Moscow Theater Attack: Its Complicated Origins and Even More Complicated Consequences

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On March 22, 2024, a Russian theater came under attack. More than 100 died. This video explores how everything traces back to the Black Sea: the perpetrators motivation, the opportunity to commit the strike, and the aftermath.
0:00 Details of the Attack
1:10 How It Started: Russia's Black Sea Problem
5:00 The Ukraine War Distraction
8:11 Russia's Response
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[@johnny.thetshirtguy3545]

So let me get this straight. According to the comments. It was a Pakistani Mossad CIA British US FSB ISIS co-conspiracy. Inspired teamwork 😂

[@davidford3115]

They are throwing anything and everything at the wall and see what sticks. It is an unhinged derangement.

[@LukeTEvans]

indoubably if thats how its said

[@stefansekulic7903]

The ISIS-Jewish-UK-US-EU conspiracy.

[@cadmean-reader]

Gotta love how "managed democracy" has made it into common usage

[@bluestarfishmurphy6372]

Like Trump's "fake news" for anyone questioning! blatant Russian propaganda. The trouble is the Russian economy is only based on Energy and military weapon sales. That's it. That's why they were in Syria, because they sold them tanks for 40 years. But that's the Shame. Energy profits were their only Chance to Change. When a so-called ex-communist country has the chance to use Wealth, to the benefit of the lives of its citizens, long-term and it doesn't , It is hypocrisy. Vlad is the Nazi.

[@xeanderman6688]

Helldivers would be proud

[@TheGreatMilksteak]

If totalitarian government control means I can scream for super Earth then I'm ok with that trade off

[@tisisonlytemporary]

Got me 😂😂

[@OdinWannaBe]

helldivers

[@TailRecursion]

I was hoping you'd cover this, but as usual I'm impressed by your ability to get it out so quickly.

[@ymeynot0405]

It helps that he already knows all of this and doesn't have to do any research, just write it and edit it.

[@hayleyxyz]

​@@ymeynot0405 He is an expert on the subject, it's still impressive to write a script, edit a video with animations etc. Everyone else I've seen covering this have been off-the-cuff livestreams

[@Princip666]

Babbling incoherently for 12 minutes is quite a feat.

[@hayleyxyz]

​@@Princip666 If you actually have any criticism about the content of the video, feel free to make them. You're just throwing mud like a child currently.

[@Princip666]

@@hayleyxyz You mean like I should talk more about how ridiculous the babbling is, as it pushes false narrative about ISIS? No thanks.

[@plumpedalpaca]

Given your speed, FSB may pin it on you, lol. Thank you for the video!

[@christopher9727]

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[@Curt_Sampson]

"A trip out tp the Pacific"? I have the feeling the the Russians did this once before, and it didn't work out so well....

[@florinadrian5174]

They did it twice: - in the Russo-Japanese war of 1905-6, total disaster for the Muscovites. - the Siberian conquest which lasted centuries and extended the Muscovy land empire to the Pacific. That went very well for them. They even held Alaska for a while.

[@thesuit4820]

There were torpedo boats, I swear.

[@woongah]

​@@thesuit4820-you served on the support ship "Kamchatka" ?

[@Vatnikenrager]

@@florinadrian5174 Siberia and Alaska had a population of few Dozen people armed with clubs..all Russia did was beat the weather into submission and get a load of prisoners killed in the process.

[@RaiderRich2001]

the real Ghosts of Tsushima

[@michaelwalk3487]

Man, no matter what the context is, 116 people just out to have a good time got caught up in this mess and paid (or almost) with their lives. Doesn't matter if they are Russian, they didn't deserve that, RIP.

[@StormyDog]

Along with most likely hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who were just living their lives and got caught up in an invasion from russia.

[@xyzxyz8811]

The number of victims is much higher per updated info.

[@NigelAnderson-iu2bs]

dont start wars. dont get involved in other nations wars. I have ZERO sympathy for russians

[@respecttheface7152]

​@@xyzxyz8811good

[@LoganChristianson]

How many otherwise innocent people died in the bombing campaigns of Germany during WWII, or the napalm bombing or nuclear bombing of Japan? Or how many innocent people has Israel so far killed with their attacking Hamas? How many innocent civilians has Russia killed attacking Ukraine? Conflict is punctuated with the death of innocents. It is, unfortunately, entirely inescapable.

[@drhxa]

Very impressive video for only ~24 hrs after the event. I can only imagine what your production process looks like. ~1-2 hours to write the script (you gotta really know your stuff, and of course you do), 1 hour to record audio, 2 hours to find your assets and ~10 hours of editing. That's my best guess. Regardless, congrats and thank you

[@Gametheory101]

It was something like: Initial Writing: 2 hours Animating: 5 hours Voice Over: 1.5 hours Editing and KZbin: 1.5 hours I tend to add to the script as I animate and do voice over, though. This started at 900 words when I began animating and ended at about 1650.

[@drhxa]

​@@Gametheory101Wow! It's very impressive!

[@paulhargreaves1497]

@@Gametheory101 I think most people underestimate the investment a 12 min YT video takes! Thanks for doing this.

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

Thank you for HAVING a script instead of stumbling and bumbling around looking for the right words while you wing it. (Cf. Combat Veteran Reacts)

[@anglaismoyen]

​@@Comm.DavidPorterYou don't just "not interested" any video with the word "reacts" in the title?

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

This war gets crazier and crazier every day with new plot twists and villain redemption arcs all the time It’s like a movie.

[@sumotony]

Spoiler Alert "prigozhin the white" returns to face the orcish hordes!

[@strangeke7750]

Redemption arcs? Once youre a war criminal you are a war criminal until the day you leave the mortal plane.

[@kevChess]

Are you implying that ISIS is doing a redemption arc? You know Russia fought Nzies too right? have they been redeemed in your eyes?

[@pixellordm8780]

@@kevChessthis mindset some folks have of “the enemy of my enemy is always my friend!” Is how the russians became a threat to democracy in the first place, glad to know theres still a lot of sane minds here that understand that

[@strangeke7750]

@@kevChess they also fought with the nazis for the first two years of ww2.

[@FunkAndFluff]

Surreal enough, your delivery at 6:36 somehow sounded to me like you were winding up for an ad read and my brain was confused going "What is this guy about to promote?!" All jokes aside, really solid insight!

[@giorgikhachvani5603]

Exactly my thoughts haha

[@reubennelson4086]

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[@danielheckel2755]

Groundnews.

[@LarryLonson]

The guys Johnson

[@mootnmike]

Thanks for pulling this together so quickly, well done.

[@icosthop9998]

TY for covering this subject.

[@artnull13]

Hmmm 🤔 A helldivers reference ‘managed democracy’ A spaceship troopers reference ‘would you like to know more?’ Coincidence I’m sure

[@ProfLakitax]

The Ministry of truth has given you insurance that it is all a coincidence. Cease your investigation.

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

I see Helldivers as the knock-off of a lifetime: Warhammer 40K and Starship Troopers. Automatons, with a penchant for fairly skeletal looking things, and skulls? Knockoff Necrons. Terminids? C'mon, it's just the Tyranids but more akin to Starship Troopers bugs.

[@RaiderRich2001]

@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 the Super Earth government in Helldivers is patterned after modern Russia

[@carlosandleon]

Starship*

[@mrmountain9540]

Hello fellow Super Citizens. Remember to immediately report any and all treasonous comments to your Democracy Officer. If in doubt remember that doubt is a thought crime and should also be reported to your Democracy Officer. That is all.

[@richardtabor8686]

thanks so much for the quick turn around on this one. always appreciate the content.

[@woongah]

"A round trip to the pacific is a stuupid idea" - Admiral Rosetzsvenky agrees on this one.

[@JP-xd6fm]

I'm lost with that. If they are trapped in the baltic because in war time they can't use the turkey pass, How on Earth they could reach the pacific? I didn't understand that part tbh

[@xXRealXx]

@@JP-xd6fmI want an explanation too

[@candiman4243]

@@JP-xd6fmIt's a historical reference to the 2nd pacific squadron, which was sent from the baltic to vladivostok to fight japan. Further details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinovy_Rozhestvensky#Russo-Japanese_War or just look up one of the many youtube videos that mention it.

[@Dave05J]

​@@JP-xd6fmthey have a pacific fleet.

[@oohhboy-funhouse]

​@@JP-xd6fm TLDR, early 1900, Japan curb stomps Russian Pacific fleet. Russia sends the Baltics fleet to reinforce. It goes poorly, very poorly. Look up Drachinifel Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron and the battle of Tsushima for the details.

[@1celloheaven]

Once again a sincere thank you for another brilliant tutorial. Good work and often one of the best insightful analysis available.

[@caylynmillard76]

Thanks for everything.

[@SoFallsWichitaFalls]

As always, thanks for the big picture background.

[@Nappanaia]

Shoigu did announce the creation of new units already, prior to the attack. I still currently think the attack was authentic but I'm not ruling out FSB shenanigans either

[@marrs1013]

FSB doesn't make sense. Plus forgeing an acceptable story to make it stick on the Ukranians is practically impossible. Opening a 'second front' is not the solution. Especially if this 'second front' isn't really exist and ready to be struck quickly. It's an international terrorist group. Where do you strike? Who do you assasinate? Blaming an ISIS branch to raise more troops, then send them to Ukraine? Even Russians won't buy that...

[@TomTomicMic]

More likely FSB than Ukraine!?!

[@suckersupreme4380]

@@TomTomicMicfrankly, yeah

[@0816M3RC]

​@@TomTomicMic Ukraine doesn't go for such targets.

[@starwarscoppers]

FSB killed over 100 of their own? You people really cant be spoken to w any seriousness lol.

[@asan1050]

William Spaniel ThanksMuch for posting !

[@thomasdalzell1567]

honestly man, I find myself so dis-oriented about events but your videos give me so much more clarity about geo-politics. its those lines on maps my friend. all the best from Britain, God bless

[@Ar1AnX1x]

its crazy how good U.S. intelligence agencies are, they probably knew about this before Russian's own internal Intelligence agencies did

[@elizabethlacky6068]

They blew off FBI agent John O'Neil who warned them constantly that the US will be attacked by airplanes, they called him paranoid. Our biggest terrorist attack they blew..

[@StagArmslower]

nah, just one phone call from Mosad

[@elizabethlacky6068]

An FBI agent John O'Neil warned over and over again the US would be attacked by airplanes, they called him paranoid. US intelligence blew it on our biggest terrorist attack on home soil..

[@NadiaSawicki-lt1uf]

They did. They gave them the info apparently.

[@elizabethlacky6068]

US intelligence blew it on 911...John O'Neil an agent, warned them, and they said he was paranoid..

[@Tundraviper41]

A Terrorist group terrorizing a Terrorist government, strange how that works.

[@davidford3115]

Trash taking out the trash, kind of like the Eastern Front in WW2.

[@stefansekulic7903]

Or an inside job to justify giving more power to the state security and potentially send troops to central Asian countries.

[@Mikachu90]

There's always a bigger fish :D

[@smokeyp7565]

Thank You for being "Johnny on the Spot" with this video! You are appreciated 😮

[@andrewtully3622]

Deja vu to 2nd Chechen War, anyone?

[@Steelrat1994]

Please no second Beslan.

[@JosephKano]

Isn't it 3rd Chechen?

[@InquisitorXarius]

Except the Chechens weren’t fundamentalist genocidal nut jobs like Isis.

[@Steelrat1994]

@@JosephKano 3rd Chechen hasn't happened... yet. He means the part of the 2nd Chechen after active combat was over: terrorist attacks that went on for years.

[@kuyacalvinslife]

BULLSHIT CIA

[@IamDog0]

Russia does this to Ukrainians in a different form every day.

[@876xboss_albanerx64]

@@Langermar russian detected, opinion rejected.

[@ion282]

@@Langermarrussia is doing this to ukraine since 2014 russia is doing this to georgia since 2008 russia is doing this moldova since 1992 russia did this with tchechenya for 2 wars

[@Bartekkru100]

@@Langermar You mean Russia is doing it, right? Russian military and FSB were operating in Donbas from the very start.

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@Langermar A traitor to yur people then.

[@Langermar]

@@Bartekkru100 Oh, so it was not Poroshenko, who ordered the Ukrainian army to shell my city, even though there were civilian people, who had nothing to do with separatists?

[@adrianrichards247]

Thank you for the concise explanation

[@ryltair]

This is a really good take on the situation. Thank you! Although by now I have been expecting nothing less :)

[@taylorthomas2089]

Good job on this one Billy.

[@maxnoob5237]

Saw this happend and then a William spaniel upload notification pops up.

[@Bokto1]

Really makes you think, huh

[@chriswilkerson4074]

Great job connecting the dots to help people understand why the Russian empire is in conflict with Islamic State Khorasan. The Russian goal of Naval Power is a cause of the conflict. But there are also very old historical grievances from Islamist extremists regarding attacks on Muslims including in Chechnya, Georgia, and Afghanistan too.

[@user-tz3sf2ho7s]

A thorough analysis at such an early point in time, thank you.

[@StruckBy_Lightning]

Waiting for this guy to hit his well-deserved 1 mil subs.

[@arthur-qm8qs]

Very good reporting 👍

[@johnhamilton7762]

A Baltic fleet, a Black Sea fleet, a Northern fleet and a Pacific fleet. Oh, and only ONE ageing aircraft carrier! 🤣

[@sichere]

A Baltic fleet, A Northern fleet A Pacific fleet. No more Black Sea fleet, Oh, and still only one burnt out ageing aircraft carrier!

[@bluestarfishmurphy6372]

And a submarine fleet, A propaganda fleet, An internet trolling & election interference fleet and an internal polar gulag and prison fleet...

[@davidshanahan5134]

It’s actually only an aircraft carrying cruiser - makes it an inefficient aircraft carrier, even when it runs.

[@RonaldTrumpOfficial]

@@davidshanahan5134Can’t even have a real aircraft carrier in Russia bruh

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

You mock Russia for aircrafts carriers but Russia outnumbers USA and it's allies with nukes so good luck yankee😂😂​@@sichere

[@4dirt2racer0]

thanks for the video man

[@stephengrahn9361]

You taught me something again, Great video very informative

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

It didn't start in Syria at all rather in Iraq! After second invasion of Iraq in 2003 US decided to change Iraqi government entirely including the army as well. All previous Iraqi officials were discharged, around 500,000 people and replaced by new officials. This led to massive unemployement in war-torn Iraq especially among Sunnis, you can find western articles from 2006, claiming these people will not disappear into thin air. Rather they will establish organizations and somehow fight back in the future. And it was exactly what happened there were many local groups in Iraq engaging against both new Iraqi government/army and the coalition forces. As US was heavily supporting Iraqi government they weren't so successful, still continued recruiting and arming themselves. Then the Arab spring and Syrian civil war happened. At first it was Syrians rebelling against brutal rule of assad family but they got defeated against heavily armed government forces. So they desperately allowed foreigners to join their ranks, wanted people in Iraq joined them and received US coalition aids and arms. Leaked documents from Obama government show they knew those were radicals who actually fought against US forces in Iraq! But only God knows why nobody cared and US even armed these people through Jordan as a part of FSA, free Syrian army. For first few years it was going well, FSA managed to defeat assadist forces in many fronts with these reinforcements. It was even looking like assadists were going to be defeated and Syrian civil war was going to end soon expect more and more Iraqis were joinning FSA and these radical percentage becoming very large. In 2014 the unthinkable happened and these people declared they were no longer a part of FSA and established isis. Ofc actual Syrian rebels didn't accept this and began heavily fighting against isis. This allowed assadists to slowly recover and with involvement of Russia they gained upperhand again. FSA got defeated in many fronts as they were fighting against isis, assadists, YPG at the same time and retreated to northern Syria. They requested aid from Turkey and Turkey fearing more refugee waves will happen in case of their defeat, began supporting them in 2016. This was also why Turkey shot down a Russian jet as they were heavily bombing FSA forces especially Turkmen groups in Azaz next to Turkish border so Turkey gave them an ultimatom. Western coalition ditched FSA entirely and focused on YPG-SDF during same time period and sides are exactly same today. Everybody is against isis, FSA is against assadists and YPG, YPG is against FSA while assadists are busy killing innocents...

[@zen4men]

The Cynicism of our "Leaders" is astounding. Good analysis. I concur. /

[@johnwright9372]

The more the outside interference, the bigger the mess and the consequences spill over in so many ways.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@johnwright9372 Impossible to say. You can only say that in this case because we see the consequences, but there are many other places where things may have gotten a LOT worse without outside interference. Yugoslavia Civil War, Sudanese Civil War, Korean War, and many more are good examples.

[@johnjennings9043]

The montreaux convention does allow any ship with its home port in the Black Sea to pass - Russian ships are NOT prevented passage... They have to give the turks notice, but are permitted. The russian pacific fleet or northern fleet are not permitted passage - though some of the smaller ones can work their way through the inland waterways of russia.

[@laersignihton]

Its about warships not general ships

[@stefansekulic7903]

But the Turks control the straights.

[@johnjennings9043]

@@laersignihton it applies to russian warships, yes. Russian (and bulgarian/Romanian etc) warships may transit the bosphouous to retrun to port - provided their home port is designated within the black sea.... Aircraft carriers are NOT permitted within the Black Sea, and warships above a certain tonnage. Its why the British were not allowed in in 2023.

[@tuehojbjerg969]

@@johnjennings9043 and designated BEFORE the hostilities began

[@johnjennings9043]

@@tuehojbjerg969 Yeah. Russia can transit small warships (corvette and smaller submarines) through its inland waterways. Its great canal can manage a draft of 4M (possibly more now)

[@wookieecantina]

Very well presented and quite accurate.

[@sooie27]

They were warned by us and laughed it off

[@robertfoster7807]

The russians were warned but not told any specific information..The usa warned russia because the usa cia planned it

[@Shvetsario]

Prolly because they are the ones who came up with the idea

[@matthewtoll694]

@@Shvetsariointelligent take alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@ernestinebass4371]

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, will never leave drydock.

[@neutralevil1917]

We'll see about that

[@Pleezath]

the day it will sink it has to be towed indeed. other than that it will stay there. because the think is constantly breaking down@@neutralevil1917

[@davidford3115]

@@neutralevil1917 8 years for repairs is a LONG time to remain in dock.

[@neutralevil1917]

@@davidford3115 We'll see about that as well

[@jdocean1]

@@neutralevil1917the carrier is hot garbage.

[@kmjohnny]

Freshly reelected Putin dismisses warnings, starts blaming Ukraine immediately.

[@mechanicaldavid4827]

THANK YOU for the delightful use of a stock photo of a wet/dry vacuum when discussing the strategy around a naval base!😂😂😂

[@ion282]

Only my opinion but lot of things weird coming from russia. 1st: the reaction of poutine when the USA and UK said there could be a terrorist attack. Some sort of provocation. 2nd: the security forces, something like that, took 1 hour to arrive, while it's close to moscow 3rd: for an event like that, on the footage we see, when the terrorist arrives, no security at all. There are also reports of disfunctions in the security materials. But they already captured the terrorists? 4th: the way they avoid to say a group has declared responsability for it 5th: few days ago, the spokerman of kremlin said the war with ukraine is now a war. Not a special military operation for them. 6th: it took 1 day for poutine to say anything. I'm betting on the fact it wasn't a flase flag but they knew what would happen. They let it so the population can be mobilised easier. Don't forget one thing also: poutine is a narcissic psycho, that's why he continues with elections. He wants to be seen as the "savior"

[@strongbird3499]

Similar to how Netanyahu seems to have let 10/7 happen despite warnings from Egypt and his own IDF officers on the border.

[@KS-bo5bg]

​@@strongbird3499 Intelligence failures in Israel don't point to conspiracy where there is none. It's IRAN that sent suitcases of cash to HAMAS, but somehow that got spun and put on Netanyahus hands?

[@ProfessorxVile]

Look at the events that were attacked in each case: some sort of rave full of Israeli hippies, and a performance from a Russian prog-rock band that has been around since the 80s. In both cases, the events would be more likely to be filled with people critical of the government than supportive of it. So they get to sacrifice a bunch of people who don't support them, and then use their deaths as justification for some violent course of action that the victims wouldn't have supported if they were alive.

[@guydreamr]

4th: the blinding incompetence of Russia which has already been amply demonstrated.

[@mikiandfriends1820]

This is one ordinary day at the front. So all that you say has muted meaning. Russia is small country when you consider its economy and capability compared to America. East europe is poor as there is always a war with militarily superior west or population rich east

[@MegaDoraibu]

"Remember, no Russian."

[@JR-gp2zk]

Putin as weakened Russia so badly China will invade next...oh actually they already started. The Russian people need to remove Putin before it is too late.

[@tezokun2619]

Putin ordered the Shooting & he will blame ukraine. so Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of patriots.

[@Atlas_21]

I must have missed this, what is this meme about?

[@crazychimp1324]

@@Atlas_21dude …

[@crazychimp1324]

@@Atlas_21have you just joined the internet

[@petergerdes1094]

I'm claiming responsibility for this comment. (sorry got here first and couldn't resist storming the comment section)

[@bluestarfishmurphy6372]

How can you be sorry but adamant about your responsibility for creating a storm? Something fishy going on here. Me's thinks you's trying to deny credit due to ISIS, or Vlad himself, either/or. So which is it. Pete.

[@TamaBla]

Oh nice seeing Tiger and Turtle of my hometown as the Roller-coaster image

[@athenak4666]

Great report 👍🏾

[@lordphullautosear]

Don't use the word "democracy" with the rf. It's a Potemkin democracy at best.

[@SianaGearz]

He didn't say "democracy". He said "managed democracy" which is a slightly sarcastic obvious euphemism, which does not at all imply to say that it's a democracy. Oh look, a Wikipedia article!

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

It’s a Helldivers reference that’s popular, where the game says managed democracy

[@andrewparsons2391]

Increasingly it seems like russia is one big potemkin country

[@arvintyree1109]

​@@SianaGearza "unmanaged democracy" is a "true free democracy!" 😊

[@Mortablunt]

Russia had a field of four candidates across the political spectrum and permitted weeks for people to vote by post or online and allowed three day in person voting across the weekend. Meanwhile, America has two candidates act like you’re a massive jerk if you try to vote by mail, and only has a few hours to vote in person on a single day.

[@andrewrossy]

Brilliant analysis… and so quick

[@Mortablunt]

And all nonsense. It’s obviously Ukraine. It doesn’t match the style of Islamist militants given the perpetrators expressly said they did it for money and showed none of the usual fanaticism down to running away after the shooting and giving up without a fight instead of trying to get martyred. The branch that supposedly did it also has no ongoing conflict with Russia. And the guys that got caught we’re going the wrong way, and had no search contacts instead, they were caught going to Ukraine and had Ukrainian contacts This would be far from the first time Ukraine has hired for nationals to conduct terrorist operations against Russian people. The so-called free Russia legion is a Ukrainian military unit of Russian Nazis, in exile, who have at least twice gone into Belgorod, and murdered a bunch of civilians. Ukraine got busted this summer with a van full of bombs, trying to sneak it through Georgia into Russia. Ukraine snuck an explosive into an Azerbaijani truck to bomb with the Crimea Bridge. Numerous foreign mercenaries and fighters on the Ukrainian payroll have participated in the genocide against the Russians. Never forget, the head of Ukraine’s intelligence said they consider killing all Russians everywhere to be their goal and have openly boosted about committing terrorism to killed Russians in the past. I am going to be shocked if it wasn’t Ukraine. It had the right sophistication and resources to be a government backed attack and didn’t show the usual hallmarks of Islamist organizations. Ukraine did it.

[@ekmanadventure]

Good coverage and solid analyses

[@vladvlog9677]

Well done, good analysis.

[@marinaclarasanchezsuarez2905]

Great video⭐

[@BlackHeart_YouTube_Channel]

It's tragic but this country is doing the same to others in a much bigger scale since 2 years.

[@jaypaige7550]

💯

[@SGN30]

Yes in Sudan

[@doodsrem]

Everyone here who thinks that what happened in Moscow is acceptable is just as pathetic as ISIS. You have the same mindset as the terrorist themselves

[@Carl-Gauss]

Using your logic the same could be said about September 11 attacks and the US.

[@Mohojo]

@@Carl-Gausswhat about. What aboutism. The subject is Russia. Good try Russia bot.

[@svenadler4828]

Great synopses. Thanx

[@V01DIORE]

Chechnya 2 electric boogaloo, special forces were based basically across the street yet took an hour to arrive, Putin wanted justification for mobilisation, Isk won't reject the clout.

[@Jokkkkke]

The thing is that it appears as if Putin is trying to change the social contract, one based on national chauvinism. One wonders if that will work

[@petermaunsell4575]

Interesting, The social contract being, the people be non-political and subservient in return for the autocracy protecting them, ? He is certainly attempting to politicise them but he wants them to remain subservient. And march off to their deaths when he says so, . . . That is not protecting them. Or is there another social contract?

[@johnwright9372]

He's already done that. Nationalism allied with the Russian Orthodox Church has replaced the Soviet state. Who would have guessed?

[@IanKjos]

We know William Spaniel is feeling better, because he's back to hawking his books at the end of the video. We're all glad you're feeling better!

[@Linux4thePeople]

Brilliant video… I subscribed

[@ArrozMisto]

Nice Helldivers reference! Even though managed democracy would not work like modern day Russian autocracy...

[@naedanger123]

Managed democracy was a concept before Helldivers was about

[@ArrozMisto]

@@naedanger123 sure, except it was pretty much not used in common parlance, much less to describe systems like the russian one.

[@mrcmoes]

@@ArrozMisto I googled "Russia managed democracy and it has been commonly been used, oldest I found in the first few results is fron 2005 and goes up to 2024, used in dry articles. Not denying its possiby a helldivers reference in this video. But it is/has been used for Russia over the years it seems.

[@Mortablunt]

I love that it’s freedom and democracy whenever a country is doing what America wants but the second it stops being an American puppet it becomes a dictatorship.

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

Managed Democracy is just a Democratic mask over a system that is almost overtly controlled by unelected powerbrokers. Most "democracies" are actually managed democracies outside of the West. Russia is the biggest and most powerful managed democracy today.

[@xXrandom]

this will be interesting

[@bbd121]

This was fast. How did you research, record and edit this in less than a day?

[@samjohnson5044]

Fabulous historical background. Ty.

[@christopher9727]

.......... Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@tonicalloway7227]

Putins wagner trained them all..putin double crossed someone?..

[@helensalvia54]

Very well done. I appreciated all the background info that explains certain reasons Russia has done various things. I liked the comment below and agree I was also impressed with your quickness in getting this analysis out

[@TropicalCoder]

Good analyses

[@strider3438]

Thank you

[@jansiegbahn678]

Tack!

[@Gametheory101]

Thank you!

[@ac1455]

The top intelligence agencies seem to have had a string of disappointments. The failure to prevent 9/11, the failure of Mossad to prevent 10/7, and now the FSB for 3/22

[@adamelghalmi9771]

the mossad knew about 7/10, CIA and FBI warned mossad, they KNEW, they just did not care. if you demonize the enemy, you can invade them with little resistance, but little did they know...

[@user-ku4yh4xc9s]

What make you think that FSB wanted to prevent the attack?

[@singlespeedpunk7744]

Cherry picking three events over a 23 year period to proove your point on the internet. If only the intelligence agencies would hire you….maybe stop writing your CV in crayon

[@aickavon]

a lot of people have pointed out that everything about the security before the attack seems very suspicious. An invitation of sorts.

[@sloaiza81]

Great vid

[@fredfreer2818]

very good analyses

[@jamesrussell1979]

Very interesting and very informative 👍 👌 👏

[@pootmcgoot5458]

its a bit too soon for the MW reference guys

[@user-pj2kq9qr7c]

Question. How long before Kaliningrad is facing more problems? Especially from certain parts of Eastern Europe?

[@TheBritalianJob]

09:50 For Super Earth!

[@blahmooblah789]

Thank you, I am quite concerned about Russia’s response. It will be inappropriate and inaccurate. You have given me some clarity but yes, this is the waiting game. I would like to think Russia will actually punish the sponsors and perpetrators, but I’m sure they will use this in some way. Politics aside, my heart goes out to the Russian citizens. This was terrible.

[@HibHab69]

Damn, that was fast.

[@sreif78]

William, I flew at two US airports ten days ago and TSA was tighter than I have seen in many years. In my "opt out" state of disability, I was annoyed, but they were patient as was I (mostly). At One airport, the TSA had set up plexiglass screens and had people walking two by two at a time in narrow path with a pooch sniffing the passed air. TSA was letting no more than 12 or so at a time into lines this way at the 4am start. I thought at the first airport, it was just a change up of routine until I flew back 4 days later (one week ago). After last night, it made more sense. If ISIS retaliated at Russia for aiding Syria in their collapse by attacking Russia in the same way at the same place where Islamists had done so before, what may they have tried to hit at the US in the same way at the same places or at least similar as the US had been attacked by Islamists that would involve airports?

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Yet Putin is trying to blame it on Ukraine.

[@zen4men]

Well, he cannot admit that the FSB set it up, can he? /

[@BadWolf762]

Russia caught the terrorists as they were trying to escape to Ukraine. I'm sure they will find out who paid them for this act. Also, I don't recall hearing that there were ever shouts of Allah Akbar as they were killing the innocents.

[@legrandfromage6450]

@@zen4men You guys watch way too many James Bond movies

[@user-pm8je4fo7e]

He never blamed ukraine. He just said that terrorists were headed towards ukrainian border.

[@vinnsterpj]

i wonder what that is implying 🤯pretty sure I saw your username spewing vatnik Zzzz cope somewhere before@@user-pm8je4fo7e

[@ricatencia1119]

Russia should not rush to concluding Ukraine's complicity. It'll just prolong the war and they'll be confronted with another one. They must be open-minded even to the point of humbling themselves to their traditional adversaries, and these adversaries to give leeway for Russia to find its peaceful place and lessen friction among nations in their backyard and beyond.

[@dg-ov4cf]

wow what AI text-to-speech model did you use to make this?

[@XxRedRocket15xX]

Modern Warfare 7 lookin wild

[@beyond6storm]

Managed democracy mentioned!

[@mwtrolle]

The whole russian story is idiotic. No Ukrainian terrorist would drive in a car with UA license plates to do terror in Moscow. Also, how should they be able to escape to Ukraine, obviously the frontline, including the border to north Ukraine will be practically impossible to pass! Ukraine has done a lot to avoid hitting more civilians this far, who would they do this now, and why risk western support for this. The timing makes no sense, if before the election maybe it could hurt the russian regime, now it's only helping Putler divert the russian population's eyes away from the russian rebel forces crossing the border and now having control of part of russia, also he can use it as a reason for a bigger mobilization. There is no chance this was Ukraine, but a big chance it was a false flag operation by russia, BTW they have done the like before, for instance before the second Tjetjen war.

[@Cortesevasive]

Ukraine been hiting civilians non stop, they droped anti personel mines on donetsk. Sent drones to Moscow. Butchered prorussian civilians in Mariupol and Bucha. Why would Russia fake an assault ?, they only demonstrated slow respond time and their vulnerability. And the terrorists are not stereotypical ethnic ukrainians. If they were to fake it they would pick some ethnic ukrainians and give some ukrainian or bandera or azov regalia etc. Its clearly either CIA or a branch of ukronazis.

[@robertfoster7807]

This is a cia usa terrorist job The usa warned russia because they planned it

[@ranjith9656]

But a false flag Operation with a casualty level at this scale will have been surely leaked by insiders atleast(considering a minimum level of humanism or patriotism or little of both) There is a high possibility for this to be a non domestic mishap

[@quinella6700]

Its not like theres is no ukranian in russia tho, just see who gains more merit by doing this and i dont think no sane person would think this is good for russia itself, they are in winning position in long term so they will just wait until the opposition make more blunder, doing this just make russia in though spot and you can tell whos behind this orchestra after all. Same scenario, same actor, same scapegoat all the time.

[@dannggg]

The crazy thing was you see on the news two week ago saying US warning Russia about an imminent teorrist attack going to happen at that very concert hall.

[@legrandfromage6450]

There was no warning to Russia. It was a warning to US citizens in Russia.

[@willneverstop]

bruv how you uploading at this clip right now...not used to it yet

[@mynamethog1151]

It’s crazy seeing the reactions to this attack on the comment sections of, primarily Tik tok. All the videos I’ve seen explaining the attack, the comments have been flooded with intense USA and Jewish hatred, blaming the cia, Mosad for this, even downplaying and forgiving the threat of Islamic terror.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

not jewish hatred, don't conflate israel and jews btw, any antisemetism you might see sucks, but most CIA and mossad haters are valid, both should be disbanded

[@DoIoannToKnow]

islamic state as its formally known is a Mossad product. It exists a permanent source of regional destabilization and fаlsе-flаg attacks available whenever needed. it has built-in ambiguity and plausible deniability with many of its fighters being genuine terror groups that conduct attacks of their volition, irrespective of the desired outcomes of whatever international power calls them in to get a job done

[@madhavvishnoi]

@@adamelghalmi9771CIA and Mossad are the ones guarding USA and its economy by destabilising weak countries. Why would they disband their biggest asset 🤣?

[@stefansekulic7903]

What did you expect from people who believe in Russian narratives.

[@DoIoannToKnow]

@@stefansekulic7903 slav card revoked. You are now a woman

[@victorkoselka1136]

Impressive analysis. One observation though. It would have been much closer to the truth by spelling out that these were potemkin village elections, just window dressing.

[@kalengera]

Nostalgia, late 50's early 60's models when there were more than 4 or 5 pax, as little kids enjoyed to ride in there. It didn't have the fuel gauge, but instead had a small lever (next to the clutch pedal & headlight dipper switch) to turn "on" for a reserve one gallon of fuel. But the classic remains the same Beatle.

[@Shvetsario]

You sound like Biden, always going off topic

[@kalengera]

@@Shvetsario Sorry, my comments was referring to a volks wagen classic beatle car that I commented on. I am not sure how it got to "Moscow theater attack" which I had no intension of commenting on.

[@naisahan-nagdahilan]

Remember, no Russian.

[@pascal9055]

For your speed alone, you deserve your 600k subscribers.

[@williamwells1862]

When? Where?

[@Fenrisson]

2:55 - "With a ton of regulations". I laughed.

[@triton7758]

FSB is promptly the most viable suspect for this attack.

[@u2beuser714]

You have to ask the logical question before making such claim: How does this help putin? Doesnt that undermine the security apparatus of putin? So no it wasnt fsb

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

a russian friend of mine confirmed it, 130 deceased and nobody finds who did it? nobody has any doubt it was the FSB because it's the FSB's job to find the attackers.

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

hhmm i wonder were my fresh comment went

[@triton7758]

@@u2beuser714 We'll see soon, it all depends on their further actions. Same thing happened in 1999, Putin would no doubt benefit from a popularity boost and a casus belli for general mobilization.

[@TheFireGiver]

What? Why? How did they convince American intelligence? Why would they do it? Putin just "won" 80% of the vote. They didn't need a rally around the flag effect. It just makes Putin look foolish.

[@giokun100]

Constantinople's geopolitical might making quakes around a 2000 mile radius as it has for the past 1700 years

[@LagunaL8]

Please make audio version of books :>

[@gruniach9681]

Thanks. Very informative

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

Mr.piglet pootin: Russia is untouchable Isis-k: hold my rpg

[@marshallmintz7564]

Putin made the NATO Lake......all by his tiny self

[@adamelghalmi9771]

he is fairly short but taller than you

[@CatManOfTaste]

@@adamelghalmi9771statistically unlikely 😂

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@CatManOfTaste we have found the short man

[@CatManOfTaste]

@@adamelghalmi9771 I have to, he’s in the thumbnail

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@CatManOfTaste stop coping

[@b.h.6599]

will kellogs special k change their branding now?