Russian listening practice: Интервью с Владимиром Путиным

Here's another Russian listening practice.
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[@ericwood3709]

This is so good for learning all aspects of the language. I especially like that you cover idiomatic expressions, something so hard to grasp without help.

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@liamgallagher6336]

Добрый вечер Анна. Я снова начал изучать русский язык после почти 40 лет. Для меня очень важно смотреть такие полезные видея с современным словарем. Спасибо большое.

[@IvanValkov27]

Я снова начал изучать русский язык СПУСТЯ почти 40 лет. Для меня очень важно смотреть такие полезные видеО с современным словарем. This is more correct)

[@tammailer3966]

Excellent format and brilliantly done! Thanks very much Anna.

[@scbeckett5845]

This is so so helpful. I think you are the best Russian teacher I have found online ! Thank you for your content.

[@waterchild_2310]

Strongly agreed!

[@bokkenrijder172]

Hey Anna, many thanks! I’m new to your channel and I really like it! It’s a bit too high level for me now (I have only A1 level), but I always learn a little bit, and I really LOVE this ‘reverse engineering’ of Russian audio/video.

[@ferruccio4531]

hi Anna, I love this kind of lessons, I must confess that after listening to Vera Brezhneva's interview I got really depressed and didn't listen to any more audios for two months because of her speed-of-light speech, but listening now to Vladimir Putin makes me feel there is still hope.

[@Alfy47]

A great video used here and very instructive since it includes many new words, at least for me ! Thanks Anna.

[@arturodelosangeles]

please do more like this one , thanks so much for this one.

[@enggasmatullah]

Thanks for time and patients Anna nice job learned Russian long ago but still speak : choodesna

[@el.don1975]

Amazing job. I really liked how you did this one!

[@MrKrakelspektakel]

Great! Exactly what I need. Thank you! You do THE BEST Russian lessons of all.

[@rustambikzamanuddin1192]

Hi.Anna that was perfect please always do this let's president and other celebrities talk and then u translate It it's gonna be fantastic. Thanks Spasiba agromne

[@luke66394]

Lituarally the best training I found on KZbin. Like the repition very helpfull. Deserves way more clicks. 👍🙂

[@duyguvulpes]

Спасибо большое за отличное видео!

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Спасибо, что посмотрели!

[@AP-ol7tj]

Отличное видео! Спасибо

[@51069Aditya]

Anna , your method of explaining is so lucid , captivating , simple and encouraging . You are a perfect teacher . Kudos .

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Большое спасибо, мне очень приятно!

[@MrEdinaldolaroque]

So valuable these lessons are! Thank you so much.

[@delphinebouchet9016]

Молодец! Было очень интересно и полезно! Большое спасибо!

[@jackfruittraveller8993]

Hy Anna ,Its the first time i watching your video . Really its quite different among other lessons .I leaening russian myself for some years ,always im finding new and new methods and now i descided just to follow only your instructions and i hope i could reach in my goal with the help of your teaching .Many Thanks from India .

[@MostafaTQasim]

Thanks a lot this video been very helpful so as all of your videos...keep going 👍🏻

[@petrovski1948]

Please do more like this. Excellent way to learn Russian. Thank you.

[@xiaodongwang7753]

This is so helpful. I instantly learned the meaning of со труд ник, can use it, and will forever remember it. Thanks a lot. May we have more, please?

[@mwgood523]

Такое полезное видео! Большое спасибо!

[@chadandrews98]

Thanks for some useful words and expressions.

[@1zcott]

super vocab, I'll watch it over and over

[@StevenWJRichards]

Excellent- as always

[@onuronur5691]

спасибо вам за помощь)

[@Primorski_Krai]

Good videos and a beautiful smile.

[@quantumofhate]

OH GOD I AM LEARNING SO MUCH FROM YOU..THANKS A LOT..

[@marcusferreira2561]

VERY GOOD. GOOD CLASS. FROM BRAZIL. THANKS.

[@mikebromm6073]

That was Awesome! Great for me because I've mastered grammar but need help with speech. Do you have more videos like this??on speech? Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@bobsears1710]

Спасибо!

[@nourrefaiey6273]

please keep going! it's so useful

[@andrescoronel6193]

You are so nice ! Thank you

[@TogrulKazimov]

That was amazing. Do more of that videos

[@Ghost_Os]

🇷🇺❤🇷🇺 Большое спасибо

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Да, точно. Ваше видео мне нравится. Спасибо большое.

[@randycorliss4262]

I really enjoyed this form of learning very much. Спасибо очень много

[@abdulruff]

Very nice way of learning living Russian language....

[@PeterSodhi]

Very educational love it

[@ItsJustAdrean]

The only thing that could improve this is some slight pauses between your editing cuts and phrases, and if the text stayed up slightly longer. It's a bit hard to take notes in between some phrases. Otherwise, great!

[@jenhaulin7446]

Really helpful! Thank you

[@lutchbizin6420]

Супер!!!

[@aikidoRick]

I love this!

[@medusa210562]

Thank you Anna

[@thesergio9444]

I was an English-Spanish teacher for many years and I can tell you that you really do a great job explaining. For me Spanish was easier than Russian because Russian is more complicated and the accent rules are not precise as they are in Spanish. I too enjoy the idiomatic expressions that the Russians use and which you do not see often in books. Thank you so much. I have been married to a Russian girl now for five years and I still have to tell her to slow down as well as when I listen to Russian when I visit there. . again thank you for the interesting lesson.

[@sheremetbyevo]

The best way to learn Russian. It is a pleasure with the best president worldwide. Long life to Putin.

[@udarpavarota396]

Путин, по-моему, очень простой человек. He's actually one of the few Russians I can almost understand completely as his speech is generally very paused, not fast-paced and he vocalizes words very well.

[@tomsaltsman]

Я вполне согласен.

[@pedrojaneiro4489]

He's paused and easy to understand?! I doomed! :))

[@thierryterry2405]

Спасибо вам большое!!

[@neiltropolis]

Прикольно. Спасибо

[@CooteRJ_84]

I can tell certain phrases and expressions but it was still quite difficult for me anyway. My brain couldn't process much.

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

This video is definitely for advanced students, so maybe you want to check it out a bit later, depending on your current level.

[@CooteRJ_84]

Anna Cher: Russian from the Heart Thanks for your reply. Yes I think you are right.

[@gilbertoborges8478]

A professora explicar facilidade aprender

[@MiltonJava]

Полезный, большое спасибо

[@Zipperneck.]

Well done. My first video - I'm onboard. Thanks.

[@hitchipa]

Отличный урок!

[@joelstewart2757]

Очень полезно.

[@6a5-e3n]

You are the best

[@naraghi20]

thanks

[@sahmad120967]

I just know this video, your video is very good, you do it well for beginners who try to learn Russian. Thank you very much. Hope can see your video again. I hope you can make video again based on Putin video, since he has a very strong personality and all his word can be easily remembered based on the context of the conversation.

[@stephanmuller2767]

So useful,

[@federicobertagna5210]

The audio quality of the interview is not very good, but the video is extremely well done :)

[@BradSmith22]

If he speaks clearly and slowly, then I have a long way to go! I am taking Russian IV and I understood very very little of that, mainly because of vocabulary; but the speech itself is quite difficult.

[@Gabriel-rt6vf]

How is your learning about Russian language today?

[@BradSmith22]

@@Gabriel-rt6vf Лучше! Но я уже думаю, что задании, в которых я нужен слушать очень трудные!

[@Gabriel-rt6vf]

@@BradSmith22 Got it. I have been studying Russian for about two months if I am not mistaken. So far it has been really productive but sometimes it is complicated once Russian has many differences in terms of grammar in comparison to Portuguese, which is my native language. Anyway, I hope you reach your goals while learning Russian. Thank you for share your experiences.

[@BradSmith22]

@@Gabriel-rt6vf most certainly! Portuguese was tough to get the hang of, but Russian is a completely different beast! It's also very interesting learning a foreign language with a foreign language as the proxy. I'm learning Russian here in Brazil and it's crazy!

[@Gabriel-rt6vf]

@@BradSmith22 I accidentally ended up clicking on your profile and I saw that you study in Brazil at UNICAMP hahaha. Your pronunciation is very good. Sometimes it is difficult to find out you are a non-native.

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

40,000 views, wow! Well done! Two years ago, I did not have an opinion about Putin. I neither liked him or disliked him. Now, I have an opinion of him... and it's not favorable.

[@linguaphile9415]

Мне кажется что мне нужно ещё много работать и учить. But I'm happy you are offering these videos with subtitles, explanations, translations, etc. They are a good support for studying Russian more effectively. Thank you.

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Thank you for watching!

[@dmacdougall61]

Excellent video. I appreciate the fact that you avoided making political comments.

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

PHRASE BY PHRASE & VOCABULARY 1. My hard work day ends so late, that I am not in the mood for Instagram. У мeня тяжёлый рабочий день заканчивается так поздно, что мне уже не до инстаграмa. U menya tyazhelyy rabochiy den' zakanchivayetsya tak pozdno, chto mne uzhe ne do instagrama. -Hard/difficult Тяжёлый { трудный} Tyazholyy { trudnyy} -Working day Рабочий день Rabochiy den' -To finish Заканчиваться -закончится Zakanchivat'sya -zakonchitsya -I am not in the mood for…something/I don’t have the energy to do… Мне не до … Mne ne do … For example: -I have other problems beside you. Мне не до тебя Mne ne do tebya -I’m not in the mood for laughing. Мне не до смеха. Mne ne do smekha. 2. I’m thinking about how can I get faster to my bed{to sleep} Я думаю кaк бы мне быстрее дo койки дoбраться, до постели. -To get to a place Добираться - добраться до… Dobirat'sya - dobrat'sya do… -To bed До койки Do koyki -Bed {synomyms} Постель / кровать Postel' / krovat' 3. To be honest, the staff,{i.e employees}, the administration, of course use Internet actively in all it’s spheres. But I personally almost never use it. Eсли б честно, то сотрудники моего аппарата, aдминистрации, конечно, очень активно используют Интернет во всех его ипостасях. Но я лично практически не пользуюсь. Esli b chestno, to sotrudniki moyevo apparata, administratsii, konechno, ochen' aktivno ispol'zuyut Internet vo fsekh yevo ipostasyakh. No ya lichna prakticheski ne pol'zuyus -To tell you the truth/to be honest Если честно Yesli chestno -Employees,staff Сотрудники Sotrudniki -To use Использoвaть Ispol'zovat' -Personally Лично Lichna -Almost Практически Prakticheski -Don’t use it Этим не пользуюсь Etim ne pol'zuyus' 4. And if you used it, which nick name would you select? Because there is Million of accounts that are called Vladimir Putin this, Vladimir Putin that. -Если бы а вы пользовались, какой бы ник вы себе выбрали ? Потому что миллион аккаунтов, которые называются… Владимир Путин. Yesli by a vy pol'zovalis', kakoy by nik vy sebe vybrali ? Potomu chto million akkauntov, kotoryye nazyvayutsya… Vladimir Putin. -And if you used it.. Если бы вы пользовались Yesli by vy pol'zovalis'  *subjunctive form of verb is used here. Если бы {вы} + past tense of “пользоваться” Yesli by {vy} + past tense of “pol'zovat'sya” -Which nick name Какой бы ник Kakoy by nik -To choose Выбирать -выбрать Vybirat' -vybrat' -To be called Называться Nazyvat'sya 5. I know that there is a bunch of different accounts , something about five thousands {5000} Я знаю, что всяких… полно всякий эккаунтов там где-то около пяти тыщ {5000 }, пo мoeму. YA znayu, chto vsyakikh… polno vsyakiy ekkauntov tam gde-to okolo pyati tyshch {5000 }, po moemu.

[@Mina-dh9ri]

thanks. it was good.

[@rimazaeli]

😊👍👍👍👍спасибо о чень интересно

[@sweettendercharles1556]

At 3:41 you say закончиться but the screen says закочниться

[@minaiyanmohammad]

превосходно

[@emilqdirov3004]

Русские люди очень добрые

[@pamelaponce573]

👍

[@rustambikzamanuddin1192]

Please what is kasaetsa if u use it in sentence .thanks

[@Asma-ep9bx]

Спасибо вам большое..это очень полезно.. но у меня вопросов: 1) why do u say 2 form for each verb 4ex: (заканчивается -заканчиться) ( добиратся //дотратся) (выбрать//вырбирать).... 2) in the video It s written ( Если б честно) but u say( Если честно) .. what is this (б) ?? 3) « я голоден, но мни не до готовить пишу» is it right ?? 4) « я ни имею никакого отношения к это» is it right (meaning i ve nothing to do with this )

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Asma, here are the answers to your questions: 1) each verb in Russian exists in imperfective and perfective forms. One needs to know both to become fluent. 2) "Б" or "бы" means "would". I believe that here it was just a slip of the tongue, you don't need to say be, just "если честно" - "to be honest". 3) "Я голоден, но мне не до готовки" До + a noun. 4) Я НЕ имею никакого отношения к этОМУ. НЕ+a verb, К+dative.

[@miepmiep3733]

Awesome! I just cannot read russian yet. That makes it difficult

[@satom...6350]

👍🙏🌹💐💐

[@PAULOJAN1]

Действительно , второй раз стал нетрудным!

[@colincbatch]

Довольно интересно, but only for those who already have at least an upper-intermediate level

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

10. And at that time I used pseudonyms out of necessity, technological necessity. И у меня тогда я пользовался иногда, в cилу необходимости технологической , псевдонимами . I u menya togda ya pol'zovalsya inogda, v cilu neobkhodimosti tekhnologicheskoy , psevdonimami . -I would use sometimes Я пользовался иногда YA pol'zovalsya inogda -Out of necessity В силу необходимости V silu neobkhodimosti 11. But today, for me to use a pseudonym is just ridiculous{absurd}. Но cейчас для меня пользоваться псевдонимом- это просто нелепо . No ceychas dlya menya pol'zovat'sya psevdonimom- eto prosto nelepo . -Absurd, ridiculous Нелепо =абсурдно Nelepo =absurdno 12. So I wouldn’t choose any nickname for me. I would just use my own name. Никакого никa я бы, конечно, себe выбирать не стал. Я бы просто под своим собственным именем Nikakovo nika ya by, konechno, sebe vybirat' ne stal. YA by prosto pod svoim sobstvennym imenem -To start doing something. Стать+ infinitive verb Stat'+ infinitive verb Vybirat' - vybrat' -To choose Выбирать - выбрать Vybirat' - vybrat' -Under one’s name Под своим именем Pod svoim imenem + -One’s own Собственный Sobstvennyy == -Under my own name. Под своим собственным именем Pod svoim sobstvennym imenem 13. By the way, in my opinion it would be okay{fine} for every one like that. Why to hide behind a pseudonym? Кстати говоря, на мой взгляд ,это нормально было бы для всех . А чe{что} прятаться за каким-то псевдонимoм? Kstati govorya, na moy vzglyad ,eto normal'no bylo by dlya vsekh . A che{chto} pryatat'sya za kakim-to psevdonimom? -By the way/Actually Кстати говоря Kstati govorya -In my opinion На мой взгляд Na moy vzglyad -It would be normal/okay for everyone. Нормально было бы для всех Normal'no bylo by dlya fsekh -It would be normal {subjunctive form of verb “to be” быть} Нормально было бы Normal'no bylo by -To hide Прятаться Pryatat'sya 14. When I was at the intelligence school, I had a pseudonym- Platov. But everybody had pseudonyms because this is just kind of a job, that requires a certain level of conspiracy. Я в разведшколе учился когда, у меня был псевдоним Платов. Но у всех были псевдонимы, потому что работа такая, которая предполагает определённый уровень конспирации. YA v razvedshkole uchilsya kogda, u menya byl psevdonim Platov. No u vsekh byli psevdonimy, potomu chto rabota takaya, kotoraya predpolagayet opredelonnyy uroven' konspiratsii. -To assume/ require Предполагать Predpolagat'  -It requires предполагает predpolagayet -A certain level Oпределённый уровень Opredelonnyy uroven' 15. But what’s the need for it here? What to hide from? Но здесь- то зачем? Oт чeгo прятатьcя -то ? No zdes'- to zachem? Ot chevo pryatat'cya -to ? -Why do you need this here? Здесь то зачем? Zdes' to zachem? -Lit: From what to hide?/ What to hide from? Oт чeгo прятатьcя Ot chevo pryatat'cya 16. In my opinion, quite the opposite; if a person does something worthy, interesting, something he or she can be proud of. Then you should tell who it belongs to. Мне кажется, что наоборот, если человек делает что достойноe, интереснoe, то, чем он может гордиться . Наоборот, надо сказать кому это принадлежит . Mne kazhetsya, chto naoborot, yesli chelovek delayet chto dostoynoe, interesnoe, to, chem on mozhet gordit'sya . Naoborot, nado skazat' komu eto prinadlezhit . -It seems to me Мне кажется Mne kazhetsya -Vice versa/quite the opposite Наоборот Naoborot -Worthy Достойный Dostoynyy -To be proud of.. Гордиться + instrumental case Gordit'sya + instrumental case -To belong to someone. {followed by dative case} Принадлежать Prinadlezhat'

[@user-bp6dq9yw2f]

-A lot of, plenty Полно = много Polno = mnogo -Around, about{e.g. around 5000} Где -то около Gde -to okolo -One thousand Тыcячa{Тыщa} Tycyacha{Tyshcha}  пяти тыщ {5000 } pyati tyshch {5000 } -I guess, I think Пo - мoeму. Po - moemu. 6. I have nothing to do with any of them. So that you and other users understand. Я не имею ни к одному из них никакого отношения. Так , чтобы вот вам и другим пользователям было понятно. YA ne imeyu ni k odnomu iz nikh nikakovo otnosheniya. Tak , chtoby vot vam i drugim pol'zovatelyam bylo ponyatno. -Relation to /with something or someone. Отношения Otnosheniya -Have to do with.. Иметь отношение к… Imet' otnosheniye k… -So that Так чтобы Tak chtoby -It was clear/understood to you. Вам было понятно Vam bylo ponyatno -To use Пользоваться Pol'zovat'sya -A user Пользователь pol'zovatel’ 7. Whatever they write there, it is not me. Though I hope they don’t write anything bad. But anyway it is not me. Тo, что там пишут от моего имени -это не я . Я надеюсь ничего дурного oни тaм не пишут . Но, во всякoм случаe, это не я . To, chto tam pishut ot moyevo imeni -eto ne ya . YA nadeyus' nichevo durnovo oni tam ne pishut . No, vo vsyakom sluchae, eto ne ya . -On behalf of.. От имени… Ot imeni… -I hope Я надеюсь YA nadeyus' -Nothing bad, wrong Ничего дурного Nichevo durnovo -Bad, wrong{adjective} дурной durnoy -In any case Во всякoм случаe Vo vsyakom sluchae 8. It’s the first thing. Secondly, as for nicknames, It’s a pseudonym. Этo первое. Второе, что касается ников . Это же псевдоним. Eto pervoye. Vtoroye, chto kasayetsya nikov . Eto zhe psevdonim. -First Первое Pervoye -Second Второе Vtoroye -As for.. Что касается Chto kasayetsya -A pseudonym. Псевдоним Psevdonim 9. As you know, I started my career in the foreign intelligence service. Я, как вы, знаете начинал свою работу в органах внешней Разведки. YA, kak vy, znayete nachinal svoyu rabotu v organakh vneshney Razvedki. -As you know Как вы знаете Kak vy znayete -I started Я начинал YA nachinal  -To start/begin {imperf-perf} Начинать - начать Nachinat' - nachat' -My career/work Свою работу Svoyu rabotu -Foreign Intelligence service Органах внешней разведки Organakh vneshney razvedki -Intelligence service разведка  разведки razvedka razvedki -Outer, foreign Внешней Vneshney

[@smittywee8277]

I love not caring about whether or not Putin is good or bad. He's Russian, I don't know him, let's keep it at that :>

[@marcusferreira2561]

этим... пользоваться... INSTRUMENTAL CASE?

[@vexator19]

Yes

[@SupremeMaster-he4rc]

Hey can anyone help me with this question: why is Putin's last name declined like an adjective? Is this common for this case or all cases?

[@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart]

Supreme Master 2000 I am not quite sure what exactly you mean. It is declined not like an adjectives but like a noun. Most Russian last names get declined in all cases like nouns.

[@SupremeMaster-he4rc]

@@AnnaCherRussianfromtheHeart Well for his first name, you used -ом as ending to his first name. But for his last name you used -ым. I was taught that that ending was for adjectives. Instrumental endings for hard stem masc and neut nouns are -ом and -ём depending on the stress. I'm assuming that Putin is a masculine name as it ends in a hard consonant -Н Remember that -ым is ONLY an adjective ending (to the best of my knowledge). The only explanation that I can see why the first name is declined like a noun and the last name is declined like an adjective is that the last name modifies the first name like an adjective. So for example, I found this: "на встречу с Михаилом Горбачевым, у которого я должен был ...". This follows your pattern. But when you have Michael Jackson for example, you get this : Интервью с Майклом Джексоном. Now yes, this is a foreign name but the last name still ends in a hard consonant. Clearly you can see two NOUN endings. Then I wanted to find a dative case example and I found this:" Вору в законе Владимиру Дрибному по кличке "Полтава" возвратили изъятые в 2017 году одесской полицией денежные средства, являвшиеся "общаком". Об этом Стране сообщили источники в прокуратуре." So if Дрибному Is this man's last name in dative then his nominative case name should be Дрибн. In fact, it is Владимир Дрибный. This name is Ukranian but it is slavic so it still still follows the "rule." The English version of his name is "Vladimir Dribny". This is just me but I like to find as many rules as possible whe learning Russian. So this looks like a good rule to me. The we have the name of Belarusian tennis player Максим Николаевич Мирный. I found a common question from Google about him. Apparently, many people wanted to know: сколько лет максиму мирному. Yep, still follows the rule. Belarus is slavic too as you well know, and has its own ethnic language written cyrillic. But Russian is predominant there. Thus, the rule with his name too. To the best of my knowledge, -ому is only a dative adjective ending. Oh and if you are wondering, as I write this in 2018, Max is 41 years old. He looks really good for his age..

[@giacomorotondi7251]

Wladimir Wladimirovich

[@sweettendercharles1556]

Putin is one of the reasons I'm learning Russian, so this is great

[@tokofora8783]

I see president putin, i like and subscribe. Simple

[@rhezapramaditya2161]

He is talking so fast. I am blank. Cant follow

[@aoam9194]

He speak very quickly 😭

[@lorispozzati4553]

grazieeeeeeeee bellissima lezione anche per un Italiano che ama il Russo

[@kirkhammett1211]

when i started to learn english, i was all the time saying that it was spoken so quickly. i dealt with it. but you know what, russian people speak SOOOO FAST. really long way to go....

[@toddwaters1914]

Someone should make a video of Trump attempting an interview in English - if that's OK with Putin

[@РоссийскаяФедерация-ъ2ю]

I learn a lot from Putin

[@RetroResearch]

Why the disclaimers? Why is it necessary to say things like "like him or not" or "refrain from making political comments"? Why can't you simply celebrate his message and his sincere engagement with people? It disappoints me when people feel they must throw in these sorts of statements when referencing this greatest of Russian leaders. I simply don't understand it. It is obviously in anticipation of the negative and ignorant reactions of so many brainwashed Americans. But one should simply be brave and present the situation plainly, without fearful disclaimers. Otherwise, great channel.

[@Julia_Maduka]

Jajajajajaja

[@ziman_12]

I am a native speaker, if you learn Russian then I will be happy to help you, I also learn English and I need a little practice. Write.

[@miepmiep3733]

Awesome idea... But you go way to fast...

[@kanyamagaraabdallah8300]

bien entendre de pdt v. poutine

[@J3sseReidSucser]

Аккаунтов*

[@johnnybegood6318]

change the title "learn Russian language with Vladimir Putin" and everybody will join, you can even make a channel

[@ramezcroz592]

تامرحسني قولني كلام

[@ItsameAlex]

I wonder if you found some worthy partners in New York City, I guess that's what you were looking for.

[@amarsalem5671]

As usual, it was a good video to improve one's Russian, but I expected you, dear Anna, since you chose to speak about Putin, to speak the discourse which goes with the resistance of Putin Russian to the extravagant domination of the world Zionism of Washington and London... but it remains a good material to learn Russian,,, Sapaciba,,, I always add likes to your videos,,,

[@Socialtrends-vz6dh]

What are you saying?

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

I didn't have an opinion about Putin before. Not when this video was made. I was completely neutral. But now I do. After accidentally stumbling on the infamous Putin's Palace video a few weeks ago. It's not so much my opinion about Putin, but my opinion about Navalny. I did not even recognise the name "Navalny" until his video was made. Since then I've done my research on Navalny (and I was a trained scientific researcher). And it seems to me that he *is* persecuted by the Russian government. Him and his supporters have (had) their homes raided, people are arrested, detained. Then of course they will cover it up by not reporting on any of that. Meanwhile, it seems to me that Mr Putin cannot even explain where he got his luxury watch collection from; based on his official salary he should not be able to afford it. Some people will do anything to protect a lie. They will close the whole centre of Moscow down and then Russia1 will pan the camera around in Red Square and conveniently tell you, the gullible viewer, "that there were no protests". That's what happened on the 31st of January 2021. You only need to follow social media to know that it's a blatant lie. It's almost like a parallel reality. It's very strange that they refrain from even using the name "Navalny". I believe people like Nailya Asker-Zade are part of the corruption and lies (and if you watch Navalny's video about her entitled "Яхта. Самолёт. Девушка. Запретная любовь за ваш счёт" you will understand why). They'll also censor anything that they don't like. It's actually a great big scandal and it still hasn't sorted itself out... yet. I don't think #Navalny should be in jail, no. Mr Putin and his regime have tried to take the "easy" way out by jailing the opponent. Notice I said opponent and not "blogger". Well he is more like a dissident now. That approach might have worked in 2005, but we are now in the age of information. The odd thing is that Putin still clearly has overwhelming majority support, so there is (was) really nothing for Putin to worry about. It would have been smarter for Mr Putin to simply leave Mr Navalny alone. Why? Because rather ironically, the more Putin puts pressure on Navalny, the more unfairly persecuted he is, the more support he gets. So Russia can expect a lot more protests in future I think. A lot more. One Russian I just chatted with told me there were 29 arrests. The truth is there were more like 5000+. If you want the truth about Navalny, better to watch Телеканал Дождь. There were 675,000 people watching his verdict live yesterday on youtube there. Ordinary Russians today seem to understand capitalism very well. But there is a difference between capitalism and democracy. In any normal democracy, there is one or more opposition parties. It's completely normal for power to change hands every 4 years or so. And it is a mostly peaceful process. The Russians I have chatted to seem to think that this change of power would involve some kind of "revolution" like in 1917 or 1991. But if you require some kind of "revolution" to oust the current leader, then it's less like a democracy & more like a dictatorship. Sorry if that offends anyone, but unfortunately it seems to be the case.

[@ritapokhis2133]

This is a pure propaganda. Putin is an International criminal, also, a war criminal. Every word he says is a lie. Shame on those who listens to his lies. Shame on the teacher who uses his lies to teach the Russian Language.