Ksenia , I was born in the early1950s in W. Berlin. My grand aunt lived in E. Berlin. When I went to visit before the wall she was also paranoid about me listing to west radio. I grew up with my home city being split into. I never got to know my relatives in the east. In 1965 My family moved to the U.S. Your feelings are justified,❤❤😒😒
I think you are right and its really sad for the good people of Russia who would like to live in peace and even visit Europe or USA. It is also bad news for me, an Englishman, who is learning Russian and hoped to visit there one day.
Reached your channel by watching 1420. It is very good to see that there are people from Russia who are not corrrupted by the governments and the media propaganda. Stay save and thank you for this video.
Honestly it's difficult to find people who are not corrupted by their countries media Propaganda. The easiest people for me to communicate with are foreigners who have lived in Russia, these people see through the lies in both Russian and their own media. Until I left the UK, I thought the BBC just told the truth and that the UK and US just did the right thing because they wanted to help people.
@@SamsRussianAdventures very accurate. BBC and the rest aren't any better with the propaganda. It's funny how people think that word is only synonymous to Russia
@@SamsRussianAdventures so true ,we all get lied to ,I will pray for Russia and Ukraine citizens for the right thing to come through all this madness,God Bless you all going through the war and guilt and confusion.
Keep your IJ-26 Baikal side x side 12 gauge Made in the U.S.S.R. close by! I have mine within reach at all times! SSG, SLUG HOLLOW POINT. Load. Hello from the Great lakes.
You're the 3rd Russian RUclipsr I've heard say that they were paranoid. I guess that's best way to survive. Do you think many people in Russia understand that USSR. 2.0 is back?
Over half the American people are paranoid, I live here and people are scared to speak up against the government or they will be targeted by the US intelligence at school board meetings and other places labeled us as terrorist some said we are worse than the Taliban.
@@StPetersburgme Most people in the West believe they are free. Not so. If you don't subscribe to the right narrative, Twitter RUclips and Facebook will cancel you. Stolen elections is stolen freedom. I am parnoid living in the West.
the USA is n0t free. Same f0r Canada, UK, Aust, China, and all Western Eur0pe. I think y0u g0t it g00d in Russia. S0uth America? Africa? Y0u g0t it g00d. Y0u'll see.
It's upsetting that things have slid back in Russia. And the "situation" is a horror. I'm in the U.S. and I shudder to think that a cold war is all of our realities again. I hope it can be turned around, and soon. Please stay safe and leave there if you need to (before the iron curtain slams down again).
The U.S. govt. has done plenty of illegal, anti-democratic tricks the last couple of years. This made-up Jan. 6 event, the Russia connection and 'dirty dossier', which was manufactured by Hillary Clinton are just a couple of examples that the U.S. is not the country of virtue like before.
The Republican Party in the United States is trying to go back to the 1950’s by reversing personal freedom laws, restricting voting for minorities and the use of domestic terrorism to control by fear. We are not doing so well either!!!! Americans need to wake up and face reality now!
@@heatherthompson8837 Russia is no where near as powerful as the USSR was. If there is a cold war, it's going to be between the USA and China, not Russia
i served in the US military during the cold war and yes some of what i see going on in Russia today are very similar to what we saw with the USSR. the stores you talked about were in the Soviet Union back in the 1950s , 1960s, and onward till the 1990s when the Soviet Union was gone we thought for good. your President is a former KGB agent and that says a lot about what we see going on today in Russia. please stay safe and watch your back you never know who the informers are.
Your story reminds me of the suppression the Dutch experienced during the Gerrnan occupation 1940-1945. I am afraid in the (near?) future there could be a 5th sign of Russia returning to the USSR: the construction of a wall on the border between Ukraine and Russia, like there used to be a wall between West- and East-Berlin. On earth there are more of such wall 'cases': the US-Mexican border (partly), the Turkish-Greek wall (Greeks and Turkeys don't visit each other in Cyprus) and the Palestine areas-Israel wall. I think it could last tens of years or a whole generation before conditions between Russia and Ukraine normalize and the two people have overcome the horrible past. When countries have conflicts they should use diplomacy not war to solve the problems. With a war the problems get worse and solutions become impossible.
You are underestimating the time until relations between Russia and Ukraine normalize. For instance, Ukraine had been trying to "derusofy" Ukraine to establish a national identity for basically 30 years. However, many in Ukraine refused. Kharkiv on February 23rd had predominantly Russian speaking citizens for example. They had street signs in Russian. Russian monuments in public spaces. They would protest any attempt by the Ukrainian government to change that. After February 24th, they have started speaking Ukrainian on their own. They are demanding the Russian street signs be removed. They are demanding the removal of Russian monuments. The children who are living through this war are refusing to speak Russian. When they grow up, they will speak Ukrainian not Russian. When they have children of their own, they will teach them Ukrainian and teach them to distrust Russia. I doubt there will be many examples of Ukrainians marrying a Russian going forward. Russia will be never again looked upon as a "brother" by Ukraine. The best Russia can hope for is that they can progress from the status of "mortal enemy" to "untrustworthy neighbor".
@@brianeleighton I think you should do more history learning and you will understand why they wanted to derussify. Since Russia was Russifying Ukraine when it was under Russia. Which wasn't their choice either. They had their own language before they spoke Russian.
Dear Ksenia, I have watched your video with great interest and I am really very sad that, even though the grocery shops in Russia are full of food and other stuffs, freedom of expression is at risk. Democracy is the most important think and no one should be prevented from saying their own opinion. Anyway Ksenia be careful and take care of yoursef, we are always with you as you are a very intelligent and indipendent woman, a self-made woman, who deserves the best in life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings about the situation in your country.
i had this feeling of back to uSSR gradually since 2008 .Georgian invasion ,the murdered journalists .But after 2012 it got again muddy.It's so sad because Russia is such a wonderful country and there is so much potential but it's in the belong to a happy few.In fact I think that it's even worse than the soviet era.During the soviet Era there was the politburo and if the politburo wasn't happy with the secretary general ,the latter would be ousted .Now there is only a one person who is the supreme leader so......
I am new to your channel, I watched you try British food, so this is the second video of yours that I have watched I think that Russia is slowly going back to a Soviet USSR country, which is worrying. Заботиться
First thank you for this video. So interesting and concerning. I remember in the 60s studying Russia. I was sad and i hope life will be ok for you. You are so articulate explaining details so well. We were never taught at any time to hate Russians and i never heard anyone speak in a derogatory way about the Russian people. Not then or now. Life is ever changing and i pray for the best. Spasibo. Paka! 😘
Exactly. I grew up in the 80’s and did have fear of Russia and the Cold War, however I’ve never hated Russians.. Many of the Americans have roots to Russia.. in the end, we are ALL PEOPLE!
Lovely to see you as always. I don't blame you for being a little paranoid. You've not said anything wrong, but as you said, it only takes one idiot to look over your shoulder and cause trouble. Take care! xx
I wouldn't call it "USSR 2.0" or "USSR is back" because history never repeats itself. The context is completely different. I would call it "Putin's Russia", "Putin's dictatorship" or just "putinism" because the situation after 24 February is not entirely new. It's just a continuation of the direction Russia has been heading since 2000.
Going to the police to snits on her son ,just saw a RUclips about mother more worried about her soldiers sons I Phone 13 then her son himself . He is currently a POW . Something is seriously wrong with some of the Russian mothers.
Your not over reacting, be careful and stay safe. Good to see your honest. I'm thinking it's true when we see our news saying Russian troops are stealing from Ukrainians.
The government here in America steal from the workers and give to the drug addicts and anyone who comes here at anytime,I am not kidding anyone can come here even if the law says no they come anyways and get rewarded for giving them a vote for democrats.
I got some Russian friends and they say it's not UUSR 2.0 until schools start forcing student to clean schools themselves and until student start to be mandated to work fields in the villages. Was both thing really a thing in USSR 1.0?
I love Russia and it has so much potential. Unfortunately, unless Russia adopts a real form of Government that respects human rights it will continue to suffer.
Vlad Veksler has a new Q&A episode on his RUclips channel, vlad vexler chat, today. Talks a little about this situasion and beyond.... Highly recommended espesially for westernes who has little or almost no knowledge of conditions in ru He is a russian/ukrainian political philosopher living in London.
Xenia hi!Traditionally Russia is an imperial country ruled by an emperor with everything it could mean.And absorbed a lot from the Byzantine empire almost 1000 years ago.Russia never was a democratic country and i think the majority of people there don't want to be democratic.Once i had a coversation with a Russian young woman 29 years old here in Greece about this topic and she told me that she wasn't sure if democracy is the right system for a society to be ruled.And to think that she studied sociology in Russia SPB.So I'm not surprised about what is happening now there and i think you shouldn't also.
Please use headphones if possible so noone can hear what you listen to or watch. Stay safe. We love watching you and your life. A Granny from Montreal Canada
So very glad to see you again! You put out wonderful information and insights. If we could come to St. Petersburg, our family wants you for our tour guide!!:):). It is just too hard to go there right now. Maybe in the future. Cheers!
I can’t imagine, as a mother, to turn my son in for not going to military! I think I’d try to HELP him hide out! A woman having a child & then have to potentially be killed after only 1i or so years old. SAD!
Fear that when he was caught (someone else would narc on him first) she would be accused of colluding with the enemy and suffer a similar fate. Although I still can’t imagine a mother doing that, given the historical context, volatility and brainwashing it doesn’t surprise me.
Excellent video, really eye opening. Very sad too. STAY SAFE PLEASE as without people like you we do not how real people in Russia are feeling. Thank you.
Stay safe, please. I'm 100% sure you know exactly what you're doing but this program really got me nervous. Please stay safe and don't take any unnecessary chances. This one made me anxious.
Scary times going on by you. Makes me sad. At one time I wanted to visit some place in Russia. It is now not an option for me. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
It's so sad when people don't recognize the real enemy (the repressive government) and instead work against each other... You russians should work together against what is going on, not against each other...
We are divided and manipulated, but we can change everything, but only all together! Friends, the International Social Project CREATIVE SOCIETY is gaining tremendous momentum in the world. People from different countries, nationalities and religions are coming together to build a just society. Only together we can change our world!!!!!!
When I saw your videos with your mom I can't tell you how much it meant to me. I think that your mom and I are close in age. It was good to see that the things that went on during the cold war were over. During that time we were taught to hate each other. It really meant a lot to see what wonderful people you and your mom are. I imagined what it would be like if my daughter and I were ever able to sit down and talk with you and your mom. I would've had lots of questions about your culture. I don't want to go back to living in a cold war. I'm sending you hopes and prayers that things in both of our countries change for the better.
Hi mate, can you assist me? I intend to produce a youtube video for my youtube channel which compares what is being said on western news networks with regards to the result of sanctions on Russia with the reality on the ground in Russia. To do this I require to find out what is being stated on your countries news concerning the effect of sanctions on Russia. It will be interesting for me to discover if the news and the truth differ from reality
This is a truly beautiful thought and expression of humanity. I feel the same and would love for my son to have the chance to speak with Ksenia and her Family. If we could simply all reach this level of care and affection for each other, what a different world….
**Ksenia** my Dear, You TRULY are🔥absolutely🌟magnificent 😁...!!! Do just please be careful 😟.... ~With much m u c h love, respect, appreciation and, sincere, heartfelt very best wishes to you-and-yours 😊 💚💖💚💖💚💖💚💖💚💖
I always enjoy your videos, you are so intelligent and have such insight. I wish I could blink my eyes and transport you here to a new prosperous life. Yes, we have our issues, but we are free to achieve personal wealth and prosperity, you would thrive. I see a very bright future for you my dear friend…hold on to your dreams!
I know that living in America is nothing like living in Russia. But our society is breaking down very quickly. The poor getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. I don't feel safe when I go out in public I do not go to large events and I don't even know my neighbors. At least I know God is watching over Us and you. During the pandemic people walking around without masks getting violent with people who are wearing them and generally acting like idiots when they should have been staying at home. You are very wonderful woman bless you and your family.
You should move to russia. Your snitching on your fellow citizens would be highly appreciated by the elites there. Maybe you could shop in the special store
Even the Russian postage stamps were indicating, what's coming. From 2019 on, the definitive stamps with the coat of arms are copying the design of the pre-WWI Russian empire stamps so closely, that you have to look very close to make a difference. Previously, the WWII anniversary stamps were honoring the hardest fighting Russian cities, weapons, etc, but except Berlin, hardly anything outside Russia was pictured. In 2020, the stamps were "Berlin offensive", "Königsberg offensive", "Prague offensive", "Vistula-Oder offensive" - all hailing not the victory as such, but the offensive operations abroad. Adding the current events, like the planned so-called referendums to join Russia in the occupied areas, and calls for de-Ukrainization of the whole Ukraine (banning the Ukrainian language and even wiping the name Ukraine from map, see f.e. Timofei Sergeitsev "What Russia should do with Ukraine), it's that while FSB is going back to the NKVD/KGB mode, but Russia rather has a goal to go back to the 19th century Imperial mode.
Perceptions of freedoms, not only in your country. Julian Assange springs to mind- for speaking & publishing the truth. The British born journalist video blogger reporting from the Donbas since before & during this conflict who had his British banking blocked, cards cancelled. A female German journalist being prosecuted for similar reports from the Donbas. It's a bit naive to belive any differently. You are open with your views & it's obvious your fellow contrymen may view them. You know mentioning certain things can be risky. Commenters who encourage you to post things controversial are unwise. Very safe for them but not, I think?, for you. Please take care, I wish you all the best.
I didn't reveal any secret information. All information in this video is open and all the facts are open too. I didn't even expressed my opinion on it. I didn't call for any actions. So, I don't think I did anything wrong.
@@StPetersburgme you didn’t, I think everyone is paranoid except the Russian people. History is history anything you said can be found in any History Book, even in 🇺🇸. Or just search the internet. You will be ok, the Iron Curtain has not yet fallen.
Graham Phillips. He has reported on the shelling of the inhabitants of Donbass by Ukrainian militia groups since the 2014 political coup. Look for his channel.
*"What do you think?"* I think it's terrifying. This makes it very clear what certain people in a neighboring country are fighting so hard to resist. Konstantin from Inside Russia said he doesn't mind if Putin goes back to USSR. Konstantin just doesn't want to go back too.
I'm a kid of the 80's so, I admit that I had some nostalgia for that era, but... I was thinking about my favorite cartoons and some cool music videos. Not the fricking USSR.
Dear Ksenia, the methods of dictatorship are always the same, even if the content differs. I am from Germany and during the last century we faced at least two of these regimes (1933-45 and 1949-90 in the eastern part). I was born when the Ussr and the DDR were still 'operating' . It was terrible and I am so sad that we are kind of 'going back in time' right now. The situation is bad for Russia and the whole world and I hope that we can manage it. Lots of love and stay save!
the situation is bad for your world, because the dictatorship has come to you, the dictatorship of total lies, which is controlled by only two countries in the world, the USA and the UK. I remind you that under Hitler there was exactly the same dictatorship of total lies. Do I remind you of the outcome of this dictatorship of total lies in 1939 and 1941? I do not agree with you that there was a dictatorial power in the GDR! you have no idea about the GDR, because the modern electoral system in the UK is no different from the GDR! Did the people of Great Britain elect Elizabeth Truss as Prime Minister? Alas, it was not the choice of the people!. did the people of Germany vote in the ELECTION OF the CHANCELLOR to block the Nord Stream 2, with the final liquidation of the German economy? Because it is beneficial only to the USA and the UK, but not beneficial to Germany. all modern propaganda of total lies about Russia in all the world's media is beneficial only to the United States and Great Britain. lying of the media is the main evil in your world. because it was lies that created all the dictatorial governments in the history of Europe. Did you know that it was the United States and Great Britain, from the mid-20s and all 30s until the summer of 1944, that were the main sponsors of Hitler's party in Germany. But, they were not in the dock in Nuremberg, alas. these world's scoundrels sat down in the judges' chairs...! Alas! The modern descendants continue the case of the lies of these scoundrels from the UK and the USA, who were not convicted by Nuremberg. Therefore, today the world stands at the edge of the abyss of another bloody catastrophe, in which the United States and Great Britain, as before, hope to sit out, hiding behind the seas, having previously pushed the world into the abyss of military madness..
Hi, Ksenia! I just watched your video and, as usual, they are so very informative and interesting. When you explained about the snitches, my first thought was, oh, maybe Ksenia, should only focus on the tours of the city/country and the wonderful lessons on Russian culture and history. Please stay safe and I hope you take the advice to wear headphones, out in the city. Later, my friend. ❤️
Hi my name is Michael I live in California USA, and I think you’re a very nice lady, and you should be very proud of yourself, I do not blame Russia for this war, I blame the United States, the EU in the UK, they are using these Ukrainian people, and they had every opportunity to negotiate a diplomatic, so I pay attention very closely, but there are a lot of American people do not believe in this war, it should have never started, and there’s a lot of this Russia phobia, which I am totally against, anyway take care now, I’ll talk to you soon
You are correct Ksenia. Konstantin from inside Russia says exactly the same thing about repressions, starting around 2012. Baby steps he calls it, so the people don't notice. What a terrible state of affairs.
You don't have a right to other people's children, woman. Also never saw a video like this coming out of a real dictatorship like China, NK or Iran. There are people in the US who make videos like this about the American government and there are some definite issues here however such videos prove one thing and it's not the assertions in the video.
Greetings from Czech Republic. I'm sad when I see how Russia and Belarus changed the direction from democracy to dictatorship countries. It is lost of opportunity to be a modern, respected country. Unfortunately, only Russian people can change it. But it will be really hard with current level of propaganda and overpowered police reaction to any anti-government protest.
They split your country in two. They split Yugoslavia. Germany United. What does that go to show you. With a friend like the US who needs enemies. Russia is your next door to you. The US isn't. Don't let the US use your nation as a shield. Like the Ukraine .
@@cliffa2901 You are wrong. Yes, we split. But we were split before (in WWII) as well. And now, when we are in EU and Schengen, we are together again. And there are other countries like too. We don't want russian "friendship". We had it in past, 40 years after WWII. and it was terrible. We are looking for equal partneship, not dictatorship as Putin requesting.
That is just so sad, we all had such hope for Russia, it had so much potential to become a 'good' superpower... and now it turns to this! I find it very hard to understand their thinking... I find it even harder to understand the Russian people, taking this after they have experienced a different reality, they seem oblivious to what is happening, some are happily holidaying in Crimea while people including Russian soldiers are dying not far from there...
They arent being told anything near the truth, as has been the status quo for decades. People disappearing into gulags for decades in the early century, all the way through, stalin's reunion pictures getting edited every time he knocks off another General. Just wild, and pootin keeps the tradition alive, just keep lying and imprisoning and the spiritual successor lives on, it's really sad where he is leading their country.
If things feels familiar, they probably are 😐! Remember there's a difference between sensible and paranoia, so I'm thinking of you ☯️! I enjoy your videos. (Some people somewhere, are happy to be back in the USSR). Imagine! 🤭 I pray you stay safe! 🌿💚
I don't think you're paranoid. That's your 6 sense warning you and guiding you that sometimes we do not listen. Take all necessary cautions, because unfortunately, yes, you guys are under that tight claw. Be careful.
You know , I wish you could leave. This sounds like the USSR I was taught about in school in the 1970’s. Throughout the decades, as change happened in Russia, I never lost my healthy distrust of your governments. After all , a leopard can’t change his spots. Please stay safe.
Hi Ksenia. I always enjoy watching your videos. I think you are a strong, independent young woman and you want to express how you feel... but I don’t blame you for feeling a bit paranoid. Who knows how much the government is spying on people these days. Just try to be safe and continue doing what you’re doing. I really love your informative videos and I have learned a lot about Russia and parts of its history from you. I’m sorry that life has become so difficult in Russia. Thinking of you. Take care of yourself and be safe!❤️❤️❤️
I think that the nightmare that you have been describing is the very real shortcomings of living in the old Soviet Union , shortcomings that probably had contributed to its final downfall. When I was younger having had grown up in the U.S. during the Cold War, during the times of the Vietnam war and the black civil rights struggle I like many other young people of that time period were very left orientated and we had been confronting a lot of injustices here in the U.S. such as the senseless Vietnam war, institutional racism, woman’s equality issues and economic equality , gay rights, and I had believed and still do in things like housing is a human right and not a profit making venture,so is education and medical care, capitalism is for the most part unjust it is a system of one man exploiting the other and is the lowest form of economic system, we should have freedom from religion that only works to divide people, and racism should be outlawed period.Back in the day to many of us the Soviet Union was in many ways a shinning light. I was very sad to see it crumble , I think that the Russian people should not have given up completely on socialism instead of giving up on the USSR you should of attempted to make it even better “more democratic “ although it has to be strict to a degree because there will always be ignorant misguided people around that will attempt to destroy the revolution.
I remember in mid 80's visiting Moskva and Leningrad there was nothing in the stores !! sam in Cuba in mid 90-s hail for PUTIN And remember how "WELL" the version 1 ended ... this will be no different will be a NIGHTMARE again
I'm confused. The Russian Constitution, in articles 29 and 31, defines freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly (demonstrations). Do regular Russian laws override the rights defined in the constitution? Is there no version of the US Supreme Court in Russia that interprets the constitution and forbids laws that violate it? Why have a constitution if lawmakers can override it to suit their desires?
So, what do you think, my dear friends?
😭Ksenia, I fear that you are right. 😢
Do you mean to say, "Comrades"? 😅
Ksenia , I was born in the early1950s in W. Berlin. My grand aunt lived in E. Berlin. When I went to visit before the wall she was also paranoid about me listing to west radio. I grew up with my home city being split into. I never got to know my relatives in the east. In 1965 My family moved to the U.S. Your feelings are justified,❤❤😒😒
I think you are right and its really sad for the good people of Russia who would like to live in peace and even visit Europe or USA. It is also bad news for me, an Englishman, who is learning Russian and hoped to visit there one day.
I think you have cause to worry about snitching there
Reached your channel by watching 1420. It is very good to see that there are people from Russia who are not corrrupted by the governments and the media propaganda. Stay save and thank you for this video.
Honestly it's difficult to find people who are not corrupted by their countries media Propaganda. The easiest people for me to communicate with are foreigners who have lived in Russia, these people see through the lies in both Russian and their own media. Until I left the UK, I thought the BBC just told the truth and that the UK and US just did the right thing because they wanted to help people.
@@SamsRussianAdventures very accurate. BBC and the rest aren't any better with the propaganda. It's funny how people think that word is only synonymous to Russia
@@SamsRussianAdventures so true ,we all get lied to ,I will pray for Russia and Ukraine citizens for the right thing to come through all this madness,God Bless you all going through the war and guilt and confusion.
Be careful. Stay safe. Paranoia is justified when you live in a society where you can't trust your government, nor the people around you.
I don't trust the US government....what does that indicate?
@@Jasona1976 - That you must sleep with one eye open. And that you keep your passport up to date, and on you at all times.
It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.
St. Petersburg is not Moscow and Moscow is not Russia!
4 very good observations.
Thank you for the information Ksenia, I wish Russian government will change for the better.
They are fine. They are just busy fighting this proxy war that United States started. Hopefully this will stop!
Keep your IJ-26 Baikal side x side 12 gauge Made in the U.S.S.R. close by! I have mine within reach at all times! SSG, SLUG HOLLOW POINT. Load. Hello from the Great lakes.
Benjamin Franklin once said: ' Those that give up their freedoms for security deserve neither".
"and will lose both."
The US sure fits on that one!
@@blueeyes402 Russia fits on that one.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Those times were different.
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I slit the sheet,
The sheet I slit.
And on the slitted sheet
I sit.
- Navin Johnson
You're the 3rd Russian RUclipsr I've heard say that they were paranoid. I guess that's best way to survive. Do you think many people in Russia understand that USSR. 2.0 is back?
Most people in Russia think they are free people living in a free country 🤷♀
Over half the American people are paranoid, I live here and people are scared to speak up against the government or they will be targeted by the US intelligence at school board meetings and other places labeled us as terrorist some said we are worse than the Taliban.
@@StPetersburgme
Most people in the West believe they are free. Not so.
If you don't subscribe to the right narrative, Twitter RUclips and Facebook will cancel you.
Stolen elections is stolen freedom.
I am parnoid living in the West.
Same as US people.
Open your eyes.
the USA is n0t free. Same f0r Canada, UK, Aust, China, and all Western Eur0pe. I think y0u g0t it g00d in Russia. S0uth America? Africa? Y0u g0t it g00d. Y0u'll see.
What is good about killing or suppressing the Ukrainian people?
It's upsetting that things have slid back in Russia. And the "situation" is a horror. I'm in the U.S. and I shudder to think that a cold war is all of our realities again. I hope it can be turned around, and soon. Please stay safe and leave there if you need to (before the iron curtain slams down again).
The U.S. govt. has done plenty of illegal, anti-democratic tricks the last couple of years. This made-up Jan. 6 event, the Russia connection and 'dirty dossier', which was manufactured by Hillary Clinton are just a couple of examples that the U.S. is not the country of virtue like before.
The Republican Party in the United States is trying to go back to the 1950’s by reversing personal freedom laws, restricting voting for minorities and the use of domestic terrorism to control by fear. We are not doing so well either!!!! Americans need to wake up and face reality now!
@@smc130 Agreed!
@@heatherthompson8837 Russia is no where near as powerful as the USSR was. If there is a cold war, it's going to be between the USA and China, not Russia
It's happening here as well. If we express ourselves with morals and values we are arrested
i served in the US military during the cold war and yes some of what i see going on in Russia today are very similar to what we saw with the USSR. the stores you talked about were in the Soviet Union back in the 1950s , 1960s, and onward till the 1990s when the Soviet Union was gone we thought for good. your President is a former KGB agent and that says a lot about what we see going on today in Russia. please stay safe and watch your back you never know who the informers are.
It's hard to figure out if she's complaining about USSR 2.0 or bragging about it.
She’s not doing either, where did you pick that up?
Your story reminds me of the suppression the Dutch experienced during the Gerrnan occupation 1940-1945.
I am afraid in the (near?) future there could be a 5th sign of Russia returning to the USSR: the construction of a wall on the border between Ukraine and Russia, like there used to be a wall between West- and East-Berlin. On earth there are more of such wall 'cases': the US-Mexican border (partly), the Turkish-Greek wall (Greeks and Turkeys don't visit each other in Cyprus) and the Palestine areas-Israel wall. I think it could last tens of years or a whole generation before conditions between Russia and Ukraine normalize and the two people have overcome the horrible past. When countries have conflicts they should use diplomacy not war to solve the problems. With a war the problems get worse and solutions become impossible.
You are underestimating the time until relations between Russia and Ukraine normalize. For instance, Ukraine had been trying to "derusofy" Ukraine to establish a national identity for basically 30 years. However, many in Ukraine refused. Kharkiv on February 23rd had predominantly Russian speaking citizens for example. They had street signs in Russian. Russian monuments in public spaces. They would protest any attempt by the Ukrainian government to change that. After February 24th, they have started speaking Ukrainian on their own. They are demanding the Russian street signs be removed. They are demanding the removal of Russian monuments. The children who are living through this war are refusing to speak Russian. When they grow up, they will speak Ukrainian not Russian. When they have children of their own, they will teach them Ukrainian and teach them to distrust Russia. I doubt there will be many examples of Ukrainians marrying a Russian going forward. Russia will be never again looked upon as a "brother" by Ukraine. The best Russia can hope for is that they can progress from the status of "mortal enemy" to "untrustworthy neighbor".
@@brianeleighton I think you should do more history learning and you will understand why they wanted to derussify. Since Russia was Russifying Ukraine when it was under Russia. Which wasn't their choice either. They had their own language before they spoke Russian.
Dear Ksenia, I have watched your video with great interest and I am really very sad that, even though the grocery shops in Russia are full of food and other stuffs, freedom of expression is at risk. Democracy is the most important think and no one should be prevented from saying their own opinion. Anyway Ksenia be careful and take care of yoursef, we are always with you as you are a very intelligent and indipendent woman, a self-made woman, who deserves the best in life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings about the situation in your country.
Great comment! Beautiful. Freedom of speech is at risk around the world. It must be preserved.
@@billmolenhof2615 Thank you
Here in America our Freedom of expression is on thin ice.
Dear Xania, If what you say is true, such a video put you at risk and you better leave Russia while you still can.
It’s scary, but strange things are happening everywhere.
By ur definitions seems the US has been in its own USSR since the Patriot act was enacted 20 years ago...
You know you're in trouble when your country has a word for "death penalty by shooting". Some things should not be simplified.
i had this feeling of back to uSSR gradually since 2008 .Georgian invasion ,the murdered journalists .But after 2012 it got again muddy.It's so sad because Russia is such a wonderful country and there is so much potential but it's in the belong to a happy few.In fact I think that it's even worse than the soviet era.During the soviet Era there was the politburo and if the politburo wasn't happy with the secretary general ,the latter would be ousted .Now there is only a one person who is the supreme leader so......
I am new to your channel, I watched you try British food, so this is the second video of yours that I have watched I think that Russia is slowly going back to a Soviet USSR country, which is worrying. Заботиться
You are a treasure. You have reinforced my belief there are educated, caring people “throughout” the world and in every country
First thank you for this video. So interesting and concerning. I remember in the 60s studying Russia. I was sad and i hope life will be ok for you. You are so articulate explaining details so well. We were never taught at any time to hate Russians and i never heard anyone speak in a derogatory way about the Russian people. Not then or now. Life is ever changing and i pray for the best. Spasibo. Paka! 😘
Exactly. I grew up in the 80’s and did have fear of Russia and the Cold War, however I’ve never hated Russians.. Many of the Americans have roots to Russia.. in the end, we are ALL PEOPLE!
Lovely to see you as always. I don't blame you for being a little paranoid. You've not said anything wrong, but as you said, it only takes one idiot to look over your shoulder and cause trouble. Take care! xx
I wouldn't call it "USSR 2.0" or "USSR is back" because history never repeats itself. The context is completely different. I would call it "Putin's Russia", "Putin's dictatorship" or just "putinism" because the situation after 24 February is not entirely new. It's just a continuation of the direction Russia has been heading since 2000.
I think you read a lot about history. Let’s hope it doesn’t repeat itself! People like us don’t wish any difficult times for you.
You are not paranoid if they are out to get you. And they are.
Great video Ksenia! I believe you are correct in that you are experiencing USSR 2. Please take good care of yourself and stay safe.
Going to the police to snits on her son ,just saw a RUclips about mother more worried about her soldiers sons I Phone 13 then her son himself . He is currently a POW . Something is seriously wrong with some of the Russian mothers.
Take care of your self and I wish you all the best.
Girl, I didn't know you were a singer! I was grooving with you lol 🎶 🎵
Your not over reacting, be careful and stay safe. Good to see your honest. I'm thinking it's true when we see our news saying Russian troops are stealing from Ukrainians.
The government here in America steal from the workers and give to the drug addicts and anyone who comes here at anytime,I am not kidding anyone can come here even if the law says no they come anyways and get rewarded for giving them a vote for democrats.
Terrifying times. I remember the 1980s in Eastern Europe, and it sounds exactly like back then. Be safe.
I got some Russian friends and they say it's not UUSR 2.0 until schools start forcing student to clean schools themselves and until student start to be mandated to work fields in the villages. Was both thing really a thing in USSR 1.0?
Thank you for your bravery and for speaking out. Stay safe and be careful!
Praying for your safety!!!
I love Russia and it has so much potential. Unfortunately, unless Russia adopts a real form of Government that respects human rights it will continue to suffer.
Tell Joe Biden that.
Vlad Veksler has a new Q&A episode on his RUclips channel, vlad vexler chat, today. Talks a little about this situasion and beyond....
Highly recommended espesially for westernes who has little or almost no knowledge of conditions in ru
He is a russian/ukrainian political philosopher living in London.
Xenia hi!Traditionally Russia is an imperial country ruled by an emperor with everything it could mean.And absorbed a lot from the Byzantine empire almost 1000 years ago.Russia never was a democratic country and i think the majority of people there don't want to be democratic.Once i had a coversation with a Russian young woman 29 years old here in Greece about this topic and she told me that she wasn't sure if democracy is the right system for a society to be ruled.And to think that she studied sociology in Russia SPB.So I'm not surprised about what is happening now there and i think you shouldn't also.
Please use headphones if possible so noone can hear what you listen to or watch. Stay safe. We love watching you and your life. A Granny from Montreal Canada
The same thing is happening in the UK and US and all over Europe with free speech unfortunately it’s not only Russia
Miss Trust even said she is willing to press the button if she wins. How crazy is that!
Sounds just like the current state of United States.
Oh brother...get real...thankfully we voted out Trump...the Putin loving wanna be!
You are so helpful and well read I love your channel and your style👍your a great RUclipsr
You are so helpful and well read I love your channel and your style👍
Be careful my friend. From Russia 😢 I pray things don’t get as bad as it was in the ussr.
So very glad to see you again! You put out wonderful information and insights. If we could come to St. Petersburg, our family wants you for our tour guide!!:):). It is just too hard to go there right now. Maybe in the future. Cheers!
I’m worried that you are walking into trouble by talking this way. Stay safe. X
I can’t imagine, as a mother, to turn my son in for not going to military! I think I’d try to HELP him hide out! A woman having a child & then have to potentially be killed after only 1i or so years old. SAD!
Fear that when he was caught (someone else would narc on him first) she would be accused of colluding with the enemy and suffer a similar fate. Although I still can’t imagine a mother doing that, given the historical context, volatility and brainwashing it doesn’t surprise me.
Stay safe, thankyou for the vid. This is what Republicans want for America.
Excellent video, really eye opening. Very sad too. STAY SAFE PLEASE as without people like you we do not how real people in Russia are feeling. Thank you.
Stay safe, please. I'm 100% sure you know exactly what you're doing but this program really got me nervous. Please stay safe and don't take any unnecessary chances.
This one made me anxious.
Scary times going on by you. Makes me sad. At one time I wanted to visit some place in Russia. It is now not an option for me. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Just read that a “new“, overpriced notebook with 10-year-old technology is being released due to the sanctions. This is also USSR-style.
Take care!
It's so sad when people don't recognize the real enemy (the repressive government) and instead work against each other... You russians should work together against what is going on, not against each other...
The US the same.
You are not as free as your movies make out.
Keep yourself safe! Your channel is great but please be careful X
Russia is not the same as USSR.
I concur. It is far worse.
It is very sad because of what's happening in Russia and we hope and pray for the best for the Russian people .
Regards from Australia and stay safe.
We are divided and manipulated, but we can change everything, but only all together! Friends, the International Social Project CREATIVE SOCIETY is gaining tremendous momentum in the world. People from different countries, nationalities and religions are coming together to build a just society. Only together we can change our world!!!!!!
Please keep safe Ksenia. I appreciate you taking the time to explain what’s going on.
When I saw your videos with your mom I can't tell you how much it meant to me. I think that your mom and I are close in age. It was good to see that the things that went on during the cold war were over. During that time we were taught to hate each other. It really meant a lot to see what wonderful people you and your mom are. I imagined what it would be like if my daughter and I were ever able to sit down and talk with you and your mom. I would've had lots of questions about your culture. I don't want to go back to living in a cold war. I'm sending you hopes and prayers that things in both of our countries change for the better.
Hi mate, can you assist me? I intend to produce a youtube video for my youtube channel which compares what is being said on western news networks with regards to the result of sanctions on Russia with the reality on the ground in Russia. To do this I require to find out what is being stated on your countries news concerning the effect of sanctions on Russia. It will be interesting for me to discover if the news and the truth differ from reality
This is a truly beautiful thought and expression of humanity. I feel the same and would love for my son to have the chance to speak with Ksenia and her Family. If we could simply all reach this level of care and affection for each other, what a different world….
Absolutely, I agree!!
Wish you all the best.
**Ksenia** my Dear, You TRULY are🔥absolutely🌟magnificent 😁...!!! Do just please be careful 😟.... ~With much m u c h love, respect, appreciation and, sincere, heartfelt very best wishes to you-and-yours 😊 💚💖💚💖💚💖💚💖💚💖
My hope and prayers are for you and your country go back to freedom.
I always enjoy your videos, you are so intelligent and have such insight. I wish I could blink my eyes and transport you here to a new prosperous life. Yes, we have our issues, but we are free to achieve personal wealth and prosperity, you would thrive. I see a very bright future for you my dear friend…hold on to your dreams!
I know that living in America is nothing like living in Russia. But our society is breaking down very quickly. The poor getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. I don't feel safe when I go out in public I do not go to large events and I don't even know my neighbors. At least I know God is watching over Us and you. During the pandemic people walking around without masks getting violent with people who are wearing them and generally acting like idiots when they should have been staying at home. You are very wonderful woman bless you and your family.
You should move to russia. Your snitching on your fellow citizens would be highly appreciated by the elites there. Maybe you could shop in the special store
Play it safe! When listen to anything like utube put on headphones or ear pieces so only you can hear it. Take care stay strong.
Even the Russian postage stamps were indicating, what's coming.
From 2019 on, the definitive stamps with the coat of arms are copying the design of the pre-WWI Russian empire stamps so closely, that you have to look very close to make a difference.
Previously, the WWII anniversary stamps were honoring the hardest fighting Russian cities, weapons, etc, but except Berlin, hardly anything outside Russia was pictured. In 2020, the stamps were "Berlin offensive", "Königsberg offensive", "Prague offensive", "Vistula-Oder offensive" - all hailing not the victory as such, but the offensive operations abroad.
Adding the current events, like the planned so-called referendums to join Russia in the occupied areas, and calls for de-Ukrainization of the whole Ukraine (banning the Ukrainian language and even wiping the name Ukraine from map, see f.e. Timofei Sergeitsev "What Russia should do with Ukraine), it's that while FSB is going back to the NKVD/KGB mode, but Russia rather has a goal to go back to the 19th century Imperial mode.
If the people want it, they may get it. They can change their future. Yes..they can.
Perceptions of freedoms, not only in your country. Julian Assange springs to mind- for speaking & publishing the truth. The British born journalist video blogger reporting from the Donbas since before & during this conflict who had his British banking blocked, cards cancelled. A female German journalist being prosecuted for similar reports from the Donbas. It's a bit naive to belive any differently. You are open with your views & it's obvious your fellow contrymen may view them. You know mentioning certain things can be risky. Commenters who encourage you to post things controversial are unwise. Very safe for them but not, I think?, for you. Please take care, I wish you all the best.
I didn't reveal any secret information. All information in this video is open and all the facts are open too. I didn't even expressed my opinion on it. I didn't call for any actions. So, I don't think I did anything wrong.
@@StPetersburgme you didn’t, I think everyone is paranoid except the Russian people. History is history anything you said can be found in any History Book, even in 🇺🇸. Or just search the internet. You will be ok, the Iron Curtain has not yet fallen.
Hi mate. What is the name of the journalist who had is bank blocked? Thanks.
Graham Phillips they using Russian sanctions on him so they Seige all his assets in UK .
Graham Phillips. He has reported on the shelling of the inhabitants of Donbass by Ukrainian militia groups since the 2014 political coup. Look for his channel.
*"What do you think?"*
I think it's terrifying.
This makes it very clear what certain people in a neighboring country are fighting so hard to resist.
Konstantin from Inside Russia said he doesn't mind if Putin goes back to USSR. Konstantin just doesn't want to go back too.
Sounds like you are also talking about Canada.
We would welcome you.
I'm a kid of the 80's so, I admit that I had some nostalgia for that era, but... I was thinking about my favorite cartoons and some cool music videos. Not the fricking USSR.
Dear Ksenia, the methods of dictatorship are always the same, even if the content differs. I am from Germany and during the last century we faced at least two of these regimes (1933-45 and 1949-90 in the eastern part). I was born when the Ussr and the DDR were still 'operating' . It was terrible and I am so sad that we are kind of 'going back in time' right now. The situation is bad for Russia and the whole world and I hope that we
can manage it. Lots of love and stay save!
You are very right about the way things are in the world right now. We seem to be going backwards instead of forwards towards freedom.
the situation is bad for your world, because the dictatorship has come to you, the dictatorship of total lies, which is controlled by only two countries in the world, the USA and the UK. I remind you that under Hitler there was exactly the same dictatorship of total lies. Do I remind you of the outcome of this dictatorship of total lies in 1939 and 1941? I do not agree with you that there was a dictatorial power in the GDR! you have no idea about the GDR, because the modern electoral system in the UK is no different from the GDR! Did the people of Great Britain elect Elizabeth Truss as Prime Minister? Alas, it was not the choice of the people!. did the people of Germany vote in the ELECTION OF the CHANCELLOR to block the Nord Stream 2, with the final liquidation of the German economy? Because it is beneficial only to the USA and the UK, but not beneficial to Germany. all modern propaganda of total lies about Russia in all the world's media is beneficial only to the United States and Great Britain. lying of the media is the main evil in your world. because it was lies that created all the dictatorial governments in the history of Europe. Did you know that it was the United States and Great Britain, from the mid-20s and all 30s until the summer of 1944, that were the main sponsors of Hitler's party in Germany. But, they were not in the dock in Nuremberg, alas. these world's scoundrels sat down in the judges' chairs...! Alas! The modern descendants continue the case of the lies of these scoundrels from the UK and the USA, who were not convicted by Nuremberg. Therefore, today the world stands at the edge of the abyss of another bloody catastrophe, in which the United States and Great Britain, as before, hope to sit out, hiding behind the seas, having previously pushed the world into the abyss of military madness..
If you can stock up on buckwheat, flour and other items do it. A little each time you shop.
Sincerely, I noticed you have very few Russian commentators here.
Hi, Ksenia! I just watched your video and, as usual, they are so very informative and interesting. When you explained about the snitches, my first thought was, oh, maybe Ksenia, should only focus on the tours of the city/country and the wonderful lessons on Russian culture and history. Please stay safe and I hope you take the advice to wear headphones, out in the city. Later, my friend. ❤️
Actually, I prefer the small wireless earbuds. Those are more comfortable for me, than headphones.
Love your singing/ humor in the begining. Be careful sweet girl.
Hi my name is Michael I live in California USA, and I think you’re a very nice lady, and you should be very proud of yourself, I do not blame Russia for this war, I blame the United States, the EU in the UK, they are using these Ukrainian people, and they had every opportunity to negotiate a diplomatic, so I pay attention very closely, but there are a lot of American people do not believe in this war, it should have never started, and there’s a lot of this Russia phobia, which I am totally against, anyway take care now, I’ll talk to you soon
You are correct Ksenia. Konstantin from inside Russia says exactly the same thing about repressions, starting around 2012. Baby steps he calls it, so the people don't notice. What a terrible state of affairs.
Buy some Bluetooth or wired earphones so no one will hear what you are listening to in your apartment building.
Yes! The same struck my mind, too. And put some music or something on so there will be some sounds from your appartment. Take care dear Xenia.
You don't have a right to other people's children, woman. Also never saw a video like this coming out of a real dictatorship like China, NK or Iran. There are people in the US who make videos like this about the American government and there are some definite issues here however such videos prove one thing and it's not the assertions in the video.
Greetings from Czech Republic.
I'm sad when I see how Russia and Belarus changed the direction from democracy to dictatorship countries. It is lost of opportunity to be a modern, respected country. Unfortunately, only Russian people can change it. But it will be really hard with current level of propaganda and overpowered police reaction to any anti-government protest.
When was Russia ever a democratic society?
@@krob2327 That's the point. They were on way to democracy, but they didn't get there.
They split your country in two. They split Yugoslavia. Germany United. What does that go to show you.
With a friend like the US who needs enemies. Russia is your next door to you.
The US isn't. Don't let the US use your nation as a shield. Like the Ukraine .
@@cliffa2901 You are wrong.
Yes, we split. But we were split before (in WWII) as well. And now, when we are in EU and Schengen, we are together again. And there are other countries like too.
We don't want russian "friendship". We had it in past, 40 years after WWII. and it was terrible.
We are looking for equal partneship, not dictatorship as Putin requesting.
@@mkyral siding with the US is one big mistake. Your nation was still split .
I agree with you. I hope things can improve soon. What a mess. Putins successor will be just as bad imo. Even Navalny is a bit strange
That is just so sad, we all had such hope for Russia, it had so much potential to become a 'good' superpower... and now it turns to this! I find it very hard to understand their thinking... I find it even harder to understand the Russian people, taking this after they have experienced a different reality, they seem oblivious to what is happening, some are happily holidaying in Crimea while people including Russian soldiers are dying not far from there...
I don’t think there are many Russian people vacationing in Crimea anymore 👍
They arent being told anything near the truth, as has been the status quo for decades. People disappearing into gulags for decades in the early century, all the way through, stalin's reunion pictures getting edited every time he knocks off another General. Just wild, and pootin keeps the tradition alive, just keep lying and imprisoning and the spiritual successor lives on, it's really sad where he is leading their country.
If things feels familiar, they probably are 😐! Remember there's a difference between sensible and paranoia, so I'm thinking of you ☯️!
I enjoy your videos. (Some people somewhere, are happy to be back in the USSR). Imagine! 🤭 I pray you stay safe! 🌿💚
I’m so worried for you I’m worried for my people too. ☹️🇺🇸
Ksenia be careful - I enjoy your videos and the information you provide
I don't think you're paranoid. That's your 6 sense warning you and guiding you that sometimes we do not listen. Take all necessary cautions, because unfortunately, yes, you guys are under that tight claw. Be careful.
you too!
So many of us ignore that “nagging feeling”, God gave us the gift for a reason.
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Of course Ksenia is beautiful, like always.
You know , I wish you could leave. This sounds like the USSR I was taught about in school in the 1970’s. Throughout the decades, as change happened in Russia, I never lost my healthy distrust of your governments. After all , a leopard can’t change his spots. Please stay safe.
Hi Ksenia. I always enjoy watching your videos. I think you are a strong, independent young woman and you want to express how you feel... but I don’t blame you for feeling a bit paranoid. Who knows how much the government is spying on people these days. Just try to be safe and continue doing what you’re doing. I really love your informative videos and I have learned a lot about Russia and parts of its history from you. I’m sorry that life has become so difficult in Russia. Thinking of you. Take care of yourself and be safe!❤️❤️❤️
I think that the nightmare that you have been describing is the very real shortcomings of living in the old Soviet Union , shortcomings that probably had contributed to its final downfall. When I was younger having had grown up in the U.S. during the Cold War, during the times of the Vietnam war and the black civil rights struggle I like many other young people of that time period were very left orientated and we had been confronting a lot of injustices here in the U.S. such as the senseless Vietnam war, institutional racism, woman’s equality issues and economic equality , gay rights, and I had believed and still do in things like housing is a human right and not a profit making venture,so is education and medical care, capitalism is for the most part unjust it is a system of one man exploiting the other and is the lowest form of economic system, we should have freedom from religion that only works to divide people, and racism should be outlawed period.Back in the day to many of us the Soviet Union was in many ways a shinning light. I was very sad to see it crumble , I think that the Russian people should not have given up completely on socialism instead of giving up on the USSR you should of attempted to make it even better “more democratic “ although it has to be strict to a degree because there will always be ignorant misguided people around that will attempt to destroy the revolution.
I remember in mid 80's visiting Moskva and Leningrad there was nothing in the stores !! sam in Cuba in mid 90-s hail for PUTIN
And remember how "WELL" the version 1 ended ... this will be no different will be a NIGHTMARE again
You began entereing the USSR as soon as people opposed to Putin began dying. That era began almost 2 decades ago. Welcome to the resistance. 😀
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for sharing. Please be wise and safe! ♥
Ксения, я рада что ты сейчас стала более открыто говорить обо всём и что твоя позиция более понятная. Но всё равно будь осторожна.
How dare you watch another channel)))) hahahahaha
@@SamsRussianAdventures Who wants to watch your whitewash...
Stay safe. Certainly seems to be USSR on repeat.
Slava Ukraini!
I'm confused. The Russian Constitution, in articles 29 and 31, defines freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly (demonstrations). Do regular Russian laws override the rights defined in the constitution? Is there no version of the US Supreme Court in Russia that interprets the constitution and forbids laws that violate it? Why have a constitution if lawmakers can override it to suit their desires?
Yeah, give me a break. when you're robbing parts off one airplane to put on another? oh, that sounds like you're back....Joke!
You looks like very happy in the video... But I think you don't understand what is coming to your country in a few months...