@@billangell3387 yeah like please someone explain to us regular ppl not in the deep-know/tech/social media tech world, what does that even mean? He is the lone russian common ish man voice for a free russia: so why the hell is FB pulling this shiete?!?! Our world's freedom literally relies on the few resisters to the new powerful wave of totalitarian aggressive darkness!
@@billangell3387 It could be the fact that his AdSense account is Russian, which means Russia taxes it, which means they'd be paying Russia, which is illegal due to sanctions, but they haven't explained the actual reason to him and it's just one of the many possible reasons we have to imagine for ourselves. The problem with Google being a monopoly is that they have no reason to provide support for their services because it's extremely expensive and there's no competition, so people who fall through the cracks have to eat the L and move on.
Konstantin's insights are always appreciated. Thank you for this second part of this interview, Jonathan. 👍 IRA is rather KGBesque, many NGOs are compromised...
The problem with Russian opposition like Navalny - who was only constant in exposing internal Russian corruption against Russians, not in his International policies which he changed to court the West, is they do not oppose Russian corruption world wide, its constant crimes against humanity, it's brutal Colonialism and crimes through its history which have never changed. Navalny supported, cheered the invasion of Georgia and Ukraine, as if one can be divorced from the other. They want Russia to continue to be a Mafia State on the International stage, but honest at home as if that is honorable. Navanlya opposes arming Ukraine Kara Murza opposes sanctions, they perpetuate the victimhood Russians have been groomed with to keep them slaves to a strong man. None of them will succeed in reforming Russia the way Nazi Germany was. To do that the inhumanity embedded in the Russian culture, even to each other (just look at the rape culture the abuse of Russian conscripts in the military and in prisons) the selfishness, the conceit, the Imperialism and Colonialism that is source of pride for them, must be exposed, condemned, apologized for, and rejected. There must be guilt, not absolution. Only Kasperov seems to grasp that. Would ANY of the other opposition return lands Russia stole - ALL of Ukraine but also Georgia, Moldova, would they stop their horrific abuse and Colonialism in Africa or would they continue and expect blanket forgiveness? It is difficult to accept collective guilt, or to choose a leader who will since one probably won't be imposed this time - would Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan have committed to peace unless forced?
No, of course not - to answer your rhetoric question. ;-) Russia will never change. And btw, if you look at Germany & Japan - the supposed two "good examples" - Japan hasn't really dealt and processed their own crimes in a Western way or sensibility - and Germany on the other hand has turned its militaristic anger & lust for destruction ( with the help of allied occupiers social re-engineering ) against itself. Not sure that was such a great idea either. P.S. nobody ever mentions Italy - because they are a beloved scenic tourist destination even for Hollywood - today they even have a shrine / pilgrimage site for Mussolini 😂
Germany has museums to their atrocities, both Germany and Japan had a time where they were pacifist, only abandoning it because threatened, they still debate using weapons, it was an obstacle in their sending Ukraine tanks, allowing them to strike in Russia. Germany Japan and Italy have not invaded another country since WW2 - Russia never stopped. What people forget is the USSR partnered with Stalin to invade Poland, and when Hitler was defeated and Germans were de-nazified, their people rejected Hitler he is seen as a villain. Russians still worship Stalin who went on to kill torture oppress 50 million people, more than Hitler, with genocides like Holodomor and forced deportations of all their neighbors to gulags, even to brutal purges inside Russia. And after the USSR fell apart Russia continued invading - not like the US to fight a leader, to occupy forever, to genocide. When Hitler invaded France he did not turn it to rubble, Russia on the other hand did that for Assad in Syria, did it themselves to subjugate Chechnya and now does it in Ukraine. Russia invades at will, including in Georgia - and is a terrorist organization world wide committing atrocities in Africa to indirectly colonize it with civil wars and coups. There is not another country on Earth as evil as Russia, the entire world would be better off without them including Russia. They are locusts, a plague. They will never be peaceful until they see that see it is wrong are ashamed of it and teach their children to be and commit to never doing it again as yes, Germans did.
Its great that Konstantin is doing better.. its great. Over 1,000 days straight of stress must not be so great for the health but the truth is the truth and he tells it. He's an honest man. Slava Konstantin!! 🙂👍♥️
Excellent video. Konstantine (INSIDE RUSSIA YT Channel). Is great have watched his channel faithfully for ~ 2 years. Thank you Johnathan for continuing to bring excellent guests! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Gentlemen, a suggestion from a retired lawyer from Canada, to make the reform effort less daunting, would be to follow Canada’s lead when we became an independent country. We enacted legislation immediately adopting all the laws of England at that moment, to continue in force unless and until otherwise enacted. Gradually we wrote our own laws in a Federal system, which replaced the English laws, but we immediately were able to achieve the Rule of Law. You could chose any democratic country you feel comfortable with, whether Finland, Canada, etc.
I’m not sure how well that would work. There aren’t really any large European counties out there that match Ukraine’s circumstances closely enough to make for a useful role model. Also keep in mind that when Canada became fully independent in 1982 (I can’t believe it was that recent!) it still had close ties to the U.K. & and a large friendly neighbor to its south. Poland is probably the country most similar to Ukraine in character, size & geography & they’ve both been through a lot of the same kinds of experiences. I’m not sure the Polish model is one to emulate, however. They’re still very much working out the kinks.
Excellent interview and I fully agree. What will be the effect on Russia if there is an oil price war in December as has been predicted and the price of crude oil sinks to around $50 per barrel. We know that oil is Russia's biggest resource and that it costs them more than $50 per barrel to produce the oil so they would be selling at a loss.
It is interesting to listen to Konstantin Samoilov. "Mr Silicon Curtain" 1. manages to pick right people for these eye opening discussions and 2. has the skill to make these conversations to flow... so smooth..
indeed! These convo's r frankly some of the most interesting i have ever personally heard, in ANY context, both in person /formal/professional, and personal, interpersonal etc . We are now at a moment in history where just as in WW2, except we have PRE -knowledge and forewarning and foreshadowing, the freeworld which is usually led by moral souls, is being directly threatened in its existence (by the force of will backed up by sadistic acts of barbarism against an entire large Euro nation called Ukraine (now already over 160K documented war crimes including sexual torture early in the war as a deliberate tool to get compliance of entire nation, etc), half the city of Kherson was tortured!!!!!! (thats not a small city!).
Konstantine: I think you have underlined a key note by addressing the need for persons who understand and practice effective politics in an effective opposition. Clarity of vision amid a variety of competing self conceived programs (or none at all) must be an eternal problem organizing opposition elements into a broad coalition supporting programs to destroy a regime. Perhaps even harder, moving forward creating a governing group. Clarity is required on the one hand, yet to maintain group coherence differences must be compromised, programs fuzzed a bit while at the same time, core principals be maintained. It can be achieved, the US Revolutionary War is an example, though the colonies developed an ad hoc government to fight the war, maybe Czechoslovakia, no doubt there are others; look at Ukraine’s struggles over 30 odd years. But my point? it sometimes requires remarkable actors and effective politicians.to rise to an occasion and achieve a common result. We may pick at the flaws in important historical figures; sometimes important, sometimes not, and always such imperfections are red meat for KGB subversion. But the remarkable things are what some of these persons achieve in spite of all too human limitations. And among other strategies, Putin has murdered those most likely and politically skilled enough to achieve some unity and end results over the entire 25 year period of his rule. Most important that this foreigner has heard of is N…. (I apologize for an aging memory) on the bridge in 2015 and Navalny. But as I remember, there have been so many public intellectuals physically destroyed since the beginning; not solely those anonymous business and military figures (and their families in a few cases) falling out of windows or suffering gunshot wounds in hotel rooms. (A few mysteriously dead in Washington DC hotel rooms-what KGB brass balls, and what spineless US officials-just before these other deaths became a meme). K. And J. Are absolutely on target on these points. Respect skilled, effective politicians, especially when they seem honest (if a bit too ambitious) at their core. Without them, the way forward is at best obscure. Indeed, one of the most “damning” comments about a figure like George Washington acting among gifted colleagues, “ he was the essential man” who made everything work. These are the persons who killers like Putin aim at. And it is a sad commentary that sometimes it may seem that there is only one.
good points! Nemtsov, whose name amazingly i spelled right as i typed it into google to verify and he was also a physicist fwiw (which it IS worth a lot, imho, my favorite highschool class, though i'm relatively math challenged for advanced areas) & he shares bday w/ my own father: "Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal politician, and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms into the Russian post-Soviet economy. Wikipedia Born: October 9, 1959, Sochi, Russia"
I hope and pray that some company CEO will watch Konstanin and realize how valuable he would be to move him to their country and give him a great job and move his family with him!! He would be a really valuable asset to any engineering company and well worth the cost of moving him and his family. He shows all the prospects to be a wonderful worker. Shabbat Shalom.
Hi, what a treat to get two episodes so close to one another with you & Mr K. Seeing/listening to the 2 of you always makes my day! Hugs to both of you, Grace🩰
Love hearing your conversations, Jonathan and Konstantin, on such diverse and fascinating topics. I always learn from you both! Keep up the great work ! I hope to see Russia change...someday soon. love from the US ! 💙💛
The Russian opposition needs to understand individual policies come next….. they need to unite around the first goal - get democracy in place first - then work out the parties - but without democracy nothing else matters
People don't understand how much effort and resources are put into infiltrating the various groups. Even starting oppetion groups to find people who might not be consider loyal enough. Then there's the gamesmanship between competing faction in the government and power structure.
long story short - there's no whatever opposition to pu because in order to be it you need to be opposition to the country intself. you need to come out to people and say - this needs to go. and there's like one in a million who can do that. and you can guess their electoral potential (even in better times).
@@PandemoniumMeltDown a Mongol ulus (empire ) can not have Opposition , these who you call for Opposition , are useless dissidents . They are the most useless for Free World creatures. Kremlin tsars use them for whitewashing Moscow imperial crimes. Google Navalny + Belarusian language, and Solzhenitsyn + Ukrainians
Yeah, but he was so much more than that. Vlad Vexler has a take on what Navalny would have done. He certainly did what he could to expose and bring down corruption. He was fighting Putin and the many illegal ways. I admire him. Not perfect, but trying to make Russia a better place for ordinary Russians.
Thank you, Jonathan and Konstantin, for another interesting conversation. I always thought highly of Vladimir Kara-Murza, but his first interview after being rescued by the West was devastating. I know he has changed his tune afterwards, but a slightly bitter aftertaste remains. His wife, Evgenia Kara-Murza, was a strong voice while he was imprisoned. She did far more than Navalnaya. 🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
It is always a profound experience listening to the two of you discuss Russia and its grievous, heinous, ruinous (to all), pure evil attack on Ukraine - prompted, it seems to me, by pure greed, avarice, entitlement, truth twisting...lying about history, ignoring Stalin's monstrous purges... .But...I too have been ashamed of my country, UK, Konstantin, going into the Iraq and Afghan wars, with horrific ignorance and no after plans and no comprehension of the true situations... and I also found the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, AND the bombinga of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to be war crimes. Rightly or wrongly that has been my lifelong view. Yet if Churchill had thought like that and been a coward...would Britain be living under the jackboot today? Do we EVER learn?
Thank you Jonathan and Konstantin for your Insight. A question for both of you, does the average Russian have the background and education to be able to embrace democracy? Thanks, John
I disagree about the defeat that could bring any positive democracy development. The needed defeat has to be Russia ending of being a military superpower.
The problem is, until you find a way to safely disarm everyone of their mil. satellites, nucl. subs, nucl. wa rheads, ICBMs, fighter jets, cruise missiles, tanks, every single one of their MIC factories and ammo stockpile depots, every single artillery unit & every single tank --- that is unfortunately not going to happen. :-( Simply for logistical reasons alone.
In terms of personal bravery, effective communication, charisma and popularity of a political persona, I have to say that looking at them in isolation from the actual policies is not very useful. Plenty of politicians (including the subject of Godwin's law, who did participate in combat, was the target of assassination attempts, etc..., or a more recent example of the instant-tan loving putin's apprentice, who was also the target of assassination attempts) have shown personal bravery and yet have gone on to cause immense suffering and injustice through their policies
Why does Constantine not posting any crazy Russian news anymore? That's what I loved about following him? Seems to be more history subjects/lessons now😟
He’s been ill, he found it harder to make the crazy news updates so he stuck to lecture style videos. Great news though, crazy Friday news is back tonight 😊
What can you say about "Why There is no Effective Opposition to Pukin's Regime . . . " that is new? Don't you realize that there was *NEVER* ANY "effective opposition" to any Regime in Moscow? I wasn't going to watch this because I first thought it was another "Inside Russia" episode. Seeing that it is an episode of "Silicon Curtain" I will watch it.
If more people outside of our pro-Ukraine silo heard what Konstantin had to say I think it would be easier to shore up Ukranian aid. There are a lot of normies out there who are still convinced that Putin is ten feet tall & bulletproof & that he has infinite reserves of men and money. Konstantin has a lot more inside information (and a more thorough understanding) of Russia and its fundamental weakness. There are a lot of Americans who are rightly frustrated by increases in the cost of living. What we’re suffering through is NOTHING compared to the economic catastrophe that Putin’s genocidal war is brining to Russia. Russia’s sent so many of its farmers off to war that they don’t have enough people left to harvest their damn potatoes.
*ru-afghan war losses of 15K total: since late this summer with the ru big ramp in attack effort/pace, ru has lost that amount almost every two weeks, or sometimes 3 weeks, as if they are giving one last big push, along w/ massive expansion/increase in mass civilian attacks, along with expanding to the highest value areas and cities, which happen to be the most russian speaking and cultured even, namely Odesa; along w/ the first documented period of drone hunting of civilians, randomly, for training purposes and testing of new tech drones, in Beryansk (per DWelle report/show), Kherson, and Zaporyzia.
Who among them except Kasparov donate to Armed Forces of Ukraine? Who advocate for giving weapons to Ukraine? If Putin managed to occupy Ukraine within a month they would be happy, as most of them were happy when Putin occupied Crimea They have imperial world outlook identical to Putin and are enemies of Ukraine
Navalniy is same fascist. FBK - same imperial shit as rushing. They are fighting to stop help to Ukaraine. They use to make themselves biggest victims.
I like listening to Konstantin, always very enlightening. The greatest benefit of using your channel is not to listen to his disgusting slurping of his tea.
@martavdz4972 and @TheDog.Chef when i give a presentation I do not have my dinner at the same time or slurp any drinks. I find it disrespectful. I also do not burp or fart. It just does not have a place. There is a time for everything and I cannot stand listening to that. I enjoy what Konstantin has to say, but can do without the additionals.
This guy has the worst takes on Russia. He’s wrong about almost everything. He was never a member of the Russian opposition. Up until the war he was posting feel good videos about Russia.
Free Konstantine, TH-cam! Give him back his monetization!
I think that requires an @ or better, sending an e-mail
I can't see how or why Konstantine is being demonetized.
@@billangell3387 yeah like please someone explain to us regular ppl not in the deep-know/tech/social media tech world, what does that even mean? He is the lone russian common ish man voice for a free russia: so why the hell is FB pulling this shiete?!?! Our world's freedom literally relies on the few resisters to the new powerful wave of totalitarian aggressive darkness!
@@martavdz4972 pls advise us! send an email to whom???!?!?
@@billangell3387 It could be the fact that his AdSense account is Russian, which means Russia taxes it, which means they'd be paying Russia, which is illegal due to sanctions, but they haven't explained the actual reason to him and it's just one of the many possible reasons we have to imagine for ourselves.
The problem with Google being a monopoly is that they have no reason to provide support for their services because it's extremely expensive and there's no competition, so people who fall through the cracks have to eat the L and move on.
I see Konstantine, I click LIKE
Two great thinkers of our time. Thank you for the conversation. 😊
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥️ from the US.
Our pleasure!
Had Nemtsov been elected after Yeltsin and not Putin, Russia might have been a very different place by now.
Hi and hello to my fave Russian Konstantin 👋
Buy Konstantin a cup of tea...he prefers it to coffee! ☕️ 😅
Glory To Ukraine 🇬🇧
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He was born in Constantinople hence he grew up with tea, a Turkish delight.
TH-cam is still demonetazing Konstantin, so any help is appreciated 😊😊
Konstantin's insights are always appreciated. Thank you for this second part of this interview, Jonathan. 👍 IRA is rather KGBesque, many NGOs are compromised...
Thank you, Jonathan. Thank you, Konstantin. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙 💛
Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦
The problem with Russian opposition like Navalny - who was only constant in exposing internal Russian corruption against Russians, not in his International policies which he changed to court the West, is they do not oppose Russian corruption world wide, its constant crimes against humanity, it's brutal Colonialism and crimes through its history which have never changed. Navalny supported, cheered the invasion of Georgia and Ukraine, as if one can be divorced from the other. They want Russia to continue to be a Mafia State on the International stage, but honest at home as if that is honorable. Navanlya opposes arming Ukraine Kara Murza opposes sanctions, they perpetuate the victimhood Russians have been groomed with to keep them slaves to a strong man. None of them will succeed in reforming Russia the way Nazi Germany was. To do that the inhumanity embedded in the Russian culture, even to each other (just look at the rape culture the abuse of Russian conscripts in the military and in prisons) the selfishness, the conceit, the Imperialism and Colonialism that is source of pride for them, must be exposed, condemned, apologized for, and rejected. There must be guilt, not absolution. Only Kasperov seems to grasp that. Would ANY of the other opposition return lands Russia stole - ALL of Ukraine but also Georgia, Moldova, would they stop their horrific abuse and Colonialism in Africa or would they continue and expect blanket forgiveness? It is difficult to accept collective guilt, or to choose a leader who will since one probably won't be imposed this time - would Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan have committed to peace unless forced?
No, of course not - to answer your rhetoric question. ;-)
Russia will never change.
And btw, if you look at Germany & Japan - the supposed two "good examples" - Japan hasn't really dealt and processed their own crimes in a Western way or sensibility - and Germany on the other hand has turned its militaristic anger & lust for destruction ( with the help of allied occupiers social re-engineering ) against itself.
Not sure that was such a great idea either.
P.S. nobody ever mentions Italy - because they are a beloved scenic tourist destination even for Hollywood - today they even have a shrine / pilgrimage site for Mussolini 😂
Germany has museums to their atrocities, both Germany and Japan had a time where they were pacifist, only abandoning it because threatened, they still debate using weapons, it was an obstacle in their sending Ukraine tanks, allowing them to strike in Russia. Germany Japan and Italy have not invaded another country since WW2 - Russia never stopped. What people forget is the USSR partnered with Stalin to invade Poland, and when Hitler was defeated and Germans were de-nazified, their people rejected Hitler he is seen as a villain. Russians still worship Stalin who went on to kill torture oppress 50 million people, more than Hitler, with genocides like Holodomor and forced deportations of all their neighbors to gulags, even to brutal purges inside Russia. And after the USSR fell apart Russia continued invading - not like the US to fight a leader, to occupy forever, to genocide. When Hitler invaded France he did not turn it to rubble, Russia on the other hand did that for Assad in Syria, did it themselves to subjugate Chechnya and now does it in Ukraine. Russia invades at will, including in Georgia - and is a terrorist organization world wide committing atrocities in Africa to indirectly colonize it with civil wars and coups. There is not another country on Earth as evil as Russia, the entire world would be better off without them including Russia. They are locusts, a plague. They will never be peaceful until they see that see it is wrong are ashamed of it and teach their children to be and commit to never doing it again as yes, Germans did.
Thank to expressing, when I cold only post "navalniy is a same fashist"
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
Love Konestine!
Thanks to both of you for your great work. I am glad to see that Konstantine is recovering. Regards.👍
Navalny was Not a friend of Ukraine!
Nice to see Konstantin is looking better …. No better news for his native country. He won’t be able to go back .
But he’s a true hero
This coward-ZERO, a hero?
@@edwinb2323Get bent, Vatnik.
Its great that Konstantin is doing better.. its great. Over 1,000 days straight of stress must not be so great for the health but the truth is the truth and he tells it. He's an honest man. Slava Konstantin!! 🙂👍♥️
One of my favourites, Konstantin!
Thank you
Excellent video. Konstantine (INSIDE RUSSIA YT Channel). Is great have watched his channel faithfully for ~ 2 years. Thank you Johnathan for continuing to bring excellent guests! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!
This is not the time for Russian opposition to be divided. Putin thrives on external disunity.
Agreed.
Love both of ya’ll
Sometimes it's,as if the last 2 intelligent people patiently talk about a run-away-train. Rock solid 👌 💪 👏
and indeed, that IS how ww2 was won by good folks of good faith and powerful defensive motivation, against ALL odds!
I like this guy.
Dividing opposition is an ancient strategy for many regimes, certainly by the Russian state of any moment.
Russia’s been doing that for centuries. The only modern empire that matched Russia’s guile in this respect was the British Empire…😉
Your conversations with Konstantin are extremely informative and interesting. Thank you Jonathan and Konstantin.🙏
A house divided cannot stand. The opposition needs to work together.
Gentlemen, a suggestion from a retired lawyer from Canada, to make the reform effort less daunting, would be to follow Canada’s lead when we became an independent country. We enacted legislation immediately adopting all the laws of England at that moment, to continue in force unless and until otherwise enacted. Gradually we wrote our own laws in a Federal system, which replaced the English laws, but we immediately were able to achieve the Rule of Law. You could chose any democratic country you feel comfortable with, whether Finland, Canada, etc.
I’m not sure how well that would work. There aren’t really any large European counties out there that match Ukraine’s circumstances closely enough to make for a useful role model. Also keep in mind that when Canada became fully independent in 1982 (I can’t believe it was that recent!) it still had close ties to the U.K. & and a large friendly neighbor to its south.
Poland is probably the country most similar to Ukraine in character, size & geography & they’ve both been through a lot of the same kinds of experiences. I’m not sure the Polish model is one to emulate, however. They’re still very much working out the kinks.
Thank you guys for a civilsed conversesion. When you have sad topics its a bonus to keep it gentle.
Excellent interview and I fully agree. What will be the effect on Russia if there is an oil price war in December as has been predicted and the price of crude oil sinks to around $50 per barrel. We know that oil is Russia's biggest resource and that it costs them more than $50 per barrel to produce the oil so they would be selling at a loss.
It is interesting to listen to Konstantin Samoilov. "Mr Silicon Curtain" 1. manages to pick right people for these eye opening discussions and 2. has the skill to make these conversations to flow... so smooth..
indeed! These convo's r frankly some of the most interesting i have ever personally heard, in ANY context, both in person /formal/professional, and personal, interpersonal etc . We are now at a moment in history where just as in WW2, except we have PRE -knowledge and forewarning and foreshadowing, the freeworld which is usually led by moral souls, is being directly threatened in its existence (by the force of will backed up by sadistic acts of barbarism against an entire large Euro nation called Ukraine (now already over 160K documented war crimes including sexual torture early in the war as a deliberate tool to get compliance of entire nation, etc), half the city of Kherson was tortured!!!!!! (thats not a small city!).
Konstantine: I think you have underlined a key note by addressing the need for persons who understand and practice effective politics in an effective opposition. Clarity of vision amid a variety of competing self conceived programs (or none at all) must be an eternal problem organizing opposition elements into a broad coalition supporting programs to destroy a regime. Perhaps even harder, moving forward creating a governing group. Clarity is required on the one hand, yet to maintain group coherence differences must be compromised, programs fuzzed a bit while at the same time, core principals be maintained.
It can be achieved, the US Revolutionary War is an example, though the colonies developed an ad hoc government to fight the war, maybe Czechoslovakia, no doubt there are others; look at Ukraine’s struggles over 30 odd years.
But my point? it sometimes requires remarkable actors and effective politicians.to rise to an occasion and achieve a common result. We may pick at the flaws in important historical figures; sometimes important, sometimes not, and always such imperfections are red meat for KGB subversion. But the remarkable things are what some of these persons achieve in spite of all too human limitations.
And among other strategies, Putin has murdered those most likely and politically skilled enough to achieve some unity and end results over the entire 25 year period of his rule. Most important that this foreigner has heard of is N…. (I apologize for an aging memory) on the bridge in 2015 and Navalny. But as I remember, there have been so many public intellectuals physically destroyed since the beginning; not solely those anonymous business and military figures (and their families in a few cases) falling out of windows or suffering gunshot wounds in hotel rooms. (A few mysteriously dead in Washington DC hotel rooms-what KGB brass balls, and what spineless US officials-just before these other deaths became a meme).
K. And J. Are absolutely on target on these points. Respect skilled, effective politicians, especially when they seem honest (if a bit too ambitious) at their core. Without them, the way forward is at best obscure. Indeed, one of the most “damning” comments about a figure like George Washington acting among gifted colleagues, “ he was the essential man” who made everything work. These are the persons who killers like Putin aim at. And it is a sad commentary that sometimes it may seem that there is only one.
good points! Nemtsov, whose name amazingly i spelled right as i typed it into google to verify and he was also a physicist fwiw (which it IS worth a lot, imho, my favorite highschool class, though i'm relatively math challenged for advanced areas) & he shares bday w/ my own father: "Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal politician, and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms into the Russian post-Soviet economy. Wikipedia
Born: October 9, 1959, Sochi, Russia"
Thanks, Jonathan, for yet another fascinating interview.
Awesome!!!
Unfortunately, Navalny, it seems, threw away his life returning to Russia, he is already forgotten by the majority, they did not deserve him.
I hope and pray that some company CEO will watch Konstanin and realize how valuable he would be to move him to their country and give him a great job and move his family with him!! He would be a really valuable asset to any engineering company and well worth the cost of moving him and his family. He shows all the prospects to be a wonderful worker. Shabbat Shalom.
Hi, what a treat to get two episodes so close to one another with you & Mr K.
Seeing/listening to the 2 of you always makes my day!
Hugs to both of you, Grace🩰
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💪
Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦
Love hearing your conversations, Jonathan and Konstantin, on such diverse and fascinating topics. I always learn from you both! Keep up the great work ! I hope to see Russia change...someday soon. love from the US ! 💙💛
I watch anything with Konstantin!
Tak!
The Russian opposition needs to understand individual policies come next….. they need to unite around the first goal - get democracy in place first - then work out the parties - but without democracy nothing else matters
Seems the ruzzian volunteer movement have launched a new donation app. I hear it's called "buy me a coffin"
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What a briliant understanding of russian "opposition" and continue to call navalniy an "apposition"
Thank you for your coverage and insights
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Thank you so much for covering this fascinating though ominous subject. Ace interview!
Three things that is critical for freedom to succeed is 1. Democracy, 2. Freedom of speech, 3. Human rights. These three does not exist in Russia.
They don’t exist in America ANYMORE either.
Cohencidence?
4.Rule of Law
People don't understand how much effort and resources are put into infiltrating the various groups. Even starting oppetion groups to find people who might not be consider loyal enough.
Then there's the gamesmanship between competing faction in the government and power structure.
Btw, even "we" in the West do exactly that. Coopt and subvert the opposition.
The two best of the best together again, yayh!!!
long story short - there's no whatever opposition to pu because in order to be it you need to be opposition to the country intself. you need to come out to people and say - this needs to go. and there's like one in a million who can do that. and you can guess their electoral potential (even in better times).
Enjoyed the first part of this. Looking forward to this second.
I have been curious about this topic for a while. I wonder why the people have been cowed.
The USSR´s empire is gone, the Romanov´s empire is gone. NEVER 2 WITHOUT 3, the Saddam Putsein ´s empire will follow!
The USSR´s empire is gone, the Romanov´s empire is gone. NEVER 2 WITHOUT 3, the Saddam Putsein ´s empire will follow!
@@hybridarmyofthegdl2193 I see... are you guys siamese twins?
@@PandemoniumMeltDown a Mongol ulus (empire ) can not have Opposition , these who you call for Opposition , are useless dissidents . They are the most useless for Free World creatures. Kremlin tsars use them for whitewashing Moscow imperial crimes. Google Navalny + Belarusian language, and Solzhenitsyn + Ukrainians
Yeah but Anna danylchuk was saying that Navalny didn't support Ukrainian sovereignty and said Crimea belonged ged to russia.
Yeah, but he was so much more than that.
Vlad Vexler has a take on what Navalny would have done.
He certainly did what he could to expose and bring down corruption. He was fighting Putin and the many illegal ways.
I admire him. Not perfect, but trying to make Russia a better place for ordinary Russians.
Konstantin should have his own independent seat in United Nations conferess !
Thank you, Jonathan and Konstantin, for another interesting conversation. I always thought highly of Vladimir Kara-Murza, but his first interview after being rescued by the West was devastating. I know he has changed his tune afterwards, but a slightly bitter aftertaste remains. His wife, Evgenia Kara-Murza, was a strong voice while he was imprisoned. She did far more than Navalnaya.
🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Anyone stating that navalny was a hero is not worth listening to.
It is always a profound experience listening to the two of you discuss Russia and its grievous, heinous, ruinous (to all), pure evil attack on Ukraine - prompted, it seems to me, by pure greed, avarice, entitlement, truth twisting...lying about history, ignoring Stalin's monstrous purges... .But...I too have been ashamed of my country, UK, Konstantin, going into the Iraq and Afghan wars, with horrific ignorance and no after plans and no comprehension of the true situations... and I also found the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, AND the bombinga of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to be war crimes. Rightly or wrongly that has been my lifelong view. Yet if Churchill had thought like that and been a coward...would Britain be living under the jackboot today? Do we EVER learn?
Thank you for your thoughts, Jane! ✌
Money will always find a way to split even the most intelligent
There is no opposition because Russia has too many windows.
Very well said about the alcoholism.
Thank you Jonathan and Konstantin for your Insight. A question for both of you, does the average Russian have the background and education to be able to embrace democracy? Thanks, John
Navalny showed leadership and courage. He dared to stand up and be counted. He fought evil.
Stalin said: The masses are asses.
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I disagree about the defeat that could bring any positive democracy development. The needed defeat has to be Russia ending of being a military superpower.
Basically the means to end Imperialism.
The problem is, until you find a way to safely disarm everyone of their mil. satellites, nucl. subs, nucl. wa rheads, ICBMs, fighter jets, cruise missiles, tanks, every single one of their MIC factories and ammo stockpile depots, every single artillery unit & every single tank --- that is unfortunately not going to happen. :-(
Simply for logistical reasons alone.
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Putin turned Biden's lemons into lemonade.
Full English and a pint!
In terms of personal bravery, effective communication, charisma and popularity of a political persona, I have to say that looking at them in isolation from the actual policies is not very useful. Plenty of politicians (including the subject of Godwin's law, who did participate in combat, was the target of assassination attempts, etc..., or a more recent example of the instant-tan loving putin's apprentice, who was also the target of assassination attempts) have shown personal bravery and yet have gone on to cause immense suffering and injustice through their policies
This is tragic.
Why does Constantine not posting any crazy Russian news anymore? That's what I loved about following him? Seems to be more history subjects/lessons now😟
He’s been ill, he found it harder to make the crazy news updates so he stuck to lecture style videos. Great news though, crazy Friday news is back tonight 😊
@@Lucy-fq8rj He posted one yesterday.
What can you say about "Why There is no Effective Opposition to Pukin's Regime . . . " that is new?
Don't you realize that there was *NEVER* ANY "effective opposition" to any Regime in Moscow?
I wasn't going to watch this because I first thought it was another "Inside Russia" episode.
Seeing that it is an episode of "Silicon Curtain" I will watch it.
Yeltsin was a very effective opposition and he won
Anarcho-capitalism is a terrible cult theory.
If more people outside of our pro-Ukraine silo heard what Konstantin had to say I think it would be easier to shore up Ukranian aid. There are a lot of normies out there who are still convinced that Putin is ten feet tall & bulletproof & that he has infinite reserves of men and money.
Konstantin has a lot more inside information (and a more thorough understanding) of Russia and its fundamental weakness. There are a lot of Americans who are rightly frustrated by increases in the cost of living. What we’re suffering through is NOTHING compared to the economic catastrophe that Putin’s genocidal war is brining to Russia.
Russia’s sent so many of its farmers off to war that they don’t have enough people left to harvest their damn potatoes.
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Slava Ingemanland
*ru-afghan war losses of 15K total: since late this summer with the ru big ramp in attack effort/pace, ru has lost that amount almost every two weeks, or sometimes 3 weeks, as if they are giving one last big push, along w/ massive expansion/increase in mass civilian attacks, along with expanding to the highest value areas and cities, which happen to be the most russian speaking and cultured even, namely Odesa; along w/ the first documented period of drone hunting of civilians, randomly, for training purposes and testing of new tech drones, in Beryansk (per DWelle report/show), Kherson, and Zaporyzia.
Who among them except Kasparov donate to Armed Forces of Ukraine? Who advocate for giving weapons to Ukraine? If Putin managed to occupy Ukraine within a month they would be happy, as most of them were happy when Putin occupied Crimea
They have imperial world outlook identical to Putin and are enemies of Ukraine
Did the Allies not place Karl Dornitz as head of Germany after WW II
Navalniy is same fascist. FBK - same imperial shit as rushing. They are fighting to stop help to Ukaraine. They use to make themselves biggest victims.
I like listening to Konstantin, always very enlightening. The greatest benefit of using your channel is not to listen to his disgusting slurping of his tea.
Well... great comment, thanks. I didn´t notice that much, now I won´t be able to unhear it because that´s the way my brain works. Aaarrgh!😡
What a small minded thing to say!
@martavdz4972 and @TheDog.Chef when i give a presentation I do not have my dinner at the same time or slurp any drinks. I find it disrespectful. I also do not burp or fart. It just does not have a place. There is a time for everything and I cannot stand listening to that. I enjoy what Konstantin has to say, but can do without the additionals.
This guy saying Putin had an impact on Americans voting for Trump shows extreme ignorance and makes me question his entire thought process
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Is Konstantine still living in Russia ?
No, definitely not.
This guy has the worst takes on Russia. He’s wrong about almost everything. He was never a member of the Russian opposition. Up until the war he was posting feel good videos about Russia.
Jumping channel ?
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Konstantin
the youtube beggar😊
Because people are not lunatics as this character you dug up
Samoilov
Correction: people are cowards
@MutatedPizzaBoi Why do people support endless US & NATO wars?
What a nasty and uncalled for comment. Typical of a Russian bot I guess 😮
@@MutatedPizzaBoi yep, they've always been scared of the police, FSB and oligarchs
@MrBudgiejoe The maximum you can come up with is calling people with different opinions Bots.
What great intelligence