What Political Legacy Does Putin Want to Bequeath?
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Vladimir #Putin has become the figure of 2022. The invasion of #Ukraine has renewed interest in his figure and what he aspires to. Born into a humble family in St. Petersburg, his personality was forged in the KGB and he has been translating his ideas into political action. And although at the beginning his measures were bearing fruit, the drift of history shows us the shadows of his government.
Corruption, crony capitalism, a unification project, and the Orthodox Church as a key figure in his political decisions bear witness to a leadership full of complications and practices of dubious morality, all to stay in power and achieve the resurgence of Mother #Russia.
But his model is not succeeding in the way he had hoped. Lack of will in the region and fear of his figure, plus the war in Ukraine have destabilized his plans and there may be no turning back in the collapse of his model.
Who really is Vladimir Putin, how did he come to power? And, even more importantly, how has he stayed in it? What does Putin believe in? What are his plans for Russia and its neighbors? In this video we tell you.
*Raúl Carrasco (script); Álvaro Mijares and Fernando Gutiérrez participated in the preparation of this video.
Interesting video. And very good question. I do wonder how we will look back on this era and whether the West will come to the conclusion that it missed many opportunities to engage more constructively with Putin. Mistakes were certainly made. But ultimately we need to recognise that Putin chose his own path. We are where we are today because Putin decided to pursue personal power, illiberalism and Russian nationalism over democracy, openness and an open engagement with the former Soviet bloc. The argument that Putin was goaded into aggression by Western policies, as far too many observers suggest, is naive at best. He made his bed.
As a professor do you understand world domination theory? Naval,rim and heartland? American hegemony of the first two makes it vital for Russia to maintain a hold on the heartland or submit to complete American hegemony of the entire world. While we have been programmed to believe that the wests way of life is superior many look on in disgust and fear of having this way of life imposed on them. Putin controls or has direct influence on 50% of the worlds resources in the heartland and can and will disrupt the world order to push back at a perceived (actual) push to destroy Russian identity and territorial integrity.
I suspect the real missed opportunity was not coming down on Russia hard enough for the annexing of Crimea and propagating the unrest in the East of Ukraine.
Having stated this perhaps, if he was set in his ways, the unity of EU, US, et al plus the severity of the sanctions came as a surprise which they did not plan for.
The question is is he on a tract that he planned out? He’s driving too many lives to the death and he’s been driven by unplanned or unforeseen force that is on the air.
@@jimgaston9863 "many [Russians] look on in disgust and fear of having this [Western] way of life imposed on them" ......... Which, of course, fails to explain why so many educated Russians have fled to the West and have no intention of returning to Pootistan.
@@757Poppy spot on and it's not like europe didn't buy trillions worth of gas n oil thus basically granting putins russia to choose becoming generally prosperous.. but clearly the money flow was going mostly to putin and co and only a few cities got the cash flow to become richer, the rest of the people basically got nothing especially ethnic minorities, crazy a lot of those people today are in full support of the guy who literally betrayed them sending the young men to kill n*zi's in ukraine.. it's a sad story only getting worse with this war and all putin seems to be able to sell is the age old us versus them, the west wants us dead narrative.. what a total failure his eurazian bs politics..
The irony of it all, is Russia could have achieved something like his vision, if it hadn't been for him and his regime. Even before the war they were holding Russia back from it. If it had been a free and democratic country and part of the EU, it would have had huge influence on the world stage and esp. Europe. They have stolen that chance from Russia along with any decent future it could have had.
The biggest irony is how Putin portrays himself a champion against Nazis, while pushing a Russian fascists ideology.
No one trusts Russia no matter what happens. It has a very long history of terror and no matter how many regime changes or government rearrangement, there will always be an innate lack of trust burned into every human on the planet. Even a hunter gatherer in Africa would be afraid of Russians over British men.
Exactly put!
No! Putin asked permission to EU and even NATO and was denied. It is obvious that the west is, was and would have been rusophobic, Ukraine or not...
Well written.
He wants the leave a Greater Russia. Instead, his successor will receive a Lesser Russia.
Lesser russia? If the war goes on long enough there might not be a russia.
Ok boomer
Very true putin has walked into a massive bear trap...
@@babanagrahim5439 Let's see....my original comment has no typos, is grammatically correct, and uses complete sentences.
Yup, must be a boomer! 🤣🤣🤣
Wiped clean of Pu, it might be a fresh slate.
ALexander Dugin has really not much influence on the Russian government. As a few other you-tubers have pointed, he's more like political manager who takes ideas from other thinkers such as Ivan Illynو Lev Gumilyov and others and publishes them. He's a just a mouthpiece to Kremlin not an theorisitan.
I guess you saw the video about it too from kraut?
@@sstff6771 Yeas and No, I saw that one but there was also a commentary on that by Vlad Vexler Chat that disagreed with some of Kraut's suggestions but confirmed the idea that Dugin isn't really that important.
@@Ali-bu6lo I did not watch either of those vides, but from my cursory digging after the death of his daughter, it became clear that Western media was making Dugin into the Russian version of David Duke. Another boogeyman they could whine about. So, your assessment pretty much matched my assessment, though we arrived there from different directions.
@@davidford3115 I think the fame of Dugin in the west is a result of him being alive and producing content now while the actual influences on Putin's regime are dead.
@@Ali-bu6lo well, its better to be less misinformed than more misinformed, but the idea of Dugin being super influential or even a shadow master is laughable, the other ideas in Kraut videos are laughable too, but its a good thing that at least one of those things is being discredited, too bad not all. Its the same level of ignorance.
I have a lot of doubts regarding Russia's position as a world power. It only really has two major strength which it heavily relies on: Being both a nuclear and an energy/ressource power. This can be an advantage if Russia's leadership is able to act competently.
However, Putin established both an economic and political system which only has one purpose: keep Putin and his inner circle in power. This means that all institutions and big businesses are led by Putin loyalists who may have not have any experiences or knowledge of their job. They are also known to be quite corrupt which causes all sorts of issues. Thus Russia is a highly corrupted state which leads to no incentives to innovate which is fueled by their case of dutch disease.
Look at Russia's ecnonomy today. It doesn't produce a lot of highly advanced technologies nor is it particulary big for a country which has a leadership with such insane phantasies. They heavily relied on Western technologies, so the sanctions will have severe consequences for their economy in the long term. As long as China can be punished for evading sanctions against Russia, the Chinese are not going to risk their buttom line to save a dying empire.
Ironically Putin is a major reason behind Russia's current weaknesses. He has created a state in which nobody is willing to tell truth to power. Surrounding yourself with yes-men will strip you of the ability to govern effectively and competently. It's a typical dictator-disease if you will so. His legacy might be one of corruption, colonialism and failure. Let's see how history will treat this thug.
Like the fact that they are all up 3rd world, maybe? Their leader is not unlikely the richest man on the planet. His wealth might very well make Musk look like a pauper. Nobody really knows, but there are some indications. This while 20% of his population doesn't have inside plumbing, and former doctors live out their last years in poverty. And they LOVE him.
Indeed. Putin simply reinstated the very same system they had under Leonid Brezhnev.
Russia is begging Iran and china for weapons, it is no longer a world power.
Well said, bravo 👏
Putin created what Russia allowed him to. The 90's especially was a horrible time and lawlessness was rife. He came and gave the country a relief from hell. Russians know what he is and his value.
Of course corruption is heavy there but that's Russia for you.
The crucifix thing was just a move to impress Bush…
bush wasn't president in 1998
World leader in alcoholism. Leader in hazardous smokers? How about vertigo near windows?
sources?
Stalin or Hitler - similar to both
You get a Godwin award 🫡🏆
Nice summary of Kraut’s video, I feel like you should have given credit to him. For anyone looking for a more detailed video check out his video.
His video is complete bs lol, i would suggest people NOT watch it, it is better to be uninformed than misinformed
Before I watched this video, I watched Mark Reicher's (the "Kraut") presentation on this same topic. Mark follows the same outline, just in more detail.
he saw that communism doesn't work, so he used the same tools of corruption in capitalism.... yeah that definitely won't fail too
He basically reinstituted the system under Brezhnev.
not really, instead of being capitalist he turned his country into facism ran by centralized economy.
That VGG intro music is sooo cursed lmao
Spb was the most progressive city in Russia. Tallinn was the most progressive city in the Soviet Union.
excellent work 👍
Next Video: "What EVIL colors does Putin use for his underwear?"
Dafug are you talking about
He's being compared to Hitler; that says a lot.
Obama and Trump as well.
I had been following Putin since he invaded Georgia while I was in the military. I was of the camp that I though he was an evil genius. A highly intelligent villain. Ukraine has shattered that idea. He is still a man that will go down in history but it will be infamy.
lol
in 2008 President of Russia was Medvedev
EU accepted the resolution that recognized Georgia as an aggressor
if u wanna hate Russia for its corruption, political system etc hate also Ukraine cause they have same problems but 50x worse
Anyone know the background song at 0:50?
Concise. Clear. Comprehensive. Current. Complex made comprehensible.
11:54; lmao "Orthodox Popes"
A bit surprised that you did not touch on relations with Turkey and Serbia. Both countries are important to Putins dream of a sphere of influence and weaken western european dominance and coherence.
Serbia is a joke of an country, and Turkey will not submit to be in Russia's sphere of influence as Erodgan has his own ambitious of regional hegemony.
We should just ditch Turkey from NATO. They are fucking us by blocking the black sea while also fucking Russia. So let's just ditch them as we send stuff to Ukraine by land. They are an ally but love playing both sides so they aren't much of an ally.
Serbia? Serbia is nothing
Turkiyye's NATO, and they're not losing that for Russia. Serbia's tiny, and not very consequential
Turkey has no itrest in being under either western o Russian influence.
There are so many people who see Putin as a spymaster, genius, martial artist.
When in fact he was a functionary placed in his position because of his servility.
Yup, he was a mid level bureaucrat for the KGB, and from one report of a spy that knew and worked with one of his bosses, not a very good one. Unimpressive was the word that boss used. And as for martial artist, watch his promotional vid. He falls flat on his ass, for no reason whatsoever. Look up Putin and hockey if you REALLY want a laugh. And if you're not sure whether you've gotten to the part I'm talking about, you haven't. It is BEYOND obvious, and beyond hilarious. Look at his face when he gets back up. Right at that moment he actually might have been capable of biting a nail in two.
I mean he is a martial artist though. He knows Judo and Sambo.
putin is KGB, if you think he was 'servile' and remains so you're effing clueless. you're not appointed president, given every perk possible leading up to an actual election so you win if you're just 'servile'. you don't even get NOTICED if you're 'servile'. just a functionary among thousands. putin made himself who he is and put himself where he is. underestimating him has caused the deaths of many...and it's one of his weapons.
Without being servile you can't rise in Russia. He's more powerful than all blokes on social media combined.
@@YuddhaVeera without knowing people or knowing things ABOUT people. that was the kind of government stalin created and it continued...was 'refined'. putin was literally given the position 6 months prior to an election, and had all the media at the time on him nearly 24/7 even though he wasn't 'campaigning'. he's a snake and imho the most perfect example of that era frozen in time.
This is one of your most interesting videos! Very detailed information on putin. Excellent!!!
Gotta wonder how accurate that story is about his mothers cross, if nothing else its really interesting. The man is still psychotic, but its interesting.
yup he is KGB, they are all psychos.
Look like what Hitler did in the Sudetenland?
Recommend:
Accidental Czar: the life and lies of Vladimir Putin
Graphic novel, which fits very well.
Retired librarian
P.S.
It's better than this video.
Putin:
Definitely right but misses the left for the motherland.
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Nice
Someone needs to gives us a mini series or doc on Putin
There was one about Putin on the TV a while back about his rising to power and the issues he has with Ukraine, from annexing Crimea to the war. Putin road to war (channel 4) and Putin: a Russian spy story (channel 4)… don’t know if there’s one from his full life though
It will all depend on who's scripting it
@@raheelbelal5848 is that for my comment or just a general one?
This isn't t the first time money corrupts religion.
Priests and their servants running around in gold and diamonds: 😎
Regarding his time in Germany, there's picture of Putin in a speedo with a few kilos too much playing ping pong, not exactly James Bond 😂
Actually, that's exactly like some of the old James Bonds XD
You ain't seen NOTHIN! Look up Putin and hockey, and swallow whatever you are drinking. I warned you, so if you choke to death when the inevitable happens, it is not on me. :-) Where is that voice we all have that says: Do NOT do this, it could turn out really, really badly.
@@alonhaviv6755 I only know the newer ones, they had no abs back then?
@@c.w.8200 No abs and lots of hair lol:
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More background music than information!
If Russia loses the war, this might be end of not only Eurasian project, but might result in Russia itself splitting into independent regions. Far East gravitating to China and Japan, Islamic regions to Turkey, and Kaliningrad towards EU. Putin would find himself fighting for political and literal survival against military furious with all the losses in the war for nothing... Tsars that lose wars dont end up well in Russia...
If the west continues its support at present or greater levels, that is not an if, it is a when.
I am all for KONIGSBERG becoming the Singapore of the Baltic.
@@davidford3115 no there is only 1 singapore.
@@nsevv You didn't read the part "OF THE BALTIC"? Basically, the city should be for that region of the world what Singapore is for Southeast Asia.
Am I the only one wondering why Putin is being Thanos snapped in this thumbnail?
Very good video. Learned some new things about Russia, especially how the Orthodox Church has benefited (rubles and growth).
5:02 wasn't the Soviet flag on tanks by the rogue state Transnistria?
He is calling the "victory banner" a "Soviet Flag" which is so misleading it amounts to fake news. The victory banner is the battle flag that was raised over the Reichstag building at the conclusion of the Great Patriotic War after the Russians won the battle of Berlin. It is a sacred flag to all Russians (and Belrussians, and Ukrainians) which represents the sacrifice they went thru during the war. Putin is not a Communist. The Communist Party, though the largest opposition party in all of Russia, commands the support of only about 10% of the population. The Victory Banner has no "Communist" connotation whatsoever. It generally flies alongside the Russian Flag at all war memorials within Russia and is used in commemorations and parades to the war in virtually all post-Soviet states.
The original Victory Banner which was raised over the Reichstag can be seen in Moscow at the Central War Museum.
The title question is entirely moot, as Putin has lost *_any and all_* influence he once had over the way he'll be remembered
Yup he is literally call Mr Poopin Pants in russia now.
He will be remembered fondly by Christians and Conservatives and be remembered poorly by homosexuals, liberals, and Globalists. I think Putin is fine with that legacy.
Grant is an excellent voice for visualpolitik. I prefer seeing the other presenters, however.
bequeath in the title is crazy
okay you caught me off guard and have some explaining to do. you mentioned "orthodox popes" and i looked it up a bit and all i can find is coptic popes of alexandria. i was under the impresssion russian orthodoxy had no popes but patriarchs, which leads to me question, what do you mean when you say orthodox popes? was that a mistake and you meant to say patriarchs?
I don't think the Armenians are particularly thrilled as a Eurasian partner. Russia basically left them out to dry.
Huh? America couldn't care less what Putin does, not until he pulls something like attacking Ukraine, in total. One of Putin's main gripes was that nobody even considered him to be part of the world stage, and if you want to REALLY piss Putin off, that is the way to do it. He's now finding out his military is about as impressive as he, and Russia are. He should have kept his 'mouth shut', and let people perceive him as impotent, rather than open it (figuratively and literally) and remove all doubt. I suspect if China continues, the same will be true of them. The helmets they just sent the Russians? The Russians are showing videos of them putting their thumbs through them. Not an auspicious start.
@@MrJdsenior Armenia not America lol
Russia is what prevented Azerbaijan from continuing all the way to Yerevan. You have to remember the context. The pro-Western Government of Armenia had shit on Russia pretty badly in the years just prior to the war. When the war broke out, Yerevan's new Western Friends were nowhere to be found. The war reminded everyone in Armenia that they have only one real friend in the region. And the disaster that has befallen Ukraine after they listened to their Western "friends" has certainly not gone unnoticed either.
next week video topic: why putin prents named him Vladimir
it is interesting why Russia thinks China are 'best' friends, when China has certain distrust of Russia. Since Russia failed to take Ukraine, China sees Russia as the mediocre country where they can buy cheap mineral and petroleum products from.
Indeed. Russia was supposed to back China militarily after Ukraine when Beijing was going to go after Taiwan/Formosa. But Russia clearly cannot deliver on that support. Then there is the issue that despite claims otherwise, Beijing still has desires for "Outer Manchuria". They are still irritated with Russia over the Treaty of Aigun and want to go back to the borders originally established under the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
Geopolitical interests have brought China and Russia closer than ever. China now realizes there is no "diplomatic" solution possible with the West. So they need their Northern Flank protected by a friendly nation and they need Russia's vast resources in the event of Western sanctions war. Russia taking its time in winning the Ukrainian War is actually in China's interests. The longer Russia takes to win, the more US missiles Ukraine will spend. And every Western missile spent in Ukraine will be one the West can't use against China in Taiwan.
@@scottwillie6389 Pure copium. Either that or you are a paid shill for either the Chinese CCCP or the Kremlin.
China wants Outer Manchuria back. And the fact that they have reinforced their border to prevent Russians from fleeing Putin's conscription only drives home the point that they are NOT friends, merely "business partners" with no love lost between them.
@@davidford3115 Normal countries don't allow illegals to flow across their border. And why would China allow Russian soldiers refuge in China? China does not want Russian traitors who support the US hanging out in their country. That would be a security risk. And Russia and China's border disputes were settled decades ago. The only "China" that still has territorial claims inside Russia is the US backed Taiwanese Government!
@@scottwillie6389 I agree that normal countries don't allow unauthorized entry. So tell me why Joe Bite-Me and his cabal are allowing that on the US-Mexico border?
Those Russia ex-pats don't support US, genius. They just don't want to die in a pointless war started by a man who has a "Short Man" Napoleon complex.
Just because Beijing CLAIMS their disputes are settled doesn't make it true. To this day there are still spats between Pakistan and China over their border, you just don't hear about it because neither side wants to talk about their embarrassments.
I clever Kazakh leader could play China, Russia and the USA against eachother and extract a small fortune from all three in favourable deals and development grants. It's going to be a massive player in the coming decades as the old Silk Road route reconnects places long forgotten.
I tend to agree. Thought I think China would be the biggest danger for them. Out of the Russian orbit and into the Chinese.
I dont understand why no one is asking the bigger question ' WHY ARE visuele Politik THEEHT MADE OF GOLD'
Remember what one says in public doesn’t necessarily reflect on what they do in private and in Purim’s case, what he does with Russian policy.
I like your guys videos, but please reconsider loud music as your use for transitions. It's bothersome and the way they are timed takes away from the quality video. It just Feels unnatural. I could be wrong here. Just some supportive criticism you guys do you
Go Grant!
A chanel called Kraut did a pretty nice video on Putin's ideology
I am no expert but I can see Putin tries to make old USSR.
I have no basis, but I can see that Putin involves deeply in USSR suddenly gone
Indeed, Soviet Russia under a different name, but all of the same Hallmarks of what Reagan called "The Evil Empire".
Lol hört sich an wie Puten😂
You shouldn't forget of his close ties to organized crime during and after his St. Petersburgh power years. Imo that is important.
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Wingless.
It’s complicated
Putin is completely opportunistic, that is why the promotion of the Orthodox church in the state...it puts the Orthodox church back to its status when the czars ruled and thereby useful instruments for motivating the serfs (nowadays called "citizens") to support the czar (Putin).....
Pragmatic would be a better word than "opportunistic". Putin is restoring the Orthodox church simply because he has witnessed the failure of the alternative system. Birth rates are the biggest problem Russia faces in the long term. Putin looked around and saw the disaster that feminism and secularism have caused with respect to birth rates in the West. He knows Russia suffers a similar problem. He then looked to nearby Georgia and Chechnya and noticed their far more religious cultures are producing positive birth rates (Georgia is literally the only country in Europe with a positive birth rate). Chechnya is a different religion entirely of course but Georgia is an Orthodox Christian nation just like Russia.
Asking "A left-winger or a right-winger?" is not relevant outside the US or maybe UK. One dimensional model of politics does not describe countries like the Nordics. Even when they do, the R-L axis is not similar to the US one.
Believe it or not the US orthodox church (aka evangelical fundamentalism) also supports US interests, hangs a flag, prays for troops, defends policies, etc.
Your first mistake is that "Evangelical Fundamentalism" is NOT monolithic.
Secondly, it does NOT the institutional power that either the Eastern Orthodox Chruch, nor the "Western Orthodox" (ie Catholicism) has enjoyed.
But as typical, people like you grossly misunderstand nationalism and patriotism. Just because the philosophy is simple doesn't mean that its adherents are simple minded. Sometimes a simple concept can have vastly nuanced interpretations.
@@davidford3115 ok American flag profile picture man
@@joeybwalsh That is not an argument, it is a logical fallacy. And it is you tacitly conceding that I am correct. Learn to debate and make better arguments.
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser," -attributed to Plato.
"When your argument is weak, abuse the plaintiff," -Marcus Tulliuc Cicero
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
All year?
Well to be fair it’s only January 2-3, 2023 so we just started the year.
Sarcastically Putinius is an historical dinosaur.
Czar Vlad the Mad
The piercing distracted me
His hands are dripping with blood now
Very interesting! Thank you, VisualPolitics!
But I think you skipped to modern ideas of neo-Eurasianism too quickly. It was very important part of Putin’s first years in power that he was absolutely pro-Western leader. And his first promises were to integrate Russia in Western World, to try to join EU. But something happened in 2007 when he became more and more skeptical towards Europe. And then he turned to ideas of Dugin, Ilin, Limonov and others. That was also important part of his political path.
And what you managed to show is that Putin’s ideas are focused on foreign policy, and perceive domestic affairs as something not so much important. That’s one of the most irritating parts of his political identity. Also it explains why there is almost nothing to say about ideology inside the country, except for “conservatism, religion”… that’s all. There were some attempts to formulate something, but none of them had any appreciation by government.
I'd disagree that Putin utilizes Dugin as the foundation for his ideology, it's moreso Ivan Illyn than anything else
Illyn is kinda like a weird blend of Christian values and faschiast rhetoric
I'd recommend the TH-camr Kraut to learn more about Putin and his ideology specifically
Yes sadly Russia has had nothing but authoritarianism as it's leadership for a _very_ long time it's going to be a while before it breaks out of that cycle
And with authoritarianism only ever becoming more popular around the world, even in places you wouldn't expect like Canada, it will be a long time coming for Russia to break free
I hate to break your bubble, but authoritarianism has been the norm rather than the exception throughout human history. The modern period of "Jeffersonian Democracy" is something of an aberration. And if prior examples are any indication, it is about to come to a violent in within the next 50 years.
@@davidford3115that's not breaking any bubble authoritarianism has always been the norm for most of mankind's history
democracy is one of the newest interms of relative forms of government done by a culture because different cultures encountered it at different times
@@rejvaik00 The Greeks whom the West love to claim descent from are who arguably pioneered both modern Democracy and Republican governance. And as Aristotle pointed out, they invariably degenerate into despotism. Even the Hebrews who started out as a decentralized confederation of tribes eventually became a dictatorship under an absolute monarch.
@@davidford3115 there's nothing to do with my point
the point is Russia has been under an authoritarianism for far too long and it's really damaged their state, their collective psyche and their citizenry
and there's nothing wrong with wishing that they end their cycle of authoritarianism
you don't get to defend Russia being an authoritarian regime just because authoritarianism is the longest form of government that mankind has ever had
@@rejvaik00 Where did I defend Russia? I didn't. You simply jumped to that conclusion because I offered a different perspective.
I was simply pointing out that as much as the West like to hubristically praise its form of government, it is not the typical state of human existence.
I agree that Russia needs to break the cycle. But them breaking that cycle will not matter if the West degenerates into the very same despotism as the old Soviet Union.
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I dont think "honor" is a main focus here. Just a doubt
The "kirili'sation" Of the recast Christian orthodoxy is almost akin to talibanization of Christianity
They're not called orthodox " Popes". It's called the hierarchy, or clergy. There are several autocephalous patriarchs.
As I recall, the Eastern Chruch views St. Mark as the founder of the faith rather than St. Peter.
@@davidford3115 Nah. Each ancient eastern church has its own founder, and some of them are Peter
Correction! Putin left DDR already in late winter 1990, maybe early spring 1990, according to German version of Wikipedia. That is less than 6 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall,NOT 3 years after, as said in the video.
Nobody remembers the generals who defeated Napoleon. (Except history nerds ofc). and the majority of people don't know who were the different leaders in ww2, but most know Hitler. Similarly maybe happen with putin
Good job Sir
12:56 So it's a crusade!
2:07 That is NOT a Putin quote. That quote has been attributed to more than one hundred people in the past. "Anyone who is not a Liberal when twenty has no heart, anyone who is not a Conservative when forty has no brain," etc. NOT Putin, you guys.
Hitler, Stalin, Zedong, Kim, Pol Pot, Amin, Gaddafi, and now Putin.
Bush, Bush jr, Bill Clinton, BOMBama, Killary, ect
@@hatchxable mmm not quite
Gadfly here 🥶. In Putin you trust🤓
In Putin you bust👎
He will be remembered as the person who ripped the Nato’s apart 😅
This the continuation of last week's videos, but just the top spot
I bloody HATE how you guys speed up this guy's voice
yes. everybody see how russian moder army is. lol. great job onkel vlady
If Japan is important to Dugin's Eurasianism, how come Putin declared Japan an unfriendly country?
History. Japan and the USSR never officially ended WW2 with a peace treaty. Russia has never officially signed a peace treaty with Japan formally ending the state of war between the two nations.
Russia see others as either servants of enemies
There is nothing in between
@@davidford3115 Still, by halting the peace treaty, Putin is going against Dugin's theory on the need for Russia to befriend Japan.
@@DanDanJanJanJP Yeah, I don't think Dugin is as influential over Putin as the media likes to pretend. Dugin is simply a Russian talking head, not a policy advisor.
To the more to the original point, it is highly unlikely that Japan would trade the US for Russia if only on the grounds that the US supports Japanese claims over ALL of the Kuril Islands. By joining Russia, they would relinquish their claims over any of the Islands.
Japan is still under US Military occupation. An independent Japan would be an important player in world affairs again, but we are probably still another decade at least from that happening.
Again selective “facts”. Very difficult to take this seriously when only a certain rhetoric is used to literally describing a person. Anyway
It seems like the multipolar angle is more a rhetorical tool, the US is a super power, but the world is large, and American culture doesn't really accept unbridled abuse of that power. The Kremlin & CCP have imperial ambitions threatened by global rules, they would not make good for "balancing forces", & as an American I'm not obsessed with dominance, but the other actors/"poles" matter. UN is one institutional tool created to formalize distributed power, but it needs reforms.
We should all worship our poo tin for without poo tin we are in deep shit.
"Putiny The Failure" Peters shoes are too big for this thief
It would be nice to slow down the verbal diaria from this guy and get someone with a lot less “ local accent “” - almost impossible to follow his talk …
Eltsin not appointed Putin acting president. By Russian laws if president resignes the prime minister becomes acting president until elections of new president. And Eltsin simply resigned
Putin's mistake was making his army paint Z everywhere for Zelenskyy, he should have made them paint Ps for Putin.
J for junk! 😂
@@freetolook3727 Indeed. Reminds me of some funny insults to WW2 German vehicles: A Mess of Messerschmitts. A Junk of Junkers. A Putridity of Panzers.
A Pack of Panthers, a Troop of Tigers, a Mass of Mausers...
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His legacy - the destroyer of russia, creator of strong Ukrainian identity and weak ruzzia 😃
Indeed. Putin managed to unite almost all of the Slaves.....agianst HIM!
And the biggest thief of all.
Does Putin have a biography, or is it simply a criminal record?
He is neither left wing or right wing.He is a wingnut(easily turned).
The alternative route for Putin's Eurasian Union is restoration of monarchy and be a parliamentary monarchy, he would be need as interim transitional Prime Minister and plan a parliamentary election to choose a better economic leader to restore its lost wealth and industry.... While he invite his former Soviet Colleagues or others that interested and are not align to EU to form a economic block for European area and Middle Asia.... Imagine it's vast area of resources flat lands that can be another new cities and farms for future generations of humans safe against rising seas... New mines and oilfields that can produce a industrial jobs, while getting investment to businessman that are not under influence any dubious government from West to East.... It's better to have a multi polar world that everyone can vote or has a say in every issue democratically unlike a unilateral world that you just end up as a puppet without any words of self determination because of the so called "GREATER GOOD"😹🙃😜
Jesus Christ your power is being misused 💀
This is very interesting! Thanks!
I think that a missing key to understand Putin, and Russia in general, is the geography: Russia's flat open planes forced them to expand and gain a massive strategical depth. Every century they suffer at least 1 massive invasion and even if today NATO doesn't threaten to invade Russia (plus they have nukes), it's only "today". The future is still dangerous, so regaining the empire vast borders is a must (in their eyes).
Yeah, Russia has been invaded so many times in the just shy of the last century, I don't know how they cope. Now let's look at how many times they've invaded others in that time frame. I get so tired of hearing how Russia is 'forced' to do things. Why would NATO want to invade Russia, just to bring them up to a century ago level on toilets would bankrupt any country. Russia needs to ROT behind its own stinking borders in its own cesspool of a country. They love it so much, let them live there, without leaving, permanently.
@@MrJdsenior you're missing the point. It doesn't matter if their fear is exaggerated or if they're right or wrong. This is how they feel about it. And I believe you can't fully understand Putin's reasoning without it.
NATO is not expansiontist it is a membership system, even putin wants to join NATO as a member but wants to be invited and refuse to apply like everyone else. Putin is egotistical proud psychotic maniac.
I know Peter Zeihan advocates this view, and damn if he's not very good on nearly every subject, but he's a real geography nut (a bit of bias towards it's impact). I'm skeptical this is actually a central driving force today, though I suspect it has it's side benefit role to play. I think he's shooting from his wheelhouse there. Stephen Kotkin, & Vlad Vexler, et al provide expansive further reasoning. None of this looks like a single-issue event though.
@@ferrariguy8278 Perhaps. I have no idea how much weight each parameter has in his calculations...
It is impressive that 70% of the Russian people are Orthodox Christians.
The patriarch is a KGB colonel
Mistakes!! NATO provoked and he reacted
GDP is not the only metric for a healthy economy, and especially where the former USSR is concerned, is misleading. Overfishing increases GDP. Strip mining and commodifying things that were not commodified is really disingenuous to call "growth". A teachers value isn't reflected in their salary, but the benefit that they have to our community. That was the perspective of everyone in the USSR. Gorbechev got a special commendation from his town farming collective for the hard work he did every summer running combines. He wasn't a for profit farmer and we shouldn't expect him to be.
The increase in mortality, preventable death, survival sex work, and decrease in life expectancy is called the "Russian Cross" for a reason. Putin and his cronies made the oligarchs as wealthy and powerful as they were by choice. To make a reciprocating system for their kleptocracy.
We have a very useful -ism for hyper capitalist, anti-social, religiously intolerant, socially conservative, military fetishizing governments lead by strong men. You wanna guess which one?
Oligarchism and Plutocracy. To claim that it is Fascism shows a clear misunderstanding of what Fascism is. Italy under Mussolini was Fascistic. Spain under Franco was Fascist. Germany under that Austrian Chancellor was NOT Fascism, it was "German National SOCIALISM".
@@davidford3115 When are you fascists gonna pack that one in? We all are aware of the tactic. Try a new one. The guy arresting and murdering socialists and labor organizers at the start of the holocaust was no socialist.
@@DanSolowastaken Calling people who disagree with you fascist only proves you don't even know the meaning of the word. Kind of like how calling someone racist has lost its meaning. Name calling doesn't make your point, it simply proves you know you have no argument left to make.
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser," -Attributed to Plato
"When your argument is weak, abuse the Plaintiff," -Marcus Tullius Cicero
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
@@davidford3115 wow. You have a cut and paste for ad hominem attacks. Touch grass. You commented out of the blue saying Nazis weren't fascist when this is a video about Putin. You even did so using the same talking point neo nazis and only neo nazis have been using for 70 years. I'm calling you a fascist because you went out of your way to tell me you weren't. Me thinks she doeth protest to much.
@@DanSolowastaken Wow, take a dose of your own medicine..
Putin combines the WORST elements of every totalitarian dictator. But that does NOT make him a Fascist by precepts laid out by Giovani Gentile.
Tell me, are you aware of the Molotov-Ribbentrop alliance? It was only possible because Stalinism and Naziism have so much in common. But of course, leftists like you want to ignore that alliance of the Hammer and Sickle to the Swastika because it reveals leftist ideology for what it truly is.
And funny you accuse me of ad hominins when you do exactly that. Again, you throw around the term Fascist with the same intellectual dishonesty as those who accuse black conservatives of being White supremacists.
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Can you do the same on how Europe is looting Africa today in the name of modern colonization.
Britain wanted Brexit of other European people, what if other European countries of those exited people stop sending food and all other export TO Britain ??