TV Rain recently started an English channel, and they have a segment where they show Russian propaganda and comment on it, so I'd seen some of these actually.
Many people in the U.S. America also like traditional values. The country is divided, maybe not to cause Civil War, but people do not agree on many of the extreme "progressive" policies and culture shift.
Actually yes... we know what is being said in Russian media about the EU. What seems rather strange is that the EU is portrayed as if all countries were extremely similar, which they aren't. For example, as far as Russophobua ys concerned, the perception of Russians seems to be very different in my country, Italy, and the Baltics or Poland for obvious historical reasons.
Gender and sex are two separate things. Gender is a social construct. It's what keeps people boxed into specific expectations of society. The idea that men do hard labor that requires muscles and that women belong in the home caring for babies and cooking is an aspect of the this social construct of gender. This is something that Soviets rejected (at least in official discourse) early on. As a result a LOT of people are not conforming to their assigned gender in terms of "traditionalist ideas" and I think that's a great thing. Additionally, kids are not given gender affirming surgery in any country as far as I am aware. They're may be given fully reversible treatments like hormones. Once these drugs are stopped, they stop producing their benefits (the suppression of secondary sexual characteristics). The reason for this is the drugs being given to kids who feel they were assigned the wrong gender at birth is because it's easier to stop the onset of secondary sexual characteristics (the growth of breast, development of body hair, etc.) before it happens (i.e. in childhood). This can help prevent that person from needing to have surgery later in life when they're old enough to decide to do so. This is supportive care and it's massively important for the wellbeing of these kids. Trans-kids who have their birth gender forced on them against their wishes become suicidal, seriously depressed, etc in much higher numbers that other kids. So these measures are to help save lives for kids that would otherwise suffer. No kid who doesn't identify as trans is given any medication let alone surgery. Putin, like many people his age, have outdated ideas. They say they're "traditional" but whose traditions are we talking about? Again, the Soviets experimented with a lot of these things, gender roles, polyamory? Were those not Russian ideas? Sure some of that came from other places and other times but diversity is vital to the growth and continuation of culture. Cultures that stagnate die. Change and growth is inevitable. What we have here is a guy who has gotten old and refuses to accept that changes is inevitable. He's trying to rebuild the best times of his life - i.e. his youth. That's not possible and it's costing the lives of thousands of people and disrupting the lives of millions more in Ukraine and Russia (plus elsewhere). It needs to stop not only because of the slaughter of innocent people but also because it will only bring about the exact opposite of his supposed goals of preserving Russia and Russian culture. He's an old man that needs to retire to somewhere where he can yell and complain about things without causing harm to other people but he's already caused so much.
Disabled people are very much integrated into Canadian society. It’s common to see people with mobility devices, including children. For example, I was paralyzed when I was 18, but I learned to drive, I work full-time, and I travel frequently. I’m very grateful for my circumstance, especially considering millions of disabled persons are treated as second class citizens, and sadly confined to their homes.
As an American who was born disabled, it's almost unreal how accommodating society is. As a child I was in waist-down bodycasts that covered everything but my arms and I had a special wheelchair and seat belt that allowed me to travel. I could go almost anywhere - movie theaters, restaurants, the zoo, the circus, live plays, school, I could even play basketball in the park. We could even go in groups with other disabled/ill children from the hospital on little trips while I was still in before being sent home to heal. As an adult I get accommodated as well. I no longer use a wheelchair when I don't need to stand/walk for long and can call in for early seating in crowded places like theaters & the movies and get seats that don't require many stairs. Even amusement parks accommodate. I can get discounts on handicapped cabins when I want to go in the middle of nowhere for vacation that don't have stairs. I can get scooters for free at a college campus and leave class early to avoid the rush of my class if I choose to walk too. They work close with me if i need to miss for appointments or just cant get around well. When I need surgeries I can have helpers come to my home that will even take me out on trips. Honestly, I feel blessed to live somewhere that I can have a relatively normal life. Its never been normal, normal, but I am not stuck home and treated like a burden on society.
And to disguise an invasionarmy on the borders,as an exercise..Is NOT a twoway conflict, thats internationally illegitime, genocidal warfare, targeting civilians.
Because it became a "conflict" when it was invaded. Ukraine opposed the invasion & are fighting back- therefore it is a two way thing (although to get even further into the definition & word usage, Eg: 1 person can have 2 or more Conflicting views when it comes to certain things/subjects although they are only 1 person). One of the actual definitions of Conflict is -an extended struggle: fight, battle etc. which is 100% accurate/appropriate. That question for some reason reminds me of all the people who incorrectly think & make comments that say something or somewhere cant be "discovered" simply because there are others that know of the thing/place already smh🤦♀️
I'm from London and I've never heard anyone say parent 1 or 2 and I deal with the public every day in my job filling in forms regarding children.. Also Mother and Father are definitely not banned words Lol
@@minime7375 look you can be against ideals and against doing anything about it and to think the whole world with many cultures it will be ones you disagree with but I will say Russia is not perfect I seen many things to improve but it makes it not possible with ending people but yes left especially eu nonsense is off the rails and it's what happens when you accept and accept and soon no line and when that happens everything is ok
@@DacianRider that is if you live in a very limited bubble which you obviously choose to. I know it’s hard but bother to consult EU legislation sometimes before you repeat “putleristic” like a good little ro.puppet.
I am English, living in the UK. I am quite old, almost 80, and I lived through the Cold War, from the time of Churchill and Stalin. When I was in school, BBC radio made a series so you could learn the Russian language. I got as far as lesson 4. 😄 Even after 60 years, I can remember the alphabet and still read Russian text - but I don’t know what most of the words mean. 🤣🤣 I found your channel by accident. You seem very sensible, so I have subscribed. You have access to the Internet, so you have a better view of the world than is provided by Kremlin propaganda. The world is a better place when we communicate with each other. I do not want to talk politics here, except to say that it is the leaders of countries that seem to cause all the problems; I am sure ordinary people can be very friendly together. My best wishes for you. I hope we can get through the current situation and go back to normality soon.
i think with the greater communication in the world there emerges opportunities for bad people to spread propaganda and make it seem more natural than the old days of radio moscow. my parents lived through ww2 but my family in london supported mosley. our family left london soon after the war ended because immigration. oddly i identify equally with communism and national socialism. todays society seems under attack from outside and within. i left england years ago because i couldnt stand the sham politicians and terrible sence of untrust. im sure you remember not locking your door. i dont need to lock mine, i have no locks on my gate or door and happily go holiday for weeks with my house open and dogs running free in the street as they please. great neighbourhood with many friends and parties.
Yes, agree. Psychopaths are in each government. Unfortunately the little people choose them and forgive them for all the legal crime they commit. Majority of people could easily go along happily.
@@06Harmony can you elaborate on Soloviov son living in London. Didn't he want it to nuke London with his gay son? Or it is saber rattle for Russian working classes so they sign up eagerly for being a cannon fodder in the army so some Moscovites can live lavish lifestyles and have a mention in every capital in the western country.
I also believe in strong Family Values. Like supporting your child even if they turn out to be gay or trans. Not filling their heads with religious or hateful indoctrination that will only make them bitter and unlovable later in life. To teach my daughter that she is not just breeding stock that should stay in the kitchen, and to tell my son that it's alright to have emotions too.
My friend Anton is a native Ukrainian. He moved to the US when he was 8. He is now an American citizen. He married a Russian woman 5 years ago. They are wonderful people. This war has really affected them. They have taken in 2 Russian refugees who fled Russia several months ago. They got then out of ICE detention. They all want this to to end so their families can have peace again. I like to think that all Americans love all peaceful people and don't judge people based on what their leader does. History has shown us that the common man has very little power over an authoritarian government.
Well said. I believe that most of us Americans just want peace. If we say we want Russia to collapse, we say this only because we feel that it’s the only way that Putin will stop this destruction. I don’t want Russians to suffer. I want good relations with Russians. I just want Russia to leave Ukraine alone.
Open season on any Russians in Ukraine. The evidence of war crimes along with general Russian apathy toward murder in Ukraine tells me MANY Russians are NOT like me. Not even close. 4 days ago, a torture chamber in Kherson where children were detained and mistreated was found. As long as there is no peace in Ukraine, war is necessary. "Let the bodies hit the floor"
Intelligent people aren't judging others of a certain descent or nationality based on the derangement or idiotic behaviors of their political powers. Morons WILL have predisposed assumptions, they are too stupid to make the distinction since their brains are too small to create informed decisions. Americans don't hate Russians. We hate Putin and his supporters and what they stand for. As a prior career Soldier in the Army, when the wall came down and the Iron Curtain opened up, we were happy with open arms (I was stationed in Germany).
In my job at school (Sweden) we use “caregivers” instead of mother and father. That’s because some children don’t live with their biological parents. Maybe they are not able to take care of their kids, are deceased or something else. Children are absolutely not allowed to change sex. Not even if their parents agree to it. You have to be 18 to change sex and it’s not easy. Big and very thorough investigation that takes years before it’s approved.
Until February there were no ill feelings against Russians in any of our experiences. There was some hesitancy about trusting your country by Finland but the individual people have never shown any hostility toward the individual people of Russia. There have been lots of actions by Russia in the last 300 days that make other countries fearful and angry at the government that allows these cruel things to take place and it is difficult for people around the world to understand why the people of Russia can stand by and allow these things to continue to happen.
Oh dear, so much misinformation! Sweden here. The one about not using the words "mother and father" in official documents might be true, but heavily misrepresented. We use "guardian" or "caregiver" on official documents, because it just makes sense. Not all children are being raised by their biological mother and father. They may be raised by a a same-sex couple or by another relative, like a grandparent. However, on a birth certificate biological mother and father will be identified as such, provided that it is possible to do so. But it's not like it's FORBIDDEN to call someone a mom or a dad. :D
Yeah, caregiver is quite neutral when it comes for addressing parent/adoptee parent/etc, besides it would sound unprofessional to for example have school file referring caregiver as mother/father when one can't really be certain who is taking turn in caring or both. (And, imagine teacher calling someone's mother or father (mother/father) as if teacher is one of their kids... very awkward. It's just sad this is just taken step further and understood wrong in Russia.
@@kriskross63 Happy to see someone on here who also understands what is going on. Reading these comments from these oblivious people makes me think we are doomed!
I live in London and have just stumbled upon your brilliant video channel. Disclosure: I am a former foreign student of the former USSR - I studied there in the 80's on a scholarship and married my Russian sweetheart before I left. We're still married and living together in London with our two grown up (now adult) children. I work in Education, and no, we do not use parent one and parent two to identify parents. In the UK, we DO acknowledge the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and we do protect their rights too. However, we do protect the rights of children too and that DOES take precedent over anything else. Forcing kids to change gender is Child Abuse - and in the UK, Child Protection and safeguarding is at the forefront. Children are not forced to be LGBTQ+ - but they are made aware such a community exists - and to respect them - ergo, if a student in a secondary school claims to be LGBTQ+, they are not allowed to be bullied or ostracised in anyway by the other children - that is a serious offence. There are gay or lesbian parents - they might be referred to as Parent 1 and Parent 2 on certain paper forms in rare circumstances, otherwise they'll be referred as a two mum or two dads family. You cannot turn LGBTQ+ from watching a video or hearing a song, quite right. You either just are or are not. You're born that way. Everybody protects children - even the LGBTQ+ community. Child safeguarding is a very big thing in the UK. There's no Russophobia in the UK, but the Russian regime's politicians, sadly, are giving Russians a bad name with their constant threats to Nuke the UK because we support Ukrainians in the defence of their sovereign territory. Nobody has ever threatened my wife when she's out and about. Unfortunately, I can no longer wear my Russian / Soviet style football tee-shirts openly, just in case some drunken idiot attacks me - otherwise, nobody cares. I did wear my Belarus Tee-shirt with pride last summer - as most UK citizens haven't even heard of Belarus! UK doesn't think "Russians are Evil". Most are intelligent enough to realise Putin is the trouble maker - not the innocent Russian populace who would rather not see their loved ones die in a senseless war, and DO NOT WANT ANY WARS. We know they are being lied to and are denied access to western media and fed only what Putin wants them to hear. I have lots of friends in the UK and other places who are all from the former USSR - nobody is harassing them. I speak Russian fluently with my wife in the street - nobody bats an eyelid. A Russian employee where I work is respected and nobody mentions the war to her - we would consider that to be quite rude! She must be under a lot of stress as it is already. Lastly, thank you for being so brave and producing such a factual video channel. I've subscribed! Please be safe!
In The Netherlands children call their parents mama and papa and on official documents its ' the father( vader) and mother ( moeder). When someone wants to change gender it takes a very long time to do so because first you have a long psychological test which can take two years. Just to make sure it's the right decision. Afterwards you have to try living like a man/ woman, when you are sure you first get hormones to change features. Operating to change your gender is the last step. Children are never forced to be gender neutral, that's a Russian fairytale.Children are very much protected from abuse. No we don't freeze without Russian gas and we don't starve and we don't get nasty diseases becauseof poor hygiene.
Hi, UK person here. I'd like to respond point by point. Apologies in advance, because this is going to be loooooooooong. 😂 1) The "parent 1/parent 2" thing is not true. It's not only "not completely true" that the words "mother" and "father" are banned in official documents - it's a complete lie. My son, born a few years ago, has the words "mother" and "father" on his birth certificate. This lie isn't just something being "taken out of context" - it's a deliberate attempt to encourage Russians to believe that Western culture is degenerate. 2) There are many LGBT people in Europe as there are in Russia and everywhere else, because it's a perfectly normal variant of human sexuality. You see it more in Europe because there is more liberty in Europe for LGBT people to live freely. This idea that children and young people are encouraged to become LGBT in Europe is not only false - it's ridiculous. I'm a bisexual woman who spent a lot of time in LGBT spaces of various kinds when I was young and still visit now, although less often, because I have made a family with a man, so am often read as straight. There is no sense in which adult LGBT people are trying to "recruit" youngsters. It's just not a thing. Even for LGBT people in the West, our sexuality poses challenges and can be quite difficult to come to terms with when we first realise it. So generally speaking, it's not something we would ever try to impose on others (even if that were possible, which it isn't - as you rightly say, you can't "become" LGBT by choice). What we do want to do is make sure there is enough information and support publicly available for younger people who will turn out to be LGBT to find so they know they're not alone. The kinds of initiatives that are directed towards that aim (e.g. books in public libraries encouraging understanding of LGBT lifestyles, publicly funded outreach work to support young LGBT people etc.) are often misread by some conservative-minded people as attempts to make young people gay for the benefit of unscrupulous adults. It couldn't be further from the truth. We just want to help young LGBT people find their place in the world and educate straight young people that it's OK for their fellow citizens to have a different sexuality from them. 3) No-one is forced to undergo gender reassignment. Again, it's just not a thing. In terms of transgender issues, Western society is divided on this. The main reason why some medical professionals support the idea of allowing what is often called "gender affirming care" including medical intervention such as puberty blockers at a young age is that if intervention happens before puberty takes place, the results tend to be much better when that child becomes an adult. For example, a transgender woman given puberty blockers as a young teen will not end up developing the kind of facial features that men do when testosterone does its work on the pubescent male body, so will reach adulthood with a much more feminised facial structure, which will be a much better outcome for her. Of course, while some trans people know from childhood that they're trans and they turn out to be right, it's certainly true that not all children who think they are trans actually carry that identity into adulthood, so it does pose a bit of a dilemma: do you force all children claiming they're trans to wait because they're not old enough to know what is best for them yet, and miss out on the opportunity of being able to prevent the irreversible physical changes of puberty? Or do you intervene early and possibly unnecessarily? There is a lot of debate about this, understandably. However, an important point to note is that puberty-blocking intervention doesn't prevent puberty from taking place - it just delays it. So if the individual changes their mind, they can come off treatment and go through belated puberty, and the timeline continues. So, on balance, it can make a lot of sense to intervene early. However, this is never done without a lot of discussion and counselling first. Because this is such a divisive topic in the West, it's a prime target for Russian propagandists who want to try to divide Western opinion. So I try my best to be as accommodating as possible to people who think differently to me on it. 4) Distrust of immigrants is a prime talking point in most countries, I think. All I'll say is that for countries like Russia which are facing population decline over the medium to long term, immigration from anywhere is a good idea, so it's a stupid thing for the government to be discouraging it. 5) We're not freezing. Energy bills have gone up, but we're fine. I think a lot of Russians forget that winter in Moscow tends to involve very different temperatures and weather patterns from winter in Rome or Madrid, or even London, where I live. 6) It's absolutely true that Russians in Europe who "spoke out their position" of being in favour of the Ukraine war have not been welcome. This isn't some kind of irrational Russophobia though - this is because Ukrainian refugees who had fled from their homes to escape Russia's aggressive invasion of their country were being regularly abused by pro-Z Russians living in the European countries where those refugees had found shelter. We were supposed to be helping them and keeping them safe, only for many of the Russians we had already let in to ruin it. The reality is that the majority of Europeans see what's happening in Russia at the moment as being very similar to how Nazi Germany developed in the 1930s. We see the same shutting down of free press and opinion; the same turning of the populace's minds via xenophobic, militaristic propaganda; a similar attempt at ethnicity-based justification for the land grab in Donbass, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia as with Hitler annexing the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia in 1938; the same prevalence of atrocities such as rape and murder of civilians being perpetrated while the Russian people look away and deny it's happening; the same realization that if the Russian army is not stopped in Ukraine, the war will spread and threaten more of us. We very much appreciate being able to communicate with thoughtful Russians like yourself online, of course. And I hope that this will help all of us when the war finally ends to rebuild a better Europe. But please - make no mistake. This is not a question of equal propaganda on both sides. The Russian government is lying to its people on a much more epic scale than any Western government is spinning reality to theirs. It's noticeable to me that many Russians seem to assume that Western propaganda is just as bad, if not worse, than Russian propaganda. It isn't.
It was very long, but explaining extremely well the current situation in Europe. I would have not written anything better than you did. Greetings from France.
Thank you for your well thought out and constructed reply. I would like to highlight point 6. Many North Americans need education on this point too, as our communities weren't as directly affected by the aftermath of WWII. Consequently, we're less likely to see the parallels between the rise of Nazi Germany and the Russian state's recent turn towards fascism.
I see you support the transitioning of minors and you have swallowed the false propoganda. Puberty blockers are not without side effects and little research has been done to show better outcomes. In fact large numbers of teenage transitioners regret it and to encourage life changing surgery amd drugs is plain irresponsible and amounts to child abuse.
Ann, thanks for a very deep answer. I fully agree. Just few notes: I work part time in assistance to UA refugees. And the Russian language is the communication language - lingua franca. It is hard to distiguish Russians and Russian speaking Ukrainians if they do not want to be recognized. :o)) And to the author of this vlog: The target of our refusal is the Russian government and president. The paralell with Nazi Germany is very accurate. Even worse. As a member of a relatively small nation ( 10 million) with communist past I have realized a new momentum in the last 10 months. The former U.S.S.R. was just a new form a original Russian colonialism. That time it was decorated with few nice senteces about social justice that were never fulfilled, especially in the Soviet Union ( I had to travel there many times). So the present mind-set of Russian government/ Putin ( starting their foreign policy doctrine from 2012/3) is partly from 19th century - renewing the Russian empire within the limits of the former Soviet Block. Nothing else than imperialism. Towards the UA it is a pure nazism. So I hope you will understand ( however I know it is almost impossible) that inside changes in the RF are the only chance how to stop this horrible war ( a war with goals from 19th century combined with messianism). But change of government is not enough to get rid of imperialism and change the mind-set of the Russian nation ( which has been built since 15th century). It doesn't have anything common with a hate. The only way is the disolving of the RF and provide freedom to smaller nations. Let them learn how to run their own country by themselves. This happened to all the colonialistic empires of the past. Now it is turn on the RF and the Russians how to learn the lecture on freedom: "My freedom is limited with freedom of others."
In the US the media blames the current "conflict" and situation on Putin, not the Russian people. We know that the Russian people are just like us and just like the Ukrainian people. We all want to live in peace.
@@candacegibson6163 I know, but since this is a be or not to be for Ukrainians, this are being viewed as cowardism by others. Iranians are bendt under a regime that hangs people for wearing clothes the wrong way. They rose up. This parallel is what the outside world draws, when peoples opinions are being compared.
@@candacegibson6163 But we know that the russian people at the very majority, didnt want this. The more perseptional and nuanced of us western people are able to make this difference aswell.
In the West, on official documents sometimes parents are labeled as numbers, in a sort of list. Many people do not have two parents, so listing either a mother or father as parent 1 just makes things easier. Some people have more than two parents, often due to divorce or remarriage. Mother can be parent 1, father can be parent 2, step-father or step-mother can be parent 3, etc. Even without LGBT considerations, it is a useful system for many situations. With LGBT considerations, it becomes even more useful. It can be a cultural thing, but it is also just a clerical thing.
@@kirkkohnen5050 on some forms, especially online, you can list more than two? If a kid lives with his mom and stepdad, but still has regular visits from his biological dad and stepmom, he basically has four parents at that point. And that is not an uncommon scenario in this day and age.
I am from Australia. I have seen caregiver/parent/legal guardian 1, 2, 3 etc on forms but they also included in the form a line that said “relationship to the child” (eg mother, father, grandparent etc)
Hi Xenia, the stories told in Russia are free interpretations of reality. Yes, we have several family types, everyone is free to be who he or she is, that's your own choice. Migrants come to Europe, they often receive shelter and money, they do not take the jobs of Europeans, they can often only do low-skilled work if they are already allowed to work, they are only allowed to stay if they are recognized. Energy has become very expensive, but we still shower and heat the house. We do look at alternatives such as a heat pump. Everyone accepts this relative minor inconvenience, the war is much worse. All the suffering inflicted on both sides is beyond comprehension and for what purpose? As for Russiophobia, I don't notice it, in the Netherlands Russians can simply stay without recognition, because of the special situation. We all hope that this craziness will stop as soon as possible and that we can begin the recovery and live in peace and love with each other and be happy again. You Xenia, you are a bright spot in the darkness for me, love you.
I can confirm it as a russian living in The Netherland, no russophobia here. Not a single person has sad anything bad to me or my husband, everybody is nice and supportive.
@@kriskross63 No and no. When I meet new people they usually ask me where am I from. I mostly speak english so its very obvious that I'm not dutch. And I also have an accent in my english so it's very natural to ask. And I answer that I'm russian
@@miaelleart761 Of course, they don’t kill you when they learn you are Russian. But I bet, their distance is usually massively growing after they realize you are not Ukrainian.. Just for experimental reasons: Why don‘t you show a Russian flag in the Netherlands in public? Just for experimental reasons… as a prank, if you want. Curious, what would happen then… You might even make a YT video out of it, in the best case to prove how tolerant and welcoming people in the West (here: in NL) towards Russians are..
This is also an excellent way to avoid brainwashing. When there is no knewledge in a brain, nothing can be washed out 😉 In terms of happyness we have an old (kinda poetical) saying in german: blissful are the mentally poor because theirs in the end is heaven ("Selig sind die geistig Armen, denn ihrer ist das Himmelreich!"). Just kidding ;-)
@@clausmayerhofer2780 In England it's 'ignorance is bliss'. However I think we should always see what is going on in the news, whether we like it or not. Many in the U.K can't stand the BBC which has become too leftist in it's ideology (I am one of them) But if you don't watch what they are saying, then you can't protest against it. Also in the west we have a wide range of media and opinion. The problem is that the liberal elites do not listen to the majority. They need to be taken to task to avoid the far right from rising in Europe again: Italy, East Europe, Sweden, Brexit and even in Germany. I think Frau Merkel has a lot to answer for!
Hi Xenia. This is not true in Romania. For us the father and the mothers are on the birth certificate and nobody asked me to change that document. I just did a quick search in google images to see if a new born gets another type of birth certificate(certificat de nastere) now, or if for someone that lost the old one and needs another document the type is different, and the answer is no. It's clear and in 3 languages Romanian, French and English "TATAL pere/father" and "MAMA mere/mother". So it is easy for someone that knows the Latin alphabet to search and find out this in just 1minute.
I’me from Oxford in the U.K. and never have I heard that the government has told us not to use parents 1 or 2 in our conversation about our mother and father.
There is no Russophobia in Europe, as in the psychiatric definition, but there is a strong anti-Russian sentiment that has grown since the military interventions in Georgia, Crimea, Transnistria and has peaked in Central and Eastern Europe for obvious reasons. It's just cause and effect, and trying to deflect blame may work in Russia bunt not in Europe. Russia has done a lot of harm to its neighbours and Russia has proven it is not changing.
@@felixsilvestri9428 Why stick to the subject when we can talk about something else? If you are trying to compare the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo with what is happening in eastern Ukraine, think again.
@@fd2824 just reread my question, please. It was about attitude to other people and hypocrisy. I meant very aggressive US foreign policy with the help of NATO for decades and it's not just about only former Yugoslavia.
@@jrgenjrgensen5987 I am just talking about all this disgusting hypocrisy and double standards. No one cancelled US or any other NATO country for their atrocities around the Globe for years!
For the German passport/ID-Card: Before 2013, there were only male or female choices. Since 2013, the entry can be left open or subsequently deleted for people who “can be assigned neither to male nor to female sex”, and since 2018 “divers” can also be entered. This is not so much about the physical gender of the person. If you are born in a female body, but you feel like a man, you can change the sex in the passport/ID-Card without changing your physical sex.
@@michaelmueller9635 ah and where do we draw the line??? If a Man who feels as a woman can choose to be a women. So i have the freedom to chose to be a Black Man, because i feel more like a black guy than a white?? So if I walk up to a group of black guys and say "Yo niggas waz up" and they beat me up. Do they get the whole shit storm because they don't accept me for what I see myself for?
1) not one place in EU you areasked to use parent 1 and 2. 2) none can be forced to be homosexual, but for sure you can force people to ignore their sexuality and in time become mental patients, or actually ruSSia have that already.
No , at least in Germany nobody is forced to things like that, but if you want you can do what you want and that’s good 🤗. If a teenager feels wrong in their body they have to do a long process with psychological doctors until they can take hormones or surgeries. But it’s always free choice.
in the USA, a ten year old who are allowed by the government, not the parents, are ignorant of what hormones later can do to change their mind, instead they are being psyoped, or encouraged by the school system to doubt their own biology. This is not free choice, but manipulation to the child by the powers that be.
@@yfa6244 it’s manipulation to play the traditional man/women role as well. If you are born in the wrong gender it’s not manipulation you will recognize by your own soul sooner or later.
@@schmidcl77 Well, it’s better to do sex change as an adult, when you’re more mature. I think minors are too young to do such live altering procedures.
@@Pelbisaverynicegtagplayer yes, thats the reason there is no sex change before 18, but they get hormones during teenager time on free behaf after a dozen of talkings with doctors and psychologists.
Congratulations on your very good English and you have German too! I did so badly at school in foreign languages that I am very impressed with people who have a few languages. I would never have time to mention all the topics in your very good speech. I love your radiators They remind me of the radiators in the school classrooms when I was young 70 years ago. We huddled around them for gossip times ect The classrooms were not kept as warm then as they are now. Even though we have cut down on our heating now, not just because of the cost , which is a consideration. but also in case of black outs, none so far, but we have been warned of that possibility, also there is the problem of global warming. Still no radiator todays looks as well as the old ones , it makes me feel warm to see them. First the Russians were at war with in Ukraine against the Natzies ! That caused a smile. then it was facsists , Then it was NATO because how could Ukrainens be doing so well . then it was USA/America .but now it is Satan, and Satanists. So it cannot get much worse than that.. I have got to know more about Russians and Russia since this war got going. Mostly Mr. Putin should not have been asleep when the meeting on tourism was in progress, Russia has amazing tourist potential. My only trip there was to St.Peterburge and that was great. Individual Russians who are on interviews on street and in POW camps are very nice for the most part. But I do get annoyed with so much rergurgited propaganda and vexed with the "i am not political" "Let the higher ups do all that" "no I do not vote" That is all I have time for at present.
In the US there is parent one and two on forms to register child for school for sure. I don't know about other forms but I imagine it's the same on child's birth certificate. This is because some children are raised by two women or two men. In the form they ask each parent "what is your relationship to this child" and that's where you enter mom or dad, sometimes you enter grandma or grandpa if the parents lose custody of the child and grandparents are willing to raise the child. So that's why is parent one and two on the forms because sometimes is mom and mom who raises the child (and the bio dad stays anonymous because he was only anonymous sperm donor) and same with gay men except they of course use egg donor and not sperm donor :) unless they are infertile of course and that donor also stays anonymous and doesn't appear on the child's document even if it's technically bio parent.
Think that must vary state to state. It would have to because I havnt ever seen parent 1 & 2 on anything, most forms I ever see just have Parent/Legal Guardian__. And birth certificates still say Mothers Name Prior to First Marriage__ Fathers Name__ & under Sex: still typed out either Male or Female
@@kristiskinner8542 it’s on a passport application. Parents can be grandparents or aunts or uncles. Families can be complicated, but the love in a good home never is 👍
I'm always amazed that this topic is so universal today. The fact that you are even talking about something like this reveals the opposing conflict of values and views is universal around the globe. My question is, how does such a small fraction of the world population obtain such enormous power and influence? How does that happen? Causing the majority of people on this earth to become outraged at such a ridiculous concept or practice as teaching impressionable children they can choose their sex or letting lunatic doctors do such horrible mutilation to children. Have we (the world) become goddamned monsters?
Be concerned! Those impressionable children are the future. Thankfully, all isn't lost, there are some great folk out there, brave enough for a reality check. So be loving, but your tough truths are the tough love that is life!
It has been cold but nobody freezes. In some countries people has been told to preserve energy and not shower so hot and long. Yes electricity bill is twice but still for mist only a small part of costs. For those who cannot afford it gets help from government.
we call it father and mother, and we have joint parental authority. in the EU, a society is judged by how it treats the weakest in society. 1000 thanks for a nice video
Hi Ksenia, I live in England and I would say that the words Mother and Father are not banned but as these days a family does not necessarily consist of a mother and father. Being gay is and rightly so, not against the law so you may have 2 fathers or 2 mothers are people who have had a sex change as your parents. It is therefore much easier just to say parent 1 and 2. Some children are lucky and have more than 2 parents or people looking after them. I believe it is all ok as long as the child/children are loved and well looked after. Russia and other countries just have different views on the matter.
@@garyhanson3362 nope not everyone but look it's not a big leap from how women are treated in Iran and yes fact is Chechnya already grey there and im not saying promote it but your yes you are delusional to think oh it's only exists or doesn't exist because you say so and sure being grey is as old as time and again I'm not saying promote it but it's exactly what's happening yes by Russia and Chechnya giving more recognition and you do know most of Chechnya are Muslim it's why I say the women being treated badly and Russia is Afghanistan is were Chechnya learned Muslim religion and I think if your grey your grey there is no women who want oh you used to be and again I'm not saying promote it the way to deal with it is dismiss it and don't promote it
Czech here. The only point that has some true in it is you see LGBT couples on the streets. Czech people are quite relaxed when it comes to PDA and LGBT is no big exception to the rule. We can consider this as a traditional value - there is a note from mid 10th century, where a shocked Sephardic merchant described what was happening on the squares of Prague…
A few years ago I met two wonderful Ukrainian sisters who are classical musicians (violin and piano) and were performing in the evening on a major cruise ship. I attended their performances every evening. I eventually introduced myself to them and offered to help them make professional contacts in the US. I gave them my contact information but they never followed up on my offer. I don’t remember their names but I think of them often because I know they’re are suffering. They were young so I hope they can resume their lives in music again one day. World class!
Have you tried to search for them? There are Ukrainian groups, choirs and musicians, even the Kyiv grand ballet, both in Europe and North America for the moment. They can't go home as long as it is a war.
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-10 C and snow last week here in England last week. We had heating. More expensive but I blame our government allowing huge profits.
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You can't change your sexuality by watching gay stuff. You are the way you were born. There are as many LGBT+ people in Russia as in Europe. The difference is that in most European countries they don't have to hide. I notice much more tolerance towards LGBT+ in my children than when I was at school. There is much less hatred and violence against LGBT+. And I think that's good. I am from Germany but was born in Russia. Children are not forced to do anything here. I find it remarkable that the few poor souls who have difficulties with their sexual identity are now being blamed for the decline of Western culture. But it's totally ok to send thousands of young soldiers to their deaths.
I live in Slovakia, we still use mother and father (I only heard parent one and two thing from Russian media), people are not being turned gay on streets but many act as if they were and are very hateful towards them. Gender reassignment is a very long and complex process supervised by specialists and only legal for adults. You have to prove beyond any doubt that you are capable of living as the opposite gender, that includes living as such for quite some time already. We are not at risk of freezing but prices have gone up, some more, some less, mostly lonely pensioners are at risk as the pensions aren't very high. When it comes to Russophobia It's hard to know for sure, there's definitely more visible Ukrainophobia because of refugees even though most just pass through, I'm sure some people dislike Russians for one reason or another, but many also dislike Americans, some people just dislike anyone who's not Slovak, usually if they hold any nationalistic views but that can probably be said about any other country too.
I'm from the UK and 'Parent 1 and Parent 2'???🤔 What??? NO ! 🤣 There might be forms to fill in from the government or something formal, that may ask you to state the full names of your parents or guardians. And on the form it might be printed as 'Parent 1: (Wright Name in box), but its not banned to say mother and father! I have never heard this and what would be the point🤷♂️? So yes it's taken out of context for sure I would say.
I really like your video. You are an open-minded person. I love debunking myths and stereotypes about people and living in other countries. I am definitely interested to explore your channel.
I grew up with my grandmother and grandfather after my parents divorce. Happy days! They were caretakers 1 and 2 but of course I had a mother and father too, looking after me.
@ruthdubh Some people live in foster families, too. My friend moved into her foster family as a pre-teen and saw her mother and father few times a month. So her foster parents were not her mother and father, but they were her legal guardians and primary caregivers. There are many reasons why "mother" and "father" might not act as the parents in a child's life. So that's why asking the name of the mother or the father when you want to know the name(s) of the caregiver(s) might actually be misleading in some cases.
'The first causality of war is the truth'. Go Ukraine! Go the countless unspoken good people of Russia too who like us, only want peace and the best for their families and loved ones. Speak up you Russians, kick the crooks and warmongers that lord it over you out, their time is over. Join the family of Europe, we need you, which is where you belong and together we can make a new system for us all.
I live in England - part of the United Kingdom - The little island group of countries that someone in Russia threatened to destroy with an offshore 4 megaton nuke that would kill us all with a tsunami and leave any survivors to die on a covering of radioactive sand. I actually live in Salisbury; the English city where two Russian agents left a bottle of novichok nerve agent after they'd attempted to murder an ex-spy with it by smearing it on his door handle. Surprisingly the only thing I've got against Russians is that, while our Government here in the UK lies about a number of things; the Russian government lies about almost everything - to their own people as well as to the rest of the world. I've never heard of "parent #1" and "parent #2" being used on any official document, nor have I heard anything about "mother" and "father" being banned: It must be some crazy idea suggested by the loony Left Wingers in the West. We generally ignore them if possible. - They're too far gone for any kind of therapy to help them to make rational suggestions. People can't "become" gay or straight: A person is either gay or straight permanently. Gender reassignment is not easy to get even if the person concerned has gender dysphoria. Nobody is "forced" to transition at any age. We get people coming over on boats from Africa in the UK illegally. We try to make them comfortable while we decide what to do with them. We in the west are desperately trying to stop buying Russian fossil fuels so that we can stop funding Putin's warmongering, It's taking a while to accomplish, but we're getting there. We don't hate Russians: We just disagree with Putin, and we think that it is disgraceful of him to invade a peaceful country and kill civilians. We in the West intend to starve Putin of funds so that he's unable to fund his warmongering and killing of innocent people.
Since February 2022 we have bought,imported and paid for £920 million worth of Russian oil+gas,that's why the lights are still on here (UK). The tankers meet up at sea out in international waters,transfer then an ok ship brings it into a British port. Spain, France,Germany + Italy don't know about others,are using other smart subterfuges too.
I lived in New Zealand and I can tell you that Parent 1 and Parent 2 is a real thing on forms there. Mother and Father have been removed. I worked on a desktop app that funeral directors use to submit data to the government department that handles death registrations. I had to change the form to Parent 1 and Parent 2 in the case of the deceased being a child. Also when my children applied for student financial support, the form had Parent 1 and Parent 2. I don't know if this is the case in the EU or UK.
I have not heard about the term before reported in Russia... People should realize Russia has an interest in lying and demonizing the West. It is so because the kleptocrats need to portray the suffering of the Russian people. Btw also many right-wing parties use the same tactics in the West. Use racism and other forms of demonizing people to get the needed votes from the simpletons. In that way, they do not have to focus on improving the lives of regular people. Lets talk about the border wall instead.
So that's where he got it from. I thought he must have picked it up somewhere. Although you guys aren't exactly European. It makes sense from an administrative perspective.
Oh, and I forgot to mention disability people in United States are integrated in this country. The county, state and federal government hire disability people just like they hire veterans. We have agencies around the country to help families with disabilities children. And that’s not counting the American people who donate millions of dollars to many organizations to help disability children.
On the subject of Russophobia, we don’t care where anybody comes from, but more what are their intrinsic values of decency, honesty, kindness and politeness primarily, but also integrity and probity too. Fundamentally the majority of people worldwide are good but there are bad apples that can sour the taste of the majority.
It will be alright. The regime won't be concerned about Ksenia, fortunately, because she makes her videos for the Western audience in English. I think it would be more dangerous for Ksenia if she was making these type of videos in Russian for the Russians trying to break down the propaganda mentality.
@Olga's British Fells Did you see her vlog where she was taken for questioning because someone "snitched" on her for saying this or that. She must be very careful with her topics and words. I pray for her continued safety. 👵🏻 From New Hampshire (US)
@@patricianorton3908 I think Russia has bigger problems than UTUbe bloggers. I rarely see anything about Russia on the news nor about Ukraine 🇺🇦. America has bigger problems with thousands of people and drugs coming across our borders.
I wish I could use parent 1 and parent 2, but unfortunately there is a first slot for "father" and a second one for "mother" .... I take care of all my child's school documents but I still have to ask my husband to sign the documents first even though he doesn't know what it is about. As for disabled children we take them absolutely everywhere! Poor kids: don't they have the same rights as all other children? And no, changing sex in Italy is a very very long process, possible but not easy at all. I thought that Russians, being European themselves, would know that the various nationalities in the EU are quite different among themselves, too. But maybe I was wrong.
the first part is pretty much covered in the comments so ill focus on the 2nd part the Europe gas situation. it was actually figured out pretty early on. the main worry was if they'd have to conserve gas in order to get electricity. but lets also look at it this way from a Russian perspective. i heard 60% of Russians dont have Gas or Electric heating in their homes. how do they handle winter? pretty well i assume. theres places in Europe just as old as Russia. they probably have just as many water heating systems like most of Russia has to heat their buildings. Russophobia. well.... as far as media in concerned its mostly focused on Russias leaders and the Military. im not sure how much i can get into it but yeah. ill use the US example. back in the 2000s if an American went to Europe they people were rude and disrespectful because they didnt like the war going on in Iraq. a lot of Americans didnt like the war in Iraq either. we didnt scream "Americophobia". it was an unpopular war. whats going on in Ukraine is extremely unpopular with most of the world.
Hi Xenia...i.t is December18. I'm texting you from Whitefish Montana U.S.A. I discovered you about 2 weeks ago and I'm now addicted to your videos. I love them. You have a fun personality and your presentations are great. (And you are also very cute by the way). I am learning more about Russia then I ever knew. You come across as being very honest and objective. And because of your videos and descriptions my impressions of Russia have improved tremendously. Keep the videos coming.......Gene.
Because of one person, Russia is A-OK? Is it that easy for you to ignore war crimes, child torture, rape and murder? I guess we have very different values.
The everyday Russian just going about thier day are not the problem. It is the politians and people in power positions i have issues with. Russian life must have really changed in the last 30 years, so im sure there is a whole generation of young people that are ignorant/ not interested in the past. So i can see how this would be scary for them. Older generation are thinking 'not again' and just want to be left alone. Things were finally looking up.
I am from Slovakia and I lived for some time in the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria and Germany, but I have not heard about it anywhere. But it is clear to me that there are so many problems in Russia that Putin has not managed, so he simply needs to divert attention from the real problems behind which is responsible. Divide and conquer ...that is what Putin do.
This is so sad, nobody I'm aware of hates the Russian people. People are the same the world over. I'm sure the young educated and enlightened people of Russia will ultimately be Russias salvation. Putin and his like should be consigned to the history of the 1940s. Their paranoia makes them frightened and dangerous. You young people, come and join the rest of the world, in creating a more loving and peaceful global culture. Hope, charity and kindness will prevail, Aggression, fear and destruction will fail. Love and courage to you.
I have seen nor practise Russophobia. I had contact with with Russian people before and since. I would stop befriending anybody who thinks Russia was right to invade Ukraine, Chechnia or Georgia, regardless of their nationality.
For Finland, this has been perhaps the most unusual situation when it comes for diplomacy with Russia... or what remained of it. Since Putin ditched Finland on diplomacy, Finland took this as an opportunity to see that remaining neutral would be impossible. Yet again we feel sympathy in a sense to russians who are forced to this one man's whim. Of course due the recent 'attack' on finnish embassy made it obvious that there is a lot of sides in russian populus so being wary of what may come next is something Finland is preparing for.
Oh, and sexualization being other than straight? I personally don't give one rat crap who one prefers as long as it doesn't involve real animals or children. Almost a three quarter of countries have immense lack of adoptee parents, so having non-straight couples would help at raising some of the orphans/adoption children. Of course the non-straight couples go through the same procedure and psychology tests as any other couple to figure out if it is safe to let the child be adopted to family. Then there is these religious 'purges' that are more referred to JW community losing funding in Norway. Extreme religious movements have been a thorn, that has brought outside traumatized, broken and outright devastated individuals that were ostracized from their family, mostly through not the fault of their own (being sexually molested as child, having relationship outside community, not agreeing with something). I believe that religion even to this day can be used to advantage and pushed people to extreme to milk wealth, influence and power from. Look at how church considers Putin closer to God, and say there isn't anything wrong. It is stated in Bible texts quite often that there is only one God, and you face them when your time of mortality ends. Meaning God cannot be anyone who is mortal, dying flesh.
I don't see what's unreasonable about having phobia (=fear) of Russia, considering what it has done to Ukraine and other neighbouring countries. My country also lost 10% of our most fertile land to Soviet/Russia. As a nation, we are only now overcoming our fear of upsetting our abusive neighbour, and finally applied for NATO membership. In the process of making this decision, Russian leaders have continually threatened to "destroy (our) country".
Parent 1 & parent 2? WTF? Never heard of something so asinine...ridiculous...silly...laughable, so it has to be some legalese thing. Probably 'cuz there are same-sex parents in some families & this would simplify things on official documents. But changing "mom & dad" to numbers, no f'ing way.
You are a great self made girl have a record of hard work from twelve years you are living in St. Petersburg, previously you had a room and now a single bedroom apartment. My best wishes for your success.
I can tell you that my husband and I travel extensively and we are US citizens and I can tell you that children are never forced to change their sexes in any of the many countries I have lived in or visited. It is true that in America that we try not to discriminate against adults who chose to have their sexes changed and try to understand the aspects that determine sexual preferences. We do not see it as a mental illness.
it is interesting that a small group of people, say less than 3 percent of the population can wield so much political power-is it possible this is true because of the concentration of these minorities in certain types of professions such as the various types of media, which greatly influence society.
In Germany we have gas and electricity, we have oil, petrol is cheaper now than for 1 year ago. Parents 1 & 2?? By us it’s mum and dad. By the way , the grandfather from our Kanzler was not in the SS, he was a worker in the docks. We don’t have fleas and I think that the war that Putin started in the Ukraine is just as bad as our attack on Russia.
I guess what is true about the anti West propaganda is that yes, people have the FREEDOM to say parent 1 and 2 or change their gender, however the percent of people that exercise that freedom is tiny. Thank you for another wonderful video Ksenia! 🤗
I work in an English primary school. We use the words "mother" and "father"; sometimes if a child is looked after and doesn't live with their parent, we refer to an adult they live with as a guardian, or by their name. Obviously, people here are more acceptant of homosexual people, not like in Russia. However, no way that a gender reassignment is forced upon children. This is pure Russian government propaganda. By the way, living in the UK, I never hide that I am Russian. Never ever, have I experienced any "russophobia". I am against the war, I never voted for putin. My friends see me as a human being not just someone who was born in Russia.
I often wonder if russia is so worried about family values why do so many of your young men die from alcoholism and suicide? russia must be a beacon of hope and light to other countries right? So which country in this world actually sees russia as a guiding light to save their families and societies outside of russia itself? Probably none I would venture.
@@jordanjohnanderson Well since the average russian male lives to the age of 55 it is not dated. They drink themselves to death or commit suicide at extreme rates. russia must a paradise on earth for their men!
Here in Greece mother and father are used as they have always been. But on official forms there's also another option which is "guardian", because there are children that are risen by their grandparents or other relatives, or maybe they are in foster care. I think giving this option on forms makes it easier for all the families where the biological parents aren't able to take care of their children and someone else steps in and does. Being homosexual in Greece is a stigma to many people. Gay people are not very represented in Greece, they can't marry, only have a "contract of co-living", which grants the respective partners some rights like getting information from doctors in the hospital if their partner is very sick or to be considered as one household when it comes to taxes. Family values in Greece are very strong.
Hello, I'm from the EU. As often happens in propaganda, there is a grain of truth, there is a vocal minority that advocates for more "gender neutral" and "inclusive speech" that has been very active in the past years ( of which I haven't hard a lot from since covid and then war came about ) and there are instances where minors in the US have been recommended ( not forced upon ) gender reassignment who later repented. There is an ongoing debate. Migrants from Africa are definitely a thing in Europe and the situation has not being managed particularly well, there are some criminal organizations operating ( on top of those we already have ) and there are those seeking for welfare but we definitely don't subsidise people for going around being criminals, the ones we maintain are the ones in identification centers who are awaiting for response on their asylum status. What mr Putin says is far from the truth and you shouldn't believe propaganda. Take care
I think that most people can see the difference between a Russian person and the Russian state. Should a Russian person defend the Russian state they will in for a tough time. Like your comments!
What a nonsense..parent one,and parent 2 ..is that a joke. ? No…not in Europe…we have a normal father and mother….and a grandmother and also a grandfather….Russian television?. Do you believe them .?
You are right about the "gender choice" issue, in the West...more so in the U.S.A. Sadly there are some States that are allowing some schools, to help students to pick there Gender identity without informing their parents. There is a company that sells dolls (American Girl)...that allow a child to make a Trans or Gender Neutral doll... under the guise of "inclusion"...there is a "Helpline" phone number in their storybook, where children can speak to "Professional" to help them with trying to change their genders Some very mentally unstable individuals are pushing some very sick agendas upon our young people. Why not allow them to become adults...and then let them decide. Someone is trying to do away with the traditional Family Value system in Western countries I think your values are a bit stronger then those in the West God bless you...and keep making your content...it's enjoyable & informational
Meanwhile, Christian cults and far-right militias condone violence in the name of “family values.” When’s the last time an LGBT person shot up a heterosexual-owned business or straight bar?
@@brett8680 last time was last month in Colorado Springs, Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter is nonbinary and goes by “mix” Aldrich. That is over-representation of that 1-3% of the population by an lgbtq shooter since you asked. Christianity is a religion not a cult (side note).
The term "russophobia" is so funny to me because a phobia means an irrational fear of something and when we are talking about Russia there is absolutely fear but it is definitely not irrational considering how many different wars Russia is involved in. Even the most patriotic wars from like "the great patriotic war" shouldn't be something to be proud of as a russian considering the Molotov-Rippentorp pact, which at least to me seems like almost no russians even know existed.
Usually, in my country (Sweden) the word used for parent in official document is "custodian" (Swedish: "Vårdnadshavare"), meaning person who has legal custody of a child.
I believe it’s the same in most all countries. The average citizen has no issues with citizens of other counties, only their governments. The governments make the decisions and the citizens suffer the consequences and this is worldwide. Those that blindly follow and believe the propaganda of their governments are in every country. In turn, there are many who do not believe or trust their government leaders. IMO.
I live in France and I confirm that in the past 15 years or so there has been a disappearance of the words father and mother, specifically in school paperwork, where you provide contact details for the school it says Parent 1 and Parent 2, that is just a fact and the new norm, which I witnessed firsthand, having had to fill such forms between early 2000's until now.
I think this makes sense. The "Parent 1" is probably the person they try to call first if something happens and "Parent 2" is probably the one they try to reach if they can't reach "Parent 1". This way the parents can decide together how they share the responsibilities in the child's life. I would imagine that would make it easier for the teachers too.
Norwegian here, I live in a small town where for many decades now russian women have married with norwegian men so we do have some russian women here and norwegian/russian kids ofcourse, some even pure russian but speak norwegian as if they have done nothing else. We know that there are some russians here that do support Putins view ... but they still are treated with respect, they don't openly go and say their meaning. A another russian woman living here (not married into norwegian family as far as I know atleast) she is keeping alot to herself because she probably have felt that she is russian and because of the things that have happend. That said ... I do not think she supports Putin or the war, she just feel ashame or guilt like its her fault wich ofcourse its not. I work as a librarian, and I offer books to all kinds of people that lives here, including russian books... I do not censor that is not my task to do, I am and its in the law suppose to make sure that people here have access to books and advance culture and nonbiased litterature... I can't censor by law. So I was offering her russian books if she wanted, she was very bothered by that ... I told her that I do not treat anyone different, my job is not to judge, and she have choosen to live here in my town, I will treat her as a fellow people of my town as I treat everyone else who like my town and wants to live here, it does not matter where in the world they come from. So I would not say there is alot of russuphobia but many russians are ashamed and feel guilty .. (in my opinion unessesary, unless they are guilty of attacking Ukraine). Infact alot of russians here in my town do help the ukrainian refugees we have got here, by translations and also settling in. There have been alot of complaining about the electric bills, its funny as we are almost 100% covered with power from hydroplants, and also some windmills... however we do import and is connected to Europe and when prices rise there they rise here... so especially in the south they have got some pretty high electric bills... we up in the north have been lucky so far even that it have risen abit tough but not as much as in the south. But .. we do not freeze ... Apart from this, yeah none are forced to change sex, mother and father are still included in birthpapers and such .. imigrants do get help from the state, they don't get rich tough ... so it does benefits to job instead ... from one Ukrainian refugee she was getting 15K nok after taxes from government, from that she had to pay 13K in rent for her appartment, (lives in a city, its always more expensive) and she had something like 2500 nok to live of that is going to cover various utility bills like internet and electric, also cover food so yes that is not alot ... its infact not enough at all. Disabled people are taken care of, some even work normal jobs .. I have a cousin who is heavy autistic and he works at some special places tough but he gets taken care of too ... wich is good. But truth to be told, Putin is not good for the russian people, he alienate you from the rest of the world... even if the war in Ukraine ended right now the sanctions would not stop, I highly doubt that Europe would go back to be dependent on Russia on oil and gas again... and its the same with other stuff so for things to normalize again will take aloooong time I think, and that is even if like Russia pulls out completly from Ukraine I think ... ofcourse normalization between Europe and Russia coudl be one of the negotiationpoints for a free Ukraine... who knows. But my view is that we can't let Putin win ... sorry, we can't have a world where the strongest powers are dictating smaller powers like that by invading and using guns to expand their terretories ... its not right.
I live in Poland but am an American. You asked about parent 1 and parent 2. I can't answer for Germany but I haven't noticed this in documents for example, for my residency card. I am pretty sure it said mother and father on the form. The whole issue with kids changing genders is enough to make a lot of people get ulcers and want to prosecute doctors for child abuse when people hurt children (or operate on them for such things) who aren't even old enough to drive or drink or fight in a war. There are always the extreme and weird things going on in both Europe and the USA, but it is not at all the average or normal family or mindset. I suppose the biggest thing is that in Europe or the USA people have the freedom to be this strange from my view of right/wrong. I wasn't really aware that Russians actually have that great of family values - and I say that after watching a lot of videos of MOS (man on the street) type interviews of Russians about certain topics. Maybe my viewpoint is distorted by seeing these interviews. It isn't by western media, per say. I do know that the Polish people absolutely do NOT trust Russia as a country. Individually - it might be a different matter, but you'd have to ask Russians. People aren't afraid they are going to be terrorists or blow themselves up as on a bus, but they may not trust them. Is that Russophobia?
The UK doesn't use this'1 & 2' ! . I don't know how this rubbish is made up by Russian propaganda. The only connclusion I can come to is that sadly, Putin apparently is completely out of touch with reality. A 'special operation '? No it's a war. Where are the Nazis? They are Russians! Hitler was actually doing what Russia is doing in Ukraine now! He's taken leave of his senses if he thinks the rest of the world is going to stand by as he relentlessly behaves like a ' new Hitler ' ; bombing utilities, homes, people, hospitals, against all agreements Russia signed over the years, he has completely turned the country into a pariah state. I'm sad that the lovely Russian people are powerless against his tyranny. Even the military cannot stomach the atrocities they are ordered to do.
I'm Czech and I also don't trust Russia a single bit. Yes, Russians as selected individuals can be nice, but as a nation and country, it's not a matter of political view but it's a matter of survival. Just look at how many wars they started in the last century. And what they bring, utter corruption of society and never ending mess
As you know there are a lot of Ukrainians living in Poland now. The reason is quite obvious. Accepting Russians in the country may not be smart in the light of millions of Ukrainians trying to make Poland their home. I think that in this context Poland might be considered as Rusophobic. Moreover, at official level. In everyday life Russians may feel comfortable I guess. It is considered impolite to assess somebody based on his/her nationality.
@@KTPawlowicz I'm impolite. I've witnessed war crimes, theft, and even torture of children by Russians. So my impression of Russians is not favorable. They are knowingly and willingly cooperating with an evil dictator like Hitler or Stalin. Russians have caused so much grief in their corner of the world. Until I see a turn around, I'm definitely anti-Russian.
@@TheBandit7613 I would be lying if I say I can’t understand it. I’m happy there are very few Russians in Poland so I don’t need to test my politness towards them. What I know for sure is that many of them don’t know what is happenning. They use the term „they” like this is a separate nation. They are (Russians who emigrated) convinced it has nothing to do with them. This is „they”. The reality is different: if you don’t care who and how rules the country, this is what happens. You, as a citizen, are obliged to engage in politics. Otherwise bad things happen.
Oké, on the topic of people with children with disabilities. We have them, just like you. We love them as our children, just like you (I hope). We, as people/a person are all different and have a different personality. We try to include all of them in our lives/families. Their ability to walk up stairs, hold a spoon or may not as mentally be developed as some of us make them any less valuable and valued. Yes, it might take a little more effort to include them into our lives. But the benefit we gain by having the opportunity to look at the world and ourselves through they're eyes. It enriched our hearts, minds and souls. Parent 1 and Parent2. Does it matter who is 1 or 2? Is the mother more important than the father? It just means that there are two parents and they are both equal. They have the same rights and the same responsibilities. We did not ban the fact of who was the mother and who was the father. These things are pretty clear to us. Probably the text starts with: mother "name here" further referred as parent 1 and father "name here" further referred as parent 2. In this way standard legal documents can more easily be used. About "gay" people: There are as many "gay" people these day's known as the LGBT(The lesbian gay bisexual transgender). Eh, they are just here. In human society. There are just as many in Europe as everywhere else. They are just everywhere! From ladyboys in Asia to Drag-Queens in the USA. For the most part they don't usually go all Freddy Mercury though. They just try to live life as we do. Just with the handicap that 80% of the world is trying to tell them they are monsters. Some of them are. They are like modern feminist. Mostly they are extraordinarily balanced and friendly people. (And they throw the best party's ever). We do NOT encourage our children to become gay. We love them and try to raise them in a "normal" way. But hey, if he/she turns out to have some other preference. We don't push it (normally). They are still our children and we love them the same. About changing sexes: it does not happen a lot. There are really really a small percentage of people that feel that they where born in a different sex body. But when they do, the fact that we in the western society recognize them and take them seriously we can also give them the opportunity to live their lives as they want. It's not easy. You have to go through rigorous trails and exams with psychiatrist before you can enter this procedure. M About migrants: All refugees coming In from outside Europe. If they do not have good reason to leave they're country(kill you or put you in prison) you go back. In terms of our dependence on russian power/gas. ... Haven't taken less showers. Thermostat still at 20°c even when we just had a week of -3 average. Books? We can read any book we want. We can criticize all of our government parties. We can talk bad about them all day long if we want. It is one of our rights. It is safeguarded in our constitution. This is one of the reasons I love my country and will always fight for it. Love from 🇳🇱
And no. We do not see russian people as our enemy. U are our neighbors. But we do not understand why you attach us and try to steal our land. Is this how friends work in Russia? I'm sad...
Thoreau, Gandhi and Martin Luther King knew that peaceful civil disobedience is the most effective way to facilitate change. Do you know that the fsb is responsible for the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings? The only reason Navalny came back after the fsb poisoned him is his family was threatened. All the best regards to you 🙏 Slava Ukrayini 🇺🇦👍 peremoha/y!
You have to ask yourself where freedom of the press is and where can people express their opinions freely. This is the case in Europe. Surely not in Russia.
Did you know all those points I talked about?
TV Rain recently started an English channel, and they have a segment where they show Russian propaganda and comment on it, so I'd seen some of these actually.
Many people in the U.S. America also like traditional values. The country is divided, maybe not to cause Civil War, but people do not agree on many of the extreme "progressive" policies and culture shift.
Actually yes... we know what is being said in Russian media about the EU. What seems rather strange is that the EU is portrayed as if all countries were extremely similar, which they aren't. For example, as far as Russophobua ys concerned, the perception of Russians seems to be very different in my country, Italy, and the Baltics or Poland for obvious historical reasons.
Gender and sex are two separate things. Gender is a social construct. It's what keeps people boxed into specific expectations of society. The idea that men do hard labor that requires muscles and that women belong in the home caring for babies and cooking is an aspect of the this social construct of gender. This is something that Soviets rejected (at least in official discourse) early on. As a result a LOT of people are not conforming to their assigned gender in terms of "traditionalist ideas" and I think that's a great thing. Additionally, kids are not given gender affirming surgery in any country as far as I am aware. They're may be given fully reversible treatments like hormones. Once these drugs are stopped, they stop producing their benefits (the suppression of secondary sexual characteristics).
The reason for this is the drugs being given to kids who feel they were assigned the wrong gender at birth is because it's easier to stop the onset of secondary sexual characteristics (the growth of breast, development of body hair, etc.) before it happens (i.e. in childhood). This can help prevent that person from needing to have surgery later in life when they're old enough to decide to do so. This is supportive care and it's massively important for the wellbeing of these kids. Trans-kids who have their birth gender forced on them against their wishes become suicidal, seriously depressed, etc in much higher numbers that other kids. So these measures are to help save lives for kids that would otherwise suffer. No kid who doesn't identify as trans is given any medication let alone surgery.
Putin, like many people his age, have outdated ideas. They say they're "traditional" but whose traditions are we talking about? Again, the Soviets experimented with a lot of these things, gender roles, polyamory? Were those not Russian ideas? Sure some of that came from other places and other times but diversity is vital to the growth and continuation of culture. Cultures that stagnate die. Change and growth is inevitable. What we have here is a guy who has gotten old and refuses to accept that changes is inevitable. He's trying to rebuild the best times of his life - i.e. his youth. That's not possible and it's costing the lives of thousands of people and disrupting the lives of millions more in Ukraine and Russia (plus elsewhere). It needs to stop not only because of the slaughter of innocent people but also because it will only bring about the exact opposite of his supposed goals of preserving Russia and Russian culture. He's an old man that needs to retire to somewhere where he can yell and complain about things without causing harm to other people but he's already caused so much.
@@davidday2373 I agree so much. I feel we have lost sooo many traditional values. 😢
Disabled people are very much integrated into Canadian society. It’s common to see people with mobility devices, including children. For example, I was paralyzed when I was 18, but I learned to drive, I work full-time, and I travel frequently. I’m very grateful for my circumstance, especially considering millions of disabled persons are treated as second class citizens, and sadly confined to their homes.
Sure thing buddy maybe you should look into assisted suicide pods offered to people with back aches
@@JohnGalt539 ???
@@JohnGalt539 no one is forced and i've seen docs about it....
Especially in Russia. Shameful.
Very much integrated in Europe too.
As an American who was born disabled, it's almost unreal how accommodating society is. As a child I was in waist-down bodycasts that covered everything but my arms and I had a special wheelchair and seat belt that allowed me to travel. I could go almost anywhere - movie theaters, restaurants, the zoo, the circus, live plays, school, I could even play basketball in the park. We could even go in groups with other disabled/ill children from the hospital on little trips while I was still in before being sent home to heal. As an adult I get accommodated as well. I no longer use a wheelchair when I don't need to stand/walk for long and can call in for early seating in crowded places like theaters & the movies and get seats that don't require many stairs. Even amusement parks accommodate. I can get discounts on handicapped cabins when I want to go in the middle of nowhere for vacation that don't have stairs. I can get scooters for free at a college campus and leave class early to avoid the rush of my class if I choose to walk too. They work close with me if i need to miss for appointments or just cant get around well. When I need surgeries I can have helpers come to my home that will even take me out on trips.
Honestly, I feel blessed to live somewhere that I can have a relatively normal life. Its never been normal, normal, but I am not stuck home and treated like a burden on society.
Why do people keep on referring to the invasion of a country as a ‘conflict’? This seems to imply that this is a ‘two way’ thing..
Agree. It's a war started by Russia.
Exactly.
And to disguise an invasionarmy on the borders,as an exercise..Is NOT a twoway conflict, thats internationally illegitime, genocidal warfare, targeting civilians.
It is a two way thing. Russia is fighting Ukraine. That's a conflict. A war. What's so hard to understand?
Because it became a "conflict" when it was invaded. Ukraine opposed the invasion & are fighting back- therefore it is a two way thing (although to get even further into the definition & word usage, Eg: 1 person can have 2 or more Conflicting views when it comes to certain things/subjects although they are only 1 person). One of the actual definitions of Conflict is -an extended struggle: fight, battle etc. which is 100% accurate/appropriate. That question for some reason reminds me of all the people who incorrectly think & make comments that say something or somewhere cant be "discovered" simply because there are others that know of the thing/place already smh🤦♀️
I'm from London and I've never heard anyone say parent 1 or 2 and I deal with the public every day in my job filling in forms regarding children.. Also Mother and Father are definitely not banned words Lol
She referred to the EU Council. You left a couple of years ago so it doesn’t apply to you🙂
This is the ideology being pushed in the wet though, it's certainly heading this way.
@@minime7375 it's not true in Europe either. just Putleristic exageration and bs. propaganda.
@@minime7375 look you can be against ideals and against doing anything about it and to think the whole world with many cultures it will be ones you disagree with but I will say Russia is not perfect I seen many things to improve but it makes it not possible with ending people but yes left especially eu nonsense is off the rails and it's what happens when you accept and accept and soon no line and when that happens everything is ok
@@DacianRider that is if you live in a very limited bubble which you obviously choose to. I know it’s hard but bother to consult EU legislation sometimes before you repeat “putleristic” like a good little ro.puppet.
I am English, living in the UK.
I am quite old, almost 80, and I lived through the Cold War, from the time of Churchill and Stalin.
When I was in school, BBC radio made a series so you could learn the Russian language.
I got as far as lesson 4. 😄
Even after 60 years, I can remember the alphabet and still read Russian text - but I don’t know what most of the words mean. 🤣🤣
I found your channel by accident. You seem very sensible, so I have subscribed.
You have access to the Internet, so you have a better view of the world than is provided by Kremlin propaganda.
The world is a better place when we communicate with each other.
I do not want to talk politics here, except to say that it is the leaders of countries that seem to cause all the problems; I am sure ordinary people can be very friendly together.
My best wishes for you. I hope we can get through the current situation and go back to normality soon.
I completely agree with you, Harry! All the best!
i think with the greater communication in the world there emerges opportunities for bad people to spread propaganda and make it seem more natural than the old days of radio moscow. my parents lived through ww2 but my family in london supported mosley. our family left london soon after the war ended because immigration.
oddly i identify equally with communism and national socialism. todays society seems under attack from outside and within. i left england years ago because i couldnt stand the sham politicians and terrible sence of untrust. im sure you remember not locking your door. i dont need to lock mine, i have no locks on my gate or door and happily go holiday for weeks with my house open and dogs running free in the street as they please. great neighbourhood with many friends and parties.
Yes, agree. Psychopaths are in each government. Unfortunately the little people choose them and forgive them for all the legal crime they commit.
Majority of people could easily go along happily.
@@06Harmony can you elaborate on Soloviov son living in London. Didn't he want it to nuke London with his gay son? Or it is saber rattle for Russian working classes so they sign up eagerly for being a cannon fodder in the army so some Moscovites can live lavish lifestyles and have a mention in every capital in the western country.
I also believe in strong Family Values. Like supporting your child even if they turn out to be gay or trans. Not filling their heads with religious or hateful indoctrination that will only make them bitter and unlovable later in life. To teach my daughter that she is not just breeding stock that should stay in the kitchen, and to tell my son that it's alright to have emotions too.
I think every child should receive support, *especially* children who are likely to face extra difficulties.
❤ yes! 🙌🏻
You are a proper parent. I salute you.
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Good one!
My friend Anton is a native Ukrainian. He moved to the US when he was 8. He is now an American citizen. He married a Russian woman 5 years ago. They are wonderful people. This war has really affected them. They have taken in 2 Russian refugees who fled Russia several months ago. They got then out of ICE detention. They all want this to to end so their families can have peace again. I like to think that all Americans love all peaceful people and don't judge people based on what their leader does. History has shown us that the common man has very little power over an authoritarian government.
Well said. I believe that most of us Americans just want peace. If we say we want Russia to collapse, we say this only because we feel that it’s the only way that Putin will stop this destruction. I don’t want Russians to suffer. I want good relations with Russians. I just want Russia to leave Ukraine alone.
Thank you for sharing! Hosting refugees is a very good deed!
Most comments under my videos confirm what you say about peaceful Russians.
Open season on any Russians in Ukraine. The evidence of war crimes along with general Russian apathy toward murder in Ukraine tells me MANY Russians are NOT like me. Not even close.
4 days ago, a torture chamber in Kherson where children were detained and mistreated was found.
As long as there is no peace in Ukraine, war is necessary.
"Let the bodies hit the floor"
Russians should destabilise russia instead of U.S.
Intelligent people aren't judging others of a certain descent or nationality based on the derangement or idiotic behaviors of their political powers. Morons WILL have predisposed assumptions, they are too stupid to make the distinction since their brains are too small to create informed decisions. Americans don't hate Russians. We hate Putin and his supporters and what they stand for. As a prior career Soldier in the Army, when the wall came down and the Iron Curtain opened up, we were happy with open arms (I was stationed in Germany).
In my job at school (Sweden) we use “caregivers” instead of mother and father. That’s because some children don’t live with their biological parents. Maybe they are not able to take care of their kids, are deceased or something else.
Children are absolutely not allowed to change sex. Not even if their parents agree to it. You have to be 18 to change sex and it’s not easy. Big and very thorough investigation that takes years before it’s approved.
Until February there were no ill feelings against Russians in any of our experiences. There was some hesitancy about trusting your country by Finland but the individual people have never shown any hostility toward the individual people of Russia. There have been lots of actions by Russia in the last 300 days that make other countries fearful and angry at the government that allows these cruel things to take place and it is difficult for people around the world to understand why the people of Russia can stand by and allow these things to continue to happen.
Oh dear, so much misinformation!
Sweden here. The one about not using the words "mother and father" in official documents might be true, but heavily misrepresented. We use "guardian" or "caregiver" on official documents, because it just makes sense. Not all children are being raised by their biological mother and father. They may be raised by a a same-sex couple or by another relative, like a grandparent. However, on a birth certificate biological mother and father will be identified as such, provided that it is possible to do so.
But it's not like it's FORBIDDEN to call someone a mom or a dad. :D
Yeah, caregiver is quite neutral when it comes for addressing parent/adoptee parent/etc, besides it would sound unprofessional to for example have school file referring caregiver as mother/father when one can't really be certain who is taking turn in caring or both. (And, imagine teacher calling someone's mother or father (mother/father) as if teacher is one of their kids... very awkward. It's just sad this is just taken step further and understood wrong in Russia.
NOT YET forbidden. But the path is clear.
Not forbidden yet!
@@kriskross63 Happy to see someone on here who also understands what is going on. Reading these comments from these oblivious people makes me think we are doomed!
@@jenaya_laila2442 if you think we cant call parents "mom and dad"... Why????
I live in London and have just stumbled upon your brilliant video channel. Disclosure: I am a former foreign student of the former USSR - I studied there in the 80's on a scholarship and married my Russian sweetheart before I left. We're still married and living together in London with our two grown up (now adult) children.
I work in Education, and no, we do not use parent one and parent two to identify parents.
In the UK, we DO acknowledge the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and we do protect their rights too.
However, we do protect the rights of children too and that DOES take precedent over anything else.
Forcing kids to change gender is Child Abuse - and in the UK, Child Protection and safeguarding is at the forefront.
Children are not forced to be LGBTQ+ - but they are made aware such a community exists - and to respect them - ergo, if a student in a secondary school claims to be LGBTQ+, they are not allowed to be bullied or ostracised in anyway by the other children - that is a serious offence.
There are gay or lesbian parents - they might be referred to as Parent 1 and Parent 2 on certain paper forms in rare circumstances, otherwise they'll be referred as a two mum or two dads family.
You cannot turn LGBTQ+ from watching a video or hearing a song, quite right. You either just are or are not. You're born that way. Everybody protects children - even the LGBTQ+ community.
Child safeguarding is a very big thing in the UK.
There's no Russophobia in the UK, but the Russian regime's politicians, sadly, are giving Russians a bad name with their constant threats to Nuke the UK because we support Ukrainians in the defence of their sovereign territory.
Nobody has ever threatened my wife when she's out and about. Unfortunately, I can no longer wear my Russian / Soviet style football tee-shirts openly, just in case some drunken idiot attacks me - otherwise, nobody cares.
I did wear my Belarus Tee-shirt with pride last summer - as most UK citizens haven't even heard of Belarus!
UK doesn't think "Russians are Evil". Most are intelligent enough to realise Putin is the trouble maker - not the innocent Russian populace who would rather not see their loved ones die in a senseless war, and DO NOT WANT ANY WARS.
We know they are being lied to and are denied access to western media and fed only what Putin wants them to hear.
I have lots of friends in the UK and other places who are all from the former USSR - nobody is harassing them.
I speak Russian fluently with my wife in the street - nobody bats an eyelid.
A Russian employee where I work is respected and nobody mentions the war to her - we would consider that to be quite rude!
She must be under a lot of stress as it is already.
Lastly, thank you for being so brave and producing such a factual video channel. I've subscribed!
Please be safe!
Thank you for the lovely video. Greetings from Bulgaria :)
There is no russophobia in my country, but there is a big disapprovel of Putin's politics.
In The Netherlands children call their parents mama and papa and on official documents its ' the father( vader) and mother ( moeder).
When someone wants to change gender it takes a very long time to do so because first you have a long psychological test which can take two years. Just to make sure it's the right decision. Afterwards you have to try living like a man/ woman, when you are sure you first get hormones to change features. Operating to change your gender is the last step.
Children are never forced to be gender neutral, that's a Russian fairytale.Children are very much protected from abuse.
No we don't freeze without Russian gas and we don't starve and we don't get nasty diseases becauseof poor hygiene.
Hi, UK person here. I'd like to respond point by point. Apologies in advance, because this is going to be loooooooooong. 😂
1) The "parent 1/parent 2" thing is not true. It's not only "not completely true" that the words "mother" and "father" are banned in official documents - it's a complete lie. My son, born a few years ago, has the words "mother" and "father" on his birth certificate. This lie isn't just something being "taken out of context" - it's a deliberate attempt to encourage Russians to believe that Western culture is degenerate.
2) There are many LGBT people in Europe as there are in Russia and everywhere else, because it's a perfectly normal variant of human sexuality. You see it more in Europe because there is more liberty in Europe for LGBT people to live freely. This idea that children and young people are encouraged to become LGBT in Europe is not only false - it's ridiculous. I'm a bisexual woman who spent a lot of time in LGBT spaces of various kinds when I was young and still visit now, although less often, because I have made a family with a man, so am often read as straight. There is no sense in which adult LGBT people are trying to "recruit" youngsters. It's just not a thing.
Even for LGBT people in the West, our sexuality poses challenges and can be quite difficult to come to terms with when we first realise it. So generally speaking, it's not something we would ever try to impose on others (even if that were possible, which it isn't - as you rightly say, you can't "become" LGBT by choice). What we do want to do is make sure there is enough information and support publicly available for younger people who will turn out to be LGBT to find so they know they're not alone.
The kinds of initiatives that are directed towards that aim (e.g. books in public libraries encouraging understanding of LGBT lifestyles, publicly funded outreach work to support young LGBT people etc.) are often misread by some conservative-minded people as attempts to make young people gay for the benefit of unscrupulous adults. It couldn't be further from the truth. We just want to help young LGBT people find their place in the world and educate straight young people that it's OK for their fellow citizens to have a different sexuality from them.
3) No-one is forced to undergo gender reassignment. Again, it's just not a thing. In terms of transgender issues, Western society is divided on this. The main reason why some medical professionals support the idea of allowing what is often called "gender affirming care" including medical intervention such as puberty blockers at a young age is that if intervention happens before puberty takes place, the results tend to be much better when that child becomes an adult. For example, a transgender woman given puberty blockers as a young teen will not end up developing the kind of facial features that men do when testosterone does its work on the pubescent male body, so will reach adulthood with a much more feminised facial structure, which will be a much better outcome for her.
Of course, while some trans people know from childhood that they're trans and they turn out to be right, it's certainly true that not all children who think they are trans actually carry that identity into adulthood, so it does pose a bit of a dilemma: do you force all children claiming they're trans to wait because they're not old enough to know what is best for them yet, and miss out on the opportunity of being able to prevent the irreversible physical changes of puberty? Or do you intervene early and possibly unnecessarily? There is a lot of debate about this, understandably. However, an important point to note is that puberty-blocking intervention doesn't prevent puberty from taking place - it just delays it. So if the individual changes their mind, they can come off treatment and go through belated puberty, and the timeline continues. So, on balance, it can make a lot of sense to intervene early. However, this is never done without a lot of discussion and counselling first.
Because this is such a divisive topic in the West, it's a prime target for Russian propagandists who want to try to divide Western opinion. So I try my best to be as accommodating as possible to people who think differently to me on it.
4) Distrust of immigrants is a prime talking point in most countries, I think. All I'll say is that for countries like Russia which are facing population decline over the medium to long term, immigration from anywhere is a good idea, so it's a stupid thing for the government to be discouraging it.
5) We're not freezing. Energy bills have gone up, but we're fine. I think a lot of Russians forget that winter in Moscow tends to involve very different temperatures and weather patterns from winter in Rome or Madrid, or even London, where I live.
6) It's absolutely true that Russians in Europe who "spoke out their position" of being in favour of the Ukraine war have not been welcome. This isn't some kind of irrational Russophobia though - this is because Ukrainian refugees who had fled from their homes to escape Russia's aggressive invasion of their country were being regularly abused by pro-Z Russians living in the European countries where those refugees had found shelter. We were supposed to be helping them and keeping them safe, only for many of the Russians we had already let in to ruin it.
The reality is that the majority of Europeans see what's happening in Russia at the moment as being very similar to how Nazi Germany developed in the 1930s. We see the same shutting down of free press and opinion; the same turning of the populace's minds via xenophobic, militaristic propaganda; a similar attempt at ethnicity-based justification for the land grab in Donbass, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia as with Hitler annexing the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia in 1938; the same prevalence of atrocities such as rape and murder of civilians being perpetrated while the Russian people look away and deny it's happening; the same realization that if the Russian army is not stopped in Ukraine, the war will spread and threaten more of us. We very much appreciate being able to communicate with thoughtful Russians like yourself online, of course. And I hope that this will help all of us when the war finally ends to rebuild a better Europe.
But please - make no mistake. This is not a question of equal propaganda on both sides. The Russian government is lying to its people on a much more epic scale than any Western government is spinning reality to theirs. It's noticeable to me that many Russians seem to assume that Western propaganda is just as bad, if not worse, than Russian propaganda. It isn't.
It was very long, but explaining extremely well the current situation in Europe. I would have not written anything better than you did. Greetings from France.
Thank you for your well thought out and constructed reply. I would like to highlight point 6. Many North Americans need education on this point too, as our communities weren't as directly affected by the aftermath of WWII. Consequently, we're less likely to see the parallels between the rise of Nazi Germany and the Russian state's recent turn towards fascism.
I see you support the transitioning of minors and you have swallowed the false propoganda. Puberty blockers are not without side effects and little research has been done to show better outcomes. In fact large numbers of teenage transitioners regret it and to encourage life changing surgery amd drugs is plain irresponsible and amounts to child abuse.
Ann, thanks for a very deep answer. I fully agree. Just few notes: I work part time in assistance to UA refugees. And the Russian language is the communication language - lingua franca. It is hard to distiguish Russians and Russian speaking Ukrainians if they do not want to be recognized. :o)) And to the author of this vlog: The target of our refusal is the Russian government and president. The paralell with Nazi Germany is very accurate. Even worse. As a member of a relatively small nation ( 10 million) with communist past I have realized a new momentum in the last 10 months. The former U.S.S.R. was just a new form a original Russian colonialism. That time it was decorated with few nice senteces about social justice that were never fulfilled, especially in the Soviet Union ( I had to travel there many times). So the present mind-set of Russian government/ Putin ( starting their foreign policy doctrine from 2012/3) is partly from 19th century - renewing the Russian empire within the limits of the former Soviet Block. Nothing else than imperialism. Towards the UA it is a pure nazism. So I hope you will understand ( however I know it is almost impossible) that inside changes in the RF are the only chance how to stop this horrible war ( a war with goals from 19th century combined with messianism). But change of government is not enough to get rid of imperialism and change the mind-set of the Russian nation ( which has been built since 15th century). It doesn't have anything common with a hate. The only way is the disolving of the RF and provide freedom to smaller nations. Let them learn how to run their own country by themselves. This happened to all the colonialistic empires of the past. Now it is turn on the RF and the Russians how to learn the lecture on freedom: "My freedom is limited with freedom of others."
Your big contribution in this discussion is much appreciated. I share your well balanced opinion.
In the US the media blames the current "conflict" and situation on Putin, not the Russian people. We know that the Russian people are just like us and just like the Ukrainian people. We all want to live in peace.
It's nice to know that! Thank you!
They actually call it The Ukraine war. Much more precise!
@@Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor I'm aware of that. Unfortunately it's not safe for Russians to publicly say that.
@@candacegibson6163 I know, but since this is a be or not to be for Ukrainians, this are being viewed as cowardism by others.
Iranians are bendt under a regime that hangs people for wearing clothes the wrong way. They rose up.
This parallel is what the outside world draws, when peoples opinions are being compared.
@@candacegibson6163 But we know that the russian people at the very majority, didnt want this.
The more perseptional and nuanced of us western people are able to make this difference aswell.
In the West, on official documents sometimes parents are labeled as numbers, in a sort of list. Many people do not have two parents, so listing either a mother or father as parent 1 just makes things easier. Some people have more than two parents, often due to divorce or remarriage. Mother can be parent 1, father can be parent 2, step-father or step-mother can be parent 3, etc. Even without LGBT considerations, it is a useful system for many situations. With LGBT considerations, it becomes even more useful. It can be a cultural thing, but it is also just a clerical thing.
So, the next question is why limit it to only 2 parents?
@@kirkkohnen5050 on some forms, especially online, you can list more than two? If a kid lives with his mom and stepdad, but still has regular visits from his biological dad and stepmom, he basically has four parents at that point. And that is not an uncommon scenario in this day and age.
@@kirkkohnen5050 , who says there’s a limit of two? Many Mormon (a Christian sect) families in Utah have more than two parents.
@@mitchrodee I was thinking that, but I didn't want to come out and say it.
@@mitchrodee Most (if not all) countries limit the number of people who can act as custodian of a child to two.
I am from Australia. I have seen caregiver/parent/legal guardian 1, 2, 3 etc on forms but they also included in the form a line that said “relationship to the child” (eg mother, father, grandparent etc)
Hi Xenia, the stories told in Russia are free interpretations of reality. Yes, we have several family types, everyone is free to be who he or she is, that's your own choice. Migrants come to Europe, they often receive shelter and money, they do not take the jobs of Europeans, they can often only do low-skilled work if they are already allowed to work, they are only allowed to stay if they are recognized. Energy has become very expensive, but we still shower and heat the house. We do look at alternatives such as a heat pump. Everyone accepts this relative minor inconvenience, the war is much worse. All the suffering inflicted on both sides is beyond comprehension and for what purpose? As for Russiophobia, I don't notice it, in the Netherlands Russians can simply stay without recognition, because of the special situation. We all hope that this craziness will stop as soon as possible and that we can begin the recovery and live in peace and love with each other and be happy again. You Xenia, you are a bright spot in the darkness for me, love you.
I can confirm it as a russian living in The Netherland, no russophobia here. Not a single person has sad anything bad to me or my husband, everybody is nice and supportive.
@@miaelleart761 You are welcome, I hope you have a nice time in the Netherlands.
@@miaelleart761 hard to believe. Do you show a russian flag in public? Or do Netherland people just think you are Ukrainian?
@@kriskross63 No and no. When I meet new people they usually ask me where am I from. I mostly speak english so its very obvious that I'm not dutch. And I also have an accent in my english so it's very natural to ask. And I answer that I'm russian
@@miaelleart761 Of course, they don’t kill you when they learn you are Russian. But I bet, their distance is usually massively growing after they realize you are not Ukrainian.. Just for experimental reasons: Why don‘t you show a Russian flag in the Netherlands in public? Just for experimental reasons… as a prank, if you want. Curious, what would happen then… You might even make a YT video out of it, in the best case to prove how tolerant and welcoming people in the West (here: in NL) towards Russians are..
Ever since I have stopped watching the news and have been told how I should think I have been a much happier person.
This is also an excellent way to avoid brainwashing. When there is no knewledge in a brain, nothing can be washed out 😉 In terms of happyness we have an old (kinda poetical) saying in german: blissful are the mentally poor because theirs in the end is heaven ("Selig sind die geistig Armen, denn ihrer ist das Himmelreich!"). Just kidding ;-)
@@clausmayerhofer2780 In England it's 'ignorance is bliss'. However I think we should always see what is going on in the news, whether we like it or not. Many in the U.K can't stand the BBC which has become too leftist in it's ideology (I am one of them) But if you don't watch what they are saying, then you can't protest against it. Also in the west we have a wide range of media and opinion. The problem is that the liberal elites do not listen to the majority. They need to be taken to task to avoid the far right from rising in Europe again: Italy, East Europe, Sweden, Brexit and even in Germany. I think Frau Merkel has a lot to answer for!
Hi Xenia. This is not true in Romania. For us the father and the mothers are on the birth certificate and nobody asked me to change that document.
I just did a quick search in google images to see if a new born gets another type of birth certificate(certificat de nastere) now, or if for someone that lost the old one and needs another document the type is different, and the answer is no.
It's clear and in 3 languages Romanian, French and English "TATAL pere/father" and "MAMA mere/mother". So it is easy for someone that knows the Latin alphabet to search and find out this in just 1minute.
I’me from Oxford in the U.K. and never have I heard that the government has told us not to use parents 1 or 2 in our conversation about our mother and father.
Not sure NHS is not impacted by this
It is coming your way!
@@jenaya_laila2442 Stop spreading lies
@@karinjohansson7262 paranoia is pretty rampant in the internet!!!!!
There is no Russophobia in Europe, as in the psychiatric definition, but there is a strong anti-Russian sentiment that has grown since the military interventions in Georgia, Crimea, Transnistria and has peaked in Central and Eastern Europe for obvious reasons. It's just cause and effect, and trying to deflect blame may work in Russia bunt not in Europe. Russia has done a lot of harm to its neighbours and Russia has proven it is not changing.
Is there any anti-USA sentiment or the same sentiment concerning to another country member of NATO in Europe?
@@felixsilvestri9428 Why stick to the subject when we can talk about something else? If you are trying to compare the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo with what is happening in eastern Ukraine, think again.
@@fd2824 just reread my question, please. It was about attitude to other people and hypocrisy. I meant very aggressive US foreign policy with the help of NATO for decades and it's not just about only former Yugoslavia.
I hated all military invations of US and Nato the last 20 years. But how can you compare those to Russias invation?
@@jrgenjrgensen5987 I am just talking about all this disgusting hypocrisy and double standards. No one cancelled US or any other NATO country for their atrocities around the Globe for years!
Thank you for asking us questions and keeping the communication line open. Have a good New Year celebration.
For the German passport/ID-Card: Before 2013, there were only male or female choices. Since 2013, the entry can be left open or subsequently deleted for people who “can be assigned neither to male nor to female sex”, and since 2018 “divers” can also be entered.
This is not so much about the physical gender of the person. If you are born in a female body, but you feel like a man, you can change the sex in the passport/ID-Card without changing your physical sex.
We have a similar in Sweden. Man Woman Other Don't want to answer.
this is normal?
@@bobibobi896 Having the freedom to choose, is normal. Yes.
@@michaelmueller9635 ah and where do we draw the line??? If a Man who feels as a woman can choose to be a women. So i have the freedom to chose to be a Black Man, because i feel more like a black guy than a white?? So if I walk up to a group of black guys and say "Yo niggas waz up" and they beat me up. Do they get the whole shit storm because they don't accept me for what I see myself for?
@@bobibobi896 No
1) not one place in EU you areasked to use parent 1 and 2.
2) none can be forced to be homosexual, but for sure you can force people to ignore their sexuality and in time become mental patients, or actually ruSSia have that already.
France has not used mother and father on birth certificates since 2019
@@jordanjohnanderson they dont use parent 1 and 2!
As from Sweden/Spain no problem with heating. My only concern are the suffering of Ukraine people who are invaded by Russia
No , at least in Germany nobody is forced to things like that, but if you want you can do what you want and that’s good 🤗.
If a teenager feels wrong in their body they have to do a long process with psychological doctors until they can take hormones or surgeries. But it’s always free choice.
in the USA, a ten year old who are allowed by the government, not the parents, are ignorant of what hormones later can do to change their mind, instead they are being psyoped, or encouraged by the school system to doubt their own biology. This is not free choice, but manipulation to the child by the powers that be.
@@yfa6244 it’s manipulation to play the traditional man/women role as well. If you are born in the wrong gender it’s not manipulation you will recognize by your own soul sooner or later.
I feel so bad with this
@@schmidcl77 Well, it’s better to do sex change as an adult, when you’re more mature. I think minors are too young to do such live altering procedures.
@@Pelbisaverynicegtagplayer yes, thats the reason there is no sex change before 18, but they get hormones during teenager time on free behaf after a dozen of talkings with doctors and psychologists.
Congratulations on your very good English and you have German too! I did so badly at school in foreign languages that I am very impressed with people who have a few languages. I would never have time to mention all the topics in your very good speech. I love your radiators They remind me of the radiators in the school classrooms when I was young 70 years ago. We huddled around them for gossip times ect The classrooms were not kept as warm then as they are now. Even though we have cut down on our heating now, not just because of the cost , which is a consideration. but also in case of black outs, none so far, but we have been warned of that possibility, also there is the problem of global warming. Still no radiator todays looks as well as the old ones , it makes me feel warm to see them.
First the Russians were at war with in Ukraine against the Natzies ! That caused a smile. then it was facsists , Then it was NATO because how could Ukrainens be doing so well . then it was USA/America .but now it is Satan, and Satanists. So it cannot get much worse than that.. I have got to know more about Russians and Russia since this war got going. Mostly Mr. Putin should not have been asleep when the meeting on tourism was in progress, Russia has amazing tourist potential. My only trip there was to St.Peterburge and that was great. Individual Russians who are on interviews on street and in POW camps are very nice for the most part. But I do get annoyed with so much rergurgited propaganda and vexed with the "i am not political" "Let the higher ups do all that" "no I do not vote" That is all I have time for at present.
In the US there is parent one and two on forms to register child for school for sure. I don't know about other forms but I imagine it's the same on child's birth certificate. This is because some children are raised by two women or two men. In the form they ask each parent "what is your relationship to this child" and that's where you enter mom or dad, sometimes you enter grandma or grandpa if the parents lose custody of the child and grandparents are willing to raise the child. So that's why is parent one and two on the forms because sometimes is mom and mom who raises the child (and the bio dad stays anonymous because he was only anonymous sperm donor) and same with gay men except they of course use egg donor and not sperm donor :) unless they are infertile of course and that donor also stays anonymous and doesn't appear on the child's document even if it's technically bio parent.
Think that must vary state to state. It would have to because I havnt ever seen parent 1 & 2 on anything, most forms I ever see just have Parent/Legal Guardian__. And birth certificates still say Mothers Name Prior to First Marriage__ Fathers Name__ & under Sex: still typed out either Male or Female
@@kristiskinner8542 it’s on a passport application. Parents can be grandparents or aunts or uncles. Families can be complicated, but the love in a good home never is 👍
No one is forced to do any of these things, it is a matter of choice, only adults.
I'm always amazed that this topic is so universal today. The fact that you are even talking about something like this reveals the opposing conflict of values and views is universal around the globe. My question is, how does such a small fraction of the world population obtain such enormous power and influence? How does that happen? Causing the majority of people on this earth to become outraged at such a ridiculous concept or practice as teaching impressionable children they can choose their sex or letting lunatic doctors do such horrible mutilation to children. Have we (the world) become goddamned monsters?
Be concerned! Those impressionable children are the future. Thankfully, all isn't lost, there are some great folk out there, brave enough for a reality check. So be loving, but your tough truths are the tough love that is life!
It has been cold but nobody freezes. In some countries people has been told to preserve energy and not shower so hot and long. Yes electricity bill is twice but still for mist only a small part of costs. For those who cannot afford it gets help from government.
we call it father and mother, and we have joint parental authority.
in the EU, a society is judged by how it treats the weakest in society.
1000 thanks for a nice video
Yes my children call me parent 1 ... because as a french woman I am the first parent they met 😆😄
Russian family values - the man can drink as much vodka as he wants and be as aggressive as he wants.
Hi Ksenia, I live in England and I would say that the words Mother and Father are not banned but as these days a family does not necessarily consist of a mother and father. Being gay is and rightly so, not against the law so you may have 2 fathers or 2 mothers are people who have had a sex change as your parents. It is therefore much easier just to say parent 1 and 2. Some children are lucky and have more than 2 parents or people looking after them. I believe it is all ok as long as the child/children are loved and well looked after. Russia and other countries just have different views on the matter.
I might add that there are more children borne in European countries than in Russia. And I am pretty sure that they have two parents more often.
@@SvetlanaVoikova well to say no grey is nonsense and Chechnya is proof and I'm not saying promote it but to deny it exists yeah delusional thinking
@@garyhanson3362 nope not everyone but look it's not a big leap from how women are treated in Iran and yes fact is Chechnya already grey there and im not saying promote it but your yes you are delusional to think oh it's only exists or doesn't exist because you say so and sure being grey is as old as time and again I'm not saying promote it but it's exactly what's happening yes by Russia and Chechnya giving more recognition and you do know most of Chechnya are Muslim it's why I say the women being treated badly and Russia is Afghanistan is were Chechnya learned Muslim religion and I think if your grey your grey there is no women who want oh you used to be and again I'm not saying promote it the way to deal with it is dismiss it and don't promote it
Czech here. The only point that has some true in it is you see LGBT couples on the streets. Czech people are quite relaxed when it comes to PDA and LGBT is no big exception to the rule. We can consider this as a traditional value - there is a note from mid 10th century, where a shocked Sephardic merchant described what was happening on the squares of Prague…
Hey, just here to say I like how you don't take things at face value, and ask questions, we need more people like you!
A few years ago I met two wonderful Ukrainian sisters who are classical musicians (violin and piano) and were performing in the evening on a major cruise ship. I attended their performances every evening. I eventually introduced myself to them and offered to help them make professional contacts in the US. I gave them my contact information but they never followed up on my offer. I don’t remember their names but I think of them often because I know they’re are suffering. They were young so I hope they can resume their lives in music again one day. World class!
Love your comment, Roger.
Have you tried to search for them? There are Ukrainian groups, choirs and musicians, even the Kyiv grand ballet, both in Europe and North America for the moment. They can't go home as long as it is a war.
@@karinjohansson7262 I don’t remember their names 😢
Hi Xenia, Thank you for sharing this information. Your channel is growing and becoming even more organized than before. You have added the Support info which is very important. You are doing great, best of luck !
-10 C and snow last week here in England last week. We had heating. More expensive but I blame our government allowing huge profits.
You can't change your sexuality by watching gay stuff. You are the way you were born. There are as many LGBT+ people in Russia as in Europe. The difference is that in most European countries they don't have to hide. I notice much more tolerance towards LGBT+ in my children than when I was at school. There is much less hatred and violence against LGBT+. And I think that's good. I am from Germany but was born in Russia.
Children are not forced to do anything here. I find it remarkable that the few poor souls who have difficulties with their sexual identity are now being blamed for the decline of Western culture. But it's totally ok to send thousands of young soldiers to their deaths.
This is pure mystery for most russians,Im afraid
I live in Slovakia, we still use mother and father (I only heard parent one and two thing from Russian media), people are not being turned gay on streets but many act as if they were and are very hateful towards them. Gender reassignment is a very long and complex process supervised by specialists and only legal for adults. You have to prove beyond any doubt that you are capable of living as the opposite gender, that includes living as such for quite some time already. We are not at risk of freezing but prices have gone up, some more, some less, mostly lonely pensioners are at risk as the pensions aren't very high. When it comes to Russophobia It's hard to know for sure, there's definitely more visible Ukrainophobia because of refugees even though most just pass through, I'm sure some people dislike Russians for one reason or another, but many also dislike Americans, some people just dislike anyone who's not Slovak, usually if they hold any nationalistic views but that can probably be said about any other country too.
I'm from the UK and 'Parent 1 and Parent 2'???🤔 What??? NO ! 🤣 There might be forms to fill in from the government or something formal, that may ask you to state the full names of your parents or guardians. And on the form it might be printed as 'Parent 1: (Wright Name in box), but its not banned to say mother and father! I have never heard this and what would be the point🤷♂️? So yes it's taken out of context for sure I would say.
I really like your video. You are an open-minded person. I love debunking myths and stereotypes about people and living in other countries.
I am definitely interested to explore your channel.
The terms parent 1 and parent 2 is used on forms out of kindness and consideration of parents that may not be the mother or father of the child.
I grew up with my grandmother and grandfather after my parents divorce. Happy days! They were caretakers 1 and 2 but of course I had a mother and father too, looking after me.
@ruthdubh Grandparents
@ruthdubh Some people live in foster families, too. My friend moved into her foster family as a pre-teen and saw her mother and father few times a month. So her foster parents were not her mother and father, but they were her legal guardians and primary caregivers. There are many reasons why "mother" and "father" might not act as the parents in a child's life. So that's why asking the name of the mother or the father when you want to know the name(s) of the caregiver(s) might actually be misleading in some cases.
@ruthdubh There are literally people in foster care.
'The first causality of war is the truth'.
Go Ukraine! Go the countless unspoken good people of Russia too who like us, only want peace and the best for their families and loved ones. Speak up you Russians, kick the crooks and warmongers that lord it over you out, their time is over. Join the family of Europe, we need you, which is where you belong and together we can make a new system for us all.
I live in England - part of the United Kingdom - The little island group of countries that someone in Russia threatened to destroy with an offshore 4 megaton nuke that would kill us all with a tsunami and leave any survivors to die on a covering of radioactive sand. I actually live in Salisbury; the English city where two Russian agents left a bottle of novichok nerve agent after they'd attempted to murder an ex-spy with it by smearing it on his door handle.
Surprisingly the only thing I've got against Russians is that, while our Government here in the UK lies about a number of things; the Russian government lies about almost everything - to their own people as well as to the rest of the world.
I've never heard of "parent #1" and "parent #2" being used on any official document, nor have I heard anything about "mother" and "father" being banned: It must be some crazy idea suggested by the loony Left Wingers in the West. We generally ignore them if possible. - They're too far gone for any kind of therapy to help them to make rational suggestions.
People can't "become" gay or straight: A person is either gay or straight permanently. Gender reassignment is not easy to get even if the person concerned has gender dysphoria. Nobody is "forced" to transition at any age.
We get people coming over on boats from Africa in the UK illegally. We try to make them comfortable while we decide what to do with them.
We in the west are desperately trying to stop buying Russian fossil fuels so that we can stop funding Putin's warmongering, It's taking a while to accomplish, but we're getting there.
We don't hate Russians: We just disagree with Putin, and we think that it is disgraceful of him to invade a peaceful country and kill civilians. We in the West intend to starve Putin of funds so that he's unable to fund his warmongering and killing of innocent people.
Well said.
couldnt have written it better! Ysenia, read it well!
Since February 2022 we have bought,imported and paid for £920 million worth of Russian oil+gas,that's why the lights are still on here (UK). The tankers meet up at sea out in international waters,transfer then an ok ship brings it into a British port. Spain, France,Germany + Italy don't know about others,are using other smart subterfuges too.
@@janebaker966 'Any evidence of that? It sounds like total crap to me; but if it's true I think the UK Government should know about it.
@@Sharron-Idol they know. They're the ones enabling it. It's why our society is still functioning "as normal".
A farther 55yrs, two children, divorced from Finland. Never heard about that parent 1 or 2 thing: Really!
I lived in New Zealand and I can tell you that Parent 1 and Parent 2 is a real thing on forms there. Mother and Father have been removed. I worked on a desktop app that funeral directors use to submit data to the government department that handles death registrations. I had to change the form to Parent 1 and Parent 2 in the case of the deceased being a child. Also when my children applied for student financial support, the form had Parent 1 and Parent 2. I don't know if this is the case in the EU or UK.
I have not heard about the term before reported in Russia... People should realize Russia has an interest in lying and demonizing the West.
It is so because the kleptocrats need to portray the suffering of the Russian people.
Btw also many right-wing parties use the same tactics in the West. Use racism and other forms of demonizing people to get the needed votes from the simpletons.
In that way, they do not have to focus on improving the lives of regular people. Lets talk about the border wall instead.
So that's where he got it from. I thought he must have picked it up somewhere. Although you guys aren't exactly European. It makes sense from an administrative perspective.
@@charisma-hornum-fries This is also in France. In case links are blocked, search Newsweek France Parent 1
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Starting a war over adminstrative forms has to be the most pointless thing I've ever heard of lmao
Oh, and I forgot to mention disability people in United States are integrated in this country. The county, state and federal government hire disability people just like they hire veterans. We have agencies around the country to help families with disabilities children. And that’s not counting the American people who donate millions of dollars to many organizations to help disability children.
Yes, I would like to know what Russian media says about the US. Thank you.
Same.
That you are decadent pigdogs that corrupted the entire world against them😂😂😂 Norway here, they think we power our christmastrees with peletonbikes😂😂😂
try "Russian media monitor" channel
Why? ... We all know it will be total rubbish.
Or do you's just need a laugh.
On the subject of Russophobia, we don’t care where anybody comes from, but more what are their intrinsic values of decency, honesty, kindness and politeness primarily, but also integrity and probity too. Fundamentally the majority of people worldwide are good but there are bad apples that can sour the taste of the majority.
I worry about you! You're being so outspoken. I appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences and thoughts! Just be careful!
It will be alright. The regime won't be concerned about Ksenia, fortunately, because she makes her videos for the Western audience in English. I think it would be more dangerous for Ksenia if she was making these type of videos in Russian for the Russians trying to break down the propaganda mentality.
@Olga's British Fells Did you see her vlog where she was taken for questioning because someone "snitched" on her for saying this or that. She must be very careful with her topics and words. I pray for her continued safety. 👵🏻 From New Hampshire (US)
@@patricianorton3908 I think Russia has bigger problems than UTUbe bloggers. I rarely see anything about Russia on the news nor about Ukraine 🇺🇦. America has bigger problems with thousands of people and drugs coming across our borders.
It's so interesting to learn about Europe and the West in general from a person who visited Bulgaria once.
I wish I could use parent 1 and parent 2, but unfortunately there is a first slot for "father" and a second one for "mother" .... I take care of all my child's school documents but I still have to ask my husband to sign the documents first even though he doesn't know what it is about.
As for disabled children we take them absolutely everywhere! Poor kids: don't they have the same rights as all other children?
And no, changing sex in Italy is a very very long process, possible but not
easy at all. I thought that Russians, being European themselves, would know that the various nationalities in the EU are quite different among themselves, too. But maybe I was wrong.
Ive watched a few of your vids and i love how transparent you are..... Just becareful you dont get in trouble 🙂 I subbed btw
the first part is pretty much covered in the comments so ill focus on the 2nd part
the Europe gas situation. it was actually figured out pretty early on. the main worry was if they'd have to conserve gas in order to get electricity. but lets also look at it this way from a Russian perspective. i heard 60% of Russians dont have Gas or Electric heating in their homes. how do they handle winter? pretty well i assume. theres places in Europe just as old as Russia. they probably have just as many water heating systems like most of Russia has to heat their buildings.
Russophobia. well.... as far as media in concerned its mostly focused on Russias leaders and the Military. im not sure how much i can get into it but yeah. ill use the US example. back in the 2000s if an American went to Europe they people were rude and disrespectful because they didnt like the war going on in Iraq. a lot of Americans didnt like the war in Iraq either. we didnt scream "Americophobia". it was an unpopular war. whats going on in Ukraine is extremely unpopular with most of the world.
Hi Xenia...i.t is December18. I'm texting you from Whitefish Montana U.S.A. I discovered you about 2 weeks ago and I'm now addicted to your videos. I love them. You have a fun personality and your presentations are great. (And you are also very cute by the way). I am learning more about Russia then I ever knew. You come across as being very honest and objective. And because of your videos and descriptions my impressions of Russia have improved tremendously. Keep the videos coming.......Gene.
Because of one person, Russia is A-OK?
Is it that easy for you to ignore war crimes, child torture, rape and murder?
I guess we have very different values.
The everyday Russian just going about thier day are not the problem. It is the politians and people in power positions i have issues with. Russian life must have really changed in the last 30 years, so im sure there is a whole generation of young people that are ignorant/ not interested in the past. So i can see how this would be scary for them. Older generation are thinking 'not again' and just want to be left alone. Things were finally looking up.
I am from Slovakia and I lived for some time in the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria and Germany, but I have not heard about it anywhere. But it is clear to me that there are so many problems in Russia that Putin has not managed, so he simply needs to divert attention from the real problems behind which is responsible. Divide and conquer ...that is what Putin do.
This is so sad, nobody I'm aware of hates the Russian people. People are the same the world over. I'm sure the young educated and enlightened people of Russia will ultimately be Russias salvation.
Putin and his like should be consigned to the history of the 1940s. Their paranoia makes them frightened and dangerous.
You young people, come and join the rest of the world, in creating a more loving and peaceful global culture.
Hope, charity and kindness will prevail,
Aggression, fear and destruction will fail.
Love and courage to you.
Yes, I would like to know what the Russian media says about us Americans.
Britain is best because I live there.
I have seen nor practise Russophobia. I had contact with with Russian people before and since. I would stop befriending anybody who thinks Russia was right to invade Ukraine, Chechnia or Georgia, regardless of their nationality.
Love your perspective and honesty.
Parent 2 and me found this video really interesting...
I have not heard or seen any Russophobia in the UK. Just Putin-phobia.
For Finland, this has been perhaps the most unusual situation when it comes for diplomacy with Russia... or what remained of it. Since Putin ditched Finland on diplomacy, Finland took this as an opportunity to see that remaining neutral would be impossible. Yet again we feel sympathy in a sense to russians who are forced to this one man's whim. Of course due the recent 'attack' on finnish embassy made it obvious that there is a lot of sides in russian populus so being wary of what may come next is something Finland is preparing for.
Oh, and sexualization being other than straight? I personally don't give one rat crap who one prefers as long as it doesn't involve real animals or children. Almost a three quarter of countries have immense lack of adoptee parents, so having non-straight couples would help at raising some of the orphans/adoption children. Of course the non-straight couples go through the same procedure and psychology tests as any other couple to figure out if it is safe to let the child be adopted to family.
Then there is these religious 'purges' that are more referred to JW community losing funding in Norway. Extreme religious movements have been a thorn, that has brought outside traumatized, broken and outright devastated individuals that were ostracized from their family, mostly through not the fault of their own (being sexually molested as child, having relationship outside community, not agreeing with something). I believe that religion even to this day can be used to advantage and pushed people to extreme to milk wealth, influence and power from. Look at how church considers Putin closer to God, and say there isn't anything wrong. It is stated in Bible texts quite often that there is only one God, and you face them when your time of mortality ends. Meaning God cannot be anyone who is mortal, dying flesh.
Better with parent 1 and 2 then 0 parents.
Not freezing at all at the moment...
Look dear, i am an poor old man i can not pay your membership fee, but i wish you success in your endeavours and efforts.
I don't see what's unreasonable about having phobia (=fear) of Russia, considering what it has done to Ukraine and other neighbouring countries. My country also lost 10% of our most fertile land to Soviet/Russia. As a nation, we are only now overcoming our fear of upsetting our abusive neighbour, and finally applied for NATO membership. In the process of making this decision, Russian leaders have continually threatened to "destroy (our) country".
Parent 1 & parent 2? WTF? Never heard of something so asinine...ridiculous...silly...laughable, so it has to be some legalese thing. Probably 'cuz there are same-sex parents in some families & this would simplify things on official documents. But changing "mom & dad" to numbers, no f'ing way.
Merry Christmas from Italy and thank you very much for this informative video.
You are a great self made girl have a record of hard work from twelve years you are living in St. Petersburg, previously you had a room and now a single bedroom apartment. My best wishes for your success.
I can tell you that my husband and I travel extensively and we are US citizens and I can tell you that children are never forced to change their sexes in any of the many countries I have lived in or visited.
It is true that in America that we try not to discriminate against adults who chose to have their sexes changed and try to understand the aspects that determine sexual preferences. We do not see it as a mental illness.
it is interesting that a small group of people, say less than 3 percent of the population can wield so much political power-is it possible this is true because of the concentration of these minorities in certain types of professions such as the various types of media, which greatly influence society.
In Germany we have gas and electricity, we have oil, petrol is cheaper now than for 1 year ago. Parents 1 & 2?? By us it’s mum and dad. By the way , the grandfather from our Kanzler was not in the SS, he was a worker in the docks. We don’t have fleas and I think that the war that Putin started in the Ukraine is just as bad as our attack on Russia.
Sending new fathers to the frontline to die is great for the children ;)
I still like to visit St. Petersburg because of the Hermitage museum and some beautiful churches. But with the present circumstanses I can forget it.
I guess what is true about the anti West propaganda is that yes, people have the FREEDOM to say parent 1 and 2 or change their gender, however the percent of people that exercise that freedom is tiny. Thank you for another wonderful video Ksenia! 🤗
Russians think that they are the most free people in the world.
@@StPetersburgme not free people of the world. But have most common sense people in the world
I work in an English primary school. We use the words "mother" and "father"; sometimes if a child is looked after and doesn't live with their parent, we refer to an adult they live with as a guardian, or by their name. Obviously, people here are more acceptant of homosexual people, not like in Russia. However, no way that a gender reassignment is forced upon children. This is pure Russian government propaganda.
By the way, living in the UK, I never hide that I am Russian. Never ever, have I experienced any "russophobia". I am against the war, I never voted for putin. My friends see me as a human being not just someone who was born in Russia.
I often wonder if russia is so worried about family values why do so many of your young men die from alcoholism and suicide? russia must be a beacon of hope and light to other countries right? So which country in this world actually sees russia as a guiding light to save their families and societies outside of russia itself? Probably none I would venture.
Well since Russians drink less than Germans nowadays your comment is a little dated.
@@jordanjohnanderson Well since the average russian male lives to the age of 55 it is not dated. They drink themselves to death or commit suicide at extreme rates. russia must a paradise on earth for their men!
Here in Greece mother and father are used as they have always been. But on official forms there's also another option which is "guardian", because there are children that are risen by their grandparents or other relatives, or maybe they are in foster care. I think giving this option on forms makes it easier for all the families where the biological parents aren't able to take care of their children and someone else steps in and does.
Being homosexual in Greece is a stigma to many people. Gay people are not very represented in Greece, they can't marry, only have a "contract of co-living", which grants the respective partners some rights like getting information from doctors in the hospital if their partner is very sick or to be considered as one household when it comes to taxes.
Family values in Greece are very strong.
Hello, I'm from the EU. As often happens in propaganda, there is a grain of truth, there is a vocal minority that advocates for more "gender neutral" and "inclusive speech" that has been very active in the past years ( of which I haven't hard a lot from since covid and then war came about ) and there are instances where minors in the US have been recommended ( not forced upon ) gender reassignment who later repented. There is an ongoing debate. Migrants from Africa are definitely a thing in Europe and the situation has not being managed particularly well, there are some criminal organizations operating ( on top of those we already have ) and there are those seeking for welfare but we definitely don't subsidise people for going around being criminals, the ones we maintain are the ones in identification centers who are awaiting for response on their asylum status. What mr Putin says is far from the truth and you shouldn't believe propaganda. Take care
I think that most people can see the difference between a Russian person and the Russian state. Should a Russian person defend the Russian state they will in for a tough time.
Like your comments!
What a nonsense..parent one,and parent 2 ..is that a joke. ? No…not in Europe…we have a normal father and mother….and a grandmother and also a grandfather….Russian television?. Do you believe them .?
European countries have separate governments. Denmark isn't even a full member of the EU.
You are right about the "gender choice" issue, in the West...more so in the U.S.A.
Sadly there are some States that are allowing some schools, to help students to pick there Gender identity without informing their parents.
There is a company that sells dolls (American Girl)...that allow a child to make a Trans or Gender Neutral doll... under the guise of "inclusion"...there is a "Helpline" phone number in their storybook, where children can speak to "Professional" to help them with trying to change their genders
Some very mentally unstable individuals are pushing some very sick agendas upon our young people.
Why not allow them to become adults...and then let them decide.
Someone is trying to do away with the traditional Family Value system in Western countries
I think your values are a bit stronger then those in the West
God bless you...and keep making your content...it's enjoyable & informational
"Someone is trying to do away with the traditional Family Value system in Western countries," Very sad but very true. Be well, friend.
Same situation in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Gender neutral language used with small kids, etc, all very woke…
Meanwhile, Christian cults and far-right militias condone violence in the name of “family values.” When’s the last time an LGBT person shot up a heterosexual-owned business or straight bar?
@@brett8680 last time was last month in Colorado Springs, Anderson Lee Aldrich, the shooter is nonbinary and goes by “mix” Aldrich. That is over-representation of that 1-3% of the population by an lgbtq shooter since you asked.
Christianity is a religion not a cult (side note).
The term "russophobia" is so funny to me because a phobia means an irrational fear of something and when we are talking about Russia there is absolutely fear but it is definitely not irrational considering how many different wars Russia is involved in. Even the most patriotic wars from like "the great patriotic war" shouldn't be something to be proud of as a russian considering the Molotov-Rippentorp pact, which at least to me seems like almost no russians even know existed.
Usually, in my country (Sweden) the word used for parent in official document is "custodian" (Swedish: "Vårdnadshavare"), meaning person who has legal custody of a child.
I believe it’s the same in most all countries. The average citizen has no issues with citizens of other counties, only their governments. The governments make the decisions and the citizens suffer the consequences and this is worldwide. Those that blindly follow and believe the propaganda of their governments are in every country. In turn, there are many who do not believe or trust their government leaders. IMO.
I live in France and I confirm that in the past 15 years or so there has been a disappearance of the words father and mother, specifically in school paperwork, where you provide contact details for the school it says Parent 1 and Parent 2, that is just a fact and the new norm, which I witnessed firsthand, having had to fill such forms between early 2000's until now.
I think this makes sense. The "Parent 1" is probably the person they try to call first if something happens and "Parent 2" is probably the one they try to reach if they can't reach "Parent 1". This way the parents can decide together how they share the responsibilities in the child's life. I would imagine that would make it easier for the teachers too.
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@@kat4428 no
Norwegian here, I live in a small town where for many decades now russian women have married with norwegian men so we do have some russian women here and norwegian/russian kids ofcourse, some even pure russian but speak norwegian as if they have done nothing else. We know that there are some russians here that do support Putins view ... but they still are treated with respect, they don't openly go and say their meaning. A another russian woman living here (not married into norwegian family as far as I know atleast) she is keeping alot to herself because she probably have felt that she is russian and because of the things that have happend. That said ... I do not think she supports Putin or the war, she just feel ashame or guilt like its her fault wich ofcourse its not.
I work as a librarian, and I offer books to all kinds of people that lives here, including russian books... I do not censor that is not my task to do, I am and its in the law suppose to make sure that people here have access to books and advance culture and nonbiased litterature... I can't censor by law.
So I was offering her russian books if she wanted, she was very bothered by that ... I told her that I do not treat anyone different, my job is not to judge, and she have choosen to live here in my town, I will treat her as a fellow people of my town as I treat everyone else who like my town and wants to live here, it does not matter where in the world they come from.
So I would not say there is alot of russuphobia but many russians are ashamed and feel guilty .. (in my opinion unessesary, unless they are guilty of attacking Ukraine). Infact alot of russians here in my town do help the ukrainian refugees we have got here, by translations and also settling in.
There have been alot of complaining about the electric bills, its funny as we are almost 100% covered with power from hydroplants, and also some windmills... however we do import and is connected to Europe and when prices rise there they rise here... so especially in the south they have got some pretty high electric bills... we up in the north have been lucky so far even that it have risen abit tough but not as much as in the south.
But .. we do not freeze ...
Apart from this, yeah none are forced to change sex, mother and father are still included in birthpapers and such .. imigrants do get help from the state, they don't get rich tough ... so it does benefits to job instead ... from one Ukrainian refugee she was getting 15K nok after taxes from government, from that she had to pay 13K in rent for her appartment, (lives in a city, its always more expensive) and she had something like 2500 nok to live of that is going to cover various utility bills like internet and electric, also cover food so yes that is not alot ... its infact not enough at all.
Disabled people are taken care of, some even work normal jobs .. I have a cousin who is heavy autistic and he works at some special places tough but he gets taken care of too ... wich is good.
But truth to be told, Putin is not good for the russian people, he alienate you from the rest of the world... even if the war in Ukraine ended right now the sanctions would not stop, I highly doubt that Europe would go back to be dependent on Russia on oil and gas again... and its the same with other stuff so for things to normalize again will take aloooong time I think, and that is even if like Russia pulls out completly from Ukraine I think ... ofcourse normalization between Europe and Russia coudl be one of the negotiationpoints for a free Ukraine... who knows. But my view is that we can't let Putin win ... sorry, we can't have a world where the strongest powers are dictating smaller powers like that by invading and using guns to expand their terretories ... its not right.
I live in Poland but am an American. You asked about parent 1 and parent 2. I can't answer for Germany but I haven't noticed this in documents for example, for my residency card. I am pretty sure it said mother and father on the form.
The whole issue with kids changing genders is enough to make a lot of people get ulcers and want to prosecute doctors for child abuse when people hurt children (or operate on them for such things) who aren't even old enough to drive or drink or fight in a war. There are always the extreme and weird things going on in both Europe and the USA, but it is not at all the average or normal family or mindset. I suppose the biggest thing is that in Europe or the USA people have the freedom to be this strange from my view of right/wrong.
I wasn't really aware that Russians actually have that great of family values - and I say that after watching a lot of videos of MOS (man on the street) type interviews of Russians about certain topics. Maybe my viewpoint is distorted by seeing these interviews. It isn't by western media, per say. I do know that the Polish people absolutely do NOT trust Russia as a country. Individually - it might be a different matter, but you'd have to ask Russians. People aren't afraid they are going to be terrorists or blow themselves up as on a bus, but they may not trust them. Is that Russophobia?
The UK doesn't use this'1 & 2' !
. I don't know how this rubbish is made up by Russian propaganda. The only connclusion
I can come to is that sadly, Putin apparently is completely out of touch with reality.
A 'special operation '? No it's a war.
Where are the Nazis? They are Russians! Hitler was actually doing what Russia is doing in Ukraine now! He's taken leave of his senses if he thinks the rest of the world is going to stand by as he relentlessly behaves like a ' new Hitler ' ; bombing utilities, homes, people, hospitals, against all agreements Russia signed over the years, he has completely turned the country into a pariah state. I'm sad that the lovely Russian people are powerless against his tyranny. Even the military cannot stomach the atrocities they are ordered to do.
I'm Czech and I also don't trust Russia a single bit. Yes, Russians as selected individuals can be nice, but as a nation and country, it's not a matter of political view but it's a matter of survival.
Just look at how many wars they started in the last century. And what they bring, utter corruption of society and never ending mess
As you know there are a lot of Ukrainians living in Poland now. The reason is quite obvious. Accepting Russians in the country may not be smart in the light of millions of Ukrainians trying to make Poland their home. I think that in this context Poland might be considered as Rusophobic. Moreover, at official level. In everyday life Russians may feel comfortable I guess. It is considered impolite to assess somebody based on his/her nationality.
@@KTPawlowicz I'm impolite. I've witnessed war crimes, theft, and even torture of children by Russians. So my impression of Russians is not favorable. They are knowingly and willingly cooperating with an evil dictator like Hitler or Stalin. Russians have caused so much grief in their corner of the world.
Until I see a turn around, I'm definitely anti-Russian.
@@TheBandit7613 I would be lying if I say I can’t understand it. I’m happy there are very few Russians in Poland so I don’t need to test my politness towards them. What I know for sure is that many of them don’t know what is happenning. They use the term „they” like this is a separate nation. They are (Russians who emigrated) convinced it has nothing to do with them. This is „they”. The reality is different: if you don’t care who and how rules the country, this is what happens. You, as a citizen, are obliged to engage in politics. Otherwise bad things happen.
Oké, on the topic of people with children with disabilities. We have them, just like you. We love them as our children, just like you (I hope). We, as people/a person are all different and have a different personality. We try to include all of them in our lives/families. Their ability to walk up stairs, hold a spoon or may not as mentally be developed as some of us make them any less valuable and valued.
Yes, it might take a little more effort to include them into our lives. But the benefit we gain by having the opportunity to look at the world and ourselves through they're eyes. It enriched our hearts, minds and souls.
Parent 1 and Parent2. Does it matter who is 1 or 2? Is the mother more important than the father? It just means that there are two parents and they are both equal. They have the same rights and the same responsibilities. We did not ban the fact of who was the mother and who was the father. These things are pretty clear to us. Probably the text starts with: mother "name here" further referred as parent 1 and father "name here" further referred as parent 2.
In this way standard legal documents can more easily be used.
About "gay" people:
There are as many "gay" people these day's known as the LGBT(The lesbian gay bisexual transgender).
Eh, they are just here. In human society. There are just as many in Europe as everywhere else. They are just everywhere! From ladyboys in Asia to Drag-Queens in the USA.
For the most part they don't usually go all Freddy Mercury though. They just try to live life as we do. Just with the handicap that 80% of the world is trying to tell them they are monsters. Some of them are. They are like modern feminist. Mostly they are extraordinarily balanced and friendly people. (And they throw the best party's ever).
We do NOT encourage our children to become gay. We love them and try to raise them in a "normal" way. But hey, if he/she turns out to have some other preference. We don't push it (normally). They are still our children and we love them the same.
About changing sexes: it does not happen a lot. There are really really a small percentage of people that feel that they where born in a different sex body. But when they do, the fact that we in the western society recognize them and take them seriously we can also give them the opportunity to live their lives as they want. It's not easy.
You have to go through rigorous trails and exams with psychiatrist before you can enter this procedure.
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About migrants: All refugees coming In from outside Europe. If they do not have good reason to leave they're country(kill you or put you in prison) you go back.
In terms of our dependence on russian power/gas.
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Haven't taken less showers. Thermostat still at 20°c even when we just had a week of -3 average.
Books?
We can read any book we want. We can criticize all of our government parties. We can talk bad about them all day long if we want.
It is one of our rights. It is safeguarded in our constitution. This is one of the reasons I love my country and will always fight for it.
Love from 🇳🇱
And no. We do not see russian people as our enemy. U are our neighbors. But we do not understand why you attach us and try to steal our land. Is this how friends work in Russia? I'm sad...
In US, it is mother and father on forms.
Thoreau, Gandhi and Martin Luther King knew that peaceful civil disobedience is the most effective way to facilitate change. Do you know that the fsb is responsible for the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings? The only reason Navalny came back after the fsb poisoned him is his family was threatened. All the best regards to you 🙏 Slava Ukrayini 🇺🇦👍 peremoha/y!
You have to ask yourself where freedom of the press is and where can people express their opinions freely. This is the case in Europe. Surely not in Russia.