named like that) ended that guy.
@onkelpappkov26663 жыл бұрын
Sounds just like the classic case of an unfortunate pedestrian breaking his neck in traffic, then shooting himself in the back of the head twice while falling off a bridge wrapped in carpet. A common accident. People need to be more careful.
@noizekiller3 жыл бұрын
His organization was money laundry for ukranian neo-nazi groups. And he was hanged by one of their members Sergey Korotkih also known as "Boatman".
@97henrik0412 жыл бұрын
@@noizekiller Proof? Or just anti-Ukrainian trolling?
@jonbongjovi18692 жыл бұрын
here in New Hampshire (the most corrupt govt i've ever seen) (let's put them against Team Hitler, point-by-point, deal?) (ex: Hitler wasn't a super-rapist, but (Governor) Sununu's Youth DETENTION centers, were TOTAL RAPE FACTORIES like most Amerikkkan jails) (THEY HAVE MALE GUARDS WATCHING THE FEMALE INMATES IN MOST PRISONS. What coudl go wrong, right???) ..... a few years back, KKKOPS investigated a dude who had parked his truck on the side of the road. (He may have broken down but KKKops don't care.) THE KKKOPS' OFFICIAL STORY? THEY CLAIM THE GUY WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD, which he DID DO (says fake ballistics)... and one kop ALSO SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD 2 MORE TIMES!!! Explain that one! THE ENTIRE PRESS and 100% of society said "no big deal". Only I cared. "I thought the guy was going to kill himself so I shot him 2 times in the head to stop that!" NEVER have kkkops not told insane lies that everyone let's slide. ANd UNTIL we all call them "KKKOPS" and "The Blue Klux Klan", they will CONTINUE TO GET AWAY. Words matter. Names matter. Like, you'd ONLY call it the "Establishment" if you're trying to PROTECT IT, hence the HARMLESS NAME. They are a SUPER-MAFIA. But every liberal and con REFUSES to call them this, as it would expose our LAWLESS govt.
@jonbongjovi18692 жыл бұрын
indie actress Adrienne Shelly (?) was found HANGING in her bathroom in NYC's greenwich village. Looked like a SUICIDE. EVENTUALLY came out (kops is a little slow, plus it was probably someone ELSE who solved it, cuz kops is idiots and lazy) that she had an argument with a construction worker next door, who ended up KILLING HER and he elaborately staged it as a suicide! (The idea that kops OFFER REWARDS of OUR cash.... for anyone who can solve crimes?? WHY ARE WE PAYING YOU LAZY RAPIST KKKOPS!? We can just offer CASH REWARDS for tips and SAVE TRILLIONS on KKKop costs! )
@tatsianaaneichyk24453 жыл бұрын
I have long awaited an episode about Belarus, and it has finally arrived :)) And it was great! Thanks and Жыве Беларусь! ⚪️🔴⚪️
@raodenraoden97963 жыл бұрын
ЖЫВЕ ВЕЧНА! 🤍❤️🤍
@Happymali103 жыл бұрын
"Oh nice he put some decor in his home studio." *Literally 10 seconds later* "That's not canned applause, is it?"
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87213 жыл бұрын
Almost did a double take there. The set is back, baby!
@cev123 жыл бұрын
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 and it sounds awful
@mikethewordsmith42633 жыл бұрын
@@cev12 Imagine, an open space full of people sounding worse than a room in your house.
@andrewbloom76942 жыл бұрын
I assure you Mr. Oliver we ALL know where Belarus is now...
@SamIAm-kz4hg3 жыл бұрын
Wow. His "do you see any viruses?" comment means that he is dealing with knowledge from about the 1500's. That's impressive.
@crazyratlady34383 жыл бұрын
The stupidity floored me
@seanuk77573 жыл бұрын
Teleprompter
@abdullayaser7003 жыл бұрын
@wnnalis cioov apperantly you don't have oil
@myrixica42223 жыл бұрын
500 years a head of a large portion of US Republicans.
@seanuk77573 жыл бұрын
@@myrixica4222 a head?....ahead. one word.
@viktoryiapanasavets9073 жыл бұрын
Oh there are so much more funny stories about his stupidity. After all in year 2020 he jailed EVERY candidate who has applied for presidentship, he let Tichanovskaya run in elections only because of lack of her ANY political experience: she was just housewife, he thought no one would choose her. But we will better choose housewife as a president, but not him.
@MeeYeeWeeWee3 жыл бұрын
I feel like if we all work hard enough we can elect a cat as president
@yeanah25713 жыл бұрын
@@MeeYeeWeeWee somehow, that cat would do a better job than both Lukashenko or Trump...
@pushista93223 жыл бұрын
He could have covered her fascinating story for a bit, yeah
@Laeiryn3 жыл бұрын
HA! Like running a house isn't just a smaller version of running a country. Everyone has to be fed, clean, educated, and to bed on time.
@CloneDAnon3 жыл бұрын
So why he did not jail Tihanovskaya then? Who would have never won and could even less win now. She is extremely unpopular and can barely even make a coherent sentence. Ah yes, but its "democratic" when West SELECTS its preferred puppet president? If so many foreign countries intelligence services and smear propagandist would not be involved i could actually care, but now its just a farce of West wanting to remove another regime it does not control and exchange it into more compliant regime that will allow his country to be robbed land used as anti-Russian platform. This would lead to bloodshed like always. Damn hypocrites.
@falco54763 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, he is still in the void we just imagine the studio
@starmaker753 жыл бұрын
And the laughter is just the madness of John Oliver and the audience from social isolation
@IsmailAli-uc2jm3 жыл бұрын
I miss the void. The last year and a half of no audience has been way more entertaining
@drunkensailor37363 жыл бұрын
Always great when he does foreign topics. New developments now in Afghanistan, found a great video on what Taliban 2.0 rule will be like and which geopolitical players will step into the vacuum left by the US: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKu9dp-OiJ2LiK8&ab_channel=MyTake
@turquoisesnowflake46133 жыл бұрын
I am going so insane, I believe that
@barrodexteriit.93013 жыл бұрын
We are all insane
@conquistadorrocket2 жыл бұрын
When Lukaschenko talks, it feels like I'm getting hit with that good old-fashioned Russian grandpa gaslighting. The mannerisms and the rhetoric make me feel like I'll get the shaking finger with a "старших надо уважать" quip at any moment
@mikoshino3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the attention on my home country. we have fled to austria in the early 2000s to escape lukashenko. my dad was an activist, which cost us a lot .. but we are happy here and cheer our distant family on. we support each other of course. i have never thought belarus would get featured here. new feelings!
@angelanguyen14763 жыл бұрын
I’m not used to the laughter yet… they’re interrupting my internal chuckle
@metalmoonsanctuary46993 жыл бұрын
Remember when we had to get use to no laugh track back in early 2020. How times have changed man.
@profosist3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was like wait what's that there
@singenstattatmen50963 жыл бұрын
Same here! I started to laugh out loud at John's jokes when they were made in the void, now I've reverted back to silence - it just isn't fun to laugh when the stupid audience are already doing it every 5 seconds. 😔
@yuliyalitskevich30493 жыл бұрын
This show is hilarious, but the situation in Belarus is really horrific. People are imprisoned for making negative comments about the authorities on social media or for wearing white and red clothing.
@VinzRex3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, but as a comparatively uninformed individual, I gotta ask: What's the significance of white and red clothing? Is it because they are the colours of Poland?
@Multiply1873 жыл бұрын
@@VinzRex no, those are the original colors of the Belarussian flag, that's been extensively used as a protest symbol in Belarus
@VinzRex3 жыл бұрын
@@Multiply187 Oh wow, I did not know that, thanks!
@qpavlov13 жыл бұрын
It is convenient not to mention that "original" here refers to 1991-1994, before which the colors (with some variations) were only briefly used on the territory of the country by Lithuanian and Polish communities in the beginning of XX century )
@AlinaCalifornia3 жыл бұрын
The very next step - they will forbid Ded Moroz to show up in the country.
@rorrodeh2 жыл бұрын
It’s that “well” in that protester’s “well, it feels like shit” that really drives it home
@the12345smart3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you touched this topic! The only think you missed out, is that the women in opposition who’s husbanded got arrested was not alone, there were two other women with the same exact situation working with her. Those three women won the actual national election with over 80% of people supporting them. Insanely brave.
@sergrojGrayFace3 жыл бұрын
They didn't win anything. Estimates based on opposition-run website Golos data put Tihanovskaya at best at 38% of votes with Lukashenko at 51%.
@GummyDinosaursify3 жыл бұрын
@@sergrojGrayFace Lukashenko, don't you have a country to run (into the ground). Why are you here posting nonsense on KZbin?
@sergrojGrayFace3 жыл бұрын
@@GummyDinosaursify nice try, troll
@thetea40933 жыл бұрын
@@sergrojGrayFace weak bait
@doctorx60833 жыл бұрын
@@GummyDinosaursify l W
@anastasiabylitskaya54253 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this piece about Belarus!
@LNata3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for supporting my home country in this hard times! Thank you for bringing up the topic, so people know that we are still fighting against the dictator and, of course, for the donations. This is the cutest way of fund rising. Жыве Беларусь!
@germanquadro41243 жыл бұрын
Hi is not a dictator. A voted for him.
@mxmissy3 жыл бұрын
"In no country in the world are you allowed to insult people." Lukashenko obviously hasn't been to Australia where we insult are politicians on the reg.
@AslanAlmukhambetov3 жыл бұрын
Laughing at those silly dictators is the best thing people can do to hurt them. They are not offended by words like “violent dictator” or “ruthless leader”, but they suffer a lot from being called a “weak looser” and being laughed at. So lets just do that ;) Жыве Беларусь!
@dr.OgataSerizawa3 жыл бұрын
@Aslan Almukhambetov I totally agree with your comment! 👍
@tifforo13 жыл бұрын
That's why he loved showing Garbunguly Berdemadhamadov (sp?) falling off his horse.
@dr.OgataSerizawa3 жыл бұрын
@Kitan Mani Wow! You’re certainly a hottie!
@jonbongjovi18692 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!! I'm THE most falsely arrested human ever, probably (47 insane arrests to torture me and shut me up in Amerikkka)....and ONE MAJOR REASON the Empire fears me more than any other human (they can't kill me as that will martyr me ha ha) is I ALWAYS MOCK THEM AND EMASCULATE THEM (and they're planning another 50 arrests to SLOW ME DOWN / shut me up). EX: if the PEN is mightier than the sword.... than CARTOONS are a hydrogen BOMB vs the pen! (EVERYONE loves cartoons!) EX: I was the ONLY Cartoonist who drew Rudy for the 8 YEARS he was mayor! Guess why! (He's a cartoonists DREAM! Yet none drew him?!! Cuz they didn't want to go to jail!) I was the ONLY cartoonist mocking Emperor Bloomturd. Any theories why? THE STORY GOES that Boss Tweed was a super-mobster at the turn of the century 1800s to 1900s, who RAN NYC VIA BACKROOM DEALS GALORE....and most ppl who voted for his FAKE candidate puppets were the illiterate masses. REPORTEDLY HE WAS TAKEN DOWN FINALLY....by CARTOONISTS. He reportedly said "my constituents an't read.... but ANYONE can understand a CARTOON!! STOP THE CARTOONISTS!!" I'm on trial right now for cartoons in NH! 100% of my "ALLIES" are covering it all up. (It's right there in the word: ALL LIES.) THE ACLU is a money-laundering front that does almost no work!
@theliberation90613 жыл бұрын
Also remarkable to see any Western media actually realising eastern Europe exists. Great work as always, John & team.
@mathemagician813 жыл бұрын
Africa here... hold our beer Eastern Europe
@thagodwecreate51793 жыл бұрын
"When you're born into this world, you get a ticket to the freak show...if you're born in america, you get a front row seat" - George Carlin
@kyraspikes75423 жыл бұрын
Right! The U.S mainstream media hasn't covered anything in your area since Russia violently re-enveloped/annexed Crimea. Everything else has been about Disgraceful 45's ties to Putin. Only U.S. news sources like Vice, John, of course, and Maddow have even covered any other suffering going down in these countries. Its hard to focus on others though when we had our own wanna-be dictator and have been fighting a tough battle against falling into fascism and the current resurgence of rampant white supremacist terrorism that Disgraceful 45 weaponized the entire time he was in office.
@MajorMlgNoob3 жыл бұрын
@@kyraspikes7542 y'all should read the New York Times more lol
@kyraspikes75423 жыл бұрын
@@MajorMlgNoob Thanks for the advice. I in fact do read the NYT, The New Orleans Advocate, and the Washington Post. But I am only referring to easily accessible visual media, not periodicals. The average U.S. citizen doesn't read the news. They only watch the evening news, if that. And the programming I mentioned that does cover these world altering events are considered a part of "the evil liberal agenda."
@eclairush3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this! Lukashenko is an awful person and we appreciate that you are raising people's awareness about him. Huge gratitude from Belarus
@ERub663 жыл бұрын
Stay strong. I pray one day you’ll know freedom. 🙏🏼🇺🇸
@_emory2 жыл бұрын
I have never felt such a strong connection to someone compared to listening to John’s desperate plea for the world to be more delightful
@St.Judith2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I wish we could parachute teddy bears to the Ukrainian children.
@ernestebell17353 жыл бұрын
This may well seal it: "Last Week Tonight" has to be the greatest single force for good in the media landscape. Better than the cable news programs, the late night talk shows, or other news related entertainments like "Real Time with Bill Maher." Obviously, there would be no "Last Week Tonight" without the vital work of news journalists around the world, but what this show does so brilliantly is clarify the issues in an extremely approachable manner that delivers on an emotional level, and then, as with the Belarus Bear Force bit in this show, sometimes gives us a fantastic call to action that lets people actually do something about the problems in the world. Hats off to the brilliant technical and creative team at the show, and to John Oliver, for his leadership and remarkable delivery of the material. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@avedic3 жыл бұрын
Nothing to add except to say.....YES. Yes a thousands times over.
@mauiskywalker8083 жыл бұрын
its garbage propaganda since COVID started. State funded democrat TV
@Milleniummeister3 жыл бұрын
@@mauiskywalker808 watch Out! We got. Badass over here
@bruitdefond3 жыл бұрын
John Oliver is a singular talent for sure but there is absolutely no reason other newscasts shouldn't do this type of journalism as well. Instead, we get ad nauseam updates on pointless wars, virtual rubbernecking and Kardashian baby name reveals.
@ashleyhatheway-moulton18073 жыл бұрын
Perfectly said
@Ronis883 жыл бұрын
The most Lukashenko was pissed, when during World ice hockey championship in Riga Belarus official flag was replaced by white and red opposition flag. He even recalled ambassador from Latvia because of it. Wanna annoy Luka, replace his flags everywhere.
@yankis.3 жыл бұрын
We do that in Lithuania and he is not happy. You wouldn't find an official flag flying here apart from the Belarusian embassy.
@Birdin_Atree3 жыл бұрын
As a Lithuanian i can take the joke of you showing Lithuania instead of Belarus :D. We are all trying to help them as much as we can
@akeuner3 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate. We really appreciate it.
@iceberghoney3 жыл бұрын
Have the other Baltic states been helpful as well?
@Birdin_Atree3 жыл бұрын
@@iceberghoney cant really tell, ive been out of the loop recently
@botigamer90113 жыл бұрын
Dear everyone in Lithuania: May the Gods of fate bring your country joy Much love from Mexico
@WTFizgoingon1233 жыл бұрын
@@botigamer9011 basically you've just explained how Lithuania helps Belarus lol
@HG_Budde8 ай бұрын
There's no way Lukashenko isn't just Kevin O'Leary with a fake moustache.. 😂
@lovesosa47517 ай бұрын
Right lol haha
@natalieandrew75733 жыл бұрын
God the feeling of hearing the background laughter and reaction makes it so much more lively
@ceberios3 жыл бұрын
I saw so many comments that disagree with you but hey everyone has his own opinion
@mrcolz93733 жыл бұрын
@@ceberios a man of virtue right here
@artsydragon48743 жыл бұрын
Sure laugh tracks are outdated but it adds some much needed levity to these videos. Without them makes it too stressful for me to watch.
@Lazzil3 жыл бұрын
It still drives me nuts how John always cuts the audience off when they start applauding him, lol.
@tristanweide3 жыл бұрын
@@artsydragon4874 It's not laugh tracks, live audience laughing with his jokes.
@yuriy.vorontsov3 жыл бұрын
The key reason that Lukashenko is still in power is that he has Putin behind his back. It is worth mentioning this fact, John.
@ДмитрийКирильченко-ь4н3 жыл бұрын
And 90% of BELARUS POPULATION!
@yuriy.vorontsov3 жыл бұрын
@@ДмитрийКирильченко-ь4н 146%
@binazirissenova93823 жыл бұрын
kinda wish they'd have shown videos of police brutality against protesters, I think that would have been much more impactful and evidentiary of how bad the whole situation is in Belarus.
@olshek3 жыл бұрын
True!
@SouthwesternEagle3 жыл бұрын
We know how that feels here in the USA.
@GregorySkidmore3 жыл бұрын
I genuinely think that the image of a nude person in the cold is a relevant depiction of such extreme detention.
@svampebob0073 жыл бұрын
me too, I mean it's easy to make a silly joke, but it does prove just how humiliating and painful it torture can be. some form of torture are just too graphic to show on TV and makes it really hard for people to even imagine what people could possibly suffer at the hands of corrupt politicians, and thus might not actually portray just how awfull the situations can be. I don't mean that news reports should be a BDSM session, but I think that this reporter did a odd but good job at reporting the method of torture.
@nneeerrrd3 жыл бұрын
I Agree 👍 Visualization is much more than just saying
@theodorebear67143 жыл бұрын
Commitment to journalism. I respect that.
@Ryanlexz3 жыл бұрын
Democrats/ western liberal politicians think sanctions gonna work on Lukashenko HAHAHAHA
@annmettam19482 жыл бұрын
This guy is just wonderful. Some-Times I think it's only when I watch his show do I get to have a laugh.
@karseniberra3 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird yet welcoming to see him back with a live audience again.
@inSpihr3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean to say a background?
@coofzilla3 жыл бұрын
yeah, honestly I kinda liked it without the laugh track.
@Ryanlexz3 жыл бұрын
Democrats/ western liberal politicians think sanctions gonna work on Lukashenko HAHAHAHA
@charlescannon24693 жыл бұрын
John: "Happy now, freaks?" Me: takes one to... *John begging Adam to crush him* _Oh....right_
@crystall.4113 жыл бұрын
Cant really blame him 🤷🏻♀️
@Alexaohyf3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for supporting Belarus. We really appreciate it.
@snapdragon93002 жыл бұрын
It's a wonder Putin didn't chastise him for saying he's the ' only European dictatorship ^😆
@nihili41962 жыл бұрын
Because Putin wants to at least appear like he's trying to pretend he looks like he's not a dictator
@lupen_rein Жыл бұрын
Lukashenka admits it. Putin doesn't admit these things, he always lies about everything.
@Mrst3lios893 жыл бұрын
That’s excellent that John Oliver has talked about Belarus. They’ve been oppressed for a long time and someone finally shed some light on that part of our world. I hope he mentions Erdogan’s “greatness” next !!!
@gals46323 жыл бұрын
He mentioned Erdogan's "greatness" four times already but I can always use more...
@birbeyboop3 жыл бұрын
Erdogan isn't exactly a saint but comparing Turkey to Belarus is rather silly. They still do a lot of things better than America over there, although I suppose that's not a high bar.
@ЭтотГражданин3 жыл бұрын
Unexpected but really nice for me.
@OldFashionedLover3 жыл бұрын
@@birbeyboop I guess that‘s depending on who you ask. I bet the Kurdish people would give you a picture of Erdogan as horrible as any dictator. Rightfully so.
@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH3 жыл бұрын
The citizens of Belarus were oppressed by WHAT? By factories that build BELAS or schools which educate the fine USSR way? Damn Lukashenko, didn't destroy the USSR leftovers to the pleasure of fake West like Yeltzin and Shushkevich did. Such a dictator, much envious fire fart.
@1oace7683 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Im a Belarusian citizen but moved to Canada with my mom. However there is a conscription which meant if I ever returned id be dragged into the army. In addition, after the recent protests, since my grandparents are strong and notable activists I was put on a no-fly list out of Belarus. Lucky for me I'm in the states right now or I could be in actual danger.
@Makarosc3 жыл бұрын
To Belarus or Canada?
@teresathayn51703 жыл бұрын
Glad you got out but I hope they get Lukashenka out soon! What a jerk!
@julianbufarull76023 жыл бұрын
How is this a fun fact?
@Ready4theTakeOff3 жыл бұрын
let's be honest... John was so appalled by witnessing that naked man that he decided to have us all suffer with him by showing it here. That's the most real friendship 😂
@tracymcnair13033 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Krystalmyth3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't appalled. I think that reaction was inappropriate. Sorry but a naked man doesn't offend me. What offends me is that this was done to the Belarusian people. That real people suffered like this to a dictator. On their soil. The land they grew up in. That they lost their dignity, despite committing no crime. I think turning men's bodies into a punchline, simply doesn't track. But yes, let's be honest. ---- If you are appalled simply by witnessing such an event, I invite you to seriously, truly, consider your response to being forced to experience it.
@captain42292 жыл бұрын
I’m just here to brush up on recent Belarusian political history, given the circumstances regarding Ukraine right now
@collinkeyser68272 жыл бұрын
Didn't Some Of The Invading Troops Enter 🇺🇦 From Belarus?
@kjj26k2 жыл бұрын
@@collinkeyser6827 A large number did and they went straight to Kyiv, invalidating most of reasoning for this invasion. Also, as the Russians meet stiff resistance it becomes clear that taking Kyiv is the single most important offensive and they would be even worse off if it weren't for that surprise push from Belarus through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. AND THAT'S NOT ALL As I type this the _Belarusian_ army is massing for a drive on Kyiv and also a push to Lviv near the polish border, likely to block refugees from leaving and preventing weapon delivery to Ukraine. TLDR; *Lukashenko is just as responsible for this as Putin!*
@EdvinasMandravickasABC3 жыл бұрын
Keep up the fight Brothers and Sisters! Love from Lithuania!
@jonneexplorer3 жыл бұрын
are you sure you are not in Belarus? That looked a lot li9ke Belarus on the map :)
@daryatrafimava3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Wonderwhy393 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!
@EdvinasMandravickasABC3 жыл бұрын
@@jonneexplorer I can roast my president as much as I like, so yeah I'm certain, lol
@roxfan3333 жыл бұрын
@@jonneexplorer The first country highlighted in the video was Lithuania. Lithuania is hosting many of the people who had to leave Belarus, including the person who actually won the election (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya)