Hey, I'm glad you're enjoying them. This last one felt a bit more helter-skelter, what with having to slap together so many different stories from such a wide range of topics, but I'm getting into a rhythm with them, so I hope they'll be even more informative as we move along. As always, thanks for your support and kind words!
I'm not sure it's fatalist thinking so much. I'd describe it more as пофигизм (pofigism) which is similar to indifference or societal apathy, a feeling that bad and evil are unavoidable. Typing that all out, it does strike me as a bit fatalistic, but пофигизм is very much a Russian attitude and as they say, when in -Rome- Moscow, do as the -Romans- Muscovites In all seriousness, it's a worsening situation and I'm sure stories like these will be popping up in these videos more in the future
@@russiaincontext Hey matey thanks for taking the time to do your video. I watch too many Russian shopping mall videos where any comment I make is either deleted or bombarded by people telling me tZarbucks is better than Starbucks, vikusno y toska is better than McDonald's. I live in Australia and I can't imagine the scandal that would ensue if 2 of the same aircraft had emergency landings in 6 months, let alone 6 days.
Honestly, I'm glad you're enjoying them. For sure, most of the English-language Russian content I get hit with these days is exactly what you're describing: unabashed simping for the country. And while I do love the country and much of what there is here, pretending that everything is perfect and exactly as it was two years ago is just not the case, nor is it what you find in the Russian-language news circles. I'm working to strike a balance here between presenting the reality (sometimes unpleasant) of modern Russia and highlighting places and things that I think should be promoted (not knock-off restaurants and Chinese-imported cars), though I'll probably get more into the good stuff come spring when the weather is more pleasant. Anyway, glad for you feedback! Take care!
I don't believe that will be the case, at least in the foreseeable future. In all likelihood, it will be used to prosecute those who left (and those who didn't) and who openly criticize the government. However, to answer your question: in theory, yes. As the law says that people who go against the security of the Russian Federation can be tried for the crime; I don't think it would require much convincing a judge here that leaving the country to escape mobilization could be punished with the new law. That said, I doubt it will happen at this stage in the game as most of those who left quietly disappeared abroad and have kept their heads down or have remained largely invisible to the government/powers that be
Not to be pedantic, but it's the FSB these days, not the KGB. And all things considered, they're not so much in charge of the television programming; the people you're thinking of are those working in Ostankino Tower and at ВГТРК (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) [the latter one is responsible for Kremlin-funded-and-owned foreign language channels such as Russia Today and Sputnik]
I just wanted to thank you for making these videos. I appreciate the work you put into doing this! Thanks again
Hey, I'm glad you're enjoying them. This last one felt a bit more helter-skelter, what with having to slap together so many different stories from such a wide range of topics, but I'm getting into a rhythm with them, so I hope they'll be even more informative as we move along. As always, thanks for your support and kind words!
That is fatalist thinking when you can shrug your shoulders at a passenger plane in trouble every 3 or 4 days. Nice video
I'm not sure it's fatalist thinking so much. I'd describe it more as пофигизм (pofigism) which is similar to indifference or societal apathy, a feeling that bad and evil are unavoidable. Typing that all out, it does strike me as a bit fatalistic, but пофигизм is very much a Russian attitude and as they say, when in -Rome- Moscow, do as the -Romans- Muscovites
In all seriousness, it's a worsening situation and I'm sure stories like these will be popping up in these videos more in the future
@@russiaincontext Hey matey thanks for taking the time to do your video. I watch too many Russian shopping mall videos where any comment I make is either deleted or bombarded by people telling me tZarbucks is better than Starbucks, vikusno y toska is better than McDonald's. I live in Australia and I can't imagine the scandal that would ensue if 2 of the same aircraft had emergency landings in 6 months, let alone 6 days.
Honestly, I'm glad you're enjoying them. For sure, most of the English-language Russian content I get hit with these days is exactly what you're describing: unabashed simping for the country. And while I do love the country and much of what there is here, pretending that everything is perfect and exactly as it was two years ago is just not the case, nor is it what you find in the Russian-language news circles. I'm working to strike a balance here between presenting the reality (sometimes unpleasant) of modern Russia and highlighting places and things that I think should be promoted (not knock-off restaurants and Chinese-imported cars), though I'll probably get more into the good stuff come spring when the weather is more pleasant. Anyway, glad for you feedback! Take care!
So in theory anyone who left Russia to avoid the call up could lose any property they owned in Russia.
I don't believe that will be the case, at least in the foreseeable future. In all likelihood, it will be used to prosecute those who left (and those who didn't) and who openly criticize the government. However, to answer your question: in theory, yes. As the law says that people who go against the security of the Russian Federation can be tried for the crime; I don't think it would require much convincing a judge here that leaving the country to escape mobilization could be punished with the new law. That said, I doubt it will happen at this stage in the game as most of those who left quietly disappeared abroad and have kept their heads down or have remained largely invisible to the government/powers that be
fascism is happening :( the first one since ww2.
I'm sure plenty agree with your sentiment
Russia spends billions on propaganda internally and abroad. There’s so much work that needs to be done to right the modern day kgb
Not to be pedantic, but it's the FSB these days, not the KGB. And all things considered, they're not so much in charge of the television programming; the people you're thinking of are those working in Ostankino Tower and at ВГТРК (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) [the latter one is responsible for Kremlin-funded-and-owned foreign language channels such as Russia Today and Sputnik]