Russia: The Empire Strikes Back full BBC documentary

**MAY 2020: THIS DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN UPDATED***
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It’s 30 years since the tumultuous events of 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the Iron Curtain lifted and the Soviet empire began to crumble. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled across Europe to examine how Russia views the events of 1989, and how Moscow is trying to regain influence.
NB: For all those asking: the music at 1'47 is "Red September Reborn" by Terry Devine-King. Thanks for watching!

[@rashedalblewy3847]

"A country still struggling to come to terms with the loss of its empire..." @ Britain 😏

[@sadboi3204]

To be fair we haven’t tried annexing Normandy

[@danielkurtovic9099]

@@sadboi3204 to be fair , you are alongside with few continents aka America, Africa and Australia

[@sadboi3204]

@@danielkurtovic9099 Normandy?

[@danielkurtovic9099]

@@sadboi3204 why ? for Normandy , and what about triple A.

[@sadboi3204]

@@danielkurtovic9099 what is triple A

[@mrdouglasbaker]

How ignorant is the reporter to believe that America and China don’t push for spheres of influence

[@quantumofhate]

YEAH IT'S CALLED DUMBING DOWN!!!!!!= HE'S SMOKING THE HIVE!

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

This documentary is about Russia.

[@gyujiko]

Bbc baby )

[@frankgrimes6771]

Did he say tHat?

[@derekpolyak4885]

He never mentioned either in this report.

[@danieloriley9684]

Met a West German in Mexico on vacation. Told him the greatest thing that ever happened in my lifetime was the Berlin Wall coming down ! He said it was terrible because West Germany had to deal with all the poor people from East Germany!

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

West Germany was a paradise in the 1980s. Now the big cities are shtholes. Not because of East Germans.

[@MP-wb5yd]

Yes and the trauma to be under Russian occupation for half a century..

[@Windows98R]

In some sense as much is sounds pretty bad, the west German isn’t necessarily wrong here. West Germany did bear the brunt of reintegration.

[@Windows98R]

@@ViveSemelBeneVivere the east was apart of Germany during the war… it was the same country. If anything, blame the USSR for doing a worse job than UK/US.

[@jjuanmarin]

@@Windows98R so you just like to be occupied

[@DeadReign1]

I as a native American have always been fascinated by the people of Russia. Your a proud, strong, and intelligent people. I'd love to visit one day and experience your culture!

[@yeshiyangzom8532]

I hope one day you can gain real freedom from white racism.

[@leonardo-sw3px]

Invade good 💪

[@emmanuelmushi4579]

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[@emmanuelmushi4579]

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[@ka3axka370]

They starved 5 million of my people and Ukrainians uswell Russia elites are most sick people on this planet

[@hannshartz4815]

Tipically british perspective: they even got the premises wrong. USSR power didn't begin to crumble with the fall of the berlin wall, but the fall of Berlin wall was a consequence of soviet power crumbling.

[@gabrielbalbec883]

Very good point.

[@hannshartz4815]

@Hexus Mexus So why did the Berlin Wall fall? Could it have fallen in the 70's? With fossil energy and commodity prices at their height? With Breshnev as GS and Andropov as Chairman of the KGB? Unthinkable! It did fall, because the USSR did loosen its grip on its satellites. It did loosen its grip because it couldn't afford its role as superpower anymore. And that is identical with crumbling power. So the docoumentary here reverses cause and effect. What is true is that the USSR als a state began to crumble after the fall of the wall. But that's another question.

[@samwanjere2039]

@@hannshartz4815 I agree on the two points being related but distinct. The fall of the Berlin Wall is an effect. By this time, the USSR was already on a downward spiral. This had began earlier but accelerated post-Breschnev. In truth, sustaining that empire was not possible. All empires inevitably decline. Here, the Beeb indeed got their explanation wrong.

[@vdotme]

True. If there was any one event that could be labelled the beginning of the end it's the Soviet Union's Vietnam - the Invasion of Afghanistan. But this isn't a typically British perspective, it's a typically NATO piece. It's not educational it's opinion forming material. They probably chose the Berlin wall rather than the invasion of Afghanistan as a symbol of Soviet evil because that could be problematic considering NATO's military adventures over the last two decades.

[@terrakot5307]

@@hannshartz4815 во власть нашей страны были внедрены предатели. Горбачев, Яковлев и другие. Они уничтожили нашу Родину, в интересах США. Все 90е годы нашу страну обворовывали и население вымирало. Вымираем до сих пор. Капитализм - зло. Капитализм всегда вырастает в фашизм.

[@ounnipillai3289]

Can we get a documentary about the British Empire and their concentration camps in Kenya and induced famines in India?

[@Angela-po7cr]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJK8noyrgN1_d6c

[@johnm249]

UK empire also starved Irish people and South Africans

[@ounnipillai3289]

@@johnm249 The UK today pretends as if nothing happened to the dirty colonial empire. They still have the stolen loot in the museums and on the queens head. The Kohinoor diamond stolen from India is still on the queens head which she carries with pride.

[@prof.dr.4224]

They do not talk about how their industrial revolution was financed by the famines in Bengal, destruction of industries in India, loot from India until 1947, and destruction of India through the creation of Pakistan.

[@prof.dr.4224]

@@johnm249 Except for 3 countries every country of the world was invaded by the UK.

[@ReadTheBibleAloud]

Most of you do not know that the Russians fought over seventy five percent of the battles of World War Two. At the Battle of Stalingrad more people (Soviet and German) died than in all the battles of the Western Front put together.

[@mjaraz5442]

Who are most of you? If you refer to people who do not care to study history. Then, your argument is not well supported.

[@tyleryoung306]

No shit... they'd literally shoot their own people if they retreated. Without the lend-lease deal, and the combined air power of the US, Great Britain, and Canada, the soviets wouldn't have been able to push back Nazi Germany. Russia would have just thrown body after body, until their military lost moral and quit the same way it did in WW1, mainly because they had zero equipment, and they had some of the worst generals out of all of the countries involved in the war.

[@buttman7830]

Most of us did not know because it's a f**king lie. 75% of battles in Europe maybe, no way it's 75% of the entire war. Did you forget Asia? Battles in China and the Pacific?

[@btbd2785]

But did you know that World War 1 , had the most casualties that any war fought??

[@btbd2785]

@@tyleryoung306 Agree! Just like in WWI. The most bloodiest war with the most casualties. You make another good point regarding, if you retreated you were good as dead. Last, let's not forget that even after the War Stalin killed how many millions of its own people?? My Grandparents who were of Greek decent and loved in Russia and were lucky to flee! If they didn't they would have been slaughtered by Stalins Ghouls!!!!

[@radost0514]

the Imperial Eagle comes from Sofia Paleologina/Zoe Paleologina is the Grand Duchess of Moscow, second wife of Ivan III and niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus. She is also granddaughter of Bulgarian kind dynasty at that time.

[@user-ij5sw7fd6x]

"Since Russia obtained Crimia NATO started deploying..." -- such a bull shit. NATO did it long time before.

[@DarrenMalin]

with good reason

[@danielc.7295]

Nato can do within its territory as it wishes. Russia is deploying beyond its borders and that's the difference explained for dummies.

[@MrNemanja0310]

Nato expanded long time ago, decades before Crimea reunion.What you think guys that Russia is stuped and will remain seated while Nato is surrounding.Of course raction will be taken.More over, I am surprised Russia is so calm.They should be much more agresive, at least like NATO is...

[@andrewflow7033]

​@@MrNemanja0310 we can't, nowadays after usa understands what is "hypersonic" weapon, hold OUR pop corn, "The Empire Strikes Back" begings)))

[@siimon559]

Nato is basically runned by the US/UK intelligence agencies

[@45kal37]

In BBC's own words, there's only one way to describe this documentary - "A sea of disinformation"

[@alexanderk5522]

If you call that disinformation you need to go and try watch russian television probably... may be this documentary is not about majority of people living in modern Russia, but this imperialistic mindset still living in the very core of ones born before 80-s, may be 90-s. We can't deny it okay. THIS will be disinformation.

[@isabellajones8535]

@@alexanderk5522 I have lived in Russia - and what you are saying is rubbish. Russia doesn't want to control anyone else, or steal their wealth - she has plenty of her own - nor does she want to control anyone else. She wants to be rich and secure enough that everyone is happy, lives a good life - and the bloody Anglo Empire can't attack her any more.

[@alexanderk5522]

@@isabellajones8535 yeah that's why they all shouted "Crimea is ours, yeeey!" and bought all kind of merch with these words... makes perfect sense to me. They also want to live in wealth and peace so much they sponsor pretty much every dictator around the world in expence for their pension savings that will be frozen for almost 10 years. No I don't buy it. May be somewhere you have seen good progressive people, but they are not who ruling the country and have no representation in desicion making process.

[@isabellajones8535]

@@alexanderk5522 What are you babbling about" who is this "they " who shouted "Crimea is ours"?? Crimea was "given" to Ukraine illegally, by-passing all Constitutional Laws of the time, by a USSR President who was Ukrainian. Many times Crimean people tried to get back to Russia, and finally, after a massive referendum when 97% voted to return, Russia legally accepted their plea. Period.

[@alexanderk5522]

@@isabellajones8535 tell that story about "illegality" to Japanese. And those story about 97% to Chechens or Tatar people. They somehow manage to have this much on every elections. Numbers mean nothing here, since they are counted by unreliable persons. Also you can see Putin approval ratings goes up after 2014 desicion although strong deprecation of national currency. Do people from Sakhalin and Sakha really needed that reunification? We can see hard work of propaganda here, since ratings goes down now as everyone had time to think with their own heads why the fuck do they even needed this totally rural soviet resort eating even more money from regions...

[@DrBPhD]

What's the music at 16'20? Went through a list of video's with russian choral music but without any result.

[@ivan-Croatian]

I think that ship sleeps with spongebob now 😁🚀🇷🇺

[@gyanprateek7158]

Poms are accusing Russia if being an empire. Oh the irony of it.

[@ripswlegends8741]

The crucible country of the largest empire in human history can do as it pleases 🤣

[@gitanouruguayo7856]

a ajajajajajajaj indeed. the wankers

[@isaakasimov2456]

What are the poms? I am sorry, i don´t know, i am german speaking.

[@DarrenMalin]

@@isaakasimov2456 it is what Australians call the British. So in that statement he is blaming the Brits for creating the country he lives in.

[@isaakasimov2456]

@@DarrenMalinOK. Thank you very much.

[@394pjo]

_“I learned growing up on the streets of Leningrad, If a fight is inevitable, you have to strike first”_ Vladimir Putin

[@road2stamfordbridge]

Didn’t work so well for the Germans.

[@nspr9721]

@@road2stamfordbridge They came damn close and within an ace though...

[@cikicar]

@@road2stamfordbridge If a fight is inevitable, hitler needed not to attack anyone

[@briangreen8887]

Germans where divided the killed their own separated people. If they united they be powerful. Thank you for showing your colours never again.

[@Craig-xr1bw]

@@road2stamfordbridge no the weather beat the Germans in Russia not the Russians

[@roguewxves5534]

My left ear loves this video, but thanks for the upload🤙

[@kentlewan]

Great interviewer! Mr. Rosenberg's Russian is excellent, as are his manners and insight.

[@TikiShootah]

Was this uploaded in 1440P? damn the clarity and colors are amazing on this documentary.

[@snbogdanov1968]

30 years in Russia and still don't have any idea about Russians. We accept all people who want to be our friend, but all who want to be our enemy, get part of our land please watch out. All our history shows that our nation is united against enemies and will always do. But if you come with peace you will always find friendly people who will share last piece of bread with you.

[@igorhrusevar5584]

money money

[@carlosorellana1924]

Exactly! He’s so anti Russian in this documentary 😂 he’s probably a spy

[@swedishmansion8262]

Good I need a new country my country is crasy Sweden....

[@raywilson3166]

Maybe best keep your last piece of bread for the Russian oligarchs getting rightly stripped of their wealth in London. From what we've seen of Russia recently we're not particularly interested to be frank.

[@alisammak9081]

They showed that in the world cup but America and isrhell like to pant de front pitcher in all its anime

[@yoelcalev2763]

You can see the Moskva (ship) at 25:31, 3 years before it was sunk. An impressive sight, it's so large and full of radar equipment.

[@dzikiwaz8987]

Turned out that she has been made of paperboard, but money took Shoygu and Gierasimov.

[@christopherodonoghue3858]

But a beautiful sight to see it sinking on a the end of a tug boat

[@CuttySobz]

The way the guy talks in front of it is really weird lol. Like seriously who tf talks like that?? Also Russia sucks.

[@oldskoolrools3087]

chances are it was simply a floating lump of steel, and most of the equipment didn't work properly...

[@tax905972]

full of little fish now.Knowing Russia, a few services personal as well.

[@marcandsebe]

When he said if only prosperity had been for the Russian people after 1989. Well it could have been if the oligarchs had not taken so much of it for themselves.

[@jacobsparry8525]

And too theirs leader, ADOLF PUTIN!! He dided not becomes richest man ined the world by selling Mary Kay beauty products to all his closeted leather bikers clubs friends!!

[@mjfan653]

well, this blame sort of divides equally between "the west" and russians... in a lot of places western companies bought ex-soviet companies for dimes and shut them down to prevent competition. f.ex. western cigarette companies buying local tobacco factories to dismantle them to gain bigger market shares in the new eastern market.... at the same time, oligarchs decided to sell those factories for dimes, criminals decided to exploit their old neighbours and colleagues instead of cooperating and working together. in the baltics these same shutdowns and poverty happened, but people also had constant urging and desire to "go westward" and that meant inviting over western advisors, going west to learn, and working hard. now latvia-estonia are in some instances better than western europe, while russia is left behind. in this instance, the russians mentality is different, for them its always us vs them, and that means russia vs the world, and also our family vs everyone else. that means if you become a company executive, you will corruptively hire your relatives to high positions and steal all not bolted down from the company. but this sort of mentality only works if you constantly conquer new places to steal from, enslave other people to exploit. now they are afraid of nato shackles, as this means they are like rats in a bucket, stealing from each other, disassembling giant companies, aerospace rockets and deepwater diving equipment to buy diesel for their personal bmw's and ham on their bread.... a slow downfall of them eating each other

[@scottsuttan2123]

What the oligarchs did in the 90s is the true western way of business....steal ,Rob plunder This is why Russia and the western world never get along western supporters don't know how to work together too much I ..

[@T15L94]

Russia says the west gave promise NATO wouldn't expand eastward.And now the west says no such promise was given. Vladimir Putin said,"Our mistake is we trusted you to much.And your mistake is you try to take advantage of it."

[@sevoblast]

Sorry, the signed documents stating 'not one inch further' are now known and published, signed by SehSha, Germany, UK, France and others.

[@USNRET610]

Very true

[@MrJoelalcasey1971]

@Adam Said it's true, you don't need to see the documents and that stupid little bitch Liz Truss wants to stop thinking she's Maggie Thatcher

[@singstadmusic4027]

NATO does not expand it's territory, ntions seek membership for safety.

[@deaddeadtape]

The West didn't even sign a contract, it seems to just have been said. Russia literally can't keep it's word if it's life dependet on it. They lie and deceive without mercy if it helps their strategies and ar enot afraid to breach written contracts. What moral highground do they have to cry about trust issues with NATO, without any contrat on hand?

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

Russia will never go to war with NATO because of nukes...stop wetting yourselves and LARPing about Russia as some sort of danger. Russians are just redpill Europeans, not at all the return of the CCCP, BBC.

[@joebuck943]

That pretty much sums it up. Russians are red-pilled Europeans

[@richschm]

It s not about total war, it is about something like Crimea should not happen again.

[@TikiShootah]

with Russians making more nukes everyday. I call bullshit. Truest form of villiany we face right now. North Korea just wants attention, China isnt crazy they like $ too much to risk it all. What does Russia have? A hard-on for world destruction, by the looks of it.

[@ismaelaparicio2703]

Gandalfdenvite 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣fascism huh?? And how do you call USA spreading its power all over the world and overthrowing governments? When America is the most racist country in the world? Where they use democracy or liberty or human right to intervene other countries? 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣I just laugh about your lecture.

[@chetpomeroy1399]

@@TikiShootah Putin is just blowing a lot of hot air, just like his predecessors did in the old Soviet Union during the Cold War, and is doing so to keep his poll numbers up.

[@christopherstephenson7199]

Well this is very interesting. I'm left wondering what could be. Also, I had no idea how beautiful this part of the world is. As an American I don't think I've ever truly understood what this part of the world actually looks like.

[@Shadow-di7mw]

Your not alone being an American who knows little about the rest of the world

[@donniebaker5984]

@@Shadow-di7mw but we're from the home of the brave and the land of the free where every man is created equal except that our government leaders are way more equal than we are

[@bortstanson2034]

@@donniebaker5984 "Where everyman is created equal" except black and brown people

[@effervescentevanescenttran6331]

As an American expat, I can confirm that about 95 percent of Americans don't know shit about the rest of the world. Even a lot of the other American expats.

[@MrSupernova111]

Awesome documentary! Thank you!!

[@spideywhiplash]

Gorgeous Cinematography! Plus, loads of historical details I never knew. Thank you!

[@lukalekovic2729]

Wait, the BBC is talking about fake news???😂 wow

[@enricopucci8653]

OMG so unironic definitely

[@jereuter01]

True from the first 2 minutes...

[@donniebaker5984]

If you notice documentaries that tend to be on the negative side about the United States of America you're commentator will usually have a British accent also.... Especially all documentaries that our moon mission was fake will be a British accent person.... And about everything about the Earth is flat again you'll notice this a person with the British accent again..... And I'm glad you brought this up because I'm sitting here listening to the story about the USSR and again it's a person with a British accent..... And there used to be a British rock and roll group who had a song back in the US back in the US back in the USSR..... And of course it's another British rock and roll group who was dubbed knighthood by the queen herself with the song sympathy for the devil..... And read this one excerpt from the songs lyrics that crushes me.... Stuck around St. Petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change Killed Tsar and his ministers Anastasia screamed in vain (I'm an American that's a sentimental fool... This part of the song about Anastasia draws tears in my eyes as she was a young girl very beautiful that break any man's heart just for the sight of her beauty .... I ran across some devastating information one time researching the British just before the massacre of the czar and those guardian Anastasia as it was one of Anastasia's cousins of the royal family in England that hated her and was her diabolical plan that started the revolution just to ensure that Anastasia would be murdered I can't go on it I'm crying with this... It's been so long since I've read about it I can't remember the details but it was a member of the Royal family who was a woman close under the Queen's power as it was just family business as the British royal family has skeletons in their closets don't you doubt they don't... So what I'm saying about the British it's just not politics only but their own blood relation turning against one another but Anastasia never had a clue she was only a young girl born in royalty without any animosity towards anyone she's just a teenager she couldn't know anything I cry for her today I don't know why) I rode a tank Held a general's rank When the blitzkrieg raged And the bodies stank This is about our United States general George Patton a crazy insane root and tooting pistol packing like the cartoon character Yosemite Sam in my opinion... There was some documentaries and horror movies about him by the dozens as general Patton proclaimed that he was incarnations of great military leaders in the past as in one movie it was played as he was staring out across this field in like a trans and one of his operatives asking me all right and Patton's going like I was here once before and would direct his battle plans that he claimed he'd won a battle similar to what was coming and he would be Victor about every time crazy s***... Anyway that's what I'm making the song when he said I rode a tank held a general's rank .. in world war II are tanks were named after Patton as the Patton tank but next to a German Nazi tiger tank the tiger tank could crush a Patton tank like a monster truck crushing cars in the arena in America like Bigfoot undertaker of the monster truck mayhem entertainment we do crazy things like that in America) Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh yeah Ah, what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made (This last verse has always intrigued me as I can't place history to this words of kings and queens fought for 10 decades? For the gods they made? I feel so compelled to sort out the riddle as I can't help from thinking if we can sort out the history that this part of the verse proclaims will show us just how ridiculous we are pushing others with our beliefs of conquering them just like religion where everyone believes their God is the only God and everyone else who has a god should die.... And that my friend goes back a long long ways as to the mortals who invented religion who also invented money and taxes and war give you three guesses who that was and the first two don't count could it be the royal family again and just how freaking old and just how freaking far back do they go that is the British empire that's been the largest empire in the entire world history and this didn't come from stupid teachings from America I looked this one up myself and it's agreed on a lot of other countries about the British look at them now as they sit quietly at home but it's always a British accent person telling the story their way.... Peace brothers God I hope this turns out better than anything else last.... And I said it before I'll say it again I don't have to agree with Vladimir I don't have to like what he does but God damn it I admire the bastard because he has a very strong heart perseverance as he is a real man unlike some of the Sissy boys and my century as you should be aware our general millions of population have no voting power no control of what we call a democratic Nation but if you pry into our pervert perversive leaders leaders passed they have been seen to commit blatant Federal offenses breaking federal laws and never brought the trial never committed never accused never arrested murdering our people right before our eyes and the majority look onward like it never happens like today President Nixon ordered national guardsman to break up the war protest at Kent State University Ohio 4 students were machine gun down and unknown amount of others went to the hospital full of bullets and the poor students who were murdered never had anything to do with the war protest going on and when I say war protest a bunch of students walking around in a circle on the campus carrying signs stop the war as it was Vietnam raging halfway around the world that was basically a population control move as I had close friends and family was daily letters coming in in the mail with pictures and explanations of really what was going on in the jungle fighting and it was just mayhem bought and paid for orchestrated ambushed after ambush so each side was murdering each other on a daily basis as for orders of their superiors marking them right into death traps anyway enough of that talk) look at the history of the United States beginnings and the signing of the declaration of Independence 1776 I can send that there are no conspiracies there are no conspiracy theorists as the United States of America is the largest known conspiracy the world has ever seen that is still raging...... Talk about propaganda no one is better at it than the unknown man behind the curtains of the United States of America's secret government as I like to call them as today we have a new hero I like to call Little Lord Fauntleroy namely Elon Musk who seems to have the answer to everyone's trouble and how in the hell is a private citizen of the United States of America allowed to boast on KZbin what he's going to do to stop this what he's going to do to stop that and now boasting that he has a robotic army to fight Vladimir Putin's army with Will somebody please take him over in the corner somewhere and explain to him what I would like to do as he's got every millennial age group in America following him like he's the pied Piper that's very very dangerous for all of us will someone accidentally take him out with some friendly fire please..... And he's very busy with real machinery that's really taking away all the carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere as our leaders of the United States claim is making a big carbon footprint causing global warming causing overheating causing plants to die because they're oversaturated with carbon dioxide friendly friends please listen to what I just said this is insanity real as I'm speaking and the trees and plants seem to be dying everywhere the oceans seaweed is gone washing up on the beaches there's no buds on the trees in the Midwest and it's springtime and no buds coming out of the trees branches means no leaves are only source of oxygen for every human being man woman child and all dogs cast and the oxygen levels are dropping and the carbon dioxide levels for the entire Earth atmosphere is only 0.04%, and Joe Biden who's a puppet keeps screaming out I'll cut that number in half we won't live long enough to see it I got to go this is too much we got major countries rattling their swords at each other while our billionaires Elon Musk and Bill Gates are destroying the atmosphere by allowing all vegetation to die that is our only source of oxygen well I said here with broken bones surviving on disability payment checks that I can afford to be free I'm so free to cash my check but enough gasoline in my pickup to make it to Kroger's to buy enough groceries and make it within a day or two no food till I get another check that is my freedom as you can see I'm free to do it or I'm free to refuse and die

[@topher7276]

I got that warm fuzzy feeling at 25:31, as they showed the Moskva and a few of the other ships, knowing they currently sit on the bottom of the Black Sea...

[@JoeLLundahL]

25:35 Former cruiser, current shipwreck at the bottom of the Black sea Moskva

[@sandrosadhukhan]

Here's an idea for the BBC, fall of British Empire post WW2.

[@sandrosadhukhan]

@joe gamarro language is a medium, it's how the fucks are using it that counts.

[@sandrosadhukhan]

@S Macca link?

[@zachhoward9099]

Check out End Of Empire on here it’s from 1983-84 but it’s a fascinating account of the fall of the Empire with each episode being dedicated to a specific nation

[@skipsassy1]

1964 "No Hungarians allowed" was a typical real estate rule in the USA nighborhoods in Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

[@RichardBaran]

What's your point? There was a lot of red lining back then.

[@GreatWaterCircus]

Brilliant work... thank you. Well impressed on the research regarding the roman link etc.

[@williamkristy2024]

If Russia is so weak why is there an entire alliance to "defend" against them?

[@josearriaga8945]

You just nailed

[@raywilson3166]

Trigger happy with nukes, thermobaric weapons

[@williamkristy2024]

@@raywilson3166 what country is the only one to use nuclear weapons again?

[@MP-wb5yd]

Because they always have been agressive with their neighbours, they just can't help it, they are extremlu insecure people

[@gabrielbalbec883]

This could have been a great documentary - the interviewer obviously knows a few things about Russia -, but as the star-wars-inspired title suggests from the start, it is fraught with bad faith and propaganda.

[@chewgnasher2446]

Absolutely right. Bad faith and propaganda. Russia would be a better friend to Britain than the USA but our elites won't allow it

[@anandawijesinghe6298]

Few things, but not enough !

[@effervescentevanescenttran6331]

Hardly. It goes easy on the Russian fascists, aka Rashist scum.

[@WEkurtz79]

Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.

[@mjv123]

@william willie What do you mean by that? Be specific.

[@solomonyunatanov945]

This means Don’t Fuck with Russia 🇷🇺

[@michaelairley2015]

Wow. You are amazing. Such a philosopher.

[@WEkurtz79]

That is not philosophy

[@michaelairley2015]

@@WEkurtz79 I'm just taking the piss mate.

[@kyriankelvin4301]

What is that song at 16:22? Anybody please?

[@jonhildahl9982]

25:40 that's a beautiful & powerful ship that looks unsinkable, I bet nothing will ever happen to it.

[@abdulbada1]

Please investigate rather than ask NATO member to comment on Russia.

[@RargoFC19]

Britain’s economy is twice the size of russia’s LOL!

[@seven.8228]

RargoFC19 yes Britain’s economy is written in fake decimals - Russia’s economy is in the physical state

[@JimBob-oy9bs]

Didn't the US send a bunch of aid there during a so called famine?? Idk.

[@johnshirley8099]

He said "Russia wants to be RESPECTED, FEARED,and COUNTED" Why do they want to be FEARED? Doesn't FEAR promote a hugh lack of RESPECT? I could never have RESPECT for someone that made me FEAR them. Quite the opposite in fact, I would HATE them.

[@polite_as_fuck]

Why can’t a NATO member comment on Russia? Is it somehow a bad thing to get more than one point of view? Perhaps you should grow a pair.

[@watchtower5158]

6:08 Everyone is entitled to their own opinions Mr. It's not so much about the fall, but rather how you rise by making sense of the living.

[@busterbiloxi3833]

Good journalism. Well done.

[@Zardoz2293]

Absolutely ZERO bias reporting. Right.

[@JohnVAsiaTeacher]

Just like today with trade wars and sanctions, the US was more concerned on bringing down a competitor rather than any notion of bringing freedom. NATO and the European Union expanded, not Russia. NATO has attacked other countries, not Russia. The US is the empire now, not Russia and it’s now the Middle East that now experiences what resembles a holocaust and that wasn’t caused by Russia either.

[@gleemunga5420]

Yes indeed, fuck America!!!

[@farhanfakhriza6149]

Well said

[@kitsune1594]

Nato and EU doesn't expand by themselves, other countries invite them to defend from you.

[@JohnVAsiaTeacher]

@@kitsune1594 Countries like Iraq and Syria are begging to be defended?

[@JohnVAsiaTeacher]

@@colmfarrell5686 It would be the first time I've heard of Russia supplying Syria with biological weapons. This isn't all hindsight, the US and NATO were repeatedly warned about interfering in the Middle East but chose to ignore the warnings and why they've now calmed down with the bombings and invasions having learned from experience. It's why Russia or China don't invade others, they see where it leads to.

[@texasray5237]

Didn't Britain once have an empire of some sort too, a few centuries ago? Something to do with piracy and opium and slaves and exploiting poor people, I think. Nothing as grandiose as the Russian empire perhaps, but worthy of a footnote.

[@nickiseb8910]

Something to do with rulling the waves and kapitalism trade.

[@nickiseb8910]

@Imagination Is Power I have some American friends and they are very critical towards the US. That is something t be proud of. Isn't it. Hav a nice day

[@jmbento71]

Brits also invented their own church...lol But brits biggest goal was Monthy Python.. The discovery of the fire,wheels,boiling water,Portwine etcetcetc lol I am joking mate ...

[@vikramg346]

the ultimate truth is its hard stopping a man from killing another man... darwin should have lived longer to figure it out apart from survival of fittest(i think this theory he propose is not complete enough)... britain enabled many great things to the world which did not follow(mostly) survival of fittest,britain followed survival of enablest (there may be another theory like survival of enablest)..its true that when british began administering india theres already a political vacuum or millitary vacuum in india but some small wars erupted by tiny empires or groups of communities... also british did many wrong things in the long term(probably by bad head of administration which we all face in the world in all kinds of government).... usa is a unique story to the entire earth(literally going with fight on all which will have retaliations later on), there are many things thats going to happen on our millitarised earth thats for sure.i will better be prepared for all kind of crazy stufffffff......

[@vikramg346]

@Imagination Is Power mostly indians critics brits usually due to econmic situation when u left in 1947 and a poor and near zero history on british time in india(can u show a brief history its not possible on those days). otherwise here everybody knows u did not invade. if u invaded u would have suffered huge casualty right from the beginning. its just political overtake and agreements u controlled india and then when people uprise begins brit parliament passed india act and enabled more counter measures to stop uprising. we still praise Colonel John Pennycuick CSI British Army engineer and civil servant who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. there are some patriotic people still fighting both from uk and india(usually they dont know the history and political negotiations and international agreements)... i have seen your long replies most of it is true. but when it comes to americans you are going hard why i dont know. americans saved you from nazis(but made an agreement to capture your trading posts worldwide). but your land is saved thats the truth. vietnam war is stupid war caused by politicians from usa(same also true even today,we know about usa politicians fight over ukraine matter they were literally ignorant). apart from politicians mistake we cant find any fault in their culture i dont know why you show excessive angry at them. its better we unite before any another war erupts . we should be working as smart coalition force rather than making coalition withd dumb people...thank u

[@marconoordman9795]

Kaliningrad Oblast I lived for 5 years it was the best time of my life I rarely found myself in such a warm-hearted society as that of my wife Anna W Melnick

[@nm5421]

well done sir. thanks

[@WaleedHiggins]

Everyone is simply defending themselves. America is defending itself in the Baltic States and Russia is defending itself along its own border.

[@kishanchali8752]

THe US doesn't have to defend itself in the Baltic because it's thousands of miles away from the Baltic. The AMericans are there simply to control Europe and breakup Russia.

[@WaleedHiggins]

@@kishanchali8752 Good point.

[@goodtimesroll8]

What's with the audio panning?

[@voicezful]

Pinch of Salt documentary, with Rosenburg, can't believe a word he says. Starter for 10, Berlin Wall came down in 1989 years before the demise of USSR

[@melvinrequinto9310]

...And as a human being living here in one planet we shared day by day I wish there should not be a war and misunderstanding as if we could share the same feelings towards one another as human.To love one another even if we are all in one far away land.As people it is inscribed in our hearts the true meaning of identity being human to show support and care and love to one another even though we raised in so many different races.It's not a problem being red or yellow or black or white? Is there lacking in some point just to live a healthy and happy life or some kind of fulfillment when we are all still alive now? Who will win after this tragic moments they called war? And I'm very sure we are all just loosing in the end.It's a devastating scene to see children and women and innocent one dying because of this crazy war.Instead of killing one another how about making good music and indulge in sports instead of fighting and war? We only live only once and why we should not give our neighbor a chance to live to about 40 50 or 80 yrs old at the very least just to experience how to live harmoniously on earth we called ours.Life is just too short and to all leaders please give peace a chance.People in Ukraine God bless. - The people from the Philippines also pray for you.

[@topher7276]

Well said, but it should be said to Vladimir Putin and the Russian people who believe in his warped aggression against their neighbors and his lies!

[@wayneronnie7402]

I fell in love with Russia last year when i was in St Petersburg... Amazing country, beautiful women, nice food, friendly intelligence people.. culture in abundance, beautiful architecture. Moscow is incredible, especially the metro system. Fascinating stuff seeing all the Soviet and Tsarist architecture side be side. Visa is pretty straight forward and there are cheap wizzair flights from the UK now

[@dmitry5233]

@@Rishikesh.......... what kind of question is that?

[@maximus7809]

@@dmitry5233 typic iq200 question :D

[@eire3215]

Travel buoy that's a bit of a weird question askin the guy did he suck any Russians?? Ok I've nothing against gay guys as long as you keep it to yourself.So pls keep your dirty mind away from others nobody wants to know about your sex life and what turns you on...

[@gentianm5450]

@@curtisducati so what?

[@dmitry5233]

@@curtisducati nonsense! russian teech are the best

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

uhh, the reunification of Germany was allowed by Russia in exchange for the promise that NATO would not enlarge.

[@leoarc1061]

That turned out well. Gorbachev was too naive in this regard.

[@keithlillis7962]

West Germany is in the EU and NATO, so of course when East Germany re-unified with West Germany, it too would be in NATO. Look at a map, East and West Germany is one country.

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

@@keithlillis7962 Lols, uhh...why would that be automatic? The Soviets peacefully left Eastern Europe allowing Germany to reunify...they didn't have to do that.

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

@@leoarc1061 Gorbachev was naïve in a few ways, but he ended the Cold War, so he's a hero of history. Yeltsin was the one most responsible for the dissolution of the CCCP.

[@leoarc1061]

@@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf A great hero. One of the best leaders of the 20th century.

[@Lovely_planet]

That song at 16:27 is pure majesty

[@commoneuropeanstarling]

An interesting insight of what is happening now.

[@ronhat-nx6yq]

David Attenborough would be ashamed of the BBC today. I am an American and this is an example of BBC propaganda and it is not all about Russia either.

[@tombombadil9123]

how many times can you say 'Empire' in a 47 min documentary before it becomes ridiculous? especially if you are British, descendent of the 'owners' of the largest Emipre ever. which countries today have 'great' in their names. who would like to start?

[@Nabukodonosor71]

There is none of "great" left on the Island any more. The Englishmen live an utopia look of the world. The Island has no right to declare itself a "great" of anything. It's sipmle schisophrenic..a nation can not be "great" after genocides from the american colonies to India, South Africa, Kenya, Australia....in fact there are just few countries on the planet where England was not "civilising" savage people by exterminate them and steal their countries resources. The whole English history isn't made of creating goods but devastating nations. The same is performed by the US in. the last 60 years.

[@Radbot776]

Like always Europe is trying to push into Russia again like they always have done, but each time they blame us saying we have guns and and rockets and shit and everyone deserves to be able to defend themselves, this empire shit is just brainwash material

[@Nabukodonosor71]

@Imagination Is Power my country was with the allied forces in bith World wars. Only in the WW1 my country lost 61% of male population....when you talk about Serbia you have to speak with huge RESPECT

[@tombombadil9123]

@Imagination Is Power nomen est omen

[@Nabukodonosor71]

@Imagination Is Power one important thing. I would like that you consider my words as an opposite point of view. I am awared that 90 % of people United Kingdom Is made of are very kind, honest and dedicated to live a normal life....From my point of view countries like the US and England are coming into my house telling me what to do. That Is the Serbian expereience with both of these countries. Regarding your words of exploring the US when the New World was discovered imagine a situation like this one.....on a sunmy day of the coast brat Southampton or Brighton matice English people spotted 10 chinese ships. Their crews prepeare to explore the Island. After that they want to take your resources... Sounds familiar?!?

[@JANEZ45]

What is the song in the begining at kzbin.info/www/bejne/maTIdZKOmbyrnbs? Thank you!

[@schablone35]

does anyone recognize the music at 12:53?

[@stephenferrari5823]

I watched 23 minutes of a documentary and did a google search one time - I’m an expert.

[@user-cq7xu5rx2c]

Empire, every second word that is repeated in this video. And thats coming from England okay.

[@itumelengmosailane1192]

Your volume is low towards the end

[@foxtrot_delta3042]

Well, looks like this documentary needs a major update. But wait a few months and see if Blundermir isn't through off a balcony.

[@MrVVVVV11111]

They did man! They saved the World

[@benalkan8559]

So did America and India and Australia .... There's a reason why it's called a world war innit

[@hklassehutten1476]

@@benalkan8559 I don't know how dumb you are Australia didn't want to be a Japanese puppet India was forced to because "Democracy" and if it wasn't for Pearl Harbour America wouldn't have entered in the first place so yeah America can get all of the credit

[@SMTousif]

I also believe they did .

[@aethellstan]

Russia (Soviets) lost most area to the Nazis, lost most armed forces to the Nazis and lost most citizens to the Nazis. In turn they beat more German armies and beat them back across the most area in order to get the Berlin first. The west only had to motor a thousand of miles or so from Normandy to Germany, after all it's just the other side of France. Look how far Soviets pushed the Germans back. You can't argue with facts.

[@hklassehutten1476]

@@aethellstan without them I fear the wurst for the world

[@stevebarila9917]

Hungary the bad boy of Europe?! A poor propaganda piece even by BBC standards.

[@USER-jo7yz]

If you don't see that, you must be over 70 years old...or Orban's ass liker!

[@user-oz8uf6cn6u]

Hungary government don't want let Arab migrants in and want to make business with Russia... so they are SO BAD!! 😂

[@USER-jo7yz]

@@user-oz8uf6cn6u The problem is not the Arabs, it's their nationalists that hate Europe and are nostalgic to the Absburges!

[@williamgill_esq.6487]

Дмитрий Вронский Exactly - and they don't want EU's militant anti-Christianity and Cultural Marxism.

[@sadboi3204]

@@user-oz8uf6cn6u Why would an Arab want to live in a backwards shithole like Hungary

[@BobskiSportsNetwork]

I feel like this documentary goes off the rails in the last third

[@kawerupaul]

... and the empire has plunged back into its medieval era of war and anarchy. Will the empire ever rise and strike back again?

[@Karusuando]

There is no end to Western hypocrisy!

[@hapaxlegomenon7947]

it sure is but the Red Army was created not to save the world but to conquer it

[@Hellou123]

@@hapaxlegomenon7947 no army in the world is capable of conquer it

[@tedhernandez2394]

Seti, Is there no end to Socialism and Communism? The world is changing at a fast pace. Those ideas are old and do not work. So look to your self for any hypocrisy (s). Not the Western world.

[@Karusuando]

@@tedhernandez2394, I'm looking at the crimes against humanity, committed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and elsewhere around the world, where neither Socialism nor Communism was the perpetrator!

[@Karusuando]

@Max Smith Last I checked The Yankees never won a war. The quagmire in Afghanistan is yet another reminder of their total failure!

[@namesurname6905]

Im hearing the narrator voice in left ear only and its really annoying

[@petereiso5415]

face the other way then.

[@camlans22]

same problem - lol

[@johanniebacamante1504]

i think they are still using the decca studio the beatles used for their audition...

[@mustafaali448]

Thoughts and prayers to your right ear 🙏🏾

[@CN-wt2bj]

It's the BBC. I'm surprised there's any sound at all.

[@TK-lv9sc]

What' the song at 2:18?

[@user-sb4fx9fd9k]

Do you have steam connection?)

[@iracingrookie3301]

Imagine what the human race could accomplish together, as one..

[@richardbroner9852]

A pretzel. There are negative and positives in this world and peace is a fake word.

[@iracingrookie3301]

@@richardbroner9852 china is the biggest negative to the world from poaching rare animals to eating the weirdest of things that create diseases that spread across the world

[@stejer211]

@@iracingrookie3301 That's funny, because a huge part of the world thinks it's the U.S.

[@nakedshadows]

That’s America

[@salvadorvizcarra769]

@@iracingrookie3301 PROPAGANDA!!!

[@plaethestore702]

The contemp is strong in this documentary

[@brianbosire4645]

Russophobia in play

[@Sb20222]

Well deserved contempt my friend...well deserved

[@carlosgarzon8900]

@@Sb20222 not its not, and you hate something not only you don't understand but something so far away that has never done anything to you.

[@ENIGMAXII2112]

That it most certainly is...

[@RobertReg1]

F the BBC. Bunch of puppets. Warmongering puppets

[@Delta2D2]

Oh what could have been… peace in our time. I was part of a UN Youth Peace delegation in 1988-89 behind the Iron Curtain. Everyone under 30 wanted out of the USSR, Hungary especially. Watching the Berlin Wall come down, had me in tears watching the news. I’d like to think that we played a tiny part in the fall of the curtain… but, I guess 40,000 nuclear weapons, Reagan, Gorbachev, Yeltsin & Thatcher played a slightly larger role. 😂

[@mmuku8655]

NATO and the EU had to force Ukraine to "join" them. This is the cause of this war. If USA will not accept Soviet bases in Cuba and subscribe to the Monroe doctrine with massive buffer zones for themselves; why should they expect Russia to have it any other way?

[@Delta2D2]

@@mmuku8655 You are mistaken, but then that’s what your ‘Disinformation Mission’ is. Ukraine 🇺🇦 applied to join NATO 9 years ago. Membership could have been swift, however, given the situation in the East, it was constantly delayed. NO NATO COUNTRY WANTS WAR WITH RUSSIA 🇷🇺. Neither do we want to see a country being ‘invaded’ or having ‘civilians targeted’, despite what your government run media tells you. When you look at the destruction and civilian life’s lost, do you still believe that you are liberating Ukraine 🇺🇦? It’s easy to compare Ukraine 🇺🇦 to the Cuban 🇨🇺 crisis. However, NATO was not the one to introduce short range nuclear weapons to the region… Mr Putin did. Further, they are hidden in cargo containers, in docks, on trucks, on ships, on trains, which is sneaky, and that broke the original 1989 agreement. NATO only responded. Nevertheless, Ukraine 🇺🇦 NEVER asked for nuclear weapons, nor would ever be offered. Any nuclear weapons are looked after by specific units, and NOT just handed over. I have just read a brief on civilians being recruited to spread disinformation across Russia 🇷🇺. “Zanami Pravda” & “Tribunal Project”, which is about taking western media stories about Russia 🇷🇺, and tearing them apart to put Russia 🇷🇺 in a glorious light. Propaganda hasn’t been seen like this since the fall of the CCCP. *I am recently retired Flying Officer, Royal Air Force. Nothing I have said is not public information, but it’s accurate. But ask yourself; why do NATO countries want war with Russia? Why do we want another war, or colder-Cold War. Putin is making us enemies, not the other way around.

[@mmuku8655]

@@Delta2D2 BullShit

[@Dechieftian]

Great presentation .. great background to a complex country and political system. A great help in attempting to understand what is unfolding today in the Russia - Ukraine War.

[@dnmurphy48]

Yup, Russian imperialism

[@rameezahmed3231]

The Russian advance from the Volga to the gates of Berlin was the most brutal time in history but the Russians paid a high price yet today their sacrifice has been forgotten by history such an insult to a great people

[@freedomcontrolled6190]

Also forgotten is the 30 million Soviet citizens murdered by it's own government!! Sadly also forgotten in the West!!

[@jimjefftube]

The Russian contribution in World War II has a BIG caveat. Did you forget that Stalin signed a treaty with Hitler that including invading a neighbor (Poland) and splitting it with Hitler? If you dance with the devil you may get burned. Then you also have to consider what Russia did after the end of World War II. First agreeing to free elections in Eastern Europe only to then resign and install communist regimes everywhere that they occupied territory. Russia should embrace democracy and stop being a asshole for the sake of being obstinate. No country in the West would support an invasion of Russia and NATO is no threat to Russia, unless you have designs on the independence of your neighbors.

[@a5cent]

I completely disagree. If you get your "education" from Hollywood, then yes, but nobody who cares about history has forgotten Russia's sacrifice. Nor have we stopped appreciating it. Many also realize that the US' current foreign policy is mostly about weakening Russia, little more, and that NATO has expanded too far eastwards. - A Western European.

[@Mrrogerthurman]

No it has not been forgotten. Only in your twisted imagination seemingly. Most in the west are fully aware of the amazing sacrifice Russians paid in WWII. And Thankful.

[@lunafringe10]

its not forgotten, dont worry, People who have lived thru it, are still alive,

[@wasimshaikh1665]

Put some Russian perspective in the documentary so it might look like you made an effort

[@keithlillis7962]

He did, you were not listening. He even interviewed a retired Russian general, to get his view.

[@ricardoafonso7884]

Brilliant!

[@jimsertable]

I guess you didn't see the full documentary. He took Russian perspective too, not only Russia, but also old East Germany.

[@abdulbada1]

He took current NATO member but took retired Soviet General. That is exactly like BBC, bias as always against Russia.

[@arminius6506]

@@keithlillis7962 I think you yourself haven't watched this documentary

[@2serveand2protect]

2019: "The Empire Strikes Back" 2022 ? ..."SPACEBALLS"!

[@nelsongonzalez4533]

For every game... there are winners 🏆 and losers... But even if have all it takes to play the game well, you still need endurance and skills plus a bit of luck...among other things.

[@gigachad4715]

Russia has always been and will remain a super power.

[@gigachad4715]

@@inGodtrust5hmkj4 It doesn't matter what you think western spy.

[@widg3tswidgets416]

Nothing about Russia is Superpower-like.

[@otikkk7076]

yeah. superpower when it comes to small countries like chechnya and georgia.

[@hlaa208]

Yes a superpower that napalms children in Syria.

[@altonotis1975]

Super bullies more like.. Let them try that shit with UK and USA

[@Tjecktjeck]

I'am not a fan of USSR or Russia's policy, but what's up with claims that USSR wanted to make GDR a part of ''soviet empire'', is there any proof to that or just a bald statement? As far as i know GDR and BRD was formed thanks to the will of United States, as they wanted to split Germany in to occupation zones. Later during the Cold War, Soviets had their troops in Eastern Germany in case War would break out, just as Americans had their in Western Germany. There were never any plans to assimilate the Germans in to the Union.

[@nickiseb8910]

Wrong info about Germany.

[@nickiseb8910]

@ it's time to take your pill now.

[@nickiseb8910]

@ YOU will not change the reality you mean. You put yourself out of the European world. A little loss for us, a big loss for you. There will be one day when you will cry for help. I hope for you it will not be too late. Until that day...dream on. Dream of America, your America, your frustration and nightmare. ps, get out of Ukraine.

[@paulnantulya]

Does anyone know the track on 18:57?

[@patrickibrahim971]

song at 12:55?

[@paulpowell4871]

America may not have won the cold war but Capitalism did.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

@Imagination Is Power China projects strength and solidarity, but if you've lived in China you'd know that their economy is not what it seems. They are one economic crisis away from collapse. The CCP is desperate to keep its momentum, but they risk mismanagement. They are struggling to gracefully transition into a stable economy. Vietnam is poaching China's IB contracts that are so lucrative. What will happen when China is, like many Western countries, no longer a massive net exporter? The West is faltering but far from dead.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

@Coz Paynes No one is talking about CNN here, bud. I said CCP - Chinese Communist Party. Are you some lonely depressed drunk guy? Get your life straight, man. You're laughable. Go to bed.

[@stavrosstavrou4549]

for those who don't know Crimea was part of Russia until 1954, when Kruchev, a Ukrainean, the Soviet General Secretary assigned Crimea to Ukraine, a federal member of the Soviet Union. So, how can you say that Crimea was part of Ukraine, when you know very well that Russia fought a few wars to defend it?

[@robertomanalo6346]

The Reason why Russia Annexation of Crimea in Ukraine 2014 in which led US and EU Economic Sanction ? During the heaight of Cold War between the US and Russia Soveit Era in Ukraine is a Military Strategic Point for Moscow the Black Sea Fleet in Port of Odessa is part of the 5 Russia Navy Fleet under his belt during the Soviet Era Majority numbers of Russia Naval Surface Ships are Made in Ukraine Nikolayev Shipyard especially the Aircraftcarrier Admiral Kuznetsov Class was build

[@robertomanalo6346]

Russian have 5 Navy Fleet during the Soviet Era these are Northern Fleet in Murmansk, CasipianFleet, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet and the Pacific Fleet. Now Russia have Annexation Crimea Ukraine for their Military Strategic Point now they established Port for their Black Sea Fleet again they can easily transport Military hardware to Syria and foot hold in some parts Africa which China is trying to influence it.

[@MuffHam]

@@robertomanalo6346 Russia never lost there black Sea base in Crimea. Even when it was given wrongly to Ukraine. The reason Russia secured Crimea. Is because Ukraine had a election riddled with fruad and the country destabilized. Civil unrest exploded across Ukraine. Russia did what any power would do. Secured there military assests and base from possible threat. Over 95% of Crimea are ethnic Russians. Not a single person was killed in Crimea. Russia deployed overwhelming force. Many thousands have died in Ukraine all across the country. But mainly in the east. Where the Ukrainian military attacked it's own people. If it wasnt for Russian support those people would have been slaughtered. Ukraine isnt innocent in what has happened. The government is full of corruption.

[@harrisn3693]

That is like saying Savannah is part of Florida...Ukraine is a US puppet state.

[@CitsVariants]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpa9eqKQq5Wlors

[@Dave-H]

March 2022 KZbin algorithm thank you

[@ARCOFJUPITER]

To the maker of this film, what you don't understand is that there was and is more at play in 1989 than you can possibly imagine. For all the anxiety over Crimea and the agitation over its interference since that time....if it came out why the USSR fell and Communist China survived Russia would simply go silent, its eyes would go black and set like stone and you could then officially be truly afraid if you lived anywhere near them. It wasn't an accident of history and it wasn't people power. Feel lucky and fortunate that wiser men no not wish to cause events to become out of control.

[@tyleryoung306]

Elaborate.

[@johannespanagiotopoulos4917]

You can ask the same questions for USA, Germany, Turkey and so on....

[@get2sameermisra]

Wow, totally amazed by this report, after seeing this I have lost trust on BBC ... the more I watched this it was so clear what is the intent of the whole documentary...be it the Crimea or book sales or the bank... made me laugh just thinking anyone will believe their story. Shame on you BBC

[@get2sameermisra]

Barry Baz How misinformed can u be... its sad, oh yes I'm as real as the fact that British stole the Kohinoor from India and proudly display it in the crown of the British queen.

[@get2sameermisra]

Barry Baz Checked I didn't find any... sorry.

[@themilosgrozni237]

dude...it's fuckin 2020....who is still watching BBC and expecting anything other than a load of BS

[@adoatero5129]

@@themilosgrozni237 "after seeing this I have lost trust on BBC" Because you didn't like what was said? Doesn't sound reasonable to me. If you disagree with the content, why don't you tell how you think it really is, and of course present reliable sources for your claims.

[@themilosgrozni237]

@@adoatero5129 it's kinda load of BS. simple reallity is that RUSSIA HAS TO STUGGLE AND FIGHT BACK AGAINST COLLONIAL SCUMBAGS. russia has been suffocated economicaly by the dominant world power for at least 250 years it was france in 18. century great brittain in 19.century and united states of america in 20. century all of them were dominant world powers at some point ..and all of them have seen russia as their N1 enemy ,and all of them try to block russian economic ,industrial ,tecnological and millitery growth. you need to know ABSOLUTLY NOTHING about history to believe that great britan ( a slave owning ,collonial power who opressed the entire world just 100 years ago ) today is some kind of moral authority. RUSSIA DOSN'T TAKE MORAL PREACHING FROM COLLONIAL SCUM. brithish opressors didn't realize that slave owning was bad and just left...they have been beaten out with a stick first from india,then from egipt etc. france still today IN 21. CENTURY has colonies in africa where they abuse weak governments and steal their natural resurces. RUSSIA IS THE MOST HEROIC COUNTRY IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD...IT HAS BEEN ,AND STILL IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHO HAS ENOUGH WEAPONS IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST WESTERN COLONIALISTS.

[@derekmurray1462]

Russia is a country I’d like to visit and explore , it’s area is vast with a diverse population and different cultures, also so much history and amazing architecture, my dad and his friend spent a few months working in Moscow on a building project, he was very impressed with the place and people.

[@matthewcohen7488]

Yes, I certainly would too, but probably going to have to wait a bit. I wouldn't want to be there now, and haven't heard about Americans thatwere certainly living there.

[@farda8473]

why are you writing this here? you are looking to couch surf? you have dedicated websites for that. Go now it may be cheaper hotels etc. looool

[@derekmurray1462]

@@farda8473 do the letters F O mean anything to you?

[@derekmurray1462]

@@farda8473 ah right I get it now! America says we all have to hate Russia! That pisses you off that I don’t hate them is that it?

[@farda8473]

@@derekmurray1462 What are you talking about? Let's go together looool Never said such a thing? But this is not a travel video.....i'm sure hotels are empty and ypu can get some good discounts lol ....I don't hate or love any country... i like some more... and don't like others very much....even more...i can't see what else putin could have done.... so i side more with russia than ukrain. Russia need its second strike capability and if ukraine is in nato...it is bye bye forever for russia to be geo-political power......basic international relations .....

[@jantcarlsson8452]

Stoltenberg says that the Russians claim that NATO promised not to move closer to Russia's borders are based on an assumption that big countries can make promises over small countries. But can anyone say with a straight face that Norway's voice in NATO carries as much weight as America's? The world marches to the beat of the big drums and any other assumption is delusional.

[@42cams]

Just wasted best part of an hour to understand a country wants to increase its sphere of influence - I feel sad for the reporter after so many years in Russia he has very little depth of understanding for the country and its people - In respect to the lady representing Chatham House who is presented as some sort of authority figure on the subject, her comments are banal and childlike

[@georgegellatly1581]

I don't know why Resenberg has not been declared 'persona non grata' like Sarah Raisford was.

[@superseifo]

complete one sided bias .. you'd expect more from BBC.. way more.

[@derwolfpack3599]

Do you like Provda,or Tass?Russia is a disgusting Empire.

[@derwolfpack3599]

@Al 72 Don't tell that to the Ukrainians.

[@derwolfpack3599]

@Al 72 Never heard of the iron curtain?

[@derwolfpack3599]

@Al 72 It was called ,"The Warsaw Pact".Geez Google something.

[@derwolfpack3599]

@@ZirrelStudios Do you prefer PROVDA or Tass? Russia always has to have alternate reality's.History and the Gulag Archipelago let us know the truth.

[@JumisVisuals]

Didn't expect to see my hometown Riga in the opening scene

[@bishwarajpleasedontsendany4645]

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[@sub3ero984]

What happened to British Empire?

[@a5cent]

It imploded after WW2. Collapse started even before WW1 though

[@n43510]

The Brits gave it up between 1945 and the mid-1960s. Mostly peacefully. Google for "wind of change", a speech given by Prime Minister Macmillan in 1960. Decolonisation was British government policy between 1945 and 1951 and again after about 1956 (Gold Coast was given independence as Ghana in 1957).

[@a5cent]

@@n43510 While all true, you omitted that the UK didn't happily choose to decolonialize. Economic pressure and military obligations forced them too. This lack of strength, or a least a good part of it, was a result of WW2. The UK government also worried, probably correctly, that holding on to colonial properties that desired independence could drive those colonies to form tighter bonds with the USSR.

[@kgosisimanyana]

Stop lying countries were starting to defeat the british🤣🤣🤣​@@n43510

[@petkovmarin]

Hungary "The bad boy of Europe". I thing that Hungary and Poland are trying to keep their independence from the imposed liberal democracy where the normal people don't have basic human rights. I know what some may say, they now have a choice but that choice would mean isolation and poverty.

[@lunafringe10]

the EU is Soviet Union II.

[@scottpascal3099]

They can have their independence in Asia, where they came from.

[@heywatchme101]

Welcome back

[@CDoggC]

@00:28 error, footage from 1989 Romanian Revolution.

[@NoName-iq3rx]

So many compliments to my country, appreciate that. Cheers from Yalta

[@mythos5809]

Wisdom, with hindsight, must be gained here. The Soviet Union did not crumble, it re-structured. As the presenter said the Kremlin defines an empire; let the West be aware that propaganda fails in the face of true strength. And Russia's true strength is it's people, from the onslaught of the Fascists in WW2, through the upheavals to it's present state of development. And they have the world's best president.

[@leomarkaable1]

Well, their people are dying out. The demography is not too good.

[@williamkristy2024]

@@leomarkaable1 that's also a bit misconstrued as well. The populations in smaller rual towns in russia is in decline but the cities are growing. Russia is urbanizing more that declining.

[@user-ti6xm4rz4f]

@@leomarkaable1 стольких поубивали,цвет нации,молодых,откуда демография будет.

[@kishanchali8752]

@@leomarkaable1 That's the same across the Western world. Population is shrinking.

[@charleswiggins6684]

No doubt Putin is a capable leader. I find it strange that Russians say the West . It's always "The West." Your sitting on 40% of Europe. Your country is massive . So I guess everyone else is THE WEST . Yes the Soviet Union went belly up , and the West, as you say , bailed them out , our good will towards Russians , seems to has turn into resentment by Russians. Any empire that has to be taken with a gun , is bound to crumble again. 14000 plus people in Ukraine dead , so far and counting , Crimea is reunited . Now the whole of Ukraine, in the cross hairs of Russia. It won't turn out well. The little Neo Tsar , is getting too big for his britches .

[@postmodernmathematics333]

It's been a tragedy. Here's why: - in 1994, a genocide in Rwanda (1 millions people were killede), -in 1997, another genocide in Congo (6 millions of people have been killed) -in 2001, invasion of Afghanistan, - In 2003, Invasion of Iraq, - in 2011, Invasion of Libya, -In 2014, invasion of Ukraine - in 2015, Invasion of Syria. All these crimes would non have happened if the URSS had not collapsed in 1990.

[@hoodgoodcilmimumin8052]

Jokes

[@effervescentevanescenttran6331]

Lol

[@adamfreerful]

When they showed the map with the "buffer zone", they didn't include yugoslavia...... Am i being stupid? Weren't they part of it and the warsaw pact?