I was in Moscow last month and before my trip to Russia I watched Dan, Eddie and Joe's videos. I followed all their advice. I went to the Russian Consulate and got my three years turist visa, got a hotel near Vnukovo Internacional airport, got my Troika card and used the Moscow metro system. And I had the most amazing time of my life in Moscow.
As a real, true American, I was out and about in Russia as a diplomatic tourist. This one time I was stopped and question by the Russian police because of a some misunderstanding. I was polite, compliant, and presented all the documents the police requested. Russian police they said a few things, and I was on my happy way. In other words...nobody cares if you're in American in Russian. In their eyes you're just another tourist. Act and behave accordingly.
so basically this guy is like: "Yup, I break some stupid local rules and regulations because I don't really give a flying F, but I am a proud and entitled USA citizen, so how dare they!!!..."
I used to be subscribed to his channel. Not any more. I watched all his videos of Russia. Even before the arrest he was so disingenuous making snide and patronising remarks about Russia and Russians at every corner. The fact that he went to visit remote regions, sensitive regions close to the Chinese border without a passport was just plain stupid, but I have a feeling he knew EXACTLY what he was doing and wanted to get arrested so that his video would blow up on social media. He was acting suss and the locals noticed it too thats probably why they reported him.
I worked in Irkutsk and in Moscow for the better part of 3 years. I traveled all over Russia. I followed the law and I never had any problems. I would go back, so much more to see.
As an American who has visited Russia, I can say it's a safe and amazing country to visit, even for Americans. Clowns like him spread fear and lies just for attention. Great channel! Keep it up man 👍
Me too, I'm glad he was found out. He also made a video visiting my country, Ireland, using the same slimey, supercillious smirk on his face like some kind of Hollywood ar****le that we are supposed to admire because he thinks America is God's gift and we are nothing. Well he can shove it now, we know who is the best and most heroic force in the world now: Russia! Beir Búa Z, from Ireland.
He's been doing that throughout his videos. Instigating jabs, provoking, baiting, mellow, innocent, plausible denial. But being instigating and provoking dramaqueen contentmaking asshole is not a crime. He just gives us travelers a bad name and tries to throw shade on a country.
@이주영-h5j9n Silly children- you're missing the point. I was growing up in the 70s and even then everyone knew that Birobidzhan was a failed experiment. And we knew that it was called " the Jewish Oblast' " but it doesn't mean that there are only Jews there or even that they're the majority. He grew up on Brighton! I would like him to produce the actual person who told him otherwise.
The officer who made initial contact summed it up over the radio. “I’ve never seen anything like this.” This guy was being goofy along a border area as a westerner when Russia is battling the whole of the west basically proxy in Ukraine.
No common sense. Byproduct of the West’s massive safety net to save eyediots from themselves. Reminds me of that white kid who got himself locked away in NKorea
I went to his comments. Scary how easily people put trust on his words. In fact, i am surprised how easily he got away from breaking government security laws. Which is very serious. It proves that Russia is not a Gulag place how they try to picture it. Thank you Dan for showing the simple and logical truth and that people around the world can think logically.
The guy actually doxxed himself, his court documents are available online due to the transparency of Russian judicial system. He actually wasn't imprisoned for being near border, but for actively refusing to talk with police and show his documents when they tried to interrogate him (that was when he returned to his hotel after being detained the first time, I think). Also he was fined for calling SVO "an invasion", but it's not a jailable offense. The funny thing is that 15 days he was sentenced with is just a normal administrative arrest. Russian authorities could detain him for up to 15 days just because he failed to produce any valid documents, according to Russian law it's a normal procedure "to determine the identity" as they call it. But they went extra mile and made sure there was a court indictment, to make sure everything is fine from legal point of view, probably because he is a foreigner.
@@MaxBerry-j6d I don't think I can post links here. Well, I tried and my message was filtered. Either by youtube or by this channel's owner. But in the second video of this Thomas guy you can see censored pictures of original documents. They have IDs and other searchable info. There are several Russian sites where you can try finding them.
@@redux467you're just everywhere in these comments shilling for this guy that's an obvious liar to anyone with eyes and a brain. What's your deal? Listen to the guy talk for 90 seconds and anyone can see he's full of it. There's something honestly wrong with you
I saw one of his videos years ago and haven't come across his channel since. And then suddenly, a few days ago, RUclips began to persistently recommend video about his arrest in Russia. I wonder why... I watched his other Russian vlogs and it is clear to me that he was initially against Russia. Even the titles smack of anti-Russian propaganda. And the way he responded to you, Daniel, was not just rude, but disgusting. Such an attitude, especially towards a stranger, speaks volumes.
Ha ha! And the other one, the bald and bankrupt one, went sneaking into a totally restricted area. What could possibly go wrong? Those two got off so easy!
Если бы русский так вёл себя в США, его бы не забрали в тюрьму, а проводили до наиболее важных стратегических объектов и обеспечили более комфортные условия для фотографирования. Ох уж эта варварская Россия...
@@VasiLisa103 Yes. Go to Area 51 in the US or Pine Gap in Australia, perhaps RAF Menwith Hill in the UK and start filming. They will greet you with open arms and serve you tea 😆
> A foreigner was making vids and pics of bridges in the remote border area on the edge of the world (not suspicious) > Asking really WEIRD questions to people (still definitely NOT suspicious) > No documents (not suspicious at all) > Was detained to be checked out (omg, why?? Who could ever think?) > Was let go soon (but first was thrown to Gulag for 1000 years) > Oh my god it was an awful and stressful experience whyyy god why did they do this to me? (Because Russia is just bad of course)
All of this while a certain u.s. proxy on Russia's western border has been actively committing acts of vicious terrorism within Russia, over and over again. Who could ever imagine they might find him suspicious effing around in a border region. Shocking!!! Unreal man.
This man did not just happen to come to the border region. He came to the area where the new spaceport and secret military installations are located. Based on all this information, it can be inferred that he works for American intelligence agencies. I don't understand why he was released from prison in Russia. He should have stayed there and served his sentence...
@@mirror5076 What does propaganda have to do with it? Indeed, there is a new Russian cosmodrome and a number of secret military installations in that area. Everyone knows this. I think it is no coincidence that this man chose that particular place for his "tour".
Some towns and places in Russia are banned for visiting due to mining gold or other resources, or its close location to the border, thats true. And you have to investigate if you can go there or not, no matter what your citizenship is. The rules are equal for literally everyone.
Yeah- but if he did grow up on Brighton I cannot for the life of me imagine a single Russian or Ukrainian Jewish person steering him towards Birobidzhan. Even my parents' generation ( and I'm 60 ) knew it was a failed experiment. There is nothing there!
He's definitely not fluent in Russian. But he can speak and understand at a low level based on what I've seen and heard from the few videos I watched of his.
I am Australian. My family and I spent 2-3 weeks in Russia (St Petersburg, Moscow and Volgograd). The most impressive and enjoyable time of our lives. Magnificent architecture, colour, pattern, space, design, culture, public parks, public spaces, free or low price public performances or activities, history, transport and, most importantly, welcoming, helpful and friendly people. We researched what, laws, rules, morals and expectations are respected in Russia and adhered to them - absolutely no problems. We were advised by our Foreign Affairs site to carry our passports or a photocopy of the ID page at all times. Only asked for at hotels or when boarding intracity trains and at airports - at no time requested by law enforcement. In fact we came home with a better approach to life and have implemented the helpful and friendly approaches, that we experienced in Russia, in our daily lives in Australia. I would never go into my neighbour's house without his permission and, while there, would never do anything that he didn't want me to do. Next video from the vlogger should be titled 'How the Russian Police treated me with extreme leniency when I deserved to be castigated severely for being a self-centred, dishonest, rabble-rousing loser. Most Australians would consider him, using our slang terminology as a 'drop-kick'.
If you can get with a Russian woman, it actually means you have good chances of getting with a women in other countries. It means the opposite to what that guy said. Russian women aren't that easy and have standards.
100%. Russia is the most difficult country to get women in other than say hardcore Muslim countries and Israel. In my experience the easiest women are in Africa then then Western countries and then Latin America
This stupidity was intentional. The plan was to be arrested on an administrative charge which gets you arrested but not for long. Then he can carry a badge of someone who has been arrested in Russian. A risky game.
I had been following him for years, but since he went to Russia, the way he did things, and the things he said, immediately seemed to me like those of a provocateur. I waited to see what I already knew would happen, and I was not disappointed, it was clear to me that it would end like this. He went to Russia, with a negative attitude, of someone who doesn't inform himself but lets himself be informed. Which adult in a foreign country, (with which his country is at war, yes it is) take "a walk", without carrying documents, to prove his identity?????? Even just the choice of prompts given to the AI to generate the images (it's biased) should make you think a lot, dilapidated places, spy movie atmospheres, 70 year old furniture and objects c'mon! It says a lot about his psychology, it's denigrating russia from the first day, for pure pleasure, because he was educated to think in a certain way about Russia, and he went on a trip there with that idea, even the questions he asked people before being arrested, about the war and look at that? They all answered him that life was bad and painted Russia as a monster. In "every sentence" he says, there is contempt for Russia of yesterday and even today. The problem is that there is no real proof that it really happened, i unsubscribed a few days ago. IMHO for me it's all made up. If it really happened, I think it was wanted, to collect clicks and paint himself as a victim of *evil mother Russia*
@@Wild-Siberia I just watched the whole video now, eh I read the msg that he sent you, shameful, now I have a clear idea of what kind of person he is.
@@jackburton5085 He was definitely arrested. Another RUclipsr reported that he received a call from a person representing this guys family asking if he could do anything to help Tommy, this was several weeks before Tommy made his RUclips community post about being arrested.
He is a scumbag who is willing to break laws and say slander for the sake of views, American bloggers have had this practice for a long time. Case in point, there's John Somalia
Keep in mind these big channels all have management companies and they all have 'suggestions'' and they probably make it worth their while to portray certain topics a certain way. So much fake nonsense out there.
I used to watch SabbaticalTommy a few months ago but I stopped because I sensed he is a pathological liar. This video is icing on the cake, so to speak!
It’s pretty obvious he lies non stop.. I don’t know him but in just 3 videos he changes his story and admits to things he denies in the others. thanks for watching please consider sharing the video it helps the channel grow.
Я то же от него быстро отписался хотя мне нравиться следить за иностранцами живущими в России или путешествующими, но этот фрукт второй от кого я отписался, первым был американец с афроамериканскими корнями - я не помню его канал, который вел себя как будто ему все должны целовать кроссовки, отвратительно было смотреть как он принижал молодых русских девушек и парней. Которые в меру своей воспитанности не сделали ему замечания.
He didn’t expose anything, he didn’t even discuss what he was actually jailed for… he just manipulated information, took things out of context, and presented his irrational thoughts as facts… he is just a Russian puppet. Only propagandists go through such mental gymnastics to justify the wrongdoing they afflict on people. This was a disgusting display of brainwashed Russian puppets…
You caught him in his lies bro. I didn't know he was this kind of knobb, his videos of being caught in russia have been popping in my feed and I've been ignoring them suspecting exactly this
when someone says "he is not political" it's most definitely trying to stirr you into his political way without you realizing which is that way. If someone doesn't want to influence you he will tell you first from which political position he is coming so that you know before you make up your mind which side he is on. This is the correct way to adress anything, first state who you are and what is your position then giving a message, so that the person has the correct context on your message. Big lesson I learned over the years when reading or watching anything, and I mean anything.
@@redux467 I don't see much topic for a video here.. everything that happened to him he brought onto himself. He could have come to Russia, had a great time and left Russia with nothing negative happening AT ALL, just like thousands of other people do every day. So what point does that leave to make? None. The whole premise of the video just melted away. I mean of course not the author's video, but the subject's video
@@redux467 He claimed he was framed but was he? The other side, i.e. the Russian authorities have the right to detain him for further investigation because he behaved suspiciously like he was scoping the area out. Local law enforcement might have released him after a point but the FSB saw otherwise, because of terr***st attacks. Totally reasonable.
@@redux467 Его ни кто не обвинял в ложных преступлениях. Россия это не гулаг как вам рассказывают ваши западные пропагандисты. Это в штатах существует самый настоящий гулаг под названием Гуантанамо.
@@Wild-Siberia "Everything seemed right"??? Tommy said he shared his hotel room with a stranger in the very BEGINNING of his video. Would Wild Siberia leave his passport in a hotel room that you shared with a stranger or would you keep your passport with you especially if going towards the Russia/China border?
He has always been doing that: Once he was with a tour party in Tibet, he broke away from the group and started wondering on his own. He went to a doggy part of Lagos Nigeria and same also in Brazil.
It’s something I concluded on in my video because the body language and the constant blatant lies. thanks for watching please consider sharing the video it helps the channel grow.
A lot of RUclipsrs and TikTokers, in pursuit of more views and likes, on which the amount of monetization depends, act out scenes where they allegedly get into "dangerous and risky situations". This guy knew that the punishment for such a violation of the law is not severe. He even found out the amount of the fine before going to the border zone. He deliberately did not take or simply did not show his passport, so that he would be detained. He knew that they would not hold him more than 1-2 days to check the legality of his stay in Russia, and if he did no more wrongs, they would cancell his visa and let him go. He is just a cheap, petty adventurer. In Russia, they say about such adventures "дешево и сердито" (cheap and cheerful). Now, he will tell how he almost ended up in the Gulag, adding new details each time.😁
Если я гражданин России приеду в США и буду снимать видео или делать фото в приграничной зоне возле объектов критической инфраструктуры, то меня американские власти не арестуют))????? Серьезно??? Попробуйте это сделать сами в своей стране!!!!
то, как он стал говорить о России после задержания - с театрально-фальшивыми страданиями, с кадрами из отвратительного голливудского фильма изображающего "ужасную Россию", стало понятно какой он гад!
it's actually a completely wrong approach to believe that in Russia you can be arrested simply for no reason. In Russia, everything is very regulated. If you are a tourist visiting any major city, you don't need to know any special rules. But if you go to the border with China, to a place where tourists have nothing to do, then you should guess that this is a provocation for Russian counterintelligence
Well, you may. Russian police on a lower level is pretty corrupt and not very professional. But most people won’t even come close to this side of police issues, so do most of the Russians. If it’s something related to migrants from south, or drug traffickers, or something like that, you might get in trouble, if you accidentally got in conflict with them. But this is what can happen pretty much anywhere in the world, really.
@@sergeyd2199 Let's not tell fairy tales. Low level is low level because it is easy to find a way to deal with them if they cross the line, because any complaint, if properly applied, can easily destroy a career! Unless it is the traffic police, but on the roads there is an initially nervous atmosphere among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and public activists such as bloggers/lawyers and in general anyone who wants to get into a conflict easily gets into it, especially when the activist is right and the traffic police officer is not, and since this is not the EU or the USA, this does not lead to arrest for allegedly resisting the legal demands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs employees, because RUclips is littered with similar videos of police lawlessness not from Russia but from the USA! So, corruption. Corruption flourishes at medium-high levels, when it is already high and far from supervision, but at the same time low, that is, not in public ministerial/managerial positions. Corruption likes to develop in the shadows of quite big bosses but not public people. So finding a corrupt policeman at a lower level is not an easy task!
Exactly right we don’t tolerate immigrants near the Canadian and Mexican borders. They would be locked up for a long time look at our incarceration rate
That is pure nonsense. Russia is an extremely corrupt society in which anyone can be arrested for any reason. Check the “corruption perceptions index.” it is and always has been a brutal dictatorship. The tyranny is getting worse by the day. Putin has emptied his prisons of rapists and murderers, and sent them to invade his neighbor, promising them a pardon should they survive. He has purchased 15,000 slaves from North Korea to try and his war of aggression. Since he makes any law he wants., all of this is lawful conduct, just as it was lawful for the Nazis to torture and murder Russians during World War II. Law means nothing in a dictatorship. Of course, Putin also murdered numerous dissidents, like Navalny, as well as a number of oligarchs who opposed them.
Этот чудак на букву "м" решил превзойти Лысого Банкрота! Но у Бенджамина всё же есть какая-то эмпатия к людям, живущим в стране, которую он посещает. Когда я посмотрел первое видео этого чувака, у меня возникло какое-то неприятное чувство и я не удивлён случившимся!
Great job of explaining tommy's troubles. I watch his videos and was really worried for all of you Americans living in Russia. But with you examination and explanation I can see the truth of it. Thank you Daniel.
From the beginning he said he was arrested for "fake crimes". But crimes were real. He just doesn't want to respect the law of the country he travels to. So the law pinished him for such an arrogance. He just called his crimes fake because in america it's not crimes. But America is not the center of the world. Some (not all) americans have this arrogance. They judge other countries talking USA as a standart.
In America during WW II the country was about 50x more restricted than they are today even though there was far less behind the lines activity. About 100x less. So yes you must obey the law what a shock. And good luck getting pulled over in USA with no ID it will go much worse.
What he did in the Jewish Oblast is a punishable offense in the US when it's a foreign citizen. They will put on a watchlist so that they can be caught sending photos of "sensitive areas" sent to foreign entities. US citizens will be arrested when found in a prohibited area.
"Feel bad for Tommy"???? Are you joking???? Anyone who feels bad for Tommy is wittingly or unwittingly aiding and abetting Tommy. Tommy made tons of money on these two anti-Russian videos alone. Tommy and Bald/Bankrupt are one in the same. I am very happy that these two anti-Russian youtubers will never be allowed in the Russian Federation.
Agreed with you a 100%! Tommy is a piece of crap, arrogant, uneducated prick, who can smear and slander the country and the people who welcomed him with an open arms, just for the fricking clicks on his stupid channel
@perspicuously I loved watching bald and bankrupt Russian adventures videos he always gave me a positive feeling about Russia and prompted travel to Russia. I don’t think he was anti Russia in my opinion.
@@hockeybros4051 By nature, I will defend Russia with my life even though I am American. Russia does not deport tourists for nothing. I have never watched B&B videos. I respect your opinion.
This man is the epitome of evil.The arrogance and ignorant attitude he showed in both Russia and China underestimating the local population, culture and history was disgusting to watch. It was only a matter of time before he revealed his true sinister nature, even though he tried so hard to play innocent. I just wonder how it is that out of so many tourists in Russia, no one complained on RUclips that they were "arrested for no reason"
Я так понял, всё еще проще. Его сперва остановили в одном месте, сказали, что здесь ему нельзя находится, но несмотря на это он попался у моста во второй раз. Видимо это то, что он не выложил из протокола, и еще у меня есть подозрение, что он продолжал съемку при задержании, что при задержании ФСБ делать нельзя. Поэтому и получил по минимуму 15 суток ареста за неподчинение полиции, а мог бы и больше хапнуть.
меня прям удивляет, что все упускают этот момент, что его останавливали уже. И он это показывал в первой части видео. Забавно слышать, как наши право охранительные органы сами охренели от такой наглости и явно ему объяснили, что и как. И ОТПУСТИЛИ. Но этот чувак туда явно приехал за скандалом и так просто не сдавался....
В конце ПЕРВОГО листа Постановления о назначении административного наказания говориться: "На законное требование сотрудников пограничной службы ФСБ России...", а далее фраза обрывается и очевидно, что в продолжении на ВТОРОМ листе говориться об ещё одном, основном и провокационном действии, которое было совершено. ВТОРОЙ лист ТОМАС в своём оригинальном видео намеренно скрывает от зрителей, потому, что вероятно там сказано: "На законное требование сотрудников пограничной службы ФСБ России предъявить документы, THOMAS попытался скрыться (оказал сопротивление)....". Что в США делают с теми, кто отказывается выполнять требования полиции (не говоря уже о требованиях со стороны пограничников или служащих ФБР) ???
I don't buy this " I wanted to see Birobidzhan " crap for one nanosecond. And since we kind of ARE calling a spade a spade I would like to ask the gentlemen who're monitoring this site to keep these " explorers " the hell away from Edward Snowden, my brother and Zakhar Prilepin. Thank you.
Yes. Many employees of the company worked as English teachers in China during the last two decades. I know because I worked with some of them. The funny thing is that during that opening period in China, the Chinese knew exactly who was who as well and the men who weren't exactly experienced educators.
Great job, Daniel! Thanks for breaking this up. I've watched his initial videos, and I was stunned with his recklessness up to a stage, when I started to suspect him of a deliberate wrongdoing for the sake of some hipe, views and personal popularity as "the victim of the Russian GULAG". So pathetic! Cheers to you, my friend!
And, BTW: note the AI illustrations he's using! Certainly, detention facilities are not some kind a "Mar-o-Lago", but not as gruesome as he demonstrates!
Even in India you will be arrested for entering restricted area without valid permit especially with a camera. My state on the border with China especially, any foreigner needs special permit to enter , heck near the border even us locals are not allowed without seeking permit from the military and cameras are banned
I have watched this guy for several years on and off. I always felt there was something off with him. Long before this video in Russia, I asked him in the comments if he had in the past worked for a 3 letter agency, maybe even as a contractor for the C**. As I had read before in comments someone had stated that he did have that background. Well he actually responded to me with a one word response, “wrong”. He seems awkward, kind of even goofy. Often in comments people correct him for incorrect information. So in summary I do believe that he has some kind of past in that area and don’t completely trust him.
His Russian language skills are higher than he lets on. So you may be right about his previous employment though nobody ever really leaves the company.
Очевидно, что все это было сделано для контента. Он четко все осознавал и рассчитывал именно на такой расклад. Если учесть тот факт, что в том же месте ранее был задержан ещё один блогер, и это было известно герою нашего обзора, то все сомнения отпадут у любого думающего человека...
Да, я думаю, он с самого начала всё это запланировал, и поехал в то самое место, где точно можно быть задержанным. Достаточно поглядеть, как много он нагенерировал через ИИ роликов "ужасной России"...
Там ещё в 91-м на вспаханных полосах были сенсоры. Это не Америка, где с Мексики потоком идут нелегалы! Я была там в колхозе перед 1-м курсом. Забежишь на полосу, уже пограничники бегут
@@이주영-h5j9n I don't know- this Birobidzhan BS story sounds to me like our idiotic assumption that The First Ukrainian Front was made up purely of Ukrainians! I mean- he's not gonna assume our " San Carlos " or " Santa Rosa " are part of Mexico. 😂
When this dude said in his first video in Russia that "I really see more women than men on the streets," I understood what this would lead to and stopped watching it.
At the end of the FIRST sheet of the Resolution on the imposition of administrative punishment it is said: “In response to the legitimate demand of the border service employees of the FSB of Russia...”, and then the phrase breaks off and it is obvious that the continuation on the SECOND sheet speaks of another, main and provocative action that was committed. THOMAS deliberately hides the SECOND sheet from the audience in his original video, because it probably says: “In response to the legal demand of the Russian FSB border service officers to present documents, THOMAS tried to hide (resisted)...”. What does the US do with those who refuse to comply with police demands (not to mention demands from border guards or FBI agents)???
Wow Dan you did fantastic job exposing him, I watched his video and I was kind of upset for what Russia police did, but now I know the truth, thank you ❤❤❤
Well I think he exposed himself since I only showed clips of him… talking about the situations. I just don’t want people to be lied to their faces by simple people
Just listening to Tommy should have given you clues he was BS-ing. His delivery of words were ethnocentric and poorly explained. Police did nothing compared to what US cops would do to him if it were the other way around. He would have been arrested for being a spy without trial if he were Russian. was
I still don't understand why this blogger from the USA came to Birobidzhan and searched hard for Jews there?! But it was obvious from his video that he personally knows nothing about Jews or Russia. Any person who was born in the womb of a Jewish woman is considered a Jew. This is an axiom! And according to Russian traditions, when a woman marries, she takes her husband's last name. Thus, a Jewish woman can have any surname that is not traditional for Jews. And, further, the children whom this woman will later give birth to will be Jews by definition, but at the same time have their father's name as their middle name (patronymic). Thus, when he (the blogger) read the inscription on the monument (and it was the patronymic of the deceased), he immediately concluded that there were no Jews here. After that, I was personally disappointed with his intellectual abilities!
And you're forgetting something else- mixed marriages. Say my father is Russian and my mom is Jewish. Before 1991 when you're a mutt and you turn 16 you get to choose your " nationality ".
Thank you for breaking this video down. I saw it a few days ago and it confused me. He had no documentation on him at all and was entering places that had signs stating you should. I enjoyed this video. 😊❤
I had only recently watched a few of his video's and I found them slightly offensive. Also I have a Russian background while living in a Western country. I felt he was slightly racist in most his video's however the Russian one offended me most. To me he is anti Russian and that's that, and also a liar. Also his click baiting is suckering people. I don't watch anymore of his vids as I don't personally like what he does. Btw I think I heard him speak a little Russian in one of those video's. I could be wrong. I felt that he thinks the world owes him.
Yeah, he's a huge russophobe. He soaked in all of the western mainstream media lies about Russia. Definitely not a person with an open mind. I'm just glad he's never visiting us again.
When you're in another country, you're a guest. You abide by their laws, no matter how silly. I got detained for about an hour at airport because of a pair of binoculars in my luggage. The customs people thought that they were 'military'. My wife arrived, made explanations and we were good to go. Nobody's day was ruined.
We always have at least a copy with us asa well. And that is even for an American visiting Canada or Mexico. Cruise ships always tell you to at least have your ship ID.
I believe it was Elina (Eli from Russia), a travel vlogger, Russian citizen, who was detained and questioned for far less. Because she looked suspicious to a local in one of the more remote regions of Russia (cause she had a camera). This would happen in any country, that’s what border guards do. I think he just wanted some clickbait (on the bald and bankrupt pattern). It’s common sense when visiting a foreign country to at least keep your passport on you at all times.
@@sunbeam5605 I don’t remember exactly where, the point was even a Russian citizen has to have ID on them at all times and respect the law when they travel, moreso a foreigner.
Taking photos in non-tourist areas of a country at war will cause the authorities to take an interest. This happens anywhere. Try and take photos of military bases and movements of troops in the US and you will get some attention too.
We are in the middle of a Cold War with Russia and China. It's a very strategic bridge and that bridge can be used for military purposes. This guy can speak multiple languages and learn languages at a fast rate! The Chinese signs should have been enough for him. Tommy isn't naive. I think he chose to push the boundaries and paid the price for it.
I wonder why he would want to learn the language of a country he doesn't like and which he initially treats with prejudice. He's either a masochist or he's really a spy.
At the end of the FIRST sheet of the Resolution on the imposition of administrative punishment it is said: “In response to the legitimate demand of the border service employees of the FSB of Russia...”, and then the phrase breaks off and it is obvious that the continuation on the SECOND sheet speaks of another, main and provocative action that was committed. THOMAS deliberately hides the SECOND sheet from the audience in his original video, because it probably says: “In response to the legal demand of the Russian FSB border service officers to present documents, THOMAS tried to hide (resisted)...”. What does the US do with those who refuse to comply with police demands (not to mention demands from border guards or FBI agents)???
This isn't a Cold War. Your personnel are guiding your missiles and conducting reconnaissance. Training soldiers. This is the hot phase, it's just that few of yours are dying-it's unnoticed.
I saw this video, and my 1st thought was that he knew that apparently you could not be near the borders while visiting Russia. This makes since with the conflict going on. Furthermore, he stated he knew that, and he went to the border areas anyhow, knowing full well that he was breaking a regulation or law. He says he knew he wasn't supposed to be within 20 km from the border. I wouldn't know that that was a law had I not seen this, but he says it is. He willingly broke the law, knowing, as he says, that he was breaking the law, which tells me that he has no regard for the laws of the country. Who does that??? What a jerk!!! He said in his video that he said he knew it wasn't OK, but he did so anyhow. He said in the beginning that he knew he needed a permit to be where he was and that he was supposed to have his passport. He had already had a "run-in with the police" near the Russia-China border. The police had apparently already warned him that he wasn't supposed to be there, and he was being flippant about the laws. Additionally, in his other interviews, he is extremely disrespectful about the country he was visiting. He said he even read signs saying you need documentation that he could absolutely read! He admits that! He has traveled before, he apparently lives in or has lived in China. Additionally, he says he was warned! And tells the police that he is filming! Why would you be doing that on the border of any country??? Yet he says that he was "unjustly locked up"!!! And furthermore, he was warned. He was not unjustly locked up. He could read the signs. He knew he was breaking the law, and he continued on anyhow. From what he said, it seems he likely said something about "invading" the police or country, from what he said. He went into a foreign country, he was warned, he knew he was breaking the law, and he was in a sensitive area FILMING on a border! This guy was being a jerk and continued on despite being warned, and he admits it. I dislike clickbait, which is seemingly all he does. He reminds me of a reporter acting out a scene and trying to tell us it is reality, Luke CNN putting a reporter in a hole, acting like there was a hurricane blowing, but if you look in the background, there are people walking their dogs, walking normally... That is not a "Good RUclipsr", that's a jerk waisting my time, trying to make up stories about another country that aren't true, and he's insanely disrespectful towards others. I suspect he has trouble getting a girl because I don't know anyone who would put up with the disrespect of women, of rules in a country, and even after he was arrested and put in jail, he is still disrespectful, and still a jerk. I hadn't heard that he had tested positive for drugs, but I can not say that I am surprised, as his behavior is often seen in those who drink and do drugs. I'm guessing he got an invitation to not come back to the country. If he visited my home and disrespected it or me that way, I wouldn't want him back, either. All I can say is that he brought it onto himself.
Great job Dan. It's totally reasonable for Russian authorities to extend his detention to investigate him. Anyone (public) being at a border crossing normally has the intention to cross the said border and should have his/her passport with him/her. So, when caught without one at such a place, of course the authorities will view him as highly suspicious despite him claiming to be a tourist. Another factor to consider is Russia being on high alert for terrorist activities after Crocus, Dania Dugina, the journalist and most recently General Kirillov and his aide. For him to claim fake arrest and unjustified detention, I can say his intention after that was to prove to viewers that Russia is a bad place as reported by the mainstream media. The director of BBC, Tim Davie said to British lawmakers on 17/12 “It is cognitive warfare, as it’s been called, as people try and win the hearts and minds of populations and people around the world.” and that news outlets from Russia and China are thriving in volume of readership despite ban which translates to people around the world are abandoning and disbelieving western news media.
I fallow this guy's videos and something he is kinda sarcastic. His big error was not having his passport with him and also there is a law that applies even to anyone being near to the border. Besides, he lived in China for six years and in China you must carry your passport with you... everyone that travels to China knows that. I think he is bitter now, because he screwed up and the Russian government cancelled his visa and basically he can't return to Russia anymore.
but in his blog, he calls China a bastion of freedom compared to Russia, and for some reason it seems to me that in China he did not dare to visit problem areas to make provocative reports!
It is clear to me that in this conflict, if one wants to live/travel peacefully in either country involved, then don't openly oppose the country you are in. Within 2 years... (will return shortly)...
It’s just regular job for them they do what ever other countries border patrols do thanks for watching please consider sharing the video it helps the channel grow.
@@Wild-Siberia they do what ever other countries border patrols do? Maybe not the America Southern border.😂 Over 3 months I was questioned 4 times and each time I was thinking how safe Russia is compared to the 1000s of unknowns entering America. Plan to visit Slyudyanka next trip to do the Circum-Baikal Railway..👍
Oh, no! He's so not Jewish and he's so not a third generation 1953 Jewish Purges survivor! For God's sake, the man would take Zelensky and Bandera over Lenin. 😂
That’s not true at all. I’ve followed that guys channel “sabbatical” for quite some time. He did absolutely nothing to instigate his arrest. That makes me think this channel is Russian propaganda.
@@suggadeg What do you mean "he did absolutely nothing to instigate his arrest"? He broke the law. Knowingly or not (and he admits he did it "knowingly"), he broke the law. Would the police in YOUR country let you off, if they caught you breaking the law?
@@suggadegyou present literally no evidence outside of “I watched sabbatical video”… Bald and Bankrupt at least was honest about why he got kicked out of Russia.
Seeing how is not the first time, yet we have other vloggers who has been to China, Russia, etc etc and not get arrested gives me a reason to think he did this purposely. I see a Pattern here and its not a good one. That guy is a provocoteur of sorts.
@@JanemasWhat are you saying? That he lies about not being Jewish? Of course it's a load of crap. He could be a mutt- but his hatred of Stalin and the Soviet Union is very real and very personal. His family was somehow affected by what happened in 1953. Like Volodya and yours truly like to say, " K gadalke ne xodi ".
The first video I came across of his was when he had just arrived to Russia. He was already bringing up how he hopes he won't end up arrested in Russia and how it's probably a bad idea to be going there as an American. He also kept alluding to all of the bs Western propaganda about Russia. He's also quite condescending when he speaks and was honestly rubbing me the wrong way, so I unsubbed from him after that first video. Then I watched that Part 1 so-called vlog of him visiting the Autonomous Jewish Oblast. In that video he really pissed me off whenever he came across the memorials for the Great Patriotic War (WW2). He condescendingly said how where ever he visited across Russia there was always these WW2 Memorials and Soviet Statues of Lenin or Stalin. He made it sound as if Russians are obsessed with such memorials. This pissed me off because everyone knows that the USSR lost 30,000,000 people during WW2, of which more than half were Russians. There isn't a Russian alive who doesn't have a family member who didn’t die during that war. Hell, I alone have at least 4 that I know of. My maternal grandfather's mother, father, and 5yo sister were taken out of their home and executed along with thousands of others from their town, Berdichev, Zhitomirskaya Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, by Nazis. Then, my paternal great uncle was a soldier and was KIA in battle. So for him to say shit like that is extremely insulting! Also, no one gets arrested and sent to prison. You can be detained in a jail while you're investigated and then there's a trial. You need to be convicted and sentenced before being sent to prison. It's like that in the US as well. If you break the law, you'll be arrested and taken to jail. Depending on the location and the day and time, you might have to sit in jail for an entire weekend before you see an arraignment judge, who will set bail. However, if you can't afford to pay the bail, then you'll end up sitting in jail for however long it takes until your case is closed. It can sometimes take months or years and you can be innocent and have to sit in jail that long. This is the US thet I'm talking about. You know, the #1 ranked country in the world for number of people it incarcerates. But this guy goes to where he knows he shouldn't be and without his passport, gets detained for a few days or a week, and then released. He even got all of his video footage from that day. Yet he's trying to turn it into this ridiculous video throwing shade at Russia and how this poor helpless innocent American RUclips travel blogger was unjustly arrested and imprisoned.... Anyways, I'm glad you made this video and pointed out all of the shit that doesn't add up.
they are mostly d u m b americans and europeans who are high on the current MSM "Russia man bad" propaganda and so this narrative plays perfectly to his audience.
I appreciate the analysis. I follow both of you guys and i initially felt bad for him being locked up, but you’re right. He played with fire in a country at war with the West and cry’s foul when he gets burnt. And now all his podcast appearances are revealing his immaturity and intentions.
Well it doesn’t take too long for the truth to come out, unfortunately he wanted such a result which he says himself… in various clips. I’m happy he didn’t get into more trouble. Thanks for watching please consider sharing the video it helps the channel grow.
Bro, he seriously reminds me of Taliban POWs we took … the body language the random lies. Of course we had translators telling us what the Taliban say but they would tell 1 truth and 1000 lies. Much like this young man but the strange part is listening to a liar in english … the “blah blah blah” while telling a traumatic story means he had no words for that particular lie 🤣
@@Wild-Siberia It was evident to me that you were very confident in your assessment of this guy. You were even all fired up at some point ))) I really liked this video.
Excellent Dan. People need to know this. Personally I would love to visit Russia with a Russian the first time I go. It makes life so much easier when a native shows you around.
@@Wild-SiberiaDan, as an American yourself, don't you find it strange that he didn't ask American embassy/consulate to be notified right after the 1st time he got into trouble & was brought to police office right on 25 Oct? (instead of waiting for 2 weeks before asking for a lawyer to pull him out, but again not a consulate worker) 🤔
Nah, I don't think so. He's too du mb. I think he's just your stereotypical du mb fluorinated and vaccinated entitled NPC American. He believes all the Russia-man-bad propaganda.
I'm English, live in Krasnagorsk, Moscow with my wife whose Russian . Foreigners in Britain are constantly breaking the laws there. However, here l am, abide by the law and respect the law of my adopted homeland. If you move abroad then respect that countries laws and abide by them also its good to learn a bit about that country's customs.
The saddest part of all this is he gets attention . I have my own opinion of it all but this is not the place or time to voice it . He does manage to play to the stereotype many unenlightened have , therefore undermining all the hard work you and your colleagues do Have a wonderful xmass to you and your family. 😊
not at all us westerners are "unenlightened" my friend. Many of us are well aware of the back-story with Ukraine in 2014 and the reasons why what is happeneing, is happening. We do not have blue and yellow flag emojis on our twitter profiles.
@wagmiorngmi whom mentioned westerners ??? Another thing is the proxy war over ?? I seem to have missed that. Thank you for letting me know. Any idea when exactly??
You can get arrested in the USA for not having an ID with you, if you give a bad attitude when asked for ID and you don’t have it to jail with you! This guy travels and is lying when he says he did ‘t know you have to have your Passport with you, I have been in dozens of countries and they all require it by law to have your passport with you when out side of your accommodations, whether you get arrested or not depends a lot on how you manage the situation!
😂 Yep, right. Well, i try to remember how many times i visited the US of A. Never carried my passport anywhere. The world out there is not like Russia. I'd never recommend anyone who didn't support Russia's illegal invasion to travel to Russia anyway. Or you have to sell your soul. You manage there until you open your mouth and speak the truth. And the rest we know.
And btw, I've travelled central America, Mexico, etc. Lots of different countries. I never carried my passport. Dan doesn't know what he's talking about. And any other countries you are able to visit zone areas (like China ot the other side, no problems). The US is one exception, but if you did the same in the USA, they only turned you back or so.
@@Amanda-vk7cn That's couse you are American. Russians also don't actually have to have their documents with them. But if you are foreigner, not knowing the language, in area which has special status(there are not many of them), playing games etc that's suspicious, specially now, when Russian military targets can be hitted by drone strikes etc.
You did a great job Dan, exposing this con guy. The facial expression of this Sabbatical guy is very sketchy! I watched his video one time and was disgusted.
Not to mention the lies he tells openly it just took 5 minutes to find his contradictions. Thanks for watching please consider sharing it helps the channel grow👍🏻
Here in the EU, the EU introduced a law many years ago that every citizen needs to carry identification with him / her at all times, going outside. Let alone a foreigner. Do not be naive !!!! Side note, when the Netherlands was still a souvereign country (well, kinda) you could go outside without. Side note 2, in all these years it never happened that any one asked me for identification. It only happens when there is a clear reason for it.
That's not true, there is not such law. But if you don't have your passport or driving license with you the police will arrest you until your identity is checked and verified if you have committed a crime or broke some regulations…
I'm from the EU and never carry a I.D. i got checked by police many Times without a problem. If a crime happens nearby and you got checked it could maybe a bit Stressfull and they can then legally detain you till your idendity is verified.
@@Ctrl_Del_0 In France it is the law. In my life I was never asked to show my ID , except for official papers , but I have my Id in my bag going out . EU is not my country.
What a moron. I was border guard when I was in military service in Yugoslavia. Border lines were of limits for civilians. Only a few have a permitt to be in the border area. Everybody else gets arrested and proceeds.
I was censored but I tried to tell him my story of how I was detained, strip searched and charged 100$ (that I didn't have) for drinking beer in the Subway in Montreal Canada in 1996. The cops told me that "not knowing that it's illegal doesn't excuse or justify me".
@Wild-Siberia Yeah, it's illegal to drink in the Metro (i think in the US too?) but I didn't know that. I was 25yrs old and a new immigrant. I knew I was not supposed to smoke inside but didn't understand why drinking beer would be illegal (being young and dumb) .
@@Wild-Siberia And it was a repeat offense (though unknowingly) I did it couple of days in succession and the surveillance guards recognized me on camera and called the cops
Ever I came close to Russia (Belorus) I started showing my passport everywhere: and imagine GOING into middle of nowhere to Russo-Chinese border being an American, with no passport - KNOWING Russia is at undeclared war with America.... Equals 1) total ignorance or 2) total stupidity and ignorance... Playing fool while making Russian police wild and USSR methodological.
Он был как пробный миллиардный шар-арестуют-плохие русские арестовали улыбчивого американского простака-злобные,злобные власти,и хороший,гостеприимный народ,это небольшой клин между властью и народом, щепотка на весы мнений,не арестуют-ЛОХИ,пропустили человека без паспорта до стратегического объекта.Я уверен-таких"любителей России"перед войной мы будем видеть всё чаще.
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I was in Moscow last month and before my trip to Russia I watched Dan, Eddie and Joe's videos. I followed all their advice. I went to the Russian Consulate and got my three years turist visa, got a hotel near Vnukovo Internacional airport, got my Troika card and used the Moscow metro system. And I had the most amazing time of my life in Moscow.
Hey I’m so happy for you ! Enjoy your life ! By the way join our telegram group if you need any sort of help let me know
@Wild-Siberia thanks Dan! I am the one that sent you the picture of your wedding with the charro aufit...
@@Wild-Siberia what is the name of your Telegram?
@CharlesCam-e7y found already a woman? American men don't go to Russia just to live alone.
@@Wild-Siberia Exactly. His plan was: Spend 2 days in jail, pak 500 rubles penalty and make $50k video on youtube about it.
As a real, true American, I was out and about in Russia as a diplomatic tourist. This one time I was stopped and question by the Russian police because of a some misunderstanding. I was polite, compliant, and presented all the documents the police requested. Russian police they said a few things, and I was on my happy way. In other words...nobody cares if you're in American in Russian. In their eyes you're just another tourist. Act and behave accordingly.
Exactly! No matter where you go!
🇷🇺🤝🇺🇲 Respect from Russia. The USA is a very beautiful country.
@Egor8488 Why thank you. I love my California so much- yes, even with Gavin, the bikers from Hell and the Tenderloin thrown into the pot.
@@tatianalyulkin410I pray that your okay out there we're praying for ya'll
so basically this guy is like: "Yup, I break some stupid local rules and regulations because I don't really give a flying F, but I am a proud and entitled USA citizen, so how dare they!!!..."
Так а сколько их таких гордых граждан США отстреливать полиция США, по ошибке, нечаянно и прочее, есть даже такая статистика
:) Exactly!
Basically
Hes like that meme about leaving the shithole only to bring the shithole with you.
I used to be subscribed to his channel. Not any more. I watched all his videos of Russia. Even before the arrest he was so disingenuous making snide and patronising remarks about Russia and Russians at every corner. The fact that he went to visit remote regions, sensitive regions close to the Chinese border without a passport was just plain stupid, but I have a feeling he knew EXACTLY what he was doing and wanted to get arrested so that his video would blow up on social media. He was acting suss and the locals noticed it too thats probably why they reported him.
I worked in Irkutsk and in Moscow for the better part of 3 years. I traveled all over Russia. I followed the law and I never had any problems. I would go back, so much more to see.
As an American who has visited Russia, I can say it's a safe and amazing country to visit, even for Americans. Clowns like him spread fear and lies just for attention. Great channel! Keep it up man 👍
Thanks for chiming in my friend cheers to you 👍🏻new video out by the way
He's a click baiter not a good person. He started his own problem.
Feels like he does this often
exactly his RUclips thumbnails are negative towards Russia while he was visiting Russia what an idiot
@@Wild-Siberia I have the same feelings !
He's another serpentza 🐍, can't believe people are donating money to him for his scam video.
He's just a bs
I'm glad we will never see him in Russia again.
He showed his true face.
Me too, I'm glad he was found out. He also made a video visiting my country, Ireland, using the same slimey, supercillious smirk on his face like some kind of Hollywood ar****le that we are supposed to admire because he thinks America is God's gift and we are nothing. Well he can shove it now, we know who is the best and most heroic force in the world now: Russia! Beir Búa Z, from Ireland.
He's been doing that throughout his videos. Instigating jabs, provoking, baiting, mellow, innocent, plausible denial. But being instigating and provoking dramaqueen contentmaking asshole is not a crime. He just gives us travelers a bad name and tries to throw shade on a country.
Там граница, прямо перепаханная полоса. Помню, юыли в колхозе, в институте перед 1-м курсом. Пипец. Там граница
@@이주영-h5j9n Oh, lucky you! Daddy used to do the " kartoshka " thing. 😂
@이주영-h5j9n Silly children- you're missing the point. I was growing up in the 70s and even then everyone knew that Birobidzhan was a failed experiment. And we knew that it was called " the Jewish Oblast' " but it doesn't mean that there are only Jews there or even that they're the majority. He grew up on Brighton! I would like him to produce the actual person who told him otherwise.
The officer who made initial contact summed it up over the radio. “I’ve never seen anything like this.” This guy was being goofy along a border area as a westerner when Russia is battling the whole of the west basically proxy in Ukraine.
No common sense. Byproduct of the West’s massive safety net to save eyediots from themselves. Reminds me of that white kid who got himself locked away in NKorea
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Whats you're point?
True
I went to his comments. Scary how easily people put trust on his words.
In fact, i am surprised how easily he got away from breaking government security laws. Which is very serious. It proves that Russia is not a Gulag place how they try to picture it.
Thank you Dan for showing the simple and logical truth and that people around the world can think logically.
Yes it really feels like the twilight zone how people are sheep
The guy actually doxxed himself, his court documents are available online due to the transparency of Russian judicial system. He actually wasn't imprisoned for being near border, but for actively refusing to talk with police and show his documents when they tried to interrogate him (that was when he returned to his hotel after being detained the first time, I think). Also he was fined for calling SVO "an invasion", but it's not a jailable offense.
The funny thing is that 15 days he was sentenced with is just a normal administrative arrest. Russian authorities could detain him for up to 15 days just because he failed to produce any valid documents, according to Russian law it's a normal procedure "to determine the identity" as they call it. But they went extra mile and made sure there was a court indictment, to make sure everything is fine from legal point of view, probably because he is a foreigner.
thank you! I didn't know we can watch the documents online
do you have a link to that document? thanks.
@@MaxBerry-j6d I don't think I can post links here. Well, I tried and my message was filtered. Either by youtube or by this channel's owner.
But in the second video of this Thomas guy you can see censored pictures of original documents. They have IDs and other searchable info. There are several Russian sites where you can try finding them.
Ok then penguin tell the Russian Federation to release the bodycam.
@@redux467you're just everywhere in these comments shilling for this guy that's an obvious liar to anyone with eyes and a brain. What's your deal? Listen to the guy talk for 90 seconds and anyone can see he's full of it. There's something honestly wrong with you
I saw one of his videos years ago and haven't come across his channel since. And then suddenly, a few days ago, RUclips began to persistently recommend video about his arrest in Russia. I wonder why... I watched his other Russian vlogs and it is clear to me that he was initially against Russia. Even the titles smack of anti-Russian propaganda.
And the way he responded to you, Daniel, was not just rude, but disgusting. Such an attitude, especially towards a stranger, speaks volumes.
Where is his response to Dan?
I am 35 he seems like a young kid so I am not offended. He is not all there in the head for sure
Yeah. It looks too " staged ".
who runs RUclips? the unnameable ones
@@besovereign2032 The Blake Association. 😂
An American tourist with a camera one kilometer from the border taking pictures of bridges. What could possibly go wrong ? 😂
... at night without his passeport.
Ha ha! And the other one, the bald and bankrupt one, went sneaking into a totally restricted area. What could possibly go wrong? Those two got off so easy!
Если бы русский так вёл себя в США, его бы не забрали в тюрьму, а проводили до наиболее важных стратегических объектов и обеспечили более комфортные условия для фотографирования. Ох уж эта варварская Россия...
@@VasiLisa103 Yes. Go to Area 51 in the US or Pine Gap in Australia, perhaps RAF Menwith Hill in the UK and start filming. They will greet you with open arms and serve you tea 😆
Right, lol. Imagine a russian or chinese flying drones around military areas in the States. He would definitely be up in jail, too.
> A foreigner was making vids and pics of bridges in the remote border area on the edge of the world (not suspicious)
> Asking really WEIRD questions to people (still definitely NOT suspicious)
> No documents (not suspicious at all)
> Was detained to be checked out (omg, why?? Who could ever think?)
> Was let go soon (but first was thrown to Gulag for 1000 years)
> Oh my god it was an awful and stressful experience whyyy god why did they do this to me? (Because Russia is just bad of course)
And all this at a time when Russia is in a state of hot conflict and relations with the USA are worse than ever. He's just a provocateur
Hope they throw away the key
I think the crime in that poorly worded document is monitoring activity of border crossing point. Great idea !
All of this while a certain u.s. proxy on Russia's western border has been actively committing acts of vicious terrorism within Russia, over and over again. Who could ever imagine they might find him suspicious effing around in a border region. Shocking!!! Unreal man.
Russia is protecting its borders. They are doing what a legitimate government does.
This man did not just happen to come to the border region. He came to the area where the new spaceport and secret military installations are located. Based on all this information, it can be inferred that he works for American intelligence agencies. I don't understand why he was released from prison in Russia. He should have stayed there and served his sentence...
Typical russian paranoia. Maybe to much plutonium or smoke in your boddy.
@@mirror5076 What does propaganda have to do with it? Indeed, there is a new Russian cosmodrome and a number of secret military installations in that area. Everyone knows this. I think it is no coincidence that this man chose that particular place for his "tour".
"Ну, а вдруг умного пришлют"(С)
@@coyoteranger Who- the Wokey Woke CIA? 😂
he did his 15 days did he not?
Some towns and places in Russia are banned for visiting due to mining gold or other resources, or its close location to the border, thats true. And you have to investigate if you can go there or not, no matter what your citizenship is. The rules are equal for literally everyone.
Child, did you say " gold " ? I was right- he IS working for Blinken and Nudelman! 😂
But ironically, he speaks fluent Russian. He blocked me for commenting on one of his videos because he was shitting on Russia.
Yeah- but if he did grow up on Brighton I cannot for the life of me imagine a single Russian or Ukrainian Jewish person steering him towards Birobidzhan. Even my parents' generation ( and I'm 60 ) knew it was a failed experiment. There is nothing there!
He is not fluent, maybe A1 level at best. That is another reason to be extra careful. He should obey the law.
@@ironfist768 Can he read "stop"?
He's definitely not fluent in Russian. But he can speak and understand at a low level based on what I've seen and heard from the few videos I watched of his.
His Russian language is poor.
I am Australian. My family and I spent 2-3 weeks in Russia (St Petersburg, Moscow and Volgograd). The most impressive and enjoyable time of our lives. Magnificent architecture, colour, pattern, space, design, culture, public parks, public spaces, free or low price public performances or activities, history, transport and, most importantly, welcoming, helpful and friendly people. We researched what, laws, rules, morals and expectations are respected in Russia and adhered to them - absolutely no problems. We were advised by our Foreign Affairs site to carry our passports or a photocopy of the ID page at all times. Only asked for at hotels or when boarding intracity trains and at airports - at no time requested by law enforcement. In fact we came home with a better approach to life and have implemented the helpful and friendly approaches, that we experienced in Russia, in our daily lives in Australia. I would never go into my neighbour's house without his permission and, while there, would never do anything that he didn't want me to do. Next video from the vlogger should be titled 'How the Russian Police treated me with extreme leniency when I deserved to be castigated severely for being a self-centred, dishonest, rabble-rousing loser. Most Australians would consider him, using our slang terminology as a 'drop-kick'.
Thank god for Australians
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Similar for me Mate , Moscow and st Petersburg,awesome! Inspite of what people say.
Nice description indeed
Moscow is the most incredible city.
Lovely place and people that obscure interests are trying to diminish with fake videos.
If you can get with a Russian woman, it actually means you have good chances of getting with a women in other countries. It means the opposite to what that guy said. Russian women aren't that easy and have standards.
What’s strange is he travels non stop and look how he looks he pays for his pleasure
100%. Russia is the most difficult country to get women in other than say hardcore Muslim countries and Israel. In my experience the easiest women are in Africa then then Western countries and then Latin America
Damn right he doesn't know Russian women, did he get laid while he was in Russia, fuckin No
Standards. Lol. Russia has a severe man shortage. Those women can collect cats. Those women all turn fat eventually anyway.
Russian women have standard…. dollar 💵 like another.
The moment you hear someone say, “I am not going to lie..” he is not telling the truth.
" Trust me. " 😂
This stupidity was intentional. The plan was to be arrested on an administrative charge which gets you arrested but not for long. Then he can carry a badge of someone who has been arrested in Russian. A risky game.
I had been following him for years, but since he went to Russia, the way he did things, and the things he said, immediately seemed to me like those of a provocateur. I waited to see what I already knew would happen, and I was not disappointed, it was clear to me that it would end like this.
He went to Russia, with a negative attitude, of someone who doesn't inform himself but lets himself be informed.
Which adult in a foreign country, (with which his country is at war, yes it is) take "a walk", without carrying documents, to prove his identity??????
Even just the choice of prompts given to the AI to generate the images (it's biased) should make you think a lot, dilapidated places, spy movie atmospheres, 70 year old furniture and objects c'mon!
It says a lot about his psychology, it's denigrating russia from the first day, for pure pleasure, because he was educated to think in a certain way about Russia, and he went on a trip there with that idea, even the questions he asked people before being arrested, about the war and look at that? They all answered him that life was bad and painted Russia as a monster. In "every sentence" he says, there is contempt for Russia of yesterday and even today.
The problem is that there is no real proof that it really happened, i unsubscribed a few days ago.
IMHO for me it's all made up. If it really happened, I think it was wanted, to collect clicks and paint himself as a victim of *evil mother Russia*
Well in my video he clearly admits to knowing what he did and why he did it 🤣
@@Wild-Siberia I just watched the whole video now, eh I read the msg that he sent you, shameful, now I have a clear idea of what kind of person he is.
@@jackburton5085 He was definitely arrested. Another RUclipsr reported that he received a call from a person representing this guys family asking if he could do anything to help Tommy, this was several weeks before Tommy made his RUclips community post about being arrested.
He is a scumbag who is willing to break laws and say slander for the sake of views, American bloggers have had this practice for a long time. Case in point, there's John Somalia
Keep in mind these big channels all have management companies and they all have 'suggestions'' and they probably make it worth their while to portray certain topics a certain way. So much fake nonsense out there.
I used to watch SabbaticalTommy a few months ago but I stopped because I sensed he is a pathological liar. This video is icing on the cake, so to speak!
It’s pretty obvious he lies non stop.. I don’t know him but in just 3 videos he changes his story and admits to things he denies in the others.
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Я то же от него быстро отписался хотя мне нравиться следить за иностранцами живущими в России или путешествующими, но этот фрукт второй от кого я отписался, первым был американец с афроамериканскими корнями - я не помню его канал, который вел себя как будто ему все должны целовать кроссовки, отвратительно было смотреть как он принижал молодых русских девушек и парней. Которые в меру своей воспитанности не сделали ему замечания.
Thanks for exposing this guy. I knew there had to be more to his story.
Well I didn’t expose I just highlighted the things he’s said himself it’s just people don’t pay much attention beyond thumbnails and names of videos
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He didn’t expose anything, he didn’t even discuss what he was actually jailed for… he just manipulated information, took things out of context, and presented his irrational thoughts as facts… he is just a Russian puppet. Only propagandists go through such mental gymnastics to justify the wrongdoing they afflict on people. This was a disgusting display of brainwashed Russian puppets…
Daniel, you did a good job, this dude thinks he is above the law.
You caught him in his lies bro. I didn't know he was this kind of knobb, his videos of being caught in russia have been popping in my feed and I've been ignoring them suspecting exactly this
Did you catch his last video before he removed it?
when someone says "he is not political" it's most definitely trying to stirr you into his political way without you realizing which is that way. If someone doesn't want to influence you he will tell you first from which political position he is coming so that you know before you make up your mind which side he is on. This is the correct way to adress anything, first state who you are and what is your position then giving a message, so that the person has the correct context on your message. Big lesson I learned over the years when reading or watching anything, and I mean anything.
Wrong. Before 2014 I was actually doing " What is in my bag? ".
Bottom line: He got arrested for a very REAL crime indeed.
Which he admits 😅
Then he is framed for another crime and spent weeks in jail for it are you just gonna ignore that?
@@redux467 I don't see much topic for a video here.. everything that happened to him he brought onto himself. He could have come to Russia, had a great time and left Russia with nothing negative happening AT ALL, just like thousands of other people do every day. So what point does that leave to make? None. The whole premise of the video just melted away. I mean of course not the author's video, but the subject's video
@@redux467 He claimed he was framed but was he? The other side, i.e. the Russian authorities have the right to detain him for further investigation because he behaved suspiciously like he was scoping the area out. Local law enforcement might have released him after a point but the FSB saw otherwise, because of terr***st attacks. Totally reasonable.
@@redux467 Его ни кто не обвинял в ложных преступлениях. Россия это не гулаг как вам рассказывают ваши западные пропагандисты. Это в штатах существует самый настоящий гулаг под названием Гуантанамо.
I used to follow him but this just put me off. He knew he was pushing the boundaries.
Everything seemed right until he admits to knowing what he’s doing wrong
@@Wild-Siberia "Everything seemed right"??? Tommy said he shared his hotel room with a stranger in the very BEGINNING of his video. Would Wild Siberia leave his passport in a hotel room that you shared with a stranger or would you keep your passport with you especially if going towards the Russia/China border?
for me his reaction was the problem not what he did. No self awareness.
He has always been doing that: Once he was with a tour party in Tibet, he broke away from the group and started wondering on his own. He went to a doggy part of Lagos Nigeria and same also in Brazil.
He hates communist period
The guy is just a serial liar.
Yep he wanted to get arrested
It’s something I concluded on in my video because the body language and the constant blatant lies.
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@@Ak_agent47 Yes, he went to get clicks for his channel.
he immediately starts off with a lie when he says he tries to avoid politics. i don't think he makes videos where he isn't talking politics.
Lies as an act of worship to the diety he serves.
A lot of RUclipsrs and TikTokers, in pursuit of more views and likes, on which the amount of monetization depends, act out scenes where they allegedly get into "dangerous and risky situations". This guy knew that the punishment for such a violation of the law is not severe. He even found out the amount of the fine before going to the border zone. He deliberately did not take or simply did not show his passport, so that he would be detained. He knew that they would not hold him more than 1-2 days to check the legality of his stay in Russia, and if he did no more wrongs, they would cancell his visa and let him go. He is just a cheap, petty adventurer. In Russia, they say about such adventures "дешево и сердито" (cheap and cheerful). Now, he will tell how he almost ended up in the Gulag, adding new details each time.😁
Если я гражданин России приеду в США и буду снимать видео или делать фото в приграничной зоне возле объектов критической инфраструктуры, то меня американские власти не арестуют))????? Серьезно???
Попробуйте это сделать сами в своей стране!!!!
На границе с Мексикой ночью могут и просто вальнуть с 300 метров, а потом уже разбираться кто, зачем и тд.
то, как он стал говорить о России после задержания - с театрально-фальшивыми страданиями, с кадрами из отвратительного голливудского фильма изображающего "ужасную Россию", стало понятно какой он гад!
He is indeed 💯 bastard.
Bazed
Ничего страшного с ним не произошло. Но надо было думать о посещении таких мест. Тем более а такое время
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@@rakita_the_carpathian What I'm curious about is why is he interested in Birobidzhan if he's not Jewish. And he emphasizes that he's not.
Daniel, I think you are spot on with the body language clues from this guy. He's full of you know what.
Yes he talks like the Taliban we used to capture who would lie all the time 🤣
it's actually a completely wrong approach to believe that in Russia you can be arrested simply for no reason. In Russia, everything is very regulated. If you are a tourist visiting any major city, you don't need to know any special rules. But if you go to the border with China, to a place where tourists have nothing to do, then you should guess that this is a provocation for Russian counterintelligence
Well, you may. Russian police on a lower level is pretty corrupt and not very professional. But most people won’t even come close to this side of police issues, so do most of the Russians. If it’s something related to migrants from south, or drug traffickers, or something like that, you might get in trouble, if you accidentally got in conflict with them. But this is what can happen pretty much anywhere in the world, really.
@@sergeyd2199 Let's not tell fairy tales. Low level is low level because it is easy to find a way to deal with them if they cross the line, because any complaint, if properly applied, can easily destroy a career! Unless it is the traffic police, but on the roads there is an initially nervous atmosphere among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and public activists such as bloggers/lawyers and in general anyone who wants to get into a conflict easily gets into it, especially when the activist is right and the traffic police officer is not, and since this is not the EU or the USA, this does not lead to arrest for allegedly resisting the legal demands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs employees, because RUclips is littered with similar videos of police lawlessness not from Russia but from the USA!
So, corruption. Corruption flourishes at medium-high levels, when it is already high and far from supervision, but at the same time low, that is, not in public ministerial/managerial positions. Corruption likes to develop in the shadows of quite big bosses but not public people. So finding a corrupt policeman at a lower level is not an easy task!
And that without his passeport...
Exactly right we don’t tolerate immigrants near the Canadian and Mexican borders. They would be locked up for a long time look at our incarceration rate
That is pure nonsense. Russia is an extremely corrupt society in which anyone can be arrested for any reason. Check the “corruption perceptions index.” it is and always has been a brutal dictatorship. The tyranny is getting worse by the day. Putin has emptied his prisons of rapists and murderers, and sent them to invade his neighbor, promising them a pardon should they survive. He has purchased 15,000 slaves from North Korea to try and his war of aggression. Since he makes any law he wants., all of this is lawful conduct, just as it was lawful for the Nazis to torture and murder Russians during World War II. Law means nothing in a dictatorship. Of course, Putin also murdered numerous dissidents, like Navalny, as well as a number of oligarchs who opposed them.
Этот чудак на букву "м" решил превзойти Лысого Банкрота! Но у Бенджамина всё же есть какая-то эмпатия к людям, живущим в стране, которую он посещает. Когда я посмотрел первое видео этого чувака, у меня возникло какое-то неприятное чувство и я не удивлён случившимся!
Great job of explaining tommy's troubles. I watch his videos and was really worried for all of you Americans living in Russia. But with you examination and explanation I can see the truth of it. Thank you Daniel.
From the beginning he said he was arrested for "fake crimes".
But crimes were real.
He just doesn't want to respect the law of the country he travels to.
So the law pinished him for such an arrogance.
He just called his crimes fake because in america it's not crimes. But America is not the center of the world.
Some (not all) americans have this arrogance.
They judge other countries talking USA as a standart.
In America during WW II the country was about 50x more restricted than they are today even though there was far less behind the lines activity. About 100x less. So yes you must obey the law what a shock. And good luck getting pulled over in USA with no ID it will go much worse.
are you fing kidding. Its no joke. No crime was committed beyond $5 fine but he spent weeks in prison instead for harrassment and stupid shit.
resisting arrest and no ID is a crime. Try it in USA
What he did in the Jewish Oblast is a punishable offense in the US when it's a foreign citizen. They will put on a watchlist so that they can be caught sending photos of "sensitive areas" sent to foreign entities.
US citizens will be arrested when found in a prohibited area.
In USA you can get arrested by a police officer for less than that.
"Feel bad for Tommy"???? Are you joking???? Anyone who feels bad for Tommy is wittingly or unwittingly aiding and abetting Tommy. Tommy made tons of money on these two anti-Russian videos alone. Tommy and Bald/Bankrupt are one in the same. I am very happy that these two anti-Russian youtubers will never be allowed in the Russian Federation.
Bravo. No one feels bed for this idiot.
Agreed with you a 100%! Tommy is a piece of crap, arrogant, uneducated prick, who can smear and slander the country and the people who welcomed him with an open arms, just for the fricking clicks on his stupid channel
Big deal. They've already seen what totalitarian shithole Russia is why waste more time in that vast muddy nothingness.
@perspicuously I loved watching bald and bankrupt Russian adventures videos he always gave me a positive feeling about Russia and prompted travel to Russia. I don’t think he was anti Russia in my opinion.
@@hockeybros4051 By nature, I will defend Russia with my life even though I am American. Russia does not deport tourists for nothing. I have never watched B&B videos. I respect your opinion.
This man is the epitome of evil.The arrogance and ignorant attitude he showed in both Russia and China underestimating the local population, culture
and history was disgusting to watch. It was only a matter of time before he revealed his true sinister nature, even though he tried so hard to play innocent.
I just wonder how it is that out of so many tourists in Russia, no one complained on RUclips that they were "arrested for no reason"
He has low intelligence.
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I don’t even understand why China allowed him to stay. He never showed respect to rural people.
Wow, the "epitome of evil"? "True sinister nature"? What a drama queen you are.
Typical lazy looser!
Please note his visa was only days from expiring! Not a good move! He actually stated that! 😊
Thank you for this vid ❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
He’s a goon. Well done Dan, good job. Hope you and the wife are well buddy. 🙏😎
Thanks for the kind words
Я так понял, всё еще проще. Его сперва остановили в одном месте, сказали, что здесь ему нельзя находится, но несмотря на это он попался у моста во второй раз. Видимо это то, что он не выложил из протокола, и еще у меня есть подозрение, что он продолжал съемку при задержании, что при задержании ФСБ делать нельзя. Поэтому и получил по минимуму 15 суток ареста за неподчинение полиции, а мог бы и больше хапнуть.
это врядли, власти здесь не верится
меня прям удивляет, что все упускают этот момент, что его останавливали уже. И он это показывал в первой части видео. Забавно слышать, как наши право охранительные органы сами охренели от такой наглости и явно ему объяснили, что и как. И ОТПУСТИЛИ. Но этот чувак туда явно приехал за скандалом и так просто не сдавался....
Там граница прямо рядом с полями
В конце ПЕРВОГО листа Постановления о назначении административного наказания говориться: "На законное требование сотрудников пограничной службы ФСБ России...", а далее фраза обрывается и очевидно, что в продолжении на ВТОРОМ листе говориться об ещё одном, основном и провокационном действии, которое было совершено. ВТОРОЙ лист ТОМАС в своём оригинальном видео намеренно скрывает от зрителей, потому, что вероятно там сказано: "На законное требование сотрудников пограничной службы ФСБ России предъявить документы, THOMAS попытался скрыться (оказал сопротивление)....". Что в США делают с теми, кто отказывается выполнять требования полиции (не говоря уже о требованиях со стороны пограничников или служащих ФБР) ???
@@yulia4037 а этого я не знал, он об этом не говорил, что было конкретно??
FSB first inclination that he was a spy may indeed turn out to be correct. He made an entire propaganda piece out of his own wrongdoing.
And he was checking security and protection of RUSSIA - CHINA border in the area of important rail road connecting two countries!
That's why the FSB should have NOT released him until looking into his background 100%.
I don't buy this " I wanted to see Birobidzhan " crap for one nanosecond. And since we kind of ARE calling a spade a spade I would like to ask the gentlemen who're monitoring this site to keep these " explorers " the hell away from Edward Snowden, my brother and Zakhar Prilepin. Thank you.
@@fatcat1825 At the very least they should have challenged his " interest " in Birobidzhan.
Yes. Many employees of the company worked as English teachers in China during the last two decades. I know because I worked with some of them. The funny thing is that during that opening period in China, the Chinese knew exactly who was who as well and the men who weren't exactly experienced educators.
Great job, Daniel! Thanks for breaking this up. I've watched his initial videos, and I was stunned with his recklessness up to a stage, when I started to suspect him of a deliberate wrongdoing for the sake of some hipe, views and personal popularity as "the victim of the Russian GULAG". So pathetic! Cheers to you, my friend!
And, BTW: note the AI illustrations he's using! Certainly, detention facilities are not some kind a "Mar-o-Lago", but not as gruesome as he demonstrates!
It is. If it's all that there is. I'm not buying his Birobidzhan crap. Not for a second.
Even in India you will be arrested for entering restricted area without valid permit especially with a camera. My state on the border with China especially, any foreigner needs special permit to enter , heck near the border even us locals are not allowed without seeking permit from the military and cameras are banned
I have watched this guy for several years on and off. I always felt there was something off with him. Long before this video in Russia, I asked him in the comments if he had in the past worked for a 3 letter agency, maybe even as a contractor for the C**. As I had read before in comments someone had stated that he did have that background.
Well he actually responded to me with a one word response, “wrong”.
He seems awkward, kind of even goofy. Often in comments people correct him for incorrect information.
So in summary I do believe that he has some kind of past in that area and don’t completely trust him.
Well in any case he’s either very low IQ for what he did in Russia … or very high IQ for making it out 😅
@Speakno12 bingo!
Interesting, this would support the known that top potential spies mask themselves as Anthropologists and Tourist/RUclipsrs.
@ correct
His Russian language skills are higher than he lets on. So you may be right about his previous employment though nobody ever really leaves the company.
He knew what he was doing all along, he wanted to get in trouble to have something to post and brag about
All signs lead to that unfortunate
That's exactly his intention from the beginning after listening to his talks.
Очевидно, что все это было сделано для контента. Он четко все осознавал и рассчитывал именно на такой расклад. Если учесть тот факт, что в том же месте ранее был задержан ещё один блогер, и это было известно герою нашего обзора, то все сомнения отпадут у любого думающего человека...
Да, я думаю, он с самого начала всё это запланировал, и поехал в то самое место, где точно можно быть задержанным. Достаточно поглядеть, как много он нагенерировал через ИИ роликов "ужасной России"...
Там ещё в 91-м на вспаханных полосах были сенсоры. Это не Америка, где с Мексики потоком идут нелегалы! Я была там в колхозе перед 1-м курсом. Забежишь на полосу, уже пограничники бегут
@@이주영-h5j9n I don't know- this Birobidzhan BS story sounds to me like our idiotic assumption that The First Ukrainian Front was made up purely of Ukrainians! I mean- he's not gonna assume our " San Carlos " or " Santa Rosa " are part of Mexico. 😂
Thank you for a review on this guy! 😊
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When this dude said in his first video in Russia that "I really see more women than men on the streets," I understood what this would lead to and stopped watching it.
The guy is confessing to a crime but still in denial
Yea it’s strange in the first 5 minutes of this video he contradicts himself
At the end of the FIRST sheet of the Resolution on the imposition of administrative punishment it is said: “In response to the legitimate demand of the border service employees of the FSB of Russia...”, and then the phrase breaks off and it is obvious that the continuation on the SECOND sheet speaks of another, main and provocative action that was committed. THOMAS deliberately hides the SECOND sheet from the audience in his original video, because it probably says: “In response to the legal demand of the Russian FSB border service officers to present documents, THOMAS tried to hide (resisted)...”. What does the US do with those who refuse to comply with police demands (not to mention demands from border guards or FBI agents)???
Wow Dan you did fantastic job exposing him, I watched his video and I was kind of upset for what Russia police did, but now I know the truth, thank you ❤❤❤
Well I think he exposed himself since I only showed clips of him… talking about the situations. I just don’t want people to be lied to their faces by simple people
Just listening to Tommy should have given you clues he was BS-ing. His delivery of words were ethnocentric and poorly explained. Police did nothing compared to what US cops would do to him if it were the other way around. He would have been arrested for being a spy without trial if he were Russian. was
I still don't understand why this blogger from the USA came to Birobidzhan and searched hard for Jews there?! But it was obvious from his video that he personally knows nothing about Jews or Russia. Any person who was born in the womb of a Jewish woman is considered a Jew. This is an axiom! And according to Russian traditions, when a woman marries, she takes her husband's last name. Thus, a Jewish woman can have any surname that is not traditional for Jews. And, further, the children whom this woman will later give birth to will be Jews by definition, but at the same time have their father's name as their middle name (patronymic). Thus, when he (the blogger) read the inscription on the monument (and it was the patronymic of the deceased), he immediately concluded that there were no Jews here. After that, I was personally disappointed with his intellectual abilities!
That's what I've been saying for the last 30 minutes! Totally fake.
Well, we do have Ben SHAPIRO who's denying the Petlyura and Bandera Jewish pogroms. 😂
Hm mm Shapiro is a Zionist with extreme beliefs@@tatianalyulkin410
And you're forgetting something else- mixed marriages. Say my father is Russian and my mom is Jewish. Before 1991 when you're a mutt and you turn 16 you get to choose your " nationality ".
He always looked liked he just woke up on a park bench.
He said “I’m gonna tell you a story” I almost believed his “story” 🤡
Thank you for breaking this video down. I saw it a few days ago and it confused me. He had no documentation on him at all and was entering places that had signs stating you should. I enjoyed this video. 😊❤
Thanks for watching
I had only recently watched a few of his video's and I found them slightly offensive. Also I have a Russian background while living in a Western country.
I felt he was slightly racist in most his video's however the Russian one offended me most. To me he is anti Russian and that's that, and also a liar.
Also his click baiting is suckering people. I don't watch anymore of his vids as I don't personally like what he does. Btw I think I heard him speak a little Russian in one of those video's. I could be wrong.
I felt that he thinks the world owes him.
Yeah, he's a huge russophobe. He soaked in all of the western mainstream media lies about Russia. Definitely not a person with an open mind. I'm just glad he's never visiting us again.
Yeah I clicked “do not recommend channel” after watching just one of his vids way before he got arrested. He was definitely racist and arrogant.
He does speak some
Russian 👍🏻
When you're in another country, you're a guest. You abide by their laws, no matter how silly. I got detained for about an hour at airport because of a pair of binoculars in my luggage. The customs people thought that they were 'military'. My wife arrived, made explanations and we were good to go. Nobody's day was ruined.
a guest...like the Russians in Ukraine?
@@jerrylee4485 The Russians are (re)conquering the Ukraine. A catastrophe for them both...
А мы туда не в гости пришли, а выполнит свои обязательства. 😁😁
@@jerrylee4485 Another agent provocateur. How original. 😂
Well WHAT A RELIEF. Thank you so much! I was start thinking bad about my country, which is one of my biggest fears, but no more.
When you go to someone else's house you obey .THIER rules -- unless you are a jerk.
In India, the hotel keeps your passport. So I always carried a color copy with me wherever I went.
We always have at least a copy with us asa well. And that is even for an American visiting Canada or Mexico. Cruise ships always tell you to at least have your ship ID.
I believe it was Elina (Eli from Russia), a travel vlogger, Russian citizen, who was detained and questioned for far less. Because she looked suspicious to a local in one of the more remote regions of Russia (cause she had a camera).
This would happen in any country, that’s what border guards do. I think he just wanted some clickbait (on the bald and bankrupt pattern). It’s common sense when visiting a foreign country to at least keep your passport on you at all times.
Very true
She was arrested in Chechnya, I believe, which is a conservative Muslim part of Russia.
@@ДжейШмидт No, it was not in Chechnya. Dagestan it was.
@@sunbeam5605 I don’t remember exactly where, the point was even a Russian citizen has to have ID on them at all times and respect the law when they travel, moreso a foreigner.
Taking photos in non-tourist areas of a country at war will cause the authorities to take an interest. This happens anywhere. Try and take photos of military bases and movements of troops in the US and you will get some attention too.
We are in the middle of a Cold War with Russia and China. It's a very strategic bridge and that bridge can be used for military purposes. This guy can speak multiple languages and learn languages at a fast rate! The Chinese signs should have been enough for him. Tommy isn't naive. I think he chose to push the boundaries and paid the price for it.
I wonder why he would want to learn the language of a country he doesn't like and which he initially treats with prejudice. He's either a masochist or he's really a spy.
At the end of the FIRST sheet of the Resolution on the imposition of administrative punishment it is said: “In response to the legitimate demand of the border service employees of the FSB of Russia...”, and then the phrase breaks off and it is obvious that the continuation on the SECOND sheet speaks of another, main and provocative action that was committed. THOMAS deliberately hides the SECOND sheet from the audience in his original video, because it probably says: “In response to the legal demand of the Russian FSB border service officers to present documents, THOMAS tried to hide (resisted)...”. What does the US do with those who refuse to comply with police demands (not to mention demands from border guards or FBI agents)???
This isn't a Cold War. Your personnel are guiding your missiles and conducting reconnaissance. Training soldiers. This is the hot phase, it's just that few of yours are dying-it's unnoticed.
@@69rus42 we are in a cold war due. are you blind to whats going on with the illegal immigrants aan brics an drones?johnny somalia?
@@69rus42 You forgot to mention the FBI and the Mossad running the Gestapo/SBU.
I saw this video, and my 1st thought was that he knew that apparently you could not be near the borders while visiting Russia. This makes since with the conflict going on.
Furthermore, he stated he knew that, and he went to the border areas anyhow, knowing full well that he was breaking a regulation or law.
He says he knew he wasn't supposed to be within 20 km from the border.
I wouldn't know that that was a law had I not seen this, but he says it is.
He willingly broke the law, knowing, as he says, that he was breaking the law, which tells me that he has no regard for the laws of the country.
Who does that??? What a jerk!!!
He said in his video that he said he knew it wasn't OK, but he did so anyhow. He said in the beginning that he knew he needed a permit to be where he was and that he was supposed to have his passport.
He had already had a "run-in with the police" near the Russia-China border. The police had apparently already warned him that he wasn't supposed to be there, and he was being flippant about the laws.
Additionally, in his other interviews, he is extremely disrespectful about the country he was visiting.
He said he even read signs saying you need documentation that he could absolutely read! He admits that!
He has traveled before, he apparently lives in or has lived in China.
Additionally, he says he was warned!
And tells the police that he is filming!
Why would you be doing that on the border of any country???
Yet he says that he was "unjustly locked up"!!!
And furthermore, he was warned. He was not unjustly locked up. He could read the signs. He knew he was breaking the law, and he continued on anyhow.
From what he said, it seems he likely said something about "invading" the police or country, from what he said.
He went into a foreign country, he was warned, he knew he was breaking the law, and he was in a sensitive area FILMING on a border!
This guy was being a jerk and continued on despite being warned, and he admits it.
I dislike clickbait, which is seemingly all he does.
He reminds me of a reporter acting out a scene and trying to tell us it is reality, Luke CNN putting a reporter in a hole, acting like there was a hurricane blowing, but if you look in the background, there are people walking their dogs, walking normally...
That is not a "Good RUclipsr", that's a jerk waisting my time, trying to make up stories about another country that aren't true, and he's insanely disrespectful towards others.
I suspect he has trouble getting a girl because I don't know anyone who would put up with the disrespect of women, of rules in a country, and even after he was arrested and put in jail, he is still disrespectful, and still a jerk.
I hadn't heard that he had tested positive for drugs, but I can not say that I am surprised, as his behavior is often seen in those who drink and do drugs.
I'm guessing he got an invitation to not come back to the country.
If he visited my home and disrespected it or me that way, I wouldn't want him back, either.
All I can say is that he brought it onto himself.
This is a good video.
Thank you for your effort.
Thanks for noticing 🙏🏻
Great job Dan. It's totally reasonable for Russian authorities to extend his detention to investigate him. Anyone (public) being at a border crossing normally has the intention to cross the said border and should have his/her passport with him/her. So, when caught without one at such a place, of course the authorities will view him as highly suspicious despite him claiming to be a tourist.
Another factor to consider is Russia being on high alert for terrorist activities after Crocus, Dania Dugina, the journalist and most recently General Kirillov and his aide. For him to claim fake arrest and unjustified detention, I can say his intention after that was to prove to viewers that Russia is a bad place as reported by the mainstream media.
The director of BBC, Tim Davie said to British lawmakers on 17/12 “It is cognitive warfare, as it’s been called, as people try and win the hearts and minds of populations and people around the world.” and that news outlets from Russia and China are thriving in volume of readership despite ban which translates to people around the world are abandoning and disbelieving western news media.
And my brother. And Zakhar Prilepin. And Kiva.
I fallow this guy's videos and something he is kinda sarcastic. His big error was not having his passport with him and also there is a law that applies even to anyone being near to the border. Besides, he lived in China for six years and in China you must carry your passport with you... everyone that travels to China knows that. I think he is bitter now, because he screwed up and the Russian government cancelled his visa and basically he can't return to Russia anymore.
And he knew about both and in this video he says it many times 🤣
but in his blog, he calls China a bastion of freedom compared to Russia, and for some reason it seems to me that in China he did not dare to visit problem areas to make provocative reports!
It is clear to me that in this conflict, if one wants to live/travel peacefully in either country involved, then don't openly oppose the country you are in. Within 2 years... (will return shortly)...
@@RushNB I traveled to China for eleven years, and I felt more secure in Moscow than China.
@@RushNB That comment regarding China was patronizing imo.
I had a similar situation with the Police and FSB and have nothing but praise how they treated me and doing there job keeping Russians safe.
It’s just regular job for them they do what ever other countries border patrols do
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@@Wild-Siberia they do what ever other countries border patrols do? Maybe not the America Southern border.😂 Over 3 months I was questioned 4 times and each time I was thinking how safe Russia is compared to the 1000s of unknowns entering America. Plan to visit Slyudyanka next trip to do the Circum-Baikal Railway..👍
His story is this: "I am a wonderful, innocent, victimized Jew. And I was persecuted by the big, evil Russia." He makes me sick.
Jesus H Christ- the guy is NOT Jewish!
He's not Jewish. Or so he says.
Oh, no! He's so not Jewish and he's so not a third generation 1953 Jewish Purges survivor! For God's sake, the man would take Zelensky and Bandera over Lenin. 😂
Daniel Good luck in life ! You smart .
He was looking for a trouble. Wanted to be arrested? American muppet...
Unfortunately all things point to that
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He is only looking for clickbait and started problems on purpose
Well in this video we have him the benefit of the doubt but over and over again he shows he knew what he was doing and he put it all on camera 🤣
That’s not true at all. I’ve followed that guys channel “sabbatical” for quite some time. He did absolutely nothing to instigate his arrest. That makes me think this channel is Russian propaganda.
@@suggadeg What do you mean "he did absolutely nothing to instigate his arrest"? He broke the law. Knowingly or not (and he admits he did it "knowingly"), he broke the law. Would the police in YOUR country let you off, if they caught you breaking the law?
@@suggadeg You sound biased and very naive
@@suggadegyou present literally no evidence outside of “I watched sabbatical video”…
Bald and Bankrupt at least was honest about why he got kicked out of Russia.
Seeing how is not the first time, yet we have other vloggers who has been to China, Russia, etc etc and not get arrested gives me a reason to think he did this purposely.
I see a Pattern here and its not a good one. That guy is a provocoteur of sorts.
He’s just another Johnny Somali. Another provocateur type for clout and clicks.
He works for the U.S Government.
Afraid so.
AIPAC
@@JanemasWhat are you saying? That he lies about not being Jewish? Of course it's a load of crap. He could be a mutt- but his hatred of Stalin and the Soviet Union is very real and very personal. His family was somehow affected by what happened in 1953. Like Volodya and yours truly like to say, " K gadalke ne xodi ".
The first video I came across of his was when he had just arrived to Russia. He was already bringing up how he hopes he won't end up arrested in Russia and how it's probably a bad idea to be going there as an American. He also kept alluding to all of the bs Western propaganda about Russia. He's also quite condescending when he speaks and was honestly rubbing me the wrong way, so I unsubbed from him after that first video.
Then I watched that Part 1 so-called vlog of him visiting the Autonomous Jewish Oblast.
In that video he really pissed me off whenever he came across the memorials for the Great Patriotic War (WW2). He condescendingly said how where ever he visited across Russia there was always these WW2 Memorials and Soviet Statues of Lenin or Stalin. He made it sound as if Russians are obsessed with such memorials.
This pissed me off because everyone knows that the USSR lost 30,000,000 people during WW2, of which more than half were Russians.
There isn't a Russian alive who doesn't have a family member who didn’t die during that war. Hell, I alone have at least 4 that I know of. My maternal grandfather's mother, father, and 5yo sister were taken out of their home and executed along with thousands of others from their town, Berdichev, Zhitomirskaya Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, by Nazis. Then, my paternal great uncle was a soldier and was KIA in battle.
So for him to say shit like that is extremely insulting!
Also, no one gets arrested and sent to prison. You can be detained in a jail while you're investigated and then there's a trial. You need to be convicted and sentenced before being sent to prison. It's like that in the US as well. If you break the law, you'll be arrested and taken to jail. Depending on the location and the day and time, you might have to sit in jail for an entire weekend before you see an arraignment judge, who will set bail. However, if you can't afford to pay the bail, then you'll end up sitting in jail for however long it takes until your case is closed. It can sometimes take months or years and you can be innocent and have to sit in jail that long.
This is the US thet I'm talking about. You know, the #1 ranked country in the world for number of people it incarcerates.
But this guy goes to where he knows he shouldn't be and without his passport, gets detained for a few days or a week, and then released. He even got all of his video footage from that day. Yet he's trying to turn it into this ridiculous video throwing shade at Russia and how this poor helpless innocent American RUclips travel blogger was unjustly arrested and imprisoned....
Anyways, I'm glad you made this video and pointed out all of the shit that doesn't add up.
And he's lucky they didn't delete his video footage after seeing his condescending statements in it.
Everyone should respect the rules and laws of the country you’re visiting and be polite and courteous as a visitor
For sure ☝🏻
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the saddest thing is that there thousands in comments on his vid who completely fall for that story
Yes it’s unfortunate
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That, my darling, was the general idea.
they are mostly d u m b americans and europeans who are high on the current MSM "Russia man bad" propaganda and so this narrative plays perfectly to his audience.
OMG, that guys entitlement is next level. He’s like a rich spoiled kid 😂
In general, I have a life rule: don't visit a country at war. The authorities will be on edge.
I appreciate the analysis. I follow both of you guys and i initially felt bad for him being locked up, but you’re right. He played with fire in a country at war with the West and cry’s foul when he gets burnt. And now all his podcast appearances are revealing his immaturity and intentions.
Well it doesn’t take too long for the truth to come out, unfortunately he wanted such a result which he says himself… in various clips.
I’m happy he didn’t get into more trouble.
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Well done Castle. He knew he would be detained for a little bit and get away with a "story." At least he doesn't do politics 😂😂
Bro, he seriously reminds me of Taliban POWs we took … the body language the random lies. Of course we had translators telling us what the Taliban say but they would tell 1 truth and 1000 lies.
Much like this young man but the strange part is listening to a liar in english … the “blah blah blah” while telling a traumatic story means he had no words for that particular lie 🤣
@@Wild-Siberia It was evident to me that you were very confident in your assessment of this guy. You were even all fired up at some point ))) I really liked this video.
@@Wild-Siberia He's not Garak- that's for sure.
Excellent Dan. People need to know this. Personally I would love to visit Russia with a Russian the first time I go. It makes life so much easier when a native shows you around.
Yes Google search and a real translator would have helped him… unless he never wanted the help and wanted that outcome 🤣
@@Wild-SiberiaDan, as an American yourself, don't you find it strange that he didn't ask American embassy/consulate to be notified right after the 1st time he got into trouble & was brought to police office right on 25 Oct? (instead of waiting for 2 weeks before asking for a lawyer to pull him out, but again not a consulate worker) 🤔
@@svtccvs Darling, if I start listing what I find " strange " about this case...
This guy is a CIA contractor in Russia, Russia know better
The fact that this channel liked that comment speaks volumes
He is.
Nah, I don't think so. He's too du mb. I think he's just your stereotypical du mb fluorinated and vaccinated entitled NPC American. He believes all the Russia-man-bad propaganda.
Sounds like paranoia
@@littleowlbooks8514 because we all are not blind?
I'm English, live in Krasnagorsk, Moscow with my wife whose Russian .
Foreigners in Britain are constantly breaking the laws there. However, here l am, abide by the law and respect the law of my adopted homeland.
If you move abroad then respect that countries laws and abide by them also its good to learn a bit about that country's customs.
Plain and simple 🤝🏻
The saddest part of all this is he gets attention . I have my own opinion of it all but this is not the place or time to voice it . He does manage to play to the stereotype many unenlightened have , therefore undermining all the hard work you and your colleagues do
Have a wonderful xmass to you and your family. 😊
I know. I share the same opinion.
not at all us westerners are "unenlightened" my friend. Many of us are well aware of the back-story with Ukraine in 2014 and the reasons why what is happeneing, is happening. We do not have blue and yellow flag emojis on our twitter profiles.
@wagmiorngmi whom mentioned westerners ???
Another thing is the proxy war over ?? I seem to have missed that. Thank you for letting me know. Any idea when exactly??
@@rexochroy2 You appear to have completely misinterpreted my comment and are now angry at me for some reason. Forget I said anything.
@wagmiorngmi anger ?? Who is angry??
He's a Zelensky fanboy. The FSB should have kept him in jail.
You can get arrested in the USA for not having an ID with you, if you give a bad attitude when asked for ID and you don’t have it to jail with you! This guy travels and is lying when he says he did ‘t know you have to have your Passport with you, I have been in dozens of countries and they all require it by law to have your passport with you when out side of your accommodations, whether you get arrested or not depends a lot on how you manage the situation!
😂 Yep, right. Well, i try to remember how many times i visited the US of A. Never carried my passport anywhere. The world out there is not like Russia. I'd never recommend anyone who didn't support Russia's illegal invasion to travel to Russia anyway. Or you have to sell your soul. You manage there until you open your mouth and speak the truth. And the rest we know.
And btw, I've travelled central America, Mexico, etc. Lots of different countries. I never carried my passport. Dan doesn't know what he's talking about. And any other countries you are able to visit zone areas (like China ot the other side, no problems). The US is one exception, but if you did the same in the USA, they only turned you back or so.
@@Amanda-vk7cn That's couse you are American. Russians also don't actually have to have their documents with them. But if you are foreigner, not knowing the language, in area which has special status(there are not many of them), playing games etc that's suspicious, specially now, when Russian military targets can be hitted by drone strikes etc.
Exactly
LMAO what are you smoking bro???? You get detained until they can verify your identity. That's not automatic jail LOLOL
If the guy new about Bold & Bankrupt case, it simply means that he deliberately provoked such a situation to create “Russian horror” story.
By the way brother thank u
U did amazing job
You are a kind person!
"This is the only actual crime that I committed..." Enough said.
Yes and many times more he admits to knowing what he’s about to do 🤣
You did a great job Dan, exposing this con guy. The facial expression of this Sabbatical guy is very sketchy! I watched his video one time and was disgusted.
Not to mention the lies he tells openly it just took 5 minutes to find his contradictions.
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He had written and said the Western narrative about the war a few times
Muy bueno amigo. Gracias por this video!
that one American journalist was in the middle of Russia touring the weapons factories with documents in his hand
But he really wasn't the Brotherhood. Why are you so suspicious? 😂
Here in the EU, the EU introduced a law many years ago that every citizen needs to carry identification with him / her at all times, going outside.
Let alone a foreigner. Do not be naive !!!!
Side note, when the Netherlands was still a souvereign country (well, kinda) you could go outside without.
Side note 2, in all these years it never happened that any one asked me for identification. It only happens when there is a clear reason for it.
That's not true, there is not such law. But if you don't have your passport or driving license with you the police will arrest you until your identity is checked and verified if you have committed a crime or broke some regulations…
What a big lie. There is no such law.
BS.
I'm from the EU and never carry a I.D. i got checked by police many Times without a problem. If a crime happens nearby and you got checked it could maybe a bit Stressfull and they can then legally detain you till your idendity is verified.
@@Ctrl_Del_0 In France it is the law. In my life I was never asked to show my ID , except for official papers , but I have my Id in my bag going out . EU is not my country.
What a moron. I was border guard when I was in military service in Yugoslavia. Border lines were of limits for civilians. Only a few have a permitt to be in the border area. Everybody else gets arrested and proceeds.
Unless you were Albanian and you could pass border
It’s the same in America
@@ranojutro426 sa metkom u glavi
I was censored but I tried to tell him my story of how I was detained, strip searched and charged 100$ (that I didn't have) for drinking beer in the Subway in Montreal Canada in 1996. The cops told me that "not knowing that it's illegal doesn't excuse or justify me".
Сanada did this?
@Wild-Siberia Yeah, it's illegal to drink in the Metro (i think in the US too?) but I didn't know that. I was 25yrs old and a new immigrant. I knew I was not supposed to smoke inside but didn't understand why drinking beer would be illegal (being young and dumb) .
@@Wild-Siberia And it was a repeat offense (though unknowingly) I did it couple of days in succession and the surveillance guards recognized me on camera and called the cops
Ever I came close to Russia (Belorus) I started showing my passport everywhere: and imagine GOING into middle of nowhere to Russo-Chinese border being an American, with no passport - KNOWING Russia is at undeclared war with America.... Equals 1) total ignorance or 2) total stupidity and ignorance... Playing fool while making Russian police wild and USSR methodological.
Он был как пробный миллиардный шар-арестуют-плохие русские арестовали улыбчивого американского простака-злобные,злобные власти,и хороший,гостеприимный народ,это небольшой клин между властью и народом, щепотка на весы мнений,не арестуют-ЛОХИ,пропустили человека без паспорта до стратегического объекта.Я уверен-таких"любителей России"перед войной мы будем видеть всё чаще.
My darling, I agree 150%. A person after my own heart. 😂
Yeah- but he " speaks Russian " and he's so " genuine " ! 😂