What an ‘Unhinged’ Meeting Reveals About ‘Vladimir Putin’s War’ | Putin's Road to War | FRONTLINE

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[@brandon8900]

"video is not available"

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

READ THIS! President Biden(s!) is asking Congress for $13 billion for Ukraine. Where is the money for securing the US Southern Border? Thousands of people from all over the world, including Russians, invade the USA through the border Democrats are not interested in securing!! Why did not the Obama/Biden give these sanctions when Russia invaded the Ukraine Crimea region in 2014???? The small sanctions implemented gave Putin the green light for his current actions!! Why was Hunter Biden on the Board of Directors of a Ukranian energy company for $50,000 a month?? What about the evidence on Hunter Biden's laptop and his Chinese Communist connections!?!?

[@MikeOxlong-]

March 15th, 9pm eastern... Video not available...

[@nikhilprem7998]

At this point this is just propaganda from your side, Frontline. I like your channel but not this one. Is this the end of American Dollar?$?

[@keithbentley6081]

We want news, not western opinions or propaganda. Maybe you could mention the Russian speaking people of Ukraine and why Russia is there, and that's just for starters. Absolutely disgusted by a channel I once respected!

[@WilliamPitcher]

The body language of his advisors was something else.

[@jaymesnin]

We need to deploy C-RAMs to Ukraines capital. S-300/400 systems. As well as drones, stingers and various weapons/equipment/aid

[@dohc1067]

The woman they kept showing looked completely terrified 😨 😳

[@peculiarlittleman5303]

I'm going to review it again to better learn the body language, and facial expressions of fear and contempt.

[@melinaesposito3434]

If 'please don't kill me' were a person.

[@ThemFuzzyMonsters]

Somebody made the joke “In Russia, the Presidential Advisors don’t advise the President. The President advises the Advisors.” It appears to be true.

[@JBravo69]

“Thank you. I have listened to my opinions” - Vladimir Putin

[@andis9076]

I have listened to what I asked you to say. Thank you !

[@metasaurus3233]

LOL ahhhhh shit

[@Ray-hs2nx]

@@andis9076 u too

[@unfortunateness]

Meanwhile everyone's faces: 3:13

[@kerimoisa8823]

NOT ALL OF US ARE HATERS.

[@ihadtochooseaname8532]

Naryshkin giving his opinion stuttering was scary, but look at the woman from 3:13. Her stare and inconstant breathing, she must have wondered, where is this going to lead and how do we get out of this.

[@TheTomcatish]

She’s freaking out…

[@nicolasrose3064]

It looked like he had convened a meeting to assess his staff's loyalty to him and their understanding of what he demands of them, "are you with me, are you on the same page, do you put me and my proposal above and before any opinion you might personally have and in regard to your personal opinion, are you prepared to accept that your personal opinions mean nothing to me ?"

[@SteveBonario]

It was not unhinged at all. It was a perfectly orchestrated and scripted play, with one person who began to flub his lines and needed prompting from the director. The purpose of the play was to give the director a room full of people who could be offered up at any moment the audience (the Russian people) began looking for those responsible for their sons coming back in body bags. If you ever wondered what went on in German government during the late 1930's, you are getting a front row seat to the contemporary version.

[@azieldaly2965]

exactly

[@adambozentko5877]

Well said, Touchė..

[@yourmommashouse]

NAILED IT

[@cindiheaton6469]

@@yourmommashouse Yes he definitely did.

[@roberthansson8222]

I wonder how the conversation went before USA and their allies decided to illegitimatly invade iraq.

[@kathleenlock8963]

If any one of them had spoken out against invading Ukraine, at the next meeting their chair would be empty.

[@Camquarters]

He will be taken out by his people eventually. The time is coming

[@stupidas9466]

No, the chair would be occupied with someone who wouldn't speak out.

[@drakevevo3710]

they would have sadly passed away from a heart attack or simply just "complications"

[@champion3859]

Kathleen Because he is the new Czar the king of Russia🙂.

[@dalebergman5548]

Scary as HELL !!!! K Bergman

[@MariaML14]

The man's a legend!

[@pamaladalrymple9748]

A legend in his own mind, perhaps. But so was Rasputin

[@samhart4663]

George bush was worse than Rasputin

[@starofdavid9919]

The man who pushes the meat grinder button.

[@deleteme924]

Maybe, but he messed up here by not listening to his own advisors

[@sakuranippon4434]

This is the real life equivalent to a Bond villain meeting where one of the failed henchmen gets killed in front of the rest of them as a warning to them all.

[@pdtech4524]

This is like a scene out of a Bond movie where the villians henchmen are so frightened of disagreeing with their boss, they'll agree with and say anything in order to avoid certain death!😁😲😳

[@drunkrumjack]

Was there a shark tank under the seats? 😜

[@_Aemse]

this is when the villain's own flaws destroy him - only somehow I doubt putin will be "returning the boon" on his heroes journey. although he has come full circle from when he was shovelling documents into a furnace as the baby KGB jockey.

[@dubbleplusgood]

I think it's more like the parody, Dr. Evil from Austin Powers and everyone there was Number 2 trying not to get thrown into a pit of fire.

[@spoiledme5802]

Remember that meeting when Sadam Husein started pointing people out of the room?

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

Trump was headed down this same path. 😞 Nothing but yes people surrounded him. Only once released from his grip did they finally speak out.

[@w1redonkey]

It's not that Sergey isn't speaking plainly. He is just conducting a "special linguistics operation".

[@Jdonam]

Nice!

[@TheGeeoff]

Versions of this phrase are making into everyday lingo.

[@MrBritishComedy]

@KC Jones I'm fairly confident that it was not that. The FSB has long been rumored to disagree with Putin's plans and to think that the war is a lost cause that will ruin Russia. He may well have been looking for support by his inially careful wording, but he didn't have the courage to follow through when he saw that everyone else was equally scared to do anything.

[@abstract3213]

I cannot stand how Putin tries to humiliate his ability/ intelligence

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

😂

[@pha4614]

Putin: "I have heard your opinions" Nope, you really didn't Putin, you really didn't.

[@Sil-zx]

This video really hasn't shown us the whole politicians speaking only some parts and some of them which were fast little clips talking without no audio didn't seem scared of Putin some of them just we're also very worried because it's a tough decision so they had to make sure they know what they will say for recommendations for Putin to think about .... I'm going to keep it real I probably would've been knowing the plan will be alright be will need to have a 2nd thought in mind always !!! and take this Russians are just direct and serious and try to get things accurately confirm which Putin wanted

[@annamariaferranti29]

Frontlines your documentary series are all fantastic …..love all the episodes

[@channelingusllcix3512]

reminds me of what you read about Stalin and how people were terrified of him. Stalin unlike Putin had a sadistic sense of humor, during the great terror he said to one gov official ''i thought they shot you''. Then upon meeting him again he said ''I can't believe you haven't been shot'' which terrified the man

[@beautifulcrazy]

That guy should watch his back. It was a warning

[@Belisarius1967]

@@beautifulcrazy If he's ever offered a cup of tea by a stranger he should just say no !

[@kelsogirl562]

It comes out of Putin in a different way. Angela Merkel made the mistake of telling him she was terrified of dogs so, when he next had a meeting with her, he brought with him a massive labrador which kept pestering her. He apparently enjoyed seeing her squirm with fear.

[@channelingusllcix3512]

@@kelsogirl562 yea i never heard that story

[@andriandrason1318]

@@channelingusllcix3512 No story but history, it's on KZbin look it up.

[@sulla1537]

Narishkin’s fear was unnerving. A grown man, likely strong and intelligent in his own right, quivering like a beaten dog sensing a club to his head. Never mind, it’s not unnerving but nauseating, rather, that a man can be so debased like this and especially from a very real fear looming in the ether.

[@Anonymous-nz4li]

He is on house arrest now I believe

[@sulla1537]

@@Anonymous-nz4li Putin’s going to go all Stalin and start another purge. Just wait. I’m also wondering if he’s sensing his age and/or has a serious illness which is causing him to do all of this.

[@Sevenfold120]

@@Anonymous-nz4li Soon to be the gulag and eventual execution for lying to Putin.

[@mattjacks0n83]

Say the wrong thing and you and your entire family could disappear. I’m not surprised he was shaking like a shitting dog! 🤔

[@twisterwiper]

Yup. That was a man publicly compromising his own principles and values. It’s strange one man can have so much power over an entire group of intelligent men and women.

[@stampsplusltd670]

A chilling insight into the mind of a deranged monster. Subsequent to this, some of these men have already been arrested, 'neutralized' and suffered inexplicable medical events. Is it only a matter of time when they will stand up and have him removed safely to an asylum?

[@chrissynz6974]

Any news about the scared witless spy chief? Felt sorry for him, its a wonder this was even released. 2 oligarchs dead wonder if this guys next or already dead..Putin will have punished him somehow.with so many spies in that country couldn't one of them take Putin down? He's pure evil!

[@healingwithgaia8045]

Its fabrication and dramatisation. Who adds music and crap like this to a bit of footage. Putin speaks straight. He does not suffer idiots. Ukraine are the culprits with allowing NATO bases all along the border of Russia. Ukraine is led by child trafficking NATO bio lab engineering politicians. Wake up!

[@starofdavid9919]

bullets are cheap.

[@jaymac7203]

Having an unquestionable and feared leader is not the way to run anything smoothly. No one will want to go out of their way for him or even have any sense of genuine loyalty. It's just ridiculous that anyone would think of it as an effective model. Especially in this day and age of information where people can easily see all sides of the dispute and see the lies being used on them which just fosters even more hatred and morale problems. We're seeing the cracks already with everyone blaming each other and the poor training, I'm amazed they function at all.

[@go4it776]

Your probably right but what can you do lol

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Well it's better to be feared than loved and it worked for Stalin for ALL of his life till his death, it can work for Putin, even within modern times.

[@Gmthekiller]

Putin is a true leader not like sleepy joe

[@archerseo]

This seems like a documentary we would watch many years from now but it was like a week ago. Good doc, horrible times we live in. Prayers and support for Ukraine

[@MikeOxlong-]

You should watch the almost hour long clip that’s a part of this documentary, that’s strictly just talking to Julia... She’s one smart cookie... It’s on this channel.

[@seanbrown9048]

Annihilate these savage Cossack war criminals, then reset Russia with a truly Democratic government.

[@archerseo]

@Tony don’t twist my words, I don’t know you, but I never pray for war or leaders who wish to end the lives of others for personal or political gain. War is horrible all around. Every country has made serious mistakes before. The implications of this one could be global if any NATO country gets involved. Putin could decide to use a nuke which he has mentioned on a few occasions. Then that would be the end of humanity. No one would be praying then. We would all be dead. So I pray for peace. Always for peace and de escalation of conflict

[@archerseo]

@@MikeOxlong- oh cool thank you I will.

[@charlesmaximus9161]

Wasn’t Putin who violated multiple treaties. Wasn’t Putin or Russia who backed out the last Iran deal. Wasn’t Putin who flooded Ukraine with militantly liberal NGOs in the attempts to foment colour revolution. The US did all of the above, and all the ignorant sheep who treat their TV and mainstream news as gospel are too blind and brainwashed to understand any of this. They have absolutely no idea the kind of people and forces they’re ACTUALLY supporting. And their naivety and their blind and shallow ignorance is going to get all the rest of us into serious problems. And all they need to do is exert basic critical thinking skills and do a little bit of homework. And by homework, I don’t mean the news. I don’t mean Vice either. I mean reading the reports of former military consultants like Colonel Douglas MacGregor who was predicting all this for a long time. I mean brilliant academics who understand the East and can speak Russian language like Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson. That is what I mean by homework. Apparently, that’s too exhausting and lacking in depthless sensationalism for all the lemmings.

[@rand49er]

The looks on those people as they sat in front of him. Each had a look of worry. They were frightened. This will be the end of Putin. I don't know how or when, but this war will lead to his demise.

[@chrisperell4590]

Tucker Carlson is over there right now giving Putin a reach around.

[@angelapiliposian7317]

Agreed! This is his end

[@kelsogirl562]

I read that Putin has a horror of dying in the same way as Sadaam Hussein but he has surely brought that possibility a step closer. Someone close to him should take him out.

[@michaeltrumph121]

@@angelapiliposian7317 No it ain't.

[@radjalomas8854]

I think so as well, but how long will it take to play out?

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

*Thanks for sharing informative video. Liked&Subcribed!!*

[@NikosKatsikanis]

where is a link to the full version?

[@edgeworldpictures6831]

It's incredible this meeting footage is available. Remarkable. It's like the teacher scolding his class, embarrassing them to say what he wants to hear.

[@thefourthrabbit9516]

School children today: What are you talking about? A teacher can do that???

[@zhouwu]

@@thefourthrabbit9516 Ikr?

[@craigusselman546]

He wanted this to be availiable....all part of his plan he wants people around the world to feel unease.

[@lyannastark3839]

This footage had to be available online and most likely shown on TV.

[@Mike-vq1fm]

This theatre show is public to brainwash the people of Russia and justify the war

[@floraaficianado5050]

In body language alone, the decision was made BEFORE the meeting and then rubber-stamped by his minions who ALL needed an undie check after they all but left their minds on the chopping block! Such a pathetic spectacle!

[@steelcom5976]

When Putin says "I've heard all your opinions" he means "I've heard my opinion parroted back to me"

[@ifcdirector]

I never thought I would see the day where I felt sorry for a Russian spy chief................

[@Sil-zx]

This video really hasn't shown us the whole politicians speaking only some parts and some of them which were fast little clips talking without no audio didn't seem scared of Putin some of them just we're also very worried because it's a tough decision so they had to make sure they know what they will say for recommendations for Putin to think about .... I'm going to keep it real I probably would've been knowing the plan will be alright be will need to have a 2nd thought in mind always !!! and take this Russians are just direct and serious and try to get things accurately confirm which Putin wanted

[@altprsn6929]

“Speak plainly” says that guy who denied invasion of Ukraine in Feb and here we are.

[@gbraal]

Totaly agree!

[@jdocean1]

He’s a lying sack of you know what.

[@a6893_]

Wouldn't it be foolish to anounce invasion 3 months in advance though? I will break into your house after 3 months be ready.XD Simple logic

[@gregoryfuzi4745]

There's your ☢️.

[@gbraal]

@@a6893_ Yeah, like we are stupid. It s like a guy preparing for your house, standing for your windows with a crowlbar, shouting that he will not come into your house

[@JJMHigner]

"We will always have kings-- we just won't call them that." ---Napoleon

[@pgknippel]

How long until Musk is officially an oligarch?

[@theironknight597]

"Democracy is game used by the strong to conceal their oligarchs rule." -Napoleon

[@itsyooboii1464]

@@Free-Palestine I love that quote 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. ---Our French Emperor Napoleon

[@theironknight597]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Politicians have since strictly adhered to this maxin.

[@rozitashahi2691]

He is the best power in the world. World love him🌟💖

[@AlxzAlec]

The world doesn't love him, because the world is full of idiots that believe their government. Putin is like this because if he gives people all freedom, the nation would fall. Putin is smart

[@thevoice4758]

No one dared to say what they actually wanted. If counselors are not free to speak then you cannot get good advice either.

[@cliffarroyo9554]

A couple of different Russians interpret Naryshkin's behavior not as fear of Putin so much as the sudden and horrible realization that Putin's going to go ahead with this insane plan (N represents a more peaceful faction in the inner circle) and that Putin is going to blame them if it doesn't work out.... he's spreading blame before the invasion.

[@hannahbeanies8855]

A little of column A, a little of column B

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Perhaps he remembered at this point how he exaggerated that the Ukraininans love Putin and hate their government in his latest reports, and how this would end horribly wrong for all.

[@stupidas9466]

@@hannahbeanies8855 and a few more columns that no one but Putin himself is aware of…yet.

[@snoozyq9576]

Wouldn't that mean that they are afraid of him though? Otherwise they wouldn't be supporting something that they find so horrifying

[@MINI-ME666]

golden words - he may have take money fro zelencky

[@paul1979uk2000]

This wasn't anything about the advisors advising Putin, this was about them telling Putin what he wanted to hear and it was easy to see the fear they showed in their body language and clearly just going on that, this is Putin's war not Russia's war but for this to get resolved, it's going to take these kinds of people that are close to Putin to become brave and do something about it otherwise it could be all their necks on the line if they leave it too late and the Russian people rise up with how bad things are getting in the country. Either way, I think Putin is finished no matter what happens in Ukraine, there are some lines you don't cross and I can't see how he can recover from this.

[@CapsFan]

He’s going to have each and everyone of those individuals in that video publicly executed before he himself goes down.

[@vanbrabant6791]

In 1991, the West's purchasing power was 80% of the world's, nowadays 36%. Driving Russia into the arms of China by trying to grab it through related oligarchs under Jeltsin the Drunk was the biggest diplomatic mistake of the previous millennium. The second was expanding Nato influence eastward, against repeated reassurance of the opposite (I.a. by Nato SecGen Wörner), also by the use of bombs with which we Europeans were "allowed" to disrupt our neighbourhood on the Balkans, in W Asia and N Africa, from where we then had to receive millions of poor refugees. By mistake or design to weaken us, dear US "allies". Greetings from Brabant.

[@kofi3124]

@@vanbrabant6791 now that is one big pile of bullshit, the West still accounts for 75% of the global GDP and no official agreement in written form was made that prohibits NATO from extending eastwards. Now you may wonder why so many post-soviet states suddenly want to join the alliance? Because Russia is threatening them and breacking it's promises (e.g. they traded Ukraine's nukes for a guarantee to never invade the country).

[@vanbrabant6791]

@@kofi3124 If you can't distinguish between GDP and purchasing power, you cannot be helped.

[@arultabitha483]

You have to have an original mind. You don't need glossy telling you this is how it is Why didn't he engage in war when NATO increased its numbers. They don't take you there do they

[@randymorgan7133]

It reminds me of a horrible boss I had. When he would call all of us into his office.. We all had that same look, because it means he was about to go into one of his manic episode..

[@tamilgamer78986]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@adventurek2066]

The scary thing about him is when he smiles. It’s better to see him angry than to see him smile at you.

[@rob1248996]

Best comment here.

[@koblongata]

Chinese people worship him though

[@BoomerKeith1]

@@koblongata Is it because of propaganda? I can't imagine how anyone, with the ability to look for themselves, could think he's a good person.

[@koblongata]

@@BoomerKeith1 Yea, the state media, the great firewall and school teachers...

[@Victoria-rl4cu]

I thought that very thing

[@l.d.t.6327]

Putin: Say things as they are and "speak plainly" Putin, one week later about the war: It's a special military operation.

[@ConsiderTheCrows]

Putin talks to humans like they are inferiors.

[@blackwhite6391]

@@ConsiderTheCrows no Only US warmongers feels that way 🥳😂😇🤣😢

[@LACYJEN1999]

He should call it shock and PILLAGE?

[@meganfedor]

AKA: Gaslighting (the modern day doublespeak).

[@MultiLimpet]

Also 4 weeks later everything going to plan

[@jaymac7203]

Plot twist. It was actually Putins pink lipstick 💄 that was making him stammer. Lol

[@myparttimeincome]

where is the full video of this meeting?

[@melinaesposito3434]

Amazing how you can control people under the threat of death.

[@garysandiego]

Death? Not so bad. It’s the torture beforehand that focuses the mind.

[@thenoxbox3871]

@@garysandiego Agree!

[@tauceti8060]

I think Putin should be the one afraid because hes there because those people allow him so what if they they decide they have enough of Putin's antics and...

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

No, I think they’re scared of being tortured or have their family killed.

[@fernandoamy8278]

All dictators rule through fear.

[@webeducation]

You'd be surprised how many bosses at various jobs are like this.

[@josephcernansky1794]

and you'd be surprised at how many of those assholes I put in their place! LOL I was raised by a WW2 Marine...and taught to take no shit from no man....I NEVER feared for a $$....I AM MY OWN MAN.....I learned from the time I walked to pull my own boots on.....NOBODY has ever held a paycheck or sales order or contract over my head. I am NOBODY'S dog!!! Now, those ass kissers put themselves in that position for the benefits of the position. Now they can't walk away for fear of loss. Or else fear of death!!

[@nevinronald5518]

No point in defaming these bosses unless maybe they stand up against “nat0”

[@SuperOldWorld]

What makes you think we are surprised :)

[@starofdavid9919]

Yes surrounded by yes men, thats why I am self employed.

[@samarthabs7873]

Say what you want but the man's personality, the way he carries himself - he sort of have an almighty aura. Like him or hate hime but you cannot deny that out of millions of suckers born everyday. This man definitely isn't one

[@humanonearth1]

It's so comical like Charlie Chaplin in his masterpiece, The Dictator when Putin says "we" and means ME.

[@lil----lil]

I will forever be grateful of Bill Gates' Quote: "If you find yourself the smartest guy in a company meeting (as owner) you're in BIG TROUBLE." Not only I'm not offended, I feel LUCKY and GLAD that I hire people that's smarter than me!

[@misino8927]

Smart observation.

[@noteda6361]

high road Andy

[@jowbloe4700]

Bill Gates : let me tell you admit Vaccines. Me : 🤣 go sit down and tell me why Windows sucks

[@itsyooboii1464]

Windows will never be on the level as Apple 😂😂 Bill Gates is a failure . Elon Musk should ship him to the sun & see what that does exactly.

[@jorgegarcia3358]

@@itsyooboii1464 im guessing you dont know what failure means

[@pascaloz5284]

Many of us take our democracy for granted not knowing it's a priceless possession.

[@shannalae3907]

amen

[@andrewdoctor6584]

Yea that’s why we must never allow the democrats to win any elections.

[@kayzeaza]

Right? As an American I see people shit on democracy all the time. And hey I know america isn’t perfect but hell we’re more free than the Russians at least

[@dayapo5132]

Lots of political fruit cakes want to take our freedom from us and bringing in socialism notzi, putin, Obama style 🤔

[@beister21]

@@andrewdoctor6584 I guess you’d prefer a coup, and no free elections

[@juncondoonflanjacontose7399]

Lmao 😂 these dudes looked absolutely mortified to be on that podium in front of Stalin, oops I mean Putin.

[@tobewithyouhoo]

How come we can see this? Who filmed, who edited?

[@AaronS11979]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke

[@jeronimotamayolopera4834]

DESTROY DEMOCRACY.

[@REIVAXMEELAS]

@@jeronimotamayolopera4834 long live democracy

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

Um…if good people do good, that’s when the bad people hate them most. They see compassion and kindness as weakness and prey on it. They’ll come at them with ridiculous challenges, such as this, and good people have no choice but to fight back. They have to lower themselves to the bad standards just to survive. I refer to Ukraine but it could apply to any of these people sitting in this room in front of this nutcase.

[@johnlittle3430]

@@amazingsupergirl7125 In this case, one strong person doing good would simply consist of putting a bullet between Putin's eyes. Every second he's alive brings civilization closer to its end.

[@diegodelacruzanaya537]

Too bad all sides are evil

[@CZpersi]

Half of the people’s faces are like "how the hell have I ended up here?"

[@ACuriousChild]

By lying to themselves for to long. Once the spider web is spun there is no escape.

[@mohdfadzil5568]

ha..ha .. i love yr comment

[@ACuriousChild]

@@mohdfadzil5568 I hope you did not take it in a partisan way. As my statement applies to every single human being, but especially for those in some kind of position of power, political or economical. Most of them, particularly in the western hemisphere, haven't realized it yet. The BEAST is coming for them as well. As of now they are still licking the honey from the honey trap not realizing they have been caught. No human mind knows when the curtain comes down. Some are aware that eventually it will, so they are getting ready.

[@wasserman7273]

oh, they paved their way all these years, they are not puppets, they are criminals.

[@ding174]

Julia Ioffe dissected this perfectly. It looks like a Politburo meeting of the 1939. They all new it was a bad idea but nobody wanted to tell him what he didn’t want to hear. And now, here we are….

[@nisargjoshi4816]

If this was Putin's pre-war attitude then I can't imagine what would have been his reaction when this same people revealed the failure of the war!!!!

[@themiddle8979]

He's a weirdo. It reminds me of the old scene when everyone wanted to clap for Stalin and nobody wanted to be the first to stop. He held up his watch to stop them

[@faa1412]

Are you serious?!? 🤣🤣 I gotta look for that clip lol

[@pikantnomie1894]

@@faa1412 The first guy to stop clapping was killed .

[@faa1412]

@@pikantnomie1894 Oh wow!! Wtf?!!

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@@faa1412 no he was not killed, lol he's just trolling you. but the clapping story is true, and staling had to literally tell them to stop so that he can give his speech, lol.

[@sweetandsavoury]

Wow, the looks on Putin's advisors is something to behold they look terrified and these are the people that know what he's capable of......stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦 💪 🇺🇦

[@MichealLee__]

Fake news america lies so munch lol American need a war for insurance we are in debt

[@johnlittle3430]

@@MichealLee__ You can stop talking utter shit any time you like.

[@SuperVoidBoyz]

Yeah this guy is one of the most powerful individuals in the world that can decide to hit the red button at any point. Russia has one of the biggest military arsenal and lots of nuclear warheads.

[@greenman1411]

@@SuperVoidBoyz Goodness - you seem very well informed!

[@user-ci6dy3fv2q]

and you don't know that Russia has endured for 8 years and has just now started a military operation, and Putin doesn't want to touch the peaceful people of Ukraine, and if he wanted to, he simply undermined the whole of Ukraineand you don't know that Russia has endured for 8 years and has just now started a military operation, and Putin doesn't want to touch the peaceful people of Ukraine, and if he wanted to, he would simply undermine the whole of Ukraine!

[@therealmichaelscott.]

Damn, you know you’re a bad motor scooter when they bring in A list 20th century war documentary narrators

[@w.b.t.127]

Scared or not the whole Security Council also needs to be held accountable for WAR CRIMES. They let it happen even when it was the wrong move. No courage.

[@brettwilson7680]

They have no real power, Putin is a tyrant and has long since surrounded himself with yes men. Anybody that has shown courage has either been killed or imprisoned.

[@LMCSM]

That's cowards for you 😔

[@chaosXP3RT]

In a modern country, the Cabinet sits around a table and discusses matters with the President. They don't sit in chairs and take turns walking up to a podium to say what the President wants to hear. Russia is living under Fascism

[@danielwymer1580]

And the USA and canada, light fascism

[@MuhammadAli-in1qm]

@@danielwymer1580 The U.S and Canada don't even come close to Putin's Russia.

[@denasharpe2393]

And this is a surprise to ?????

[@lindaj5492]

Except when they sit round a table with Trump demanding their accolades…. Does USA now understand why the rest of the world was so appalled by Trump?

[@stephenwright8824]

@@lindaj5492 Some of us don't, unfortunately. For them, Putin is just another butt they want to kiss, and often.

[@heinedietiker4943]

A behavioral scientist explained the difference between apes and humans. "In a pack of monkeys, the most aggressive monkey terrorizes everyone else. In a group of people, the group eliminates whoever terrorizes them."

[@AlanSmitheeman]

Apes are not monkeys.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

not so far

[@truthbeknown23]

So what you are saying is that the American gov is a group of monkeys?

[@stillwill2215]

Well they'd better get cracking before we ALL get eliminated .

[@zjpdarkblaze]

Whats funny is that Putin is just a representative. Putin has inner circles. Putin and this inner circle are in charge. They are a group of people. Not just one man.

[@Bokaj01]

'respected colleagues...' lol

[@victorbrunswick]

I was half expecting a trap door under their seats to the piranha tank.

[@chessman70]

His distance from them shows them how scared he is of them as well. He must be looking over his shoulder constantly.

[@Perfectsolar]

No. They are scared of him.

[@davidsuro986]

He's a germaphobe. COVID scares him. All of his "advisors" are thoroughly searched prior to any meeting.

[@GuyVinmara]

The famed “sword of Damocles” dates back to an ancient moral parable popularized by the Roman philosopher Cicero in his 45 B.C. book “Tusculan Disputations.” Cicero’s version of the tale centers on Dionysius II, a tyrannical king who once ruled over the Sicilian city of Syracuse during the fourth and fifth centuries B.C. Though rich and powerful, Dionysius was supremely unhappy. His iron-fisted rule had made him many enemies, and he was tormented by fears of assassination-so much so that he slept in a bedchamber surrounded by a moat and only trusted his daughters to shave his beard with a razor. As Cicero tells it, the king’s dissatisfaction came to a head one day after a court flatterer named Damocles showered him with compliments and remarked how blissful his life must be. “Since this life delights you,” an annoyed Dionysius replied, “do you wish to taste it yourself and make a trial of my good fortune?” When Damocles agreed, Dionysius seated him on a golden couch and ordered a host of servants wait on him. He was treated to succulent cuts of meat and lavished with scented perfumes and ointments. Damocles couldn’t believe his luck, but just as he was starting to enjoy the life of a king, he noticed that Dionysius had also hung a razor-sharp sword from the ceiling. It was positioned over Damocles’ head, suspended only by a single strand of horsehair. From then on, the courtier’s fear for his life made it impossible for him to savor the opulence of the feast or enjoy the servants.

[@Puertoito]

@@GuyVinmara wtf are talking about. Go to bed.

[@olympia5758]

@@Puertoito That was really interesting and relevant to what was being discussed. If you had an understanding of history then you would know what he was talking about.

[@eaubert1]

That one guy's stuttering and insecurity were a clear sign that he was terrified of the dictator!

[@donrane]

It was punishment because he suspected there where leaks coming from his department.

[@eaubert1]

@@donrane ..... if you have to put on a performance of publicly trusting your staff members, while secretly mistrusting them, then don't even bother!

[@thomastomi8402]

nato probaganda

[@eaubert1]

@@thomastomi8402 .... you don't need to be a psychoanalyst to realize what was going on here! If anything, this meeting was Russian propaganda.

[@thomastomi8402]

@@eaubert1 then all thr nato meeting was a bias probaganda too

[@mattgbam]

"Like something you would see in a Royal court". WRONG. Its like something you would see in a Bond movie. I was just waiting for No. 7 to be dropped into the Shark tank.

[@ReneChewbaka]

This is like Star Wars Return of the Jedi when Darth Vader uses The Force to strangle his general.

[@lesparton2069]

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! Never has this statement been more true!!

[@walterjunovich6180]

I keep thinking about the "Austin Powers Movie" where his henchman are sitting around the conference table and when they said something Dr. Evil didn't like he would press a button and they would fall into a pit of fire. 😄😄😄

[@ivan-vi8kg]

This meeting was not to discuss an invasion of Ukraine, but to discuss recognising the seperate states of Luhansk and Donetsk. This is no different from what the US and the rest of the West does other places in the world. Backing separatists and supporting their independence is not new to world politics and it is not just Putins ''evil master plan''

[@MR-in4yi]

Once again FRONT LINE says it all!!!!

[@sebastianhanes9681]

Putin has changed the title of Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace". Now it's "Special Operation and Peace".

[@TeslaKuhn8]

"Special Operation and Obedience"

[@thomastomi8402]

nato probaganda

[@TeslaKuhn8]

​@@thomastomi8402 What is going on in that tiny brain of yours? I'm starting to wonder about the clique that prides itself in research. Putin's meat corner is not even two sources. Meanwhile he brags about the dead bodies. What comes out of HIS mouth, not NATO, is what you should be listening to. He sounds criminally insane at best. You guys make Rhinos and Donkeys look intelligent. The only dots here to connect are that Putin willingly started a war because he noticed America was beginning to turn on Biden as a whole. Now all of that will disappear like it did with LBJ and FDR. He's a war president, now. He will be respected. Putin did that. So who is not thinking clearly? No matter what your flavor is, Putin is the enemy. Not even a very good one, apparently. Plain and simple.

[@dabulphilly]

Damn they we’re scared to death 😂😂😂 that 1 guy tried to recognize Ukraine as a sovereign country he was so scared he couldn’t get the words out especially when Putin talking about talk freely that man know his career is over!

[@mattieb7348]

Not only his career, but his life.

[@zezmerelda240]

more than likely, his life.

[@buzzbuoy]

@@mattieb7348 Exactly! What's he gonna do with a career rotting somewhere or dead.

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

pfft, you mean he's hoping that it's only his career that's over =/

[@windymiller3910]

Didn’t he strangely go missing after this?

[@IAmNumber4000]

1:44 Naryshkin is sweating bullets because he knows the absolute clusterfuck that Putin’s ego is about to force them all into.

[@-JA-]

Thank you.

[@DoomSlayersNephew7270]

That poor guy who was struggling to get “his words” out should probably watch his back

[@wasserman7273]

he is not 'poor guy'. he is head of intelligence. he is just as bad as all of them.

[@HDA_III]

Bad or just a puppet on strings?

[@HDA_III]

How worse is Biden? Another puppet.

[@wasserman7273]

@@HDA_III ah, you're one of conspiracy americabad guys

[@MichealLee__]

Fake news america lies so munch lol American need a war for insurance we are in debt

[@KPG0829]

They all looked like victims of human trafficking. They look scared for their life. And he is a bully. Mocking the guy stammering. What a piece of nothing.

[@FallenRingbearer]

That woman on the right in the green. She looked like that was the last place she wanted to be, ever.

[@wasserman7273]

@@FallenRingbearer you should hear her more speaking. she's very much in it.

[@FallenRingbearer]

@@wasserman7273 ah, I was merely commenting on the video. I wasn't excusing her.

[@Eddierath]

He was like 😢"please don't a annex me"

[@wtffrank]

The theatrics are Frontline's editing!

[@feras4594]

Insane how he controlled that advisors answers and just put straight fear into his heart. Disgusting form of politics if you can even call it that. Defy and you get poisoned or shot and left in an alley to rot. This guy is a bigger problem than I would have ever perceived. Always came off as rational and fair in the past but his true colors have shown in this war.

[@zhouwu]

I think this is maybe the most positive outcome of this war: The mask is off. We can all see his true colours now. And it's not looking pretty.

[@stupidas9466]

The only way someone could think of Putin as rational and fair is if they either haven't paid attention to everything he's done both before and after he took power, have believed his propaganda despite the obvious lies, or both. At no point has he done anything remotely in the interest of anyone but himself. For years his "opponents" have gone missing, been poisoned, or taken "accidental" falls from 15 storey balconies. Take a second and look at what he has done in Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, Syria, etc etc and let me know at what point "fair" was a good adjective/adverb to use for what he's done.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@stupidas9466 "Comrades who don't agree with me...wait in next room. I call it Novichok Corner."

[@jacquesb5248]

they just for show not for advise

[@voicelesssoul]

only solution is to take the guy out.

[@pancakeface5717]

Wow. It's "Give me the answer you already know that I want, and nothing else." No equivocating, No questions. No opinions or views. No hesitation. Makes you wonder when some of the more brazen (i.e. foolish) advisors will simply disappear.

[@TheGeeoff]

I heard that the chief of intelligence has been placed under house arrest. Probably because his very public hesitation in agreeing with Putin has now proven to be correct and that makes Putin look like an idiot.

[@brandonvickery5019]

The brazen advisors disappeared a long time ago.

[@kostantinsilko5865]

hello Rick. Ukrainian nationalists have killed 14,000 civilians in Donbas since 2014!!!! western media don’t tell people about all the woman and children even babies the Ukrainian nazis were “exterminating” before Russia intervened.. not a mention of it.. instead the west hides behind refugees to justify there stance against Russia.

[@halfalligator6518]

He has spent the last 20 years removing anyone who challenges him properly. His inner circle has shrunk too. Hmmmmm he almost seems like an idol for someone else I can't quite put my finger on.

[@reginald_1458]

He asked him to expound on it. Your seeing what you want to see.

[@Peace-tk3gr]

Picture's worth a 1000 words!

[@LMCSM]

He reminds me of Phil Mitchell from Eastenders. Same mannerisms and expressions. He too threatens and bullies others into doing what he wants

[@mtadams2009]

My father who was wounded twice in WW2 used to always say ‘ you better have no other options if you go to war because it’s brutal’ my father hated war and never romanced it. Everyone losing and for what? Power I guess.

[@dixieleflore1409]

My Father fought in WW11 and fought for freedom and I really didn’t have all of him because of the horrific memories 🙏🏽

[@mtadams2009]

@@dixieleflore1409 I am sorry to hear that. For many the war does not end when the war ends. I know many who have been effected negatively by war. I wish you well.

[@clarapvalente]

The Russian army is saving our future

[@bibimir]

@Al My grandfather said the same, that the war was terrible and one should never wish for it. He's not a small minded individual. He was a great man. And he fought against Nazis in WW2. War is started by psychopaths, such as Americans, Nazis, russian Putins, etc.

[@sandramackie8311]

Yes war is about power. It is harrowing to see the cruelty and treachery of one man Mr Putin. The Ukrainian people are suffering dreadful atrocities at present. If he is not stopped this will go on to to take place in other sovereign countries. Do not allow this man to commit any more cruelty genocide and destruction.

[@darylbenson9682]

Reminds me of several high level Trump presidential meetings where everyone around the table took turns praising Trump.

[@mythoughts2649]

Remember when Lavrov was in the Oval Office?

[@edmund6392]

Daryl - Bingo!

[@Dweller415]

Dumb, that happens with every President and even Governors for that matter. Secondly, like Trump or hate him, it’s rather idiotic to compare him to Putin.

[@c.a.t.732]

Exactly.

[@roostersideburns3440]

@@Dweller415 putin isnt as dumb as trump

[@abdulmajidmohamed1068]

Why is America the look at President Putin the way he walks the way he keeps distance with the people of the government that is sick . America will never say anything good about President Putin . President Putin is the boss.

[@jenmonty544]

At least we have Disney rights now.

[@ceciliaandersen3849]

Last year, Mikhail Gorbachev said: "I think it is absolutely necessary that Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden meet." He warned of increasing polarization and the risk of nuclear weapons.

[@KirkFickert]

They did meet last year. Putin probably got the impression that Biden isn't all there and thus had the green light to take Ukraine. Hell back in January Biden said it was okay if Russia took just a little bit.

[@peagames2002]

@@KirkFickert Obama same thing with Crimea, I suppose it was alright for him that Russia just "takes" the land from already small and previously oppressed nation of Ukraine. Ukraine has already faced such hell with Holodomor under Stalin, I doubt they want to be first people to witness Putin's "5 year plan".

[@SimpleLifeAlways81]

I miss Gorbachev. He tried everything .. everything to create peace. Wish we had him back.

[@ceciliaandersen3849]

@@SimpleLifeAlways81 I agree with you. He was such a nice person. He got the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. I wish he could tell Putin to stop his war crimes.

[@larrycampbell5649]

Yep. He saw this coming.

[@aggiev8561]

Look at how he talks about "negotiating" as if it were a joke. Yet, the US keeps refusing to call him a war criminal because "we might want to negotiate with him later on and that would jeopardize it" Stop the diplomacy bs, the world is watching, do your jobs and act as world leaders. Seems like too many of them signed on for pocket lining and are now all silent.

[@charliebarton]

Yelenski now says that he's frustrated that the Americans refuse to help him negotiate. It seems that our leaders will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.

[@ceebee23]

Ukraine may not want to join NATO ...it has shown itself weak and the US just unable and unwilling to face up to the psychopath in the Kremlin...

[@fallingalice2601]

@@ceebee23 Wow. Aren't you a genius where global politics goes. NATO is weak? NATO is stronger than it's ever been. You think NATO is doing nothing? They have imposed economic sanctions that are destroying Russia from the inside out. Russia is DONE. You think NATO nations taking up arms is going to help Ukraine? Only an idiot imagines that. The U.S. and NATO are -- WISELY -- waiting until they have absolutely no choice other than to take up arms against Russia. Once they do, bucko, WWIII is ON. It'll give Putin the reason he needs to start using chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. As far as Zelensky goes, he's a nice enough man who obviously cares about his country. He's also a fool with very little understanding or mastery of international politics. When the US told Zelensky months ago what Russia was planning, Zelensky dismissed it as Western hysteria. Had he listened, a whole lot more Ukranians would be alive today.

[@fallingalice2601]

Or maybe they're avoiding doing it so that they can ultimately lay their hands on the man. Do you not understand that the US's actions have been devastating to Russia without firing a weapon. No doubt, you'll be the first to complain once the US and NATO have no choice but to engage and WWIII begins.

[@MikeOxlong-]

@@fallingalice2601 100%! Thank-you for spelling it out for the imbeciles...

[@nostalgicmelancholy5606]

The west is so diluted is just sad..

[@itdog]

Никто там никого не боялся. Мужики принимали сложное решение.

[@smithnwesson990]

Seriously Russia has massive potential to be an economic powerhouse and enrich everyday Russians if only there was a real representing government

[@Kid_Naps]

The West isnt a third world

[@krishnastock]

@fomerly patriotic Even if they aren't it doesn't make SmithN' Wesson's statement invalid!

[@larrycampbell5649]

Your right man. We shouldn`t be even talking about the rise of China`s economic power.

[@dolma2897]

They were an economic powerhouse. Unfortunately, the US spent the past 70 years dismantling it. Why do you think he doesn't trust NATO?

[@larrycampbell5649]

@@dolma2897 Well... I understand that but you can't blame every failure on the U.S.

[@lexstockton2451]

Well, everybody has an opinion but I think the key is the guy who said they have no border with Ukraine, it is the US. By that logic we have been invaded. Tell me again, Mr. Carlson, why Americans should support this horrible example of a human being.

[@largecarr6185]

Yeah this mr. Carlson you're replying to is another one of the failings of u.s. colleges they're nothing more than educated idiots lighting and all the Democrats most of the Republicans have been bought out sold their souls to Russia China and all the enemies of the United States a progressive socialist is nothing more than a dirty filthy neo-marxist communist that's all of our Democrats and part of the Republicans get the price of gas Joe Blow Me Biden is funding Putin's War sending him billions of dollars with our gas money and all the high taxes he's raised look at the 26% tax put on plastic, eggs went from a dollar 49 over $4.50 for 18 eggs at Walmart where I live President Joe Blow Me Biden is buying oil from Iran and giving them nuclear help we the people have felled ourself Putin is nothing more than a terrorist funded by Joe Biden and the Democrats it's amazing black people still vote for the Democrats Hillary and Bill Clinton pass the law they put more black men in jail at any other time in the history remember what Hillary Clinton said on CNN black men are super predators and don't deserve to walk the street they pass the law to put all those black men in jail half of them were not guilty but yet people still believe the b******* the Democrats and they still vote vote for the Democrats though their taxes go up their jobs go away a lot of them are homeless they're so stupid they can't figure it out God help us

[@maxk880]

@@largecarr6185 I really don't know how you think people are supposed to read your 0 punctuation wall of text

[@allowmi]

All that was missing was the trap doors beneath the audiences' chairs... "Number 5, you have been promoted to number 4. Please take your seat."

[@aardvarkansaw]

It was not a cocky walk-he was trying to disguise his limp.

[@UncleBuZ]

Small man complex.

[@NateWoodbury]

This is just nuts. How does one man get so much power in today's world? I am very very blessed to live in a country that's known freedom and democracy, and individual rights.

[@blackout07blue]

Because voters in US have stood up to fascists like Putin and fascists like Trump and fascists like Republicans.

[@kleinemaus6094]

@scoot you wouldn't know a fascist if one bit you on the ass. Requiring people to get an unproven shot under pain of not being allowed to provide for their family if they don't - that is fascist in nature. But you won't believe me because you mindlessly regurgitate our own Soviet level propaganda the media has been pumping you full of for years.

[@niweshlekhak9646]

@@blackout07blue Ronald Regan and Bush were not fascists.

[@jamescoleman3006]

@@niweshlekhak9646 Ronald Regan and Bush are dead and so is the Republican Party as you know it from yesteryear.

[@Msosa654]

Democracy is much of the same no matter what the rule of law says

[@tonyspurgeon5819]

I love how everyone I’m this video is condemning Putins actions towards his staff while this website restricts free speech !!!

[@fxsrider]

That woman looks horrified.

[@jonimcdougall7624]

He didn’t want to say the words but Putin was trying to force him.

[@jossfitzsimons]

Yes he was slippery when this huge decision required directness. The slippery guy wanted to hedge his bets while all the rest were willing to say I'm in.

[@WineScrounger]

He’s in prison now.

[@adventurek2066]

@@WineScrounger for real?

[@Spabsa]

@@WineScrounger nah

[@hristiyanhristov2480]

@@adventurek2066 One of the guys in this meeting is in house arrest. The other's whereabouts are unknown, not indicating arrest or anything bad, but he hasn't made any public appearance.

[@immanny85]

We’re witnessing history, folks. This is the prequel to a violent n catastrophic ending - hopefully just for Putin.

[@dianasmith725]

I agree with u

[@geekay5163]

At least he made it possible for you all to listen and watch them.

[@joeharna]

Seemed pretty calm to me.

[@danielchukwuemeka7621]

Putin has to be taught a very big lesson

[@AlexMisas]

And what's the lesson you big chunk? Do things like Uncle Sam?

[@eloy1004]

what's that supposed to be World War 3 where we all die, don't be stupid

[@wizkid3295]

Why dont you teach him a lesson by yourself then. If you think you can do it.

[@rogeranderson8763]

Sociopaths are not so big on 'learning lessons'...I offer our own idiot, the Orange Maggot as Exhibit One..-Veteran '66-68

[@jolness1]

@@wizkid3295 I missed where he said that?

[@chrissymoss514]

And so he can say .... "we had a democratic meeting, everyone had their say and voiced their opinions. We ALL agree on the final decision/I didn't agree but I was out numbered". That man is pure evil.

[@fallingalice2601]

And since then he's placed the Director of the FSB (Intelligence) under arrest in order to find his scapegoat.

[@davidmullen6011]

"We ALL agree on the final decision/I didn't agree but I was out numbered"." It's a very clever tactic, if true. If you think it through though every person in that room knows that apart from not daring to cast any form of disagreement, or invite a discussion to be opened, they are there to be used as Vladimir Putin's scapegoats. He will convene these meetings for the ultimate purpose of reflecting the blame onto them, which from his corrupted perspective makes good political sense yes, but it also broadcasts to everyone who works in his government and various security and financial agencies that this man is not going to take any responsibility for anything that goes wrong - he will blame them. And _his_ sins become theirs to bear, and suffer the consequences. Imagine the depth of the fear, but also the sheer depth of the bottled-up resentment towards this man. It's a clever tactic yes, but still a sight that demonstrates Putin as being the modern equivalent to the Roman Emperor Caligula. A man going slowly mad on absolute power, and enjoying the fact that such power can instill absolute terror on those around him. Here is a man with something approaching a God-Complex...because there is almost nothing and nobody to tell him "No". Ever.

[@Joy-py2cm]

For sure

[@chrissymoss514]

@@davidmullen6011 Yes yes and yes again. Sadly, you're absolutely correct!

[@planetguam8475]

No wonder he doesn’t listen to his advisors. He can’t hear them, he has them sitting too far.