Why is UKRAINE the POOREST country in EUROPE? - VisualPolitik EN

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Ukraine is one of the worst off countries after the collapse of the USSR. It is the poorest country in Europe despite having a huge aerospace industry, natural resources and some of the most fertile land for agriculture. During the communist era, Ukraine was the breadbasket of the Soviet Union. Despite all this, Ukrainians have experienced terrible famines such as the Stalinist Holodomor.
Today, the situation is not much better. Apart from enduring a war with Russia, its political system is particularly corrupt. Almost the entire economy is in the hands of big oligarchs: millionaires who amass fortunes thanks to their connections with political power.
Is it possible to change this system? Why is Ukraine in a real economic and political dilemma? Can Ukraine reverse its fortunes? In this video we tell you all about it.
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[@vladnebunu2709]

Ukraine: We are the poorest country in Europe Moldova: Hold my Beer

[@Abdul-cg4rm]

It's sad, but true.

[@TIFO39]

Albania 👀

[@larpOttomanfr]

@@TIFO39 hungary

[@user-wg1yc6mr5q]

@@larpOttomanfr are you kidding? Hungary is above average for eastern european country.

[@GVLink]

Прости браток, но я сам с Украины и был в Молдове, Украина беднее по кучи показателей, как бы бредово это не звучало 😕

[@SlavaUkraineee]

On the map of Ukraine you missed part of territory, Odessa oblast.

[@romkobo]

Як не Крим то Одеська область)) Кожен раз.

[@a4yster]

HE did.

[@tyrellwellick6234]

@W1SDOM all republics created by soviets are fake except russia and baltic countries central asia was unite under russian empire which was called turkestan gubernia belarus and ukraine never existed before the soviets.

[@tyrellwellick6234]

@W1SDOM Its kinda ironic that ukrainians falling statue of lenin, their creator. Without him all post soviet countries never would gain independence.Even poland, finland and baltic "countries" would be part of russian empire.

[@martynstusiak3471]

@@tyrellwellick6234 turn off russian TV and open at lease Wikipedia. Might learn some history, so you stop embarrassing yourself.

[@user-kv3mj6rc8d]

"After the fall of USSR Ukraine was poorest republic in Soviet orbit" WRONG! Actually only Russia in 1991 was richer on post-soviet area. Ukraine was comparable to other countries of east Europe if not better. But after 2000 the GDP was two times lower and population decrease on 10%.

[@alexanderbielinski1687]

3.5 times lower not two!!

[@ArAtOrA]

Whell, you should have done your homework better before filming this video. Considering that your wife’s isn’t even a pop science, first 2 decays analysis of Ukraine newest history is so-so. But you didn’t get a point on what happened after Maidan, and that Zelenski is a comeback of oligarchy, not it’s eliminator. And it’s Kyiv, not Kiev m8.

[@parapoliticos52]

Ukraine real population is not more than 35millions. Some say as low as 31. From the official population you have to subtract 7 millions that is the population of Divas and Crimea, and several million note that immigrated since 2014 to Russia. The population declined by 40% since 89. No other country, including those that suffered the yoke of meadivel Mongols that slaughter the population of entire regions has experienced such a decline of its population.Shows you the degree of of destructiveness of Ukrainian politicians

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

you re right under Gorbatchev very few shortages in Ukraine

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

@@ArAtOrA it is Kiev in English and all languages Kyiv ( in Ukrainian) is used in English by far right ukrainian nationalists admirers of fascist Stephan Bandera It was after Maidan the lack quasi total of trade with russia who in constant $ divided by 2 the power of purchase of Ukrainians Ukraine has nothing to sell to EU The worts ennemy of Ukrainian are oligarchs and its incompetent leaders since the independence ( you needed 2 referendums)

[@christianjeri4369]

After visiting Ukraine, I was surprised how many beautiful cities they have, countless beautiful restaurants, beautiful big malls, beautiful train stations that by the way are packed at any time of the day. Their cities are full of energy and youth. I saw almost no homeless on the streets, healthy people, so many good cars, boats, everybody using expensive Aaple products. They are Amazing, happy, friendly people. I would think that the numbers are deceiving due to the Informal economy which is not counted in the GDP. Best regards to the people of Beautiful Ukraine.

[@donborrelli5088]

Yes, but the people in the villages are really really poor in money. However, how much money do you need when you live on mini-farm with chickens and a couple of cows and your main expense is $20 a month for electricity. Except for that $20 they live in a barter economy. Technically they are poor. In reality they are not as poor as the numbers say.

[@ThePhosee]

Christian Jeri, it is so pleasant to read, thank you for such warm words

[@Spoooookkyy]

lmao ya no one pays taxes cuz if they did theyd get stolen anyway

[@yeetian2774]

In Soviet Union era as long as you work you will get a flat from the government.

[@thelordofsiberia8900]

The thing is that the disabled and homeless are just so stigmatized around the post-Soviet area that they barely leave their shelter. In fact, if you are homeless and in a touristic streeet, you are likely to be beaten by a police. That's the way we solve homelesness problem in the former USSR. Considering healthy people, most unhealthy people cannot physically leave their home 'cause there is 0 handikapped -accesible areas in Ukraine. And about cars, that is just our mentality - we will eat the cheapest fiood but pay for a car --- we care more about for other peiple will think of us than about our reality

[@BatCaveOz]

Most sources list Moldova as Europe's poorest country, not Ukraine.

[@VisualFeast7557]

I googled it, and yes: 1. Kosovo, 2. Moldova.

[@kayvan671]

Not Albania?

[@zzygyy]

Moldova = highest alcoholism rate.

[@BatCaveOz]

@@PumpkinEater-dm1xx Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, with a GDP per capita of $2,289 With a per capita GDP of $2,639, Ukraine is the second-poorest country in Europe.

[@kayvan671]

@Frank James More like a Mafia Group lol. Believe me..i live in Germany. And many of them immigrated to us...

[@leoprg5330]

Czech republic or Poland were never part of Soviet union -as was said in the video. We were USSR's satellites, occupied by soviets but not part of union..

[@jason4275]

Satellites still mean that the USSR still control their government.

[@kubakuba7786]

@@jason4275 still it doesnt mean PL or CZ were part of USSR, because they weren’t. If you looked at a map from that time period you’d see Poland and Czechoslovakia there, but you wouldn’t see neither Estonia nor Ukraine.

[@sampejke]

He said "soviet orbit"

[@kubakuba7786]

@@sampejke okay, you’re right, it’s because of his strong accent

[@Yezu666]

He never said part of USSR, but part of their sphere of influence.

[@user-gp8cb9un7v]

I, as a Ukrainian, already left two comments explaining why the author in the videos is making A LOT of mistakes, but it wasn't even half of the video, so it is pointless to try to re-explain everything. I wish author that he does better research next time.

[@humanDNA]

Same. This video is shit from start to finish. Almost amazing how one can be so dumb

[@ozvulcan]

Visual Politik is notorious for doing little to no research, and what little research they do is poorly done

[@arnomar]

@Абдульзефир лапти потеряли

[@captainsponge7825]

@@hivemind5009 "nationalize" sure, commie. maybe go back to being a market-socialist economy like Belarussia or Venezuela already?

[@taterkaze9428]

As an American who's offended by inaccuracy and poor research, I unsubscribed. I hope to visit Ukraine someday.

[@markyaremko8031]

Ukraine is "poorest" only when you use official GDP statistics. A good portion of the economy is cash. This does not mean that Ukraine is secretly super rich, just that much is not recorded in official statistics.

[@Zoltan1251]

well that means corruption and black market.... corruption is wild in Ukraine, when we crossed border from Slovakia we had to pay like 3 different police patrols.... you have tons of black market goods sure, again, that doesnt mean its better than statistics say... only certain people gain from it but country as a whole is poorer because of it...

[@Zdamaneta]

@@Zoltan1251 Ukraine also has the highest rate of HIV in Europe.

[@andrii_zavhosp]

@@MegaHappydead how do you think we have stopped the Russian nazi without enough weapons?

[@FatNinjaKings]

guess what, ukraine is secretly super rich :D

[@FLKRM]

@@Zdamaneta no, Russia have twice higher.

[@happyelephant5384]

0:45 you lost one Ukrainian region: Odesa in the south west, near Moldova:)

[@TheMrNalsur]

Half* of Odesa region at least. I never understood how people miss it, lol

[@hajime2k]

I went to Odesa several times. Folks speak Russian there, mainly. I was in Odesa in 2014 for a few days, but did not visit the site of where 40+ people died in that fire-bombing. That city should be a tourist attraction but even locals complain about the polluted water and beaches. Another city with incomplete projects like Zaporozhye.

[@GeloKuhsang]

Even Jared Leto knew in Lord of War to draw Odessa on a map :D

[@lemavr]

@@TheMrNalsur Poeople, who make pictures usually are pretty bad in geography, so they use automatic object selection and often it doesn't take southern part of Odesa region but recognizes it as separated object. As soon as picturemaker have no idea about ukrainian geography it looks OK for this person. And then this picture goes to the video. Guess, this is the common situation with the mistake.

[@alexeylutskyi6420]

@@lemavr Pretty much how this happens with the Budjak every time - the region is actually connected to the "mainland" Ukraine with only two bridges, and one of the two roads (M-15) even goes through Moldovan territory.

[@maryn6792]

I'd say that the division (the one shown on the maps) is not russian-speaking vs ukrainian-speaking. But rather those who like ties with Russia vs those who don't. (And there are a lot, like a lot of russian-speaking people in Ukraine who don't support the pro-russian agenda)

[@ivcretivs891]

Are there parts of the Ukrainian speaking population which are skeptical of further Western integration?

[@thmbones]

Ivcretivs μάγμα Kyiv. And ares around it. Not everyone is happy with direction to EU. It is mixed up here :)

[@drongomaster]

@@ivcretivs891 yes there are but there is not many as an overall percentage. Moreover, most of ukrainian soldiers who fight against russia are russian speaking

[@ds1991]

@@drongomaster not at all 80% of soldiers come from the central or western parts

[@drongomaster]

@@ds1991 agree but a lot of central regions speak russian such as Dnipro, Zaporizhya etc.

[@easytiger6570]

3:50 not really, you can still be russian speaking and be pro EU, just as my family is

[@EliEli-vf4yy]

I found this video not very well researched. Many mistakes including half of Odesa not being on the map, wrong facts. I'm Russian speaking in Kyiv and pro EU. It's not a language issue, it's a Donbas+South being pro Russian while the rest are pro EU. Not even entirely eastern since Sumy is pro EU

[@carebear8129]

@@EliEli-vf4yy completely agree with both of you this video is awful and lacks so much nuance, I wish they would delete it

[@EliEli-vf4yy]

@@carebear8129 they made a follow up one and it isn't much better. Again missing Odesa. Now showing the war as if it's in the entire Luhansk and Donetsk regions

[@GuilhermePereira-vi6vc]

@@EliEli-vf4yy imagine thinking the future of Ukraine is with western Europe instead of your slave brothers in Eastern Europe.

[@daniel6648]

@@GuilhermePereira-vi6vc Eastern Europeans slavs are mostly in the EU, so why is that even matter?

[@dausmoithai6198]

Poland and Czezhia were never Soviets. They are the countries in their own right. Come on Grant, do your homework

[@savvaskilikidis2783]

He said they were part of Soviet ORBIT not Soviet Union ;)

[@alexanderlee5669]

Yeah but he lists Estonia with them to be fair.

[@thommysides4616]

They were not part of the USSR, but they were in league with them for many years.

[@hkw242]

@Chinese for supper They were never part of the USSR, but part of Warshaw Pact and certainly under a great infuence of the USSR. The former Yugoslawia under Tito never was realy close to the USSR (break up with Stalin in 1948). The wars in former Yugoslawia sure weren't fought to gain indedendence from USSR. The wars were more of a nationalist struggle for power and territory, all the parts of Yugoslawia sought there own indepence based on where they historical came from.

[@hkw242]

@UCaRak7YYED65lQOT4D3lpIg That's getting boring. Your political opinions hinder you to take a neutral approach towards history. But who am I to say, to each it's own. Adieu.

[@toribenita_kyo]

One thing I learned from my Ukrainian friend: never put "the" in front of "Ukraine". It's just plain "Ukraine".

[@flopunkt3665]

@Frank James you put "the" in front of the Congo or the Vatican. The Ukraine isn't alone ;)

[@Gardarik33115]

@@flopunkt3665 article "the" is put usually in front of the countries that are a part of some larger countries or used in plural + a few exeptions. The Congo because there was one Congo that got split (part of something bigger), the Netherlands (bcs plural), the Vatican (historical importance, hence exception). "The" in front of the Ukraine nowadays falls under none of these rules and is the legacy of the past when Ukraine was a member state of the USSR (and was used separately bcs after WWII it also got a constituent state of the UN). Be gramatically correct, drop the article.

[@flopunkt3665]

@@Gardarik33115 there is no such rule in the English language. It's got nothing to do with the USSR, it's just always been called "the Ukraine" in English.

[@pastelclouds1922]

@@Gardarik33115 Vatican’s full name is the Vatican City. As you know, if the name is taken from a common noun, like “city” or “states” or “kingdom”, “the” particle is used 😉👌

[@michaeldunham3385]

@@flopunkt3665 and yet through the entire video in English it was never referred to as "the" Ukraine

[@unaunsoisland]

Meh, you got about 50% wrong about Ukraine, but still not bad.

[@carebear8129]

That is pretty bad

[@andriyka17]

As Ukrainian I will say you got almost everything wrong. Just bunch of facts with incorrect conclusions. For example you could mention that Naftogas was extremely profitable at 2018-2019. The same is with crops. You got your numbers wrong.

[@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m]

As Ukrainian I will say you partially wrong too. This video definitely sponsored (not mentioned Akhmetov/Novinsky/Tigipko across tycoon theme - is against the low). But he right in common: Kuchma set this system and no Yuschenko, not Poroshenko not Zelensky did nothing to change system - only some personality changes. Weak Judgement system, great shadow business, uncontrolled police, greed and MASS MONEY FROM MORDOR in propaganda - this is our main problems.

[@rlstinenko]

the map of Ukraine is shown incorrectly. because in real time the Odessa region belongs to the territory of Ukraine

[@theconqueringram5295]

Last time I checked Moldova was labelled as the poorest. Anyway, interesting video as always. Ukraine is a pretty complex country.

[@ghost21501]

I wish I was Elon Musk so that I could buy my birth country and make it into the best country in Europe.

[@momo-cchi5978]

@@ghost21501 Can you even BUY a country? And if so, would the powers that be even let you do that? 🤔

[@hemingstein4262]

Moldova has a GDP per capita of $4.500, whereas Ukraine: 3.659$. You can check it.

[@anna-if8fi]

@Xhaka Xhaka well Moldova’s is quite simple: corruption and government steals money from their people

[@jerrycloward7570]

I thought romania was the poorest

[@sytnikakim]

Hi, I'm from Ukraine It's important to say that lots of russian speakers are actually pro-Ukrainian it's just quite hard to switch. language isn't such a big problem, but pro-russian part of society is. But we got it. Все буде Україна) Btw russia didn't support separatism, they organised it

[@subutaynoyan5372]

He's rendering it into something like Balkan sort of a division where folks identify themselves based on language. In Turkey, there's a history professor called İlber Ortaylı, speaks Russian with his own slow sort of manner quite well too. Anyway, once in a television program, he talked about western social scientists and all. He said something roughly like ''There's this weird tendency in these western europeans, it's like their perception has a physical border, when they pass a certain amount eastward, that rational, methodical, well observed statements dissolve and you start to see a ton of misconceptions born out of poor studying or just biases'' He said that about Iranian history in general, but still, adds up about Eastern Europe too

[@ScythianGryphon]

@@subutaynoyan5372 Great quote by Ilber Ortayli :) I'll remember those wise words.

[@lucasholy7821]

Yah lol....like russia created pravy sektor.....donetsk battalion....language laws.....Stephan bandera etc.....

[@principleshipcoleoid8095]

@@lucasholy7821 Yea, ofc coalminers mined russian weapons out of the ground. Didn't know that russian soldiers could be mined out of the ground either.

[@lucasholy7821]

@@principleshipcoleoid8095 well its whole donetsk and luhansk region who uprised is it..... Hmm how could be in area if 35000km any weapons.🤔🤔 it's rly hard brainer? Maybe you should type in military bases or barracks or police stations in those regions 2014....pretty sure they had some stockpile not just picks and shovels🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@singrevolution]

A key to solving the "Ukrainian dilemma" is a normal and transparent court annd justice system. At the moment, it's virtually non-existent

[@kovalskibethyname]

yep, law enforcement in Ukraine is simply entrepreneurial activity. also other sectors like Education, Medicine, and Public Transport, Salaries... need heavy reforms/upgrades

[@pinkeypromises]

I hope you are talking about the Constitutional court, which ia actually the main problem now.

[@Proxymated]

yet ukranians delude themselves thinking russian court and justice system is worse.

[@yatokuwastaken]

@@Proxymated to be fair, it is. But at least we got a judicial reform started

[@Proxymated]

@@yatokuwastaken i dealt with court in ukraine. so many times postponed, 10 months and i still cant get to court to solve the problem of having an idiot run me over on a sidewalk. not to mention the petty compensation i will get

[@rastislavzimermann6035]

The same happend in Slovakia, there is lots of Ukrainians working in the country. - Many proffesionals. It is not rare to see a nurse, dentist or a teacher from Ukraine. The same applies for construction workers.

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

I'm glad to know Slovakia allows professional foreigners to work. Here, in Canada a big NO. I talked to a Russian cab driver and he was a university lecturer in his country. Another Russian doctor works in the kitchen. He was placed in the third year of Canadian medical school with probation and he gave up due to his low foreign language skill.

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

Nurse and a construction worker is not a professional.

[@rastislavzimermann6035]

@@user-ez8le1rp3x proffesional: a person engaged or qualified in a profession.

[@user-we3sn8uj5x]

I was born in Donetsk. Lived there till 2014... Till the very beginning of...changes.... Then 5 years in Poland... And in the end I found myself in Ireland. 2014 have changed my life a lot and twisted it totally. But life is life... :) Wish peace, prosperity and political stability to all Post Soviet countries, especially to Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Russia. Thank you guys for the great video!! Really great. Shake the hand of a person who wrote the script;)

[@thewedge8823]

did you like living in Poland? did the Poles treat you different because you are Ukrainian?

[@user-we3sn8uj5x]

@@thewedge8823 no way!:) Never had any kind of issues with this. But it is always depends on a personality. There is no nationality for good or bad people 😉 I was surrounded with adequate people only. If someone is piece of **it- he/she could be from any part of the world😂

[@Carrjimbo]

How do you find Ireland?

[@user-we3sn8uj5x]

@@Carrjimbo Awesome! I have found my country! Planning to buy property here and stay for very long. Multicultural environment, political stability and economic stability( at least from my perspective), a lot of opportunities in career development, high salaries, wonderful countryside (living in Longford thanks to remote working), amazing nature. It's still visible that crisis of 2009 hit Ireland really strong, but looks like situation has been improved since then and I can see only bright future for this part of the EU :)

[@theDLebon]

@@user-we3sn8uj5x Ireland used to be the poorest country in western EU (and our neighbour from Brittany). Now it benefits from an entrance to EU market but other countries complain of unfair fiscal concurrence. Nothing is definitive.

[@zetenhap975]

Your teeth looks british.

[@OndrejBorovec]

This person knows nothing about our (Czech) privatization :-D

[@limonlabr]

He knows just as much about Ukraine

[@haganesan]

The thing that annoyed me (among some other things) is the division of Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking Ukrainians as opposing camps, which is too generalized and in a lot of cases either not true or not that simple. I'm telling you this as a Russian-speaking Ukrainian. And also, omg, I mean, in this video there are so many details that are wrong about how the war started and what was the reason, I don't even want to start to comment. I was excited at first to see a video about my country on this channel, but after what I saw I started to question other videos and other information I got from here...

[@WatcherSCP]

What did he say wrong? And what kind of war are you talking about? After all, neither Russia nor Ukraine declared war

[@yl4365]

Ikr!!! It’s always foreigners who are obsessed with us speaking two languages. Ukrainians don’t care about this issue as much as everyone else does 🙄

[@haganesan]

@@WatcherSCP you may not know, but there is such thing as hybrid war, Russia practiced it previously with Moldova and Georgia. And there are no "separatists, supported by Russia" (which is the main thesis of Russian propaganda, by the way), there are russian citizens, who started it all and russian government who supports them.

[@WatcherSCP]

@@haganesan How could the Russians start this if the violent overthrow of the authorities in Kiev on the Maidan happened before the conflict in Donbass? First, there was a coup d'etat in Kiev, when, contrary to all legal norms, the president was overthrown. I doubt the Russians are involved. After all, there were American and European politicians like Victoria Nuland.

[@haganesan]

@@WatcherSCP oh, hello, Russian troll. What you say is what Russian propaganda communicates and this is not what really happened. Yanukovich was not overthrown, he run away to (surprise surprise!) Russia, then armed people occupied Crimea and then Russian mercenaries and army started the war in Donbass. But convincing you will be a waste of time. Those who are really interested in truth, will be able to find it.

[@khvichakuprashvili6719]

That privatization trick was literally same across the post-soviet countries. One huge factor in the process was that people were used to socialist environment and had absolutely no clue what was really going, what were those papers for. I'm from Georgia, another post-soviet country and it was the same shit here. I wish all the best to Ukraine and Ukrainians, hope we will see each other in EU soon

[@NeblogaiLT]

To expand on the good comment above: It is not surprising. The population had lived in communist economy, including all the biased communist economic views and argumentation. People simple did not have understanding of how shares, or property works in market economy (most of the property, or making profit being forbidden by the state). And you could not know it from western media, because foreign media was not allowed. So it is natural that in the first years- it was really hard for people to distinguish between good deals and bad ones. And between good politicians, populists, and thieves- because there was no political culture either. No free press, and no experience. So it was really hard for post-soviet states, but much easier for most Warsaw pact countries, which allowed private companies and farms even during the cold war. P.S. Love for Sakartvelas from Lithuania, hope you and Ukraine will join EU soon.

[@thmbones]

Cheers mate, you meet ya there 🤛

[@fotoz2363]

@@NeblogaiLT It was the same story here in Slovakia after fall of soviet union, but you forget to mention that people in power from secret services,military,police created a mafia, which controlled all the important aspects of economy and ordinary people would have to pay extortion money and if you went to report to the police, mafia would come punish you as the cops were payed off.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Interesting. Why, at the fall of the soviet union and at the independence of the republics, did the UN or other international agencies not supervise the transition? Wasn't Gorbechev (in the later years) and Yeltsin (in the early years) fairly hands off and/or in support of free media and international cooperation? Perhaps a UN trusteeship that ensured 0 corruption and 100% transparency until fresh elections?

[@fotoz2363]

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m how naive, it has always been in the interest of western countries to exploit other countries. The transition was supervised by western intelligence agencies and politics, their goal was to interfere with local politics to elect government, which would allow them to buy up profitable industries and thus enrich themselves on behalf of those exploited.

[@ashenafiadugna5437]

God blessed Ukraine ❤🇺🇦 from the intense war zone in Ethiopia pray for Tigrai ❤every thing horrific you hire is happening know ..rape,genocide ,man made famine etc...

[@karanjakamau57]

praying

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@karanjakamau57 and how will that help?

[@None-do2qn]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 then I will send my mercenary army from Rwanda

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@None-do2qn That's more like it

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Tigray independence.

[@sergejpomelov2046]

"Today, almost every Czech citizen owns shares in Czech companies" Unfortunately, that is not true. Only about a quarter of Czech citizens currently own some kind of financial security (bonds or stocks). Also, voucher privatization really helped with the transition to market economy, but the original goal of distributing shares among people was never met. Most of Czechs had no idea what to do with vouchers, so they either sold them, or (worse case) bought a share in a company that immediately went bankrupt.

[@fotoz2363]

Agree with you 100% as a person from ex-czechoslovakia, my parents never saw a penny from those vouchers/bonds and of course the companies mostly went bankrupt and if you managed to sell some years later you would get pennies.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

My recollection of the process is this: 1) either people believed claims that some fund is going to radically multiply their money, they gave their share to someone and those guys basically quickly monetized the whole thing and ran away 2) or they gave it to some conservative and more legit fund, which later offered them to buy-out their share for some fraction of the it's real value 3) or they selected a real company themselves and then it went belly up 4) or some fairly knowledgeble people get a share of something of real value (I remember that whoever invested in one coal powerplant basically 27x multiplied their share) Knowing the difference between 1 or 2 and 3 or 4 is basically down to luck in many cases. Ultimately it was a lottery or a kind of randomized scam, which managed to somehow sell out everything to private hands one way or the other. In many cases it is clear that if some of the assets were sold out to foreign buyers, it would allow the businesses to stay afloat and people to remain employed in them, but that was against liberal and nationalistic views of the government at that time. Most of the valuable assets ended up in foreign hands, but they went through a phase where large part of the business was destroyed through criminal behaviour.

[@sergejpomelov2046]

@@miroslavhoudek7085 I would even say that without foreign capital or foreign competition in general Czech privatization could have ended up the same as in the Ukraine.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

@@sergejpomelov2046 I don't see any reason why that would be bad. Foreign employers that bought businesses in Czech republic brought much more reasonable company culture - just because they tend to move employees from their original countries to work here and these are used to much better working conditions than what would traditionaly be given here by Czech employer. If it weren't for German companies setting shop here (like Volkswagen buying Skoda) then the labour condition would cetrainly be set back. Now Czech employers have to match the salaries and benefits set up by VW here, which is only good for workers.

[@sergejpomelov2046]

@@miroslavhoudek7085 Yes, that's exactly what I am talking about. But it is really hard to explain to lots of people who are constantly complaining that "everything is sold to Germans".

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

To those saying Moldova is poorer: yes Moldova has less money overall, but per capita Ukraine is the poorest as they have like ten times more people and less money to go around. At least their absolute poverty rate is improving.

[@olehkovch]

No Moldova is poorer in per capita as well

[@stentyk6321]

@@olehkovch nah, it was until 2017, then is Ukraine

[@timurermolenko2013]

Triggered. Let's face it- both countries are very poor when compared to fed-up fat West Europeans. Our economies are mostly underground. You can't believe UA or MD stats

[@vasilzahariev5741]

What's with KZbinrs confusing the Crimean peninsula with Odessa oblast. It's literally a giant peninsula in the middle of the Black Sea, how can you get it wrong, oh my...

[@Flo_Henk]

There are so many obvious mistakes in this video it's shocking. Even the title is wrong as Moldova is the poorest county in Europe.

[@leoprg5330]

But Moldova has only like what? 3millions of people? Meanwhile Ukraine is one of the Europe's biggest countries.

[@chrispbacon3084]

This video is poorer than Ukraine. But it's the internet, I don't expect much.

[@2ndeurekarebellion528]

@@chrispbacon3084 It must really be a shit video then.

[@chrispbacon3084]

@@2ndeurekarebellion528 Could be worse. Russian Ruble equals 0.014 United States Dollar. Ukrainian hryvnia equals 0.036 United States Dollar.

[@Flo_Henk]

@Robert Valentin Measured in which way? Not their GDP per capita nor total wealth at least

[@yuriyglushakov9897]

Wow mate, you’ve missed the part of Ukrainian map (Odesa region). I stopped here

[@onspot4703]

What an interesting transition straight to Poroshenko instead of Kravchuk, Kuchma, Akhmetov, Firtash... What a subjective opinion you are showing to foreign audience. Thank you for false view on the situation instead of real history of privatisation process in Ukraine of 90s

[@jollysailor7020]

Mr. Poroshenko why are you upset?

[@onspot4703]

@@jollysailor7020 Mr incognito - don't skip history classes, from now on, ok? And one more thing. If you can't prove you're right - don't bother writing. Have a nice day.

[@AlienEngel]

Agree with you OnSpot

[@carebear8129]

That’s exactly what I thought too!!

[@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m]

Take Poroshenko as tycoon sample is not wrong, but definitely PR move. But he right in common: vouchers was the tool to gather capital as shown.

[@UnderstandingPolitics]

It’s not! It’s Moldova, or Kosovo if considered a country...

[@merryn9000]

Exactly what I was thinking! It's GDP per capita is on par with Indonesia

[@vickru2133]

Per capital its Ukraine

[@UnderstandingPolitics]

@@vickru2133 it depends on the sources. I would not use Wikipedia as a a source 😅 worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poorest-countries-in-europe BTW, pretty sure I already linked this source, the comment disappeared 😂

[@vickru2133]

@@UnderstandingPolitics check out the years again. I mean this isn't really a dick comparisment thing. But due to war and corruption Ukrainians unfortunately are a bit poorer now. But they both need to get their stuff together and work on their economies and corruption

[@UnderstandingPolitics]

@@vickru2133 the link I sent is about 2021, but yes, it’s not really a great difference. War is a huge problem in Ukraine, but the country has much more potential. Moldovan population basically lives thanks to remittances. I lived for a few months in Kyiv and I’m living in Chisinau now. I still think they are awesome countries.

[@lukasbunat]

To put right about privatization in the Czech Republic. Although you said it right - the part you missed is that we had privatization groups (privatizacni fondy) that were buying the coupons from Czechs as well. Anyone could buy coupons (however only 1000 per person) for 1000 CZK at that time and those groups were offering 10 000 CZK in cash for them. And later exchange these coupons for public companies in auctions. 80-90% of the wealthiest Czechs were "made" this way. This process was legal and even tv ads promote these practices. Anyone interested, go and find some more information on this topic - very interesting yet kind of depressing from a Czech point of view.

[@tannerwilson4843]

Could this be available for non Czechs by any chance?

[@lukasbunat]

Well, even my answer was simplified and there many more things to consider - in the end, it was the privatization of today's two countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. I also agree that English material is limited (so do Czech) and the majority of information is in Czech (needless to say I believe the presented information in the video were misleading - but don't get me wrong I still like this channel). Fun fact, the responsible person for privatization was the ministry of finance - Vaclav Klaus, who had later become our president. Some resources: www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp58.pdf english.radio.cz/why-do-most-czechs-regard-early-90s-voucher-privatisation-unfair-8099520

[@timurermolenko2013]

Anyway, more greedy and power lust people would make their way to the top. This was still a good schema to work by, although not perfect

[@georgesavva1803]

The reason Ukraine is so poor is exactly the same reason Switzerland is so rich. For more info check the global corruption index.

[@estoniannationalistmapper1755]

Who is here during the invasion

[@throast5809]

"They're so puuur"

[@menassies3224]

Lmfao

[@pravolivo]

it’s more like pewrrr 😂

[@throast5809]

@@pravolivo yeah thats a little closer

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

Moldova is poorer, just because Ukraine has lower prices does not mean that they are the poorest country in Europe.

[@looseycanon]

To be fair, Moldova has less land and lower population. There is not that much to make the money with out there.

[@Slavdya]

@@looseycanon Money transfers from those who left the country create a significant part of Moldova's GDP. This is the reason for the paradox of why the country is poor, but statistically “richer” than Ukraine.

[@philnightjar1971]

@@Slavdya Don't they make a lot on Google ad sense? LOL I assume a good amount of them work online.

[@thewedge8823]

do u understand what PER CAPITA means?

[@thewedge8823]

even if u think Moldova is poorer today, just wait until the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is finished LMAO

[@papamarx5769]

As a Ukrainian, this was probably the most ignorant understanding of the country's situation. It's kind of depressing.

[@ExistenceUniversity]

Ok Marx...

[@Anuisgod]

I can tell one thing why Ukraine is poor. People in power steals all the wealth and nobody can do anything about it cause of the corruption.

[@carausiusmenapia3219]

Spent the day in central Kyiv after my connecting flight was delayed, back in late May 2019, Ukrainian people are friendly & welcoming. Kyiv is a beautiful historical city. Hoping the time comes eventually when the people & nation are more prosperous & at peace. I will be back someday.

[@h2643]

It's Kyiv, not Kiev

[@dmytro-skh]

Kiev is Russian naming, use Kyiv please ;)

[@TheNightquaker]

8:38 as a Ukrainian, I'd say your pronunciation of "Naftogaz" is pretty good!

[@user-jv9dr2us1f]

00:47 wrong map of Ukraine without part of Odessa region from the south

[@Flo_Henk]

Yup, and for some reason it features Transnistria as a country.

[@user-jv9dr2us1f]

@@Pavel.22.395 lol what??? Russian version without Crimea ?

[@deputykirsanov7314]

That’s historically part of Romania that was occupied by Soviets. Even Russia recognizes that fact, and recognizes the lands as Romanian. Ukraine doesn’t

[@user-jv9dr2us1f]

@@deputykirsanov7314 Ukraine has also lost many of its ethnic territories (Lemkivshchyna, Kuban, Starodubshchyna, and other ), so now you can simply depict regions in maps of other countries?

[@deputykirsanov7314]

@@user-jv9dr2us1f those aren’t your lands. You held them for 2 years, taking them from Russia.

[@alexanderolena]

Wow. Poland was the part of Soviet Union. I stopped here. Such a deep analysis.

[@morriskaller3549]

He said Soviet orbit which the satellite states of Poland and Czechoslovakia were

[@sagardyenchilwar8762]

Warsaw pact nation were as good being USSR's client state But to be specific the trade,the foreign policy and control of soviets over the state largely In that context they should be termed as protectorate of USSR Anyways *#UcK CoMMuniSm

[@vitorbortolin6810]

Hahahahahahahaha yes very deep

[@mboxukraine]

They had a war with Russian WON in 1921, And yet suffered from occupation since 1939 until 19991. It was not strictly saying a part of Russia, but it was a puppet state for all those years, much like Ukraine was.

[@alexanderolena]

@@mboxukraine ukrane was not a state. Republic within USSR

[@therationalcollection2999]

Ukraine is my favourite country in Europe for travel. It's got everything that western Europe has without the arrogance and a fraction of the price

[@universe25.x]

Well the main reason why people like to travel to Ukraine is because it’s cheap 🤑

[@therationalcollection2999]

@@universe25.x I love the culture too. I even love the music

[@midloran]

@@therationalcollection2999 Yeah me too (: This year there's a lot of tourists from Saudi Arabia

[@wielblad1344]

o jakich ukraińskich miastach piszesz?

[@user-iz2sy6kv7t]

@@wielblad1344 Let me guess. You are going to tell us that Lviv is a Polish city? Some poles are so annoying

[@vasilzahariev5741]

Poland and Czechia were not part of the USSR, they were part of the Warsaw Pact. 2 rookie mistakes so far and it hasn't even been 2 minutes since the beginning of the video, what makes you think you are qualified enough to make videos about Eastern Europe?

[@Vectorebike]

Agree

[@jason4275]

If they were not part of the USSR then why were they unable to forum a *democratic government*

[@podrozowanieprzezp]

Also the compersison with Czech Republic is a wierd one, since Poland and Ukraine started at pritty much the same economic gdp after the USSR colapsed (Poland was even poorer in 90's then Ukraine) so no idea how they came up with Czech Republic.

[@leoprg5330]

@@jason4275 Czechoslovakia was a USSR's puppet state- occupied by Soviet army, 100 000's of russian soldiers were "protecting CS from the west", but we were never part of the USSR union unlike Estonia.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@jason4275 They were, de facto, under its control. But they were still in an entirely separate category (this is why Poles and Germans mostly don't speak Russian anymore- the states of the USSR all had ethnic Russian populations in them and still do)

[@dylreesYT]

"Unless you live in a cave, sorry everyone who lives in Wales" 😂😂😂 Finally some recognition of my home! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@dylreesYT]

Great video, Grant! Always a pleasure to watch.

[@EU-yb5ln]

Poland was never been in Soviet Union just like Czech Republic wasn’t.

[@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m]

Poland was in Warsaw treatment and he said USSR orbit. But in fact, that communist impact on rule was huge and destructive. so...Poland was in that system

[@EU-yb5ln]

@@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m yes but not in Soviet Union as a republic

[@mattpotter8725]

@@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m But by being not part of the Soviet Union and ruled directly by Moscow it meant that afterwards they could move away from Moscow's influence after the fall of communism and the Soviet Union, make bigger changes and integrate with the rest of Europe, eventually joining the EU, which is why countries like Poland and the Czech Republic have grown so much. Ukraine just couldn't do that, even when it tried to college closer ties Russia exerted its influence. Ukraine and Russia were, and you could say still are, or at least were until very recently very intregated with many ethnic Russians living in Ukraine and the corruption that is rife in Russia is also in Ukraine. If Ukraine could have reformed itself to join the EU, something Russia wouldn't allow to happen, then it would be in a better position just how the rest of Central and Eastern Europe are today. That's the main reason it is almost a failed state. Comparing Ukraine to Poland and the Czech Republic is just comparing apples and oranges, it's just not a fair comparison.

[@zaid3809]

Turkmenistan's GDP per capita (Nominal) is twice that of Ukraine.

[@JonWintersGold]

Ukraine almost reminds me of Congo. Lots of resources yet crippled with poverty due to having bad neighbors and terrible leaders.

[@chrispbacon3084]

Leaders that our bad neighbor made sure were in power.

[@sc1338]

Like all of Africa

[@paulohagan3309]

@@sc1338 FWIW, Botswana is a notable exception.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@paulohagan3309 Seychelles, Rwanda, Mauritius.. Etc

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@sc1338 not all of Africa is endowed with resources really

[@ElGovanni]

In 1989 Ukraine was richest than Poland (almost 2 times), now its poor 5 times.

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

That's simply not true.

[@deputykirsanov7314]

They had everything that the USSR built for them, now they privatized and sold it all and became an agricultural shithole

[@CDA138ek]

@@Felixxxxxxxxx It isn't true, but close to it. In 1989 it was richer than Poland, and now it is few times poorer.

[@thenashbridges]

@@deputykirsanov7314 when you say "USSR built for them" one can imagine all the Ukrainians were just chilling in Maldives while they were part of the Soviet Empire.

[@deputykirsanov7314]

@@thenashbridges they were WAY richer during the union. Their economy still hasn’t managed to recover back to the soviet ukraine pre collapse level 😂😂

[@sayhelllotomylittlefriends]

Overall the video was fine, but stressing on "separatists" as main force who initiated Russian-Ukrainian war is huge yet imperceptible mistake. I could discuss that for hours but here are some main points 1. Pro-Russian people(or Russian speaking) in Ukraine are extremely passive, slothful and frightened to initiate even a small protest( they'd rather drink strong alcohol and complain about their lives in their kitchens). They would never come up with something like DNR OR LNR(creating their own 'states'). 2. How could they start war with the rest of the country with no weapon. Russians now ridiculously respond on that that they found weapon in coalmines😜 3. Vladislav Surkov(unofficial supervisor of occupation of Ukraine and other post soviet states) confessed in Russian military presence on occupied territories, by means of which these territories were occupied. He said that in his latest interview look it up. 4. That footage from the city hall( I guess) that you showed, probably 70% of the people there were actual russians

[@evgenkhersonets880]

Most of Ukrainians are russian speaking. And none of sane Ukrainians would be pro-russian, because...well, there is a war with Russia right now. It's like for americans to say that terrorists are great!

[@sayhelllotomylittlefriends]

@@evgenkhersonets880 Absolutely. I'm afraid I didn't make myself clear in the first comment. Saying russian speaking, I didn't mean that all russian speaking are pro-russian yet sadly there are lots of people in Ukraine not understanding how malicious russia is, some people even like russia. Yes it's ridiculous and it's like the American praising terrorists.

[@sayhelllotomylittlefriends]

@Scythee 777 give me your address

[@YeeSoest]

Just to remind some people: The american dream is a concept where talent, hard work, dedication, perseverance and/or creativity allow you to accumulate infinite wealth if correctly mixed and applied. The ameriCONE dream is an ice cream creation by Ben&Jerry's which i can deeply recommend;)

[@onlyfacts4999]

It's an interesting correlation that the closer your country is to Russia, the poorer it becomes.

[@sampejke]

Yeah, Estonia, China, Norway, Finland..

[@poshter13]

USA... Alaska has a border with the Russian Federation.

[@heigohausenberg4949]

She/he probably meant the closer you are politically and economically to Russia the poorer you are.

[@wellokthen720]

@@sampejke all of those countries are not "close" to russia economic/political wise.

[@gotrefer6183]

@@heigohausenberg4949 Fully agree with you, greetings from Ukraine. We trying to fix this soon!

[@shryggur]

Actually, you didn't butcher all those names that badly. They say Scottish accent is similar to the Slavic ones, maybe that helps...

[@andrius505]

He actually did butcher it badly.

[@Vuradisuravu]

Ukraine always been poor and probably always gonna be, this land just very risky for business, nobody wants to lose investments here.

[@az1000]

It’s a beautiful country, but the people not so much. They are very cold and disrespectful towards foreigners, when you enter a shop, all they do is stare, when you order, they don’t treat you with half the respect that treat their people, and if you don’t know Ukraine or Russian, you will have a hard time with English only , even at the airports they call using their language only. Like that’s the airport, you should speak a global language, a shame really.

[@dwarwenger]

Wow! This video was a real shock to me! I adore this channel and you can imagine how thrilled I was to see a video about my country. And as I watched it, I had to admit to myself that it has a lot of mistakes and simplifications. Although I agree with a general premise of the video, little details just couldn't let me take any of it seriously. For one, Privatbank is not a property of Kolomoisky - it was nationalized in 2016 and belongs to the government. And Kolomoisky was never Zelenskiy's Chief of Staff. Do you know how I know this? Well, you don't have to dig deep to get this information, because there are literally dozens of articles on this topic. This information is even on Wikipedia, which means even a 4th grader could get it right. But not you, apparently. Which begs the question of just how little time do you really spend on creating your videos? Anyway, for all the casual viewers who read this comment - please double check any facts, because apparently VisualPolitik couldn't spend five more minutes to google things that they say in their video. P.S. And use a proper map of Ukraine! Some parts are not painted as part of my country and they are not even disputed or semi-autonomous or anything. Out of all maps on the internet you managed to find the one, that is inaccurate.

[@lmaozedong2259]

Good comment

[@nat1394]

Well, it totally looks like a paid-for piece from start to finish - its a black PR for Poroshenko obviously. Have not watched the channel - not my intention after this load of paid-for manipulation.

[@turdburglar123]

Yes there are some glaring errors in a fair few of their videos unfortunately, seems like this was a particularly egregious case

[@bu_mogsa]

@@nat1394 lol what pr ya talking about 🤣🤣🤣 dont be delusional, no one cares about Ukraine that much. And I'm saying that cuz I'm Ukrainian too. Kudos to Poroshenko for his presidency and commitment, but there is no place for an oligarch in a modern Ukraine. Zelenski shall move too after his term though. Great Times ahead 👌

[@bu_mogsa]

Take it easy. He is an outsider. He made a few key mistakes, but that's fine. We still gonna make it, mate.

[@vlaDVille]

9:40 Ukraine and Russia have been bitter enemies long before that - tracing back to 1917 when the call for independence was overthrown by the bolsheviks. Maidan is just the latest one.

[@alexandrver8483]

True, but Bolsheviks =/= Russians. According to latest studies there were about 10 times more Ukrainians fighting for Soviet side than for UPR's. Although many Ukrainians (just like Russians before) were forced to join Soviet forces. And it should be noted that in % terms there were way more Russians and semi-Ukrainians in early Soviet leadership than Ukrainians. Ironically thats one of the few thing that we should say thanks to Stalin, because he changed that during Great Purge.

[@Slavdya]

@@alexandrver8483 Bolshevik propaganda worked wonders.

[@vlaDVille]

@@alexandrver8483 I wouldn't be thanking anyone. The only good communist is a dead one.

[@natalkak.9622]

@@alexandrver8483 care to share the source.. for the “latest study “ . Bolshevik’s archives wouldnt be too interested in any type of truth , wouldn’t they ?! Matter of fact there were lots of Jewish population in Ukraine (due to the low of Jewish settlement of tsarist Russian empire) . They were doing much better than mostly peasant Ukrainians ( one again , due to Russification policies , destruction of Ukrainian elite .. etc etc) . Hence better educated . In a majority Jewish youth were communists, supporters of Bolsheviks and major force behind all the reasons why Ukraine , after long confusing civil war became communist. The major twist , communists , ones in power , didn’t really favour jews , weren’t even too kind of old ideological communists .. in their total “terror of people on class enemies “ . Hitler’s invasion put in the last screws for Jewish population of Ukraine. Figure that

[@mikevarga6742]

@@alexandrver8483 probably Russianz born in Ukraine. But not ethnic Ukraine and. I'd think

[@Goromonn]

As a native Ukrainian I can say that's the videos like this one will give you a lot of misconceptions about Ukraine.

[@Y_Surniaiev]

Bringing to your attention that there is a mistake on 0:49 - the visual shows the incomplete shape of the country, the southern part of Odessa region is left out. Please take notice!

[@live2ride18]

I’m the son of a 5000 acre produce farmer (28), proof you can have the best soil in the world, but without a real farmer it’s USELESS. If he can be a millionaire with our dirt, I could be a billionaire farming that dirt in the Ukraine. They are sitting on such a CASH COW right there. My heart goes out to you. Wish you the best!

[@Evilprimarch]

There's a nuance not addressed in the video. In Ukraine GMO produce is effectively banned due to still active regulatory measure from mid-2000s. And on top of that it is a popularly supported measure, so you can't really change the state of things forcefully. Same is applied to certain groups of fertilizers. Therefore, country is a bit stuck with a lot of more...traditional farming.

[@live2ride18]

@@Evilprimarch You don’t seem to understand farming or farmer mentality. Nothing that you stated is a huge problem at all. What it amounts to is that place being half a war zone and that doesn’t attract people like me to improve Ag. Plus I can see some old 79 year old Ukrainian know it all farmer on a tractor saying get off my land. 😂 Rules don’t matter buddy. It’s just like everyone in the US who says eat the rich because they want million dollar lifestyle’s for no input, when all they have to do is learn the rules and how to play the game to come out on top. Ukrainian farming looks hard to you maybe, but it’s as easy as a cake recipe to me.

[@Evilprimarch]

@@live2ride18 you're right - I'm not a farmer, city rat through and through. However, I happen to live in this very country, know quite a bit about our legal system - the very rules you're so easy to dismiss and many little details not known to a wider world (how 50-years agri-holding leases on unspecified lands work and what consequences they have, the muddled supply chains of pork and why some markets are therefore closed to us, the animosity between farmers and retailers resulting is local farmers focused on export while domestic large retailers mainly import food etc etc). You ain't impressing anyone.

[@nickolayinstructor3673]

@live2ride18, It’s slightly easier to show up if you have fabulous options to finance your purchases of agricultural techniques, be sure, that your property is protected by law and powerful police and fair courts , and in the end, if all things run against you, you‘ll get a solid welfare Just imagine, you’re missing all those parts

[@live2ride18]

@@nickolayinstructor3673 I don’t know what you are even trying to say. Sorry. I’m still not missing anything. You can keep saying it all you want though! Try again with the words yeah?

[@iovanpaul8935]

When Poland or Czech Republic were part of the Soviet Union ?

[@jason4275]

When they were unable to forum a democratic government i say they were under the control of the Soviet union until after the fall of the soviet union.

[@iovanpaul8935]

@@jason4275 They were under the influence but not annexed . Parts of Poland or Czechoslovakia were annexed by the Soviet Union .Today sadly belongs to Ukraine. Just like parts from Romania as well.

[@sampejke]

He said "soviet orbit"

[@Slavdya]

@@iovanpaul8935 Poland annexed German territory. Czechoslovakia disintegrated. Rumania distributed its passports to a quarter of the population of Moldova. Are you still sad?

[@cklam8722]

Admire your enthusiasm Grant. Keep your news report presentation coming. Thank you!

[@paulshorey1671]

TLDR: corruption and oligarchs. Makes sense. Good video.

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

Багдан Хмяльніцкі, тыпу таго, падпісаў некалі "глыбокую" інтэграцыю з Масковіяй... Украінскія гісторыкі кажуць, што Хмяльніцкі нічога не падпісваў, і ўсё гэта хлусня! І папер ніякіх не было і няма! А маскоўцы кажуцуь, што Хмяльніцкі -- падпісваў, але паперы не захаваліся бо моль іх паела. А ў выніку што? Украіна-Русь на доўгія стагоддзі патрапіла пад маскоўскі бот. Масковія забрала сабе назву Украіны -- Русь, усю яе гісторыю, міталёгію, культуру і выдае яе за сваю. Узяць бы таго князя Уладзіміра, які, нібыта, хрысціў маскавітаў, яшчэ і помнікі яму нахабна ставяць. А далей і згадваць не хочацца.... Рэвалюцыя, Грамадзянская вайна, Галадамор, рэпрэсіі, генацыд... І нарэшце вайна на Дамбасе, анексія Крыма...

[@denisblack5689]

дякую, брате. живе Беларусь!

[@Ls151000]

Невыдуманные истории о которых невозможно молчать) Украина не Русь, украина - запорожская сечь выстроенная на Диком поле. Это мешанина разных народов, которые использовали хуторские диалекты русского языка и православную веру. Окраиной уже называли русские. Русские жители Южных княжеств либо бежали на север из разоренных земель которые стали диким полем, либо ассимилировались многими этносами - черкесами, румынами, татарами и т.д. При этом Киев почти не являлся центром Руси - это было феодальное государство с практически независимыми княжествами. Киев еще далеко до разорения монголами не имел серьезного значения)

[@ukrainian4072]

Дякуємо білорусе за підтримку

[@EUGEN093]

Опять хроники нарнии :D

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

@@EUGEN093 Нда...Не покидает ощущение, что профессор Преображенский жив и активно продолжает оперировать собак 🐕💩🇷🇺 .

[@nomanor7987]

A non-Argentina episode about poor countries! Wow!

[@Jutrasongtr]

Interesting video. Thank you. Just one thing. Poland and Czech Republic never were a part of USSR. They had pro-Communist government, it was called “country of Soviet coalition” but it wasn’t Soviet Union. USSR included only 16 Republics. Ukraine was one of them. Ukraine was much deeper integrated in Soviet Union and that’s why it was much harder to get rid of post-Soviet problems. In the other hand Czech Republic and Poland had more independence and saved their traditional institutions what helped them to come back to normal life after the Soviet fell.

[@mandarinasMDA]

Thw biggest mistake is that RUSSIA did not support but was the MAIN REASON AND SPONSOR of the East Conflict. ;) Same happened in Trasnistria, Moldova.

[@timmarychev5662]

Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦😎, had a good laugh watching the video🤣 and knowing that problems described are true makes me sad simultaneously..

[@Aries21333]

I know how you feel brother. We got the same shit going on here in the states. I hope Trump's timeline for August to come back stay on schedule. I got a feeling lot of our politicians going to be dangling on the end of a rope for treason. The same people is causing problems both of are countries. The cabal. Just hold the line brother Patriot. By the way your country got a hell of history. I enjoy learning about Ukrainian history there's nothing dull about it.

[@sheldonwheaton881]

Hang in there.🗿

[@jackapgar5824]

@@Aries21333 Trump isnt coming back, its a sensational story to prevent media company's from going out of business.

[@ilyu]

@@Aries21333 Trump lost get over it snowflake

[@MistarZtv]

Purr 😻 It feels like Cardi B wrote this script. 🤣

[@nsaurabh25]

Anti-corruption activists are also frequently suppressed or killed in Ukraine.

[@Caesar88888]

yeah either killed or they become corrupt themselves like this new anticorruption bureau НАБУ

[@AlexV6]

@@Caesar88888 Do you have any proof that НАБУ is corrupt? If no, then stop spreading these lies.

[@midloran]

@@Caesar88888 true

[@JPPJustPerfectPlayers]

As a Ukrainian, I can rate this review 6/10 well explained but missed some key details, one of them being that Zelenskiy is himself being manipulated by oligarchs, at least that’s the impression we have here in Kyiv. It’s a really interesting time to live here in Ukraine, I was actually living 8 years abroad in both Canada (Winnipeg) and Spain (Alicante) and I can assure you that there is truly no place like home, I found out that here in Kyiv is where I am the happiest, despite all of the corruption, the capital is a really comfortable and an incredibly beautiful place to live and grow.

[@maksymmikhidenko9222]

I think, now with a war you change you mind about living in Kyiv, I am from Kyiv

[@JPPJustPerfectPlayers]

@@maksymmikhidenko9222 Now it’s much worse, but Kyiv os still lovely, it’s miracle we withstood this insane invasion in the first days of the war. I’m from Bucha, and seeing war upclise is truly horrific.

[@JPPJustPerfectPlayers]

@@maksymmikhidenko9222 Oh, and regarding Canada, no I would never want to go back, I would rather go to Spain, then Canada or the US. Even when talking about places like Miami I find less pleasant as places in Europe. I mean in terms of living.

[@893263007]

As tons of the other comments are saying, Ukraine is richer than Moldova and Kosovo by pretty much every metric except nominal GDP per capita. How am I supposed to take the facts in this video seriously.

[@SeptikAvenger]

0:46 what happened to Odessa?

[@noblecollins9549]

Ask again 😃

[@Caesar88888]

13:20 not against the odds actually, Ukrainians were so angry with poroshenko they were ready to vote even for a clown and thats exactly what happened

[@jackpott3402]

Ну що, сподобалось як править непорошенко? Я міг би зловтішатись зараз, але я теж живу в цій країні. Тим не менш я не заслужив корупційного відкату моєї країни назад у 2011 :/

[@johnbrooderpt9374]

Great video - clear, concise and to the point! Thanks for the upload stranger.

[@poshter13]

the Czech Republic and Poland weren't soviet union republics. Both participated in The Warsaw pact. Poland and The Chezh Republic (Czechoslovakia) had different situations, they didn't have such a hard regimen, as it was in the USSR.

[@JonathanWrightSA]

VisualPolitik: Ukraine is poor because of socialism and state owned enterprises that make losses. South Africa: Hold my Eskom and SAA sized beer.

[@graemesydney38]

Corruption is the problem not socialism.

[@chicovicente2845]

@Jonathan Yupp 😅 that sounds about right

[@JonathanWrightSA]

@@graemesydney38 When socialism isn't breaking the laws of economics with gross inefficiency, yes it is the problem. It is a breeding ground for corruption due to the centralisation of power and actually a side issue to its main problems. You'll be hard pressed to find a socialist country not corrupt. And no, Scandinavia are not socialist.

[@graemesydney38]

@@JonathanWrightSA Well you better define socialism because the Swedes call themselves a social democracy.

[@robertrijkers4923]

@@graemesydney38 don't confuse state socialism with a social democratic state.

[@thegreendestiny3025]

Ukraine is like the Frankenstein of Europe in terms of borders. We have Stalin and the Soviets to blame for patching up these territories into one country that shouldn’t have existed in the first place.

[@matisbarcus7262]

We in Russia think the same.

[@alexroman8878]

Thank you for lighting the situation and what has led to the

[@NorPacAdventures]

What Odessa is missing?? This is second KZbin video about Ukraine that westerners screw up on the map.

[@sampejke]

Agree! They also didn't update the map and put Crimea there

[@michibraun3063]

Vietnam has already surpassed Ukraine's economy and GDP percapita.

[@orestlysak2779]

to put things in perspective since roughly 1200 Ukraine(Rus Kievan) was fighting someone and was under mongols , austrian empire , then USSR. Huge difference as well is that Nevsky was a vassal to Mongols while Rus Kievan was burnt down.

[@michaelmayhem350]

This video aged well lol

[@Caesar88888]

3:53 I am russian speaking Ukrainian from Kyiv and I prefer eurointegration, and many others think like me.

[@easytiger6570]

Same

[@BAD_IT]

Yeah we see the results of "Eurointegration"

[@mercyaspirast.agbayani477]

Wait I thought Moldova was that poor place in Europe

[@vickru2133]

Use to be till 2017

[@NoName-ym5zj]

Awesome video man!

[@charlesratcliff2016]

I just this video and subscribed. Thank you so much.

[@letecmig]

Why Ukraine is poor? People in countries like Estonia, Poland, Czechia always had a clear vision what they want to be: just a 'normal European country'. And always (vast mnajority of them) saw the communism and forced alliance with USSR just as some unnatural period of their history. And as soon as the window of opportunity opened in 1989, they acted: immediately radically disengage from Russia, working on EU and NATO membership immediately, having western European states as clear model they want to become. Ukraine..... in 1990s, they did not know who they are and what they want, and missed that 'window of opportunity' when Russia was weak (1990s). Russian-style oligarchic system, russian-style corruption, but without oil/gas revenues. Lost 10 years made all the difference.

[@Admin-gm3lc]

If russia got some economic help from europe and USA like Poland it would also be as rich and democratic. But Russia was devastated and later americans helped to install the oligarchy by supporting drunkard Eltsin

[@letecmig]

@@Admin-gm3lc do you mean the same oligarchs that still serve under Putin till these days? Putin put-off 3 oligarchs, that was it, all the rest are still going strong. And of course, Americans are to be blamed for Russia's woes:)

[@Admin-gm3lc]

@@letecmig Yes, they totally created the problem so Russia couldnt compete with USA ever. And russian oligarchs spend all their money stolen from Russia in the EU and US so they will keep supporting Putin. Navalny told them to punish oligarchs and they did nothing

[@letecmig]

@@Admin-gm3lc Russia was never able to compete with the USA:) I grew up in communist Czechoslovakia and I remember that whoever visited the USSR came back spoke wide-eyed about poverty and mess there ..... and I am talking about people living in the communist Czechoslovakia;)

[@letecmig]

@@Admin-gm3lc "russian oligarchs spend all their money stolen from Russia in the EU and US" they still do under Putin. Plus most of the top Putin's government officials- properties, children in the EU/US, hidden funds there. Just take Putin's spokesman Peskov- three grown up kids. Two of them have british citizenship, third one living in Switzerland so far without the citizenship. Just go through all these details on top level Putin's bureucrats.

[@HeadhuntexGamer]

Really like Ukranians,from Brazil 👍👍 we have a city called Prudentópolis which was built by Ukranian migrants, really cool place

[@CDA138ek]

There are millions of Ukrainians living and working in Poland. You don't hear about any serious ethnic conflicts in that country though. Ukrainians are very well educated and hardworking people. They don't come to Poland to collect benefits, like is a case with some immigrants in the western part of Europe.

[@valeriivaskevych1003]

From the first time I liked you very much! Thank you for your work! Really interesting and your simple English making your videos more interesting!)

[@Dan123a]

I think if Ukraine is divided into 2: the first western part joins Europe; the second eastern part joins Russia. Problems solved. The war ends.

[@mgithaiga1]

I had a math tutor from Ukraine, she was a very nice lady.

[@Pawn2e4]

Was she fit?

[@mgithaiga1]

@@Pawn2e4 are you asking if she was fly (attractive). if yes then probably when she was younger.

[@happyelephant5384]

Your pronunciation of Ukrainian names is very good)

[@btr8390]

You've found your voice and you've hit your stride! Great work :)

[@ArturBaidi]

With the exception of France, Japan, South Korea and Spain, countries with lower English proficiency are mostly poor.

[@martinnel1347]

Can you make a video on the prospect of Cape Independence in South Africa? He movement seems to be gaining traction

[@ashsol2657]

Stupid idea, it will destroy us all.

[@mhlengindlovu8450]

What is the motivation behind such a movement?

[@ashsol2657]

@@mhlengindlovu8450 Stupid idea, they say they want to get rid of anc. I also do not support anc, but to attempt to breAk up country is crazy. Will lead to economical catastrophe business collapse, probable civil war. Some of these guys say it will not be bloodless, they will fight for it. Absolute catastrophe, no one wins.

[@mhlengindlovu8450]

@@ashsol2657 Thanks for replying. Yeah I’m also not a fan of how the country is currently being led under the anc. I’m glad cape people realise something needs to be done about our leadership. I agree with you that this could end up not being peaceful. The question is what’s the best way to deal with this? (I could be wrong but I think they realise that as things are the anc will always win elections).

[@paulohagan3309]

And if the Cape does get independence, how does anyone know if the government they get will be any better? Remember South Sudan? Most African countries after independence, sorry though I am to have to say it

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

Just a quick note: the holodomor was an active terror-famine perpetrated by the Soviet government on Ukraine. Not just an error or naturally occurring due to bad crop-yields

[@Admin-gm3lc]

*Not in Ukraine. Also in south Russia and Kazakhstan. Ukraine tries to claim it to itself

[@jorgeabuauad]

No it was against the class of farmers remember in Marxism it is all about class struggle Stalin murder even more Russian and many other to steal grain .

[@OrkosUA]

The confusion with "poorest country" is because many people are officially jobless but in reality they live in good houses, have cars, jobs and go on vacations to foreign lands.

[@ThatLvivGirl]

Wow this is brilliant! Thank you!