The Role of the Siloviki in Russian Society | Mark Galeotti

Mark Galeotti demystifies the “siloviki” by unpacking their identity, diversity, and influence over Russian elite policymaking and society at large.
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[@mryouben]

Tx Mark

[@Calidore1]

Like this chap very much, he makes his arguments seem credible, gets into details which support every conclusion he makes.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I think the fact that so much wrong with todays society can be blamed on the intelligentsia and as a result makes the siloviki appealing as a result needs to be looked at more but Iam barely half way into this video. But you called siloviki 1940s Germans and that makes your positions and stances highly questionable at best

[@rosie5750]

Thanks for sharing this. Galeotti is great.

[@visibletoonlyyoutubeusers9574]

Galeotti looks like the guy from the movie " Up" .

[@johnroccaro5491]

Very good lecture but disappointing that the Q&A at the end omitted.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Just read Galeottis` book `The Vory`. Recommended

[@admiralbenbow5083]

In Russia there is no `black and white`. In Russia there are only shades of grey. This piece bears that out perfectly.

[@ekesandras1481]

They have a newspaper called "The Truth" (Pravda), that has been lying since 1917 ever since, so the word "pravda" doesn't mean the same anymore.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@ekesandras1481 Do they still publish Pravda ?? I thought that was long gone.

[@ekesandras1481]

@@admiralbenbow5083 it has become unimportant, it is now the party-newspaper of the Russian Communist Party of Zyuganov. But the culture of lying, lying, lying and only telling a "tactical truth", never the real truth, has survived communism.

[@namesurname624]

@@admiralbenbow5083 and logo is still the same font and soviet badges are still present! lovely

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@ekesandras1481 Now its known as Pooty Truth

[@anothersucker-Youcantfixstupid]

Great video. More please.

[@paulrevere2379]

I do not wish to push this as a direct correllary, but this Siloviki seems to contain similar elements of something plaguing the West: Envy, Ego and Entitlement mentality. The big distinction, of course, is that in the west individuals are infected, the broader society suffers from it; in Russia it seems to be more of a collective infection in which geographical neighbors (other nations) suffer the worst symptoms from the infection.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Spoken like a true unselfaware intelligentsia if there ever was one.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Everything from your terminology to what you proposed in concept is utterly disdainful and pointless succeeding in only in the proliferation of conflict and the degradation of dialogue.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

That rings a bell.

[@paulrevere2379]

Those who would claim inteligencia status would only deny such things and show disdain for virtues such as self-reliance. They would never show disdain for concepts that would be self-accusory

[@Calidore1]

Watered down Nazism.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

No, if anything Silovik is closer to a proletariat movement lol. You clearly don’t even know what national socialist are or were, I swear people like you just use that term to mean “thing I don’t like”

[@guydreamr]

Not watered down imperialism.

[@PaterCurro]

The Tass Kremlin logo is racist, because it is a large perfect white circle on a small black background.

[@Calidore1]

Doubt it, people aren’t “black”, they are shades of brown or gold (or red in the case of “white”people)

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Everything is wacist cause it does not agree with my western liberal biases.

[@paulzinaka5913]

Mister, what's your motivation for investing so much in studying this Russian institution when you could have done a similar job on Russia's opposite institutions in your own country or any of the western countries? And as I'm typing this comment, I hear the way you characterise (or rather, pathologise) Putin. I'm afraid your attempts to come across as an analyst is betrayed by your difficult-to-hide animus towards Russia/Putin. That clearly disqualifies you as a scholar, let alone, an analyst. Why punch above your weight? You would have most probably impressed if you had focused on the instructions in your own country. Or better still, simply join the "free Assange" campaign. Hopefully, you've heard about this name

[@ldhorricks]

now that was some word salad