The Philosophy of Vladimir Putin

An examination of Vladimir Putin's worldview, ideology, and philosophy.
This video explains why Putin has made world-changing decisions in the last few years. It looks at the relationship between Western leaders, Russia, Ukraine, and NATO. It details both Russian and Western European history, why the two diverged, and how this impacted Russian philosophy (and Putin).
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Putin's Motives
5:37 Putin, The Soviet Union, And Communism
9:04 Russia Vs The Liberal 'International Order'
14:40 The Split In Western History and Russian History
18:32 Putin And Christianity
19:59 Putin And The 'Two Wests'
22:06 Conclusion
#vladimirputin #russia #putin

[@PaxTubeChannel]

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[@thattimestampguy]

Stay Strong.

[@jaytime3435]

thank you for showing the truth...I always had a thought that the government would be doing something immoral.

[@TheChuckfuc]

Great video. You should do a video on the Italian prime minister. She's running a very conservative campaign. For God, for family, for country is her motto.

[@AuraCraft]

his name isnt "Poo-Din" :p it's PuTin. 0:15 Ukraine and Nato initiated the war 8 years ago, not Russia. Russia initiated the SMO which is not an Invasion but a justified long overdue Intervention 6:39 "accusation" XD as if it's bad to be a commie

[@vikinglife3983]

Hey mate, wanna make a video about how western nations (like Denmark, the USA, UK, ect) demonizes their pasts, to make it seem like pure evil ruled them, until our benevolent liberal heroes came, and put us on the right track? I'm sure you have some very interesting views on this subject, and feel strongly about it. Plus you're one of the very rare people that are brave enough to challenge the current political fever dream (it's not even the fun kind), and you have an audience, making you able to reach more people. Anyway, keep up the good work : )

[@Ruairoquai]

I am from Ireland. In July of this year, the small rural town near where I live was covered with gay pride and transgender flags. Some were even still up well into August. Immigration has been ramped up to the point where there are non-Irish people pretty much everywhere now, even outside of large towns and cities. Of course, they don't bother to assimilate. Russia, for all its issues, is enviable in regard to it's active resistance to this poison being inflicted upon the west.

[@Allswagyep]

I saw the same thing in the UK

[@BeautifulGreen252]

Is it even worth visiting Ireland anymore?

[@murgmaggleramaxis8535]

Dang, that sounds horrible.

[@v.5442]

Assimilation is not an answer and is not the right narrative. Deportation is.

[@quetzalcoatlaa]

@@v.5442 based

[@freedomofspeech2867]

As a Russian, I can confirm you did your research and translations well.

[@nothing-of5yc]

I don't know mush about Russia is there anyone I should look for accurate information

[@freedomofspeech2867]

@@nothing-of5yc Not really, learning Russian would help as you could then understand Russians talking about life in Russia and media that shaped Russia, but it's a very, cultural language. You need to know it very well to truly understand and it is extremely rare for a foreigner to be fluent in it. I've never seen one. You pretty much must grow up in a Russian household to do so. Best advice would be to go to Russia, but you know, war. If you're really interested, learn Russian and read Russian books, that is the best way to learn, just beware of communist propaganda.

[@ChiccinTendies]

@nothing-of5yc Geopolitics/military-wise, there's The Duran, Col. Douglas MacGregor, Jim Jatras, Russian state news (take with a large grain of salt), and a couple othes. That's just off the top of my head.

[@nothing-of5yc]

@@freedomofspeech2867 ok

[@NK_BK]

Здравствуй, приятель

[@ira233]

You nailed it, much better analysis than most western experts.

[@alexvig2369]

Many western experts do understand this. They're just being silenced. Those who are being allowed to speak in the media are selected carefully.

[@i-love-cats75]

lol western “experts”

[@brianmead7556]

The only Western expert who got anything correct is Scott Ritter that’s because he’s one of the few who didn’t come up through the Russian studies Intel program that is essentially six years of concerted hate Russia indoctrination, but he’s also lived among them, so he actually bothered to understand their point of view and lives. Do you want to go through the typical state or military Intel apparatus if you start saying nice things about the Russians you’re not gonna make it very far because nobody wants to read that shit they want to read the evil Russians are doing this therefore justify 3 billion more dollars for our organization or we need this weapon contract to happen or will be behind the evil barbarian Russians, or the Russians are evil, which is why we must expand our operations into this country to stop them. And only people who say enough of the right things for long enough to the correct people in charge to run the anti-Russian narrative and conduct the anti-Russian program are also going to be the only one to get put on television and get published as research fellows, in order to set the narrative. We have a whole heat, Russia industry that also applies basically to anyone else that isn’t subservient to Washington wishes. For example, Iran. What real threat does Iran posed to the US it’s in the middle of the biggest continent in the world with a massive ocean on each side and our friends on both flanks. How is it going to get here and hurt us? It’s not a nice regime. It’s not an affective regime but their actual ability to hurt America and kill Americans is minimal.. and yet we had this fixation, like they have the greatest deadliest threat in the world to us. That’s pretty similar to the Russians there’s Japan and Korea on one side and then Europe on the other side +2 oceans. None of these supposed anti-American threat countries actually have the power to say Washington vision force that makes it inland into the US and starts killing everyone. They can grab in Chicago or forcefully yanks away New England from US control.. The foreign-policy package we’ve been sold and the things we are told that it necessitates are absolutely insane.

[@Tespri]

Spouting Kremling's propaganda really isn't analysis.

[@ira233]

@@Tespri Bro Putin has been very consistent with what he wants and doesn't want there is no propaganda (except western) in this case, only different perspective.

[@AutismGaming489]

Though I don’t particularly agree with Putin’s invasion, I now have a better understanding of Putin’s ideology. Thanks Pax for dropping this. You always provide a very different perspective that is much appreciated.

[@SlutForCynthia]

As this continues,he'll be more morally right. What's being done against him is honestly worse.

[@Ttegegg]

@@SlutForCynthia to who? how many post soviet states would rather be in the Russian sphere than the American sphere. you can say how bad progressive views all you want. But eastern Europe isn't exactly interested in a 2nd reintigration

[@yunuss58]

@@SlutForCynthia OH NO. People defending themselves against a genocidal war. Poor Putin

[@benitocamelo1488]

@@SlutForCynthia yeah, dude, Eastern Europeans defending themselves from Russia's constant aggressions are worse smh

[@yemuppet8102]

Russia have every right to protect their people so invasion is justified. US backed nazi scum bombarded and terrorized people of Eastern Ukraine for years and the only reason why Russia didnt invade in 2014 is because their knew that sanctions would destroy them so they waited for the right moment. The fact that they have balls to go against NATO all alone is admirable. Im with Russia in this war and I know that they will win. I would support Martians against USA to be honest.

[@jasonuren3479]

15:25 - The more traditionalist countries lost both of those conflicts. Excellent observation.

[@averagebohemian5791]

yes, Poland lost World War 2 against both Germany and Russia

[@benitocamelo1488]

@@averagebohemian5791 Poland had the worst outcome on the war. Polish resistance was admirable

[@averagebohemian5791]

@@benitocamelo1488 very true

[@augustin5611]

On the contrary. Nazi Germany was neo-liberal in many of it's aspects and had nothing to do with tradition. You just have to look at their approach of hierachy, sexe or their opposition with anything related to christianity

[@jasonuren3479]

@@augustin5611 Sorry, but it was a quote, I didn't say it, it's from the video, hence the timestamp Edit Maybe I should have put it in context but I'm assuming people watched the rest of the video

[@Commonwealth-ex7ev]

I'm honestly shocked. I went into this video thinking it was going to be another Putin bash, claiming that he was just another a reprehensible bloody handed tyrant that needs to be dealt with. Instead, you presented factual evidence of the man's words and actions as well as added context to compliment this. You didn't take isolated quotes out of context and build an entire narrative around them. If anything this video could be described as quotes ad nauseam, which I approve since it leaves very little up in the air. Overall, you've earned yourself a subscriber.

[@uchennanwogu2142]

its not factual he came at this with a pro putin biased mascaraing as neutral

[@hylkewesterhuis9667]

@Commonwealth-ex7ev: Same here, to a T. Couldn't've put it better. Subbed too. :-] hYlkeW

[@lareskovest8681]

Sorry but any war criminal is a tyrant

[@stephenjenkins7971]

That's because he is a blood handed tyrant that the CIA will remove one day. He can have beliefs; most just find it reprehensible and not something to tolerate.

[@JallyJam]

Well now it's propaganda so either way

[@zacharyo3824]

I'm a Canadian and my country is the opposite of Russia in my view and so I find Russia very fascinating. Thank you I feel enlightened after hearing this.

[@eccanuck7]

I dislike how everyone in the west simply assumes he’s a madman because that’s what our media tells us. In almost every war there is a logical and reasonable “other side” with real people, just like us, dying for the same.

[@Dnzjsjdk]

He’s a 70 year old man whole pro tray himself as a master martial artist who beats of 20 year old men, a race car driver, found and ancient artifact in the middle of the ocean randomly, lifted a random seven year old’s shirt up and kiss his stomach then comment and said “he was like a little kitty I wanted to snuggle”, he apparently bathed in deer antler blood for his health, he let an entire Russian drown to death because he did want the UK to help rescue. Im sorry The man is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. He bombed so many Ukrainians civilians that if he actually aimed at military targets instead he would won the war by now. If you don’t like western Media on the war then go look a Russian state media with subtitles and tell me how “”reasonable”” they are.

[@John__XC]

He actually is, you can see that if you just look at what he has done in russia. Without any western narrative

[@larrylucid5502]

@@Dnzjsjdk get some perspective, Timmy!

[@v.0190]

@@Dnzjsjdk This is basically what OP said. You unironically believe in this bs that was taught you by some biased media. (because there is no unbiased media whatsoever)

[@marvalice3455]

@@Dnzjsjdk "if he actually aimed at military targets instead he would won the war by now. " wrong. industrial war doesn't work that way. military assets can be replaced almost infanitely so long as the civilian infrastructure is in place. nobody has ever won an industrial age war without specifically targeting civilian infrastructure. let that sink in. *not one* every single victory sinse the french revolution has been won by killing civilians. all of them, without exception.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

The problem with rapid mass migration isn't one of genetics or skin color. It's the fact that the influx occurs much faster than the process of assimilation, leading to cultural dilution rather than enrichment. Even worse is the fact that assimilation is now considered "-ist" or "-phobic" by the elites. Ethnocentrism isn't the solution. The solution is to control immigration and encourage assimilation.

[@buddyfats4768]

While you are somewhat correct skin color and genetics definitely do matter and mass migration shouldn't be used to replace Europeans

[@Lthethird]

The problems are genetics and skin color

[@clydedoris5002]

Multiculturalism doesn't work

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

"nationalism" is the support of a nation. What is a nation? It's the people. not democracy, not an "idea", not the dirt, it's the people. You've been brainwashed. You replace the people, you replace the nation. Period. Foreign people different races can't fully assimilate, it will always be an act. An act they would maintain if they are the minority. Once they become the majority they revert to their nature. It's not a coincidence different races have different standards of living across the globe. Ffs.

[@kuu2856]

Interesting video, but to call Russia Christian is an overstatement when less than 5% of the population go to Church regularly.

[@littleantukins4415]

"Orthodox"

[@genghiskhan5701]

@@littleantukins4415 Moscow has also schismed from the Patriach of Constantinople. They are border line heretics

[@littleantukins4415]

@@genghiskhan5701 Le 2018 incident

[@SIGNOR-G]

@@littleantukins4415 whats that?

[@zorandusic7079]

@@SIGNOR-G A schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople began on 15 October 2018 when the EP unilaterally severed full communion with the ROC.

[@arth-ritisoutdooradventure7467]

I’m no fan of Putin, but this video was very informative and insightful. More people need to watch this. Keep up the good work Pax

[@goese868]

"i'm not a fan of putin" also "more people should watch western russian propaganda" you make no sense

[@arth-ritisoutdooradventure7467]

@@goese868 you sound like the type of person who bitches and gets mad when people offer solutions

[@lincolndunford6693]

I think that I am a Putin fan now…

[@teyrncousland7152]

​@@goese868 Is trying to learn about the opposing perspective that difficult for you to understand?

[@goese868]

@@teyrncousland7152 ok just don't become a crazy "fuck the west" "putin did nothing wrong" ultra conservative neo-nazi.

[@lukasvasquez8834]

For those who know spanish I highly recommend the works of the Carlist jurist, philosopher and biggest representative of hispanic traditionalism at the present, Miguel Ayuso. You can also find a lot of interviews and lectures here on youtube. If you don't know spanish you can read the works of Frederick Wilhelmsen, who was a close friend of Ayuso and even became a Carlist.

[@alvinlin8140]

What do you think of the Falange? I’ve got conflicting sources telling me whether they were pro or anti religion/catholic

[@benitocamelo1488]

Talking about the Spanish-speaking world, it'd be interesting if Pax made a video about Mexico's history of secularization and anti-clericalism

[@sandercohen9712]

Very concise and succinct. Job well done Pax. China is still a major factor as well. China has also successfully integrated aspects of modernity while maintaining some of its more conservative values. While Russia has to deal with its communist past because of the break-up of the Soviet Union, China has succeeded in smoothly transforming communism into something that is closer to third positionism, establishing a line of continuity - something that is of high importance when it comes to a nation's identity and stability. If China remained communist among Mao-ist lines or had been successfully subjugated by the American Empire as many American strategist thought it would post Soviet collapse when the Americans transplanted their entire consumer-production industry there, Russia would not be able to exist in the form that it is today. The main fault of liberals is that they think that liberal democracy is the end of history and something everybody ultimately wants. Afghanistan thus far has been the most humiliating example of why that isn't the case.

[@iroga9764]

China has also succeded in many ways, but I am more critical of them and don't think they are as based as people make them out to be.

[@quetzalcoatlaa]

@@iroga9764 china is only important for its economics

[@iroga9764]

@@quetzalcoatlaa yeah, from an economic standpoint, China is great

[@theepicmaxgod9648]

China now is slightly more “conservative” than it was 60 years ago, but not by much. China hasn’t fallen into the clutches of Liberalism yet, but remember that their government has been Marxist and atheistic since 1945. While modern “state capitalist” China is an improvement for its citizens, it still represses religion and political dissent against socialist rhetoric.

[@KennethSee]

You have drank the CCP koolaid. China may have been awesome before Covid but it’s now the worst country on earth. I won’t step foot in China ever again.

[@mrvictorian4004]

Pax, you're honestly one of the best KZbinrs standing up for the truth. I believe you can reach new heights, so keep it up!

[@kyrohowe3156]

Hope he doesn't get dropped because KZbin sure loves to attack others who stand against propaganda

[@justanotherguyful]

There is a glass ceiling he will never break through, and if he does he will be shut down. ((They)) have finally outlined their rules pretty clearly just recently. Freedom of speech but not freedom of reach. As soon as he starts actually reaching a significant enough number of people he will be shut down. Because after all he is on ((their)) platform.

[@justanotherguyful]

There is a glass ceiling he will never break through, and if he does he will be shut down. Jewish leaders/occupiers have finally outlined their rules pretty clearly just recently. Freedom of speech but not freedom of reach. As soon as he starts actually reaching a significant enough number of people he will be shut down. Because after all he is on a jewish platform.

[@OrkosUA]

@@kyrohowe3156 lol, all that justifying of Putin is the propaganda.

[@Tespri]

Believing single word made by ruzzian is same as killing yourself with cyanide.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

One massive downside of voting and politicians is that there is no accountability and no long-term planning from the perspective of the citizen.

[@mkatzfive5]

and putin is accountable to..................? As to long-term planning, didn't the communists try that for decades? it didn't seem to work very well.

[@matveyignatyev]

14:25 Stop complimenting us so much you're making me blush..

[@zackz7246]

During his first major speech after the Ukraine invasion, Putin mentioned specifically Orthodoxy, Islam and Judaism as the religions of Russia when talking the culture and defining characteristics of the country. He probably sees Catholicism as a foreign element.

[@argablarga]

Foreign yes, but in partial communion with Orthodoxy... so largely or partially aligned.

[@j.a.hernandez9742]

Not necessarily, it's more that there really isn't any Catholics within Russia (0.1%). Islam is widespread historical religion throughout much of land Russia has claim to, and East Orthodox is of course the national religion and has been so for around 1000 years. Judaism is more a result of the holocaust, and Jews migrating to Russia in order to flee from persecution.

[@nikolamilicevic1040]

@@argablarga no.orthdoxy see cathoicsm as enemy.chief enemy in fact.they see cathlicsm meddilin in ukraine -uniates.

[@the4universes207]

No big fan for Islam.

[@A_person_ok]

@@j.a.hernandez9742actually not really, jews have been around in russia before ww2 even happened

[@CptTexas1]

It's the same reason Southern, Texan, and all other cultures in North America are crushed under the heel of tyranny. A people who see themselves as different/seperate would not willingly bow before an Empire that is as antithetically human and natural than the one we live under today.

[@Ttegegg]

man your state sided with the confederates for slavery. besides some states are already somehow minorities within their own states that can't be considered liberal like UAE,and Qatar. Even if you don't count them as residents, that's still high numbers for them hanging around

[@riseagain845]

What tyranny are you crushed under??

[@chickenusgoddus464]

​@@riseagain845 I'm assuming it's because of the us trying to forcibly assimilate and destroy regional cultures as well as the increasing power of the federal government

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

​@@TtegeggExactly.

[@schizoid7734]

@@Ttegegg Texas had a seperate identity before the civil war, and it’s irrelevant what the south fought over over 100 years ago. It’s still a separate identity that is being suppressed since the end of the civil war

[@liammccann8763]

I'm a Catholic Irishman and worked in Moscow from 2000-2004. Rest assured the events of 1991 will not be permitted to happen again.

[@gregoryhorwitz7373]

I know a number of people who, find themselves amazed that after serving in the military as a protection against communism (chiefly Russia), now because they are traditionally minded are sympathetic with Russia. I personally am heartbroken to see what is happening in the west, nothing seems to be safe anymore. I can’t blame anyone for not wanting this mess to spread and infect what is dear to them and their people.

[@bojanbukovski1995]

My good sir, you are absolutly right.

[@independentthought3390]

Putin is a power hungry despot, there's no doubt about that, but the Russian narrative on woke culture and the destruction of western tradition is spot on. It's really a bizarre situation.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

Vast majority of the military are anti-Russian by default. Only thr craziest older vets are so hyper Marxist that they'd unironically back Russia. We call those people traitors, generally.

[@imiy]

They may as well be sympathetic to Taliban or ISIS, they are also traditionally minded 🤡 i guess they'd be very happy if one of those attacked Europe. Russia is not a traditional county, although putin with all of his years of absolute power could manage to turn it to one. It's simoly a mafia country. If the west was anti lgbt, he'd say russia is all for protecting gays. And it still wouldn't mean anything at all. He's sponsoring both right and left in the west, just about anyone, to support russia and spread its propaganda. Putin has no religion , views, or philosophy. He's a chekist.

[@spaghetti2246]

I just have one question. If Russia is so traditional, prudent and anti-LGBT why does Russia have the highest rate of HIV outside of Africa?

[@sergeysergeev9117]

The effect of the 1990, my friend

[@spaghetti2246]

@@sergeysergeev9117 I know the 90's were bad for Russia... but I doubt a decade would cause the number of HIV cases to double that of the US. The 90's weren't good but can you really tell me that it was the "decade of Sodom and Gomorrah"?

[@Iokepine]

@@sergeysergeev9117 No, it's not. It's an effect of low moral standards in Russia after communism. Alexandra's Kollontai "ethics" is far more earlier than nineties.

[@SonofTiamat]

No Russian ever called me a fascist

[@POCKET-SAND]

And?

[@SonofTiamat]

@@POCKET-SAND "And?🤓"

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@SonofTiamat And? Russians are mongoloids. Ukrainians are the true Rus'

[@Godfrey544]

They call the Ukrainians fascists and use that as justification for violence. KGB subversion is the source of the stuff you’re complaining about in the west

[@sekaiyoru01]

​@@SonofTiamat If you're actually a fascist, you would probably still get persecuted in Russia either way

[@GiantArtProductions]

Pax is there a way to contact you? I would love to interview you on my podcast.

[@PaxTubeChannel]

You can email me at [e-mail] or message me on Discord at Pax#7605.

[@israelvaldivia2686]

​@PaxTubeChannel a correction here. There are 2 kinds of liberal. 1 is for LGBTQ and the other means free market economy. By liberal democracy they're referring to the free market economy. Otherwise, it's a great video. I still agree with everything said.👍

[@NotSanakan]

Russia: pls move away NATO: Gay Marriage Is Non Negotiable

[@gamervibes6454]

Damn the they/them army turned Russia into the was/were army by sending like 2% of their annual military spending to Ukraine. I don't know if support to Russia from western DR circles is the wisest thing to do.

[@samanthablack7990]

What's wrong with gay marriage? Why can't two bros slob on eachother's knobs?

[@NotSanakan]

@@samanthablack7990 Eternal Damnation will be ensued and it's not very cash money.

[@littleantukins4415]

Based NATO

[@Howhungry1234]

gay marriage is based

[@tamworth1025]

Rejecting God and its consequences

[@feasogachsionnach1872]

Thank you for including Ireland in this video, Ireland has been suffering extensively over the years due to the ideas pushed with the current system, there is no cap on migration (and no discussion is allowed about it) and in turn its driving up housing costs and supply can't keep up with demand, wages are stagnating, welfare and benefits are the primary attractor for non-Europeans or opportunistic Eastern Europeans, our culture is being eroded by a bastardised Anglophilic self destructive culture, we're being taught to demonise our own history (they can't use us like how they blame America for slavery and genocide so they have to make stuff up with strange amounts of sudden funding) and while hate speech laws don't exist (as of the time of this comment) they are due to arrive this year in January supposedly because people are questioning why hundreds of young non-Irish men are being bussed into their declining towns and housed in five star hotels/recently converted properties, just look at East Wall and Carrick-on-Shannon for example. A sad case of circumstances that doesn't get talked about easily or a lot and sadder that most folk don't seem to care.

[@benitocamelo1488]

I think he should've included Mexico and Chile too, were having the same issues already at this side of the pond and there's also hate speech laws underway. Just look at Tapachula, Coatzacoalcos, Ixtepec or Cárdenas in Mexico's case (narcos aren't our only problem anymore thanks to López and his malinchist clique), or Iquique and Antofagasta in Chile's case. Also, Mexico is likely to be ruled by a Jew (from morena aka modena aka Andrés López's clique) next year, if her clique manages to buy enough votes, bc nobody likes her

[@feasogachsionnach1872]

@@benitocamelo1488 A sad case of circumstances indeed. That aside, I'm skeptical of Putin, I'm not gonna believe every word of this video but I'm not a fan of the West for the reasons above, so I'm left in the middle in some form or another.

[@benitocamelo1488]

@@feasogachsionnach1872 I'm not a fan of the west, either, my country's politicians want to replicate their sh*t but with a Bolivarian twist xd

[@TheBcoolGuy]

It really is a total betrayal of the Irish people, just as for the people of basically every other western country. Even Poland, which isn't western, has a lot of that crap trying to destroy it, though they're not doing as badly as most of us. The beautiful thing is that this common threat is creating a form of unity between those who see what is happening. I am Swedish, with a great deal of Scottish ancestry, and to be honest, I'm not sure how Ireland feels about the Scots, but that seems like small fish now. Whatever differences we have, we can put aside and focus on the horde.

[@benmlee]

Immigration does not have to be destructive. However, progressive made it destructive. We have uncontrolled immigration. When people complain, they say racism. Then they tell the immigrants they are marginalized, so both sides are upset. When both race starts to fight, then they blame every single police for racism. They then defund the police, and crime goes up. Homeless are our of control. They blame capitalism for crime rates. It just snowballs from there. They add in the trans and drag queen for kids. Now the children are sexualized. When parents complain, they say the parents are harming the trans community. Now both sides are upset. The next generation of children are sexualized at an early age in school. Depression in children are increasing. Kids are morally bankrupted to the point they shoot each other. They become the new leaders in 20 years. This liberal ideology progressively destroys society and brings chaos. In particular, what they are doing to the children with hormone, trans and drag queen is wicked. You never damage the innocent children.

[@steverambo4094]

While his criticism of the west may be quite accurate, it is important to keep in mind that both sides are capable of bending the truth to suit their own interests. With this in mind I think it is pretty obvious that Putin is a villainous figure. Putin's speeches are simply an attempt to appeal to the disenfranchised right wing within western countries, to drive division within those countries and let him run amok - like he tried to in Ukraine. This works especially well on young Americans, who find it easier to view international conflict as a strict right-versus-left affair rather that struggles between states by simple virtue of competing interests. Anyone who knows of Russia from more than their smartphone screen can see that his words ring a bit hollow.

[@sandercohen9712]

That may very well be true, but there is no question that Russia represents a threat to Western countries, and that this balance of power is better than having a single hegemon in power. US dominance has not been a good thing to the world, and whether Russia really stands behind the values it proports to stand, is in a geopolitical sense less important. Ultimately whether true or hypocritical, Russia has become a symbol of other virtues and values than those held in the West. That's why many in the West especially among the right support Russia. Symbolism is an important aspect to any debate or conflict.

[@Malygosblues]

How would appealing to the disenfranchised in Western Nations let him run amok?

[@steverambo4094]

@@Malygosblues Lowering support for any sort of intervention (like sending weapons) to stop him from conquering neighboring countries like Ukraine.

[@steverambo4094]

@@sandercohen9712 This "symbolism" you speak of is an intentional facade. The west has its problems but Russia starting wars is still a bad thing. Eastern europe is better off dealing with the EU and america than russian occupation.

[@Maru54]

@@steverambo4094 You think he invadated Ukraine out of spite or because he is "the bad guy"? No, Russia felt threatened by NATO expantion. It's important to understand the reasons and motivations of both sides, instead of buying into the "bad guy/good guy" dicotomy.

[@ZoranZoltanous]

Glad to have helped you with some of the information provided in the video.

[@theingeniousone5141]

My BOIIIII Good to see you

[@mrvictorian4004]

How did you get into the position of helping him?

[@theingeniousone5141]

@@mrvictorian4004 it's a friend group

[@jamesmalcolm6976]

Good job Zoltanous

[@thereformedpiper]

Putin is based

[@ReveloChrist]

So bombing Ukrainian cities is based and christian?

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

Not really. He always cries about nazis in Ukraine and right wint nationalism being a threat. He also is very close with the tribe.

[@connordlthegamer2980]

I found your channel through a link from an anti-wehraboo subreddit. And I already love this content, similar political beliefs and interesting topics make your channel one that I'll 100% return to

[@bllehh]

what the fuck, this person secretly the greatest wheraboo one could find, you sure „anti“ wasn't a mistake here??

[@connordlthegamer2980]

@@bllehh Not even a wehraboo, literally just a Catholic conservative channel.

[@brianlowe904]

That’s not what a super power is. Japan and Germany were never considered super powers but great powers. The definition of a super power is the ability to project power on a global stage, and while world war 2 was a global war it was because the axis alliance was a pact that spanned across the globe. Britain was the sole super power and ended world war 2 as one of three, the other two being the Soviet Union and the untied states obviously.

[@filioque4509]

An elected leader ruling over corporations and NGOs rather than being ruled by them? What a concept.

[@inmosh]

Sorry but Putin elects himself.

[@smallxplosion9546]

Russias economy is like 25% controlled by oligarchs lol

[@inmosh]

@@smallxplosion9546 Putin rules over those oligarchs though. He allows them to rip off the country, they give him money for his adventures

[@WarriorofChrist612]

@@smallxplosion9546 But not companies and NGOS. Oligarchs can have ambitions that aren't bad for their people as seen in many times in history. But companies are focused on maximizing profit much to the detriment of their own people. Something that always comes back to bite them in the ass.

[@xorkoth882]

This video, with everything that's happening in the world, should have well over one million views....

[@-morrow]

it's not that remarkable. it's heavily biased and somewhat superficial.

[@kertajaya6881]

​@@-morrowWhat's false in the video may I ask?

[@doronaznible7298]

@@kertajaya6881 basically he flat out ignores the fact that Russia is a corrupt degenerate cesspool and Putin’s pro Christian ideology is surface level at best.

[@jakobkarlsen9358]

@@-morrow Compared to what? The media in Denmark portrays Putin as nothing but a mad tyrant (maybe that is true but information from this video is essentiel if you want a deeper understanding). I found the video really well made.

[@XeyBoxlow]

@@kertajaya6881 i can answer as someone who live in russia, if you still interested in that

[@zbisior]

Excuse me... I admit I haven't watched all of the video, but it's becuase I kinda feel the general tenor of it and then, after hearing only one thing I must say it's inaccurate to say the least. Catholicism has no privileges in Russia, absolutely none, yes it is merely tolerated, but viewed as an enemy, its institutions are strictly controlled and restricted. Another thing... you say that you're convicted that Putin is a sincere Christian... believe me it's an absurdity, he has a gangster education and he has never converted, he's a Russian imperialist, nothing, no other value stands behind him than pure greed for power. He and Russian higher orthodox clergy are completely corrupted and are abusing Christian faith for a pagan ideology of Russkiy mir, it's a false, corrupted Christianity, and maybe even a Satanic parody of it... Please, you people, don't get deceived, don't think Putin and his comrades can become your allies in ideological wars of the West, they're not! You don't really want to live in a world as they conceive of it... You don't really know and don't understand Russia, its history and its nationaslit ideology. Please, believe peoples of Central and Eastern Europe who have multisecular experience if this horrible neighborhood... Don't believe that you know better than them, that you are smarter...

[@Iokepine]

Honestly It's hard to belive that Pax is such naive person. One of Bezmenov's lecture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2q3p5x_qr2Diac

[@mariosd7725]

the guy behind the video is a real smart man! God bless

[@BurritoNikito]

As a Russian, I can say that Putin is a jerk who cares about Russian diasporas abroad more than about the Russians who actually live in Russia. Our country is, no doubt, rich in natural resources and historically has been a "raw material appendage" for the developed countries. In early 2000s, he ruled our country out of misery of the 90s, while oil prices were rising, but he never actually fought corruption. While his friends among public servants and business elites were and still are earning a lot, investing their fortunes in property (for their relatives and friends) and offshore companies to conceal this information, in other towns and villages (not in Russian most populated ones), many people struggle to survive, because they earn too little in the time of constantly rising inflation, live in buildings, which are in critical conditions, live in overpolluted towns (due to the production of raw materials), also lack public health insurance, pedestrian-friendly streets and safe environment. Mayors, officials in city administrations, many businessmen don't care about the quality of life in those cities. Some changes happen in the run-up to another visit by Mr President because, in case you didn't know, he doesn't have access to the Internet and fully relies on his advisers, and also in order to raise their approval ratings (not before the people, cause we don't celebrate free and fair elections, but before the senior officials). We have always been told that Russia just suffers budget deficit and cannot afford extra spendings on urban development, resettlement of people in safer houses, etc., and many people were used to that. But since Feb 24th, it has turned out the Russian authorities have enough money to spend it on a brutal, dense and, primarily, meaningless warfare. Our billions-sized taxes are spent on mass destruction of ukranian towns and murder of innocent people who are our neighbours (Also many Russians derive from Ukrainian towns and vice versa), many young Russian men were killed in action because one freak in Kremlin thinks that if the USA violates the International Right and doesn't follow that stupid gentlemen's agreement between M. Gorbachev and G. Bush regarding reunification of Germany, then it leaves no other choice but to violate the International Right ourselves. That's just like violence for the sake of violence in the world which is already full of violence. And, please, don't blame Russian people for the lack of action. Firstly, there's high polarization among Russians and maybe a half or more of our population really endorse Putin, many people can't imagine Russia without our President (Just remember Libya which became a state of complete chaos after the Gadaffi's death, maybe Russia is still solid thanks to Putin's charisma and reputation). Secondly, when Russians rally there's often strong Law Enforcement's reaction and protesters are disarmed and lack the leader. There is actually no certain opposition leader and a candidate for the President's office. Thirdly, there's a saying that "Russia's only allies are the Army and Naval fleet only". It was often used by Russia's tsar Alexander III in other context of rising European powers and the absence of reliable alliences and honesty in the late 19th Century, but, in my current context (I used it to show off), it means that Russia's Armed Forces and Police personnel are enormous and are also loyal to the incumbent regime. The whole nation must stand against it united so that the Army and the Police switch sides. It's hard to imagine a sort of the Arab Spring, but in Russia, now due to the uncertainty and the diverse and weak opposition. His freaking decision-making is about to sink the ship called the "Russian Federation". In Russia, many people are either doomed to a lifelong misery, or will be soon drafted to the battlefield for the Army needs. It took more than 200 days to seize Bakhmut, while Russia plans to occupy at least the whole territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Considering this information, we can calculate how long the Russia's campaign will last, if we don't suffer a defeat. What is more important is that all those taken lives and spent taxes could have been invested in better living standarts, better conditions for entrepreneurs, industry, anything else except for the war. By the way, did you know that Putin's so beloved China, our major partner, hardly had been a friendly state. The Sino-USSR relations were strong for a little after the Mao's victory in the Civil War, but because of China's ambitions and Khruchev's defamation of Stalin in the 50s we became rivals and that rivarly first led to a border conflict of 1969, then led to the closer partnership between China and the USA and was ended when M. Gorbachev made a few geopolitical concessions to China (move troops away from the border, Afghanistan and recognize all three Chinas as one united). So if Putin believes that Russia will be better being a China's "raw material appendage", then he is severely wrong. The author of the video is right about Putin's beliefs and his anxieties, but this whole philosophy is such a bullshit. He is a freak who's too old to govern. Although he makes decisions, all his views are based on his former life as a counter-revolutionaire and his advisers' advice. He is a puppet in the hands of obscure people in office. Surely, the United States-led world order is far from great, with it values being propagated aggressively. In the end, the USA made major errors, lost a lot in its campaigns, leaving chaos behind. That serves as a harsh lesson for its future policymakers and electorate. Besides, with the rise of China and the US debt crisis, the USA is losing its momentum in its unipolar world order. The knowledge of the US unsuccessful campaigns in the Middle East could have also served as a lesson for Putin, but he doesn't seem to learn by somebody else's mistakes. Instead, we also must cover in blood some of the pages of our history.

[@nenirouvelliv]

"Russians" like you should be sent to gulags for spouting such nonsense. An average republican has more love for Mother Russia than you.

[@chekhososlanian1942]

@@nenirouvellivagain, a westerner who tells us what we should think about our country and leadership. The man above is a good patriot and you are just a simple bootlicker.

[@silvertongue-242_99]

You really said your points great. I don't get the need for the Ukraine war just violence with no point to it

[@brianmead7556]

Z

[@Iokepine]

up :)

[@PS-pp7kn]

You are wrong. While these thoughts certainly exist, Putin has never and will never fight a war about ideology. He fights them for elemental russian interests.

[@Dan-ib4yc]

His reasons for launching this latest atrocity had nothing to do with dismantling the powers that be in the west, it was purely for the glory of Russia and bolstering his legacy. He is a clever politician and as such can tailor his reasoning to fit the conflict, but ultimately it's just the same as when he invaded the conservative, Christian nation of Georgia in 2008. Until recently his power in Russia was unquestionable and he had every ability to deny the corrupting influence of western culture in his country, without having to launch this horrific war. Instead, he has created an environment of political instability in his own country, and pushed his neighbours further into the western sphere by acting like a bloodthirsty pirate.

[@g.v.6450]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph 6:12 This is becoming increasingly obvious with each passing day.

[@luxuryidentities3092]

This is like, one of my favorite informative channels. I can watch a video called “The philosophy of Vladimir Putin.” And right in the suggestions is “Why people like anime girls.” by the same guy.

[@eugenesteinbeck9469]

Some counterpoints: "The West conspired to destroy the Russian economy in the 1990s" --> Because the late Soviet economy was so distorted, it probably looked far more impressive on paper than it was in reality. My father visited in 1993, less than two years after the final collapse, and basically described the country as a dump. He and his tourist group frequently encountered places which had no plumbing whatsoever and people just defecated out in the open. To stress how backward this was, Americans in the freaking 1800s had outhouses but much of early '90s Russia apparently did not. It could be argued that, rather than obliterating the Russian economy, transitioning it to a market pricing-based system allowed for a more accurate measuring of the economy's true state, combined with unprecedented ease of access by Westerners to 1990s Russia to observe how the country was actually faring (whereas the U.S.S.R. was largely a hermit kingdom except to other communist states). Of course, there was also some real decline because "shock therapy" was inevitably going to be painful. Poorly managed shock therapy, in contrast to the successful approach of post-communist counterexamples like Poland and the Baltic States, was especially painful as it risked the old party bosses of the Soviet Union buying up the economy and becoming the new corporate bosses. Despite the common refrain that Yeltsin was in bed with the West, he ultimately had the power to do what he willed and it was ultimately his responsibility to do what he thought was best for Russia. To lay his own failure to properly oversee the inevitable reforms at the feet of Washington or Brussels is a case of mental gymnastics if I've ever seen one. "Putin saved Russia's economy from the brink" --> By the eve of the 1998 financial crisis Russia looked like it was finally starting to recover. This crisis set them back some more, yes, and the ensuing recovery more or less overlapped with Putin's rise. But the historical record doesn't support to the idea that recovery would've been impossible without Putin saving the country by rolling back capitalism or democracy, since signs of recovery had already been observed before he took office. Additionally Putin's first term was marked by liberal economic policies for the most part, so it's hard to ascribe said recovery to his regime eschewing the Western approach. And in the long run, Putin failed to build Russia up. The years 2000-2008 were great. But the annexation of Crimea, a decision made by Putin, marked an end to further Russian economic growth. Any initial recovery that Putin's tenure yielded for Russia, however significant at the time, must be weighed in light of the fact that he has been in charge for over two decades, and most of those years didn't see life get noticeably better for the average Russian. "This is devil's advocate from Putin's personal perspective"---> "He's the head of Russia's executive branch. It's his obligation to be well-versed in facts and to be reasonably informed about the truth of these matters. If he can't manage that, then he should step down. "Putin tried to protect Russia from Western aggression like in Libya."-->Libya didn't have nukes. Russia has thousands of them. The motherland was at no serious risk of foreign attack at the start of 2022 and that wouldn't have changed in the foreseeable future. But even assuming some hypothetical future threat did exist, the burden was on Putin to prove that killing Ukrainians had a meaningful inverse correlation to said threat. And to date, he has done no such thing. All he's offered is half-baked excuses and fanciful accusations. "Ukraine was justified because of Libya"--->NATO's bombing of Libya (done to enforce a UN no-fly zone mandate during a civil war) killed probably no more than 400 civilians, none of whom were deliberately killed, whereas the Bucha Massacre alone might've topped that and the civilians of Bucha were purposefully targeted for the slaughter. The two are like apples and oranges. "And Iraq"--->I don't have time to go over this in detail, but Iraq was under UN-imposed blockade, and ruled by a genocidal dictator, up until the moment that the US invasion resolved the situation. There was an initial period of chaos when the government fell, during which Iraqi civilians killed each other, and after this you had a long insurgency where Iraqis once more killed each other. This doesn't exactly paint a picture of one-sided American aggression. "Afghanistan"--->What internationally recognized government did the US topple in Afghanistan? How many countries recognized the Taliban besides maybe Pakistan? "The rules based order is a farce"--->Russia had no right to say this so long as they still found it worth participating in. They were a member of the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, INTERPOL, and the UN. They were integrated into the SWIFT banking network, they imported goods from and exported goods to countries all over the world, received IMF loans and Western technology transfers, etc. They wanted to enjoy modern comforts and modern security from violence, and in fact they did enjoy these benefits. It's more appropriate to say that Putin saw one rule he didn't like: the rule that outlawed wars of unprovoked aggression. "The West imposes atheism, the LGBTQ lifestyle, abortion, and unchecked mass immigration"--->None of which has anything to do with why Putin invaded Ukraine. "Russia is a bulwark against these bad values"--->Except it isn't. Russia has one of the world's highest abortion rates, Russian citizens who don't believe in God are dime a dozen, and the country receives huge numbers of Central Asian migrants. "Eastern Christianity never lost control of society like Catholicism/Protestantism in the West."--->Not even close. In the first place, the Catholic Church had a very long tradition of being independent from secular authorities, while about half of Protestantism's development happened in the United States, where churches have always enjoyed constitutional protections from federal meddling. Meanwhile Eastern Orthodoxy, influenced by the Byzantine and Tsarist models, traditionally played "handmaiden to the state". It was always the subordinate partner in that relationship. The state had its own selfish agenda, often a bloodthirsty sociopathic one, and the church was forced to collaborate with said regimes and sully itself in corruption. It's a testament to the spiritual weakness of the Orthodox model that the communists faced so little resistance wiping out the churches of Eastern Europe.

[@peytonl2976]

Spiritual weakness he says, after convenient straw-man arguments trying to encapsulate over two thousand years of history. If you wish to go down this road of critiquing the Orthodox world, you must be open to the warranted criticisms of where the christianity of the west has ended up. Not entirely sure where you are, but if protestant: lol, lmao. If Catholic: which one? Eastern Catholic? Observant of vatican II Catholic? Refusal of Vatican II Catholic? “EO never lost control of society…” EO absolutely has a deep influence in the countries that still cling to orthodoxy, there is no refuting this. While absolutely there is an open door to critiquing how well or bad this influence has performed, it still cannot be denied that it exists and isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

[@user-ww7xp4bb8z]

Полностью согласен с вами. Россия будет свободной.

[@Iokepine]

Well said!

[@dimas1884]

As a Russian thinking Russia is a bastion of freedom and rejects degeneracy is the funniest shit I have heard.

[@colonelarmfeldt8572]

2:47 He already starts of with this lie that ''NATO pledged to never expand eastwards.'' Funny how frequently this claim comes up, yet nobody can provide a single source showing such a treaty or pledge was ever made? On top of that, it ignores the fact that Eastern European countries themselves are independent, and have the right to join whatever alliances they want. Poland in particular, basically forced NATO to let them join, not the other way around.

[@jordanandrew2786]

I don't think he believes that Russia is a bastion of freedom.

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

@@colonelarmfeldt8572 Gorbachev himself stated that he knew and had no problem with NATO expansion. I can't believe far-left tankies and the alt-right conservatives have teamed up to meatride russia.

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

@@jordanandrew2786 Judging by how much he decries the West, he definitely likes Russia more than it.

[@jordanandrew2786]

@@Pepsi-Mann21 The more I think on it, the more I agree with you. He genuinely believes that Putin is a Christian, and that the Orthodox church has any significant influence on the culture. Alcoholism, chain smoking, porn/prostitution, nihilism, and corruption all come to mind when thinking about modern Russia, none of which he addresses. Then again, the point of the video is to try and explain Russia's motives, rather than analyze all of its cultural characteristics.

[@arte0021]

This is basically just Putin apologism. All these clueless western conservatives dont know that Putin uses "traditional values" as a tool to stay in power. And also they think that Russia is some sort of a white christian ethnostate, while in reality there are just as many muslim immigrants in Russia( some of them are actually from inside Russia since it has muslim regions like Chechnya and Dagestan) . And even if it was a white christian ethnostate it still doesnt justify invading another country, committing numerous atrocities and war crimes and sending your own young men to die as cannon fodder.

[@TheKrouton]

Why didn't I think of that? Russia literally has more Muslim than those "degenerate" liberal democracies. And isn't there less Christians in Russia then like every other European country, not to mention Ukraine. By pretty much any metric Russia has eroded it's core "traditional values" more than pretty much every European state. Conservatives are like: "It is so sad that conservative values are under attack around the world". After a secular regime invades a relatively Christian country and kills tens of thousands of Christian: "Putin is just saving all those Christian from liberalism".

[@arte0021]

@@TheKrouton i dont think Ukraine is more christian than Russia but the bible belt in America is certainly much more christian than Russia

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

@@TheKrouton To many conservatives, Russia is some sort of traditional utopia far superior to the evil sjw West, and Putin is the paragon of Christianity. It's funny, because Russia lags behind the west in so many areas. Like basic plumbing and sanitation. As well as having high domestic violence rates due to it being decriminalized. And having the most abortions per capita in the world, which conservatives are supposed to hate.

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

Westoids thinking that Ukraine has any right to be independent is hillarious on its own

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

@@lilestojkovicii6618 Ukranians think they should be independent.

[@handsomegiraffe]

One of the major things keeping me from supporting President Putin is that Russia still has abortion legal despite the strong opposition from The Russian Orthodox Church. I know many politicians in Russia are pro-life too, but in the state Duma they refuse to ban abortions. I'm not convinced Vladimir Putin is pro-life and so I can't support him nor the Western elites he opposes.

[@gamervibes6454]

The other is that Putin hates Nazis, therefore he hates the west right wing dissidents want to create. And Russia is a Multiracial empire.

[@handsomegiraffe]

@@gamervibes6454 What do you mean by Nazis? In Russia the word 'Nazi' means someone who is strongly opposed to Russia and/or Russian people like that Ukrainian group Azov Battalion. Currently in the West, 'Nazi' tends to be anyone remotely right wing. From what I know, the only reason Russia is multiracial is not from mass immigration like in the West, but due to historical conflicts and Russian Imperial expansion in the past. I think Putin would prefer a more conservative West as he knows leftism is dangerous and does not want it to spread to Russia.

[@granda3649]

I think abortion is happening in spite of Putin's efforts not because of them.

[@quetzalcoatlaa]

you don't support russia just for the simple reason of abortion?

[@fire_rises]

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of Good

[@freddywizowski8605]

I'm an Anerican but I find serious fault with the narrative forced upon me about Ukraine. To not give the full story of both sides is too dishonor and diminish our own cause.

[@zoushuu]

I would not fault anyone for wanting to surpress media from the aggressor in a war of aggression. It will inevitably contain propaganda (as will the other side of course), and if it is allowed to have effect on those who lack reasonable moral values, it can lessen support for the victims of the war, resulting in less aid. While valuable in understanding Russia's action, no clarification of the Russian perspective can justify killing thousands of innocents, or make it morally acceptable.

[@ragnarlmao9511]

What's the full story of "Russia attacking Ukraine"? The ex-communist countries wanted to be western, not Russian, that's the full story. Why would NATO stop expanding if Russia sucks? NATO isn't trying to fck with Chinese influencial sphere, how comes? Maybe because China doesn't suck? So now you tell me as an American. Why would you give a failed state like Russia imperial rights? Own influencial zone, etc.? Why? Russia sucks. Keep it in mind.

[@Thurnmourer]

Interesting to see another video like this, only other person I have seen do anything like this is David Starkey.

[@benitocamelo1488]

Interesting video! Btw, you forgot something important, he's an ally of Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's dictator, who has actively been oppressing the Catholic church in that country

[@genghiskhan5701]

Also of China and North Korea, notorious for oppressing Christians.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Yeah, what he says about the West is true, but everything he says about Russia is a lie. Vladimir Putin doesn't care about Christianity or traditional values, or the white race or even ethnic Russians. He care about exactly one thing and one thing only: Vladimir Putin.

[@miamenseentokyo2396]

Exactly !

[@yingmihai]

Russia's geopolitics are pragmatic in these kinds of situations: they ally with people who are opposed to unipolar liberalism if they're open to it and aren't complete nutjobs.

[@benitocamelo1488]

@@yingmihai Maduro begs to differ

[@Himhimhimhimhimhimhim]

I mean… he’s not wrong… all our social policies are insane and it’s hard to find my traditional culture and religion is dying. Dam mans speaking facts

[@dontcallthemliberals3316]

id vote for the guy

[@kamilmukos9113]

Yeah, dictator from kgb invading other countries will surely save culture and religion ;P

[@AscendingGoogle123]

@@kamilmukos9113 Deranged NPC just spouting the current NPC line.

[@kamilmukos9113]

@@AscendingGoogle123 If I say that nazi germany or soviet union is bad, does that also mean I'm NPC? Most people on earth agree that murder or pedophilia is bad, if I agree with them, I'm NPC as well ? Let me guess, based giga chad supports invading countries for the sake of own ideologies?

[@Highasamf]

@@kamilmukos9113 what terrible things has Putin done that can’t be applied to American presidents, senators and Congressmen?

[@enovos3138]

Pax tube, I love your videos man.

[@theuniverse5173]

Is your channel shadow banned? The last three videos weren't recommended to me nor showed up on my subscription. This is the first time In months that I've gotten recommended a video from you.

[@theuniverse5173]

@@National-Democrat.Ukrainian Same

[@NotSanakan]

Unsub and resub again, click on bell to receive notifications. YT does it sometimes with random channels.

[@youpeoplearenuts2]

You should set up an RSS feed for channels you want to watch. It's not difficult to do, and it's much more readable that youtube's trash subscription tab.

[@realgrilledsushi]

8:37 nailed it. Contrast that to how history is treated by liberals and leftists in the West when in power.

[@NoneStar]

Would be interesting to see your take on the philosophy of Zelenskyy and Ukraine.

[@goese868]

at this time, i feel like his philosophy is just survival.

[@j.a.hernandez9742]

@@goese868 his philosophy is that of a puppet, a desperate reach of selling his soul to the devil in order to see himself retain power. The guy was a comedian, the U.S put him in a suit and made him president.

[@OrkosUA]

@@goese868 Logically, considering that russia is a modern nazi reich that wages genocidal war of imperial conquest

[@adventurer3288]

​@@goese868 Makes sense when your country was attacked out of nowhere because "gay bad"

[@goese868]

@@adventurer3288 "ThEy ArE iNvAdInG uS cUlTuRaLy" definatly justifies killing a bunch of your neighbors and your own civilians.

[@thedigitalodyssey1103]

I'm very glad I found this channel. Thank you for making this great content. I've seen your other videos as well; they were all very informative and well-argued. I have yet to find anything I disagree with you on.

[@J0K32R]

4:36 The bombing of Dresden was requested by Antonov at Yalta. Dresden was a major rail transport and communication center with a hundred factories. Dresden was a valid military target.

[@frauleinhohenzollern8442]

Right. What about every other city? What about the bombs developed specifically to burn the civilian housing in the city? Not the railways. Not the factories. The houses. Don't be such a sucker. The allied bombing of German and Japanese cities was unprecedented. Never seen before or since. It was wrong. The bombing was unnecessary. Germany was already collapsing. The non stop day and night raids were fucked. And it was the allies who began it all. Germany only targeted military installations on England's coastline, and when it invaded France, took great care to protect historical landmarks and civilian populations. Mind you, it was France and England who declared war on Germany. Germany and France after war broke out surprisingly didn't begin bombing each other along their border. It was the English who began their terror bombing. Churchill ordered the deliberate destruction of civilian areas. It went on for weeks, Germany asked England and the world to stop the targeting of their cities, as this was evil. The bombings only increased. And England decides to start bombing at night so Germany couldn't defend itself. And finally, Hitler gave the order to return the favor, the battle of Britain ensued. This was England's "greatest hour", fighting a small fraction of the wehrmacht, receiving a small taste of the terror they inflicted on German people. And why? For Poland. If they cared about Poland why did thet not care that the ussr invaded Poland? They allied with ussr and told them they can keep polish gains after the war. Hmmmm... Ussr invades Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Japan, demands large swaths of land from Romania under threat of invasion, stains speeches state he wants the war in the west to go on for a while to weaken Germany, then the ussr will all out invade and spread communism and nobody can stop them. All this, nobody cares. But Germany fights with Poland and the world is plunged into war.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Please put quotes around "LGBT" to show you don't accept Jewish Newspeak jargon.

[@icecell]

Been following so much information in bits and pieces everyday, and this is the most concise video on the matter I've seen so far.

[@RwingDsquad]

Right on point. Thank you for making this video.

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

10:00 As an American, it’s kind of accepted that we are the world superpower and we break the rules any time it suits us. It makes sense for Russia to be against this as a historic superpower meant to counterbalance the U.S. There’s certain things that I agree with him on and certain things I don’t.

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

Well remember, that’s rational and a step in the direction of maturity. I’m not saying Russia is good. Just saying that sometimes it’s key to reflect and not let the emotions get the better of us.

[@cheeseburgerinparadise7124]

@@AdrianFahrenheitTepes quite honestly we need to mind our own business. We got enough problems in our continent without wasting time on problems we don't even really understand because we're not living or breathing them. I don't like Putin in general but I do respect what he's trying to do for his people. And quite honestly that's what people and Nations do. We just have to learn to not personalized every little f****** thing I swear to God

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

@@cheeseburgerinparadise7124 Well I have enough problems that honestly all the war hype is not at the top of my list.

[@ricardocabe]

"He is the legitimate dictator of a conservative nation" That's more accurate.

[@nailinpalin1477]

You can't have 'democracy' when you're facing the global evil that Russia is. The global regime owns the minds of most people in the west, has them believing conflicting views without their brains even catching it. No. Strong men must take power with an iron fist to have a chance to defeat the synagogue of sa--- the global regime.

[@williamerazo3921]

That’s where this dude failed. Let’s annex a sovereign nation

[@mkatzfive5]

what's the difference between a legitimate and illegitimate dictator? How they rig the vote?

[@SconnerStudios]

Great asessment on Putin. Actually had no slant or bias in either direction, which seems nobody can seem to do these days.

[@-morrow]

there certainly was a slant towards a russia sympathetic "anti western" narrative.

[@kertajaya6881]

​@@-morrowBecause the dude said he understood why Putin's anti-western?

[@kraney195]

​@@-morrow like the guy above said, he's trying to speak in the minds of putin, if he mention putin does something i doesn't always mean he supportrd him.

[@-morrow]

@@kraney195 I wasnt criticising him for presenting putins viewpoints but for the way he does and contextualises it.

[@kertajaya6881]

@@-morrow From the video, my take is Pax is anti-Western in terms of the new woke/LGBT/Feminist or whatever the US's left holds value. Was that assessment correct or is it not?

[@lukasmalik9584]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 02:29 🌍 *Putin's motivation for the Russia-Ukraine war isn't just about Ukraine but also a response to what he sees as the threat of Western liberal ideology and the unipolar global order.* 07:31 🇷🇺 *Putin's admiration for figures like Tsarist reformer Stolypin and his promotion of Orthodox Christianity show his rejection of communism and embrace of Russian traditional values.* 11:30 🌐 *Putin criticizes the so-called "rules-based international order" as hypocritical and argues that it allows Western powers to impose their liberal ideology on others while ignoring their own violations.* 19:29 😈 *Putin has referred to modern liberalism as "satanic," seeing it as a threat to faith, traditional values, and freedom, and believes there are two Wests, one with traditional values and the other imposing neoliberal values.* 21:45 🌎 *Putin seeks a multi-polar world order where Russia is respected as a civilization, not forced to adopt Western liberal values, and emphasizes the need for peaceful coexistence while protecting Russian culture and identity.* Made with HARPA AI

[@bjornborg4849]

Let’s be clear… I am not aware of any major leader (head of state or similar) in Germany, the US or the Uk who even has such philosophical thoughts… at maximum, they have heard of Kant, but neither read or understand him

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Thule tide is gonna have a field day with this one

[@Dmitry_Medvedev]

Wignat Pagans are a self destructive movement which has gone nowhere in its entire existence. I don't regard them much.

[@cahallo5964]

is he alive?

[@neutrinos11111111]

Who?

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

@@neutrinos11111111 He's another right wing political guy, about the same pollical leanings as Pax. However, Thuletide is super anti-Russia, and gets really mad when he sees right wingers supporting Russia.

[@abcjuniormilton]

How is Thuletide wrong in his criticism of Russia? It may suck but it’s the truth, there’s scarcely any country the tribe’s ideologies haven’t infected

[@jasonmartin1668]

Excellent video! So happy I found this by accident!!

[@theproudasshole5476]

It blows me away how many ppl think Russia is a communist country still lol

[@AK_Catholic_Traditional]

Devushina likes being blown. Must be ‘murican

[@xxvxxv5588]

Late Soviet communism was healthier and less anti-white than Putin's Eurasianism, which encourages pro-Islamic politics and a more radical vision of anti-colonialism thаn Soviet hаd.

[@user-ww7xp4bb8z]

Не согласен с вами. Путин поклоник СССР

[@gonewithfishing396]

Does anyone know the name of the piece of music used in the background at the very beginning?

[@joeyfitz9]

@2:47 "NATO's pledge not to expand eastward" There was no g-d damned pledge not to expand eastward. I am so sick of this lie. Again, the West NEVER made any sort of not to expand NATO. I challenge anyone out there in Internet land to find a source for this "pledge". You won't find one.

[@user-ux6pf3td5d]

As a Russian myself, I have to disagree with your analysis. You see, you (and many other right wingers) from Europe and european-like countries still try to assess Russian politics in terms of actual competition of political and social ideas which is present at your home, but not here, in Russia. The truth is, modern Russia is a very big and resource-rich Latin America-like "banana dictatorship" - and I say that as a conservative and nationalist. The government isn't held together by certain ideals and beliefs, but rather by goal of retaining power of and enriching a certain social group - that is, a late soviet bureaucracy and their descendants. As such, Putin and his confidants just use whatever slogans they feel suit them better at the exact moment to further these ultimate goals. Moreover, right-wing Russian nationalists and conservatives now in fact become the most vocal opposition group to the current government. Though unsanctioned political activity still largely remains within bounds of online groups, intellectual clubs and local movements and parties, in the wake of recent failures in Ukraine right-wing slogans and critiques began to gain popularity among the general public. What are the exact problems of Putin's regime from a Russian right-wing view, you may ask? First of all, the national policy. It is genuinely horrible and in many aspects is identical to the western situation. For the love of Jesus Christ, don't ever try to seriously convince any Russian conservative that Russian rightism is "multicultural". It is really not, the existence of multiple national republics with actual Russian majorities in most of them, where Russian kids are forced to study effectively dead languages with no practical use and local nationalists have the chance to push their fantasies about native Wakandas ruined by "tsarist colonialism", has long been a source of dissatisfaction for many. Moreover, the intense migration of Muslims from Caucasus and Central Asia is greeted by hostility even from the general public, as those folks are no different from negroes and arabs in, for example, Germany in their behaviour. But at least they are pretty cheap to employ, which allows state and state-affiliated companies to storage more money into their pockets. Then, we have the war in Ukraine, which is constant source of butthurt for patriotic Russians for several month already. We still even don't know what we are fighting - the government switches from one topic to another, while the right pushes hard for realization of tsarist concept of the "triune Russian folk", the notion that Belarusians and Little Russians (Ukrainians) are just are a Russian subethnos, like Bavarians are of Germans. The event at the frontlines also spark much concern, as we effectively stopped advancing and retreated several times, Bakhmut being the only victory in recent half a year. For now, I would better stop, as this is already a long post, though there are many topics to talk about: relation between the right and the government, policy on occupied territories, assessment of history and more. Hope that helps any westerner to change the perspective, ready to answer any questions in replies.

[@user-xq6xu3fo8c]

I’m American please tell us what we can do to help Russian people I m of south Asian descent but have always felt a deep sense of concern for people of Eastern Europe given their immense suffering in the last century

[@Admiral_Bongo]

@@user-xq6xu3fo8c Sponsor someone for a green card, lol. That's unironically the best thing you can do for most young people who live here and speak English.

[@user-xq6xu3fo8c]

@@Admiral_Bongo as a man myself, I am more concerned about the young men of Eastern Europe than the women to be honest And no, I’m not gay, but I really want to save them from the meat grinder of a future large scale European conflict

[@Admiral_Bongo]

@@user-xq6xu3fo8c Didn't suggest you were gay, dude. Anyhow, I was lucky enough to have epilepsy to be deemed unfit for service.

[@user-xq6xu3fo8c]

@@Admiral_Bongo good for you Personally, I think they’re diaspora of Ukrainians and Russians need to be more united in North America and Europe on a personal level. I do not see any major animosity between them.

[@supahjadi8944]

Cant agree with Putin on everything, but on this I agree.

[@freedomwhenneeded]

why cant you agree with him on most things?

[@wegfarir1963]

@@freedomwhenneeded Because he is and is allied with the Juice. They all are.

[@aimankamil4818]

@@wegfarir1963 tbh there isn't any country that hasn't had some form of ties with the juice, even the Saudi's and arab world. They're everywhere, sadly.

[@wegfarir1963]

@@aimankamil4818 I think Iran might be independent.

[@thedanishsocialmonarchist7286]

Sadly as a royalist I believe monarchy’s will die out simple becouse people want to have a shot at becoming president and don’t want the head of state to be from one family

[@brodiapunch]

Doesn't the bible support immigration? It's weird to me how this channel supports both Christianity and the idea of ethnostates.

[@AK_Catholic_Traditional]

Catholic’s migrating from moon/pedophile worshipping is one thing, having those same devil worshippers coming in Christian countries, is a whole different thing. What do you think Crusades were? And now we are simply letting them in to r@p3, k1ll and destroy?

[@phillyd2018]

great video!

[@BeautifulGreen252]

What are we supposed to do against this degeneracy?

[@tabbender1232]

Get rid of nonwhites

[@dickdastardly9548]

Have you tried minding you own business

[@diaz1949]

great as always

[@jamespaguip5913]

@Pax tube I have a question have you watch avatar last airbender?

[@theingeniousone5141]

Yes he has

[@joebiggs135]

Great job Pax

[@irondrip3310]

I like you Pax, but this video was pure copium. First of all, you said that we should judge a man by his words and actions. So what do we get? A war criminal, that: -invaded a free, Independent country that has done nothing wrong to Russia, expect maybe, like, defending its own interest and fighting against russian imperialism? Saying that "oh, NATO was expanding its influence and endangered Russia" is like saying "yea, I have beaten a guy, because he looked at me angrily; he could have been a attack me first" - Lied an exceptional amount of times about West, NATO, Ukraine's allies, so i don't know if we can trust such a man and understand him basing on that Also you have said that his faith looks genuine. I have to ask you: Do you really think that a god-fearing man with genuine faith can bomb schools, orphanages, civilian shelters and critical infrastructure, don't punish his own men for comitting atrocities and use ordinary propaganda to achieve his goals? Also "genuine faith" is not something that you would expect from a former KGB agent. Also i would like to remind or make people know that orthodox church in Russia is a puppet of the state and is ready to support the government in anything they do. They have not condemned the unjust war that is taking place, usage of mercenaries, criminals and other scum, employing unhumanitarian tactics , etc. by the Russians while fighting the "rotten West" Also I've got the feeling that you are praising Russia as a great country, which it is not. Corruption is running rampant everywhere - from the highest to the lovest levels of the institutions. Russia has the greatest number of abortions in Europe, if not in entire world! They (Russians) literally have a culture of lying called "vranyo", which is deeply settled into their society, you can read on that if you want. And, in the end, believe me that Russia doesn't have this problems problems since our times, not even since the communist times - all of it is just a part of their culture. Ask somebody from central or baltic Europe - Poles, Lithuanians, Estonians, Latvians, Ukrainians, etc. how fun it was to be under russian rule. Ask them how much culture Russians brought instead of destroying it, how the people of this countries were entirely free and totally not opressed. Ask them - their answers might shed a new light on how Russia "preserves values" and other crap. I don't want to offend you in any way, because yes, the West has many flaws and its own crazyness, but believe me - you would rather live in American woke madness than in authoritharian tyranny of lies which Russia provides.

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

I cant belive how you westoids perceive their propaganda as truth so thruroughly Ukraine was Russian since the times of Roman empire (yes Roman empire that fell to the Turks in 1453) Current "independence" is just a byproduct of destruction of the USSR and nothing more

[@Iokepine]

Thank you, this video is so ridiculous I even don't know where to start.

[@altythebalty6011]

I thought this video was great 👍 can’t wait to see your next one

[@IceColdRona]

whats happening with ireland is also happening in many european countries along with the US as well and its not good, cause some of (at least) these people want to see the country they are immigrating to, fall.

[@laminarflow6072]

Fantastic video Pax!!!!

[@vynlazer]

Another good video Pax

[@theingeniousone5141]

Vinnie winnie

[@littleantukins4415]

Blox LARP lol

[@POCKET-SAND]

The issue I see here is that everyone is blaming "liberalism" when looking at the social degeneracy of the West. To me, that doesn't make much sense. When we talk of "liberalism," I assume we're talking of the old meaning of the word: democratic governments that operate through rights and liberty. Classical Liberalism is essentially Libertarianism, the idea that the state should be be limited in its power and only have the authority to do what is absolutely necessary. The U.S. has followed this "liberal" form of government for centuries, yet this social degeneracy only emerged within the last decade or so, or became mainstream at least. Interestingly, this degeneracy may be the fault of Russia itself. A KGB agent named Yuri Bezmenov defected to the West in the 1970s and revealed a long-term Communist plan to ideologically subvert the West into degeneracy. This strategy was known as "Active Measures" and here is an uncanny interview and lecture Bezmenov did in the 1980s where he accurately predicts many things: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4iqnXiffbF7f80 Putin is a former KGB man himself. He knows damn-well Russia and Communism is to blame. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vYeZaGo9OcZ5Y

[@nomore9004]

liberalism and the enlightenment are both cancer. Hail the counter enlightenment.

[@yingmihai]

Liberalism has always been masonic and evil. So was Communism

[@G96Saber]

Libertarianism creates the atmosphere in which degenerative ideas can flourish. Your comment is massive libertarian cope and you should be embarrassed.

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@G96Saber Your comment comes off as "cope."

[@Hispania_45]

Russia has wanted an alliance with the west since Putin came to power including joining NATO,they rejected him. The Soviet days are over and Russia wants to work with Europe. Russia the future and Europeans need to learn to live with it. The United States needs to gtfo of Europe.

[@realasaster]

How is this upbeat music in the background called?

[@EpicsauceJake]

I think it's the Tetris theme

[@realasaster]

@@EpicsauceJake sheesh that's it thanks buddy!!!

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

Now, even though I support Ukraine, on the side of war, I got to say the EU should not ban Russian media but here in the US, I do see Russian media just not as often Edit: I do not like any form of censorship and here in the west or against censorship so we should stick to it

[@Ganglo-Saxon]

>against censorship >napoleonic pfp Pick a lane kid

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

@@Ganglo-Saxon not everything is black and white

[@Ganglo-Saxon]

@andydufresnefromshawshank5866 that's a cope excuse to give, always a clear giveaway you don't have the erudition to defend your beliefs and have to compromise

[@gazuntite5038]

as an irish man who remembers "traditional ireland",maybe you should be wary of protection of traditions.there was a lot about old ireland that wasn't so great

[@TheKrouton]

Yeah, it seems weird to cite Ireland of all countries as a country ravaged by liberalism.

[@yankieowl7663]

Ok why and how so.

[@adeleinetheartist8267]

You are brainwashed by the global woke elites.

[@TheAJmoviemaker]

Perhaps, but there's something to be said about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Just because there were aspects that were not great does not mean the current, destructive modern alternative is the better option to wholly replace it with

[@brianmead7556]

Massive alcoholism and tons of pedophilic rape by the church definitely weren’t so great. And reading up on convents enslaving teenage girls was nauseating.

[@optorch131]

Thank you for this video.

[@josephbingham1255]

An excellent video. You have a new subscriber.

[@chudwarrior7]

Great video!

[@wadewilson0155]

So acording to you Putin is a beacon of traditionalism and Christianity and we should strive to be more like they're society. Im sorry but i disagree heavily. I dont think your seeing the bigger picture and are only picking that wich benefits the message *you* are trying to convey. Its not only in this video either but a couple of your other videos as well. This video almost felt like its justifying what ever the man does because hes doing it to uphold "traditional" values, when clearly thats not what his intentions are.

[@faust7198]

Absolutely agree with you. This video popped up in my recommendation, and I started getting really suspicious when it started talking about the West trying to "push their liberal agenda" to Russia.

[@Golesh02]

*their

[@wadewilson0155]

@@Golesh02 sorry but english is not my first language, I do try my best.

[@Golesh02]

@@wadewilson0155 same, lets both become good at it

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

I gotta make this correction on Dresden... Compare it to the bombings of most of the major cities in West Germany, the bombings of Warsaw, the bombings in Spain and especially the bombings in Japan; the bombing of Dresden was very light. The reason why it is remembered in such infamy was due to the fact that the Soviet Union capitalized on it and in order to unite the East Germans to themselves against the West; Delta mythos around it, as an exaggerated, strategically pointless, military attack on the good communist people of Dresden by the west. They also leave out the fact (and I believe Putin left out as well) that it was the Soviets who begs the Allies to bomb Dresden, in preparation for a Soviet land invasion.

[@yingmihai]

The Alies bombed Dresden and killed civilians brother. It was a war crime and unnecesary, The Soviets didn't need it.

[@lilestojkovicii6618]

You really think that Red army back then needed to beg anyone They were the most powerfull landforce on Earth after defeating Germans thats why Muricans got scared shitlessly

[@VorkKnightOfGood]

Ah, good to see history is not forgotten. Yes, Stalin begged for the Allies to do something about Dresden, the Nazi propagandists weaved a sob story about hundreds of thousands of dead civilians, and the Soviet Union ran with it after WWII because 99% to 100% of USSR's ideological debate was built around whataboutisms.

[@VorkKnightOfGood]

@yingmihai The same Soviets who committed mass rapes and mass murders in Germany, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and the Baltic States? Yes, they certainly did not need anyone else to commit war crimes for them...

[@thefreeman8791]

I do agree that Putin opposes the decadence of the West. However, I disagree when you say that Putin does not love Communism itself but more that he likes the economic and military power that the Soviet Union had. He does very much adhere to the ideas of Communism and socialism. Like all the lefties that you will see on a modern campus in the US, Putin believes that the views of Communism were not implemented properly. In 2016 Putin said that he kept his communist party membership card. "I didn't throw out my party card; I didn't burn it. My card is still lying around somewhere. I wasn't a party member through necessity. I can't say I was an ideological communist, but I did treasure it. I still like the Communist and Socialist ideals, much like the Bible." Putin did criticize Lenin, but his criticism of Lenin was that Lenin did make it possible for some Soviet Satellites to leave the Soviet Union. So Putin's criticism of Lenin was that he was not dictatorial enough. Now, is Putin as authoritarian as Lenin? No. But that is his criticism of Lenin. His complaint is that Lenin handled Communism poorly, not that Communism is evil. Putin is correctly calling out the decadence of the West. That is true. But it is because he knows demographics. Under Putin, Russia is still the world's leader in abortion and unlike what many have come to believe, LGBTQ night clubs are common in Russia. The only thing that is illegal when it comes to homosexuality is advertising to minors. So you can not erect a billboard advertising a homosexual night club, but you can hand out cards and pamphlets to adults inviting them to the clubs. And one thing that Western liberals do not understand is that the Russians have always put the highest value on strength and power. For example, when we in the West hear of a church in Saint Petersburg called the Church on the Savior of the Spilled Blood, then we would think that has to do with the blood shed by Jesus on the cross. That is not the case of that Church. That name comes from the blood spilled by Alexander II when he was assassinated. Russians have always placed the utmost importance on rank and power. That is why it is dumb for liberals to criticize Putin as a dictator. That does not mean anything to Russians. It also is an ineffective accusation against Stalin as well. In the Russian mindset, the power practiced is good no matter how it is practiced. The genocide of millions of Russians in the gulags does not matter to Russians because it was evidence of the power of Stalin and, therefore the influence of Russia on the world stage. So Putin attacks the West as being pro-LGBTQ and he is right, and his criticisms are correct. But it is for a practical purpose, not a moral one. Russians do not have a sense of orthodoxy as Westerners do. The idea of the truth in Russia is very different from what it is here. Whether something in and of itself is inherently immoral or not is not the question. Whether it fulfills an agenda or not determines morality and truth in the Russian mindset. So Putin criticizes the West as being decedent and that is true. But Russia does not have the idea of truth as we do. To them, truth is whatever helps them fulfill an agenda. If you must lie to get your way, then that is ok. If you must genocide millions of your own people to be more powerful, that is ok. That is why you can find many icons of Stalin all over Russia and Russians praying to him despite his mass genocide of his own people.

[@miken2604]

well said

[@Damian-ew1vl]

Let's just say that there's a reason for why the VAST majority of eastern Europeans despise Russia.

[@Maru54]

That reason might be rooted more in a romanticised version of the past than reason and pragmatism.

[@Damian-ew1vl]

@@Maru54 Do you unironically think that is the case after they oppressed the region for 45+ years and terrorized their neighbours with inhumane tactics? They literally sent local populations to Siberia, caused the holodomor, partitioned Poland with the Nazis, caused death on an industrial scale, oppressed nations for hundreds of years while trying to expand westward and you think they're supposed to forget all of this?

[@Damian-ew1vl]

@iMakz Western censervatives will suck the dick of their sworn enemy if it means they get to own the libs , lol

[@averagebohemian5791]

@@Damian-ew1vl you are raising excellent points, it's a shame that most of the viewers here likely won't do more research into Eastern Europe because they don't care about my region, they just see it as a tool for a multi polar world.

[@Maru54]

@@Damian-ew1vl You are aware that the Russian Empire and the USSR are separate political entities right?

[@Konmonachi]

Russia is awful at economic, no hate tho but that’s true.

[@larrycamo5824]

Excellent, wonderful video. Keep up the great work!

[@Priapus212]

The biggest conflict in Europe since the Balkan Wars

[@KeenanLacelle]

hope to see more videos soon

[@sergey1242]

There is no such thing as “russian parts of Ukraine”.

[@smaybius]

The eastern regions are predominantly Russian-speaking and have no knowledge of the Ukrainian language, but it doesn't make them "Russian parts of Ukraine that belong to Russia".

[@levongevorgyan6789]

NATO never made a pledge to Russia not to expand eastward. The President of the USA made assurances to the leader of the Soviet Union regarding East Germany. Even if it wasn’t a gentleman’s agreement with no legal or constitutional obligation, it was also made to a country that no longer exists. If the independent Eastern European countries wish to join a military alliance to defend themselves against the remnants of the brutal empire that wrongly invaded them and subjugated them, then that is their business, not Russia’s.

[@hairharbor5080]

You're right in so far as the initial pledge regarding East Germany doesn't carry much weight. Even Putin early on in his presidency was reluctantly ok with NATO expansion in 2004. The big change came in 2007 when Putin explicitly said any further NATO expansion would be seen as overtly hostile. That the US laughed this off and continued to actively meddle in the affairs of Ukraine especially was the real red line. The 2014 Maidan revolution immediately put at risk Russia's primary Naval base. That alone justifies Russia's position regarding Crimea before even getting to the ethnic claims.

[@levongevorgyan6789]

@@hairharbor5080 No it doesn't. Russia signed an agreement with Ukraine promising security guarantees in exchange for the Nukes in Ukraine. Ignoring even that, Ukraine is an independent nation, and moreover, a nation that the Russians have subjected to genocide and colonialism. So Ukraine is justified to turn to America if it wants.

[@hairharbor5080]

@@levongevorgyan6789 Russia signed an agreement in 1994 for the return of its own nukes that Ukraine didn't have the codes for (or the means to maintain) with the support of the US btw. And this agreement was with the Ukrainian government that existed prior to the unconstitutional overthrow in 2014 which invalidated prior agreements. Also the genocide claim is BS. The Holomodor affected millions in Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan, and was the result of idiotic Soviet collectivization policies.Millions of ethnic Russians died including many Russians in Ukraine as a result of it. Fact is Ukraine held a great amount of sway within the Soviet Union and the vast majority were in favor of Soviet rule over Nazi Germany. Pretending Ukrainians on the whole were oppressed by Russians is a recent invention since Kiev came under Nationalist influence after 2014. I strongly dislike the Soviet Union and what it stood for the but the BS revision of history coming out of Ukraine these days is ridiculous.

[@levongevorgyan6789]

@@hairharbor5080 Except the very inventor of the word Genocide defined it so: "perhaps the classic example of Soviet genocide, its longest and broadest experiment in Russification - the destruction of the Ukrainian nation" Raphael Lemkin. And it wasn't just Stalin. Lenin also committed genocide against the Don Cossacks of Ukraine.

[@Pepsi-Mann21]

Also, Jamie Raskin has an Abrahamic religion.

[@mkatzfive5]

well that certainly disqualifies him along with his educational credentials from Harvard,.

[@brtheboss9219]

Respect to putin for defending his country

[@citrischips1914]

Oh poor defenseless Russia, defending itself from the evils of freedom by committing a genocide in Ukraine. I hope the kremlin gets reduced to rubble and the Russian people are freed from the chains of authoritarianism

[@alexblu9223]

Defending itself from... from who??? I'm a native Russian and i have zero clue who the heck is our "great bloodthirsty enemy". Gays? Democrats? Nazis?The only enemy i see is a bald old man in Kremlin.

[@vytautasmikuciauskas222]

Deffending from what?

[@brtheboss9219]

@@vytautasmikuciauskas222 did you even watch the video ??

[@vytautasmikuciauskas222]

@@brtheboss9219 Yes I did and I ask who was threatening Russia bedore a war?