Russia plans to annex Belarus by 2030

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  • @maninredhelm
    @maninredhelm ปีที่แล้ว +6272

    Belarus got exactly one legitimate election in its history, and picked Lukashenko. And the guy who finished second place was the more pro-Russian candidate. They never had a chance.

    • @blazer9547
      @blazer9547 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      What do Belarusians think

    • @eduwino151
      @eduwino151 ปีที่แล้ว +690

      @@blazer9547 Russias loss in ukraine will mean freedom for Belarus

    • @aightm8
      @aightm8 ปีที่แล้ว +310

      ​@@eduwino151 not really. Putin may try to annex Belarus to save face.
      And unlike Ukraine no one will come to their rescue. Also I believe they have a very small standing army. A fraction the size of Ukraine's in Feb '22

    • @moonasha
      @moonasha ปีที่แล้ว +244

      lukashenko probably never had a chance either. If he did anything uncle vova didn't like he'd probably be served some nice polonium tea before tripping and fallout out a window

    • @blazer9547
      @blazer9547 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@aightm8 seems like the belarusian story is the real tragedy.

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  • @StrangeLoops4
    @StrangeLoops4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Poland's military build up makes total sense looking through this prism.

    • @alpinecenter
      @alpinecenter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Poland needs to develop nuclear weapons. With gold plated warheads, like the Kremlin.

    • @dante9436
      @dante9436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alpinecenter i think every country should have now nukes even iraq and Afganistan to revange on Amerika

    • @danieloehler2494
      @danieloehler2494 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Polish nationalism and militarism are driving Belarus into the arms of Russia.

    • @uan9166
      @uan9166 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dante9436The US would protest as always but they have the most nukes, what a hipocrites.

    • @Dennan
      @Dennan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dante9436 more.like revenge against soviet union. Made moscow rich why they illegaly occupied half of europe

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    @fa0676 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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  • @johnxina987
    @johnxina987 ปีที่แล้ว +1655

    Nice take and reporting on Belarus, but my theory is that Putin needs Belarus for various strategic tasks, such as laundering money, getting & trading goods, etc. in order to overcome sanctions as well as gathering intelligence.
    Putin is not in a hurry to officially annex Belarus quite yet, it seems he owns it already.

    • @MM-un3ob
      @MM-un3ob ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Belarus is under the same sanctions as Russia, more or less. Putin can do these kind of stuff with china

    • @LoneWolf-wp9dn
      @LoneWolf-wp9dn ปีที่แล้ว +136

      @@MM-un3ob but china is a very unsure partner... china has its own designs and a very slippery record when it comes to bureaucracy and keeping its word

    • @Bayard1503
      @Bayard1503 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has Central Asian countries for all of that. Besides they're already bringing in whatever they want through Turkey, Caucasus, The Gulf, China... Putin's getting old, he's thinking about legacy.

    • @frenzalrhomb6919
      @frenzalrhomb6919 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LoneWolf-wp9dn I'd trust the Chinese, long before I'd give the Russian's or the Belarusians even the benefits of my doubts!!

    • @yuriyco_
      @yuriyco_ ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Belarus was used to provoke NATO before but keep russia relatively out of the conflict. Plus right now they are not draining resources on Belarus-Ukrainian border, sure if RF would control this border it'd put pressure on Kyiv, but Kyiv would then put pressure on Belarus just like it does to Belgorod, Kursk and many other oblasts.

  • @Symon_Musician
    @Symon_Musician ปีที่แล้ว +1881

    As a Belarusian I wouldn't be so pessimistic on the future of our country. Our ties with Russian are based on policital relationship between Lukashenkp and Putin and I'm 100% convinced that when one of them will be not in power these ties will be revised. Annexetion of Belarus could be rather expensive for Russia because Russia will be obliged to take the burden of economical support while now several billions of USD per year is enough. In case of annexation Russia will face new international santions. You may mention that they don't work and Russia doesn't care about them, but all neighbours of Russia will be shocked and ready to restrain connections with Russia (I mean Kazakhstan, first of all).
    At this moment Russia has stuck in Ukraine and nobody knows what will be the outcome of the war. Since 2020 crisis in Belarus Russia restrained our military and international sovereignty and I think at this moment it's enough for her.

    • @Name-og4th
      @Name-og4th ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Russia started its annexion attempts before Putin, back in 1995 they intervened into Belarusian affairs and supported to coup to disband the parliament. So it will continue its politics to get Belarus after Putin. Also, the economics is irrelevant. Russia was never rational in its behavior.

    • @thedirty530
      @thedirty530 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I see this happening as a best case scenario for Russia.... But this world never hands you the best case scenario!

    • @H0kram
      @H0kram ปีที่แล้ว +54

      What you say makes a lot of sense however it could also be the very reason, for at least planning a progressive annexation.
      Because as you stated, if Lukashenko is gone, it is likely that Belarus would be more distant from Russia and thus, a liability for them. There is some kind of urgency in this. And the trust in buffer states is gone.
      Yet I think it will highly depend on how the war in Ukraine will end/evolve, and above all I wish you and all Belarusians to get the best possible outcome, directly or undirectly.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I think what you may be missing is just the absolutely huge PR boosts that Putin gets each time he announces another landgrab. This isn't really even about financial balancing: taking Belarus would serve to the Russian public, who a bit over a year ago still expected to see a full annexation of Ukraine as a realistic year-end goal, as consolation prize.
      It's all about how many pixels you need to cover Russia's map: the more, the better. There's no further philosophy behind it: Russians may be starving to death, but the realization that Russia is at least somewhat bigger than before will be enough to let them die peacefully.

    • @blazer9547
      @blazer9547 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      But Indian bots told me belarusians are dying to be Russian.

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    @danpate3825 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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  • @daszieher
    @daszieher ปีที่แล้ว +288

    NATO did not expand into Poland, the Polish chose to join the defense alliance to safeguard against Russian assimilation attempts. Like the Poles, other NATO signatories understand the quality of that deal. While it is true that the U.S. projects it's hegemonic claim to power on the continent, the actual effects of this hegemony are less inhibiting than Russia's brotherly embrace.😊

    • @artongar
      @artongar ปีที่แล้ว +78

      yeah, when I heard "after NATO expansion, Belarus is the most important state to Russian security" I almost laughed. Maybe if Russia didn't invade it's neighbors then they wouldn't want to join a defensive union

    • @augustuslunasol10thapostle
      @augustuslunasol10thapostle ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@artongar it’s not wrong it is expansion just like how buying your neighbors plot of land is expansion but it has consent it is fair and both parties agree to the expansion

    • @enigmaticzigfried7557
      @enigmaticzigfried7557 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Mortablunt bunch of nonsense. Since when is Yemen US backed? Hilarious blaming Ukraine for "genocide over linguistic differences" while the Kremlin is currently suppressing Ukrainian language/culture incl. deportations in the occupied territories - and has done so before in various Soviet republics, e.g. Ukraine, the Baltics, Moldova.

    • @marcbuisson2463
      @marcbuisson2463 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@augustuslunasol10thapostle In this case, the correct term is cblackmailing their entry in NATO lmfao. Lec Walesa and Vaclav Havel threatened Clinton to campaign for the republicans in the 1994 elections as long as the US (and especially Clinton) were hostile to make them integrate NATO.

    • @marcbuisson2463
      @marcbuisson2463 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@Mortablunt *Patpat* such a strong language genocide that the ukrainian president is a russian speaking actor, who became famous in movies and shows in russian, in a country where nearly 100% of the country speaks russian, and where a significant proportion of the religious services are and were still hold in russian. Including in the biggest cathedral of Kyiv up until last month...

  • @EverlastGX
    @EverlastGX ปีที่แล้ว +572

    We are basically witnessing the end of buffer states in Europe as each of these countries clearly pick their side.

    • @hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060
      @hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I thought it was USA going to annex Belarus. After all they have waged war with 230 nations, ten of which democracies. All for their $ for the military industrial empire. Meanwhile their citizens are impoverished, middle class becoming serf's in a land of collapsing infrastructure. Who wins? The elite who buy the politicians.

    • @mihajlokovacevic499
      @mihajlokovacevic499 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Except Serbia lol

    • @tsenavi7389
      @tsenavi7389 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      @@mihajlokovacevic499 serbia is with russia obviously, but russia is not with serbia, one way love so to say.

    • @Specificify
      @Specificify ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@tsenavi7389 are you kidding? there is a reason serbs love russians

    • @tsenavi7389
      @tsenavi7389 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@Specificify Read my comment again more carefully

  • @justinclark7883
    @justinclark7883 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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  • @luiul1
    @luiul1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    me: lukashenko looks like a husky fella.
    putin: will he fit through a window?

  • @shannonkohl68
    @shannonkohl68 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    Annexing Belarus would increase NATO / Ukraine's border with Russia. Yes, but given that Belarus allowed Russians to attack Ukraine from their country, it seems to be a meaningless change from the viewpoint of NATO / Belarus. In other words, we already have to assume that Russia may attack from Belarus and therefore treat Belarus as if it were Russia.

    • @sis1296
      @sis1296 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not meaningless. It is consequent that no Belarusian soldier is in Ukraine at this momment. I think everyone - from every perspective - is wlking on egg-shells. There are maybe two reasons why Russia will not annexe officially Belarus, and that is quiet unofficial under the radar - outright ownership is advantageous even to Russia. The effect or perception or possible reaction from the former USSR states - now countries. I had not thought about that. This 2mm wedge will permit Lukashenko some breathing room, though I do not know how he sleeps at night. Many, many angles to this. Thank you for this video.

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@sis1296 Presumably he sleeps very far from any windows he could suspiciously fall out of.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That has been the primary assumption of Poland's foreign policy effectively since Lukashenko took over Belarus and made it 100% dependent on Russia again: that it's Russian soil for all intents and purposes.

    • @goldbullet50
      @goldbullet50 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russia's power is directly linked to how far West they can push their sphere of influence through the central European plain. From the wide plains of Ukraine and Western Russia, it gets narrower and narrower north of the Carpathian mountains and the Alps, and south of the Baltic sea.
      From the Eastern Ukraine and the Baltics, you could essentially march directly to Moscow from both the South and the West, and even cut the important "Unified Deep Water System of European Russia" by cutting off Volga. Russia should spread out their defensive forces to a huge area, and the enemy should only march few hundred kilometers to threaten Moscow and the Russian heartland.
      Compare that to the USSR and Warsaw Pact, and you could only invade Russia through a relatively narrow choke point of Northern Germany, and even narrower plain in Romania and Bulgaria between the Black Sea and the Carpathian mountains. That in turn is way easier to defend against, and the defender has a huge advantage, and even if the first lines of defense are defeated, the invader has an ever expanding front line to occupy and 1500 km to march forward. It's an uphill battle, that defeated both Nazi-Germany and Napoleonic France.
      So, despite Russia increasing their border with NATO, they decrease the potential directions of attack, and also have an opportunity for flanking maneuvers. If Belarus was an integral part of Russia, both the Baltics and Ukraine would be easier to cut out of supply, and that in turn would risk encircling hostile forces in said countries.

    • @krystiannona7141
      @krystiannona7141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      b-russia border is used already for russian army. Generaly b-russia is i war with Ukraina.

  • @merjot1
    @merjot1 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    "Sometimes a well placed pawn can be more powerful than a king"
    Stated beautifully interesting to hope for the shift in balance and positive chain reaction

    • @MrGnorts
      @MrGnorts ปีที่แล้ว +14

      a king is not as powerful tho, the queen is

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@MrGnorts The king has no power because the king represents power itself. A queen is a piece in the game, the king IS the game.

    • @ElDomador04
      @ElDomador04 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Literally the king is your avatar in the Game. When his dead Game Over.

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      @papagaiofilmes6642 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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    • @MrGnorts
      @MrGnorts ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@quisqueyanguy120 that's just dumb

  • @litphaniusmcmelloy4275
    @litphaniusmcmelloy4275 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    As a Belarusian, I'm really impressed with the quality of your analysis and report!
    I hate both Putin's Russia and Lukashenko himself, so I really hope this annexation won't happen. But I can see a slight chance of that happening, unfortunately

    • @mishkinis_88
      @mishkinis_88 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I am from Lithuania and I wish Belarus would switch sides 👍 would be cool for us all to be in a team with Poland And Ukraine again 👍😂

    • @litphaniusmcmelloy4275
      @litphaniusmcmelloy4275 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@mishkinis_88 well said, my friend

    • @matich1
      @matich1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      сумняваюся, што анэксія магчымая. у Беларусі большасць будзе ўсё ж такі супраць Лукі

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don't be so sure. No one believed in the invasion of Ukraine either. Including me who didn't want to believe it despite all the evidence to the contrary. Politicians driven by ideology often don't make logical decicions.

    • @litphaniusmcmelloy4275
      @litphaniusmcmelloy4275 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@matich1 я лічу што ўсё ж такі магчымая. Ихтамнеты нас пытаць ня будуць, а якісьці супраціў таксама будзе складаны. Але ўсё мажліва

  • @arakulkin
    @arakulkin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Until 2014, we had a great time in the Crimea. Himself from Russia. Communicated with Ukrainians, Belarusians, Caucasians for the most part on the positive. My uncle is Ukrainian, one of the grandmothers is from Estonia. I am very sad to see what is happening.

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      @rg-guy3907 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Салам ис кавкас брат

  • @vacantspace333
    @vacantspace333 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    I'm from Belarus. Never seen a video this accurate about us. Good job.

    • @Name-og4th
      @Name-og4th ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This was my impression of the previous video on Belarus by CaspianReport. Made me their fan.

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well, I hope things take a better turn

    • @TheStupidF0X
      @TheStupidF0X ปีที่แล้ว

      "I'm from Belarus" Location: United States. Man stfu lol

    • @deputykirsanov7314
      @deputykirsanov7314 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Как там туалеты в Польшче? Чистишь?

    • @Solid_Snake88
      @Solid_Snake88 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@deputykirsanov7314 бог тебя накажет. Русские анималистические обезьяны

  • @mrD66M
    @mrD66M ปีที่แล้ว +512

    In a way this is already a fait accompli, from the moment Belarus agreed to have russian armies in its territory when Ukraine posed zero threat to Belarus.

    • @kabzaify
      @kabzaify ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The government of Belarus has been asking for those weapons for years openly.

    • @tadhgcronin175
      @tadhgcronin175 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah. It's almost like the expansion of the NATO war machine east.

    • @Bagledog5000
      @Bagledog5000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tadhgcronin175
      Nobody held a gun to countries heads to make them join NATO. It's funny how Russia invading Ukraine changed the fence sitters minds pronto though isn't it? Betcha Vlad wasn't counting on that as a result of his being a jerk. I betcha Vlad's feeling rather stupid and bitter about the whole Ukraine invasion now, and he deserves to

    • @mattnoel2447
      @mattnoel2447 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tadhgcronin175 NATO expansion driven by Putin who constantly bullies and threatens ex-soviet neighbours.

    • @moscuadelendaest
      @moscuadelendaest ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @@tadhgcronin175 So an invasion is the answer to your neighbour's political aspirations? Last I've checked Ukraine, and Belarus, were sovereign states with independent foreign policies. If russia has a problem with NATO why doesn't it take it with NATO? I wonder how that endeavour would fair.

  • @krishnar1182
    @krishnar1182 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I'm a bit confused about the language/culture part. I've met many Belarussians and even the more nationalist/anti-Russian ones tend to be far more fluent in Russian than Belarussian. My experience was that their relationship to the Belarussian language is roughly like the Irish and Gaelic, they learn it out of a sense of pride/nationalism but don't use it much. Even 30 years ago media, culture, etc. from Russia dominated, and it has only increased so I'm not sure how much more exactly the Russian government would need to add.

    • @Mark-kr5go
      @Mark-kr5go ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Be that as it may, it doesn't make Ireland less of a country, and this extends to Belarus too.

    • @krishnar1182
      @krishnar1182 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Mark-kr5go I wasn’t arguing that, just questioning why Russia would need to make efforts over the course of this decade to expand Russian linguistic and cultural influence, when it already is and has always been so strong.

    • @Hajiyt
      @Hajiyt ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@krishnar1182 It was strong in Ukraine too, and it didn't stop Ukraine from eventually turning West. What you are seeing is abandoment of half measures and Russian plan to completely erase Belarussian identity, something they tried to do in the past to other nations, such as Poland and Finland. In short it is nothing less then admission of an impending cultural genocide, assuming those leaked documents are real.

    • @SaturnineXTS
      @SaturnineXTS ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well that's because they got Russified during Soviet times, and later under Lukashenko. He diminished the prevalence of his own native language just to coddle up to Russia.

    • @tzarcoal1018
      @tzarcoal1018 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good comparison in my opinion, same can be true for some people in Post-Soviet Central Asian countries, where the everyday use of Russian does also not necessarily corresponds with a fondness of Russia.
      One thing to keep in mind is that the nationalist Belorussians probably like the idea of reverting back to Belorussian is the primary language in use, at least in theory.

  • @kulwathabit2738
    @kulwathabit2738 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Interesting times to be alive

    • @HShango
      @HShango ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤨

    • @Omniversal_Numen
      @Omniversal_Numen ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You must have wanted to say time

    • @kulwathabit2738
      @kulwathabit2738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Omniversal_Numen thanks.

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      not gonna happen.

    • @kevinyoung9557
      @kevinyoung9557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'll take the 70s, 80s, and 90s over this.Interesting but possibly deadly for many.

  • @nabeelahmedkhanofficial
    @nabeelahmedkhanofficial ปีที่แล้ว +678

    I dont think Russia will be trying to annex Belarus at such a point in its history. Russia needs Belarus for mutiple reasons; to keep trade going, to manuver sanctions and to use it as a proxy vessel in grand game of power politics.

    • @bixbysnyder-00
      @bixbysnyder-00 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine...the pattern is clear, by hook or by crook Russia seeks to annex as much of the old Soviet Union as they can.

    • @skp8748
      @skp8748 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Belarus has failed at that

    • @OhNotThat
      @OhNotThat ปีที่แล้ว

      >I don't think Putin would be stupid enough to actually invade Ukraine at this point, he already got almost everything he wants in Crimea and keeping Ukraine out of NATO. Attacking Kiev would just give the west and NATO more fuel to undermine Russia with!

    • @PavltheRobot
      @PavltheRobot ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It's not so simple, all of Belarus' neighbours have lost trust in it. Especially my home country, Poland. After the border crisis they've created for us, nothing has been the same. Belarus is becoming more isolated, just as Russia. And they don't have access to the sea, so they're almost completely reliant on Russia.

    • @ramjam720
      @ramjam720 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      This is what they said about Ukraine. Putin doesn't care what you think or how much hardship the Russian people have to endure. He just wants the lands of the USSR. All of them.

  • @MichaelSidneyTimpson
    @MichaelSidneyTimpson ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Lukashenko was like, "haha, this Yeltsin guy is a push-over, then I can be the ruler of a combined Russia!", then Yeltsin resigns, making a former KGB agent the President, and Lukashenko was like, "uh oh, oops...what did I just do..."

    • @willtricks9432
      @willtricks9432 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeltsin would do anything for a bottle and Putin was in the KGB at that time.

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willtricks9432 Putin still is in the KGB... like all of his cronies. I mean there's a reason the FSB replaced the KGB ;)

  • @MrDeadlineDK
    @MrDeadlineDK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just leaving this to help with the algorithm. keep up the good work!

  • @genericdynamics6618
    @genericdynamics6618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your maps animations and infographics are top of the line

  • @Trin978
    @Trin978 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Luka: Vladimir I give you Belarus if you promote me to Colonel of Russian Military.

    • @4evaavfc
      @4evaavfc ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He'd wanna be a 20 star general, at least and with lots of honours and medals.

    • @maclain728
      @maclain728 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@4evaavfc Nah Lukashenko said in an interview a while back he wanted to be a colonel in the Russian military

    • @ALFA-sm2nm
      @ALFA-sm2nm ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@maclain728 Soviet army bahah

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not gonna lie, Lukashenko in a military uniform and wearing an ushanka is probably the _MOST_ cliché Russian that could possibly ever exist.

    • @larsrons7937
      @larsrons7937 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@maclain728 I hear a lot of russian colonels get killed in Ukraine. So maybe russian colonel would be the right job for him?

  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    This is one of the most hilarious 'do by this year' government plans I've ever heard of.

    • @elephantman2112
      @elephantman2112 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Not really. They already have a treaty deal to do something like this.

    • @yuriyco_
      @yuriyco_ ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@elephantman2112 My man, they had those plans for like 30 years and integration is really deep, yes, but the fact they didn't annex them still baffles me

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 ปีที่แล้ว

      warmongering of the west.

    • @rollout1984
      @rollout1984 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Belarus: *reverse uno card* I now annex Russia.

    • @ooltimu
      @ooltimu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@yuriyco_ russian geopolitics relied heavily on buffer states to protect its borders. It woudn't be an advantage to them to actually have longer borders.

  • @kodekorp2064
    @kodekorp2064 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its funny how masterworks is promoted everywhere, no one realizes they are NFTs lol

  • @El_Diablo_12
    @El_Diablo_12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “Sometimes a well placed pawn can be more powerful than a king” always love the poignant one-liners at the end.

  • @Duron13
    @Duron13 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Me playing Belarus on Conflict of Nations and annexing Russia at the moment.

    • @jmjedi923
      @jmjedi923 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Reverse uno card

    • @ARES-zf5fz
      @ARES-zf5fz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro that is an amazing game

    • @baconman2.052
      @baconman2.052 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/FG5nzipGlHU/w-d-xo.html

    • @kparker2430
      @kparker2430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God Speed Brave Warrior - Cry Havoc and Release the Dogs of War! - No Prisoners! If you succeed, please video the conquest.

  • @freespiritable
    @freespiritable ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Look, this was being said about Ukrainians and Russians up till January 2022. Belarusians will have their own bitter taste of Russian brotherhood it seems.

  • @jonathanveloza9087
    @jonathanveloza9087 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loves the conclusion keep up the good work

  • @haki8267
    @haki8267 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for the info

  • @zoidburg3101
    @zoidburg3101 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Finland looks so fucking good on a NATO map

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woah, i liked this and it went from 10 likes to 20-
      Probably just a glitch but still

    • @sporasparel5032
      @sporasparel5032 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nato did the right choice to allow us join. I thought this would never happen because of the public opinion favoring neutrality. Luckily Putin helped with that!

    • @tersus4967
      @tersus4967 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Will look even better when Sweden, Ukraine, and Georgia are in aswell

    • @Silver_Prussian
      @Silver_Prussian ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@sporasparel5032 and you have lost your geopolitical advantge and ruined relation with russia for absolutly nothing but following a dumb narrative.

    • @Silver_Prussian
      @Silver_Prussian ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@tersus4967 its gonna look the best when it doesnt exist

  • @pp-bb6jj
    @pp-bb6jj ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I always find it somewhat funny that Russian nationalists call all other non Russian nationalists as nationalists ment as an insult. LOL.

    • @jalingee
      @jalingee ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guy, actually, Russian patriots and Russian nationalists are not the same thing. Real Russian nationalists do not hesitate to call themselves nationalists.

    • @SaturnineXTS
      @SaturnineXTS ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's because Russia is actually savagely imperialist, so any sense of national identity by any of its colonies/subordinate states is perceived as a threat to the plan. So they make it seem like it's a bad thing for smaller nations to have an identity of their own, because that's at odd with the Russkij Mir

    • @pp-bb6jj
      @pp-bb6jj ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SaturnineXTS Ofc.

  • @fzokirov6364
    @fzokirov6364 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the Video. Always very interesting anaylisis

  • @NVLJUMPGOD
    @NVLJUMPGOD ปีที่แล้ว

    this analysis was sick, insane vid from beginning to end

  • @akmalhafiz8763
    @akmalhafiz8763 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I always like Shirvan last quote. Originally, the quote is basically like this, "A well placed pawn, is better than a king." Shirvan version is, "A well placed pawn, can be more powerful than a king." I like that.
    It's basically describe the situation Lukashenko has put himself into.

    • @timmyturner327
      @timmyturner327 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "heavy is the head that wears the crown"

  • @mowiejaksucham2650
    @mowiejaksucham2650 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I'd rather see sources for your claims in the video description instead of crypto ads. That would be good journalism. Otherwise you might as well be making all this up

    • @BoqPrecision
      @BoqPrecision ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He is not making it up...he is disseminating info approved by Azeri intel.

  • @valentinocosmabosa6884
    @valentinocosmabosa6884 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The visuals of this channel are top level.

  • @DogBrotherhood
    @DogBrotherhood ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent vid, as always.

  • @dmazmo1940
    @dmazmo1940 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Excellent analysis and insights. Your format and platform are appreciated. Keep making excellent geopolitical and realpolitik relevant content. Thank you.

  • @hyhhy
    @hyhhy ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Nah, Belarus is Russia's model for what they want other neighboring countries (including Ukraine) to be. They can't sell the idea and model of friendly relations with small neighbor states if they outright annex Belarus.

    • @Unbrutal_Rawr
      @Unbrutal_Rawr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is what I'm thinking as well.

    • @rustyshackleford234
      @rustyshackleford234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t know man, Putin has shown he’s not okay mentally and cannot be reasoned with.
      So it’s very possible after being kicked out of Ukraine he’ll just invade another country like: Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, or even Georgia again.

    • @Name-og4th
      @Name-og4th ปีที่แล้ว

      I do not think Russia cares relations with the countries where their troops reside. They keep them in Armenia, Georgia preventing those countries from going off the hook with any government.

    • @millerrepin4452
      @millerrepin4452 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Russia already threw the idea of friendly relations out the window when invading Ukraine. When even luke warm relationship with western countries mean an invasion it forces a pick a side attitude that this countries didn't want but was thrust upon them anyway.

    • @kkpenney444
      @kkpenney444 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol. 'friendly'.

  • @bbenjoe
    @bbenjoe ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Fun fact: Belarus has the longest lasting 'government in exile' which is about a hundred years old now, it originates back as far as 1921, when the Sovietunion annexed the nascent Belarus. The government escaped to the west, to various locations.
    Now it is in the USA. After the collapse, they're to return to Belarus and officially hand over the job to the new government, but this idea was never realised as Lukasenka took over.

    • @evilkat8143
      @evilkat8143 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Беларусь (БССР) была одной из стран, основавших СССР. Как же глупо выглядят эти сомнительные манипуляции для людей, которые хоть немного знают историю.

    • @matthewduehring
      @matthewduehring 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Belarus has been part of Russia for centuries, regardless of western-supported usurpers.

    • @le_draffar5370
      @le_draffar5370 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You say nonsense and confuse with Poland. There was never a Belarusian or Ukrainian state before the birth of the Soviet Union.

    • @RickyVis
      @RickyVis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@le_draffar5370In WW1 under the Treaty of Brest Litovsk Russia ceded land to Germany to make peace and after Germany was defeated these lands became independent and were annexed by the Soviet Union during the Russian civil war. It included Poland, the Baltic States and Belarus.

    • @neyte7313
      @neyte7313 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matthewduehring hello from Belarus. Also, fuck off, Belarus will be independent from Russia.

  • @erickarnell
    @erickarnell ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work. Thanks.

  • @ozztankz
    @ozztankz ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Can you cover Kazakhstan? Inner, local (other central Asian countries) and balancing Russia/China/US?

  • @U5K0
    @U5K0 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    They also planned to take Kyiv by march 2022

    • @superkittyshow1782
      @superkittyshow1782 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It was never a plan. We heard this on msm and this is where its started

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@superkittyshow1782 the quote is misleading, but that does seem to have been Russias plan. Either that or it just didn't have one

    • @NiiRubra
      @NiiRubra ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah... in the end I think Russia's geopolitical influence has been severely overstated.

    • @tersus4967
      @tersus4967 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@superkittyshow1782 Russia's entire propaganda machine was screaming how "Kyiv will fall in 72 hours" when it all started.

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They planned to hold a military parade and a Gazmanov concert in Kyiv on Feb 24th 22. But well, plans never survive contact.

  • @psingh1488
    @psingh1488 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great video 🎉

  • @Wadser
    @Wadser ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the analogies you place at the end.

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved the white dress adorned with a stripe of red spray paint

  • @timhaldane7588
    @timhaldane7588 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Yeah who didn't see this coming

  • @nonoone
    @nonoone 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yo your intro is slick

  • @2bunphettered788
    @2bunphettered788 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love waiting for the concluding wrap-up statement. 😁👌

  • @qworky902
    @qworky902 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I went to gradschool in Massachusetts. Chinese and taiwanese students never ever mixed socially - not even once. Then i worked for a large company in nyc. Russians and Belarussians coworkers never seemed to socialize separately.

    • @Silver_Prussian
      @Silver_Prussian ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wow its almost like both peoples are simular and have a brotherly bond

    • @leomessi1982
      @leomessi1982 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Silver_Prussian yes both peoples are oppressed by 2 dictators who regularly assassinate journalists and opposition leaders

    • @terrencejones5261
      @terrencejones5261 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes Belarus is more Russian than some parts of Russia. Life in both is almost exactly the same. Pretty bad. Besides, 9 million people is like one third of a large US city like Los Angeles. Not terribly relevant on the world stage.

    • @Silver_Prussian
      @Silver_Prussian ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@terrencejones5261 life is pretty average actually

    • @willtricks9432
      @willtricks9432 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@terrencejones5261 That depends on their age, breeding prospect and work ethic. Russia has lost nearly 1M young people in a year.

  • @BladeTheWatcher
    @BladeTheWatcher ปีที่แล้ว +8

    First and foremost - don't buy art. Especially not "virtual art" which you can't hand on your wall and benefit on it.
    The value of art is purely speculation that someone later on will pay for it, and pay more for it. Art has little practical use, but there very high costs associated to it - auction fees, conservation, security costs a LOT constantly. It is like buying lottery tickets from your money - there is a small chance you will win a bit, but most probably you will get less back than the price of the tickets.
    Generally, consider this - if it is widely advertised, then avoid it as a rule of thumb. There is always a catch, there is a reason someone is paying for the advertisement.

  • @johnstephen399
    @johnstephen399 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Looks like even CaspianReport cannot avoid the shady Masterworks.

  • @hanselanderson8006
    @hanselanderson8006 ปีที่แล้ว

    An excellent report as usual. 😊

  • @captainmcawesome7908
    @captainmcawesome7908 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    4:30 How exactly can NATO expand "into" a country, when said country applied to join?

    • @goldbullet50
      @goldbullet50 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      With soft power and manipulation of the public opinion.

    • @chamonix4658
      @chamonix4658 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@goldbullet50 or a big country that is trying to relive its glory days by invading its neighbours close by. putin has done more for NATO than most

    • @austerity476
      @austerity476 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldbullet50 manipulation through free press and grassroots movement is not manipulation, it's called building ties. Banning your media and killing off critics to change the narrative is manipulation.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doesn't matter what you think of the process, the point is NATO has expanded. Cuba also welcomed Soviet forces onto its territory, but America didn't care about that either when it reacted harshly to it.

    • @captainmcawesome7908
      @captainmcawesome7908 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@ArawnOfAnnwn I am not saying NATO did not expand, it is however simply bogus to claim that NATO expanded "into"(!!) a country.

  • @lefunnyN1
    @lefunnyN1 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    the saddest thing is that because of sovietization almost nobody speaks belarusian language anymore

    • @danhobart4009
      @danhobart4009 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Dude its like telling people serbian, croatian ect. are different languages because the accents are slightly different

    • @llamingo696
      @llamingo696 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ​@@danhobart4009 😬

    • @suryakumairi3622
      @suryakumairi3622 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, I am from Indonesia, my friend can speak Russian he can talk to people from many country using Russian in OME TV
      Well actually he is not really understand Russian 😂😂😂 he is a pretender
      He speaks Russian but he does not understand Russian, he speaks Russian but he wants the girls to reply him in English ... 😂😂😂
      Even he talked to many Ukraine girls using Russian in MIDDLE OF THE WAR which means the internet in Ukraine still not affected
      Surprisingly this Ukraine Girls still play OME TV business as usual
      May be because the wars are mostly in forests or open fields ?

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You mean Russification

    • @FlotationDevice101
      @FlotationDevice101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@suryakumairi3622 Iya benar dan di beberapa kota jauh dari ibu kota, lagi pula Russia ngga menang2 juga sampai skrng. Tapi kenapa nanyanya kyk gitu bro? lu ngomongnya kayak bot.

  • @ILoveQazaqstan
    @ILoveQazaqstan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:44 the way Yeltsin shaked his hand xD

  • @TheReubenShow
    @TheReubenShow ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep up the good work.

  • @marolibez
    @marolibez ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Everyone knows this is only Putin's plan to make Molchat Doma their own Russian post-punk group 😅

  • @shakiMiki
    @shakiMiki ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a deeply ill informed analysis. Luvshenko himself has talked of a union that he has subsequently back tracked on. The situation with Belarus is much more complicated & interesting than presented.

  • @mitchellelliott1650
    @mitchellelliott1650 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been getting really good at sensing a sponsor plug and skipping ahead before I know what it is about.

  • @fantscher
    @fantscher ปีที่แล้ว

    Waldo my man, you're right on "Motul"

  • @Whytrix
    @Whytrix ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really want to take this channel seriously, but between crypto ads, and the complete lack of any source on the claims presented, this can only be taken as a complete fantasy.

    • @MitsukiHashiba
      @MitsukiHashiba ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What he says is often right but heavily hypotetic and over played. Take most if what he says with a grain of salt

  • @cuginkcain5430
    @cuginkcain5430 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I was going to bed, but now I must watch this. Much love Caspian Report.

  • @michaelbeholder
    @michaelbeholder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video as always

  • @AdityaChaudhary-oo7pr
    @AdityaChaudhary-oo7pr ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wait is over for the Caspian report

  • @freenorth6
    @freenorth6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your writing has always been great, and it's getting better. I appreciate you and the work you do. Thank you, friend!❤

  • @OldClassicGamer
    @OldClassicGamer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lukashenko is a political genius who always had time on his side and oversaw downfall of many of his friends who originally refused to take his advice (He offered S-300 to Milosevic but he refused saying it would be provocation for NATO but ironically, not having S-300 is what allowed NATO to bomb Belgrade without fear, he told Gaddafi not to abandon nuclear program but he did so in order to try to improve relations with the West only to end up murdered, he told Sargsyan to negotiate with Azerbaijan about Nagorno-Karabakh but Sargsyan refused only to end up overthrown in color revolution, he also oversaw in Kazakhstan what can happen if old president chooses unfaithful successor).
    Because of that, he should not be underestimated and I think he knows exactly what he is doing. I am confident that he will outlive Putin politically unless killed which is also unlikely due to security precautions he takes.

  • @user-is2mv7pf6n
    @user-is2mv7pf6n ปีที่แล้ว +177

    It'd be interesting to see how China and Russia will annex each other.

    • @joeshar.
      @joeshar. ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Never. Big fish eats small fish.
      Your case: big fish vs another big fish.
      Search for Sino-Soviet split.

    • @user-fu2sg4vt3d
      @user-fu2sg4vt3d ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@joeshar. Prior to 41 soviets and nazis were both big and cooperated tightly, so who knows

    • @fingaryoriaz-nc2hw
      @fingaryoriaz-nc2hw ปีที่แล้ว +3

      China has a much bigger army but Russia has far more nukes

    • @youraveragekomodo
      @youraveragekomodo ปีที่แล้ว +84

      GLORIOUS KAZAKHSTAN _WILL_ ANNEX BOTH OF THEM🇰 🇿🇰 🇿💪💪

    • @gillsejusbates6938
      @gillsejusbates6938 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@youraveragekomodo very nice

  • @tadhgcronin175
    @tadhgcronin175 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    This is a very worthwhile channel that covers the chosen topics extremely well, even though I disagree with almost all the conclusions I am always better informed after watching.

    • @kaznika6584
      @kaznika6584 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed. The conclusions are effected by modern bias.

    • @ddoumeche
      @ddoumeche ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This channel is the mouthpiece of some american fantasy

    • @BOIOLA08
      @BOIOLA08 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agree

    • @joebidengaming6329
      @joebidengaming6329 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ddoumeche how

    • @archingelus
      @archingelus ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@joebidengaming6329 because he is salty with america and consider everything is america

  • @samstew6797
    @samstew6797 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a wonderful presentation. I appreciate your channel

  • @bloggalot4718
    @bloggalot4718 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An insightful report.

  • @BreadWinner330
    @BreadWinner330 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Not long before Lukashenko "accidentally" falls out of a window, along with the statehood of Belarus.

    • @4tress300zx
      @4tress300zx ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like any country that goes against U.S commands/demands. As if a vote means anything anymore! Western countries are controlled by their Military.

    • @tadhgcronin175
      @tadhgcronin175 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Google Clinton body count. Good reading for all open window fans.

    • @danhobart4009
      @danhobart4009 ปีที่แล้ว

      States dissapear all the time but some unfortunatelly come back

    • @mattnoel2447
      @mattnoel2447 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@tadhgcronin175 Appalling things done by America's political elite do not justify Putin's appalling actions.

    • @DenisBourveau
      @DenisBourveau ปีที่แล้ว

      Great we need a great Rus, petty princes must be dealt with

  • @zanderschoeman3898
    @zanderschoeman3898 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Its already been annexed... Ofcourse not formally or technicaly

    • @god_slayer-restart
      @god_slayer-restart ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ru and Be just love eachother

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@@god_slayer-restart In the same way Nazi Germany and AXIS Romania just loved each other

    • @hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060
      @hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I thought USA was going to annex Belarus. After all they have waged war with 230 nations, ten of which democracies. All for their $ for the military industrial empire. Meanwhile their citizens are impoverished, middle class becoming serf's in a land of collapsing infrastructure. Who wins? The elite who buy the politicians.

    • @tadhgcronin175
      @tadhgcronin175 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm a prisoner of the European Union. I never voted for it.

    • @ehisgeorge414
      @ehisgeorge414 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just as US annexed EU and UK and you went to sleep without coughing any resistance.😅😅😅

  • @keithpalmer4547
    @keithpalmer4547 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Ukraine annexed Belgorod Peoples Republic after a referendum was held!!!

  • @tehnokarzuan
    @tehnokarzuan ปีที่แล้ว +52

    as a Russian-Belorussian translator I can confirm everything in this video are straight facts, especially about Russian language and it's growing influence. This process started in the early X century and unfortunately is still going.

    • @ismayilarifoglu6226
      @ismayilarifoglu6226 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      there was no russian language in X century. R u a real translator?

    • @sandercohen5543
      @sandercohen5543 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ismayilarifoglu6226 lul, that's good... that's really good...

    • @user-mv2pr6fl8x
      @user-mv2pr6fl8x ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Seriously? Russian - Belarusian translator?
      Who needs men like these? Literally everyone in Belarus speaks Russian.

    • @austerity476
      @austerity476 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You should begin derussification

    • @dim8555
      @dim8555 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah sure. Cut off the bs. It's belarus same shit as rus
      Now their local version of rus language that people are too lazy to bother and develop is not russias fault. Same as the ukrainian dialekt that's isn like russian mixed with polish no one bothered qith it so many years nothing important ddveloped with it.
      You people have no words I'm your dialekt and using russian words why not create own words
      Why use English words and not your own? Oh yeah u have not bothered
      As of.you have so much vocabulary so Many words and so much literature original words and the bad Russians wants to cover your undeveloped shit
      Lol seriously any group of people can be delusional
      But the most if them in European soil are the slavs

  • @frida507
    @frida507 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Relevance deprivation syndrome" 😅

  • @fasilkhan1854
    @fasilkhan1854 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hi Shirvan, what software/platform do you use for the maps? Another great video btw!

    • @knoraziel
      @knoraziel ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm curious too

  • @LG-bs1rs
    @LG-bs1rs ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video once again

  • @oscarmelendez7356
    @oscarmelendez7356 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Of course I love it when he says in Washington is gonna pay for it like we always do it once again billions of dollars for this organization but again on zero dollars for us when we need it

  • @pac1fic055
    @pac1fic055 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Maybe the buffer state idea will prevail since it is more palatable to most players. Annexing Belarus would be more expensive and take longer than 7 years.

    • @testingmysoup5678
      @testingmysoup5678 ปีที่แล้ว

      Belarus probably knows whoever gets elected with have a target on their head by America, much safer to join the Russian federation. I don't see why they have to be assimilated to join the rf there's plenty of cultures in the rf that don't require assimilation

    • @nationalsocialism3504
      @nationalsocialism3504 ปีที่แล้ว

      It could be done immediately but would cause unnecessary internal strife... just like how China is slowly drawing Taiwan back in currently. Taiwan is only two election cycles at most from the Pro-China party taking over from the Pro-Japanese/Pro-American party... Belarus is definitely going to be integrated into Russia & no Pro-Western traitors in Belarus will be allowed to be a successful Fifth Column. That whole traitorous network was catastrophically damaged in the failed coup against Lukashenko when the corrupt Western proxy wasn't able to pull off the coup & she was forced to flee into exile (so she didn't receive the same treatment that traitor Nalvany got in Russia of being thrown in prison for years cause he is a traitor.)

    • @freedomfighter22222
      @freedomfighter22222 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not invading Ukraine would also be beneficial to most players, but people that want to write their name in history trough conquest rarely does it because it is beneficial to their country.
      Don't expect Russia to take the rational option.

    • @nationalsocialism3504
      @nationalsocialism3504 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Freedom Crusader how would Russia allowing Ukraine to genocide the Novorossiyans... be "beneficial" for the Novorossiyans??? Putin did NOT want to invade Ukraine to save the Novorossiyans... something that has seriously hurt him politically inside Russia over the past decade as Russians wanted the Novorossiyans saved from the Ukrainians. It's why Putin poll numbers shot up from the low 60s with soft support to the high 80s with strong support after Putin finally stepped in a week after the Ukrainians violated International Law by breaking the Minsk Accords that the UN Security Council approved. Just shows how corrupt and incompetent that the UN is as vessel of Judeo-American Empire projection... the UN tries to condemn Russia for honoring the security guarantees that the UN itself put into place. But then you are a testament to propagandized ignorance by being here faithfully repeating CIA talking points laundered through CNN or Fox News... I hope that you a programmed bot or a paid disinformation agent, those would be better than actually being so stupid that you believe the bullshit that you commented

    • @testingmysoup5678
      @testingmysoup5678 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@freedomfighter22222 Ukraine literally did bucha and youre calling Russia irrational. The war was planned and not by Russia

  • @NicholayN
    @NicholayN ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Shirvan your writing is always fantastic! Even by a native English speaker's standards!

  • @noelr2502
    @noelr2502 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great as always

  • @rickybobby7276
    @rickybobby7276 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In a weird way Putin reminds me of Hitler dead set on restoring the past greatness of a fallen Empire that was betrayed from within. The Soviet Union never would have have abandoned the satellite states under Putin. It seems like Putins life goal to fix the mistakes and betrayal of Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

  • @thedirty530
    @thedirty530 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Russia also planned to take Ukraine in 3 days!

    • @CadaverKuma
      @CadaverKuma ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Says who?

    • @superkittyshow1782
      @superkittyshow1782 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@Cadavers he saw it on cnn 😂

    • @thedirty530
      @thedirty530 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@superkittyshow1782 Lmao... You ever heard of Russian state media? They sure say some stupid s***! Got you Putin groupies believing the offensives on Kiev, kharkiv and Kherson were Decoys!

    • @OhNotThat
      @OhNotThat ปีที่แล้ว

      @@superkittyshow1782 why do you people constantly lie, i know your propaganda tv says "we never said that they heard on cnn!" but do you honestly think nobody can actually check? Even Lukashenko himself made this absurd statement that Russia will take Kiev in 3-4 days. Look up Anton Gerashchenko's tweet "Russian propagandists complain about global misinformation regarding Russia. They say they never threatened to take Kyiv in three days." to see the compilation of russian propangada sources claiming this and then CNN repeating this claim!

    • @N00b0super
      @N00b0super ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CadaverKuma Russian state media РИА новости accidentally posted a "victory post" just a few days into the Ukrainian war that was talking about how Russia is great and is on the way to recover all of its lost lands and how the war was won in 3 days

  • @swagcat7604
    @swagcat7604 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting video! Minor nit-pick though, Riga, the capitol of Latvia, was in the wrong location on the map you used.

    • @michaelfried3123
      @michaelfried3123 ปีที่แล้ว

      his whole premise doesn't make sense if you ask me. Russia isn't gonna make it to 2030 intact, and Belarus likely will be courting NATO membership by then.

    • @superkittyshow1782
      @superkittyshow1782 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Michael Fried sure 😂

  • @c.rutherford
    @c.rutherford ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Belarus as far as its people have more historical ties with Poland than Russia.
    In fact it was a chunk of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. I think that's why it even existed as an S.S.R.
    I could be wrong....

    • @SERGEGRANDBLR
      @SERGEGRANDBLR ปีที่แล้ว

      For the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland was more of an occupier than an equal partner. So our ties with Russia are much fresher and stronger.

    • @c.rutherford
      @c.rutherford ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SERGEGRANDBLR well I'm not sure if 'annex' looks like equal partner. I guess you'll find out!

  • @andyadamovics855
    @andyadamovics855 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some very good points in this video!

  • @kristapsbalkovskis4250
    @kristapsbalkovskis4250 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man this is like the third video where Riga is in the Wrong location

  • @michaeltnk1135
    @michaeltnk1135 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I doubt it

  • @NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek
    @NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent and Outstanding!!!

  • @poopsiedoodlesp8506
    @poopsiedoodlesp8506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk about you guys but CaspianReport and Good Times Bad Times are the best thing to happen to TH-cam in the past 3 years

  • @osheridan
    @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I just feel terrible about this whole situation. I hope Belarus can one day be free of Lukashenko, Putin and their bastards

    • @SteffiReitsch
      @SteffiReitsch ปีที่แล้ว

      Too late. Belarus being digested into Russia.

    • @tadhgcronin175
      @tadhgcronin175 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I hope Belarus does not end up in ruins like Ukraine for supporting Zelensky, Blinken and all the other bastards.

    • @haobinlu
      @haobinlu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Belarussia is free and its Russia.

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@haobinlu Those are two contradictory statements

    • @SteffiReitsch
      @SteffiReitsch ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@haobinlu AAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Free? Just do as the Russians say, and you'll be all right.

  • @afterought6275
    @afterought6275 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In the good old days this was called “anschluss” now it’s called annexation.

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia ปีที่แล้ว

      "Heim ins Rrrrrrreich"? XD

    • @extazy9944
      @extazy9944 ปีที่แล้ว

      russia is becoming more and more like nazi germany each day.

  • @realityinscience9177
    @realityinscience9177 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very insightful for a distant well wisher. Thanks.

  • @jimihughes8846
    @jimihughes8846 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Shevon

  • @pbure94
    @pbure94 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    CaspianReport is genuinely incredible content. Well researched and well produced. Top notch stuff.

  • @lukasgza9655
    @lukasgza9655 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Belarus is annexed already.
    Since 1991.