RUSSIAN REACTS to Zelensky Lex Fridman Interview

[@roman_nfkrz]

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[@lowseasonbitch]

Ukrainians and russians will get along after death of putin , full coverage of damage and reparations . And many years of diplomacy because hate will stay for loooong time i promise

[@mlin3622]

Thank you for another amazing video

[@tonydoe5991]

Борода тебе не идёт

[@G_D_Nienhuis]

10 out of 10

[@toyota420xp]

If you watch vasya in the hay you see Putin loves war more than he loves helping poor people. Instead of spending war money he should be giving them better pension

[@drewmalesky9869]

Lex Friedman: " Maybe I'm naive, but..." Zelensky: "yes." Putin: "yes"

[@YevhenDiulin]

I guess putin would say: "no, man, you're not naive! You're totally right!"

[@thomasjamison2050]

Somehow I would think the response wouldn't be 'yes' but rather 'no sh?t"

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

The world: i was thinking more like stupid, but ok

[@oscarhagman8247]

the world: "yes"

[@evulclown]

@@YevhenDiulin Worse still, because the way Kremlin propaganda works is it's never enough he'd push even more lies and delusions. So Putin would be like _"all these Kremlin talking points are actually pro Ukrainian NATO lies, here listen to this even more insane stuff"._

[@GurtTarctor]

I described Lex Fridman as being potentially "dangerously naive" a few years back, and unfortunately that opinion has been reinforced quite a bit since then.

[@108chapin]

What's the danger?

[@TheGermanFabian]

Yea, its annoying for sure. But its still a good thing that this interview happened. Lot of left-leaning people will probably unfairly shit on it, causing Lex to be pushed further right.

[@extpannel]

I think he knows exactly what he's doing, the more he softballs and ass-kisses in his interviews, the more are the chances he can get famous guests. His whole grift is to give off the veener of a great debater without actually having any substantial debate.

[@108chapin]

What are any of lex's far right opinions? He thinks the leaders should talk. That opinion defies a left-right paradigm. How come if you talk to Bernie, then you talk to Trump, you get characterized as right wing?

[@TheGermanFabian]

@@extpannel No one thinks of Lex as a debater? Huh? Hes an interviewer.

[@ivonneu1]

No dictator loves his country; they just want to keep the power no matter the people's suffering.......I can tell from my experience of being Venezuelan

[@edu-pro-x]

You're 100% correct. Power, money and avoiding lossing that no matter what. That's why putin has started a war, to shut everyone down.

[@brandoncliff5653]

Peace to you brother only pray you guys can get your country back. Love from an American who's fighting in Ukraine. 🇺🇸🇻🇪🇺🇦

[@erwererwrwr]

Peace. As russian opposite sympathize and understand you well.

[@cognitivniypozor]

Well then, Putin can't be called a dictator - he adores Russia and everything connected with it

[@davd1986]

Yeah, look at Cocaine, for example

[@amaravazquez8591]

Good on Zelensky for laughing when Fridman suggested Putin "loves" his country and stating he also wants the interview in Ukrainian. He's a real one.

[@amellowblue]

Completely insane to suggest with a straight face that a kleptocrat that has been robbing blind, poisoning, murdering, and keeping impoverished his people for decades somehow "loves" them. Disgusting convictionless coward. "I just want everyone to get along" my ass.

[@alexstrom3099]

@@amellowblue Putin actually loves russian people in his own selfish way. He get much from them but this doesn't work either way. Just like children-parents relationship where child is center of the world and gets whatever he wanted. So Putin loves he's country and he's people but this "love" is what make him killing them. He just doesn't know different way of love like parasite that can only live killing his host and that's the way of love he only knows and can recreate

[@PKowalski2009]

But I seriously feel that this is one of the main issues in politics in general -- the issue of politicians who declare that they “love” something, and naive audiences who take these declarations seriously.

[@thespyker]

i honestly can't comprehend where tf this idea of putin "loving his country" is coming from in the west. Like, he doesn't even say this in his interviews or whatever, he openly laughs to the faces of his people when they ask for something (lookup PUTIN laughs: why do you need a car, if there are no roads), almost 30% of the households still don't have natural gas supply in the country with THE BIGGEST natural gas resources, people are going to jail for literally anything. What are all those people talking about??

[@theShoop]

​@@PKowalski2009the worst part is that some individuals truly believe such lies, which "fuels the machine" and make things worse for everyone else.

[@michaelthompson7217]

lex was basically implying with every question the ball is in zelenskyy’s court to surrender and “bring peace”. outrageous

[@mseeross]

Who are you to tell him what is and what isn't outrageous?

[@getcake8680]

We are people with common sense. ​I know in your beloved prison called Russia you're not allowed to speak your own opinion and you have to go along with the lies and manipulation. But we don't follow these dictator rules :) @mseeross

[@SnorriTheLlama]

He is basically pro-dialogue because he thinks that there is a solution to be talked through. But he doesn’t understand that both sides think they benefit from continued fighting. The reality is that there is a gap in bargaining positions that can only be bridged by further fighting on both sides due to both having a different beliefs on the expected outcome of the war: Putin believes that Ukraine will be defeated once he can convince the West to stop sending support, while Ukraine believes that they can win provided they continue to get Western support, as Russian offensive equipment stockpiles get severely degraded over 2025, forcing Russia to severely reduce offensive operations. If the West withdraws support, the bargaining position changes to one that favours Putin. If they don’t and the war continues to drag on, the bargaining position likely shifts in Ukraine’s favour.

[@Nitro1000]

​@@mseerosssomeone with a functioning brain capable of common sense

[@Falhaes]

@@mseeross ...a human being with a functioning nervous system? We can all decide what we consider outrageous.

[@isheh19]

In the first days of invasion our ethnically Ukrainian relatives who emigrated to Russia in the 90s said “go hide somewhere in the West, OUR boys will quickly handle the business and bring OUR Ukraine back. Without your stupid Maidan’s, etc” Needless to say that we haven’t spoken since. Stories are even more dramatic for many Ukrainian citizens who had ethnic pay Russian family left in Russia. What’s the point in communication if it leads to nothing at best? We are way past that point. Words mean nothing, actions do.

[@shatelei]

[@simian_essence]

Both words and actions mean something. That's why Russian propaganda is so powerful.

[@bestrafung2754]

The problem is action isn't as easy as it seems. Even just saying the word 'war' will get you a lengthy prison sentence in Russia now. It'd be nice in an ideal world if all the ordinary Russians against Putin decided to take the risk, but I can also fully understand why they don't. Still, it's inaccurate to say many don't. There have been protests, acts of violence, and opposition politicians like Alexei Navalny and Boris Nadezhdin.

[@UkrainianSun]

Stupid Maidan?

[@lynnkayee1015]

That has got to suck. I remember watching an interview with a young teenage Ukrainian girl right after the "good will retreat" lol, and she was talking about how she reached out to some of her family in Russia while under occupation and they told her to just "keep hiding, you'll be free soon." They just ignored everything she told them about the cruelty she saw and heard about. Poor girl was practically sobbing while talking about it. Obviously, that was the end of those relationships.

[@moistskinidiouhehskillme]

Lex is the only person who looks more AI than real AI in 2025

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

Adolensky should make peace to end this nightmare

[@Heater-v1.0.0]

@@Just_a_turtle_chad How about Putler, who started this genocide on the people of Ukraine for no good reason, get the f out of Ukraine? How about the Russian people send Putler to The Hague to face trial as the war criminal that he is. This nightmare is entirely Putin's doing.

[@hafor2846]

@@Just_a_turtle_chad Your 3 day special operation already took 3 years and that's the best insult you can come up with?

[@Heater-v1.0.0]

I think you have hit it. I have always thought Lex was really creepy. In the world of AI and humanoid robots they call that "the uncanny valley". Lex is just weird.

[@rimbusjift7575]

How is that guy a thing?

[@coryjohnson3429]

It didn't seem like any of Zelensky's answers really penetrated Fridman's extremely thick skull.

[@WILLY1404]

i think at this point he only has skull in his head lol

[@TarasZakharchenko]

It was Lex’s bias. He was way too self-confident and was thinking that he understands the things that are happening in Ukraine. The things are changed a lot since time he left USSR. Previously oppressed national identity of Ukrainians was slowly restoring, two pro-democratic revolutions happened, occupation of Crimea, 10 years of war. I remember in my childhood a time when people were made fun of for speaking Ukrainian. It was like an indication that you are dummy hillbilly from remote village. A lot of Ukrainian native speakers were shy to speak Ukrainian because of that

[@tigerlancer]

Lex had a specific set of questions, provided by the Kremlin. He just read them off like a RUSSR shill. He couldn't agree with zelensky because he might get approved for a puddin interview in 2 weeks.

[@parasocialbondsmetaswvoits9078]

fun fact: one thing far-left and far-right have in common is an impulse to naturally count centrist-intellectuals as idiots and traitors. both fascists and antifa ideologists never fail to tell on themselves. careful there.

[@the_bystander]

I wouldn't be so hard on Lex, however, there are people in much more relevant positions, right now, touching the strings of power after the elections, who were given an opportunity here to hopefully learn a bit .. David Sacks + .. I think Trump is far from naïve & (fingers crossed) .. far form Putin's like mentality ..

[@lh3465]

I am from Kherson- Ukraine before war 99 present of people spoke Russian. Now even the once who left due too war switched to Ukrainian. Even being abroad people swith to Ukrainian.... what Putler is doing to my city Kherson will never be forgotten!!! Down with rushizm

[@bjornnno]

As a russian, this Channel is my only medicin against going insane in a diabolical way

[@Алексей-ы5н9ь]

You are not alone

[@flightandfind]

Кац also helps lol

[@YevhenDiulin]

@@flightandfind I liked to watch Maxim Kac at the beginning of the invasion. But now he looks kinda naive. I prefer to watch Naki

[@maybebutwhatever]

​@@YevhenDiulinглавное что не Светова лол

[@samn6498]

Me too.

[@danielskrauklis1994]

saying Putin loves russia would be similar like saying Kim jung un loves north korea.

[@Dogelord220]

Yes but no, they do but only the side that pledges allegiance to them, the rest are "Traitors"

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

probably even more insane

[@juser-abuser]

Saying Putin loves Russia is like saying a Logging Company loves Nature.

[@Gunit867899]

Ukraine had higher standard of living than russia before the war.​@vijo1353

[@ronblack7870]

@@juser-abuser bad analogy

[@nestor1208]

14:55 because "a few months later" Bucha happened. It sealed the deal for him

[@SugarBlood15]

Bucha is completely under-investigated. Smells like a nine eleven, Rachak massacre (Kosovo), Assad's gas attacks on his own airports(???). Smells like an uniting event for anti-invasion coalition. I'm not pro Putin in anyway, I hate these ex-communist types especially intelligence officers, worst types of people imo (with messed up moral compass). I'm just saying that's what Bucha looked like. All these conflict have such an event, many of them completely under-explored. Like with Rachak which triggered NATO intervention in Yugoslavia, different international inspectors had conflicting findings etc etc.

[@Treescanroll]

@@SugarBlood15no it’s not. After Crimean occupation my parents moved to the area near Butcha and Irpin (they live 20 km from that). Butcha and Irpin were occupied while my parent’s place wasn’t (their place is in Kyiv’s border). They got lucky. We had phone calls from our relatives in Crimea and they were saying same bs like you “oh Butcha is made up and blablabla.. whatever their Russian tv was saying”. My mom got angry and tired arguing. She said she needs to see with her own eyes so nobody can tell her that it didn’t happen. She drove to Butcha 2-3 days after russians left it and she saw what Russian army left. Later she learned out that her friend who lived there also died. We have lots of friends from Butcha as we are ourselves moved from Crimea after occupation and many people who ran from the war that started in 2014 ended up in the area where my parents live or in Irpin or Butcha as it’s further from the center of Kyiv so was cheaper to move in for people who ran from the war that Russia started in 2014.

[@End-Result]

@@SugarBlood15Exactly

[@MorganSeasand]

I am a Russian-speaking Ukrainian and I want to weigh in. All of my relatives in Russia, including close ones, are brainwashed. One of my parents supports Putin TO THIS DAY and they literally lived their entire life in Ukraine (just their parents are Russian). I know Ukrainians who also have relatives in Russia who are brainwashed and the only reason they managed to maintain relationships with them is because they avoid politics at all costs (which is very difficult, of course). Imagine supporting your government after it has directly caused pain and suffering to the closest people in your life? After trying to talk to them numerous times, after hours of tears I shed from the realization that they don't give a fuck about what I'm telling them, I still had some hope that maybe, just maybe, your average Russian may still be an adequate person. You mentioned how Zelenskyy's opinion changed at some point (about Russians and having a dialogue with them) - you know what's said about this in online discussions among Ukrainians? That it was the Buch@ m@ssacre that was the turning point for him. That all hope for a dialogue died after that. I personally followed Russian opposition for quite a while from 2022 onwards, but I stopped completely last year for a few reasons. One, it's all talk and nothing being done - Russians in the comments under the videos of such oppositional channels seem to share my views on this. Two, the fairly recent scandals and the response from the opposition soured my opinion of them even further (I also kinda wonder why you didn't cover this topic even though I'd say it's quite an important one). Three, and this is the most important thing, even the Russian opposition denies that Crimea is Ukrainian territory. Literally all the major Russian oppositional leaders keep saying in interviews "well, we can't just give it back blah blah blah what about the Russians who moved there in the past 10 years" AFTER YOU LITERALLY ANNEXED A PIECE OF LAND FROM ANOTHER SOVEREIGN COUNTRY DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF??? It's not like half a century has passed that the migration to the peninsula is irreversible, these are Russians who moved to Crimea fully knowing that it was a part of an entirely different country just a few years before that and we're gonna act like this is okay? Imperialism seems to be the defining feature of Russian political elites, whether it's those in power or exiled opposition. I am currently in one of the EU countries and the Russians I and my Ukrainian friends have met here (in different countries) are just... wow. They are friendly, they say how awful the war is - and then in the same breath start bringing up Russian propaganda points. They get icky when I bring up something related to Crimea. It's like they are anti-war only as a label but never fully commit to it, never fully understand WHY it is bad to meddle in other countries' politics, invade them, bite off chunks of their land, massacre their people, etc. I didn't have full-on conflicts with these Russians and I don't know any Ukrainians who have, but I didn't try to continue communicating with them after such conversations. If this is what Russians who are abroad say (some of these Russians have lived abroad FOR YEARS), then what could I expect "anti-war Russians" in Russia to say? If my own family members (and family members of other Ukrainians) keep spewing hate, then what can I expect from those who don't have any ties to Ukraine at all? I'd like to share your somewhat pessimistic optimism, Roman, but if dialogue happens, it needs to be initiated by Russians and it should be both words AND actions. I'd like our relationship to be repaired, but I'm done trying to do it myself, y'all have to take the fucking responsibility. I'm sure there are many other Ukrainians in a similar situation who share my view on this.

[@aono335]

My uncle lives in Russia and is married to a Russian and has kids. He is not Russian originally. Bro every time I talk to him (once or twice a year) he refuses to acknowledge that even a war is going on. He says don’t believe the west and Europe. He says that the real Ukrainians are actually Russian and want to return to Russia 😂. He rejects all the facts. It’s like 1984 inside Russia. They don’t get any news that is unfavourable to Russian propaganda. It’s actually fascinating. 😂

[@helLf1nGerTA]

I'm in America and my Russian friends are the same. I tried bringing up historical moments, like Catherine and bolshevik propaganda, and they thought that because there were collaborators, it's the Ukrainian people who wanted Russian rule. I stopped pretty much all my contacts with russians in the US...

[@slikedragon]

Lots of Americans are like the Russians you've met. They're against imperialism, but if you asked them why, they've never thought about it long enough to answer the question. So when Donald Trump starts talking about taking over Greenland and Canada, they just go along with it because they never understood why imperialism is bad in the first place. I think less than half the people on earth are capable of creating a coherent worldview for themselves.

[@LynetteA68]

I’m so very sorry! Reading your comment broke my heart. I responded to him in a similar way but of course I’m an American in support of Ukraine not a Ukranian! It breaks my heart to witness everything the Ukranian people have been put through because of one madman as well as the failure of NATO countries IMO!! I feel like we should’ve sent NATO troops into Ukraine BEFORE Putin entered Ukraine since we did promise Ukraine security in exchange for giving up their nukes!! IMO though we should’ve sent weapons back in 2014 and I feel that was one of Obama’s biggest mistakes!! I’m just praying that the Rep party doesn’t stop giving aid to Ukraine because Putin won’t stop in Ukraine & eventually NATO will end up on the ground. My biggest prayer is that this war ends SOON with Ukraine regaining ALL its territory so that all Ukrainians can return home to a peaceful Ukraine!! Much ❤from USA! Nanaya cha I hullo um Ukranian nakfi cha i tek~ (✌🏼 & 🫶🏼 my Ukranian brothers and sisters) ❤from CHAHTA OKLA🪶 (THE CHOCTAW NATION)

[@robinbaldrian3352]

Thank you for sharing your perspective and this this write-up. I wish you everything that is good.

[@terrerov]

Lex Fridman wanted to make Zelensky look bad but ended up hurting himself. Zelensky came out on top.

[@parasocialbondsmetaswvoits9078]

uninformed and homosexual

[@oliveryt7168]

Zelenskyi looks bad anyways. Nobody likes annoying beggars.

[@Benjamin-xv9le]

Imagine trying to mess with Mr. "I don't need a ride. I need ammunition." Zelensky. The arrogance...

[@Gen-yh1jz]

Zelenskyy is taking the knee for anyone. He is an amazing leader for his people

[@katkapsa5761]

Bro Lex let him talk almost uninterrupted for 3 hours... How was he trying to make him look bad. I understand he can be a bit naive but some of you people legitimately thing he's a Russian intelligence asset which is insane.

[@fromrus2ne]

Roman, I appreciate your ideals and what you do on this channel. Please, keep going. Thank you from a fellow Russian.

[@Matt92Machine]

I see my American friends shocked on how well spoken Zelenskyy is, and how he actually knows facts and can form coharent thoughts that make sense. I say yes, that's how politicians are supposed to be. We aren't used to that in the states.

[@dunbar9finger]

His prior experience as an entertainer and head of the media company that produced his content gave him good experience with how to speak to people.

[@__kvik]

I mean, Americans are used to being absolutely inundated, I'd say forcibly, with empty talk of various rich clowns and their useful idiots, ones whose realities and lives, along with their entire personas, are deeply disconnected from that of a common person. Then, I can understand how it would catch off guard someone high on that diet when they see a person in a familiar position of "power and importance" who actually appears to be pretty chill, who has some decent human traits, and who isn't afraid to show them despite being put in an extremely difficult position of having a stick pointed at him from all sides while trying to answer questions from a delusional 12 y/o interviewer. They likely have seen this "strong humanness" in other real people in their daily lives, they just stopped expecting it from people with most power over them. And no, it's obviously not exclusive to that side of the pond, there's perhaps an even more obvious example of it all in Zeeland, and probably majority of other countries to be quite frank...

[@johnroscoe2406]

I'm not shocked. It was clear how centered and rational he was the first time I listened to him speak at length years ago.

[@g.christelbecker6349]

and how well he lies and deceives his pep[le and how he can talk and talk and not say anything. He maybe was a good person at one time but power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@johnroscoe2406]

@@g.christelbecker6349 Well done tovarische don't forget to collect your worthless rubles.

[@TheBiancap]

I stopped watching the interview when Lex said Putin loves his country. It made me feel sick and very disappointed with Lex

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

i nevr watched a lightweight bs..ter

[@evulclown]

Yeah also _"I have a dream"_ that Lex stops ripping off Martin Luther King in order to be a Putin apologist.

[@wmoule]

Loves his country by killing the young population for a tiny bit of land... Yeah.

[@anssiaatos]

There is a difference between loving the country and loving the people living in the country 🙂

[@user-sk4nt5bm5r]

@@anssiaatos Putin loves his idea of what Russia should be. It is a hell hole for all other Russians not in his circle.

[@MykolaKozak-vg2yc]

As a Ukrainian, I thank you. I wish there were more russians who'd think like you.

[@Andrew_Young]

Thank YOU for this comment! I say the same thing! Though, I'm just Ukrainian-Canadian and haven't suffered like people actually in/from Ukraine.

[@trouaconti7812]

There are many russians who share this view, they are just scared into silence.

[@tookooogoobloo3522]

Or ran away into Kazakhstan and other neighbouring countries.

[@stephenhill545]

I'm ashamed, that my country Britain isn't living up to the Budapest agreement. I'm terribly sorry.

[@apostolanastas]

🇷🇺❤🇺🇦

[@wawa_weewaw]

Zelensky recognizes people in Russia care, or else he wouldn't have extended an olive branch at the start of the war. I think his shift has come from the fact that either not enough Russians care or those who care simply don't care enough

[@generic_programmer]

This is literally ehat he says in the video

[@LynetteA68]

The shift happened after the mass graves were found in Bucha!!

[@renanvinicius6036]

I think it's more along the lines that Russians don't fall for his propaganda, when he says that are no restrictions on the use of Russian language, it's straight up lie, even in Kiev there is a law prohibiting the reproduction of the Russian language, movies, songs, books and so on, even Willy OAM (pro Ukrainian) said that in his visits in Ukraine he saw people being hostile to people who were speaking Russian there, no surprise why the Russian people are "deaf" as Zelenskyi says.

[@BlackEpyon]

To be silent is to be complicit. I get it.

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

​@@BlackEpyon So ypu are admitting that you are complicit in your own government's genocidal war crimes that have happened in the 21st centiry?

[@irynaboiko523]

Concerning the whole "Ukrainians addressing anti-war russians" point: 1. Being "anti-putin" and "anti-war" is such a low bar. I am not talking about you, as you seem to have a lot of self-reflection about the situation, but I have encountered countless russians who think that them simply "not supporting putin" is enough to be praised, admired, and cherished by Ukrainians. Meawhile, they would still think of Ukraine as "little russia", or Crimea as being russian, and the "brother nations" narrative, and so on. I used to follow a lot of russian bloggers before the 2022 invasion. I unfollowed all of them at various points for expressing a part of that narrative. 2. As far back as 2022 I've heard a phrase that stuck with me since, it went something like "Ukrainians have so much on their shoulders: fighting a war with russia, following all the rules and purely in self-defense, convincing the westerners that they are not nazis, racists, not corrupt and deserve their support to survive, meanwhile supporting russians and Belorussians in their fight against the regime". Another quote that I like, "Maybe good russians do exist, but it is not my job to be looking for them".

[@MrDaajani]

As a Saudi political scientist who has 0 interest for both sides of the war, I tell you that Russia has all the objective reasons to invade Ukraine simply because it is a bigger country... It is understandable you resist it, but bigger countries always have their backyards, the same thing for the US and Latin America and China in South East Asia, it is their backyard, and your country, as unfortunate it is, is the backyard of Russia. To be pissed at Russians for expressing this narrative, you are being as naive as Lex in this interview...

[@drscopeify]

The Russian economy was set up by Putin to be dependent on Gas and Oil income - this is a bad design called Dutch Disease where a country income depends on just one sector of the economy to grow. In 2014 the USA started the Fracking revolution and the price of oil and gas collapsed as new supply became available. The thing is that Fracking is not just the USA but is now growing in China, Africa, and all over the world so the future is cheaper prices and Russia under Putin was badly designed to be highly exposed to this risk. Putin should have had a policy to make Oil and Gas a smaller part of the Russian economy by removing taxes, opening free-trade deals, creating tax-free industrial or Technology parks like you see in India today. This would have allowed Russian economy to be much more diverse and would not have suffered a big hit in 2014 from Fracking. The reason for the invasion of Ukraine is economics and Putin's desire to stay in power. This would not be an issue if Putin had designed the Russian economy better in 2000s and move away from resource export. The war since 2022 has provided work and better income to millions of Russians which is why they support Putin. It is all about money. However this is a phantom, mirage, as Russia has taken steps to prevent people from using the money they made - the inflation force will naturally remove this wealth that people have gained and make them poor again. That force, has been kept calm with all kinds of tactics to prevent people in Russian using the money they made. But sooner or later the day will come, 2025 or 2030 the day will come that inflation takes over the Russian economy and that will cause 2 issues #1 Russian will become very very angry at Putin so he will be in trouble #2 Russia might become addicted to war and unable to stop.

[@golazo]

God knows what you're talking about... But we can can all agree that Putin has been vindicated.

[@alastairnicolson4992]

@@drscopeify Massive inflation has already come! People are stealing butter from the shelves!

[@alastairnicolson4992]

Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці. My dear Iryna, I agree with everything you have written. However, my view is that this is a war created by Putin and his uncontrollable desire for power. He sees Ukrainians as Russians and yet slaughters them. Sends his own people to invade, and be slaughtered. He has no concern, no respect for human life. So, anything is possible. How does one stop him? Generally in these situations, the US will by one method or another ensure the leader is either deposed or liquidated. But this has not happened. Probably because of the fear that someone even worse will take over, that events would be escalated, that the world would be destroyed. Moreover, if Ukraine tries to strike the Kremlin with missiles (why not?), Putin can simply retreat to Samara... or Tomsk... or Vladivostok. My view is that the only way to win this war is for Russians, ordinary civilian Russians to make Putin fear for his life so much that he ends it. I am certain of this. When someone strives for power like Putin, his biggest fear is losing it. The way he is oppressing, strangling the opposition is testament to this. He is paranoid. Twenty-seven drones from Chertanovo daubing the Kremlin in yellow and blue paint would be a start. The same methodology was used by Israel in its war with Egypt. There is nowhere to hide for Putin inside Russia from militant Russians. But they need cultivating! Terror can be spread by just a few. Therefore, cultivate Russians who can help from within. Do all you can. You as a nation have the charisma. Zelenskiy has gained the support of all the world's most powerful leaders, support for a nation they hardly knew existed three years ago and still cannot pronounce the first letter of correctly. Use the Russians for your own ends. Instil the fear of God into Putin. That is the way Putin can be defeated. Apologies if that's all nonsense. My soul is with you all. Do take care. І вражою злою кров'ю Волю окропіте. ❤💛💙

[@PavelKamyshov]

As a Ukrainian I can confirm that everything said here is true. Respect to the author. And peace to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@SmokeySettins]

As a Polish I can confirm you are naive and propagandised by Western Propaganda

[@Watchembleed211]

​@@SmokeySettins getting shelled is now being brainwashed? That's wild

[@SmokeySettins]

@Watchembleed211 why are they shelling innocent Russian ppl? Two wrongs don't make a right. Americans are the last ones to be talking about human rights. They butchered norther Africa's ppl like its nothing, yet got dignity to talk about others

[@sebastianriemer1777]

Stay safe and greetings from Germany. I wonder what will happen after the war. Hundreds of thousands men coming home from the war. They won't put up with corrupt police and politicians and they are armed.

[@jjcoola998]

Hang in there bro, there’s a lot of people rooting for your safety

[@piotrb4240]

I've met Russians abroad and I did talk to them, especially in the first year of war. I would not always admit I'm Polish, since I don't have a characteristic accent. My conclusion? I *don't* hate all Russians, I hate all explicit Z's, but I'm very distrustful of the rest... until I know them better. *Most* Russians who declare themselves as "anti-war", "non-Z" etc., once they get comfortable, will eventually say things like "I don't like that the war started, but since we're here already...", "it's a very bad decision, but if the Ukrainians just didn't ". It's not 99% of "non-Zs" or even 80%... Perhaps 60-70% non-Zs? That's enough of a proportion to distrust most, but not to blindly hate.

[@PUARockstar]

Same experience

[@peromush]

As a Russian living abroad myself, unfortunately, can relate to your mistrust.

[@vov4yk46]

Agreed!!! Same here!

[@Oumegi]

Very similar experience, Czech here. Lost a bunch of Russian friends this way.

[@prplt]

a lot of Russians who are "anti-war" support the occupation of Crimea and virtually everyone thinks that we should not support Ukraine militarily because that would be killing our fellow countrymen 😂

[@cyanofelis]

Thanks for the video. Take care of yourself.

[@dimako1209]

что с ним случится, он же не на Украине живет

[@cyanofelis]

@@dimako1209 I am simply wishing him well. I wish you well, too. Take care of yourself. :)

[@dimako1209]

@@cyanofelis You are a very strange person. Isn't there a better use for this money in your city? It is better to help animals than this person.

[@amypruss8391]

Question: Why did Fridman need to publicly post his request to Zelensky that the interview be in Russian? Why couldn't that conversation happen in private, like presumably most of the arrangements for the interview?

[@evulclown]

Exactly, devotes so much of the start to this silly thing then throws fake praise at Zelenskyy then asks Kremlin talking points insultingly all interview and never follows up on stuff Zelenskyy answered back.

[@Nystariii]

Transparency, I suppose. I can't see anything sinister to it, but I may be missing something.

[@Sebbir]

It could be that Lex wanted it to be clear why the interview was in russian if it were to happen. It is the one language they both speak fluently so it makes sense.

[@nickgotvyak5890]

I think he had some private talks which went nowhere and decided to peer pressure Zelenskyi into speaking Russian, needless to say it backfired pretty hard

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@Sebbir oh, bs. It is just another pitiful bait.

[@albertogodas1013]

Grazie.

[@Nn-3]

"As a unifying gesture, I have asked Putin to speak Ukrainian for the entirety of this 3 hour interview"

[@j.a8793]

Lex: So do you think you'll win the upcoming presidential debate? Zelensky: 😐 I'm kinda focused on the war at the moment Imagine asking this to the Polish prime minister after being invaded in 1939 😂 "So when are ya gonna hold elections? you guys keep delaying them"

[@Oumegi]

That was straight up deranged, and followed a line of Russian propaganda to a T.

[@Niiiiith]

Well Poland collapsed after being invaded tbf. If my country was at war for years I’d hope we would still have a functioning democracy the only problem being the occupied areas. It’s a great thought experiment to say what about those people? And what about everybody else? Right? It’s an interesting moral question

[@deathkorpsofkriegguardsmen8488]

Wasn’t Poland pretty much a dictatorship at the time? Feel like I heard something about Poland essentially being ruled by a group of generals.

[@Wallyworld30]

@@Niiiiith The point is how tf is he gong to worry about an election when they are worried if the country will exist this time next year.

[@FromRussiawithvideo]

@@Niiiiith I can't think of a democracy that continued a national election in a total war situation. The UK wasn't even occupied and put it off.

[@pingwin4079]

I'm a Pole that used to learn russian, so I definately see your point about the uncanny feeling while watching the interview. I never learned ukrainian, but was able to understood most of it thanks to it's proximity to polish language. My favourite moment was when Zelensky told Lex his russian is not the best xD Indeed, he speaks a little bit like me - mostly correct, definitely not his first language.

[@JesusOfficialAccount]

Спасибо за ваше высокопрофессиональное мнение, мистер польский знаток русского языка.

[@juser-abuser]

Fridman's russian is like low intermediate

[@3cc290]

@@JesusOfficialAccount​​⁠чего? он прав же…лекс говорит смешно, немного как робот (поэтому анкани вали), русский явно не первый его язык, и это чувствуется.

[@3cc290]

@@juser-abuser if we go by the a1-c2 system, he is able to discuss/understand political topics which is b2 (upper intermediate)

[@JesusOfficialAccount]

@@3cc290 Я подумал что он Зелю имел ввиду. Лекс то да. У него впринципе тормознутая манера говорить.

[@zimownik6060]

Thanks!

[@jeremyzeeky3024]

Lex has always struck me as an incredibly dumb individual that tries to present as intelligent. I think this interview fully displays that lol

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

wealthy lightweight pushed by utube

[@luciantroaca5126]

Yes, I realized that when he repeated the MAGA mantra about the woke going to die. He's in love with Joe Rogan and Musk; just a common tech bro with little understanding of the humanities

[@parasocialbondsmetaswvoits9078]

fun fact: one thing far-left and far-right have in common is an impulse to naturally count centrist-intellectuals as idiots and traitors. both fascists and antifa ideologists never fail to tell on themselves.🙄

[@vadimnobel7199]

He is smart but more book smart perhaps

[@Igor-ug1uo]

That's the reason I quickly stopped listening to his podcast many years ago. He had some interesting guests at the time he started getting big, but I couldn't handle him in the podcast. It seems like he never tried to get a good understanding of the topics or the works of his guests but he pretended that he did.

[@DS-zr8pw]

Roman, when the war ends with Russia leaving Ukraine and apologizing formally and paying for damages done, Ukrainians may again open dialogue with them, but trust and friendship will still have to be earned.

[@SigMaQuint]

Yes, earned.

[@itoldyouso5169]

this won't happen

[@Darko_Milosevski03]

Tbh I don't see Russia-Ukraine relations fixing even after the war ends Ukranians will never forgive Russia They will detest Russia until the end of time

[@andredulac4456]

@@itoldyouso5169 it might, but definitely not with Putin...

[@Bluesine_R]

In the year 2300 maybe

[@ChristopherBogart-y1h]

As an American poet, I have spoken to a number of Ukrainian poets over the last year. They are frightened, angry and have little sympathy for Russia and Russians. As a matter of fact, in a poetry reading I tried to explain in poetry that Russians are also victims in this war - and I saw anger in return. Russians have to understand that what Russia has done in Ukraine is so heinous that forgiveness is going to be a tough sell to Ukrainians.

[@CellaDragon]

People who support Russia: If Ukraine wants the war over they should just surrender and give the land peacefully Ukraine: Come on… they attacked us first, and I’m talking long before Crimea! What are you even saying just roll over and take it? Russian supporters: See, you want more war and blood on your hands

[@LazarOrthodox04]

🤥💸🚿🇩🇪

[@m.teresabresnan9039]

That’s called gaslighting. 😔

[@shadowfan8217]

That's actually how Russian politicians tell the narrative, I'm not even kidding rn

[@Wesker92ify]

Long before Crimea lol

[@ak-hl1no]

So you value territory and justice above human lives? Maybe it's time to understand that this war and this world are not a Hollywood movie where everything ends with a happy ending? Isn't it obvious to you three years later that it's unlikely for Ukraine to return the 1991 borders? You talk about justice without being on the front line and risking your life. You are a hypocrite and a demagogue

[@PBthesquirrel]

I love it when multilingual people use the change of language to make a point. Like when Zelenskyy said in English, "I saw his rallies." You can see/hear the tone shift that I think is much more difficult to do in one language. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦❤

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

Indeed! It would have been amaaazing had he started that sentence with "Dude!" 😄

[@themelon_1785]

Slava Ukraini from Hong Kong🥀, wish you guys in Ukraine the best of luck 💙💛

[@cSwDamian]

​@@themelon_1785❤❤thanks for your support!

[@tabithan2978]

Arrogance, prevalence among the MIT set. I know them, from Massachusetts and have known many.

[@mashakooli]

ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА!!!!!

[@chestermosburger3113]

God bless any Russians who are against this madness.

[@the.elven.archer]

As a person totally foreign of this war, what is weird to watch is, for example here in Buenos Aires, a lot of russians (and I mean A LOT, you cannot walk in some neighborhoods without hearing somebody talking russian) that arrived in the last 2 years -every with a baby stroller with a child no older than 1 year-, which were not fleeing from an oppresive state or something like that, the came only to dodge the military draft and support the "special operation", so they are enjoying the "good life" in the west while at the same time evading the reality of the government they support... It's hard to feel empathy for such kind...

[@Langsdorff_Hans]

a lot of Russians like that have been in living in Germany, Italy, the UK, etc. since the fall of the USSR and they are the most loyal Putin fanboys, yet they refuse to go back to Russia right now, wondering why.

[@MrMird]

These could also be ukrainians; the main military operations are taking place in regions where ethnic russians and russian-speaking ukrainians live.

[@notsoeloquent]

We have these people in the US. They live here and they love Russia, they come up with the weirdest ways to rationalize this, the mental gymnastics is ridiculous. The bottom line is, they don't care about what Russia does to Ukrainians, they don't care about torture and executions, they will always root for "their team". Which begs the question, why do they live in the West?

[@ФёдорБ-з8щ]

To be honest, it's strange to hear this. In all the countries where Russians have been fleeing in recent years, a powerful anti-Putin diaspora is forming. In Serbia, Georgia, Kazakhstan and other countries. Getting to Argentina is not nearly as easy as getting to Georgia for a Russian and there are even fewer reasons to go there. Something doesn’t work out, what’s the point for the Russians, who are happy with everything, to run to the other end of the planet?

[@Langsdorff_Hans]

@@ФёдорБ-з8щ because in fact, they are not happy with how things are going in Russia, western products and services being restricted, their salaries are not that good anymore, their cities being bombed by Ukraine, or they’re simply afraid of being drafted, but they’re still having that insane copium that Putin does great job

[@michaelcherry8952]

Lex Fridman struck me as a typical uninformed American who was way too willing to believe Russian propaganda because he's naive enough to assume that it's true since it comes from the Russian government. He kept talking about getting Zelenskyy, Putin and Trump together and (presumably) everyone would hold hands and sing Kumbaya. Naive? Stupid? Tough call. As Zelenskyy pointed out at the beginning of the podcast, 72 missiles per day hit Kyiv and Fridman saw this. And STILL he thinks somehow Trump will wave a magic wand and everyone will be friends. Sadly, Trump is more likely to gang up with Putin against Zelenskyy and force some kind of capitulation. There are very clear signs that in the Putin-Trump relationship, Putin is the one holding the dog leash and Trump is the one on all fours with a ball gag in his mouth. There is serious speculation that Trumps insane rambling about Greenland and Canada are an attempt to disrupt NATO. Gee, I wonder who would be pleased if NATO was weakened? (Hint: it's Putin. It's Putin). For me, the most frustrating part of the interview was Fridman's continual attempt to get Zelenskyy to agree with him that "compromise" and "forgiveness" were something that Ukraine had to do to attain peace. Zelenskyy was having none of it and he explained why in rather brutal terms. He also pointed out that Ukraine's sovereignty was supposed to be protected by the Budapest agreement and that the West's response pretty much showed that the West didn't give a f**k about Ukraine. He's not wrong in that. So when an earnest young American man sits in front of him and keeps repeating that Ukraine needs to do this and Ukraine needs to do that, it doesn't land well. Thank you for your take on this. For the record, I agree with you that people need to still talk to one another, but given the non-response from Russians at the beginning of the war to overtures from both the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian content creators, it is hard to blame Ukrainians for giving up on it. Firstly, they do have a few other things occupying their time (you know, the whole war thing) and secondly, there comes a time when you really have to question whether it's worth the effort. As I said, I do agree with you that it IS worth the effort, but I can see the Ukrainian side too.

[@PUARockstar]

Nicely summed up, couldn't agree more, cheers from Ukraine

[@YBM2007]

I personally dont think he'd 'gang up with Putin', theres very little to gain from that.

[@TheFeldhamster]

Also, I think the Ukrainian government doesn't want to talk too much about those Russians who actually help - like those people who help to repatriate Ukrainian children or abducted families from occupied territories. Because it would endanger these volunteers. I saw some documentaries about that, there's still some kind of underground railroad but of course you can not openly talk about this now.

[@TheFeldhamster]

And I can totally understand Ukrainians having higher expectations for people to revolt. Like, they did this several times - this revolution on the stones (or whatever it was called) in the 90s, then the orange revolution, then Euro-Maidan in 2014. And they were beaten and jailed and shot and died for their freedom and still didn't give up. They walked the walk instead of just talking and paid a very high price. No wonder they expect more from their neighbors.

[@reignmack]

Sad part that even after Zelensky gave reasonable responses to Fridmans questions, Lex just gave a hypothetical response without engaging any deeper and just moved on to his next question, it was very frustrating to watch.

[@NikiK57]

Roman, remember the russian saying - if he hits you, it means he loves you. Putin clearly loves both Ukraine and Russia.

[@Алексей-ы5н9ь]

i heard more like : if he tugging at pigtails you, he loves you

[@Marcus1293]

It was supposed to be sarcasm.

[@GailitisPrintmaking]

So true!

[@NikiK57]

@@Marcus1293 Supposed to, but there are actually who believe that. No joke.

[@cSwDamian]

​@@NikiK57that's true, how ridiculous is this?

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

Based Short King Zelenskyy Common Android Lex L Salutations & support from the Netherlands! 🇺🇦🤝🇳🇱

[@probus6678]

stop calling short men "kings" Just sounds like an insult as short is something bad.

[@Nystariii]

@@probus6678 As a short person, I don't mind being associated with royalty because of my height (or lack of it). Then again, I'm not a humorless pedant.

[@cSwDamian]

​@@probus6678stop telling other people what they should do

[@Kuticul]

Lex is same height as Zelensky

[@Thixico]

@@Nystariii i always think of lord farquad when someone says "short king" yeah its kinda condescending but if ppl like it it doesn't matter. I personally hate when white savior types use similar language when referring to me but i also hate when people say what i can and can't be offended by.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

It's so refreshing to listen to a world leader who doesn't go off on random tangents about electric boats, dogs, and air conditioning systems.

[@iarde3422]

You call zelenskiy "a world leader"?!

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

@iarde3422 Yes.

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

@@iarde3422 yes

[@rdsyafriyar]

"In Ukraine, you don't build a democracy; it already exists. You just defend it." - Petro Poroshenko 🇺🇦

[@davidfans5852]

They should also focus on fighting the corruption

[@rod9829]

Unironically the chocolate oligarch, but point taken

[@lydiawilder5996]

@@davidfans5852 They democratically elected Zelensky and he didn't flee when times got tough. He is defending democracy.

[@jonaseggen2230]

I think in every democracy, democracy is a process.

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

There's no democracy in Ukraine when you ban all opposition

[@stuartlittledrowning4965]

I think lex may actually believe Ukraine was the agressor throuh some hyper Z mental gymnastics.

[@maybebutwhatever]

Because "Putin love Russia" 😑

[@d1ffch]

depends on if you look at the conflict from 2022 or as a whole tbh

[@ethancoster1324]

​@@d1ffchRussia has for 98% of this conflict 2014-25 been the aggressor.

[@Polymorphism1111]

​@d1ffch no matter which point in time you take, Russia was aggressing. Even if you cherry picked protests in 2014, Russian was meddling (sending fake protesters) and economically blackmailing, both in breach of the Budapest Memorandum.

[@Trip4man]

Yeah... But did you know that the Ukrainian government actually censored and banned certain media content??? They have the fame of being the "most corrupt government in the world" for some reason.... And did you know that the Ukrainian government actually censored some Zelensky shows from going on TV??? Yeahhhh...... Isn't that a fuc*ing surprise. Roman is like... Look we get it... Russia is sh*t, Putin is bad, blablablabla. Allllll that Liberal pus*y rethoric.... But the West andddddd Ukraine are no angels either!!!! Now you could say "I prefer the West bs over the East bs"... And sure that can be a reasonable thing to say.... But the West bs is no better either! It's bs build on the shoulders of poor suffering people that DIE. Pick your poison....... But don't stand there saying your poison is "better"! It isn't!!! Poison is poison

[@calindamian8857]

Thanks

[@gsvincze]

The best description of Lex Fridman is that he's an intellectual lightweight.

[@joedirt1965]

Joe Rogan in a suit.

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

wealthy shitalker

[@onesandzeroes]

featherweight

[@janvanhoyk8375]

somehow him dressing in a suit and talking in a quiet voice fools many americans...

[@ToveriJuri]

@@janvanhoyk8375 He also has a CS PhD he's not a complete moron like Rogan, he's just completely out of his depth and bought into Russia's BS.

[@Coconautify]

15:14.... Roman, I think you have to appreciate more fully how and why Zelenskyy's attitude towards Russians in general has hardened... he saw with his own eyes the butchery and mass graves in Bucha and Irpin... those murderers and rapists were not Putin, but they were Russian. He has seen kindergartens and hospitals bombed, he has seen orphaned children, and parents that have lost their children... he has had to console heartbroken and devastated people the length and breadth of his land.... I once respected Russians and wanted to visit this country but no more I am sorry to say... the vast majority have been totally brainwashed - even you, you don't live in Russia any more, why?... I have followed this war from the first day it began... there is no redemption for Russia in this story, not in my book - they are pariahs in this world, just as the Germans once were, and like the Germans it will take generations before people can move on from this unjust war.

[@shatelei]

+++

[@TheFeldhamster]

This. Also, Zelenskyy has seen much worse than what was published in the media. I remember that some things were shown among EU politicians which wasn't made public but some of them talked about that it was really horrible. And they only saw pictures. Zelenskyy was THERE, in person. At a time when there were still decaying bodies lying around. Can you even imagine the smell and everything? I also remember the look on Ursula von der Leyen's face when she visited the mass grave of Bucha. She went green and pale - and she originally studied medicine. So she can't be too squeamish and must have trained on corpses donated to science during her studies. Someone trained as a doctor going that pale and green? That says something. I have no idea how Zelenskyy, who is a guy with such a lot of empathy held it together that day in Bucha. Look at the grim expressions on the faces of his bodyguards. It must have been so, so terrible. I think the reason Zelenskyy kept his hands in his pockets for most of that visit is because he dug his nails into his own hands so hard to cope and didn't want people to see. I followed him and the war very closely from Feb 24th onwards and Bucha absolutely changed him and it didn't get any better after! There was Izium and Jahidne and all the graves in Mariupol you can see even on satellite pictures and all the torture chambers they found everywhere they freed and Kahovka and IT. JUST. DOESN'T. END.... 💔 There was an interview with Zelenskyy and the First Lady recently and one of the journalists asks her if they go to therapy to deal with the stress and Olena says they can't for security reasons. Because in therapy you'd have to be open and talk about everything and that would be a security risk. So they basically have to manage by talking to each other and doing sports and eating healthy....

[@SLAVAOSADCHII]

Bucha, lol. Sure.

[@Coconautify]

@SLAVAOSADCHII you need help.

[@Lord_Juvens]

@@TheFeldhamster von der Leyen used to be German Defence Minister back when Germany also was in Afghanistan. She visited us on multiple occasions and she sure as hell has seen a lot, not just in de medical field. I can't even remotely imagine how bad Bucha must've been.

[@telebubba5527]

If you want to make sure if a Russian is pro Ukrainian, just ask them if they think that the Donbas and Crimea belongs to Ukraine and that all Russian military should leave all sovereign Ukrainian land. I have yet to hear any Russian supporting that idea.

[@yuriytymoshchuk9233]

As a Ukrainian, i would really want to say that i have heard that, but sadly, I can't. Because I have never heard a Russian say that.

[@davidpiepgrass743]

Pretty sure Roman would. Also pretty sure Roman is unusual.

[@erwererwrwr]

Crimea is Ukraine of course,but what will you tell crimea people who was living in russia 10 years and who took part most inmersivly among other regions in the war? (Even son of crimia mayor is on war unlike any other children of officials in other regions). What did you do with crimea population ? Is is the question becourse Ukrainians condider that all of them are traitors (2.5 mln people) and it will be needed to do hard with all of them . I heard this point. Crimea is Ukrainian of course but what to do with people who support Russia in Crimea (and do it with blood also today which will not help to go along with)?

[@dimako1209]

потому что русские не должны любить страну, власть которой желает распада России

[@MrBoBrilO]

ukraine never existed

[@psilon1196]

Ukrainian here. The problem is not about absence of protests. The actual problem is the vast support of this war from regular Russians. Even without protests you can say that you are not supporting this war. By leaving the country ASAP. By NOT signing military contract. By NOT donating to Russian army. By NOT working for Russian army (making drones, uniform etc.). Total legal stuff, super-easy to do (except emigration). But how many of Russians done that? Well, Russian army is full in manpower, equipped with uniform and drones, everybody enjoys 2 Mil payments and high salaries. Even conscripted in autumn 2022 are mostly there because they were not against the idea. It was easy to dodge that draft... The problem is that about 50-60% of population is Z and at this point Ukrainians just do not want to make an effort to see "good Russians" in the Z crowd.

[@amypruss8391]

At the moment, some of the loudest anti-war sentiment in Russia is coming from the zetniki. Denis Kazanski had a very interesting video today with clips from Pavel Gubarev, who seems pretty disenchanted with the war. Of course Gubarev is or was Ukrainian...But you hear that sentiment a lot now--идейные are much less enthusiastic about the war than they used to be. The logic is very easy to understand--if they want to make Russia great again, they don't want to be losing tens of thousands of working age Russian men to gain a few square kilometers of Ukrainian soil at the same time that the population of Russia is shrinking. I think this is where we see a big difference between ideological anti-Ukrainian Russians and Putin and his inner circle. Their priorities really are quite different. One group cares if tens of thousands of Russians die for almost nothing and the other group doesn't.

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

Loved the part in the interview were Zelenskyy went "Spilling tears while somebody drowns helps nobody"

[@TheErikjsm]

its unrealistic to expect people to just leave their lives jobs etc to show support. there is very few people who can just quit working and be fine or can afford to move and be fine.

[@igwinkler]

that's the lies you just love to believe, but it has nothing to do with reality, if the russian regime would be so much supported then it would not have the necessity to ridge elections to such an extent and so many times and to refuse to register oppositional parties like the party of Alexei Navalny (8 times or even more). The only reason why the regime is doing it because it knows it has very few supporters.

[@Paco1337]

Why is there milions if rich Ukranians running away and milking checka from other countries each month ? P.S I am not Russian

[@danielshuck7586]

Lex is decidedly an odd one. I'm not sure if he's genuine or not. Regardless, if you take him at his word, he just comes across as being clulessly naive about almost everything and everyone. I don't even think he's necessarily a bad guy, but MAN does he look stupid when he tries to address the real world with the moral framework of a children's bedtime story.

[@jzen1455]

He lives in a bubble of extreme comfort, privilege, wealth, and safety among very popular and powerful people; his life is a far cry from those suffering horrendously in Ukraine. He's also likely at least mildly autistic with low levels of empathy and doesn't socialize much beyond going on or hosting podcasts and lives much of his life online and highly influenced by the Rogan's sphere that has a tinge of disdain for Zelelnsky for asking the US for billions of dollars among other right-wing anti-Zelensky talking points. His family left the Soviet Union when he was very young, so he's very American but with a tinge of soviet influence from his family. In his sheltered and naive mind, all Zelensky and Putin have to do is talk it out for peace to prevail. He often talks about being an eternal optimist and "all you need is love!"

[@dmytrish]

As a Ukrainian, I don't mind Lex _embodying_ (consciously or not) average pro-Republican Americans and Zelenskyy actually answering them. In this regards him being "naive" might bridge the gap between the American Republican and pro-Ukrainian bubbles. I suspect that taking putin as a country-loving guy is pretty popular among pro-Republican people, they would want to ask the same "stupid" questions. Either he was stupid and naive, or just took this role for the interview, either way it's good.

[@jjcoola998]

Yes, I always figured he wasn’t the smartest guy and just tried to play up his intelligence as part of his brand but like you said you can truly see how clueless he is about foreign policy and geopolitics along with human nature as well

[@BrekkaJones24]

What an antisemitic thing to say

[@hydratejsn]

​@@dmytrish hopefully. But "loving one's country" from an outsider's perspective seems to not always be a matter of real positive effects on the world with Republicans, just a whistleblow to signalise and ingroup belonging to conservatism, traditional values etc. Practically this could mean that as long as he "loves" his country by sharing some core parts of their worldview (at least declaratively), they find it hard to admit/don't care his "love" causes suffering to people.

[@jackmckee8196]

Thanks Roman, always funny and interesting😊

[@lordcirrhosisofliver]

Given how many treaties they've violated you should never expect russia to stick to their word. assuming the best of someone that plans to kill you is dangerous. ukraine has assumed the best of russia multiple times, and every time russia has broken it: russia broke minsk 1 the day after signing, never implemented minsk 2, violated the Debaltseve agreement with gusto and then gave the guys that ordered it be broken a medal. and that is not counting the dozen or so agreements russia broke when they invaded in 2014: such as the budapest memorandum, the treaty of the azov sea, etc. Russia has proven many times that trusting them to keep their word is dangerous. As the second chechnya war demonstrated russia will literally bomb their own people as an excuse to violate a treaty you signed with them.

[@shatelei]

+++

[@grzegorznomeno2135]

Russia also violated the INF Treaty, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and trade agreements on the supply of oil and gas. I don't know if any peace talks with them make sense, Russia won't keep it anyway

[@mikebelov5561]

Забавно, что у нас в РФ тоже самое говорят про Украину, которая также нарушала договоренности) если правда где-то посередине, так может нарушения были обоюдными?

[@oodyyftnnctewiomc]

@@mikebelov5561 no you m0eron. Russia keeps violating agreements not only with Ukraine but with every one of their neighbours that they invaded. Open your eyes goofy.

[@Everythingwithonehand]

Of cours Zelenskyy grew up speaking Russian: it was the USSR and it was the legal official language.

[@probus6678]

Bad reason. Many actual Ukranians (not ethnic Jews or Russians) spoke Ukranian just like Armenians and Georgians spoke their languages. Zelensky is just not Ukranian

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

2 WEALTHY/LYING /UNGRrateful jewish euroepans, who NEVER MISS A MOMENT TO BADMOUTH ANYTHING RUSSIAN

[@sergeiarmatura7483]

Russian been good and useful for science stuff back then

[@heroictimes7540]

@@probus6678 And many actual Ukrainians spoke russian before they completely switched to Ukrainian. So what? We had very big russian influence, our language was forbidden, our etnicity were mocked on. Tell this BS to russian-speaking Ukrainian warriors on the front lines. Pathetic.

[@SuperBraddarb]

​​@@probus6678 the suggestion that Russian speaking Ukrainians don't exist is quite the imperialist dog whistle. You might be a moron.

[@awildslavhasappeared]

Speaking as a Russian person who did not support all this shite from as early as 2014, it’s easy to understand why there can be no dialogue on the official level for the time being (or maybe at all). A lot of Russians I know prefer to dive into their personal issues (cards not working, Zara leaving, travelling via Istanbul is hard) rather than thinking WHY it’s happening to them. I’m not exactly exempt from these complaints as well, but people suffering from war your country brought upon kinda seems more important than these fucking little problems, which are easily resolvable, if you know where to look. And it’s not only about this, Russians tend to make the discussion about themselves in every conversation. Like “yes, they are suffering, but we are…” and add whatever: we’re oppressed, we’re being killed too, etc etc. Guys, it’s not always about you, get your heads out of your asses and prove that you can be sympathetic to others, instead of only yourselves and your kind. Glory to Ukraine.

[@SasquatchTheMighty]

Ты УПАшный нацик, а не русский.

[@yuriytymoshchuk9233]

As a Ukrainian, I can count on my fingers how many times I have heard this from a person who is Russian. It's nice to hear that there are good Russians. The problem is that most of them left the country around the 2014 mark. Героям Слава🇺🇦

[@reaperbsc]

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇸

[@tiapina7048]

Roman do a light hearted video about your learning Portughese, or visiting some unknown town, or interesting differences between the 3 countries you live it. Look after yourself 💜

[@olleolausson]

Yeah I think he only does this type of content now because he has to make a living and most people are here for russia content. But I agree with you it would be fun and good for him.

[@rowredround7206]

@@olleolausson I don’t want to see him enjoying life. He’s a coward that fled to save his own skin and spends enough time whinging about his suffering.

[@АндрійГрабар-з6ж]

14:33 Man. The hybrid war with regular russian army started in Donbass. Don’t call it “crisis”.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

“We made that shit up” - Igor Strelkov and Pringles

[@roxanabanderas6313]

Exactly! its a war!

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

Exactly all negotiations for cease fires in donbass before 2022 were held with putin.

[@shatelei]

@@trenaceandblackmetal5621 +++

[@jcavs9847]

you are part of the problem. purity testing instead of trying to see the intention behind the words

[@maya-xstv]

I really needed this😂

[@Wesyan1999]

16:21 Actually I think Zelenskyy knows how many russians actually care: not enough

[@matvey96301]

Але мільйон простих росіян прямо зараз вбивають українців. Десятки мільйонів їх сімей підтримують ці вбивства. І це знаєте, трохи нівелює загальну статистику. Не Путін гвалтує жінок на сході України, а прості росіяни. Ті само росіяни грабують, катують, знищують. І це часто навіть не наказ, а їхня особиста ініціатива.

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

Why should they care about a foreign country?

[@Silveirias]

@@Just_a_turtle_chad If you have to ask, then there is no hope in even trying to explain it to you. No empathy, no understanding of global politics. Head empty aside from "me, myself, and I".

[@YBM2007]

​@@Just_a_turtle_chadBecause their sons are being sent there to meet an early demise, for no reason at all

[@koiratti]

​@@Just_a_turtle_chadwhy should you care about people out of your room?

[@BullDykee]

#SlavaUkraini

[@PUARockstar]

Heroyam slava

[@Edis12121]

Love from Lithuania 🇱🇹❤🇺🇦

[@gringo6362]

#SvoboduRossii

[@vladkabanets3707]

There is no question of how Ukrainians could forgive Russians. The real question is this: nobody is asking Ukrainians for forgiveness

[@Mcree114]

I've noticed that for the past few videos you finally feel safe enough to call it a war instead of a "special military operation". I'm glad for you. Hopefully Russia may finally become a true democracy with free speech that you can return to one day.

[@PewDiePie777]

You are wasting hope for nothing. If anything like that would happen, it would only happen after the Russian federation will fall apart. Which is probably going to happen only in 2027th, or at 2029th years.

[@alpex92]

@@PewDiePie777 I would not bet on that, Russian military doctrine clearly says that the danger to existence of a country is a reason for using a nuclear weapons. So if the Russian Federation falls - most of human civilization would also do. It's ridiculous, unfair, but it is how it is.

[@vengefulancient]

​@@PewDiePie777 And this is where you lose support of even anti-war Russians. None of us are interested in Russian Federation falling apart, for a lot of reasons. Losing the war to Ukraine? Absolutely, that must happen. Losing the actual country? Nope, not gonna let that happen. It's normal to not want your country to fall apart. If the US can be a large democratic country, so can Russia eventually. What we need is stronger regional centers with elected governors with actual power instead of all the resources going to Moscow and Moscow appointing everyone.

[@rowredround7206]

He didn’t bother to resist. He doesn’t deserve rewards built on the sacrifices of those the wealthy and educated abandoned.

[@vengefulancient]

@@rowredround7206 No one gets to "resist" a police state. Him being here and openly shitting on the regime *is* as much resistance as a normal person can afford.

[@Ts_n_Cs]

I hope you're right about Russians inside Russia being concerned about Ukraine and the international community. I also pray an opportunity presents itself for them to take advantage and end Putin's regime and end this murderous, self-distructive conflict. Honestly though, I can see Zelenskyy's perspective, three years of suffering terrible losses, government abuses, and the shame of a senseless war would have swayed more people.... but it doesn't appear to have so far.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

What the Russian people think is irrelevant. They're irrelevant. They're happy to be irrelevant. And we should waste no time worrying about what they think.

[@Darko_Milosevski03]

Putin is too powerful He can't be toppled from power Plus even if Putin's gone they'll replace him with someone who is closely loyal to him

[@priyaravindran6150]

It’s not three years, but ten, and the Russians have done jacksh*t. They have suffered more losses than they did in Afghanistan, but they don’t even care about their own people, let alone those of us in Ukraine. In the meantime, Putin has gotten only more emboldened to expand his hybrid warfare with the West, thanks to his buddies in Iran, North Korea and China.

[@maryanchabursky9148]

@@Ts_n_Cs you need to understand that the majority of russians to some extent believe the imperialist myths and world view that is responsible for the invasion and the autocracy in ruSSia. Until that is addressed nothing in ruSSia will ever change.

[@professional.commentator]

What happened to your latest video? I think I saw it but I didn't get a chance to watch it.

[@robertmueller6979]

GPM RTV a part of the Gazprom (Russian State) Media took it down. Looks like Roman has their attention now.

[@karenhawkins8510]

Russia should be proud of people like you. Free thinking and kind in your thoughts.

[@vicbrava2410]

Sending much love to you Roman, from Canada.

[@NullAmbition]

Seconding this, from also Canada.

[@lydiawilder5996]

@@hafor2846 bot ^

[@dpenetration25]

Canada as well

[@Vortex__24]

​@@hafor2846 lmao

[@dpenetration25]

@@hafor2846 Not yet, honestly I don't see how that could be bad or even possible. The benefits are obvious - economy, defense, no trade tariffs. But there are also negatives, like lots of criminals could move into Canadian territory, if there are no borders, especially from the western liberal states. What I don't understand, let's assume Trump wants to make Canada a 51st state. Will all Canadians automatically be granted US citizenship? What about their medical benefits, pensions, etc.? Will Canadian dollar cease to exist and all the banks and financial institutions will switch to US dollars? Canada is huge. What if some provinces refuse, like Quebec, with their French nationalism? I don't see how all that is doable.

[@allsubscriptions1]

Thank you Roman! I almost got disappointed in youtube because there is not much to see except your channel. Keep us posted!

[@NeilForshaw]

Fridman: "He loves his country, he loves his people" Zelenskyy: "Who? Who loves his country?" Fridman: "Putin. Do you think he loves his country?" Zelenskyy: 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣 "No!" That bit was pure gold 😆 Yeah I wonder what causes protests to actually work. How Iran has managed to cope with massive protests. Give Georgia time. Euro Maidan went on for longer than Georgia has so far. Also Egypt and recently Bangladesh off the top of my head. Heck 3 weeks ago who would have thought Assad would be booted out of power? 1 week later he's out. You never know 😆🤞

[@vengefulancient]

Assad being booted out was clear for quite a while because his regime was only propped up by Russia, and Russia has no resources to spare anymore.

[@BlackEpyon]

In the case of Ukraine, it was when the Berkut (secret police taking orders from Yanukovych) started using live ammunition on the protesters that the protests graduated into a full on revolution. Georgia hasn't reached that point yet, and it's likely that they've learned from what happened in Ukraine. Short of a military coup, people have to reach the point of no return to trigger a revolution, because when the police start shooting you, and you've nothing left to loose, you also have nothing left to fear.

[@dmytrish]

Successful protests need a critical mass of people supportive of something and no part of society who are strongly against. Russia is not that, there's a significant minority of passionately pro-war "patriotic" people, there's a majority of neutral-supportive people who think that the current ruler is not great, but the outside world would be merciless and cruel to anyone in russia (the fear of NATO is real, it's like a modern mongol horde for russians, even though it's not 1300s anymore, they are still traumatized by that memory, especially having turned themselves into a slightly milder imperialistic version of mongols). There is a minority of anti-war people, but their motivations are wildly different, they are isolated and persecuted. Nobody loved Assad in Syria, without outside help his power became a house of cards. I suspect Iranians are pretty divided and many people actually still believe in islamic revolution (but it's not like anybody really knows what they think).

[@TheFeldhamster]

​@@dmytrishthe thing with Iran is that the Shah they revolted against was just like Assad - having thousands of people disappeared, torture jails etc. And the Iranians saw that the US supported the Shah, so the supposedly "free, democratic west" is just hippocrites to many of them.

[@lasserasinen7174]

Erica Chenoweth at Harvard has researched protests and the threshold for success seems to be 3.5% of the population. For Russia that's about 5 million.

[@DudokX]

Vlad Vexler said it the best, Lex thinks leaders actions come only from positive values like love of the country, people, success etc. So when Putin does something its because he loves his country and just made mistakes along the way or whatever. This helps to equivocate bad leaders with the good ones because he totally ignores the bad values like want for destruction, want for power. In his eyes Putin loves his country and Zelenskyy loves his country so they come from the same place. Its the most naive and stupid crap, if he was 14 I would understand but he is a grown man with huge platform. He glazes Trump and Elon as "fighters of corruption" like what are we talking about? The corruption they do is not even behind closed doors anymore yet Lex totally ignores that because he believes Elon wants to better humanity or whatever.

[@johnmcgrath6192]

He is in his second adolescence, that is, Fridman is undergoing a mid-life crisis living out some things he missed in his teenage years. Like making friends.. Thus he gets thrilled when rigft wingers like Musk and Ivanka Trump love bomb and manipulate him. He really is emotionally stunted, and as a result naive about the world.

[@stanislavkimov2779]

No matter the motivation. If someone did something, and millions suffered as the result, thousands died.. isn't he a criminal, shouldn't he answer for that? Lex talks like morality doesn't exist.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Ironically, I think you're betraying your own opinions here, by agreeing with Vexler. He (and you, by extension) seem to think that Putin, under this framework, is acting from a knowingly evil perspective. That's fundamentally incorrect, and reductionist. Everyone is the good guy of his own story. And I find it funny to think that the same people calling Lex naive apparently genuinely believe that Putin thinks to himself, "I want to spread suffering in the world because I, Vladimir Vladimirovich, am a hateful person and therefore will express that through violence!" Rationalizing and sugar-coating your own decisions is human. Putin is no different, so he wouldn't have the motivations of a cartoon villain. I don't agree with Lex that Putin's motivation is a love of country, but his actions are too well thought-out, long-term (2014-2022, and counting) to be impulsive; and too reserved (why not use nukes? Prigozhin wanted to) to be purely fuelled by "want for destruction". Vexler also misunderstands Lex's worldview. Lex, being a compsci grad, and later alum to MIT, sees the world in a mechanical way. A series of stimuli and reactions. {If, then} lines of code. It's not correct to say that he sees only the emotionally good motivations in people, he has trouble seeing the emotional motivations, period. He's not a robot of course, but look back through his interviews and the way he frames questions about motivations. Vexler is simply wrong.

[@jzen1455]

He's autistic and views the world as one massive simulation or video game. He can't comprehend social cues or nuances of human behavior. He views Russia as one big family with Putin being a loving caring father of the massive nation and doing what's best for Russia. He's also partly bought into the narrative that Zelenskyy is a beggar that's bankrupting the US. He spends most of his time online and his main source of socializing is being on or hosting his podcast. Although he's visited Ukraine during the war and is part Ukrainian himself, Lex lacks the depth of empathy to comprehend the level of suffering Ukrainians are experiencing. He only understands the suffering form a predominately theoretical perspective. Therefore, all Zelenskyy has to do to win this "game" is to engage in peace talks with Putin and all will be fine.

[@pickle6599]

​@@stanislavkimov2779объективной морали действительно не существует. Лол По-моему самая очевидная вещь на свете.

[@Daniel-rh7kh]

Just a note, both the opposition and the regime agree that Russia needs a buffer zone with NATO, the ways to do so may vary, but people need to remember that nationalism in Russia isn't exclusive to Putin. Thats why, you will rarely see opposition figures dicussing the status of Crimea or the morality of the proxy war started in 2014 in the Donbass. You may expect domestic changes if they miraculously got into power, but just like Democrats and Republicans in the US, foreign policy is brutal and force is a definite factor in their ways to achieve their goals.

[@brazendesigns]

Thanks for making this, my favourite neighbourhood Russian 👍

[@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt]

better folllow Levan Gudadze or Maria Zaharova

[@andybogdan4380]

​@@FrancesSanchez-gw7lt we found the russian bot.

[@chesswithivan8346]

I don't think Zelensky shut the door, in the other parts of the interview he talked about reconciliation being possible, as long as justice for the current regime is done.

[@0x_cromosomes]

¡Gracias!

[@Ninewave1]

Roman watched the entire interview so we didn't have to. What a good guy.

[@timurrte5694]

You just see those, who make the most noise. ZVO russians are the most loud russians in the russian part of the Internet. While ukrainians, who hate on all russians are also the loudest ukrainians on russian part of the Internet. There's a lot and I mean A LOT of people in Ukraine who listen to russian music, watch russian streamers/youtube or just have friends from russia. I switched from russian to english content back in 2021, but a large portion of people just hate ukrainian content creators and cannot speak English, so they just stick with russian.

[@nihil632]

Finally, I've scrolled down to the sane comment. Thank you! And since I talk to some Ukrainians, I can confirm: really, many Ukrainians keep talking in surzhyk (or Russian for international communications), listen to Russian media, talk in Russian chats or international chats with Russians (without calling them out for not donating to ZSU every minute), and at the same time none of them becomes collaborationist or something.

[@iwillchange8760]

I'm a Ukrainian and I totally share your opinion. You're a decent normal person and I want to thank you for translating your messages on a wide audience. This is something that helped me from falling down into the abyss of hatred. The sinister forces are trying to divide people and we have to keep love in our hearts and stay human beings. Peace and Love to everyone, remember that this is a trial we need to go through. Everything's gonna be ok

[@BelMondoGrosso]

As a Russian I want to contribute to a conversation. I have a feeling that the main reason that russian people still support Putin and his agenda even in situation of palpable crisis and even being in different countryes is because being critical and accepting theirself as someone in the wrong, requires individual politiacal responsobility and understanding that your actions or more importandly lack of it are making this evil stronger. Even thinking about that you where wrong is painfull, it requires immense strenght not to comeback to a comfort previous mindset. Navalny was right in this, the main battle is between the good and the neutral. I personally believ that Russian-Ukraine reletionship can and should be repaired, but only when fire will be ceased and every actor will accept their responsobility, Russia especialy, learn from Willy Brandt for gods sake.

[@ellebelle8515]

Those of you who look deeper are courageous. Every one of us, in whatever country we live, should be always asking ourselves where we stand individually on the questions of what is right or wrong. And we should speak out against the wrong in our own governments and even admit our own wrongs. It frees us to be better people and find peace in the truth that we are persuing.

[@jzen1455]

And aren't many Russians afraid of speaking out, lest they get sent to prison?

[@PUARockstar]

As Ukrainian, you summed up what I observed about our people's relationships (online mostly) nicely. I've helped russian opposition a lot in my time. And I'm open for that talk. Too bad that not many are open to listen. Except those zvetovs you've mentioned at the end, let them go ch0ke on pootins snake. See, some are almost irredeamable even to me.

[@niki_izi]

have they helped you or Ukraine now?

[@PUARockstar]

​@@niki_izi not really. But I know a few (yeah, only few, sadly) who are actually anti-war, pro-Ukraine and who actually help Ukraine's effort

[@PUARockstar]

​​@@niki_izi fellow b2w and Grubby subscriber I see. What's your story with WC3?

[@niki_izi]

@@PUARockstar so am I, only a few russians really understand what their country is, what they are doing to Ukraine and Ukrainians, and helping ZSU. They got it because they are intelligent and empathetic, not because they were approached by a number of Ukrainians. so I see no real point in trying to communicate with russians, we did it a lot on the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the ball is on their side. Regarding Warcraft 3 - I'we played it when I was a kid 🙂 now, I watch wc3 related content just for amusement. I can recommend you another nice channel on this topic - Wanderbraun.

[@pUgeciPe]

We’re not asking Russians to go out and protest like the Georgians in Tbilisi. But at least try provide or show support to Ukraine. The best we’re seeing is silence, many many tourists and the occasional half Russian half Western European person showing he has not fallen to Russian narratives.

[@robertjaeger8934]

Have you not seen what the Russian police do to protesters in Russia lmao

[@malachai-]

To touch on the "death of dialogue between Russia & Ukraine" section, you said that "Zelenskyy shows a larger trend in Ukrainian society [...] stopped completely making any content in Russian and actually reaching out to their Russian subscribers with messages and something like that [...] they tried to reach out and got no response, and they basically decided that there is no point in trying" and that it is "sad" while you suggest that they should keep a dialogue together is exactly why people clown on Lex Fridman. The fact of the matter is that there is too much hurt and struggle in Ukraine at the cause of the Russian Federation. There would simply be no war if Russia wasn't the aggregate, and I know you're not denying that, but what do you expect from Ukraine when our neighbor has been standing on their throats for so long? Denying Ukraine of its existence, its language, its heritage and its land? It doesn't matter if there are "millions" or "tens of millions" of Russians in Russia who do not support the war in Ukraine, the fact of the matter is that they can't do anything about war, so why does Ukraine have to entertain them? The focus of Ukrainians as we enter not the "third" year of the war, but the ELEVENTH as this war started in 2014 and not 2022, should be on Ukraine and what Ukrainians can do for each other. What does acknowledging that common Russians in Russia don't support the war do? They don't get a gold star, Ukraine is still being destroyed every single day. I come from Crimea, I grew up speaking Russian as my primary language, and it wasn't even until 2018 that my family even bothered to start using Ukrainian, but I stopped speaking Russian completely in 2022 when the full-scale invasion happened. We have had 11 years of dialogue, and nothing has changed. Ukrainians do not owe Russians a dialogue, it has long since been exhausted, there is nothing more to say until the war is over, or Putin is dead, or maybe even both. That is not for Russians to decide, that is for Ukrainians, as we are the ones being invaded, attacked, suppressed, and killed. Слава Україні.

[@evulclown]

Well said, the Freedom of Russia Legion exists if any Russians want to risk themselves like Ukrainians and volunteers from other countries do to actually help and do something for Ukraine. I mean he left Russia to avoid risk and to ensure the money from youtube videos didn't stop in 2022 but won't even raise money to donate to Ukraine as it's "risky". Sorry people gave up trying to talk in the face of indifference, anger or silence but how about Russians *_do something_* to help Ukraine or even their own country even if it is risky or uncomfortable.

[@erwererwrwr]

​​​​​@@evulclownthis war is at the moment on the both territories. In Russia and in Ucraine.His family still lives there. You required him to donate for bombing his own city ? I will not donate for bombing my native city sorry and my parents for example. But I against Putin and this f cking war from the beginning. Who are you that blame others for not supporting bombing his country (by donation foreign army) ? Is is tragedy for me that russians people die regularly too on this f king war ,not only Ukrainians. But you cant understand it.

[@Animusai009]

Beautifully said. Слава Україні

[@erwererwrwr]

@@evulclown sorry but I think you remarkably knows that at the moment war happens on the both countries areas. And you suggest russians to support attacking russians cities where their maybe their family and friends still continue to live. Maybe you dont need additional hints to get that gather money to attack your country where your family are even against Putin is not normal thing for anybody? No thoughts like this? There are people who hates all drons and rocket attacks which killed any kind of people of the both side. From your city or Ukranian. And you dont have rights to blame somebody who dont want kill his own friends or family - donation for Ukanian army besides that it is supporting of Ukraine it is also killing russians and destroing russians cities at the moment. I have friends in Kursk, Belgorod, Brynsk for exaomple from my childhood - you suggest me to donate for their killing? In the current situation it is also can be real unfortunately to be killed by rocket/drone in Belgorod.. All of that are consequenses of the russian invasion. itis the fact of course. But I hope you get the point.

[@erinsasha]

it isn't wise to ignore Russians who are against the war. It can be ok for regular people, but not for the president. Russians donated hundreds of millions dollars to Ukrainian aid funds, but your government is doing their best to stop such people.

[@malbov6197]

It's understandable why Lex asked such "naive" questions about making peace: it's much easier to stay calm and reasonable when not being bombarded

[@shatelei]

+++

[@LPVince94]

But these questions are not reasonable.

[@malbov6197]

@@LPVince94 it's easy for us to argue whether it is or not, but I guess people in the trenches, dying every day, would have a certain opinion. I mean, you have to ask "naive" questions, otherwise all such "power-talks" go on forever on the human live's expense

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Thank you for your view on the interview (especially Fridman's smug naivete) and on the whole deterioration of what relationship there still was between Ukraine and Russia. Personally, I can't blame president Zelensky on largelly giving up on humane appeals towards Russians, at least for now. He kept trying it repeatedly in 2021, 2022, and all he received in the past three years was a military aggression not seen in Europe since 1945, and countless Ukrainian citizens killed, tortured and displaced. Even the kindest and most emphatic person would eventually give up on the other side, once it would be clear the other side's leadership has zero interest in dialogue, and that it's hard to reach the other side's citizens, to ask them to reconsider. Before Russia's censorship and banning of information from abroad was as draconian as it is now, average Russians still had plenty of opportunities to listen to the Ukrainian side. If at least some of them didn't fall for Russian propaganda, and if they trust Ukraine, even if they're not protesting openly, then there might still be hope in the future. The issue is bridging the gap created by Putrid and his cronies, and their relentless propaganda and repression in Russia. That's a barrier that needs to be overcome, otherwise even any sympathetic-to-Ukraine Russians won't have much of an opportunity to undermine and stop the Russian war effort. For now, Ukraine largelly has to rely on its own defence. I think a key point in all of this, if Ukraine and Russia are ever to reconnect as neighbours, Russia will have to change as a country. Right now, it doesn't seem likely, and as you've said, Russia trying to isolate itself again from the world will double-down on radicalization and hating of the outside world á la North Korea. Even so, the ball's in Russia's part of the court. Everyone would welcome if Russia changed, if the various relations could be normalized again, but unless Russians do this of their own volition, any reconciliation is not yet possible.

[@johnstollberg3874]

Roman I am a conservative American married to a Ukrainian woman. I liked your thougjts on the interview . Not all Conservatives hate liberals, as in the past you have said you are

[@erwererwrwr]

If you dont,you are not so conservative as plenty of conversative citizens

[@moonknight2865]

Then why did you vote for Trump? (Unless you didn’t)

[@CivilChristoph]

It was not a conversation. It was the outing of Fridman as an uninformed ignorant war monger. 22:52

[@LibraTV001]

What happened to the newest upload? I need this "Goodbye" show in my life.

[@Brian-bw3uu]

Lex wants everyone to sit around, sing kumbaya and understand each other. But he so obviously doesn't understand Putin and Russia

[@Delfigamer1]

Understandable, since his Russian is not very good 🗿

[@erinlavi2935]

I really appreciate you and your commentary. I love hearing about these topics from a young native that isn’t a politician. And your giggles give me joy

[@Kath-nd6pj]

I remember the speech Zelenskyy was talking about. It was back in March 2022. He addressed Putin. It was before the details of the Bucha slaughter had been discovered. And was in reaction to Putin’s original demands. He said he would agree to not join NATO. That he would give the three eastern areas the free vote if they wanted to become INDEPENDANT from Ukrsine, and something else, I forget now. But Putin did nit reply or react (at least publicly) at all. Why? Putin had commented that he did nit consider Zelenskyy as the legitimate representative of Ukrsine. Remember in the very first set of columns of tanks towards Kyiv he had also prepared to send a replacement for Zelenskyy as his choice of president. Back in the beginning of 2022 in his announcement Putin even refused to say Zelenskyy’s name. He refused to acknowledge his authority. Then another reason why Putin ignored Zekenskyy’s response is because Putin’s reasons for the invasion were fake. He did not care about the people of the regions he took claim to, he wanted the regions for Russia, not to be independant. Putin wanted to take Control over Ukraine with his own leader there, not.Zelenskyy. He wants Moldova too. So back in the beginning of 2o22, like Zelenskyy told Friedman, Putin simply ignored him. .

[@FromRussiawithvideo]

Your evolution from a streamer to youtuber to serious commentator is amazing to see.

[@TheNavalAviator]

I'm afraid all addresses made to the Russian people at the start of the war either fell on deaf ears or were responded to with voices muffled or mute but in their silence, the Russian people are screaming ear-piercingly. It is a silence that cannot be ignored for much longer...

[@codemancz798]

It's very doubtful that any messages even reached them. The government wouldn't allow that.

[@GasparGa]

​@@codemancz798 sure they did. They had full access to youtube until very recently

[@PUARockstar]

@@codemancz798 you both are right simultanieously

[@matvey96301]

​@@codemancz798не правда. Всі все чули. Я дзвонив по телефону свої знайомим в Росію. Вони мені сказали не чинити опору і просто здатися. Тоді ми лишимося живі інакше смерть. Це мої знайомі, прості росіян. Я певен, що не всі такі, але я мав саме такий досвід.

[@gringo6362]

What about Rdk and free russia legion?

[@kirokoza3879]

I'm Ukrainian in Bucha. I stopped speaking Russian, I try not to watch anything in Russian (even Ukrainian speakers), I teach my children to not switch to Russian. But... When Russians are against putin, I'm open to deal with them. I'm still irritated by Russian language, but I don't hate such person. Thanks for speaking English, it's easier for me to hear

[@End-Result]

So you’re a racist little azov worm, thanks for letting us know

[@MargarytaSoroka]

Thank you for this very on point feedback of their interview! As Ukrainian I appreciate that you spotted all what what was wrong with it and generally have a good sence of morality in all your videos that I have seen so far.

[@BrainDamageIV]

Truly, we are living in a weird world

[@Алексей-ы5н9ь]

So true, indeed

[@Anteatereatingants]

always has been

[@jd2379]

brave new jew world.

[@mishXY]

As a Russian, who never lived in Russia, but has close ties to relatives there - it's hyper frustrating and depressing. Most of my relatives there are against the war, but living in small inconsequential towns speckled across the wide open country, there is little they can even dream of doing. Even the more patriotic ones have actually started hating Putin after the invasion. Maybe it's because they have a communication to the west through us being here and being able to explain things in a non-propaganda way, maybe because our family has roots in Russian, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus.... though I have also met plenty of UA refugees with family in Russia that got radicalised against them. Most notably, the were insanely appreciative and blown away by the fact that German media never portrays the Russian people as evil - it calls it Putin's war. They don't see this messaging/wording over there. Over there it's "they hate all of you, so you should hate them" and "Ukrainian and Western Nazis" etc etc And explaining the sanctions and their consequences makes them think, because ultimately it's their lives that are getting worse (pre-war it wasn't rosy either).

[@GailitisPrintmaking]

Thank you, Roman for the work that you are doing! Greetings from Latvia. Hope rhat you get the Portuguese TRP soon

[@Ysckemia]

before the war, i started following a russian guy on instagram because i thought his photos were cool and quirky. when the war started i was supportive of him because he was anti-war and he couldn't do much to stop it, as you stated. (also i was in my teenage years when USSR collapsed, and as a french, i followed in the news some of the changes in eastern europe.) in 2023 he posted a story where he asked people advices about antidepressant. i gave him my knowledge. i was still commenting his posts, half heartedly because it's not easy to make as if everything goes as usual. then he posted about going on vacations for his mental health. IN CRIMEA. how strange to hear someone going on vacations in a war zone, which was a hot spot at that moment (there was an army base shelled right near a beach). is everything really going as usual??? and this is where i stopped talking to him. what he did felt wrong to me. to go on vacation in an invaded country. seriously. but at the same time, i don't mean any harm to this guy, i just don't know what to do. i don't want to see his mental health drop, but i wish he knows how wrong it was to choose THIS destination to enjoy summer time. i understand his tricky situation, but i just can't talk to him anymore.

[@anime_6915]

this is just how most of russians are. they say or think that "oh, im anti-war. war is bad, and putin is bad" but really - they dont give a flying shit about it

[@TheAlxXxandRuh]

A few dumb moments is an understatement. Lex was ridiculous. Zelenskyy handled Lex so well and was so engaging.

[@pertsonvelts1699]

Good video. Plenty of empathy shown here.

[@11arkasha11]

This was a good video, Roman. I watched the interview in the "original track ", and found it fascinating to see how various languages interacted. I was surprised at how poor Lex's Russian was, and impressed of how good Zelensy's English was. In any case, keep up the good fight, and i would never consider you "Z". There are many many Ukranian channels still conducted in Russian - Sheitelman, Gordon, Politeka, Roman Zembalyuk, etc, etc...

[@einerreklov4304]

To be fair to Russians, since Putin's invasion of Ukraine began, between 820,000 and 920,000 Russians have left the country. That's less than one percent, but it's a significant amount.

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

As an anti-Putin anti-war Russian, I had the same thoughts watching the interview.

[@NathanSmithy-g9j]

We need more Russians like you to speak out! We need you right now 🫂 ☮️ ❤

[@apostolanastas]

​​@@NathanSmithy-g9jNaaah, I went to all the rallies, but now there are none at all and no one organizes it after Navalny's death There r no results and there won't be any, unfortunately

[@cyanofelis]

God bless