Occupied Ukraine: Inside the horror of Russia's parallel reality • FRANCE 24 English

To justify the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin used the false pretexts of "denazification" and "demilitarisation" of the country. Russian state propaganda is built around the myth of a Ukraine in the hands of "Nazis", one where the Russians come to "liberate" the "Russian speakers". This propaganda is disseminated not only in Russia, but also in the occupied Ukrainian territories, where the population is plunged into a parallel reality. FRANCE 24's reporter Elena Volochine went to meet locals and exposed the terrifying real-life consequences of Russian propaganda on the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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[@snapdragon6601]

Thank you France 24 for providing news in English. This is a subject that's hard to watch but the world needs to see what "Russian liberation" really means.

[@christophermaccarone3157]

Well said, my friend.

[@susanaqueiroz9366]

🙏💙💙💛💛

[@MadmanInUkraine]

@@susanaqueiroz9366 say hi to Zeus! From Mark.

[@alexanderpepkin4110]

A bit like “Ukrainian liberation” in the pro-Russian territories then

[@cynthiabarnard6864]

I agree with "Snapdragon." The world is listening and informed.

[@enigma1000]

The similarities between Putin’s regime and Hitler’s ideologies are chilling. And this is 2022.

[@casteretpollux]

You do know about the Ukraine fascist right? And that both are the result of US interference?

[@wtl912]

💯

[@katyasivak9646]

Thank you, France 24, for sharing truth about russian occupation of Ukraine!

[@JayDeeChannel]

No negotiation with Russians until every Russian soldier is out of Ukraine. Send as many weapons and winter clothing to Ukraine as possible.

[@dulsinea958]

Sarmat to NATO

[@thegreatdane3627]

@@dulsinea958 empty threats 🙄

[@wyringen]

@@dulsinea958 Is it as crappy as the other military hardware deployed to Ukraine? Got any tanks left? LOL

[@jumpingsaucepan]

@@dulsinea958 my video 📹 GOODBYE AMERICA 🇺🇸

[@rouz0]

@RWafpre From ur side of view maybe. But from Russian side of view if Russia lose, it is end of Russia. U think why NATO weigh every single help want to send to Ukraine. A desperate power can go for a desperate action when it is losing. Any fall should be soft

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

SHOCKING LEVEL OF BARBARITY , STILL SO TYPICAL FOR THE HORDESMEN , this is why we need to increase the support for Ukraine!!

[@Caesar88888]

give Ukraine more antiaircraft and anti missile systems

[@mhoobag1]

Glad this report was in English. I feel the UK press is not as detailed.

[@TommyTCGT]

Butb they lie just as well, eh?

[@papercup2517]

@@TommyTCGT Could you please point out the lies in this report (with time-stamps) and explain how you know/ where your own information comes from? Many thanks in advance.

[@31Blaize]

That was hard to watch, but absolutely necessary. My heart goes out to all Ukrainians. I wish the Russian population would apply some critical thinking, but that seems unlikely. The whole nation needs deprogramming.

[@TommyTCGT]

and where were you in 2014, when nutto-UKR shelled Donetsk and Lugansk for 8 years wrecking coal mines, electrical substations, water pumping stations and residential housing killing 15,000 civilians.

[@31Blaize]

@@TommyTCGT 15k? Evidence please.

[@leenickshramko1100]

@@TommyTCGT Had the Russians stayed home, nothing would have happened.

[@bohdanharasymiw4441]

Really saving the textbooks is a heroic act of patriotism worthy of recognition. They risked the worst possible consequences

[@rossflores131]

Kiev's army will be known as the Supersoldiers of the freedom loving countries of the world. Their works are really priceless, risking their lives everyday! Sacrificing! Slava Ukraine. Glory to all Ukrainian fighters!

[@dulsinea958]

Slava Bandera

[@AahFukIt]

Maybe, as least they had a Jedi as their ambassador of their drones!

[@jumpingsaucepan]

Super battlefield for nato

[@hamidijafri]

How do you improve yourself, if you can't face the truth?

[@RobertJackson437]

Ross 😂😂😂😂

[@VietnamTravelGuide.]

Thanks for the news

[@summerrain7466]

That's a narcissist for you. Insisting he is the protector while he is the only one causing the harm.

[@mikiegood]

Excellent reporting. Thank you

[@ttemp2631]

fake news

[@dulsinea958]

Excellent sarmat to paris

[@mtdorghost8708]

Hey Mike I have a bridge to sell you 😂😂😂

[@BlutoandCo]

@@mtdorghost8708 hey vatnik, you need to sell them to you masters! The ruSSians need the bridges more!

[@carmelnaidoo2297]

Why did these Ukrainians not cry when Russian speaking Ukrainians were being killed. Why should anybody pity these people now.?

[@adoatero5129]

Simply an excellent documentary. You have my admiration. Thank you!

[@tatianalyulkin410]

This is not a documentary. This is a Loyalist piece of crap.

[@AK-ej5ml]

France needs to start supporting Ukraine in this war - only a Ukrainian victory and a refusal to accept a sovereign nation being conquered by its larger neighbour will ensure lasting peace in Europe. 0.04% of GDP in bilateral support (Ukraine Support Tracker) is not enough, France must do more!

[@eedragonr6293]

Yes France had a lot of support during the WWII. Imagine reporting from the French Revolution.

[@golegole9793]

Troll

[@thegreatdane3627]

this is why we need to increase the support for Ukraine

[@rouz0]

Yes, until all Ukraine army disappear we should continue supporting them.

[@jumpingsaucepan]

Until the last Ukrainian

[@bugsygoo]

@@jumpingsaucepan Until people like you are no more.

[@hyp77]

@@rouz0 Ruzzian troll F.

[@bohdanharasymiw4441]

Email your politicians to support ukraine

[@monsieurgrigny]

Excellent report. Thank you!

[@bigcoolviking]

UPDATE BACHMUT: Ukraine commander Petro Kuzyk of the Svoboda Battalion stated his soldiers are staying in trenches full of corpses and knee-deep water as they try to fight the Russian's. When asked of human losses "They are colossal, we don't even count the bodies now"

[@SerenityMae11]

I bet the Russkies haven't lost ANY soldiers, cuz they're the BEST soldiers in the whole wide world. Right? Right?!? RIGHT!!!!

[@RockMan-qg3cp]

Ложь от начала и до конца.

[@coolcat7775]

@@RockMan-qg3cp Если смотреть через русские очки, то это все ложь. Только путин говорит правду!

[@MrEnajiza]

Stay strong Ukraine....🇺🇦💪🇦🇺

[@debralucas9519]

💛💙💛💙💛💙🙋‍♀️🇦🇺

[@RTmadnesstoo]

Putler can say what he wants but he can't change the fact that 1000 years ago Kyiv was the 4th largest city in Europe after London, Paris and Rome while Moscow was a mud hut beside a river.

[@APW554]

Bet a lot of people wish it still was.

[@kear8225]

Same as now..just bigger and fhiltier

[@gnrfanhad]

True!

[@locybapsi174]

I don't think they would change that fact. That's why they claim Kiev to be the first russian city and capital. They are fine with that information

[@simplicius11]

Kiev had nothing to do with Ukrainians. There was no any Ukrainians before the 20th century. Even in the Hapsburg Empire, there was no any Ukrainians, even if every nationality was free to express themselves, the censuses are available. You have Poles, Slovene, Croats, Serbs there...but no any Ukrainians.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

Thank you France 24 people for this solid report. In my experience as a former photo-journalist and author, as an Englishman living in France, France 24 is one of the most reliable least bigoted or biased news services, well worth following.

[@bigcoolviking]

You still have a lot to learn though, clearly.

[@TommyTCGT]

Hollow, biased, lies, as expected.

[@RobBCactive]

This report really needs to be watched by more people!

[@wiv2631]

Especially by Macron and Scholz! Negotiate with the devil?

[@julesmarwell8023]

Im watching... from Australia

[@RobBCactive]

@@julesmarwell8023 G'day! I don't think many people understand the purpose behind all the crazy lies repeated so often.

[@user-iu2ez4bo7p]

My grandparents' families were exiled to Siberia from Western Ukraine in 1930s. Instead of recognizing thr crimes, russian regime and its people want more blood and return of the past.

[@daya820]

Excellent documentary

[@Arulane]

Thank you from the US. Important to understand how history is distorted for political gain. Scary and a pointed reminder that this is a constant battle in every country.

[@Maja-Danmark]

Not in every country.

[@nightlightabcd]

Even in the US!

[@chinabluewho]

In America the leftist news media spread the racist propagandist lie that White males are evil and oppressing black people and white males do not deserve equal rights .

[@crystal2484]

agree, even in the US

[@jessehachey2732]

The US is especially guilty, aren’t Republicans banning books relating to history, LGBTQ+ minorities and the likes…how can you even come out and make such a statement when it’s happening in your own backyard and y’all aren’t doing a thing about it! 🙄

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

4:22 The moment they put down that fractured skull and it's jaw drops open... That hits hard, no matter how desensitized I may be. This was a person, just like me - But so much braver. Whoever this was: It seems they most likely defied their torturers until death. Think about what that must have meant for them. The Russians must have cut off their hands and feet, one by one... Each time giving this person time to suffer. Time to consider their fate. Time to break. The fact that _all_ of their hands and feet are missing, can mean only one thing: Time after time, they must have refused to give in to the maddening pain and their fear of death. In the end, this person never told the Russians what they wanted to know. They took their secret - whatever it might have been - to their grave. They may not look it... But the remains in that tarp, are more than likely to be those of a hero. I hope we will learn their name, someday.

[@shesathome]

Perhaps this jaw hit you right at your skull! How can you tell whose this skull is without any forensic? Highly likely it is a victim tortured by ruzzkie? Same old song! You'll never learn their names because they were written on the crosses! Ukrs always destroy any evidence against them/

[@DalYeosin]

@@shesathome *facepalm*! I have no words for your manipulated brain.

[@lckee820]

Only the Lord knows the names of the deceased and what exactly happen d. 😢 We / you - all we can do is to surmise.

[@choppering]

Its unbelivable how people can do this to anyone. Thanks for sharing it and my heart is bleeding for Ukraini. God bless you all.

[@eksiarvamus]

Russians certainly can. Their mentality hasn't much changed since the 19th century.

[@telychkomykola]

Quality material, thanks

[@pierrebuffiere5923]

Excellent report! Why can't the UK manage to produce reports like this?

[@bubbyfuzz454]

This is horrible. God bless these people.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Thank you for not blurring things!

[@oleksandrhrehul1595]

So true, still staying in Kyiv, russia can't exists in this form, this is a pure evil

[@balangrashid4597]

What I know for sure is that Russia will pay for this harm done on these people. Nature itself will see to it.

[@jumpingsaucepan]

Napoleon words? Lol 🤣

[@garymountcastle6657]

I understand your desire for accountability but I’m afraid that becoming a reality is greatly in question.

[@umar-kv2kf]

Won't happens George w bush got away from killings innocent lives.

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

Sadly, until relatively recently, the Russians/Soviets were well trained in ensuring that such inhumane behaviour is rewarded

[@TommyTCGT]

And wot about here, eh? nutto-UKR shelled Donetsk and Lugansk for 8 years wrecking coal mines, electrical substations, water pumping stations and residential housing killing 15,000 civilians. Were you posting you displeasure before Oct. 2022? I bet not. Brit Mercenaries Aiden Aslin, Andrew Hillb and Sean Pinner confessed to sniping R civvies during that time. Some were priosoner swapped, others mat have been executed by firing squad,, not clear.

[@lucyd2092]

Thank you France for telling the truth

[@TommyTCGT]

The trooph? According to whom. The West? They never lie, eh? R out of ammo, missiles, troops deserting, no food, tatty uniforms, worn out vehicles etc.. but winning on all fronts.. how so?

[@austindenotter19]

Explain.

[@markmosoko1773]

you are dumb

[@harryseldom6472]

ruzzia is running out of pretext to conduct (sorry...lose) this war...bye bye pootin !!

[@jumpingsaucepan]

🤡

[@lolodee3528]

They have already lost. Most of the planet is against little napoleon.

[@Robert-uo6qi]

Excellent Report. The World had better pay attention

[@markmosoko1773]

you are dumb

[@dinayoung4797]

I hope soon Putin will pay what he did to Ukraine people.

[@mchannel1365]

The question is will there be change after he dies

[@dinayoung4797]

@@mchannel1365 true

[@gnrfanhad]

Good and important reporting . Thank You 👍

[@jaketaylor3901]

More of these 12-15 minute videos. Thank you from America

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

It is similar to what happened 30 years ago when I was in the Siege of Sarajevo.

[@ProjectHyena]

You don't have Muslim sounding Bosnian name how did you get sieged in Sarajevo? Or you are trolling.

[@unfingbelievable1]

Clearly the commentator knows nothing of Sarajevo! In fact, you might say the whole point of Sarajevo was that it didn’t matter what your last name was. And to Kristina, Yes it has been reminding me of that every day since the end of February. And all the pledges then and before, of “never again”

[@mathesonconstantine7198]

@Running Dumpster Or what about John Rabe ,could he have seen the Nanjing Massacre if he had a German name with german passport ?

[@shawns0762]

Western countries acted to end the conflict in Yugoslavia and they succeeded. In 1994 UN general secretary Boutros Boutros Gali requested NATO get involved to stop rapes and the killings. His successor Kofi Annan thought intervention was needed as well.

[@KristinaTurnerAquarius]

@@ProjectHyena I am half Balkan and Baltic.

[@TheLalangue]

Thank you very much for this great report!

[@ZetaMoolah]

Do Russians know that Stalin and Hitler started off as allies? Is it common knowledge?

[@TheLalangue]

These kind of facts are "interpreted" differently in Russia. They still love Stalin and tend to forget about Molotov - Ribbentrop pact, when they agreed to partition Poland between them. Ukrainian historiography sees Soviet union as an occupant and Stalin as bloody dictator who killed millions of Ukrainians during Holodomor and in GULAG. That's why you hear russian troops calling Ukrainian history twisted and "rotten". They hate this truth about themselves.

[@Caesar88888]

no. russians are brainwashed starting from kindergarden majority of them have no idea

[@gnrfanhad]

Of course, not!

[@arturdobrzynski6531]

To Russians WW2 started when Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was broken in 1941 when Hitler attacked USSR.

[@user1qaz2wsx3edc]

Do westerners know that Stalin defeated the bulk of Hitler's elite Wehrmacht and allies in Stalingrad and conquered Berlin otherwise you would be speaking german..

[@michaelgl8516]

My fear for this country is not that they won't win, or even of nukes - horrifying as that would be. But the worst thing that could happen is for Ukrainians to allow Russian sympathizers to live in Ukraine again. Ukrainians are a very forgiving people, who try to live in happiness. But to allow any Russian loyalist inside their country is to allow a seed of war to sprout & grow. The result would be this situation all over again. Western Europe ( and American Republicans for that matter) have grown to lazy & passive about guarding against Putin. It is not communism the world has to be worried about - it is the eventual takeover of dictators like Putin, who are essentially just glorified mob leaders & thugs. It has been horrifying enough to watch a past president - Trump - to become a puppet of and infatuated with Putin. It took less than 4 years, 7 we almost lost our ability to have a free election. And it's still not over.

[@contactcommunication738]

That's satire I guess. The worst thing that could happen is that Putin loses. Ukraine is a failed state and French propoganda won't change that. Ukraine lost its right to exist when it waged war on its own people.

[@cindypomerleau950]

Agreed. The threat is ongoing. It seems the GOP has been completely indoctrinated into authoritarianism.

[@SextonSounds]

Same in Baltics. It was never decolonised. So it's full of putler's zombies.

[@edroth7612]

most important piece of reporting and HISTORY

[@lachlanwelsh5880]

Well said David.

[@trueinsider513]

This is soo incredibly sad, specially things related to human rights..

[@tatianavorobiova8015]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@jimamar]

Ofcourse glory to Russians who are punishing Ukraine and USA allies.

[@amandadonaghey7540]

Fascinating report, thank you 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@lifeisaadventure9948]

Ireland needs to help ukrain

[@dulsinea958]

Bandera

[@felipe-vibor]

​@@lifeisaadventure9948 Ireland needs to reclaim northern Ireland

[@lifeisaadventure9948]

𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

[@BlutoandCo]

@@felipe-vibor whataboutism 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cathyallen3967]

Why have l only been able to hear this excellent in-depth report on French tv?

[@mtdorghost8708]

Report's like this is everywhere notting new. It's all about Russia bad. The American movies have been doing that for years.

[@danieldickson8591]

Smaller broadcasters, especially outside the USA, are less polarized and make attention-grabbing headlines less of a priority.

[@bigcoolviking]

Propaganda to tickle your ears. Meanwhile in the real world - ''UPDATE BACHMUT: Ukraine commander Petro Kuzyk of the Svoboda Battalion stated his soldiers are staying in trenches full of corpses and knee-deep water as they try to fight the Russian's. When asked of human losses "They are colossal, we don't even count the bodies now"

[@TheCroupier74]

@@bigcoolviking wow straight out lying, he said this in reference to the Orcs: “Kuzyk: They are colossal. They don't even count bodies. The fields, the woods in front of the positions are all littered with corpses. I watched them: they dragged their people back to bury them, take off their warm sweaters, and start to put it on themselves. But, nevertheless, each assault group has a grenade launcher, a machine gunner, and their machine guns more or less perform their tasks. They have herds.”

[@oneCubanlove]

@@bigcoolviking those are brave Ukrainians, the same exact new that this report is saying, the lots of killings of Ukrainias

[@lattehour]

yet again the only way to save ukraine is to liberate russian soldiers from this life and you have the weapons to do just that only that NATO is refusing to give ukraine those weapons

[@toonverberg1313]

Thanks for this documentary. Highly interesting.

[@Smoothe932]

Why does your news station not push / report on the dismal funding that France has made towards the Ukraine war effort. Using USD/GDP figures, France has contributed about half of what Germany has contributed, and about 1/6 of what the U.S. and the U.K. has contributed. Looking from the outside, it appears that France has left European security to others.

[@salsanchez2114]

Excellent reporting! Merci!

[@liamredmill9134]

Well put together,putting together all the variouse parts of horror,with evidence,and connecting the dot's ,testament's of victims and of those that carried out these crimes,and most important the intention and attitudes of genecide,chain of command that communicated these genecidal orders from the genecidal Russian empire propegander/orders

[@deantuttlecreativeproducer9172]

Good reporting.

[@robert2375]

when will the world start the de-russianification of the the world

[@lolodee3528]

de-ruzziafication? Pu has assured that already.

[@W_Bin]

This is giving me PTSD. On the other side of the world. It is unimaginable that any civilised country in the west could have allowed it to happen and are continuing to allow it to happen. It is unimaginable that the world allowed these lies since 2014. EU and US are complicit in these atrocities. They need to stop them. Now. No more mealy mouthed dropping of crumbs.

[@evelynteng9162]

France 24 thank you.

[@mattweigand9648]

When Kyiv was a mega city, Moscow was a small village...

[@Caesar88888]

yep and first king of Moscow Yuri the Longhanded was from Kyiv

[@Caesar88888]

@@dangerousbrains9571 funny that his mother was probably from England

[@mattweigand9648]

@@Caesar88888 whatchu tryna say bruh

[@Caesar88888]

@@mattweigand9648 that russia is actually Ukraines colony. historically

[@Boccaccio-ii1fl]

Any kind of view, true or not, can be implemented in the people's heads if it is repeated long enough ! This is among the 10 commandments of KGB !

[@jumpingsaucepan]

ЦІПСО ☝

[@mateuszpapla2163]

Goebbels style

[@anatolymayburd5205]

Press on your politicians and representatives to allow more help to Ukraine and invest in common-sense military production. New Hitler is in the East.

[@manolingz]

The Russian people need to watch this. Thank you France 24

[@serge3357]

Russians are overwhelmingly supporting this genocide. Watching this will change nothing in their brainwashed little brains

[@ilirllukaci5345]

Superlative reporting from France 24. Wherefore Mr. Macron????

[@athenak4666]

These former USSR states must expel Russians from their territory to avoid being invaded by Russia some time down the road again; as Ukraine is going through right now unfortunately 😥

[@tanusha6145]

How it resembles the fascist appeals of 41 years. Yes, centuries pass and the Europeans do not change in their desire to destroy the Russians. History teaches them nothing.

[@CornPop09090]

Best wishes from Estonia to you and Ukrainian resistance against the evil Putin regime 🇪🇪

[@csg-cutesmilegooner1690]

" back in the real world"

[@vegasrick6556]

The news and reports, which have been so positive and encouraging for Ukraine citizens had better be true. Ukrainians have been so resolved and tough, what they hear needs to be true or the future is going to be worse. I worry about them, and root for an end of this mess.

[@Vixctor13]

They keep using the word genocide but I would call it ethnic rewriting.

[@SerenityMae11]

Poo-tin would like you to call it a "special ethnic cleansing operation".

[@tsaichen863]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦，😢😢😢，🙏🙏🙏！

[@joa5739]

Most people I think at least in the Free Democratic Countries truly want Ukraine to win back all their land. Many times I've read there is energy and power in thought. So by our thoughts wanting Ukraine to win can create a energy I believe that will assist in Ukraine becoming completely free again. NATO & the EU as they know themselves must not let Russia succeed with it's attempt to destroy the Ukrainian people and take their lands.

[@KileyLagan]

You may not hear it but I can tell you Ukrainians thank you & pray for you daily. They are deeply grateful for the kindness & support.

[@Ed_Downunder]

Why would Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz suggest Russia should have security guarantees as part of discussions for peace? War crimes do not get a free pass.

[@leenickshramko1100]

A cautionary tale for Americans facing one party control of media.

[@KellyBergerDeusVult]

Russia... The backwater of Ukraine

[@strange4you]

I think nato have to bring some pace to russia.......

[@SerenityMae11]

Pace? Like the picante sauce?

[@starhunter7275]

Warriors unite. Godspeed.

[@samsungtap4183]

Shelling or mines, who dropps petal mines UKRAINE you can never tell truth. All these tortured people with no injuries...? Why don't you release the forensics on Bucha ?

[@mawi1172]

How can we make Russia truly pay for all the grief they've caused?

[@magupico6850]

Thank u france

[@robertdiehl1281]

Special Operation? Who really looks like the Nazis here?

[@brentthailand5742]

Sad nothing happening to Putin and Russia making them suffer like everyone in Ukraine. 😭😭😭

[@dekapwt5618]

😔

[@dipschannel7867]

Sir I heard yr speech after three months of invasion or aggression, but u told off or finish

[@Joaquin546]

Yeah a dozen comment and nothing said! 😂

[@jumpingsaucepan]

Where's Adrian Bouquet btw?

[@cumulusterraticus3446]

Patience 1.

[@tomatoes3]

Thank you for showing this, too much of what is put out is from a variety of videos, this is completely different show what really is happening .

[@dm4859]

"... tears were flowing. We were doing a GOOD thing!" Russian soldier on Mariopul.

[@mrgrogfather]

Putin will end up like Mussolini.

[@minimaxmiaandme.4971]

Hope so!

[@stefanschleps8758]

Russia has supported and even directed every far right movement threatening to topple democracies around the globe today. When Putin is gone there will be peace and not before. Slava Democracy. Slava Ukraini. Slava Heroyam!

[@robertmiller2173]

It is like saying that New Zealand is just a state of Australia or the UK!

[@tommycorbet]

Don't know the exact details, but apparently during WWII there were Ukrainians who initially preferred the Nazis to the Russians. Imagine feeling liberated by Hitler's Troops! 🤔

[@robplazzman6049]

If Orwell was still alive, putins russia would have provided him with enough material to write for another 100 years!

[@dipschannel7867]

I don’t know we have everything

[@nunoaquiles81]

Russia must pay for these crimes.

[@krzystofsibilla3516]

Poor people stuck between two bullies.

[@kalsonwacaniskokalson1925]

But this perception, is not only for Russia. Central Europe is so reluctant to assimilate or dilute their culture.

[@KileyLagan]

They are still discovering or re-discovering their own cultures & history. Will take some time to feel secure enough to "dilute".

[@dipschannel7867]

I’m stuck

[@andrewwhite3793]

Things have moved on Russia should never never been be allowed to retun to ANY democratic institution. This is not about reperations any more it's went too far.

[@arjunbhandari7027]

Been there.. have you asked truly locals?? No I guess

[@mryouben]

Tx

[@MrGygygygy]

The hage is waiting for mr. Putin....

[@dipschannel7867]

Rubeio is harsh in this who is senator here

[@stuartmondomona3646]

Negotiate with evil?