Riga 2024: fear of war, beauty and Art Nouveau 🇱🇻

In terms of art and culture Riga was one of the most important cities in the USSR, second only to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Its architectonical beauty and originality are undeniable. Admiring the stunning Art Nouveau buildings in the center of the city is an experience everyone should do.
Half of Riga's population is ethnical Russian and the times couldn't be more complex for such a divided city. The importance of Riga is huge in the European chessboard. People know it and the worries of becoming part of Putin's expansionist plans are growing.
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[@TourTheWorld45]

Great video!

[@DannyRossellini]

Thanks!

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

Russophobia 💞

[@ervinvonhimmel]

That is funny :) Well, you make me comment on this. Latvia has no russophobia or others, Latvia has a very strong response to people who want to robe, rape and behave like this in general. Is it clear? If these people are russians, they got it. Also, you quite misunderstand the term "russian", it's like everyone speaking Spanish in South America is Spanish :) A LOT of ethnic minorities had to speak russian during the occupation times in Latvia, so now we have a lot of russian speakers, me including ;)

[@user-ne9rx8xi9y]

Next time, film the n a z i legionnaires' march in Riga!

[@fnmkd3142]

Or maybe putin`s private military, named after hitler`s favourite musician, wich was led by utkin, a commander covered in nazi tattoos.

[@user-ne9rx8xi9y]

@@fnmkd3142 What a clown! the mustachioed freak was a vegetarian and loved german shepherds, does this mean that all vegetarians and owners of german shepherds are n a z i s ?

[@IvanofBulgaria]

@@fnmkd3142 Both are evil, Wagner group and NAZI group.

[@leonardoorellano6652]

couple of things.. my understanding is that Buenos Aires is the "Art Nouveau capital of the world".. i mean Riga is just a big village.. second, a more pertinent question that should have asked (to reveal their russophobia).. why is the Russian language not an official language in Estonia after all more then 25 % of its population are ethnic russians. All countries in Europe that has a multi ethnic population, have their language recognized and enshrined in their constitution such as Switzerland, Belgium, spain etc etc.

[@DannyRossellini]

As much as I love Buenos Aires, Riga is unbeatable in terms of Art Nouveau. Can be because it's all concentrated in a smaller area, so you get overwhelmed by it. About the Russian language topic, obviously Latvian government wanted to cut all ties with the Soviet past and the relative Russian domination on the country. What I show in the video is way lighter than what I personally heard in private situations about the level of resentment Latvian have towards Russian.

[@leonardoorellano6652]

@@DannyRossellini thx for responding.. btw i was chocked when you said that you were from Argentina.. I am Argentine myself but grew up in Malmo sweden and 25 years ago moved to Tampa, FL. in regards to the russophobia again.. i seriously doubt they should rely on NATO.. this is more or less a security blanket.. American mother will not want their kids to die for a country they didn't even know existed... As for their "European allies" well they have their chance to shine in ukraine now.. to show some "testicular fortitude" so to say..

[@DannyRossellini]

I often joke in my videos saying that I'm from Argentina but I'm from Italy. I assume that saying that I come from far away will make people I interview more inclined to give me some of their time

[@leonardoorellano6652]

@@DannyRossellini ok i see.. Emile Zola.. the french writer/philosopher would have been proud of you... you investigative skills ;)

[@dreamthedream8929]

​@@leonardoorellano6652riga is more like a medium sized city, not too long ago it has a population of over 900.000 people so basically what you see today is a city made to support one million. Small compact city would be around 100.000 or less. Buenos Aires is a big city but not mega or massive like Tokyo or Jakarta

[@boby4751]

Russophobia?????

[@user-yi7mb9wl4o]

Seriously? They're afraid the Russians and going to invade? Or maybe that the tooth fairy is coming for their mamas... Insane Russophobia..?

[@mitchyoung93]

Ask them whether, in order to 'de-Russify', whether they would destroy all the Art Nouveau buildings that were built under the Russian Empire. Or pull up any map made before 1850 or so and ask them to point out 'Latvia'.

[@Coditel666]

Also, how many Russian speakers they're willing to kill. I am sure soon the baltics will be celebrating the nazis as just people who wanted to spread the love for the German language. The Russians should take back the Baltics.

[@dreamthedream8929]

Before 1918

[@alexbayer2365]

Love Latvia 🇱🇻 from Russia 🇷🇺 I know, our history is very complicated after Gulags, Stalin, and Communism, but I hope we could be a friends again one day

[@santeriberg8129]

What are you personally ready to do to promote that friendship? Are you ready to go against your country´s leadership if that´s what the continuation of friendship would require?

[@alexbayer2365]

@@santeriberg8129 well, I don’t support putins totalitarian regime, that’s for sure. And I respect Ukrainian borders just like in 90s. Crimea, and Donbas is Ukraine for me, but with Russian language as an official in these regions.

[@santeriberg8129]

@@alexbayer2365 That´s reasonable. But it may not be enough. Russia is not fighting Ukraine because of language issues or Russian speakers in those regions. They fight for power projection which is sure to pit Russians against most of their neighbours.

[@Coditel666]

I see Riga is the same shithole I remember from 2012. Places outside Riga are cool though.

[@spaskesrb]

that one in red jacket is hot

[@svenphil8879]

you stole that line from Roosh ;-)

[@draganpetrovic2314]

+Please come in Serbia with same question...it will be very interesting answer for you...many greetings from Belgrade, Serbian.. 😃😃😂+

[@DannyRossellini]

Good idea you gave me, maybe I'll come

[@draganpetrovic2314]

@@DannyRossellini +....аnd ...the weather is much, much..much better..25 - 26, 30c in May...+

[@leonardoorellano6652]

@@draganpetrovic2314 my best friend growing up was serb.. its on my bucket list to visit serbia with my family. Love the people and the food (home cooked specially)

[@spirosdapergolas7592]

Ποιόθ ειθαι? ο Θπυροθ ο Θπίθαθ ?

[@DannyRossellini]

Who's that?

[@draganpetrovic2314]

@@DannyRossellini +Greece...+

[@lot6129]

PRIMO!! L LUV RUSSIA, RUSSIANS AND MOST OF ALL PUTIN THE KING!!

[@lot6129]

NO, Russia has no interest in Latvia,,,,

[@sandrisjansons1515]

Haven't you mistaken what country are you watching now ? If U love ruzzia - go and find videos about ruzzia .

[@fnmkd3142]

​@@lot6129 Putin is a bit nostalgic about soviet union these days if you haven`t noticed.

[@to9362]

every reasonable Latvian supports Russia 🇷🇺

[@santeriberg8129]

Almost no Latvian supports Russia excluding a small percentage of the Russian-speaking population. Why would they when Russia is imperialist and has nothing to offer in any area of development to Latvians.

[@to9362]

@@santeriberg8129 as I said all reasonable Latvians support Russia and know that America is an empire of evil and injustice. Because Russia is a power that fights for the greatest Christian values ​​and justice, unlike the political West that promotes sodomism, shallow materialism and sexual perversions as the basis of their false values. And for people to understand this, they should be educated and spiritual as much as possible.Russia, as the strongest country, is the leader of the free world fighting against the decadent hypocritical political West that is destroying this world and life on earth. So, my friend, go to the side of light, to the side of Russia, to the side of justice.🇷🇺☦️💪

[@to9362]

@@santeriberg8129 лдклдд

[@ok-vk9fv]

No one supports Russia in Latvia it's like Jews supporting Hitler