The Sopranos - The Russians

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[@deeg8849]

How they didn’t develop a Russian angle after Paulies screw up is one of the great soprano lost opportunities

[@ceerious]

they aimed for something atleast twice from what i remember from back then, first was they had a scene were Paulie was gonna take the russian out in season 6 but scrapped it. alot of people dont know, one of the "previous on the sopranos" leading up to the season 6b trailer had the russian in it. if someone can find it for me, we can talk about it.

[@victorsforza6213]

​@@ceeriousI think borkos channel subscribers go about pitying themselves.. hehehe

[@deathshead357]

I'm sure it was mentioned on the Talking Soprano's podcast that the Russian was supposed to be in a scene in a later season where he had brain damage and couldn't remember/talk abut what happened to him but the scene was scrapped.

[@RealBallsofSteel]

I read that there was supposed to be a scene where Tony went back to Slava's, and Valery was supposed to be pushing a broom or something (with part of his head missing, of course). He was gonna stare at Tony like he knew something but could no longer speak. I read that on the Internet, to take it with a grain of salt.

[@sengler1991]

They didn't want to make it the Italians vs the Russians. Would of been a whole different show

[@ravitsi]

Tony: "He killed 16 Chechens" Paulie: "You aint going to believe this, he killed 16 Chekhoslovakians" lmao

[@ceerious]

loved it. alot of people don't realize two completely different type of people 🤣

[@MaximSaf]

That’s also funny for russians, because we call Chechens “Czechs”

[@TheSquidPro]

His house looked like shit...

[@Renthedriva]

big difference lol

[@GreenHornet553]

Guy was an interior decorator.

[@tonyreyes3780]

Valery seemed like a nice enough dude who just didn’t like to be provoked in his own home.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Valery was 100% in the right, Paulie was being an A hole

[@Oblio1942]

@@firingallcylinders2949 Who Pauly? Getoutahere!

[@hanslanda58]

@@firingallcylinders2949wrong

[@hanslanda58]

@@firingallcylinders2949paulie made guy

[@Johngc61]

Valeri was nothing but respectful, and Paulie had to disrespect him in his own house. Im glad Tony saw through Paulie's bullshit and made it clear to him that if it comes down to it he's going to pay the price. He now forces Paulie to be looking over his shoulder forever.

[@Xiuhcoatl_]

The whole 16 Czechoslovakians thing absolutely had me dying of laughter lmao.

[@focusingbeauty]

That's like another kind of Polack right?

[@piotrjuchnevic265]

Czechoslovakian that”s how Chechens was named “Czechs” in Russian language «Чехи». In war of Chechnya they use to do it.

[@digitalscale76]

On top of that, it should be Czechoslovaks.

[@pboissie]

@@focusingbeauty”you ever try our sauusages?”

[@Isaac23496]

@@focusingbeautyChechens are completely different from checko Slovakians literally another ethnicity lmao

[@natefish3989]

I can't watch this episode without hating Paulie 😂 he completly sabotaged this simple business interaction and tried to kill a man because he just felt like acting like a jerk.

[@donclarence3644]

All they had to do was pick up the money. They could have been there less than 5 minutes. Instead they ended up spending the night shivering in the forest, down one car and losing the 5 grand

[@mrneutral8423]

To be fair his house looked like shit.

[@JackieChiles007]

Universal remote! Probably wiped your ass bare handed before you came to this country,

[@paulrietveld9837]

​@@donclarence3644 Not to mention fucking up what could have been a fruitful business relationship between the Dimeo family and the Russians.

[@booshandorkakow64]

I dunno man, they did move missiles into Cuba. Pointed them right at us!

[@juniorjames7076]

This award-winning episode was a masterpiece. I was begging for a spin-off series on that Russian mob.

[@hanslanda58]

Slava was also a stone cold gangster

[@losgalacticos95]

You're not gonna believe this. Borko killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator 🗿🗿🗿

[@ceerious]

his youtube channel looked like sht

[@nuckinfuts7610]

Look at em, Borko's content. He thinks he's the king of kings. Truth is, every decision is made by ceerious. Borko's just a lightning rod now.

[@brooklynkeith2877]

Hehehe

[@neilgerace355]

"Hear what I said, Tone?"

[@benjaminperez7328]

Everyone went on the lam and Borko and the rest of the Albanians moved into their houses!

[@jacobwolf124]

Same guy who voices Ray Bulgarin in GTA IV, the Russian who escapes in the Pine Barrens

[@Zajuts149]

Girls always ask how guys can live in an apartment with only a chair, a bed, and a TV. It's because The Sopranos taught us not to get involved with interior decorators😂

[@jtothey1993]

Love how quick Slava was ready to kick some dudes ass

[@hanslanda58]

Stone cold gangster wish we see him more

[@hanslanda58]

Guy was stone cold as it gets no hesitation

[@CLxJames]

I work with a guy from Belarus (he calls it BelRussia). He was in the Soviet army at one point but immigrated to America sometime in the early 90s after the USSR fell apart. Coincidently his name is Valerie as well

[@ceerious]

oh wow lol. thats a pretty cool story

[@ivansarmin4150]

make sure you don't break his universal remote

[@mixalisstathis274]

His name is for sure not valerie but valeri or walerij.

[@zusty9589]

@@mixalisstathis274 All transliterations of the same name.

[@jesusnavarrete4779]

“His house looked like shit” and “we should have stopped at Roy rogers!” Live in my head rent free😂

[@BENNY_MAC]

I always thought Slava seemed like such a nice guy.

[@tobe1207]

I like that they didn't play the KGB angle like every show did. I like that the dealings with slava were professional and friendly. The anticipation of revenge lasted longer in our minds than if there actually was an arc

[@ceerious]

i agree

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Valery, what a legend.

[@SaunKrystian]

He killed 13 Chechnyan rebels! Guy was an interior decorator.

[@victorsforza6213]

His house looked like shyte.. hehehe

[@gustavusadolphus6097]

*Checkoslovakian

[@shriharihudli8596]

13? What happened to the other 3?

[@Radowid_the_Redanian]

0:55 That’s Alik Sakharov, operator in the Sopranos, Rome, GoT and so on. He speaks Russian without an accent because he was born in the USSR, while the guy, who is playing Slava, has very bad Russian.

[@jorgefierro8241]

I always take your side in the witcher 3.

[@ianmoran2419]

Pointed Cuban missiles right at Paulie 😂

[@prestonhanson501]

Paulie was in a confrontational mood that day

[@Don-xn7nr]

That’s every day for Paulie

[@bryanmares3830]

" i think hes dying " " Must have cracked his windpipe thats it for him" " Whaddya a fckn doctor 😷" LMAO!! 😆 😆

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Asclepius

[@Natedawg38]

I love how this is the best episode despite there being actually better episodes.

[@liltrue8420]

He was clearly still alive and running when he was grazed. Plus the car just so happened to be gone overnight? And you don't think he was tracing where he was coming from like the ex commando he is. The reason you never heard from him was because he either escaped to Russia with the money and his money which is 10 x what it would be now. He didn't tell his friend because he knew him and Tony had business and by how things were going he wasn't sure If it would be in his favor, plus the same area around the mob. To all the theories saying he didn't tell his friend because he thought his friend put the hit out on him, I can debunk by referencing Paulie in this clip when he said , (paraphrasing here) " you know , we didn't come down to kill ya, it's your Big fucken mouth." That alone tells the Russian guy his friend had nothing to do with it. wow such a well put together series that leaves questions for us to find out and studying to do decades later.

[@sengler1991]

Or had brain damage and couldn't remember

[@bryanflake6858]

Would have been way cool if he would have hit tony at the restaurant in the last episode when the family is eating dinner. He could have been the guy who got up to use the bathroom

[@Johngc61]

Also they make it a point to show how much Slava cared about Valeri. The guy was a tragic tale and Slava still looked after him. It wouldn't be far-fetched to think the Russians had Tony killed in response.

[@liltrue8420]

@@Johngc61 he was given up on a long while ago. The Russians didn't want to fix anymore of his mistakes. Especially considering he fucked up with the most powerful organized group of that time , especially in that state.

[@Yeast85]

@@sengler1991put it this way, he wasn’t very smart to begin with

[@brooklynkeith2877]

Paulie still holding out on those relish packets up in heaven Hehehehe

[@tobiasrieper6640]

I wish Tony’s Blues Clues notepad was featured more in the show

[@jeffdecker627]

Im just discovering this channel. Man, I really appreciate this! Has really helped me rediscover and see layers to these characters I didnt get the first time around. Thanks again!

[@ceerious]

❤️ thank you for the support

[@MultiScreechowl]

Страх полезное, чувство, позволяет выжить.

[@ceerious]

100% yes

[@strothermartin5368]

Again Paulie starts crap.

[@ceerious]

always

[@victorsforza6213]

​@@ceerioushe's rollin' in it w/dat Christ killah.. hehehehehe

[@user-gt6yx9ow6y]

Полли просто так убил русского...устроил беспредел в его же доме...я с горечью смотрела эту серию 😢

[@SADBOY-kt2ik]

ахуенно же

[@oleg5092]

Кстати тот русский озвучивал Рэя Булгарина из гта 4)

[@ceerious]

I had to put out another video considering borkos in serbia with the livestreams and the whatnots

[@ianmoran2419]

Who's he think he is? Sir Walter Raleigh

[@ceerious]

@@ianmoran2419 thats enough of you and your stupid fn remarks. go back to miami and play volleyball or whatever it is you do down there

[@victorsforza6213]

​@@ceeriousborkos he's handsome like George Raft... Hehehe

[@hippo-potamus]

@@victorsforza6213 Big and tall and thin and lovely.

[@scotts148]

Borko never had the makings of a varsity uploader

[@blitzy3244]

I wish they made a series around Slava and Valerie. They were the best side characters on the show, right after Paulie’s mom of course.

[@volandblack666]

His name is Clarence

[@paulnewhouse5126]

"Faackin piecea shiite" "Faack yo fackin mathaa" Haha!

[@elchicano1746]

The story goes. The Russian lived Tony went back inside that Russian ballroom, and he was there, but the shot in the head made him forget a lot of stuff. So he forgot who who shot him

[@user-lg1dx6fy6f]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@hanslanda58]

Tony suggesting valery go to AA ? Lmao imagine an interior designer in AA

[@hippo-potamus]

We shoulda stopped at Roy Rogers!

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Watch it chrissy!

[@charleshammer7984]

That “Paulie” from Chris cracks me up.

[@victorsforza6213]

Put borko upload back on docking station.. hehehehehe

[@hanslanda58]

I could watch a whole show about this Russian gangstas Slava and valery and the type writer

[@ceerious]

me too

[@hanslanda58]

Slava was also stone cold gangster he didn’t hesitate to kick ass

[@hanslanda58]

@@ceeriousnotice Slava didn’t hesitate to kick ass when Tony brought the guy up ? Slava also stone cold gangster

[@ceerious]

@@hanslanda58 i love the old school russians from that era. i know a few legit businessmen. they dont take crap from anyone. and they'll stick up for you too. as long as you're stand up and not a 🐍

[@Iron_Escobar]

Сегодня как раз смотрел эту серию , поржал )))

[@metal87power]

Every mob has its Paulie. They had Borko, Tony had Paulie Paulie.

[@ceerious]

borko and mob never belongs in the same sentence

[@peterlpool1387]

I like Slava’s hug. Like he was hugging a fucking buzzsaw

[@SolidMikeP]

The best photo shop job I have ever seen.

[@ceerious]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@williammohan9784]

just about the best episode of the greatest gangster series ever. Classic lines, and so so funny

[@mauromartiniano1893]

High level shh

[@alexpopov9356]

Pine Barrens - I adore it

[@losgalacticos95]

@ceerious "whatare ya a doctah now???" borko sends his regards 🤌🤌

[@ceerious]

borkos givin away livechats now you believe that

[@AndyGillis6273]

Talk about Lost in translation...." Interior decorator"... 😂😂😂

[@mikemooch7719]

Paulie should have known better than to fuck with a Russian interior decorator!

[@Dragonfury3000]

Russians are known to be some of one of the most ruthless mafia and this show could have used more.

[@barricadedpurifier]

I believe it was intentional as, in a way, showed they dodged a major bullet. Guy even went into detail about how he was like a brother to him and how they served together.

[@omerbrooklyn8716]

When Tony was writing on the back of his hand, I said who needs a notebook lol 😂

[@UnseenHitman-1932]

That's very dangerous because when you do that you can't donate blood to the people who need it and his profession is very dangerous,if a friend like Silvio gets shot and needs a blood transfusion Tony won't be able to help until a year later.

[@mufflager9065]

That putter did 20 years in the can. 20 fuckin years and not a peep.

[@GeoZeppelin1979]

i always call Russians when i need interior decorators

[@rudolfb9359]

How is this guy working for the russians named Agron. The most Albanian name ever.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

VENUS THE GODDESS OF LOVE

[@mikedawolf95]

At the end when Christopher say “What if it was the guy?!?” Pure terror!

[@electronicfarts5105]

''interior decorator''

[@HN-vd5nd]

0:20 oh... high level... shushhh always has me cracking up

[@dontdriveangree]

Died on the vine, this story

[@mymasteriwanttoserveyouand9903]

Anyone who's interested to elaborate that russian mafia theme just look for russian crime films or tv shows like Brat (Brother, 1997) or Banditskiy Peterburg (Gangster Petersburg, first few seasons 2000-2003), you're not gonna regret it

[@jaimhaas5170]

This was the highpoint of the whole series. They should have brought the Russian back or made a separate full length motion picture with that as the focus. We are talking blockbuster.

[@ceerious]

was a high point for sure...then we had "The Weight" in S4 that could of been a great war with Ralph and John

[@biggiesmartypants]

directed by Steve Buscemi

[@acidexpierence]

such a great episode xDDDD

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

My favorite episode was the pine barrens.

[@milkmonster2310]

Paulie fucked up this entire thing and over what? Because he got all up in his feelings?

[@ceerious]

unfortunately yep

[@lennybrewster4673]

"He was an interiora decorata!" 😂😂😂

[@thomasconnors4338]

I never really bought those two coming out on top so easily. Valeri would have interior decorated them.

[@ceerious]

yea 1 highly trained guy could easily take away 50 of the soprano crew

[@CinephileSanityTV]

Funny how Tony's Christmas list doesn't involve spending actual money! lol 😄

[@ceerious]

😂

[@alijaffery7735]

All Paulie had to do was put the fucking universal remote back on docking station.

[@aleksandrivanov973]

My mother is russian and a teacher; she can't stand swear words and can't watch movies with swearing. But when I showed her this episode in full, she laughed crazy and hysterically

[@ceerious]

aww i love hearing that ❤️

[@stephancccc8176]

Must have cracked his windpipe that's it for him 😂😂

[@karljokkerlukkas_974]

Give the russian a soft drink of his choice!! Nothing light. Something with sugar!!

[@ceerious]

be easy with the sugar they say hes sweet enough

[@karljokkerlukkas_974]

@@ceerious 😂😉

[@redrumreverse964]

“His House looked like shit” LMAO

[@vivivi7111]

Me and paulie both said "WHAT THE FUCK" at the same time when he got up from that headshot im weak😭💀

[@sithsoldier98]

You don't mess with the Russians Janice.........

[@jaimhaas5170]

NATO still hasn't learned this.

[@dwl3006]

@@jaimhaas5170 NATO should contract the Jersey crew to fix their debacle.

[@w0lm7b97]

​@@jaimhaas5170lol natos fking rusia up goofy

[@aegis115]

"what'd i have, a choice?" hehehe

[@DennisBTV]

Valery even though having that cocky Russian attitude was I think a happy drunk, he offered Tony to sit with him and drink, he offered them a drink, I think he was just blowing off steam when he said “ Fuckin Silvio…” Paulie started non stop with the insults then breaks the guys shit. Heh but I’m telling you slow it down right when Paulie pushes him back then Paulie hits him with the bottle and look at the reaction on Valerie’s face as he goes to tackle Paulie over the table

[@ceerious]

Valery seemed like a sweet guy. Paulie was in the wrong 1000 percent.

[@DennisBTV]

@@ceerious Exactly, Valerie was just blowing off some steam like anyone else who had to kick up 5 grand. He offered them a drink, but Paulie went on and on with insults and mockery then finally broke his shit. But I’m telling you it’s hilarious if you slow down the speed right away Paulie pushes him and then hits him with the bottle and the look on Valerie’s face is priceless as he goes to tackle Paulie over the table. Haha but you have to do it on the full video from that scene.

[@ceerious]

@@DennisBTV haha i know. when im doing these edits i do it by milliseconds. so i catch some funny stuff. then when i get a good idea i make a youtube short 😂. check out my collections. have some laughs

[@MadastheHatter13]

The dudes voice sounds familiar. Like this guy called Vlad I used to do jobs for in Broker.

[@ceerious]

yep! lol.

[@coldkush]

Are you nb?

[@usefulusinguser]

I haven’t laughed as hard as I did after that Czechoslovakians line in a while. I think I have to finally watch this show now.

[@waverlyphillips2849]

"Big man, come have drink!"

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Bacchus

[@NativeOfTheLand97]

Holy hell this is where the max payne 3 scene where hes digging his own grave comes from. I cant believe it

[@ceerious]

hmm. maybe. i do love Max Payne btw. played all of them several times

[@NativeOfTheLand97]

@@ceerious the movement is exactly the same. Throws dirt in one dudes face and hits the other

[@alexandrkovin944]

Обычное русское имя - Агрон.

[@mnevlompridumivatb]

у него и не славянская внешность, может он с Кавказа или Закавказья

[@thematteffer]

Too bad Chase was difficult sometimes - there was a script showing what happened to Valery, but then Chase nixed it.

[@ceerious]

if it wasnt for the actors chase would be a nobody lol. in my opinion

[@thematteffer]

@@ceerious and for Terence Winter. Many Saints was proof of that.

[@user-uw3fr7cd9z]

Slava is actor is not Russian🇷🇺 he’s actually Romanian🇷🇴

[@hannibalcorps6384]

по-русски он говорит дерьмово

[@Don_Wozzy]

Ray and timur before coming to liberty city😭

[@davidsnyder2000]

Whatever happened to that Russian dude anyways? After he got shot and ran away I don’t remember him ever being in the episodes anymore.

[@ceerious]

unfortunately nothing. because the fans wanted it so Chase scrapped his plan to bring him back as a guy with half his dome missing.

[@ODPTV1]

Slava had a nice deagle

[@user-rr4bf6oj8e]

The guy was an interior decorator.

[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

Strange, because His apartment looked like shit

[@Norocos23]

"His house looked like shit". 😂😂😂 I am Russian and I confirm this message. This episode is a masterpiece. Sopranos best show ever

[@akashchatterjee7678]

Paulie got me everytime,the gusingle yanded killed 21 chechoslovakians

[@ippomakunouchi901]

7:44 haha!!

[@MattyIcecubes]

That Russian commando Chris and Paulie hunted in the pine barrens acrually seems like a really good dude. Paulie shouldn't have been a dick to him.

[@davids6698]

Anyone else wonder what price Paulie would pay if the guy did come back

[@ceerious]

the ultimate price....

[@looker999997]

Valery comes back, tells his story to Slava. Chris reluctantly lies to cover Paulie saying Valery started the fight. Paulie doesn't get clipped, but is still made to pay compensation that feels like his soul's been ripped out.

[@willleon9165]

Bet Tony regretted not having that drink😅

[@davidlmatteson]

I like chrissy's jacket

[@MrChef-uu2ff]

The times when Ray Bulgarin wasn’t the leader of Russian Syndicate

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Tonys little shopping list didnt have bread, milk, eggs?

[@courteousshmuck]

The presented cinematics are good enough to be honored, but in my opinion if the moment where Christopher was begging some russian mobster for his life and the gun has shoten the empty round during the very first episodes of "The Sopranos", would've been added along those cinematics, this moment definitely would've been "the very icing on the cake". It would be suitable, in my opinion.

[@ceerious]

you're right

[@skullduggery3377]

Mix it wit da relish.

[@popkinbobkin]

I'm surprised nobody noticed the Rasputin story reference. Also Paulie was absolutely in the wrong there.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin

[@danielmzlos1895]

Did I have a choice?? Ya.. Like 3 or 4