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Good to see that he’s still got a sense of humour with that Latka impression at the end.
я служу советскому союзу
https://youtu.be/WQfNO05K3qA
still amazes me that there a large number of people in the US that cant understand that pushing certain views and leaders here, will lead to the same things here that are happening to citizens in Russia. just so they can feel powerful and safe?
@CreativePerson Russian troll
@Lynn Allen thanks you saved me from saying he was so obviously a Russian troll
@CreativePerson not American and neither are you. Not a democrat either obviously.
@Imix Muan Trump is best !!! Down with Ukraine !!!
@Imix Muan 👍👍😁
So sorry Mikhail, we wish you well.
я служу советскому союзу
https://youtu.be/WQfNO05K3qA
@Сталинский советский I knew there would be a Russian BOT under this. I hope you get your 120 comments in for the day so you get paid for the troll farm you damn troll
The human race is evil. That is why a system must be adopted that has oversight and accountability. Anything less than that and evil slithers its way up through the cracks.
Thabka for standing up for the truth, morality, justice and human rights. Any authority who thinks making an example of someone are the oppoaite of justice. God bless those who stick the finger at unjust authority.
я служу советскому союзу
https://youtu.be/WQfNO05K3qA
This young man is still a child but is smarter than most adults and can see the truth. He spoke well and we must commend him 👏👏
Joining NATO is a threat and its wrong! That is what led Russia to invade ukraine. The reason of Russia is that America has unjustly invaded many countries in the past few years without even being held accountable. Yet you people still choose to join an alliance (NATO) led by a country who brutally invades many countries without being held accountable till now which is America. This is why Putin doesn’t like NATO. Now Putin is afraid that a America who is leading a very big alliance who could unexpectedly convince all its NATO allies to invade Russia one day. Putin also knows that if NATO invades Russia in the future, no one will be held accountable for it. This is alarming right? So this is a defensive and a retaliatory step of Russia. Russia is defending itself from NATO led by America(who brutally invaded many countries and gets away with all of it). Putin knows that having a country (America) who gets away with all of the war crimes to expand further east towards Russian border is obviously wrong and alarming. An invasion like what America did to Iraq could happen any time in the future. My question is would you want a country who brutally invaded many countries worldwide and never get held accountable to expand an alliance next to your American border? Obviously no one likes that. Now Putin is acting up and y’all westerners start reversing everything saying that Putin is the threat😑😑😑. We know clearly that NATO is the biggest and direct threat here and not Russia, but westerners won’t accept that NATO is the wrong one here and not Russia!
я служу советскому союзу
https://youtu.be/WQfNO05K3qA
If my ability in *any* foreign language I’m currently learning is ever HALF as good as this dude’s English already is right now…I will consider that a solid Win for myself 🙂 🌟
And you’re probably still listening to that other child, the autistic one sponsored by the elites to travel the world to inflict her faux outrage on the subject of climate change.
Leave it to the adults.
@hj wrong video. The one you’re looking for is two doors down on the left.
Brave kid. He didn’t break. He survived.
@Noneshere Prisons and the democratic party run on the same rules. whats that say about democrats?
@4-U-Hataz While attempting to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine Russian leaders and their military command scored an own-goal and nazified themselves.
“Everything is on time and is going according to plan, we have lost nothing”
@Noneshere While attempting to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine Russian leaders and their military command scored an own-goal and nazified themselves.
“Everything is on time and is going according to plan, we have lost nothing”
@Сталинский советский umm the soviet union is history pal.
Exactly. 👈🏻🤛🏽👊🏻✊🏿
I’m surprised he’s still able to speak, or that he is even still around and not “ missing”.
@justsomeguy What does “quite high levels of support” actually mean in a country with no political opposition, little free press, and a siege mentality?
Yeah, you caught me in a rookie mistake. I lumped a whole group into one *_and_* didn’t do any fact checking *_before_* I opened my mouth. And the checking I did after your reply leads me to a question I’ll have to check on later. What I found is four months old. The Levada Center is a Russian independent, nongovernmental polling and sociological research organization, so the numbers have a chance of being accurate. I would like to find out if there has been any change in the last four months, from 75% at least “mostly supporting” Putin, to anything less – or more.
“In June 2022, 47% of Russians ‘definitely supported’ the actions of the Russian military, while another 28% said they ‘mostly supported’ them.” – (Denis Volkov, Levada Center, Moscow)
@Construimus Batuimus Levada Center has Putin at 79% approval now in October. There are reports that the largest opposition that is dissatisfied with him is unhappy because they believe he is not tough enough on Ukraine.
@Herman Wooster What does public opinion actually mean in a country with no political opposition, little free press, and a siege mentality? The fact remains, Putin invaded Ukraine; Ukraine did not invade Russia. The biggest threat Ukraine was to Russia was the example of a free and prosperous country right on the border.
Russia is not Europe or America, so you don’t have to worry, it’s safe
@Construimus Batuimus Yes, it means a lot in Russia. After the fall of the USSR, the Russian people almost voted the Communist Party back into power in 1996 because Yeltsin was performing so poorly. The US even intervened to prop Yeltsin’s campaign up. Most in the West are unfamiliar with the extreme hardships that Russians faced in the 1990s – their nation disintegrated, then they faced a constitutional crisis, two civil wars, a faltering fight against terror, a financial and industrial collapse, and a brain drain. Putin is genuinely popular in Russia because he turned all of this around – no small feat.
It’s true, Russia does not have a robust democratic system and they do have a siege mentality, but that shouldn’t be surprising if they have reason to believe they are under siege. In the 1990s when they were struggling, they saw NATO expand into eastern Europe (there were verbal assurances that this would not happen). Their close ally was bombed by the West under false pretense, and they saw a missile shield erected on their border. This caused Russia to conclude that the West was a threat, and this is why American analysts predicted back in 1998 that a resurgent and hostile Russia would rise and blamed the West for crossing their red lines.
Finally, as for Ukraine, I beg to differ. They banned 15 political parties, including the top opposition parties. They jailed the top opposition leader. The other opposition leader (a pro-West former president) is also facing spurious charges. Another opposition leader had to flee to Spain. Local media in the Donbas has been banned. Civilians are spirited away in the middle of the night if they say the wrong thing online (WSJ). Language rights are restricted. A holiday commemorating the defeat of WW2 Germany has been banned.
You might wonder how it can be this bad. It’s because the country is internally divided. Some love Russia. Some love the West. The ones who love the West are more fervent in their beliefs and decided to topple the democratically-elected government in 2014. They used violence to do it and when the leader fled the country, they took over. That’s where we are today.
Great respect for this man …100 times more courage than a bully sitting comfortably in his office of state sending young men to their deaths…wonder how Putrid would survive on the front line…yeh we can guess…
Please, if possible, keep us all informed on his story as it progresses.
Good luck to him. 🇺🇦
I heard Musk support Putin
Republikcan American 🇺🇲 2024 🏆
bye bye Zellensky 🚮 🤡
я служу советскому союзу
https://youtu.be/WQfNO05K3qA
@GOLDEN 🕸️ ROGER While attempting to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine Russian leaders and their military command scored an own-goal and nazified themselves.
“Everything is on time and is going according to plan, we have lost nothing”
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Mikhail you are so brave. I wish you all the luck in the world for standing up to what you believe in. I hope you can live in peace and be happy and free from this brutal regime. God bless you xxx
What a brave young man, I only hope that I would have the courage to follow my inner principles, but always having the freedom of speech/protest all of my life it’s easy to take them for granted.
Not just a brave kid, but also a beacon of hope that young Russians will finally start to claim back their country from their corrupt, aged and and abhorrently criminal dictatorship ..
That was very brave of him … They could have had him trip on the stairs and fall out of a window to his death…. Never give up continue to stand your ground and your principles…
I really hope the French government doesn’t refuse his asylum request. Fingers crossed for this young man.
They better
He deserves asylum.
girl…
a very brave and intelligent young man and a real beacon of hope
Mikhail… “I felt I don’t have the right to remain quiet”… a true courageous hero. Total respect for him.
I agree completely! Courageous indeed. That said, I also feel that no Russian citizen has a right to silence at the moment. Nor do the rest of us!
A hero indeed. Russian are terrified and as too afraid to change anything. Anyone speaking up in that country is a hero
Brave man. He is so young but has grown up because of the moral necessity he feels.
Highly disturbing. Under the circumstances, I cannot conceive of France deporting him back to be further tortured and imprisoned– he deserves asylum. He’s a brave soul, and I admire him… I hope he can continue his activism without being poisoned like so many dissidents.
What a sweet young man. He probably isn’t telling us everything that was done to him. How is anything to change if people are treated this way when they say what they think?
As a Ukrainian, I appreciate this young man so much. He chose to be brave which is the definition of a hero.
People like him should get asylum in any European country without thinking. Thanks for your comment – I appreciate the fairness / slava Ukraine (greets from Czech republic)
As another Ukrainian, I agree completely. Hopefully, the world will hear those who want to change that country for better 🙏