@Augusto Helmer Chechens are killing other Chechens, Ukrainians and Russians on both sides of the war in Ukraine. The ignorant believe the slave will always be loyal to his master.
9:44 "Optimism was said to be high among Russian commanders who bragged about a bloodless blitzkrieg, but events quickly began falling apart for the badly trained Russian army, many of whom were young conscripts who had little to no idea what their real objectives were." Sounds familiar...
@@hailbane9633 By definition, the conscripts are not "falling for propaganda", they have no choice. There are "career" soldiers but - as in other countries (the US no less than them) - they come from poor backgrounds who sadly see no other option.
Nope it doesnt because they are already close to kiev with recruit soldiers almsot no air support and almost no supply. This is them no realy giving a f*ck so imagine if they actualy tried. The russian do have some problems bit thats how they start in almost every conflict they are kinda weak in the beggining ans then they ger their sh*t together
Many years ago a small family of Chechen refugees moved into my apartment complex. A father, his son and young daughter. The son suffered severe PTSD and was effectively mute as a result. He could often be seen in the parking lot quietly banging his forehead against the wooden fence, until someone noticed and ushered him home. Pretty heartbreaking.
@@danielhathaway1498 Hard to say. Tried talking to the father a little, but his English wasn’t great so it was tough. After a year or so the son did seem to get a little better. Still very shy and reclusive, and any loud noise would startle the ever living shit out him. Poor kid. Can’t imagine what they went through. As I understood it, the mother didn’t survive the 2nd war so who knows what they witnessed.
@@jjdelft3216 Depends on the definitions used for "economic migrant" or "war migrant". If a country was torn apart by civil war two years ago but the economy is terrible and there is still a lack of security, is someone leaving that country an economic migrant or a war migrant? Most migrants are either fleeing active war zones, persecution or the conditions in their home country brought on by a recently ended conflict. I would call all of those war migrants, but plenty wouldn't consider the latter two to be war migrants.
@@oHaiKuu how is it funny? China/Twain is like Pakistan/Kashmir or like ireland/north ireland the the US annex Taiwan and this clown thinks China/Twain is a race war.
And it was Georgia in 2008. They def landgrabbing parts of all old USSR countries if allowed. And secondly they will try to replace parlaments with Russia friendly ones.
Human Nature does this.. Look at a map. They are iced out, Kiev is where Russia started Monroe doctrine After Putin was elected most of this stopped then 9/11 Russia allowed US troops in Russia to fight "terror" Russia has asked to join both the EU and Nato and was denied Russia has been in decline and is trying to keep up They have less people and keep getting dragged into wars Yes, Dragged If you have ever met a Russian. Nice people.really.. A Lot of people dont understand why the US can exist but Russia cant. Atleast Russia didnt steal their lands, they have 0 colonys They have a Long intact history, Americans do not, They have had wars on their lands for the past few decades and the US. not since the civil war Cuban missile crisis, 4 US presidents whos all wish washed and changed their minds come election Nato is led 100% by the US and the leader of it is the supreme commander,always US, this is why french is like, naw So..if Russia were alllowed to join Nato..Nato would have control of Russian forces by agreement Just sayin. Ukraine AND Belarus needs to be a bufferstate for ATLEAST 200 years with no ties to Russia or EU or Nato but supported by both Russia and the EU and defended by Nato incase..aliums..whoelse we fightin? There is a LOT of oil in Ukraine, a lot of natural resources.. a LOT, Shell and BP set up in Ukraine in 2014 Obama did not respect the history..it was tooo soon for the things he did..too soon Why? Human Nature, it comes before politics. all it takes is one bad bit of judgment by a single person to start a war.
@@JaxxVs some landmass Russia did took away from others especially with the history of Alaska and half of eastern Europe that is Russia so they are just as bad as Americans originally Russians landmass was part of many natives, vikings and Mongolians and nomads and many land was conquered by Russians in the early days of Russia before it was officially called Russia. History Data 1 th-cam.com/video/0lHLwP6RUug/w-d-xo.html History Data 2 th-cam.com/video/w0Wmc8C0Eq0/w-d-xo.html
The first 40 seconds is like the recent events in Ukraine: The worst fighting since WW2, the russsian soldiers, untrained conscripts advandced in shattered streets, what should have been a quick victory , was a war of attrition for 1.5 year. Major conflict that bled the country.
It is more like Georgia in 2008 with the the autonomous republics on the border as a launching pad. And like Moldova in 2030 with its own autonomous republic that Russia has used as a launching pad.
@@JinKee You mean Georgia that thought it could pick a fight with Russian peace keepers and then begged NATO members to fight the war for them?! Totally different scenario! Even france and UK and netherlands (die hard nato states) blamed Georgia for starting this ! They were also caught blatantly lying about Russia amassing at the border with tanks and weaponry when even BBC (not exactly a pro Russian news station either)
I worked with a Russian and a Chechenian in the same workplace. They would argue over everything and “talk” very loudly as a any Soviet would. You could feel the hatred in the air when they were close.
@@samloo8529 it's a little more complicated than that. There's Chechen's who support the government and are aiding the Russian army, and then there's others fighting alongside the Ukrainians.
How it must suck to live next to Russia. It's like having an entitled HOA president making a bunch of silly rules no one wants, when it doesn't get it's way, it wrecks your house.
they are actively engaging in divide and conquer by buying off politicians in neighboring countries that don't really do anything pro Russian, just plain corruption and theft, basically inciting civil unrest with "established" government, and once it reaches some certain point - they come in to introduce peace and order and thus reverting back to the good old USSR, or more - Russian Empire that preceded the WW1 at the same time they try to incite and cultivate "rusophopia" - a term invented for propaganda purposes to control Russians on national level, making them think that everyone is out there to destroy them so yeah, not great thing being Russias neighboring state that broke off of the old Empire in last 200 years or so
@@caesarforlife1663 Like to live on the edge, I see. You might also like a dictator in charge, if not then you would pine for Russia to come in and free you from non oppression. Makes a lot a sense, more power to you. I am sure some separatist Ukrainian agreed with you, btw, the Russians are killing those guys too.
Seems like things would be so much better if Russia kept the f*** out of it and instead concentrated on making Russia a better place. Same could be said for all the big players.
True, I almost see nobody giving us recognition eventhough we are in the top 5 genocides throughout history, and our language is believed to be the oldest in the caucuses by linguistics, and the black sea was literally called the circassian sea by the Greek neighbors... The Russians really did good in wiping us from history.
@@shapsugh1864 That was not genocide. That was voluntary exodus. How did only Circassians ended up with "genocide" while the rest of the North Caucasians stayed behind? Fake Islamist Propaganda nothing more.
@@personaldove all genocide is wrong on this comments thread we are talking about the Circassian genocide , highlighting other genocides and crimes does not relegate or diminish what has happened to the Circassians. Start your own comments thread don’t gaslight this one.
When the west stops calling it a Russo Georgian war, that is when justice will be served. It's not Russo Georgian, it's Georgian war on South Ossetia, into which Russia got involved ONLY after a few days.
A former coworker of mine was from Russia, and we knew he had a backround in military. So one day another coworker asked if he had been in the first Chechnyan war; and the russian dude started crying and said "I don't want to talk about it" and just walked away.
I think they knew what they were doing was wrong, but can you imagine Chechnya declaring statehood?! It would have been a total CIA infested, Mossad infused Saudi throat cutting disaster! Lesser of two evils!
TRUTH IS AS RARE AS HENS TEETH TODAY! When you're speaking the truth, no matter if you're the only one speaking the truth? You'll ALWAYS be right, the rest will ALWAYS be wrong! In 2015, Russia exposed the USA to the entire world, for supporting terrorists in Syria, and that forced the USA to admit to the whole world, that they had recruited - Trained - Armed - Supplied - Protected - Paid - and used brutal terrorists, the “Free Syria Army”, sorry I forgot, today, the Americans like the term “moderate head chopping fake rebels”, it's only terrorists to the rest of this world, my mistake. And do you know, that not one American, of any race or colour, has ever condemned it? Not one has done the right thing, and stood up against it? Or even protested against it? As every other society on earth, would be doing, if any of their governments were forced to admit what the USA admitted. What don't you all understand? The only society we've ever seen do this before, (not even protest against their own country's killing, once the people found out) was Nazi Germany 1933-1945, and that's the only time in modern history, that the people of any society, have done what these American people are today, or rather, what they're not doing! Far from seeing anyone of them against it?. What is the reality, what do we really see? We see millions of Americans cheering their criminal president?, and we see millions of Americans chanting USA USA USA?, (just like Nazi's) today. And we have never seen a single American, of any race or colour, stand up against it, why not? I'll tell you why not! It's because it was a clear case, of all these Americans themselves, saying to themselves, “f*** them? (Those lives don't matter)”. The TRUTH, is, that the American people themselves, are today, a bigger danger to all of us, than even their criminal government, and they've all become the modern-day Nazi's. What's worse is, that we can understand today why the German people did what they did. They were starving to death with the harshness of the Versailles treaty, while also suffering and dying in large numbers during the great depression, so quite naturally they'd of supported absolutely anything that offered them hope! The American people have no such excuse. They're the problem in this world today, and It's all of them who are our true and only real enemy. Their very own self-righteousness and their cowardly arrogance and refusal to even protest against that is appalling. It's actually really sick. 2018, Teresa May announces strikes on Syria, within 3 hours literally hundreds of thousands of people are stood outside Parliament protesting against it. 2018, Emmanuel Macron announces strikes on Syria, that evening hundreds of thousands start protesting in Paris. 2015, Russia exposes the US for supplying terrorists, forcing the US to admit what they're doing in Syria. And still 5 years later not a single American has even condemned it, let alone protested against it. This is the biggest problem facing this world today? The American people don't know right from wrong any more. And when you tell them, or ask them why they're doing nothing? These people will call you names or something as intelligent?
Yeah, you'll believe Assad used chemical weapons, you'll believe Gaddafi was a vicious brutal dictator, that murdered his own, you'll believe Saddam had WOMD's, you'll believe Putin ordered the killings of those in the UK, you'll believe Russia invaded and stole Crimea, and you'll believe Russia attacked and are fighting in the Ukraine. Oh, and you'll believe Al-Qaeda were recruited by Bin Laden, and were NOT created by the USA and the West? Absolutely hilarious, what propaganda does to many people, it turns them into imbeciles, idiots, and uneducated fools.
Let us be frank about it, most of our people have never had it so good. Go around the country, go to the industrial towns, go to the farms, and you’ll see a state of prosperity such as we have never had in my lifetime - nor indeed ever in the history of this country. What is beginning to worry some of us, is, "Is it too good to be true?" or perhaps I should say, "Is it too good to last?"~ Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 1957.
Hey, Americans and my ever so well-educated fellow Brits? You won't believe it? It's more damn Russian aggression? (As US controlled NATO, moves closer to Russian borders)... American NATO Commander, Russ Ophobe said today, “NATO is very concerned about Russia's persistent aggression around Its borders”... When asked what Russian aggression, he was referring to? Commander Russ Ophobe replied, he'd seen “clear evidence” - citing satellite images of a recent build-up of Russian troops, training for the protection of their borders. He goes on, “This clear and obvious sustained Russian aggression, is seen by NATO as an “unacceptable provocation”. Commander Russ Ophobe then went on to say that he'd seen “Level One” top secret documents and photographs, that conclusively “prove” Vladimir Putin smoked pot when he was 17? When asked what documents he was referring to? Commander Russ Ophobe replied - “Again as I've said, It's top secret, we don't need to supply evidence, as we are the United States” (a clear error) ...coughs “NATO I mean, our word should be good enough!”. LOL I mean, look, I do understand that the US education system today ranks down among some former Third World countries? Only I really don't understand, why you all feel the need to prove it? It is clear to us that we have to defend our interests, and to do so consistently, not boorishly or rudely, in both the sphere of the economy and of defence. The pressure will only end when the USA will be “persuaded” that the methods they are using are ineffective, counterproductive, and harmful to all ~ Vladimir Putin, 2014. It never fails to amaze me the way our partners the US, (as we say in Russia) Stand on the same rake twice.~ Vladimir Putin, 2016. The United States must “Rise above their endless desire to dominate” ~ Vladimir Putin, 2018. For the first time in all the history of nuclear weaponry, including the Soviet period, we aren’t playing catch-up with anyone. Other states have yet to create the weapons that Russia already has, ~ Vladimir Putin, 2020. Talk about NOT taking the hint? LOL. Suicide is painless...
Interesting bit of trivia - Frank Herbert based the Fremen in Dune on the 19th Century Chechnyan warriors that opposed the Russian Empire for about 30 years.
These days Chechnya is still a land of Hell, although new buildings and streets were rebuilt. But people live under a Terror of 2 Tirans. One is Putin, another one is Kadyrov. People are still being tortured in prisons, men and women, especially young, simply dissappear forever and everyone knows Kadyrov's people are to blame. They terrorise the whole region, LGBT people are either dead or left the country. Even senior citizens get tortured in special prisons in order to find out where their grandchildren hide from Kadyrov's murderers.. Russia spends billions on Chechnya, but Kadyrov and his army gets 95% of it, other people are the poorest and have no jobs.. The war in Chechnya hasn't ended yet. Hiding in other regions of Russia doesn't help, since Russians hate everyone whose appearance is not Slavic. If u look middle eastern, you will face an unbelievable hatred in any other city of Russia, you'll hardly get a job, hardly get an apartment for rent, no matter how educated or professional you are..
@mamyebal007 wtf does that even mean? what you having a job has to do with anything?? Should people who are victims of a criminal government be ok for being murdered just bc you have a f..king job? Are u stupid?))
If you want to know more, how savage the fighting in Grozny was, I recommend the 4 part potcast about it by "Lions Led By Donkeys". It's the episodes 159-163.
I recommend the "I, caliber 10" memoirs and "Chechen war" by Evgeny Norin. Caliber-10 was a radio name for one of the units, that took one of the most severe casualties during the assault. I don't know if these are translated though.
L oks like Russia has learnt nothing from it's wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Having sent it's raw recruits again as cannon fodder into Ukraine! I was reading about the demographics of the Russian population some time ago and the future doesn't look too bright for them. So many men dead in so many wars, they are facing real depopulation issues. How will they function or build a future without new generations being produced?
In some of their videos (i couldnt be bothered to check all of them) they literally copy word for word everything from a website without crediting it. But who cares right?
Well done this was misleading forget some of the most significant part of the story for example there was a lot of pro Russians helping Russia people that didn’t want independence dAgostini people the on the Russian side
I once worked with a guy who served in the Soviet army, then in the Russian army and fought in both of the Chechen conflicts. There was a lot he wouldn't talk about but you could hear the hatred and heartbreak in his voice when he talked about it.
Excellent and unbiased work. This is the first time I've seen a person on TH-cam who has such a good command of information. As a resident of this region thank you for such an honest job
you have 1 N too many, making your whole comment confusing and wrong. Czechia wikipedia: "The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name Czechia and formerly known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe."
Not a pleasant watch, but kind of neccecery one. There is hope that with rebuilding efforts taken,there might be an end to the cycle. An episode on most recent history conflicts would be a good thing. Almost every one is whitewashed, and public support is what makes them possible. Maybe even an extra long Afghanistan special.
The Chechnya killed half my family in Georgia, in Sukhumi. They played football with my grandpa's decapitated head. They raped, set fire to tires and beheaded almost 10,000 innocent civilians with Apsuai separatists in Abkhazia, then danced Lezgink on corpses. And for inexplicable reasons. We still don't know today why they attacked us and they themselves claim not to know anything, although there are pictures in their apartments of their military service, which they entered voluntarily and they claim today that we are brothers
Have you ever read "The Things They Carried", it illustrates really well how much war can strip someone of their humanity and turn them into callous monsters. At least it did in my opinion.
Operation Blau, not Barbarossa. This was 1942, not 1941 Also, resistance in the Caucasus was originally fairly weak, but it rapidly stiffened. The Germans didn't even make it to Grozny, although they were able to bring it under artillery fire
From the land that gave us Zhukov, Rokossovsky, Budyonny they had to even out the greatness with Post-Soviet Union idiots. Wonder what went through the mind of the top brass that thought of sending in armour to take a city with no infantry support.
I would also give insurgents some credit, they have stashed RPGs around the city and they perfectly utilised guerilla tactics. And what of incompetence, that was a decision made by politics, three generals before Kvashnin refused to participate in assault on Grozny. Kvashnin died from corona a week ago, or so, so we can't ask him, what was he thinking.
it wasn’t incompetence it was just impossible for them to win. the only country on earth which can win these type of conflicts against guérillas with population support is the US. because it involves not carpet bombing civilians but rather keeping a constant presence on the ground and slowly by slowly removing the guérillas while doing hearts and mind. like what they did in afghanistan before they stupidly decided to leave
Now we need one on the invasion of Georgia. Also one of the Moscow Theater Crisis. I remember seeing a National Geographic (or something similar) episode on it and being appalled
@@badluck5647 you mean in the self-proclaimed South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions? Regions occupied by Russia since their 2008 victory in the Russo-Georgian War? These regions are, from my understanding, under civilian control backed up by foreign (Russian) military and government officials. Further, I don’t know how/where you are able to get your “genocide” claim, considering media is *HEAVILY* restricted in these regions, AND the EUMM is blocked from entering; so for all we on the outside know, everything is unknown.
@@Dank-gb6jn A UN resolution is what called the massacres of Georgians in Abkhazia as "ethnic cleansing". The breakaway regions are Russia puppets who are completely dependent on Russian economically and live under the threat of Russian soldiers is they don't do what they are told.
@@badluck5647 maybe you should also explain to us again that it's only a "ethnic cleansing" if the "good" people are killed because 20 years prior that war Georgians were so invested into it they required regular peacekeeping force to station there.
@@badluck5647 the UN is just as much an “puppet” as the governments you’re claiming are Russian Puppets. The fact of the matter is: South Ossetia and Abkhazia were breakaways that wanted to be part of the federation. The same occurred in Crimea when Crimeans voted to join Russia during THAT conflict.
Rest in peace and may Allah swt bless the souls of Chechen victims of all these wars and deportation. Love and solidarity from your Circassian brothers.
@خالد _ I hope one day you will be independent, and that fu* shit called russia will collaapse, and free the other opressed people like chechens, komi and many more
@@theclandestinewitness In some of their videos (i couldnt be bothered to check all of them) they literally copy word for word everything from a website without crediting it. But who cares right?
Oh thank you very much! The video was very helpful. I've been fascinated with the Caucasus ever since i was a teenager, kabardino-balkaria and Chechnya in particular. I really hope to go and see with my own eyes and walk the land with my own feet one day.
I remember watching the Chechen-based jihadi invasion of Dagestan on BBC World, and thinking "Well, looks like Grozny is about to get destroyed again." I wish I wasn't correct in my assumption.
I remember a former president of Chechnya in 1996 said," " after fighting Chechnya, Russia will definitely fight to Ukraine and it will be the end of Russia" ".. Now we see his words coming true.., I hope we will see the collapse of Russia as well.. the sooner the better.. want my people free:(
Watched an actual footage of Russian soldiers being interviewed after surviving Chechen ambush,where they couldn’t speak and looked all traumatized.I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.
why are people always sympathizing with the russians but not with the chechens? it wasn't the chechens who invaded Moscow and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians it was the russians who did that in chechnya, chechens were only defending their homeland and fighting for freedom and independence!
Nothing compared to the many Chechens were treated by the Russian forces. Don't get me wrong, chances are that most Russian soldiers were not torturers, rapists and murderers, but such things did occur, and that's what made Chechens such vicious fighters; from their point of view, EVERYTHING they had was attacked, destroyed, desecrated or endangered, and they had nothing to lose.
@@muscuut so you are willing to sympathize with rappists, murderers, torturers, child rappists? man who would rappe a mother in front of her children? this are the people you symphatizing with when it comes to the russians.
This is probably not that interesting to most people, but the firearm displayed at 14:58 is known as a Borz. They were inexpensive weapons made within the region. As I understand it, the locals were usually quite proud of them. Borz means wolf, and I mention that because, for a time, Chechnya displayed a wolf on their flag. The wolf was an important symbol to them. I may be mistaken about this, but I believe it was replaced on the flag when the Muslim influence in the region grew.
@Dr retardo Wolfs are basically like an animal Chechens associate themselves with. It’s been like that for 400 years if not longer. Chechens still use Borz “Wolf” everywhere. Khamzat Chimaevs nickname is Borz, Adlan Amagovs nickname was also Borz. Wolfes are basically part of the culture.
Great video for your Channel on this type of subject matter. I hope you touch upon the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s since it had a battles and many atrocities in all sides, including Srebrenica Massacre.
The professional MMA community has been taken by storm by some fo these people out of Dagestan and Chechnya. Not much of a surprise when you learn about what these athletes and their parents survive.
Yeah, if you're a violent, deranged brute, what better career than this. And if you fail, you can still become a jihadist, just like the Boston marathon bombers, who were chechen.
I remember following the story of Chechenia as a child and seeing strength. Understanding the geopolitics better now, it’s hard not to categorize Putin as one of the most influential evil people this planet has ever seen.
EXACTLY my thoughts! The first 40 seconds is like the recent events in Ukraine: The worst fighting since WW2, the russsian soldiers, untrained conscripts advandced in shattered streets, what should have been a quick victory , was a war of attrition for 1.5 year. Major conflict that bled the country.
Ramzan Kadyrov has, by his own claims at least, traveled to Ukraine to support the Chechens in the Russian invasion. I hope every pro-Ukrainian sniper in the country has his picture. They already wasted one of his lieutenants, here's to hoping they get him too.
5:15 no russification took place.. The departure of ethnic groups around cccp is known strategy that hit Russians as well. Plus Cccp had no russian leader till Gorbachev (last leader of the Soviet union) Bei claiming this nonsense its obviously that you dont know how the Soviet union is morally and socially built. 8:39 Chechen has taken full independence but turn into a fail state of Isis/mexico like State in the middle of a very boiling reagion which would make any normal country, let alone a nuclear power consern about the safety of its boarders. 9:38 Worth noticing that Chechen had had no real city before being part of Russia, the city Grozny is actually a Russian built and named city. 10:17 The Sieg of Grozny is an unfortunate event, where it safely to say, anybody who take his own ppl as a meat shield and wont let them leave the city is not worse ruling them ( situation applies on Ukraine today ) 10:43 Russia never executed any civilians for a simple reason : they dont need or have to... Any civilian died is a big tragedy of any street war action .. On the other hand taking ppl in schools hospitalls theatres as hostages , blowing apartment complexes is undeniable act of terrorism. 13:59 how come you consider Chechnian Jihades or isis like militia attacking a russian City of Dagistan as " an excuse to get to war" . What would you consider a "satisfying reason to enter a war" to take back a territory which had never had a single month of rest and peace under radical groups fighting and killing civilians/ kidnapping/ spreading drugs/ etc ? Is taking out Moscow enough for you ? 15:53 dont spread a well known Hoax... All the attacks were completely approved and recognized from the Chechnian mujahideen !!! 19:35 i cant but to smile about this part of ur video.. as if the Jihades/ Dudayev/ other radical groups are Lgptq and female oriented ... Chechen has found peace, prosperity and good future under Kaderov rule and for that reason he is baycoted by the west in a bizzare form and mentality ... 20:20 Chechen is already better than alot of other areas in Russia with finical center , industry complex and rich Farms, why you dont show us that ? 21:12 It's your wish, the war is over.. Chechen is a crusial part of Russia, ppl living in peace and looking forward to the future, excuse them for not having hairy, blue hair, boobs showing feminists on the streets.. dont sue them for that ...
I love your excuses that Russia can blow up schools, hospitals and apartments, but when the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia called it a war crime. Russia hypocrisy
@@chaosXP3RT let us think straight! What would any army Russia/French/USA benefits from Bombing hospital/ school /etc ? The opposite site, which is not always morally superior uses those buildings as a fortress ( lots of videos show Ukraine using schools, hospitals, Appartements as fire position, troupes and Armour's gathering points) Would fighting in cities be a war crime? no! Would not letting civilians to leave cities considered a war crime ? Probably. Would hitting cities with phophore in order to empty it from fighters despite civilians being there like in Iraqi Falouja, considered a war crime? Definitely
@@istvansipos9940 well, they have their independence in 96-99. They spend those years making slavemarkets and training suicide bombers. After, they attack Russia. So much for independence.
Not really an Achilles heel, took them a bit to realize what was going on but Russia got its balance and then blatantly face-stomped them in the end. And that was before the Russian military got a complete overhaul. We saw how fast Russia rushed into Kazakstan I can imagine how hard and fast Russia would face-stomp them this time if they do anything else stupid.
Yea genius they did that with a combination of highly trained Russian and chechnyan soldiers, the rest of their military is untrained and on a large scale conflict they have no chance
@@strategicintelligenceanaly9778 You really have no clue, starting a war is no small feat. In a dictatorship, it's easy sending men and women to die, they're just lambs to be slaughtered. In a free society, however, soldiers aren't pawns, they're people with families and friends. NATO isn't going to start a war over a small peninsular that is utterly insignificant to the wider world, but if Putin dares invade Ukraine proper? You'll realize how utterly pathetic Russia is in the face of a proper fighting force.
@@bebos1262 The USA got their ass beat by a bunch of poor people on bicycles after spending trillions, 20 years, and thousands of American lives. Imagine how bad they are gonna get beat down by a real military like Russia and China. You are the one that has no clue. The facts speak for themselves. The USA is the joke of the world.
"What the russian government had assured was a straightforward military exercise was about to spiral horribly out of control"
Yeah, about that...
Right?
Oh yikes lol
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
@@Bartman61911 Russians clearly don't learn history lol.
@Augusto Helmer Chechens are killing other Chechens, Ukrainians and Russians on both sides of the war in Ukraine. The ignorant believe the slave will always be loyal to his master.
9:44 "Optimism was said to be high among Russian commanders who bragged about a bloodless blitzkrieg, but events quickly began falling apart for the badly trained Russian army, many of whom were young conscripts who had little to no idea what their real objectives were." Sounds familiar...
Some people never Learn.
Who would have thought?
@@hailbane9633 cope
@@hailbane9633 By definition, the conscripts are not "falling for propaganda", they have no choice. There are "career" soldiers but - as in other countries (the US no less than them) - they come from poor backgrounds who sadly see no other option.
Nope it doesnt because they are already close to kiev with recruit soldiers almsot no air support and almost no supply. This is them no realy giving a f*ck so imagine if they actualy tried. The russian do have some problems bit thats how they start in almost every conflict they are kinda weak in the beggining ans then they ger their sh*t together
Many years ago a small family of Chechen refugees moved into my apartment complex. A father, his son and young daughter. The son suffered severe PTSD and was effectively mute as a result. He could often be seen in the parking lot quietly banging his forehead against the wooden fence, until someone noticed and ushered him home. Pretty heartbreaking.
Wow how tragic. Did he ever improve, that you saw?
@@danielhathaway1498
Hard to say. Tried talking to the father a little, but his English wasn’t great so it was tough. After a year or so the son did seem to get a little better. Still very shy and reclusive, and any loud noise would startle the ever living shit out him.
Poor kid. Can’t imagine what they went through. As I understood it, the mother didn’t survive the 2nd war so who knows what they witnessed.
@Great White Arent economic migrants way less than war migrants anyway? In percentage.
Russians were ruthless, he probably saw his mother get r**** by Russian soldiers
@@jjdelft3216 Depends on the definitions used for "economic migrant" or "war migrant". If a country was torn apart by civil war two years ago but the economy is terrible and there is still a lack of security, is someone leaving that country an economic migrant or a war migrant? Most migrants are either fleeing active war zones, persecution or the conditions in their home country brought on by a recently ended conflict. I would call all of those war migrants, but plenty wouldn't consider the latter two to be war migrants.
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” - Mark Twain.
Twain is chinese. Chechnya and Russia's is different race.
next you will say like Hong Kong. you have low Iq
@@oHaiKuu how is it funny? China/Twain is like Pakistan/Kashmir or like ireland/north ireland
the the US annex Taiwan and this clown thinks China/Twain is a race war.
@@oHaiKuu the tencent army is often unintentionally hilarious lol
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@@bigfo2629 Taiwan is free and shall
remain free. Might doesn't make right.
Seems like history is repeating itself but with a different country.
I was about to say that but glad someone else said it first
same here
And it was Georgia in 2008. They def landgrabbing parts of all old USSR countries if allowed. And secondly they will try to replace parlaments with Russia friendly ones.
Human Nature does this..
Look at a map. They are iced out,
Kiev is where Russia started
Monroe doctrine
After Putin was elected most of this stopped
then 9/11 Russia allowed US troops in Russia to fight "terror"
Russia has asked to join both the EU and Nato and was denied
Russia has been in decline and is trying to keep up
They have less people and keep getting dragged into wars
Yes, Dragged
If you have ever met a Russian. Nice people.really..
A Lot of people dont understand why the US can exist but Russia cant.
Atleast Russia didnt steal their lands, they have 0 colonys
They have a Long intact history, Americans do not,
They have had wars on their lands for the past few decades and the US. not since the civil war
Cuban missile crisis,
4 US presidents whos all wish washed and changed their minds come election
Nato is led 100% by the US and the leader of it is the supreme commander,always US, this is why french is like, naw
So..if Russia were alllowed to join Nato..Nato would have control of Russian forces by agreement
Just sayin.
Ukraine AND Belarus needs to be a bufferstate for ATLEAST 200 years
with no ties to Russia or EU or Nato but supported by both Russia and the EU and defended by Nato incase..aliums..whoelse we fightin?
There is a LOT of oil in Ukraine, a lot of natural resources.. a LOT, Shell and BP set up in Ukraine in 2014
Obama did not respect the history..it was tooo soon for the things he did..too soon
Why? Human Nature, it comes before politics. all it takes is one bad bit of judgment by a single person to start a war.
@@JaxxVs some landmass Russia did took away from others especially with the history of Alaska and half of eastern Europe that is Russia so they are just as bad as Americans originally Russians landmass was part of many natives, vikings and Mongolians and nomads and many land was conquered by Russians in the early days of Russia before it was officially called Russia.
History Data 1
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History Data 2
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1:25 - Chapter 1 - Chechnya
3:10 - Chapter 2 - Soviet rule
5:30 - Chapter 3 - Independence
7:50 - Chapter 4 - The 1st chechen war
13:00 - Chapter 5 - The Inter Years
16:20 - Chapter 6 - The 2nd chechen war
19:00 - Chapter 7 - An unsteady truce
The real hero
Absolute Chad
th-cam.com/video/zwZ1yWkhh_s/w-d-xo.html since 2014 no CIA over there anymore
20:22, Ukraine.
MVP
The first 40 seconds is like the recent events in Ukraine: The worst fighting since WW2, the russsian soldiers, untrained conscripts advandced in shattered streets, what should have been a quick victory , was a war of attrition for 1.5 year. Major conflict that bled the country.
You are joking right?! Those conflicts are diametrically opposed in any aspect.
It is more like Georgia in 2008 with the the autonomous republics on the border as a launching pad. And like Moldova in 2030 with its own autonomous republic that Russia has used as a launching pad.
Yeah it's more like Vietnam, Or Iraq I think. Atleast Chechnya was a part of Russia. But USA just wanted to slaughter people half a world away.
@@JinKee You mean Georgia that thought it could pick a fight with Russian peace keepers and then begged NATO members to fight the war for them?! Totally different scenario! Even france and UK and netherlands (die hard nato states) blamed Georgia for starting this ! They were also caught blatantly lying about Russia amassing at the border with tanks and weaponry when even BBC (not exactly a pro Russian news station either)
@@ABC-ABC1234 how bro
I worked with a Russian and a Chechenian in the same workplace. They would argue over everything and “talk” very loudly as a any Soviet would. You could feel the hatred in the air when they were close.
No more. They are allies in their invasion of Ukraine.
@@samloo8529 it's a little more complicated than that. There's Chechen's who support the government and are aiding the Russian army, and then there's others fighting alongside the Ukrainians.
@@samloo8529 kadyirov became putin's puppet,i bet u most people there hate russia and putin more than they hate ukranians
@@samloo8529 funny that you call the traitors who joined their offenders- Chechens.
Chechens love a good fight. whether it's on your side, or the other side, as long as they can fight, they're happy.
How it must suck to live next to Russia. It's like having an entitled HOA president making a bunch of silly rules no one wants, when it doesn't get it's way, it wrecks your house.
they are actively engaging in divide and conquer by buying off politicians in neighboring countries that don't really do anything pro Russian, just plain corruption and theft, basically inciting civil unrest with "established" government, and once it reaches some certain point - they come in to introduce peace and order and thus reverting back to the good old USSR, or more - Russian Empire that preceded the WW1
at the same time they try to incite and cultivate "rusophopia" - a term invented for propaganda purposes to control Russians on national level, making them think that everyone is out there to destroy them
so yeah, not great thing being Russias neighboring state that broke off of the old Empire in last 200 years or so
I'd live next to Russia.
@@caesarforlife1663 Like to live on the edge, I see. You might also like a dictator in charge, if not then you would pine for Russia to come in and free you from non oppression. Makes a lot a sense, more power to you. I am sure some separatist Ukrainian agreed with you, btw, the Russians are killing those guys too.
Hah, I know a bit about that, seen it a couple times. First world problems.
What's funny Slavs don't like Italians... Julius how's Brutus these days 🤣😂😂🤣
Seems like things would be so much better if Russia kept the f*** out of it and instead concentrated on making Russia a better place. Same could be said for all the big players.
Imagine if the big countries just stayed out of others
Dismantle NATO. Problem solved.
@@cindyfinlayson4197 Not really no
@@thatguy7683 Cindy wants the world to burn lol
True but that will never happen until there's only one man standing.
Great footage was on liveleak from this fighting; insane…
Crazy seeing you here. Love your channel
I see this dude all over the place on TH-cam.
say hi to radbod
Chechclear
Do you mean beheading of Russian soldiers in 1999?
Good to see that the Circassian genocide is finally gaining more recognition. Thank you Simon and your channel.
True, I almost see nobody giving us recognition eventhough we are in the top 5 genocides throughout history, and our language is believed to be the oldest in the caucuses by linguistics, and the black sea was literally called the circassian sea by the Greek neighbors...
The Russians really did good in wiping us from history.
After 160 of Circassians exile, Circassians are still alive. Adiga people will never forget what's happened with their ancestors
The Circassians were the same force that ended up killing Armenians, Greeks, Bulgarians and many Yazidis.
@@shapsugh1864 That was not genocide.
That was voluntary exodus.
How did only Circassians ended up with "genocide" while the rest of the North Caucasians stayed behind?
Fake Islamist Propaganda nothing more.
@@personaldove all genocide is wrong on this comments thread we are talking about the Circassian genocide , highlighting other genocides and crimes does not relegate or diminish what has happened to the Circassians. Start your own comments thread don’t gaslight this one.
Another interesting topic is the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. Please feature also this military conflict, Sir Simon Whistler
I don't think he's been knighted, has he?
When the west stops calling it a Russo Georgian war, that is when justice will be served. It's not Russo Georgian, it's Georgian war on South Ossetia, into which Russia got involved ONLY after a few days.
To live in a region bordering Russia must be a tenuous existence, fraught with high anxiety.
Toe the Russian line or risk being invaded.
quit watching american media lol, you describe a false reality right here.
@@SAMSUNGS-yo4tc when was the last invasion of cuba then?
A former coworker of mine was from Russia, and we knew he had a backround in military. So one day another coworker asked if he had been in the first Chechnyan war; and the russian dude started crying and said "I don't want to talk about it" and just walked away.
I think they knew what they were doing was wrong, but can you imagine Chechnya declaring statehood?!
It would have been a total CIA infested, Mossad infused Saudi throat cutting disaster! Lesser of two evils!
Damn
The implications of this conflict lead into many other extreme events throughout the region. Great that this is being highlighted.
It's so unnecessary
TRUTH IS AS RARE AS HENS TEETH TODAY! When you're speaking the truth, no matter if you're the only one speaking the truth? You'll ALWAYS be right, the rest will ALWAYS be wrong!
In 2015, Russia exposed the USA to the entire world, for supporting terrorists in Syria, and that forced the USA to admit to the whole world, that they had recruited - Trained - Armed - Supplied - Protected - Paid - and used brutal terrorists, the “Free Syria Army”, sorry I forgot, today, the Americans like the term “moderate head chopping fake rebels”, it's only terrorists to the rest of this world, my mistake.
And do you know, that not one American, of any race or colour, has ever condemned it? Not one has done the right thing, and stood up against it? Or even protested against it? As every other society on earth, would be doing, if any of their governments were forced to admit what the USA admitted. What don't you all understand?
The only society we've ever seen do this before, (not even protest against their own country's killing, once the people found out) was Nazi Germany 1933-1945, and that's the only time in modern history, that the people of any society, have done what these American people are today, or rather, what they're not doing!
Far from seeing anyone of them against it?. What is the reality, what do we really see? We see millions of Americans cheering their criminal president?, and we see millions of Americans chanting USA USA USA?, (just like Nazi's) today. And we have never seen a single American, of any race or colour, stand up against it, why not?
I'll tell you why not! It's because it was a clear case, of all these Americans themselves, saying to themselves, “f*** them? (Those lives don't matter)”. The TRUTH, is, that the American people themselves, are today, a bigger danger to all of us, than even their criminal government, and they've all become the modern-day Nazi's.
What's worse is, that we can understand today why the German people did what they did. They were starving to death with the harshness of the Versailles treaty, while also suffering and dying in large numbers during the great depression, so quite naturally they'd of supported absolutely anything that offered them hope!
The American people have no such excuse. They're the problem in this world today, and It's all of them who are our true and only real enemy. Their very own self-righteousness and their cowardly arrogance and refusal to even protest against that is appalling. It's actually really sick.
2018, Teresa May announces strikes on Syria, within 3 hours literally hundreds of thousands of people are stood outside Parliament protesting against it.
2018, Emmanuel Macron announces strikes on Syria, that evening hundreds of thousands start protesting in Paris.
2015, Russia exposes the US for supplying terrorists, forcing the US to admit what they're doing in Syria.
And still 5 years later not a single American has even condemned it, let alone protested against it.
This is the biggest problem facing this world today? The American people don't know right from wrong any more. And when you tell them, or ask them why they're doing nothing? These people will call you names or something as intelligent?
Yeah, you'll believe Assad used chemical weapons, you'll believe Gaddafi was a vicious brutal dictator, that murdered his own, you'll believe Saddam had WOMD's, you'll believe Putin ordered the killings of those in the UK, you'll believe Russia invaded and stole Crimea, and you'll believe Russia attacked and are fighting in the Ukraine. Oh, and you'll believe Al-Qaeda were recruited by Bin Laden, and were NOT created by the USA and the West? Absolutely hilarious, what propaganda does to many people, it turns them into imbeciles, idiots, and uneducated fools.
Let us be frank about it, most of our people have never had it so good. Go around the country, go to the industrial towns, go to the farms, and you’ll see a state of prosperity such as we have never had in my lifetime - nor indeed ever in the history of this country. What is beginning to worry some of us, is, "Is it too good to be true?" or perhaps I should say, "Is it too good to last?"~ Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 1957.
Hey, Americans and my ever so well-educated fellow Brits? You won't believe it? It's more damn Russian aggression? (As US controlled NATO, moves closer to Russian borders)... American NATO Commander, Russ Ophobe said today, “NATO is very concerned about Russia's persistent aggression around Its borders”...
When asked what Russian aggression, he was referring to? Commander Russ Ophobe replied, he'd seen “clear evidence” - citing satellite images of a recent build-up of Russian troops, training for the protection of their borders. He goes on, “This clear and obvious sustained Russian aggression, is seen by NATO as an “unacceptable provocation”.
Commander Russ Ophobe then went on to say that he'd seen “Level One” top secret documents and photographs, that conclusively “prove” Vladimir Putin smoked pot when he was 17? When asked what documents he was referring to? Commander Russ Ophobe replied - “Again as I've said, It's top secret, we don't need to supply evidence, as we are the United States” (a clear error) ...coughs “NATO I mean, our word should be good enough!”. LOL
I mean, look, I do understand that the US education system today ranks down among some former Third World countries? Only I really don't understand, why you all feel the need to prove it?
It is clear to us that we have to defend our interests, and to do so consistently, not boorishly or rudely, in both the sphere of the economy and of defence. The pressure will only end when the USA will be “persuaded” that the methods they are using are ineffective, counterproductive, and harmful to all ~ Vladimir Putin, 2014.
It never fails to amaze me the way our partners the US, (as we say in Russia) Stand on the same rake twice.~ Vladimir Putin, 2016.
The United States must “Rise above their endless desire to dominate” ~ Vladimir Putin, 2018.
For the first time in all the history of nuclear weaponry, including the Soviet period, we aren’t playing catch-up with anyone. Other states have yet to create the weapons that Russia already has, ~ Vladimir Putin, 2020.
Talk about NOT taking the hint? LOL.
Suicide is painless...
I can't recall a war waged by Russia that did not begin with a "false flag" raised by Russia.
Interesting bit of trivia - Frank Herbert based the Fremen in Dune on the 19th Century Chechnyan warriors that opposed the Russian Empire for about 30 years.
Mentioned in Tolstoy’s Novel, “the Cossacks.”
These days Chechnya is still a land of Hell, although new buildings and streets were rebuilt. But people live under a Terror of 2 Tirans. One is Putin, another one is Kadyrov. People are still being tortured in prisons, men and women, especially young, simply dissappear forever and everyone knows Kadyrov's people are to blame. They terrorise the whole region, LGBT people are either dead or left the country. Even senior citizens get tortured in special prisons in order to find out where their grandchildren hide from Kadyrov's murderers.. Russia spends billions on Chechnya, but Kadyrov and his army gets 95% of it, other people are the poorest and have no jobs.. The war in Chechnya hasn't ended yet. Hiding in other regions of Russia doesn't help, since Russians hate everyone whose appearance is not Slavic.
If u look middle eastern, you will face an unbelievable hatred in any other city of Russia, you'll hardly get a job, hardly get an apartment for rent, no matter how educated or professional you are..
Người nga diệt chủng các dân tộc khác, nhưng họ lại ngụy biện bằng cách đổ lỗi do phương tây đứng sau.
dude, calm down, I live in Chechnya, I have a house, a job, everything I need for life, no torture, murder, wars, don’t listen to the media 😂

@mamyebal007 wtf does that even mean? what you having a job has to do with anything?? Should people who are victims of a criminal government be ok for being murdered just bc you have a f..king job? Are u stupid?))
Most of this could very well be about the present Ukraine war. They really don't stray from their playbook.
I still cant believe that my parents managed to survive that horrific war...
🥲
Russia is like a spider and each leg has an Achilles' heel waiting for it's arrow.
A video on the Tiananmen square massacre would be nice ! If u haven’t made1 already ! 😛😛
especially after the monument was taken down at the end of 2021 with the most pitiful non existent excuse.
He has, idk which of his channels it was on though
He probably have he is running like 12 channels
This would be a great and noble topic to cover.
We really need a WhistlerWiki so we know what's where.
As always, this dude is the perfect narrator. Excellent work my, friend.
If you want to know more, how savage the fighting in Grozny was, I recommend the 4 part potcast about it by "Lions Led By Donkeys". It's the episodes 159-163.
Where do people find podcasts? I would like to listen to them but I don't know where to go.
spotify
I recommend the "I, caliber 10" memoirs and "Chechen war" by Evgeny Norin. Caliber-10 was a radio name for one of the units, that took one of the most severe casualties during the assault.
I don't know if these are translated though.
Thanks bro, I'll be listening to every episode of that podcast.
Cheers, just found a new podcast I'll probably really enjoy!
Spetsnaz: 300 Hostages; 15 Hostage takers; 315 bodies. Mission accomplished.
L oks like Russia has learnt nothing from it's wars in Afghanistan and Chechnya. Having sent it's raw recruits again as cannon fodder into Ukraine! I was reading about the demographics of the Russian population some time ago and the future doesn't look too bright for them. So many men dead in so many wars, they are facing real depopulation issues. How will they function or build a future without new generations being produced?
Well done Simon and your team. Excellent job of concisely explaining this terrible period of recent history
In some of their videos (i couldnt be bothered to check all of them) they literally copy word for word everything from a website without crediting it. But who cares right?
@@liveforever9888 I had a kidney stone 🪨, it was awful.
@@liveforever9888 I've noticed that too.
Well done this was misleading forget some of the most significant part of the story for example there was a lot of pro Russians helping Russia people that didn’t want independence dAgostini people the on the Russian side
@@liveforever9888 proof?
15:34 an unpopular war to be gains sudden approval after extraordinarily well timed terror attack on home soil....
Sounds very familiar.
I once worked with a guy who served in the Soviet army, then in the Russian army and fought in both of the Chechen conflicts. There was a lot he wouldn't talk about but you could hear the hatred and heartbreak in his voice when he talked about it.
Oh boo hoo.
He was the bad guy.
@Joshua Sweetvale blame the soldier for the actions of the leader?
Are we supposed to feel sorry now? A soldier taking orders to actively take out civilians?
In reality the picture is far from black-white...
@@rogainegaming6924 Neuremberg says you can.
@@JoshSweetvale Chechens were terrorist too
Nothing learned whatsoever. Fuck sake, Russia.
Excellent and unbiased work. This is the first time I've seen a person on TH-cam who has such a good command of information. As a resident of this region thank you for such an honest job
Chechnya, now going by the Chechen Republic, not to be confused with the Czech Republic, now known as Czechnia.
you have 1 N too many, making your whole comment confusing and wrong.
Czechia
wikipedia:
"The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name Czechia and formerly known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe."
The word "Czechnia" was actually already in use by many countries prior
If Czechs fought as well as Chechens... I doubt anyone will confuse the two.
Not a pleasant watch, but kind of neccecery one.
There is hope that with rebuilding efforts taken,there might be an end to the cycle.
An episode on most recent history conflicts would be a good thing. Almost every one is whitewashed, and public support is what makes them possible.
Maybe even an extra long Afghanistan special.
The Chechnya killed half my family in Georgia, in Sukhumi. They played football with my grandpa's decapitated head. They raped, set fire to tires and beheaded almost 10,000 innocent civilians with Apsuai separatists in Abkhazia, then danced Lezgink on corpses. And for inexplicable reasons. We still don't know today why they attacked us and they themselves claim not to know anything, although there are pictures in their apartments of their military service, which they entered voluntarily and they claim today that we are brothers
There are animals, and humans!
What are you talking about?
@@HurairahGT1 whollah?
The unit who carried out those crimes were under shamil basayev and at the time he was part of the Russian gru
Have you ever read "The Things They Carried", it illustrates really well how much war can strip someone of their humanity and turn them into callous monsters. At least it did in my opinion.
Operation Blau, not Barbarossa. This was 1942, not 1941
Also, resistance in the Caucasus was originally fairly weak, but it rapidly stiffened. The Germans didn't even make it to Grozny, although they were able to bring it under artillery fire
Grozny was under nazi control.
The battle of Grozny was a master class in how to bungle and operation. So much incompetence.
From the land that gave us Zhukov, Rokossovsky, Budyonny they had to even out the greatness with Post-Soviet Union idiots.
Wonder what went through the mind of the top brass that thought of sending in armour to take a city with no infantry support.
Well allegedly the defense minister in charge was drunk.
Yeltsin was constantly drunk.
They forgot the lessons of Stalingrad.
I would also give insurgents some credit, they have stashed RPGs around the city and they perfectly utilised guerilla tactics. And what of incompetence, that was a decision made by politics, three generals before Kvashnin refused to participate in assault on Grozny.
Kvashnin died from corona a week ago, or so, so we can't ask him, what was he thinking.
it wasn’t incompetence it was just impossible for them to win. the only country on earth which can win these type of conflicts against guérillas with population support is the US. because it involves not carpet bombing civilians but rather keeping a constant presence on the ground and slowly by slowly removing the guérillas while doing hearts and mind. like what they did in afghanistan before they stupidly decided to leave
@@user-rd5nc1nb9f US has a bad track record of winning guerilla wars.
Simon, thanks for covering these painful topics.
Now we need one on the invasion of Georgia. Also one of the Moscow Theater Crisis. I remember seeing a National Geographic (or something similar) episode on it and being appalled
Russian soldiers still occupy the country and they support the genocide against the Georgians.
@@badluck5647 you mean in the self-proclaimed South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions? Regions occupied by Russia since their 2008 victory in the Russo-Georgian War? These regions are, from my understanding, under civilian control backed up by foreign (Russian) military and government officials.
Further, I don’t know how/where you are able to get your “genocide” claim, considering media is *HEAVILY* restricted in these regions, AND the EUMM is blocked from entering; so for all we on the outside know, everything is unknown.
@@Dank-gb6jn A UN resolution is what called the massacres of Georgians in Abkhazia as "ethnic cleansing".
The breakaway regions are Russia puppets who are completely dependent on Russian economically and live under the threat of Russian soldiers is they don't do what they are told.
@@badluck5647 maybe you should also explain to us again that it's only a "ethnic cleansing" if the "good" people are killed because 20 years prior that war Georgians were so invested into it they required regular peacekeeping force to station there.
@@badluck5647 the UN is just as much an “puppet” as the governments you’re claiming are Russian Puppets. The fact of the matter is: South Ossetia and Abkhazia were breakaways that wanted to be part of the federation. The same occurred in Crimea when Crimeans voted to join Russia during THAT conflict.
Seems like russia is still using the same playbook
This sounds very familiar, isn’t that what the Russians are doing in Ukraine currently?
Rest in peace and may Allah swt bless the souls of Chechen victims of all these wars and deportation. Love and solidarity from your Circassian brothers.
Where's this place
@خالد _ hmm..ok
@خالد _ I hope one day you will be independent, and that fu* shit called russia will collaapse, and free the other opressed people like chechens, komi and many more
@خالد _ No genocide happened. Fake Islamist propaganda.
Stay in Turkey and mind your own business.
hmm, only a min into video and the seems familiar with current events.
only difference is nobody batted an eye when we chechens were getting the shit bombed out of us.
This sounds familiar.
How so?
An good overview. A fully nuanced look at Chechnya would be bigger that 'War and Peace'.
The number of point in this video when I said to myself "well, that sounds familiar"
The opening to this video is, chillingly familiar sounding to the opening of this year.
Long Live Chechen!!
Nothing better then a new video just in time for lunch break 💚
Enjoy the video and your lunch!
Thank you Simon and team! I’ve been wanting to learn more about this specific region and the conflict.
You might find this video useful as well: th-cam.com/video/iDhTEmPQjyo/w-d-xo.html
@@allaboutrussia2022 Thank you!
@@theclandestinewitness In some of their videos (i couldnt be bothered to check all of them) they literally copy word for word everything from a website without crediting it. But who cares right?
At last! Please do more videos about the people in the Caucasus
You might this video useful: th-cam.com/video/iDhTEmPQjyo/w-d-xo.html
Oh thank you very much! The video was very helpful. I've been fascinated with the Caucasus ever since i was a teenager, kabardino-balkaria and Chechnya in particular. I really hope to go and see with my own eyes and walk the land with my own feet one day.
@@tworedtornados have you heard about the circassian genocide
What a superb channel this is!
Muy buen video amigo, you know, I use this to learn English. And get educated. Keep up the good work.
I remember watching the Chechen-based jihadi invasion of Dagestan on BBC World, and thinking "Well, looks like Grozny is about to get destroyed again." I wish I wasn't correct in my assumption.
The more I watch the more evident it is that the russian playbook is exactly the same as it was back then
Do you have the playbook with you?
I remember a former president of Chechnya in 1996 said,"
" after fighting Chechnya, Russia will definitely fight to Ukraine and it will be the end of Russia"
".. Now we see his words coming true.., I hope we will see the collapse of Russia as well.. the sooner the better.. want my people free:(
link or it didn't happen
@@joeroganpodfantasy42 right after u learn Chechen
@@joeroganpodfantasy42 here u go BTW
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@@joeroganpodfantasy42 write on TH-cam "Dzhokhar Dudayev's interview about Ukraine"
Great video! Not sure if you've done one on North and South Ireland but that would be interesting, I'm sure. Thanks for all the content!
Jesus nah, he's not known for impartial commentary. So many better videos on the subject.
Nick Dubois.... He is BRITISH 🇬🇧 ( ENGLISH🏴) it is going to be hard not to show partiality and bias.
@@wajutiem08 he's Sasanach for sure.
Watched an actual footage of Russian soldiers being interviewed after surviving Chechen ambush,where they couldn’t speak and looked all traumatized.I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.
why are people always sympathizing with the russians but not with the chechens? it wasn't the chechens who invaded Moscow and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians it was the russians who did that in chechnya, chechens were only defending their homeland and fighting for freedom and independence!
Nothing compared to the many Chechens were treated by the Russian forces.
Don't get me wrong, chances are that most Russian soldiers were not torturers, rapists and murderers, but such things did occur, and that's what made Chechens such vicious fighters; from their point of view, EVERYTHING they had was attacked, destroyed, desecrated or endangered, and they had nothing to lose.
@@vgnhdhe As a soldier,i always sympathize with fellow soldiers.I don’t care which side we are from.
@@vgnhdhe Because people don't know anything about this war, they think Chechens are Muslims so that means they are another Afghanistan
@@muscuut so you are willing to sympathize with rappists, murderers, torturers, child rappists? man who would rappe a mother in front of her children? this are the people you symphatizing with when it comes to the russians.
You’d think Russia would’ve learn from this type of expansionism… nope
the timing of this videos release was unpredictably astounding
This is probably not that interesting to most people, but the firearm displayed at 14:58 is known as a Borz. They were inexpensive weapons made within the region. As I understand it, the locals were usually quite proud of them. Borz means wolf, and I mention that because, for a time, Chechnya displayed a wolf on their flag. The wolf was an important symbol to them. I may be mistaken about this, but I believe it was replaced on the flag when the Muslim influence in the region grew.
If i'm not wrong they still stick with wolf flag
@@jouichirojordan476 they don't, it's associated with the ichkerian flag which is frowned upon with the current Chechen government.
@Dr retardo Wolfs are basically like an animal Chechens associate themselves with. It’s been like that for 400 years if not longer. Chechens still use Borz “Wolf” everywhere. Khamzat Chimaevs nickname is Borz, Adlan Amagovs nickname was also Borz. Wolfes are basically part of the culture.
Great video for your Channel on this type of subject matter. I hope you touch upon the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s since it had a battles and many atrocities in all sides, including Srebrenica Massacre.
I'm stoned right now, and I am unable to stop focusing on your hand movements 🤣
after u watch this u will have a better understanding then any of the so called russian experts on the news.
well history repeated itself pretty quickly
Damm this sounds like what is happening in Ukraine
The professional MMA community has been taken by storm by some fo these people out of Dagestan and Chechnya. Not much of a surprise when you learn about what these athletes and their parents survive.
It’s cultural thing, traditional, not really shaped by recent events
Yeah, if you're a violent, deranged brute, what better career than this. And if you fail, you can still become a jihadist, just like the Boston marathon bombers, who were chechen.
Hard as nails
@nostraanus violent and deranged? You talking about the people who fought with honor against an empire or western forces detonating civilian weddings?
I didn't realize how much young Putin looked like Stephen Miller.
You should do Philippines hostage situations. Almost all the hostages die every single 'rescue'.
The high contrast glow in your newer videos is a really nice touch. KUDOS to your editor!
You need to now do a piece on the on-going tensions with Ukraine. Are we seeing a repeat? Keep up the great work guys.
Hindsight 20/20
Thank you, these are subjects I never truly understood. You make the concise and easy to digest if not pleasant.
Thank you Simon great presentation.
As a person who grow up during 2 Chechen wars I can say that I hate loud noises. It's scares Shi*t out of me everytime
I love the tone of this video. Takes the material seriously and very high quality . Thank you
9:54 sounds similar
I remember following the story of Chechenia as a child and seeing strength. Understanding the geopolitics better now, it’s hard not to categorize Putin as one of the most influential evil people this planet has ever seen.
Crimea is Ukraine territory, not russian! It's an occupation!
Since when Crimea is Ukrainian lol. Ukrainians never even lived on Crimea. Sevastopol in Crimea is a city of Russian Black seas's fleet.
when did ukraine conquer crimea? please provide me with the battles that ukranians fought for that land
Watching this after Putin has invaded Ukraine and Kadyrov has sent a chechen death squad.
Seems fair against the Ukrainian Neo Nazis .
Chechnya: We will be your Achilles Heel, like Afghanistan before. And Finland and Japan before that.
Ukraine: Hold my beer.
Meanehile in donetsk and luhansk:
Can't wait for the followup, Ukraine: Russia's other Achilles' Heel
The first 40 seconds of this video is oddly familiar.
EXACTLY my thoughts!
The first 40 seconds is like the recent events in Ukraine: The worst fighting since WW2, the russsian soldiers, untrained conscripts advandced in shattered streets, what should have been a quick victory , was a war of attrition for 1.5 year. Major conflict that bled the country.
They're doing the same thing to Ukraine. 🤬
BS. It’s nothing like it.
Damn, history repeating itself
Really good video, I think this is my favorite into the shadows video yet. I'd like to see you cover the Vietnam war in 20 minutes :)
Damn, now I see why Grozny and Kyiv are being compared so much.
ANOTHER SIMON WHISTLER TH-cam CHANNEL?!?!?!? I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!
Tell me why I love Mondays? I get a day alone with my favorite fact boi!
Keep up the good work Simon & crew
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Ramzan Kadyrov has, by his own claims at least, traveled to Ukraine to support the Chechens in the Russian invasion.
I hope every pro-Ukrainian sniper in the country has his picture. They already wasted one of his lieutenants, here's to hoping they get him too.
Ramzan Kadyrov is basicly like general Grievous from Star Wars, but less cool, more edgy and (somehow) more viscious...
5:15 no russification took place.. The departure of ethnic groups around cccp is known strategy that hit Russians as well. Plus Cccp had no russian leader till Gorbachev (last leader of the Soviet union)
Bei claiming this nonsense its obviously that you dont know how the Soviet union is morally and socially built.
8:39 Chechen has taken full independence but turn into a fail state of Isis/mexico like State in the middle of a very boiling reagion which would make any normal country, let alone a nuclear power consern about the safety of its boarders.
9:38 Worth noticing that Chechen had had no real city before being part of Russia, the city Grozny is actually a Russian built and named city.
10:17 The Sieg of Grozny is an unfortunate event, where it safely to say, anybody who take his own ppl as a meat shield and wont let them leave the city is not worse ruling them ( situation applies on Ukraine today )
10:43 Russia never executed any civilians for a simple reason : they dont need or have to... Any civilian died is a big tragedy of any street war action .. On the other hand taking ppl in schools hospitalls theatres as hostages , blowing apartment complexes is undeniable act of terrorism.
13:59 how come you consider Chechnian Jihades or isis like militia attacking a russian City of Dagistan as " an excuse to get to war" . What would you consider a "satisfying reason to enter a war" to take back a territory which had never had a single month of rest and peace under radical groups fighting and killing civilians/ kidnapping/ spreading drugs/ etc ?
Is taking out Moscow enough for you ?
15:53 dont spread a well known Hoax... All the attacks were completely approved and recognized from the Chechnian mujahideen !!!
19:35 i cant but to smile about this part of ur video.. as if the Jihades/ Dudayev/ other radical groups are Lgptq and female oriented ...
Chechen has found peace, prosperity and good future under Kaderov rule and for that reason he is baycoted by the west in a bizzare form and mentality ...
20:20 Chechen is already better than alot of other areas in Russia with finical center , industry complex and rich Farms, why you dont show us that ?
21:12 It's your wish, the war is over.. Chechen is a crusial part of Russia, ppl living in peace and looking forward to the future, excuse them for not having hairy, blue hair, boobs showing feminists on the streets.. dont sue them for that ...
I love your excuses that Russia can blow up schools, hospitals and apartments, but when the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia called it a war crime. Russia hypocrisy
@@chaosXP3RT let us think straight!
What would any army Russia/French/USA benefits from Bombing hospital/ school /etc ?
The opposite site, which is not always morally superior uses those buildings as a fortress ( lots of videos show Ukraine using schools, hospitals, Appartements as fire position, troupes and Armour's gathering points)
Would fighting in cities be a war crime? no!
Would not letting civilians to leave cities considered a war crime ? Probably.
Would hitting cities with phophore in order to empty it from fighters despite civilians being there like in Iraqi Falouja, considered a war crime? Definitely
Lol Chechen being or mexico lol
Wow are you talking about Chechnya or Ukraine?
Holy shit,how did I not know about this, This was happening as I was going in school
If Crimea can join Russia, Chechnya can declare independence too.
yes, they can declare it. Every1 can declare everything. Achieving independence is another story
@@istvansipos9940 well, they have their independence in 96-99. They spend those years making slavemarkets and training suicide bombers. After, they attack Russia. So much for independence.
@Sayfullah borz in 1999. When Basaev and co cross border with Dagestan.
Crimea joined by military might of Russia
Chechnya cannot challenge Russia and Ramzan will never allow it
Not really an Achilles heel, took them a bit to realize what was going on but Russia got its balance and then blatantly face-stomped them in the end. And that was before the Russian military got a complete overhaul. We saw how fast Russia rushed into Kazakstan I can imagine how hard and fast Russia would face-stomp them this time if they do anything else stupid.
Yea genius they did that with a combination of highly trained Russian and chechnyan soldiers, the rest of their military is untrained and on a large scale conflict they have no chance
@@alimc1867 Yes, that is why when Russia snatched Crimea, NATO sat down and shut up. Because Russia had no chance. Get a clue bud!
@@strategicintelligenceanaly9778 You really have no clue, starting a war is no small feat. In a dictatorship, it's easy sending men and women to die, they're just lambs to be slaughtered. In a free society, however, soldiers aren't pawns, they're people with families and friends. NATO isn't going to start a war over a small peninsular that is utterly insignificant to the wider world, but if Putin dares invade Ukraine proper? You'll realize how utterly pathetic Russia is in the face of a proper fighting force.
@@bebos1262 let him be, he'll understand it after the fact
@@bebos1262 The USA got their ass beat by a bunch of poor people on bicycles after spending trillions, 20 years, and thousands of American lives. Imagine how bad they are gonna get beat down by a real military like Russia and China. You are the one that has no clue. The facts speak for themselves. The USA is the joke of the world.
Whoa that was really well done
Do a video about the WW2 Volhynia massacres
May I suggest covering the Balkan wars of the 1990's?
How much time do you have?
Wonderful insight into such a relative subject. Thanks
Greetings from Chechnya and Ingushetia!!!