As a Baltic Studies expert, thank you SO MUCH for interviewing Gabrielius Landsbergis! I listen to Lithuanian and Latvian analyses and they're always on point and very detailed and realistic. But they get interviewed way too little in international media.
Can you believe that Piers Morgan would invite any bum from the street so long as they have no clue re what they’re talking about in most cases? So sad, because that means larger audiences miss out on this critical information.
@@Philip-Knows lol, spot on. You saw the rest of the comment section? Just a giant weenie suck fest. People commenting about him/giving him Cult of Personality status when they have no idea who he is or who his family actually are. I find it amusing.
Jonathan, I'm amazed that you don't have 500k or more subscribers; you bring us the best voices on a given topic. Few are better than Gabrielius Landsbergis; he's a personal hero and a hero in the pro-Ukrainian space, always laser-focused on the critical issues. Thank you so much!
@@JohnCSmith-lp1qrYou don't appease dictators! Pro-Ukraine is the right side to be on. Putin has been a sick criminal for years. If Ukrainians don't defend their country---they won't have a country. They will lose everything. I can't believe that don't seem to understand that. Russia has illegally invaded and started a brutal war.
yes! U know what: these holiday days/week till jan 6th or so are a perfect time to write/call our elected rep's!!!!!!!!!!!! Ukr needs the a massive help so they can push any strategic plans they may have to make headway , e.g. in the south, which is proably their only potentially advantageous spot at this point. Of course ideally a coalition of the willing would provide a LOT of air power to make it all happen! If we did, there's NOTHING Ru could do about it. nothing! (and they'd never use a Nuke bcuz of it even tho they'd lose a lot of equipment and perhaps men, bcuz they're not suicidal AT ALL, and they're very accustomed to losing a lot of stuff/men, as they have in every single war since their really bad results in all wars since mid 1800's at least. (btw my ideas dn't come from nowhere: i've studied a lot of history and other factors of international politics/affairs, including from really bright minded professionals both in academia at the highest caliber institutions,and org's like the UNDP, e.g.
@@esticolis his granpa was leader of anti soviet movement. he was first head of nation as he won rebelion. after election it he left power to elected officials and never run.
The guy is a legend. I am following his posts and I've been pleasantly surprised by his understanding of the whole situation and the sense of what's right and what's timely even though I know how amazing Lithuanians are. I wish there were more politicians like Gabrielius in the European Union.
Landsbergis was supposed to become the member of European Commission from Lithuania, but our president and parliament blocked it. Things are not as rosy as they seem, unfortunately. We are very likely to be getting less and less of politicians like him in Europe, and more pro-russian, anti-democratic, post-truth populists. Way more.
I've loved Gabrielus Landsbergis since I noticed him in 2022. He done so, incredibly much good in support for Ukraine and I will never forget his deadly bullseye comments.🎯🔥 Gabrielus for president! 😎 This is one of the guests I appreciate you have the most. Thank you SC! 💛💙
Leaving it and getting kicked out is different. Being voted out from government is a normal process in a democratic society, doesn't mean that the majority is right just because they are the majority.
He's 42. Lithuanians often retain slim figure and good hair, that's why they look younger than they are. (They generally are beautiful by traditional European standards, slim and tall with regular features. I've always thought they should have played elves in Lort of the Rings 🙂 ) He's young-ish in politics, but not the youngest generation.
but... 9 of 10 lituanians hate this guy, because of his surname. He has same surname as his grandfather, Vytautas Landsbergis, who led Lithuania out of ussr in early 90s. Many still can't forgive him for this, cause they've lost their wealth and positions in society, they just became poor "westerns". Sad but true. Hope Gabrielius will come back to power in Lituania again one day.
@@karolisbareincorrect. Some people "hate" him, as any polititian. But usually these haters, per official statistics, are poorly educated, of lower income, from rural areas and often pro-russian. In other words, they have no idea what's happening in the world.
Instead, they listened to Scholz’s inner cowardice demon, Merkel’s Russian-cum-filled mouth, Macron’s empty words, and Jake Sullivan who listens to Putin like gospel.
No, he should be condemned for his warmongering. Lithuania is like a little brother who seeks to drag his older brother into a fight. Lithuania has at no point sought a good relationship with Russia.
Thank you Jonathan & Mr Landsbergis, Peremoha is the only mindset we should all strive for, not ceasefires and deceptions. We must be prepared to support Ukraine above all politics, if needed. 🎁🎄💙🇺🇦
@ JF - Are you familiar with the US world traveler, youtuber named Tommy who was arrested vlogging in far east ruzzia several weeks ago? Excellent story, channel name is Sabbatical. Thank you for soo many great episodes! 👍🇺🇦
What is there to understand? Lies, brutality, like of morals, and fear tactics. All of that baseness gilded by luxury. If you know how mafia operates then you know how Kremlin operates.
However through the several YT podcasts by Russiains, both in & outside of Russia. Including interviews of Russians in Russia. And the documented history of Russia. We all can understand a lot about the Russian mind set. And, it's not good.
The eastern Ukrainian are Russian speakers and were told by western Ukraine they could not be them selves. Now they will rejoin Russia and be free from the Neo nazis
Among all the often weak democratic politicians, Mr #Landsbergis was a beacon of decency, clear reasoning and determination - the kind of politicians we miss so much in the West. I hope we will hear from Landsbergis again and again. My hope rests on the great Baltic states.
Thanks so much for this very insightful discussion with Gabrielus Landsbergis. The Baltics and other former Soviet republics understand better than anyone, the danger that Russia poses. These are the countries that value freedom and democracy more than most and from which we have much to learn.
What about the Russian speakers in the Baltic countries...where's their freedom, where's their democracy...try a little bit of critical analysis before you comment.
@@samsungtap4183 Yes, they're oppressed so severely that in Estonia, a Russian is the mayor of their capital, and in Latvia and Lithuania, they're forced to work the tedious jobs of members of Parliament.
@@samsungtap4183 And maybe you should try to learn something about the situation before you make your comment. Russian speakers have had the right to speak their language and even educate their children in Russian. What it’s led to is serious internal divisions and potential security risks. In the case of the Baltics, many Russians have not integrated at all - to the point that they do not know the language of the country they live in. Some are fully brainwashed by Russian propaganda and spread misinformation. In Ukraine, Russians speakers still have no problem living and working in the Russian language. Their very existence, however, led to one of Putin’s main reasons to invade: to protect Russian speakers. He then proceeded to destroy their cities, rape and murder them and kidnap their children.
@@samsungtap4183 Could I ask you to specify how Lithuania restricts any sort of freedom of Russian speakers or any other foreign language speakers for that matter?
I'd also suggest outgoing Lithuanian defence minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas. He's a rare personality, a conservative that is respected by liberals, too. Very active, no-nonsense sort of person. He managed to do more in seven months than a lot of politicians do in their entire careers. I saw him on a small military channel, he could easily have said "I'm busy and this channel only has a couple thousand followers." But no, he went there and explained everything clearly and concisely. He could talk with Jonathan about how to get things actually done 🙂
Yes! I cannot believe Jonathan Fink and Silicon Curtain and Silcon Bytes does not have more subscribers. I strongly recommend subscribing these daily podcasts to anyone who supports democracy.
@@davidl.7317 very good point. You know, come to think of it-- and i've been following him from week one three years ago almost... perhaps YT algo's have actively worked against this channel, or the russiye have tech that mess w the algo's by doing precise things in the comment section,and even much more intrusive with hacking. That really would make sense, given this channel really SHOULD be very attractive to westerners including europeans who realize that a european nation is being bodly self-admittedly gencided every single day by Russia for now almost 3 years!!! The Ru's have been entirely transparent about the genocidal aspect!! Watch Timothy Snyder's 7 min video recently explaining that; it's the best thing ever said about both this war
Wonderful Christmas conversation, thank you so much! Gabrielius is awesome - hopefully, he sticks around in the A league of politics, he is so needed. He needs to continue to fight.
Excellent interview! Very thoughful, insightful guest! Please have more of this type of guests in the future! The Baltic voices must be listened to with regards to this topic.
As a Lithuanian I feel very torn about this acknowledgement. The reason is that this man is last or close to that in the public confidence rankings as of November 2024, which means that Lithuania hates him. Our president Nausėda despises this man and our parliamentary elections campaign was pretty much about who's gonna criticise the party this man led more, that's it. The ones who denegrated this man and his colleagues the most, won big. I personally find him the best politician of the past parliamentary cycle and the party he led, despite me having many disagreement with them, did a brilliant job, all things considered. But thing is, Lithuania, despite our insane democratic and economic progress since the nineties, is full of ressentiment, even among young people, and Landsbergis and people like him, the party he led are the scapegoats. Furthermore, we are highly susceptible to post-truth populism. Democracy is fracturing all over the Western world due to the same reason. Situation in Lithuania is not as bad as in some other democratic (or formerly democratic - like Hungary) Western states, but it's pretty bad, to be frank.
@@k.squared Yes, unfortunately, it's a worldwide phenomenon. Canada is deep into both woke and right wing populist extremism. Seems that a weakening and inconsistent education system, social media as well as a huge increase in propaganda are at the root of a lot of it.
Why do you thank him????because he talk tough against Russia???talk is cheap that's what they do, what's stopping him to send his army in Ukraine???i tell you what,the unholy fear of what Russia will do to them,so they all just talk
@@dimitrisgregan553 Nonsense. He did all he could to influence things in Ukraine's favor. And politicians talk, that's their main job. They can also do something if they manage to convince their supporters of that something thanks to their... talk. Nobody in a democracy can send the army anywhere, if there's no support for that, and, in this case, we are talking not only about national support, but about international agreements. But sure, magical thinking and oversimplification make life much easier, so I fully understand your position.
Merry Christmas, Jonathan. Merry Christmas to you, your loved ones and to all good people. Thank you SO MUCH for everything you do for Ukraine and for the decency of the world.
What I wouldn't do to have a Landsbergis heading my country! The Baltic nations have been warning us for years about what could happen, and now it's happening! I hope we're not handing over our democracy on a plate, but I think we are and we'll be paying for this for decades.
@@indre12 contrary to what you'd like to believe, the cause of the invasion was the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization up to Russia's borders. The Baltic nations were so afraid of being invaded that instead of staying neutral they agreed to be part of the one and only thing that would trigger Russian paranoia. If that's not a bonehead move, I don't know what is.
He is no longer a politician. Internal forces did not allow him to occupy serious positions in the West. Including the president. A big loss for the country.
In these times of incredibly shortsighted and damaging indecision, it gives me some hope and joy to have people with such clarity of vision and a fully functioning moral compass in the corridors of power.
Minute 9: I agree 100%! Thanks for this, umpteenth excellent interview. Happy Christmas Jonathan, - I hope Ukraine receives the best present ever : JUST PEACE, without giving up territory and as soon as peace is won, immediate NATO membership.
Wow, impressive! Thank you, Jonathan and Gabrielius Landsbergis, for this expert conversation. Very much appreciated. I wish, all our European "leaders" would be so clear sighted as Gabrielius Landsbergis. 🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
Trust me, you probably wouldn't. He is hands down the most disliked politician in Lithuania and for some good reasons. Yes, he can repeat some phrases about supporting Ukraine and opposing Russia but his understanding is superficial, basic and only used for his own personal PR stunts i.e. talking but not actually doing much. His political party was pretty much annihilated in the recent Parliamentary election and for some good reasons, too. Most Lithuanians are very happy to see him disappear from the political field of Lithuania.
@@DS.J Thanks for the info. I don't really follow Lithuanian politics and have been basing my opinion solely on his out-spoken support for Ukraine. It's good to be fact-checked by someone with a more well-rounded view.
@@susansprague7304don't listen to him, it's just his opinion. Gabrielius is a well known polititian and of course has some haters. However, these haters are typically right wing, poorly educated, from rural areas and often pro-russian. Well educated Lithuanians typically support Gabrielius.
The continued Bucha testament of continued genocide in all the occupied territories of Ukraine has been playing on my mind. My conscience is unable to accept a passive response..
Ah yes, Lansbergis... one of the most hated families in lithuania by russian supporters, yet increadibly important in our foreign relations and our fight for freedom
Those Lithuanian haters of Landsberigs are oftentimes idiots that are having a hard time telling their left hand from the right. If you ask them WHY they hate Landsbergis, you will never get any explanation. They just know anything Landsbergis is bad.
I'm from Lithuania. Was hoping never to see Landsbergis again. He was most hated/unpopular politician in Lithuania. There was election recently, his party lost, he resigned, hope he'll never come back.
Ukraine has demonstrated so much energy and innovation that its a shame not to be able to turn that towards helping make the EU, UN and the world a better place.
Gabrielius Landsbergis is one of the brightest minds in the European sky. I think world leaders must listen to the opinions of the Baltic countries and Poland, because we speak from a long and sad experience of living with Russia on the sidelines. And this is not Russophobia. This is a logical mind, self-preservation and the desire to live safely in this world and have normal neighbors (Russia, Belarus).
🎄✴ Merry Christmas to all and especially to Jonathan Fink for his constant efforts to keep Ukraine in the news and to conduct the most interesting interviews on #SiliconCurtain. Thank you very much!
Not so sure about Slovakia, their prime minister doesn't have as wide a following as Orbán does. There have been protests ever since he was elected. He's very careful not to confront anyone too much.
@@Randomcliff01 It's true...neither Orban nor Fico nor any populist is liked by the younger generation...the same goes for Duda in Poland, Vucic in Serbia, Lukashenko on Belarus. And it goes further than just younger generation...most of those who support populists like these and many others live in rural areas, and not in larger Urban centres. The vast majority of Babis's support here in Czech Republic came/comes from people in Rural Czech Rep. And there is a very good chance he will get back but only by teaming up with the KSC (the Communist Party) of which without their support he could not win. All Populists (Including Trump) feed on the uneducated, easily misinformed, non critical thinking, racist, fear ridden demographic...people who blame everything but themselves for their plight. It's an age old playbook. Thankfully Poland turned things around recently...I dont know if Hungary can....Orban has rigged the game to the point where it will be very difficult to have a change in regime there. He cant go as far as Lukashenko or Putin...but make no mistake, he has rigged the game. Fico is a fool and not nearly as intelligent as Orban, so maybe there is a chance to oust him, but intelligent Slovaks face the same challenge as intelligent Hungarians....just as we do here in Czech Rep...as Americans do...well as pretty much every nation. Fascism begins where thinking ends.
@@nikolagrmusa3435why are you laughing? You got beat by Finland in WW2. Your 3 day operation did not achieve it’s goals. Do you think your dump untrained soldiers can beat a well trained NATO soldiers with modern equipment? Stop drinking vodka.
Belgian here. We don’t only lack a military deterrent. More importantly: we are lacking a political deterrent. If, say, the American people would start a preemptive Maidan event before Trump’s inauguration, America would establish exactly such deterrent.
If Russia ends up unraveling (quite possible), it doesn't necessarily mean that the nuclear weapons will be distributed among 20 or so different new entities. These weapons are located in only a couple of places, under strict surveillance. Most likely just one or two heirs of Russia will hold on to them. Another scenario is that the Ukrainian army can enter Russia and seize them.
What it is doing now. Grinding Ukraine and NATO. But with extra surge of 25 millions in manpower. Cause this mindset "there is no world without Russia" will kick in.
Lovely to see Garbielius speaking in English to a foreign audience. Thank you for the episode and I hope the listeners found it enjoyable and informative.
Gabrielius Landsbergis is a very talented and articulate Politician. Our Politicians in the UK and the rest of Europe need to take him seriously. Unfortunately we have the likes of Starmer and Lammy so he's got a huge task on his hands..
49:10 A few weeks before Ukraine regained its independence, George W. Bush gave a speech in the Ukrainian parliament and urged Ukrainians not to fight for their independence and to remain part of the USSR. He called the Ukrainians' aspirations "suicidal nationalism" that the United States would never support. His speech is known as the "Chicken Kyiv speech".
Jonathan, yeah i agree that PooTin's confidence is unnerving, BUT keep in mind how the psychopath's mind works, and how the more-eastern mind's pride works, i.e saving face. It's like an actor. This is also seen in men like Soloyov (tv guy) who flipped from being very normal/reasonable to a psychopath within a few years. The artificial nature of some russian personalities is absolutely breath-taking. So i would not be too bothered at this point by PooTin's confidence. It doesn't really mean he's confident in the sense that we think of it.
omg, Soviet Union (ruzzians) actually defined as East Europe (and not only Europe to be honest) has been working for decades, and their influence didn't disappear till now. 'Cmon you guys! You just saw it now? Concrats. Really. But thank you for this talk anyway. It's important for more people to understand and finally do some bold moves against these bastards on all possibile levels.
As a Baltic Studies expert, thank you SO MUCH for interviewing Gabrielius Landsbergis! I listen to Lithuanian and Latvian analyses and they're always on point and very detailed and realistic. But they get interviewed way too little in international media.
Can you believe that Piers Morgan would invite any bum from the street so long as they have no clue re what they’re talking about in most cases? So sad, because that means larger audiences miss out on this critical information.
In the West we still think that those in the East are inferior to us when in reality it is the opposite.
Need to watch interview ...but without watching I can tell one thing that is good that they are not shown in world audience ..
Omg could you simp any harder? 😮😂
@@Philip-Knows lol, spot on. You saw the rest of the comment section? Just a giant weenie suck fest.
People commenting about him/giving him Cult of Personality status when they have no idea who he is or who his family actually are. I find it amusing.
Jonathan, I'm amazed that you don't have 500k or more subscribers; you bring us the best voices on a given topic. Few are better than Gabrielius Landsbergis; he's a personal hero and a hero in the pro-Ukrainian space, always laser-focused on the critical issues. Thank you so much!
One sided .....lees and les pro Ukrainians out there so less and less subscribers
@@JohnCSmith-lp1qr Is germany viewpoint important about ww2?
@dukenukem8381 Agree ... The Nazi regime in Kiev should have no say ...but laundering tax money is important for Lockheed and Raytheon and BIden . 🙄
@@JohnCSmith-lp1qrYou don't appease dictators!
Pro-Ukraine is the right side to be on.
Putin has been a sick criminal for years.
If Ukrainians don't defend their country---they won't have a country.
They will lose everything.
I can't believe that don't seem to understand that.
Russia has illegally invaded and started a brutal war.
@@JohnCSmith-lp1qrclown
Every time I hear Gabrielius Landsbergis speak I find myself wishing more decision makers in the West could hear and understand what he says.
To get ww3 while he hides. As he could be in Ukraine now.
yes! U know what: these holiday days/week till jan 6th or so are a perfect time to write/call our elected rep's!!!!!!!!!!!! Ukr needs the a massive help so they can push any strategic plans they may have to make headway , e.g. in the south, which is proably their only potentially advantageous spot at this point. Of course ideally a coalition of the willing would provide a LOT of air power to make it all happen! If we did, there's NOTHING Ru could do about it. nothing! (and they'd never use a Nuke bcuz of it even tho they'd lose a lot of equipment and perhaps men, bcuz they're not suicidal AT ALL, and they're very accustomed to losing a lot of stuff/men, as they have in every single war since their really bad results in all wars since mid 1800's at least. (btw my ideas dn't come from nowhere: i've studied a lot of history and other factors of international politics/affairs, including from really bright minded professionals both in academia at the highest caliber institutions,and org's like the UNDP, e.g.
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And I wish more of our leaders were saying these same things themselves
As as Lithuanian thank you, music to my ears
I was there in Trakai in 1988 , when the Lithuanian flag was raised! 🇱🇹Everybody’s was crying. Your grandfather led the nation. I’m Ukrainian.
Great guy. I met his grandfather in Iceland back in ‘91 when he was PM of LT.
So he is a hereditary "nomenklaturchik".
@@esticolis no he is not.
@@esticolis clown
@@esticolis his granpa was leader of anti soviet movement. he was first head of nation as he won rebelion. after election it he left power to elected officials and never run.
Not entirely true, he tried to run for president, but lost. But yeah, he's cool.
Even today, Christmas Eve, Mr. Fink is ploughing away ....... marvellous. Thanks be to you
The guy is a legend. I am following his posts and I've been pleasantly surprised by his understanding of the whole situation and the sense of what's right and what's timely even though I know how amazing Lithuanians are. I wish there were more politicians like Gabrielius in the European Union.
his grand father is a legend. look him up. vytautas landsbergis.
That's why he's out of politics 😂😂😂
Try ATPgeopolitics as well great for in depth news ! happy xmas dude !
Agreed!🇺🇦
Landsbergis was supposed to become the member of European Commission from Lithuania, but our president and parliament blocked it. Things are not as rosy as they seem, unfortunately. We are very likely to be getting less and less of politicians like him in Europe, and more pro-russian, anti-democratic, post-truth populists. Way more.
I've loved Gabrielus Landsbergis since I noticed him in 2022.
He done so, incredibly much good in support for Ukraine and I will never forget his deadly bullseye comments.🎯🔥
Gabrielus for president! 😎
This is one of the guests I appreciate you have the most.
Thank you SC! 💛💙
President? He got kicked even from his own party his granfather created
Leaving it and getting kicked out is different. Being voted out from government is a normal process in a democratic society, doesn't mean that the majority is right just because they are the majority.
So refreshing to see the generation of YOUNG politicians...
Imagine if they influenced decision making in any way.
He's 42. Lithuanians often retain slim figure and good hair, that's why they look younger than they are. (They generally are beautiful by traditional European standards, slim and tall with regular features. I've always thought they should have played elves in Lort of the Rings 🙂 ) He's young-ish in politics, but not the youngest generation.
but... 9 of 10 lituanians hate this guy, because of his surname. He has same surname as his grandfather, Vytautas Landsbergis, who led Lithuania out of ussr in early 90s. Many still can't forgive him for this, cause they've lost their wealth and positions in society, they just became poor "westerns". Sad but true. Hope Gabrielius will come back to power in Lituania again one day.
@@karolisbareincorrect. Some people "hate" him, as any polititian. But usually these haters, per official statistics, are poorly educated, of lower income, from rural areas and often pro-russian. In other words, they have no idea what's happening in the world.
@@karolisbare not sure that 9 of 10, but some 2 or 3 of 10 . This mold spreading slowly.
Mr. Landsbergis has been a consistent strong supporter of Ukraine. I'm so glad to see him here.
me too
But not a supporter of Lithuania people. 😂
These are the people the collective West should be listening to.
West cant get over the fact that they are out of their depth when it comes to russia and refuses to listen to actual russia's neighbors.
Instead, they listened to Scholz’s inner cowardice demon, Merkel’s Russian-cum-filled mouth, Macron’s empty words, and Jake Sullivan who listens to Putin like gospel.
No, he should be condemned for his warmongering. Lithuania is like a little brother who seeks to drag his older brother into a fight. Lithuania has at no point sought a good relationship with Russia.
@@disappointedenglishman98 If you did a little studying, you'd find out that they very much did, up till 2014.
@@disappointedenglishman98 oh poor small fake victimhood russia!
Thank you Jonathan & Mr Landsbergis, Peremoha is the only mindset we should all strive for, not ceasefires and deceptions. We must be prepared to support Ukraine above all politics, if needed. 🎁🎄💙🇺🇦
👍👍👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@ JF - Are you familiar with the US world traveler, youtuber named Tommy who was arrested vlogging in far east ruzzia several weeks ago? Excellent story, channel name is Sabbatical. Thank you for soo many great episodes! 👍🇺🇦
Absolutely correct only the Ukrainians n eastern Europeans from that part of the world truly understand Russian mindset
Exactly
What is there to understand? Lies, brutality, like of morals, and fear tactics. All of that baseness gilded by luxury. If you know how mafia operates then you know how Kremlin operates.
However through the several YT podcasts by Russiains, both in & outside of Russia. Including interviews of Russians in Russia. And the documented history of Russia. We all can understand a lot about the Russian mind set. And, it's not good.
The eastern Ukrainian are Russian speakers and were told by western Ukraine they could not be them selves.
Now they will rejoin Russia and be free from the Neo nazis
@@richardwarner3705 3,5 millions russians in Germany . How many came to the "opposition protest in Berlin"? 2000. Thats scary. Very.
Among all the often weak democratic politicians, Mr #Landsbergis was a beacon of decency, clear reasoning and determination - the kind of politicians we miss so much in the West. I hope we will hear from Landsbergis again and again. My hope rests on the great Baltic states.
Thanks so much for this very insightful discussion with Gabrielus Landsbergis. The Baltics and other former Soviet republics understand better than anyone, the danger that Russia poses. These are the countries that value freedom and democracy more than most and from which we have much to learn.
What about the Russian speakers in the Baltic countries...where's their freedom, where's their democracy...try a little bit of critical analysis before you comment.
@@samsungtap4183What are you talking about? 😂 They have all the freedom, just like every other citizen. Did kremlin bot receive a new task?
@@samsungtap4183 Yes, they're oppressed so severely that in Estonia, a Russian is the mayor of their capital, and in Latvia and Lithuania, they're forced to work the tedious jobs of members of Parliament.
@@samsungtap4183 And maybe you should try to learn something about the situation before you make your comment. Russian speakers have had the right to speak their language and even educate their children in Russian. What it’s led to is serious internal divisions and potential security risks. In the case of the Baltics, many Russians have not integrated at all - to the point that they do not know the language of the country they live in. Some are fully brainwashed by Russian propaganda and spread misinformation. In Ukraine, Russians speakers still have no problem living and working in the Russian language. Their very existence, however, led to one of Putin’s main reasons to invade: to protect Russian speakers. He then proceeded to destroy their cities, rape and murder them and kidnap their children.
@@samsungtap4183 Could I ask you to specify how Lithuania restricts any sort of freedom of Russian speakers or any other foreign language speakers for that matter?
Oh wow. This is one of your highest profile guests ever. Thank you both. Who are you getting next Jonathan, Dmitry Kuleba? Kaja Kallas? Boris Johnson?
Dmytro Kuleba is open to interviews, recently did Kyiv Independent.
Kuleba said in the interview that now he’s left ministry, his schedule is his own. Silicon Curtain has a strong chance.
I'd also suggest outgoing Lithuanian defence minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas. He's a rare personality, a conservative that is respected by liberals, too. Very active, no-nonsense sort of person. He managed to do more in seven months than a lot of politicians do in their entire careers. I saw him on a small military channel, he could easily have said "I'm busy and this channel only has a couple thousand followers." But no, he went there and explained everything clearly and concisely. He could talk with Jonathan about how to get things actually done 🙂
Do you want to hear the teaming up of WW3 ? 🤦
Best interviews with some of the most influential people involved in the geopolitics of eastern Europe...bravo Jon...thank you Gabrielius.....
Yes! I cannot believe Jonathan Fink and Silicon Curtain and Silcon Bytes does not have more subscribers.
I strongly recommend subscribing these daily podcasts to anyone who supports democracy.
@@davidl.7317 very good point. You know, come to think of it-- and i've been following him from week one three years ago almost... perhaps YT algo's have actively worked against this channel, or the russiye have tech that mess w the algo's by doing precise things in the comment section,and even much more intrusive with hacking. That really would make sense, given this channel really SHOULD be very attractive to westerners including europeans who realize that a european nation is being bodly self-admittedly gencided every single day by Russia for now almost 3 years!!! The Ru's have been entirely transparent about the genocidal aspect!! Watch Timothy Snyder's 7 min video recently explaining that; it's the best thing ever said about both this war
Absolutely agree with Mr Landsbergis. Huge pleasure and appreciation to listen to both of you Jonathan! Slava Ukraini ! Thank you, Lithuania ! 🇺🇦👏✌️❤️
Wonderful Christmas conversation, thank you so much! Gabrielius is awesome - hopefully, he sticks around in the A league of politics, he is so needed. He needs to continue to fight.
Merry Christmas, great job Landsbergis at the Helsinki Commission as well in this interview ❤
Young and wise politician! Marry Christmas everyone!Glory to brave people of Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Excellent interview! Very thoughful, insightful guest! Please have more of this type of guests in the future! The Baltic voices must be listened to with regards to this topic.
Thank God for Gabrielius and Lithuania
As a Lithuanian I feel very torn about this acknowledgement. The reason is that this man is last or close to that in the public confidence rankings as of November 2024, which means that Lithuania hates him. Our president Nausėda despises this man and our parliamentary elections campaign was pretty much about who's gonna criticise the party this man led more, that's it. The ones who denegrated this man and his colleagues the most, won big.
I personally find him the best politician of the past parliamentary cycle and the party he led, despite me having many disagreement with them, did a brilliant job, all things considered. But thing is, Lithuania, despite our insane democratic and economic progress since the nineties, is full of ressentiment, even among young people, and Landsbergis and people like him, the party he led are the scapegoats. Furthermore, we are highly susceptible to post-truth populism. Democracy is fracturing all over the Western world due to the same reason. Situation in Lithuania is not as bad as in some other democratic (or formerly democratic - like Hungary) Western states, but it's pretty bad, to be frank.
Not to mention dubious attribution. Thank his parents for having ex some 35 years and 9 months ago.
@@k.squared Yes, unfortunately, it's a worldwide phenomenon. Canada is deep into both woke and right wing populist extremism. Seems that a weakening and inconsistent education system, social media as well as a huge increase in propaganda are at the root of a lot of it.
Why do you thank him????because he talk tough against Russia???talk is cheap that's what they do, what's stopping him to send his army in Ukraine???i tell you what,the unholy fear of what Russia will do to them,so they all just talk
@@dimitrisgregan553 Nonsense. He did all he could to influence things in Ukraine's favor. And politicians talk, that's their main job. They can also do something if they manage to convince their supporters of that something thanks to their... talk. Nobody in a democracy can send the army anywhere, if there's no support for that, and, in this case, we are talking not only about national support, but about international agreements. But sure, magical thinking and oversimplification make life much easier, so I fully understand your position.
Merry Christmas, Jonathan. Merry Christmas to you, your loved ones and to all good people. Thank you SO MUCH for everything you do for Ukraine and for the decency of the world.
What I wouldn't do to have a Landsbergis heading my country! The Baltic nations have been warning us for years about what could happen, and now it's happening!
I hope we're not handing over our democracy on a plate, but I think we are and we'll be paying for this for decades.
Bullshit! The Baltic countries have been corrupted by American NATO.
Russia is winning , deal with it
LOL! It's called a self-fullfilling prophecy. These countries themselves created the situation they are so afraid of. It's the classic Oedipus myth.
Losing the war and losing the economy...genius moves...really😂
@@alfredoprime5495care to elaborate? I would love to hear at least few examples of Baltic states causing Russia to invade Ukraine.
@@indre12 contrary to what you'd like to believe, the cause of the invasion was the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization up to Russia's borders. The Baltic nations were so afraid of being invaded that instead of staying neutral they agreed to be part of the one and only thing that would trigger Russian paranoia. If that's not a bonehead move, I don't know what is.
Excellent episode - kudos on landing this one.
Thank you, Jonathan.
Great talk.
❤️🇺🇦.
Voices like this must be heard and understood all over Europe until awareness is widerspread.
Thanks a lot to the both you!
Gabrielius Landsbergis is an amazing figure. One of the best Western World leaders.
I love your pfp!
And back at home people hates him , because of arrogance and now his wifes shady dealings.he’s true mor on
He is no longer a politician. Internal forces did not allow him to occupy serious positions in the West. Including the president. A big loss for the country.
In these times of incredibly shortsighted and damaging indecision, it gives me some hope and joy to have people with such clarity of vision and a fully functioning moral compass in the corridors of power.
Great interview and topic. Happy Holidays Jonathan!
…Landsbergis is brilliant.
Minute 9: I agree 100%! Thanks for this, umpteenth excellent interview. Happy Christmas Jonathan, - I hope Ukraine receives the best present ever : JUST PEACE, without giving up territory and as soon as peace is won, immediate NATO membership.
Jonathan, this interview was fab! Loads of respect for such an epic guest and great questions! Happy Christmas!.
Nations are very good at shrugging off the cries of danger because if they acknowledge them they will have to respond to it.
Wow, impressive! Thank you, Jonathan and Gabrielius Landsbergis, for this expert conversation. Very much appreciated. I wish, all our European "leaders" would be so clear sighted as Gabrielius Landsbergis.
🇺🇦 Перемоги та миру всім українцям! 🇺🇦
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A strong, wise politician. All his "tribe" were and are outstanding influencers throughout a couple of centuries. Five or six generations. Respect !
Thank you, Jonathan, excellent as usual! Gabrielius is a particular hero of mine. I wish we had some like him in Canada.
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Trust me, you probably wouldn't. He is hands down the most disliked politician in Lithuania and for some good reasons. Yes, he can repeat some phrases about supporting Ukraine and opposing Russia but his understanding is superficial, basic and only used for his own personal PR stunts i.e. talking but not actually doing much. His political party was pretty much annihilated in the recent Parliamentary election and for some good reasons, too. Most Lithuanians are very happy to see him disappear from the political field of Lithuania.
@@DS.J Thanks for the info. I don't really follow Lithuanian politics and have been basing my opinion solely on his out-spoken support for Ukraine. It's good to be fact-checked by someone with a more well-rounded view.
I do not trust no ruzzian bots. DS J
@@susansprague7304don't listen to him, it's just his opinion. Gabrielius is a well known polititian and of course has some haters. However, these haters are typically right wing, poorly educated, from rural areas and often pro-russian. Well educated Lithuanians typically support Gabrielius.
Merry Christmas
Thank you for your hard work
Slava Ukraine
Great work JF
Happy holidays
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Great interview
Clear thinking young man. This is one vid I will need to watch a second time as soon as I am done.
🎄 Happy Christmas Jonathan 🎄
Thank you for your interesting and informative videos
Good luck to you in the New Year!
Happy new year - thank you!
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Stop spreading propaganda 😂
Said Julian Assange ✌️
Candace Owens ✌️
The continued Bucha testament of continued genocide in all the occupied territories of Ukraine has been playing on my mind. My conscience is unable to accept a passive response..
Met Gabrielius's dad twice in Finland, great pianist, also being politically quite correct like his son.
that a grand dad most likely.
@mantasgrajauskas6694 Yes Vytautas. He is probably granddad.
@@DaniRaj666Gabrielius's father is also Vytautas :)
Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative interview. Great job. Keep it up.
Heroyam Slava. 💙💛 🇺🇦
Ah yes, Lansbergis... one of the most hated families in lithuania by russian supporters, yet increadibly important in our foreign relations and our fight for freedom
Those Lithuanian haters of Landsberigs are oftentimes idiots that are having a hard time telling their left hand from the right. If you ask them WHY they hate Landsbergis, you will never get any explanation. They just know anything Landsbergis is bad.
Yes... Russian supporters and everyone else who doesnt live in capital
The sooner Joke Sullivan leaves office the better😂😂😂 Slava Ukraine. Aussie Ted
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💪
I'm from Lithuania. Was hoping never to see Landsbergis again. He was most hated/unpopular politician in Lithuania. There was election recently, his party lost, he resigned, hope he'll never come back.
Yes yes, absolute looser and a waist of time !
Baltic wisdom.Great interview! Would LOVE to see you interview Rihards Kols!!!
Ukraine has demonstrated so much energy and innovation that its a shame not to be able to turn that towards helping make the EU, UN and the world a better place.
Thank you, we need more insightful, brave and moral politicians in Western world.
Gabrielius Landsbergis is one of the brightest minds in the European sky. I think world leaders must listen to the opinions of the Baltic countries and Poland, because we speak from a long and sad experience of living with Russia on the sidelines. And this is not Russophobia. This is a logical mind, self-preservation and the desire to live safely in this world and have normal neighbors (Russia, Belarus).
5% is reasonable right now, including for the United States. It can go back down to 3% after this problem is resolved.
Thank you for this excellent exchange. We are asleep, deeply asleep, and we don´t want to wake up to reality.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations. What a great guest.
BEST CONVERSATION BY FAR I'VE SEEN ON THIS CHANNEL WITH THIS GENTLEMAN..... THIS IS THE BEST SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN FOR US ALL
Excellent. Happy holidays.
🎄✴ Merry Christmas to all and especially to Jonathan Fink for his constant efforts to keep Ukraine in the news and to conduct the most interesting interviews on #SiliconCurtain. Thank you very much!
Not to mention The pair of Trojan Horses NATO and Europe have in Hungary and Slovakia
Not so sure about Slovakia, their prime minister doesn't have as wide a following as Orbán does. There have been protests ever since he was elected. He's very careful not to confront anyone too much.
@@martavdz4972he is not liked by the younger generations
How about Germany?
@@guciodestroyer2432 well there is a point to made there...
@@Randomcliff01 It's true...neither Orban nor Fico nor any populist is liked by the younger generation...the same goes for Duda in Poland, Vucic in Serbia, Lukashenko on Belarus. And it goes further than just younger generation...most of those who support populists like these and many others live in rural areas, and not in larger Urban centres. The vast majority of Babis's support here in Czech Republic came/comes from people in Rural Czech Rep. And there is a very good chance he will get back but only by teaming up with the KSC (the Communist Party) of which without their support he could not win. All Populists (Including Trump) feed on the uneducated, easily misinformed, non critical thinking, racist, fear ridden demographic...people who blame everything but themselves for their plight. It's an age old playbook. Thankfully Poland turned things around recently...I dont know if Hungary can....Orban has rigged the game to the point where it will be very difficult to have a change in regime there. He cant go as far as Lukashenko or Putin...but make no mistake, he has rigged the game. Fico is a fool and not nearly as intelligent as Orban, so maybe there is a chance to oust him, but intelligent Slovaks face the same challenge as intelligent Hungarians....just as we do here in Czech Rep...as Americans do...well as pretty much every nation. Fascism begins where thinking ends.
Gabrielius Lansbergis is brave & experienced politician.
Thank you for caring deeply ❤
Gabrielus Landsbergis, a man in a million.
5% is reasonable right now, including for the United States.
It can go back down to 3% after this problem is resolved.
In the 80s Nato practised deploying 700,000 troops to the Inner German border within hours. 8 army corps. 3 x US 3 x German 1 British and I Dutch.
Sadly, I wonder if NATO will confront Putin with WW3 if he rolls into the Baltic States for their ports?
NATO probably won't, but there are a couple of nations who might respond, like Poland or Finland. And their militaries are forces to be reckoned with.
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@@nikolagrmusa3435why are you laughing? You got beat by Finland in WW2. Your 3 day operation did not achieve it’s goals. Do you think your dump untrained soldiers can beat a well trained NATO soldiers with modern equipment? Stop drinking vodka.
what about to create Baltic Alliance..how many countries in touch to this small sea !!!!
Belgian here. We don’t only lack a military deterrent. More importantly: we are lacking a political deterrent.
If, say, the American people would start a preemptive Maidan event before Trump’s inauguration, America would establish exactly such deterrent.
lol
If Russia ends up unraveling (quite possible), it doesn't necessarily mean that the nuclear weapons will be distributed among 20 or so different new entities. These weapons are located in only a couple of places, under strict surveillance. Most likely just one or two heirs of Russia will hold on to them. Another scenario is that the Ukrainian army can enter Russia and seize them.
Said weapons
also require knowledgeable maintenance
@@janetsanders5356knowing corruption of russia, they are already dismantled and sold or ruined because of lack of care
We need more like this guy in Europe's political thinking. Unfortunately is far from that.
Re Ukrainians knowing Russians better than anyone, no sentient Poles would have mistaken Russians for brothers. Now Ukrainians should know.
Merry Christmas, Jonathan, and may the New Year bring you greater accomplishments….
Thank you for your invaluable service…
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NATO goes into Ukraine with air cover or land defence forces what can Russia do?
Nothing. Only more threats and blackmailing.
I hope Europeans are not dumb and self-sabotaging enough to want to find out.
What can Russia do nothing
What it is doing now. Grinding Ukraine and NATO. But with extra surge of 25 millions in manpower. Cause this mindset "there is no world without Russia" will kick in.
I'm sure you are ready to go
Gabrielius Landsbergis is a BOSS and so so are you Jonathan Fink! Happy new year to you and may all your hopes come to pass!
Thanks for another very interesting and thought provoking podcast. Wishing you and yours a very happy Christmas 🎄
Gabrielius is one of the best politician in Eastern Europe 🇱🇹👍
Lovely to see Garbielius speaking in English to a foreign audience. Thank you for the episode and I hope the listeners found it enjoyable and informative.
"Our" values are $/€. That's why Kuwait mattered more than Ukraine.
That is a brilliant interview. Gabrielius has got it right on the button.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis is a very talented and articulate Politician. Our Politicians in the UK and the rest of Europe need to take him seriously. Unfortunately we have the likes of Starmer and Lammy so he's got a huge task on his hands..
A great episode by an informed guest
From:West Yorkshire UK
GABRRIELIUS is 110% spot on...
Super keen. I love that phrase. 💙💙
Merry Xmas! To all my neighbours!
49:10 A few weeks before Ukraine regained its independence, George W. Bush gave a speech in the Ukrainian parliament and urged Ukrainians not to fight for their independence and to remain part of the USSR. He called the Ukrainians' aspirations "suicidal nationalism" that the United States would never support. His speech is known as the "Chicken Kyiv speech".
Another Sullivan. Its in the breed. Genes I mean.
Thanks for the interesting interview. Merry Christmas
The Kremlin bots have gotten wind of this interview 😆
Yes, I follow Baltic news and have noticed that they react with particular intensity to Baltic topics. Which, in itself, is telling.
Says the ukranian bot
@@vladislav8217 nope Vlad wrong again
@@martavdz4972 While at the same time insisting the Baltic states are irrelevant and insignificant to Russia. Oh, the irony ...
Thanks Guys 🙂
Johnathan is certainly the best interviewer I have ever seen regarding foreign policy, he is incredibly analytical.
Top tier guest!👍🏻👍🏻
Wonderful thank you.
Thank you both.
Those people are the hope for the mankind
Happy to have such bright politicians in Lithuania, sadly we are usualy ignored on broader stage.
bright ? . literally least popular politician in lithuania known only for extreme corruption and buying expensive villas in southern countries.
Jonathan, yeah i agree that PooTin's confidence is unnerving, BUT keep in mind how the psychopath's mind works, and how the more-eastern mind's pride works, i.e saving face. It's like an actor. This is also seen in men like Soloyov (tv guy) who flipped from being very normal/reasonable to a psychopath within a few years. The artificial nature of some russian personalities is absolutely breath-taking. So i would not be too bothered at this point by PooTin's confidence. It doesn't really mean he's confident in the sense that we think of it.
Most of russian population is psychopatic, its not correct to state that single person caused all this, every russian is as respomsible as putin.
Great interview!
I have long thought Gabrialis to be a super strong voice for the EU as a whole.
Sir LikALoT kinda.
thanks.
omg, Soviet Union (ruzzians) actually defined as East Europe (and not only Europe to be honest) has been working for decades, and their influence didn't disappear till now. 'Cmon you guys! You just saw it now? Concrats. Really.
But thank you for this talk anyway. It's important for more people to understand and finally do some bold moves against these bastards on all possibile levels.
Some Western countries don't want to be prepared. Who said Germany?
Germany is weaker than Poland in military sense.