@@GrauFPV yeah why can't anyone trust Russia's self elected leader of 20 years who's political opponents mysteriously get poisoned or locked up, maybe everyone should watch more RUclips conspiracy videos who use RT as their main source of information that's where the real truth is😐
@@Scarz3ny haha that happens in the US too! Look at how many people close to the Clinton’s have just magically ended…. None of these guys are good, and I don’t support fighting any of their wars.
That actually scares me to know that because so little is known about Russia, Ukraine and the current situation yet people are so vocal about escalating the situation and are ignorant to the origins of Russia’s objections outside of NATO membership. The reality of Ukranisation and the situation of the Donbas is horrifying.
@@jaysimpson6857 Exactly this. If i only take the fact that Putin studied international trade law which i didnt know till i watched this video. This brings the whole sanctions thing for me in a new light. Trying to strangle a guy who studied trade law, is a top KGB-Spy, worked with the RAF and survived the troublesome 90ths in russia to come out as the president at the end. Well i dont know if you can beat a guy like that so simple.
There is no such thing as an ex CIA agent, many ended up in US Government, or in high positions in defence companies or industries. The same applies all over the world. Airey Neave was former military, worked for MI9, SAS, then became a politician, destined to become Boss in Northern Ireland, when he was murdered in London. There is nothing wrong with the most intelligent and accomplished members of state organisations rising to power. They know how to protect their nations and have a supportive infrastructure of equally qualified people working together. Putin is the strong leader that Russia needed at the time. Even he said that communism was a failed system not to be repeated.
Those fake judo participation trophies really make him look powerful. In his own mind. The shirtless photos showing off his man boobs are also very impressive. I rarely see such huge mammaries on a male.
Timely and very informative, Mark. I was an officer at a USAF air base in Germany during the early ‘80s. We had more than a few run ins with Baader Meinhof back then. They blew up our O’ Club, which was just outside the base gates. They also took a fellow officer’s BMW to kidnap a West German Bank President, who they held for ransom. We retrieved the BMW several days later in Trier and found the only damage was to the trunk lock. Oddly, the gas coupons purchased by US military members were left undisturbed in the vehicle’s front console.
I remember all the news-stories in Canada in the early 1970's about the Bader-Meinhoff Gangs terrorist actions in Germany, and there were other similar things on a smaller scale going on elsewhere in Europe too. I always wondered as a teen what was "driving it" and "supporting it".............now we know, although anyone with brains............ often called "cynics" by the mouthy long-haired Leftists everywhere in The West back then in the post Vietnam-War era............ could figure it out at the time..........
@Terminus Est Most men and women given the call will become very active when the threat becomes real. Putin is facing millions upon millions of citizens from many countries and will never win.
Dr. Felton, you need to do a second part of this video regarding Vladimir Putin. The second part should cover the rise of Putin under Boris Yeltsin, this is actually the most interesting part of the story, and it appears he had plenty of help from his former KGB colleagues. Perhaps you could expand on how Putin's current worldview relates directly to his former KGB experiences and deep connections with that spy agency. You should also discuss in more detail the Cold War era U.S. and NATO responses to KGB activities in Germany because this is also highly relevant to how Putin reacts to the West.
@@CharlesConover Yes. In modern Russia. But back then that was the way the wind was blowing. And Putin wisely set his sails with that wind. Now he's on the top. Since that time, many Russians have this nostalgic longing for the old days. Guys like Putin and his ex-KGB cronies don't see the world in those terms. They knew the KGB back then was just a means to climb the ladder of power. Any associated ideology or flag was just a distraction for the masses.
Also his time at the world economic forum and the Panama Papers! You people completely whitewashed him out from all his greasy connections to western aristocrats!
actually not. a "research" is exclusively based on russian propaganda sources controlled by russian state. it's not a "reseacr" it's copy paste of russian propaganda. sadly Mark Felton. very sadly. vladimir p**in has never been a spy. he has never been abroad. spies serve abroad. like USA, France, Italy, Turkey. they sit in embassy and recruit agents. p**in sit in st petersburg and in occupied "eastern germany" p**in also has never served in counter intelligence. western spies was exclusively stationed in Moscow. and recruited agents in Moscow (or in very close proximity from Moscow). p**in has never served in Moscow,. he studied in andropov institute to be a spy. however, he failed. officers judged him unfit for service as a spy.
As per usual, propaganda galore presenting only one part of the whole story. Did Felton ever covered Western intelligence agencies training terrorist organizations against USSR, for example Afghanistan mujahedin ?
another tipical example of this commie liberal cnn paid mark felton... where is the video on osama bin laden and all the others "agents" criminal usa made?? how about mao tse tung they financed, how about the contras, isil , and so many others terrorist groups usa financed and trained??? you are a PAID LIAR.
He is a ruthless psychopath/rapist/torturer/murderer still living in the cold war and using his shitty army to make his fucked up dreams try come true.
@@wannabe4668because in Western society a lot of high qualified persons with prestigious credentials got their way through Jewish nepotism. Putin was molded through grit and vengeance.
@@wannabe4668crushing human rights, ALL news and reporters, and taking over the political structure as well as economic structure of Russia. Did you know he made all governors appointed by the president and not elected? He did all this not violently like saddam, but skillfully and covertly, without too much attention or bloodshed. THAT is not only impressive, but genuinely scary.
he is so pitiful, despite working hard and under pressure day and night, he has not been promoted for 23 years, even worse, has never been awarded a medal, Mr. President putin :->
Mr. Felton your lessons empirically demonstrate how the threads of the past weave our modern tapestry. You elevate my understanding of history. With more like you I hope we can all really integrate the mistakes of the past and be more mindful as a whole. Thank you for your important work.
Are we simply destined to repeat the mistakes of the past? Ukraine today defending her sovereign territory alone reflects the same reality in 1939 where ‘friends’ spoke great comforting words but ultimately left Poland solely to defend herself against invasion. This begs the question, have we learnt nothing?
@@Blyskawica1 You know, I am starting to think the same thing. Although critical weapons are reaching ukraine it still beggers belief that the west is letting Putin set the agenda
@@owlmuso It seems so. Although now Russia are targeting forward training and munition facilities along the western borderlands of Ukraine. I fear for the coming months in Europe. We never learn.
"There is no such thing as a former KGB man.“ - Vladimir Putin, 2004, responding to Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who called himself a former KGB officer
With the complete lack of accurate history lessons here in the US, I have my kids watch various videos by Mark. As a complete history junkie myself I feel it is critically important the young minds of today understand where we have all come from. At best we are about to enter a new Cold War. Great stuff Mark thank you for sharing.
@@fordwk Yip..could not agree more...America didnt want missiles in their back yard...neither does Russia.. America now the weakest they have ever been.If China joins this landgrab in regards of Taiwan...America wont have an answer...
Very interesting Mark as I was U.S. Secret Service (1974-1977 Wash.D.C.) and protected Russian Embassies and Ambassadors as well as Foreign Heads of State and U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and White House Staff. Lot's going on but I also protected former KGB Col. Stanislav Lunev(1998) author of "Through The Eyes Of The Enemy" who is living in the USA with other Russian Nationals as we did since Operation Paperclip. So much history and we are being told too many lies by the press and the CIA. Great job !
Really excellent as always, Mark. A sidebar story: my mentor as a journalist 30+ years ago was the former head of the Associated Press during the Cold War. In the late 80s, before the fall of the Soviet bloc, he went back to East Germany to do some reporting. As had happened many times before, he was picked up by the Stasi and held for several weeks before being released to the US State Department. He has a photo of himself crossing the border, escorted by a KGB lieutenant colonel. Yep, you guessed it! It’s a much younger Vladimir Putin. You might well ask why my friend merited the attentions of a relatively senior KGB officer. My friend had covered the Bloc for 30 years, and had achieved relationships with the reformers in the Politburo, beginning with Krushchev. That continued through Gorbachev, who removed my friend from Stasi supervision and ordered the KGB to repatriate him.
So if Putin was given the task of a very public duty of escorting a captive journalist does it make any sense he had all the secretive espionage rolls Fenton alledges without citation? That Gorbachev entrusted Putin to the task illustrates the reality that Putin was always a moderate nationalist and a western looking reformer with a deep belief in the principles of democracy.
@@davidnemoseck9007 Yes something did change. He realised that there is no such thing as western democracy. That in reality it is a corporate hegemony interested only in the wealth it can extract.
@@CandideSchmyles How in the world do you reach that conclusion? Gorbachev proved to be a true idealist, who wanted to make the world a better place even before he started the revolution. But do you think that means every high ranking KGB agent was replaced by a liberal thinking progressive? Even if he had tried to reform the KGB, do you think an evil organization like that could be changed overnight? To the contrary, these guys probably started planning how to torpedo Gorbachev's policies, but the lightning speed of the Soviet collapse couldn't even be stopped by them, so they had to play along in order to protect their sources of power and bide their time. Putin has been an evil dictator from the start. From the moment he assumed office, every step he has taken has been regressive. Can you name one move he has made in 20 years, either within or outside of Russia, that was forward looking and liberal-minded?
@@CandideSchmyles Well, actualy Putin did not accomplish his tasks as a intel officer, he was assessed as unable to perform such duties by his comanding officers and consequently being sent to former GDR în a position considered low-rank.
So I guess he has no brain (Edit: Note to the guy called Tom Thumb in the replies, I'm aware Putin is not a communist or has any intention of implementing a communist system in Russia.)
One of Putin's covers was as a timber expert in East Germany. He ran agents who came to Hull using the cover as inspectors of faulty timber. One of these agents was turned by MI5. I believe he still lives in Hull. A lot of Russian sailors were scared of KGB who were embedded in crews delivering the timber.
Authoritarian regimes such as Russia spend a lot of time on their paranoia projects, it's a byproduct of crushing dissent that it merely goes underground and seeks other ways to express itself.
actually not. a "research" is exclusively based on russian propaganda sources controlled by russian state. it's not a "reseacr" it's copy paste of russian propaganda. sadly Mark Felton. very sadly. vladimir p**in has never been a spy. he has never been abroad. spies serve abroad. like USA, France, Italy, Turkey. they sit in embassy and recruit agents. p**in sit in st petersburg and in occupied "eastern germany" p**in also has never served in counter intelligence. western spies was exclusively stationed in Moscow. and recruited agents in Moscow (or in very close proximity from Moscow). p**in has never served in Moscow,. he studied in andropov institute to be a spy. however, he failed. officers judged him unfit for service as a spy.
@@Despiser25"B..b..b.. but Progressives and socialists are supposed to be on the same team tho!! I don't get it! Mark is dumb!!" You really think Mark doesn't understand how progressivism and socialism works? LMFAO If YOU knew anything about leftist ideology, you'd know that leftists are _eternally_ fighting each other for control. They aren't a unified front working for the same goals. You'd also know that _many_ progressives are too stupid to understand that they're working towards socialism. Just look at all the idiot Bernie supporters who think there's a difference between socialism and "democratic socialism". Lets also not forget that in Russia, opposing political factions are often funded by the same source. ..and allied political parties are infiltrated and pitted against each other. Putin has employed these EXACT tactics many times during his career. Just because _you_ don't understand the nuances of history, it doesn't mean that Mark isn't a legitimate historian. It just means you're being pedantic.
@@olexandrs6639 Keep copy/pasting the same bullshit under every other comment. That'll totally get your point across without annoying the living piss out of the very people you're trying to sway over to your side.
another tipical example of this commie liberal cnn paid mark felton... where is the video on osama bin laden and all the others "agents" criminal usa made?? how about mao tse tung they financed, how about the contras, isil , and so many others terrorist groups usa financed and trained??? you are a PAID LIAR.
@@tanker00v25 : I think he meant to say, keep it lit. It is an expression where I live, meaning, keep it going, keep the engine running, full speed ahead, etc.
Honestly, it's impressive, to say the least, that Putin arose from nothing and took complete control of Russia. Can you ever imagine that his father working on that submarine would have dreamt that his son could one day do that?
He didn't arise from nothing though... He was already highly ranked in the KGB and russia's political situation was extremely unstable.. It's really not surprising that he would manage to get control of the country.
@@ChristopherGray00 yeah as soon as Putin was born they branded a hammer and sickle onto his little baby tummy, gave him a KGB uniform, one of those big russian bear hats and make him a lieutenant colonel.
YTS: Take a look at where Stalin & Krushev came from and where they ended up. "Born to a poor family in Gori in the Russian Empire (now Georgia), Stalin attended the Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary before eventually joining the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party." "Khrushchev was born on 15 April 1894, in Kalinovka, a village in what is now Russia's Kursk Oblast, near the present Ukrainian border. His parents, Sergei Khrushchev and Kseniya Khrushcheva, were poor peasants of Russian origin". Putin had a big head start so to say he came from "nothing" is misleading to say the least.
Mark I’ve been watching your videos since I got out of high school in 2017. I’m 22 now and I’ve learned more from you then I did in school. Thanks for making videos so often .
This was his least "objective" video to date. There was lots of alleged and suggested and so forth and no mention of Putin's connection with the WEF and Klaus Schwab as a "global leaders for tomorrow" program later known as "The young global leaders" program. This is extremely important part of Putin's political education and geopolitical world view and explains why Macron, another "global young leader" graduate is likely the negotiator with Putin on Ukraine and in such a video well worthy of mention above archaic KGB ties to world that has long not existed.
@@silentone6411 I don't think so. If we want to understand who Putin is as a world leader then that is an important and relevant part of his political education.
@@Muckylittleme you are wrong and are simply chasing the One World Order and The Great Reset conspiracy nonsense that is trendy right now among so many. To dismiss his earlier life is to dismiss his personal beliefs and to dismiss his personal beliefs is to misunderstand him...very dangerous... not for nothing does the proverb say: know thine enemy...Putin's maiden speech to the Duma included the expression of his desire to restore the old Russian Empire which includes Finland for example.
@@anonymousforever No I am absolutely correct and it is not conspiracy but well documented fact he was part of WEF Global young leader program. This video attempts to portray the world and Putin as it was during the cold war which can only be deliberate. The world moved on. Russia is no longer the Soviet Union and although authoritarian aspects still exist it has afar more open liberal and Westernised society than back then and that includes its political system and geopolitical aims. Meanwhile the West has gone the opposite direction, becoming far more authoritarian and censorious to the point leaders like Trudeau (another WEF young global leader) can declare an emergency and carry out acts that would be condemned as undemocratic and a crim against humanity in any civilised nation. Such as freezing the bank accounts of ordinary people because they donated $20 to a protest group that was peacefully and legally protesting by retroactively applying new arbitrary laws against such protests and donations. If you want to understand why Russia invaded Ukraine, how it could have been prevented and how it can be solved then you need to be educated on geopolitics and history and take nuanced neutral view of the world instead of wilfully being indoctrinated by corporate media serving special interests just because it gives you a false sense of moral superiority. Why do you ignore all the history that led to the Ukraine crisis if you want to understand Putin's motivation and prevent future wars? Why do you forsake the geopolitical complexities and competing interests for a propagandised Hollywood view of the conflict? So the story goes, Putin woke up one morning and decided to invade Ukraine because he is an evil dictator and Russian imperialist Don't ask why now or why Putin was once the darling of Western media before refusing to subject Russian's to open borders and mass immigration under UN Population Replacement written 2001 and why the EU drafted in Goldman Sachs banker Peter Sutherland to create open borders to facilitate it under the guise of "freedom of movement" The same Peter Sutherland who then had a special position created for him at the UN as "Special Migration Envoy" where issued diktats on refugee and immigrant quotas and stated "More must be done to undermine the homogeneity of EU nations" via mass immigration. The world is a much more complicated and criminal place than that. People like you cheer led the Iraqi sanctions that starved half a million children to death. You believed the propaganda and lies and cheered the invasion of Iraq and the 2 million plus deaths it has caused. You tossed off to "shock and awe" in front of your TV. You booed Assad and Gaddafi as they fought ISIS and couldn't wait for the bombing of Damascus and death of thousands more civilians to topple Assad and let ISIS take the city. You had your minute of hate as they told you Assad released chemical weapons on innocent children just as soon as Obama drew his red line for a pretext of supporting ISIS. You wiped a tear as the MI5 officer formed "White Helmets" staged their false flags even while they shared their HQ with ISIS and were photographed with weapons posing over the dead bodies of Syrian soldiers. Why? Because you don't care about truth or justice and have nor moral compass or guiding principles. You are a reprogrammable drone only capable of regurgitating the latest media narrative. You probably sill believe in mask mandates and that a local war in Europe has caused a global economic catastrophe rather than arbitrarily locking down the global economy and destroying supply chains and manufacturing processes for 2 years. It isn't a case of 2 legs good, 4 legs bad. The world isn't good guys V bad guys. It is bad guys V bad guys and more often bad guys working with other bad guys for their mutual benefit. How do you think 2/3 of the entire worlds wealth is the hands of just few individuals and financial corporate entities? If you don't educate yourself and seek truth for truths sake and then make informed opinions based on the truths and moral conviction rather than selective morality then you are complicit in not only your own enslavement but that of the rest of us.
3:54 As a kid I toured the bombing scene created by the Red Army Faction at the USAFE HQ in Ramstein August 31st 1981. Our flight back to the US was Sept 2nd so we had connections at Ramstein AFB to get in and see the carnage. No sentries or guards at the crime scene, the entire area was simply yellow taped off by the Air Police, and there were other families were looking around the blast scene as well. What remained of the car bomb was minimal where it was positioned main foyer parking lot entrance. Every window broken and pulled office paperwork and curtains out the windows. Bits of metal everywhere. All the cars in the parking lot had huge shrapnel damage some I could put my fist into or peppered with small holes. The engine of the car bomb was hurled all the way over the 4 story USAFE building and landed in a garden on the opposite side of the area. Quite a statement by the Red Army Faction in 1981.
@@MarkFeltonProductions As a van driver/courier working mainly in London during the 80s/90s and 00s, I had a few near misses with IRA bombs and bomb threats, in some cases witnessing the horrific aftermaths of the successful ones. In Feb 1996 I just missed being caught by the Canary Wharf truck bomb. I'd just finished my last delivery and had driven past the Blue truck containing the massive fertilizer bomb about 35 minutes before it detonated. When it went off, I was on the other side of the River Thames visiting friends at the company I'd left a few weeks before. As I got out of my Renault Traffic van I heard a loud whoomf and the door of my van was wrenched out of my hand. As it turned out it was by the blast from the bomb just over a mile away in a straight line. There were a lot of buildings and the Thames between me and the bomb but I certainly felt the blast even at that distance.
@@oliverreedslovechild I was working in Knightsbridge when the Harrods bomb went off. I still have nightmares about that day. RIP to all who perished in that horror.
An Irish friend of mine was a young man in an L-shaped bar in Belfast. There was a public phone in the vertex of the bar, under which he noticed a bag was left. Just then that bag blew up!! He survived, many didn't. The wood in the bar turning into huge splinters which went through people like spears: many were killed. He later worked for 30yrs as a psych nurse, where as a psych nurse myself, I met him. We later had our own life or death incident in a hospital (which caused State legislation to be enacted), that caused his premature retirement from nursing. He's now a happy retiree who goes fishing everyday. 👍
“The more things change, the more they stay the same. Boundaries shift, new players step in; but power always finds a place to rest its head” -General Shepherd
hit the nail on the head . i like to follow the money , and we will still find putin there as well . ever wonder why putin is a name , easy to the english language
@@ItachiUchiha-ns1il We fought and bled along side the Russians. We shoulda' known they'd hate us for it. History is written by the victor, and here I a thinking we won. But you bring down one enemy and they find someone even worse to replace him.
I'm the exact same age as Putin but American. Having been in my youth a HUGE Ian Fleming/James Bond novel (not movie) fan, I can tell you that Putin is a mirror image Cold War character straight out of a Fleming novel.
When I first saw Putin, my first thought was that he had a striking resemblance to the villain Kronsteen in (the movie adaptation of) From Russia With Love
Yeah, this like a modern real life sequel to the James Bond novels. I wonder if Putin read them as a kid like we did? Were they banned in the old USSR?
Putin's fans think so too. When he first came to power, his fanboys said he was secretly fighting crime and/or foreigners like James Bond did. There may have been fanfiction in Russian about that. That's where QAnon got the same idea about Donald Trump. Having heard about the USSR backing both the Baader-Meinhof Group and the West German NeoNazis , it would not surprise me to find there were KGB minds and money behind QANon and the Proud Boys.
@ no offense but you’ve done poor research....if you think the small amount of neo nazis in Ukraine are the reason for this war than you have done a poor job researching
@@morgs456 RUclips/Google is heavily into censorship these days. Dr. Felton doesn't lie, but he is allowed to post here only because he has yet to trigger Google's censors, same goes for the rest of us commenting here.
Everyone is biased. You're biased. I'm biased. And yes, even Mark Felton is biased. The sooner you understand that the better. You should *never* watch or read anything and assume it is unbiased. "Why is this information being shared with me? What does the person sharing this information expect me to take away from it? How does it benefit them?" and so forth.
Mark, I'd like to thank you for your informative and nicely presentable videos. They're incredibly engaging and also provide people with ELI5 quick sessions. As an educator, I enjoy incorporating your videos into my lessons. Looking forward to the next one.
Your research and stone turning is quite unprecedented Mark. I have also researched for a topic and know how laborious it can be, tenaciously cross-referencing and gingerly fact-checking before publication. Its actually an art form, henceforth, I'd venture forth to extend you're hitherto an artiste. 💯✨
In case anyone is interested, Putin's doctoral thesis was entitled. "Strategic Planning Of The Reproduction Of The Mineral Resource Base Of A Region Under Conditions Of The Formation Of Market Relations."
How to create MANY identical mineral resource extraction sites (mines) in regions that are under-developed... I read that as, 'how to suck the land you freshly conquered dry.... Quickly"
Maybe I am wrong, but Ukraine has both oil and uranium is in Dnipropetrovsk oblast , but is a minor mine. Ukraine has a lot of iron ore and steel mills . The steel industries are concentrated in central ,eastern and southern Ukraine, that is to say Dnipro, NIkopol, Zaporizhia, Donets basin and ...Mariupol. Iron and steel mills in Ukraine are mostly obsolete ( about 48 per cent of them) , but the ore reserves are huge . It sounds like the Russian attack is all about to get the Ukrainian ore reserves under Russian control. The obvious consequence is that the attack is limited...for now The Baltic States might not be the next target.
Mark's historical analysis of the past paves the road to understanding the current sociopolitical phenomena. It would be great if Mark could give his prediction on how our current sociopolitical events will be unfolded in the near future. After all, he is an expert in the field. History should not be just about the past, but present and future. Once again, thank you for your amazing work, Dr. Felton.
He mentions in his description that this channel is strictly non-political. While there will be an assumption of a political bias especially since this video is released in a very timely manner, we should expect no political stance or view from Mr. Felton.
Putin's father was a sergeant in the Red Army when wounded in action during the seige of Leningrad, probably late 41 or very early 42, allegedly in the 'five kopek' bridgehead, south bank of the River Neva, during the numerous attempts to open a land corridor to the city. I was in Dresden in 92, Putin had left by then but the Russian army could still be seen there
@@LordVader1094 TBH Felton has some well researched Chapters too. Especially about some WWII "out of the spotlight" things. But this Video is "out-of-the box"-Crap.
@@TheMave34 Most theory on Intelligence operations is wild and inaccurate, the whole point of intelligence and antiterrorist work has to be secrecy, misdirection, vagueness, smoke, fog, and sheer dogged persistence and attention to the most minute and trivial of details, analysis, re evaluation, and more persistent searching through often very boring sources. today they also have to deal with all the electronic and computer data, mobile phones and the whole paraphernalia of modern life. Being extra intelligent and diligent is vital and Putin took that to the top. He is also a master chess player, playing on different levels, and able to think many moves ahead, nobody should underestimate his ability, and he will never show all the cards he intends to play, what we are seeing now is just one small part of his whole operation. More to come i am sure.
Timely and very well done. Thank you Dr Felton This falls under the category of "know your enemy". The thee most important letters in his life are KGB. As the old saying goes, a leopard never changes it's spots.
As a local Citizen of Dresden i can tell something which I got told by my elder people and colleagues at work. Putin was often seen in a bar in Königsbrück (which is north of Dresden) drinking with soviet soldiers. It makes all sense for me because in Königsbrück there was an army camp (Altes Lager)used by soviets and NVA .
@@redwingrob1036 i have no Idea, maybe Vodka if i have to guess? :D My colleague, which is now in pension, told me about the day when Putin got President he was in the same bar. When the news came on TV, the barkeeper told him something like "hey i know this guy, he sat right here drinking with russians!"
I really wish you were my professor when I was studying history in University. Your topics are certainly more interesting than the time I had to study the impact of Indian Civil service on the development of the state.
This sounds similar to what in the communist eastern block there were classes in various aspects of socialism. In socialist sciences or something similar in name there were classes all about the proletariat and the supposed abuses of late 19th century
Wish you would've delved more into his time in St Petersburg, his relationship with the mayor, his estate investments and trade relationships, and the entourage which followed him to being head of the country.
This is definitely the most informative video about his KGB past I've come across to this day. Almost nothing is known about this period of his life. Thanks for the great video (as usual). P.S. I think Steve Buscemi should play him in a movie, he could pull off the looks and the face expressions perfectly.
50% true , 50% Fairytale. Ask a random 50+ aged Person in Dresden about Putin and the Story would be more interesting. I know even his favourite Bakery here.
@@TheMave34 Mich interessiert in erster Linie seine Tätigkeit beim KGB, ob er gern Zimtschnecken gegessen hat interessiert mich ehrlich gesagt nur am Rande. 😉
@@bojanivanisevic1072 Ja, aber irgendwelche Märchen erzählen, welche von dummen Leuten dann für wahr gehalten werden (oder schlimmstenfalls als Quelle herhalten, da es "Mark Felton" ja berichtet hat) muss ja auch nicht sein.
I have posted many of your shows on Twitter X I think you do fascinating research I originally started with the King George VI rescuing the German family jewels, and have been fascinated by all of your work so thank you very much and I am glad to share it
Quotation marks are absolutely redundant in your comment. The comment is set in a positive tone, but those quotation marks ridicule the fact that Dr. Felton truly is an intellectual.
There is no reason for anyone to assume that Felton is anything but an intellectual. He is part and party to why “numbskulls” as myself will gladly fight to keep him speaking.
Interesting that you mention Putin's gunslinger gait. In the movie Ronin, Robert de Niro comments on an ex-KGB agent's catlike reflexes, and the agent replies, "Oh yes. They die hard."
If anyone has the ability to study and relay information about Vladimir Putin accurately its certainly Dr. Felton. Thank you for your historical knowledge and your consistent and continual updates on current world events.
Russia have been waging a war online for 15 years now , planting the seeds of doubt , if he invaded poland tomorrow some Americans would think its justified because their telegram channel told them Poland has bio weapons or killed some Russians.
Thank you Dr. Felton, a very important topic we all need to study!!! I sincerely hope the PM of the U.K. and the President of the US will both carefully watch this report!
At a time when misinformation is at epidemic level, a good historian always helps to bring clarity and reason to the table of sanity. Thanks Dr. Felton!
Oliver Stone’S documentary from 2016 ‘Ukraine on Fire’ is a good source of information as Putin is interviewed by the Vietnam veteran Stone several times. Recently re- uploaded to utube
Excellant Video on the Cold War period and Putin's background. I remember hearing and reading about many of the events mentioned in this Video, could not help it as I was growing up during this time and these events were well covered in the Network News and News Magazines of the time.
Mark, seriously thanks for adding your talents to the present day conflict. No doubt significant history in the making, of which productions like yours will be made long into the future. Thank you.
A few years ago I was still living in Germany and remember the news story that broke of an old office building in Dresden being cleaned out and Putin's old I.D. badge was found there.
Mr Felton, thank you for sharing this with general public as i find your work very professional and journalistic. As an American, im ashamed of the latest work done at Kremlin by the so called journalist Tucker Carlson.
Dude, cmon, may be Ezhov in some way could be "Soviet Himmler", if u want to use western type to comparison every soviet to the nazi. But Beria really just helped to recover situation and created atomic project
Very informative. I wonder if we will ever know the full extent of his involvement with the RAF. I was in the Army in West Germany in late 1981 when the RAF raided an FRG army reserve arms room a few miles from where we were in the field. They were in our area and well-armed. We were given live ammo. Luckily, they didn't try anything on us, but they did put an RPG in a US Army general's car about 5 miles away.
Imagine how growing up with the story of how your entire maternal side of the family was killed by the Nazis in their invasion, and a father who was basically a war hero from the sound of it, serving in multiple services from submarines to special forces and NKVD. How that would warp your world view going forward.
@@kaletovhangar I do not from the years of deep study of history especially autobiographies and first hand witnesses. The NKVD was killing Russians during times of "quiet" on the Eastern Front. You say the NKVD never took a break from killing.
Interesting documentary as always Dr Felton and I appreciate your work. But the problem we have today is that most of the leadership in the west and in reality the world in general, are leftovers from the cold war era. Including those who are advising the current global leadership, Russia is not the only country with this problem. For example just to name a few western leaders with a similar background. George H. W Bush was the director of the CIA for several years before being made Vice president to Ronald Reagan and then eventually becoming the 41st president of the United States. Angela Merkel the chancellor of Germany served in the east German Stasi. And even Germany's current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was a member of the SPD and supported the Freudenberger Kreis a pro GDR socialist organization during the cold war era. So in reality no matter where you live or what country you are from, politics is just one big club with each government having it's own unique set of rules and requirements to become a member. It would be interesting to see you do a series one day about the cold war in general, and It's impact on global politics today in both the east and the west. Lastly removing Putin from power in Russia would be a disaster, and would have far reaching consequences. Unlike removing Boris Johnson from power in the UK for example. Which was actually being proposed prior to the break out of war in Ukraine. The reality is simply this, and weather people want to believe it or not Putin is a moderate in Russia. While on the other hand the largest opposition to him in the country the communist party, has an all together far more aggressive stance not only on the war in Ukraine but on global politics in general.
Some insignificant old bloke in Runcorn rates this comment as brilliant. Me. 😂 It would be a monumental work. No historian that values his reputation would dare to do this honestly. Mark Felton might just get away with it on RUclips, though. Great idea. ✅🙂
Love your work Mark and you pointed well, he was ex KGB ( foreign counterintelligence ) hence why no one actually doesn't know nothing in detail about Putin, his life, his actions except what is on internet.
Un gran lider de la nacion rusa. Heroe. Salvo a Rusia de la desantegracion. Por eso no rs smago por los que no aman a rusia. Bush fue DIRECTOR de la CIA.
@@marioceva7163 I don't even need to use google translate to understand what nonsense you are writing. No, Putin is not a hero, he ruined Russia, possibly for ever this time. Russia will probably not climb out of this crisis when the dust settles and the economy ruined.
@@MrKakibuy Putin is the reason the west and many corporations didn't outright steal from Russia in its entirety. He's pretty popular in Russia, despite what the media tells you.
@@MrKakibuy The war is going in Russia's favor. The Ukranian army is getting encircled, the bigger cities are being taken, it's only a matter of time it's over. If it was going so well for Ukraine, they wouldn't need to throw so many AKs to every random citizen and beg for a no fly zone from the west. The Russian standard of living is substantially better than what it was in the 90s. There's no good shortages, plenty of consumer goods. Russia will take a short term economic hit but make no mistake, all they'll do is divert their market to China, India and anyone else that wants to buy Oil and energy to eastern nations and cut out the west. They'll do fine in the long term.
Thank you Dr. Felton, I knew a shallow tip of Putin's life but within 8 minutes it seems I knew this man the whole time. I really love your videos for being objective and informative. Keep it up!
That's what I like about Mr. Felton, as he makes factual (and well researched) videos about events, (in this case, the current state of affairs), lasting about 8 minutes, whereas others will perhaps make the same things taking some 30 minutes, well fluffed out with waffle to make it last that long. So brief, and straight to the point!....:)
Dr. Felton, please make a part II and enlighten us how putin rose to power. There are some videos about that but none of them explain things like you do
Very interesting, but too short. I would have loved to hear more about his climb in politics. This is such a relevant topic now. It will also help to understand the man easier, if that is at all possible!
Refreshing to have a factual, measured and non-partisan video on the history of the subject. Particularly at this time when so many others are full of ranting emotion.
This is an interesting perspective. I listened to another source that claimed Putin, though in the KGB, had more of a lawyer role. However, your account seems to imply Putin was more of a field agent. I need to learn more .
This was his least "objective" video to date. There was lots of alleged and suggested and so forth and no mention of Putin's connection with the WEF and Klaus Schwab as a "global leaders for tomorrow" program later known as "The young global leaders" program. This is extremely important part of Putin's political education and geopolitical world view and explains why Macron, another "global young leader" graduate is likely the negotiator with Putin on Ukraine and in such a video well worthy of mention above archaic KGB ties to world that has long not existed.
President George H.W. Bush was once director of the CIA, pretty well a clone of the KGB, established for exactly the same reason: "National Security." But he looked like a kindly uncle, the kind of guy you would like to share a golf cart with. Putin looks, on the other hand, looks like a quintessential Bond villain. But these are personal appearances related to culture. Americans grin widely at you and extend their hand in a warm greeting. Whereas Soviet era Russian politburo thugs look like cold, heartless killers. But don't let the personal appearances fool you. Both sides are in same game, indeed they need each other.
As an European I have to say though that there's a big difference. In USA one president does not stay in power for long even if he wants to, and in USA the system and institutions are much stronger, that protects the people from the leaders. If president in USA does something crazy, there is a strong judicial system that will work. President has less power and power is more distributed. Also in USA it would not be possible for the president to do things like close all the TV channels that he doesn't like, etc.
Look at media , tv, internet, mainstream youtube, corporations statements and programs and West - they are all spewing the same degenerate filth that is "neoliberalism" or whatever you want to call it . gaymerica is a police state as i live there. .
I'm sure you disagree with/are against what is happening in ukraine right now, but I'm very thankful that you (different to other creators on this platform) stay neutral and don't choose sides. You, Mr Felton, never disappointed us. Keep up the good work!
It’s a nice change of pace to hear Mark talking about relatively modern topics, outstanding work as always
Agreed. We knew Mark was great with historical videos and now we know he's at least as good with newer content.
when it comes to War criminals , Mark is the best biographer there is!
I think he should stick to history rather than doing propaganda pieces on contemporary topics.
@@Camcolito How is this a 'propaganda piece', are you suggesting that any of the information he gives is incorrect?
I have commented before that I wish he would do more cold war stuff
I learned more about Putin in the last eight and a half minutes than I have in my whole life. Thanks for sharing Dr Felton!
Bet you still believe all the lies they are telling you about russia in the tv though…
@@GrauFPV yeah why can't anyone trust Russia's self elected leader of 20 years who's political opponents mysteriously get poisoned or locked up, maybe everyone should watch more RUclips conspiracy videos who use RT as their main source of information that's where the real truth is😐
@@Scarz3ny haha that happens in the US too! Look at how many people close to the Clinton’s have just magically ended…. None of these guys are good, and I don’t support fighting any of their wars.
That actually scares me to know that because so little is known about Russia, Ukraine and the current situation yet people are so vocal about escalating the situation and are ignorant to the origins of Russia’s objections outside of NATO membership. The reality of Ukranisation and the situation of the Donbas is horrifying.
@@jaysimpson6857 Exactly this. If i only take the fact that Putin studied international trade law which i didnt know till i watched this video. This brings the whole sanctions thing for me in a new light. Trying to strangle a guy who studied trade law, is a top KGB-Spy, worked with the RAF and survived the troublesome 90ths in russia to come out as the president at the end. Well i dont know if you can beat a guy like that so simple.
A wise man once said... "There is no such thing as ex-KGB agent"
Very wise indeed.
This applies tenfold to Belarus
There is no such thing as an ex CIA agent, many ended up in US Government, or in high positions in defence companies or industries. The same applies all over the world. Airey Neave was former military, worked for MI9, SAS, then became a politician, destined to become Boss in Northern Ireland, when he was murdered in London. There is nothing wrong with the most intelligent and accomplished members of state organisations rising to power. They know how to protect their nations and have a supportive infrastructure of equally qualified people working together. Putin is the strong leader that Russia needed at the time. Even he said that communism was a failed system not to be repeated.
And there is no such thing as ex-Zio slave .
who was that wise man the ex CIA spook Mr Bush?
No wonder he is so powerful, not just be influence, but by sheer skills and mental power.
Those fake judo participation trophies really make him look powerful. In his own mind. The shirtless photos showing off his man boobs are also very impressive. I rarely see such huge mammaries on a male.
sadly for him mental power is not enough to win a war...
And crazy lmao
ใช้พลังในทางที่ผิดกฎธรรมชาติ ใช้จิตที่โหดร้ายทำลายคนอื่นผิดศีลธรรมและไม่ใช่คนดีที่น่าจดจำ เขาเป็นได้แค่คนลืมตัวที่เย่อหยิ่งสร้างภาพลวงตาชาวโลก เป็นคนอันตรายชนิดหนึ่งบนโลกมนุษย์ในยุคนี้ คนดีไม่ใช้ความรุนแรงคนมีเมตตาไม่เข่นฆ่าผู้ใด เขาคือคนเสียสุขภาพจิต
@@frozenllama23if you want crazy, look no further than Medvedev or Dugin. Putin is pretty sane. Probably more sane than Biden.
Timely and very informative, Mark. I was an officer at a USAF air base in Germany during the early ‘80s. We had more than a few run ins with Baader Meinhof back then. They blew up our O’ Club, which was just outside the base gates. They also took a fellow officer’s BMW to kidnap a West German Bank President, who they held for ransom. We retrieved the BMW several days later in Trier and found the only damage was to the trunk lock. Oddly, the gas coupons purchased by US military members were left undisturbed in the vehicle’s front console.
I remember all the news-stories in Canada in the early 1970's about the Bader-Meinhoff Gangs terrorist actions in Germany, and there were other similar things on a smaller scale going on elsewhere in Europe too. I always wondered as a teen what was "driving it" and "supporting it".............now we know, although anyone with brains............ often called "cynics" by the mouthy long-haired Leftists everywhere in The West back then in the post Vietnam-War era............ could figure it out at the time..........
@@themudthedirtandthesand9079 A response to the West?
@Terminus Est Most men and women given the call will become very active when the threat becomes real. Putin is facing millions upon millions of citizens from many countries and will never win.
@@natehiggins2487 Makes me wonder what “The Mud……” replied with?
@@jackgammon4084 I reckon whether he 'wins' or not is secondary to whether or not we - Humanity - survive as a species if WWIII cracks off! :-)
Dr. Felton, you need to do a second part of this video regarding Vladimir Putin. The second part should cover the rise of Putin under Boris Yeltsin, this is actually the most interesting part of the story, and it appears he had plenty of help from his former KGB colleagues. Perhaps you could expand on how Putin's current worldview relates directly to his former KGB experiences and deep connections with that spy agency. You should also discuss in more detail the Cold War era U.S. and NATO responses to KGB activities in Germany because this is also highly relevant to how Putin reacts to the West.
@@CharlesConover Yes. In modern Russia. But back then that was the way the wind was blowing. And Putin wisely set his sails with that wind. Now he's on the top.
Since that time, many Russians have this nostalgic longing for the old days.
Guys like Putin and his ex-KGB cronies don't see the world in those terms. They knew the KGB back then was just a means to climb the ladder of power. Any associated ideology or flag was just a distraction for the masses.
HEAR HEAR!
WE want more Cold War stuff Doc!
Hopefully the second part is soon and includes putin's obituary
Also his time at the world economic forum and the Panama Papers! You people completely whitewashed him out from all his greasy connections to western aristocrats!
@YYY MMM Who are you working for?
As per usual, outstanding research in a presentable and easy to understand format. Excellent work Mark!
Also his work on Adolf is very fasinated. The man behind his own propagande.
actually not. a "research" is exclusively based on russian propaganda sources controlled by russian state.
it's not a "reseacr" it's copy paste of russian propaganda. sadly Mark Felton. very sadly.
vladimir p**in has never been a spy.
he has never been abroad. spies serve abroad. like USA, France, Italy, Turkey. they sit in embassy and recruit agents.
p**in sit in st petersburg and in occupied "eastern germany"
p**in also has never served in counter intelligence. western spies was exclusively stationed in Moscow. and recruited agents in Moscow (or in very close proximity from Moscow).
p**in has never served in Moscow,.
he studied in andropov institute to be a spy. however, he failed. officers judged him unfit for service as a spy.
As per usual, propaganda galore presenting only one part of the whole story. Did Felton ever covered Western intelligence agencies training terrorist organizations against USSR, for example Afghanistan mujahedin ?
@@aleksazunjic9672 Nice attempt at whataboutism there. A classic Soviet tactic.
another tipical example of this commie liberal cnn paid mark felton... where is the video on osama bin laden and all the others "agents" criminal usa made?? how about mao tse tung they financed, how about the contras, isil , and so many others terrorist groups usa financed and trained??? you are a PAID LIAR.
He’s pretty impressive individual which is concerning given how lightly the media takes him.
So what about him impressed you?
He is a ruthless psychopath/rapist/torturer/murderer still living in the cold war and using his shitty army to make his fucked up dreams try come true.
@@wannabe4668 It's no easy feat to become a leader of a country
@@wannabe4668because in Western society a lot of high qualified persons with prestigious credentials got their way through Jewish nepotism. Putin was molded through grit and vengeance.
@@wannabe4668crushing human rights, ALL news and reporters, and taking over the political structure as well as economic structure of Russia. Did you know he made all governors appointed by the president and not elected? He did all this not violently like saddam, but skillfully and covertly, without too much attention or bloodshed. THAT is not only impressive, but genuinely scary.
Putin’s grandfather was Stalins personal cook, now that’s a wow
Putin is the modern day Stalin!
@@jagdpanther2224 YEAH rrright...AND Angela Merkel is Eva Braun🤣😂😅
@@redwingrob1036 If that's true I wonder how her husband would look as a politician :>
It is not confirmed to be true though, It was Putin who claimed that but there are no evidence to support it.
The grandkid of Obama’s cook will one day rule over USSA with an iron fist
You can take a man out of the KGB. But not the KGB out of the man.
True. It’s in his blood.
You are all under arrest!
@King Brilliant OUCH!
Maybe that's why the commies call each other Comrade.......🤪
he is so pitiful, despite working hard and under pressure day and night, he has not been promoted for 23 years, even worse, has never been awarded a medal, Mr. President putin :->
Mr. Felton your lessons empirically demonstrate how the threads of the past weave our modern tapestry. You elevate my understanding of history. With more like you I hope we can all really integrate the mistakes of the past and be more mindful as a whole. Thank you for your important work.
Seconded.
Are we simply destined to repeat the mistakes of the past?
Ukraine today defending her sovereign territory alone reflects the same reality in 1939 where ‘friends’ spoke great comforting words but ultimately left Poland solely to defend herself against invasion. This begs the question, have we learnt nothing?
@@Blyskawica1 You know, I am starting to think the same thing. Although critical weapons are reaching ukraine it still beggers belief that the west is letting Putin set the agenda
Amen 🙏🏻
@@owlmuso It seems so. Although now Russia are targeting forward training and munition facilities along the western borderlands of Ukraine.
I fear for the coming months in Europe. We never learn.
The best Mark Felton video that I have ever watched.
Vive Putin , Putin Soon King of The World Emperor
-- I Make him Crowned Emperor Putin , I male Joan DeArk
I liked it too. I am looking forward to a video about George H. Bush the CIA agent and on much higher post than Putin.
This video is perfect. Your just as good teaching about current events as you are teaching about the past. Thanks Dr. Felton.
*you’re
@GreenTea💚 The Grammer nazi comment? Probably.
Me thanking Mark Felton for the video, no. I meant that.
@@m0ther_bra1ned12 I’m not a bot. At least not that I know of. You probably are.
I know you had to write a comment saying "perfect" to follow a trend, but there is no such thing.
@GreenTea💚 As opposed to figuratively every video?
"There is no such thing as a former KGB man.“ - Vladimir Putin, 2004, responding to Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who called himself a former KGB officer
"We have enough novichok, polonium and other "teas" for KGB men who will dare become former" - hints Putin.
"I'm secretly a cuckold". -Vlad
@@judeodomhnaill9711 *Vova. Vlad is short for Vladislav.
Same could be said about mossad, mi6 and many other secret agencies.
@@ivarkich1543 I was always suspicious of flavoured teas.
With the complete lack of accurate history lessons here in the US, I have my kids watch various videos by Mark. As a complete history junkie myself I feel it is critically important the young minds of today understand where we have all come from. At best we are about to enter a new Cold War. Great stuff Mark thank you for sharing.
This is Mark's contribution to NATO and our Democracy...
Some would say the Cold War never actually ended...
"At best we are about to enter a new Cold War"...of the USA and NATO's making.
@@fordwk Yip..could not agree more...America didnt want missiles in their back yard...neither does Russia..
America now the weakest they have ever been.If China joins this landgrab in regards of Taiwan...America wont have an answer...
The subpar education kids get in US schools, especially public schools , is entirely by design.
Very interesting Mark as I was U.S. Secret Service (1974-1977 Wash.D.C.) and protected Russian Embassies and Ambassadors as well as Foreign Heads of State and U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and White House Staff. Lot's going on but I also protected former KGB Col. Stanislav Lunev(1998) author of "Through The Eyes Of The Enemy" who is living in the USA with other Russian Nationals as we did since Operation Paperclip. So much history and we are being told too many lies by the press and the CIA. Great job !
Really excellent as always, Mark. A sidebar story: my mentor as a journalist 30+ years ago was the former head of the Associated Press during the Cold War. In the late 80s, before the fall of the Soviet bloc, he went back to East Germany to do some reporting. As had happened many times before, he was picked up by the Stasi and held for several weeks before being released to the US State Department. He has a photo of himself crossing the border, escorted by a KGB lieutenant colonel. Yep, you guessed it! It’s a much younger Vladimir Putin.
You might well ask why my friend merited the attentions of a relatively senior KGB officer. My friend had covered the Bloc for 30 years, and had achieved relationships with the reformers in the Politburo, beginning with Krushchev. That continued through Gorbachev, who removed my friend from Stasi supervision and ordered the KGB to repatriate him.
So if Putin was given the task of a very public duty of escorting a captive journalist does it make any sense he had all the secretive espionage rolls Fenton alledges without citation? That Gorbachev entrusted Putin to the task illustrates the reality that Putin was always a moderate nationalist and a western looking reformer with a deep belief in the principles of democracy.
@@CandideSchmyles If he did, I'd say something has changed then.
@@davidnemoseck9007 Yes something did change. He realised that there is no such thing as western democracy. That in reality it is a corporate hegemony interested only in the wealth it can extract.
@@CandideSchmyles How in the world do you reach that conclusion? Gorbachev proved to be a true idealist, who wanted to make the world a better place even before he started the revolution. But do you think that means every high ranking KGB agent was replaced by a liberal thinking progressive? Even if he had tried to reform the KGB, do you think an evil organization like that could be changed overnight? To the contrary, these guys probably started planning how to torpedo Gorbachev's policies, but the lightning speed of the Soviet collapse couldn't even be stopped by them, so they had to play along in order to protect their sources of power and bide their time. Putin has been an evil dictator from the start. From the moment he assumed office, every step he has taken has been regressive. Can you name one move he has made in 20 years, either within or outside of Russia, that was forward looking and liberal-minded?
@@CandideSchmyles Well, actualy Putin did not accomplish his tasks as a intel officer, he was assessed as unable to perform such duties by his comanding officers and consequently being sent to former GDR în a position considered low-rank.
I only found your videos 2 weeks ago but I have to admit, I look forward to new ones you create more than anything. Always quality.
"Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart, whoever wants it back has no brain” - Vladimir Putin.
So I guess he has no brain (Edit: Note to the guy called Tom Thumb in the replies, I'm aware Putin is not a communist or has any intention of implementing a communist system in Russia.)
he wants the Russian empire not communism
@@DrJones20 If anything, he has a tsarist disposition.
@@DrJones20 He wants it both ways. Capitalist economy but absolute power politically
@@gergelyhangodi9008 Tsar Vladimir does have a certain ring to it.
great video mark! as always the videos get better and always informative! keep up the hard work!
Vive Putin , Putin Soon King of The World Emperor
-- I Make him Crowned Emperor Putin , I male Joan DeArk
One of Putin's covers was as a timber expert in East Germany. He ran agents who came to Hull using the cover as inspectors of faulty timber. One of these agents was turned by MI5. I believe he still lives in Hull. A lot of Russian sailors were scared of KGB who were embedded in crews delivering the timber.
Yeh Steve ! Lots of national state secrets in f**king Hull ?
"inspectors of faulty timber" sounds like a very plausible job title, not suspicious at all...
@@freetrade8830 Hey it gave Putin wood, so there's that.
Authoritarian regimes such as Russia spend a lot of time on their paranoia projects, it's a byproduct of crushing dissent that it merely goes underground and seeks other ways to express itself.
ABOVE what a absolute goofy way to live/garbage can existence...no real life walkin dead
Well researched, as always, and very timely. You’re moving to history that’s relevant to current affairs Mark. Good work!
He is rewriting History. Like an imbecile would. Progressives want Socialism, not to end it.
actually not. a "research" is exclusively based on russian propaganda sources controlled by russian state.
it's not a "reseacr" it's copy paste of russian propaganda. sadly Mark Felton. very sadly.
vladimir p**in has never been a spy.
he has never been abroad. spies serve abroad. like USA, France, Italy, Turkey. they sit in embassy and recruit agents.
p**in sit in st petersburg and in occupied "eastern germany"
p**in also has never served in counter intelligence. western spies was exclusively stationed in Moscow. and recruited agents in Moscow (or in very close proximity from Moscow).
p**in has never served in Moscow,.
he studied in andropov institute to be a spy. however, he failed. officers judged him unfit for service as a spy.
@@Despiser25"B..b..b.. but Progressives and socialists are supposed to be on the same team tho!! I don't get it! Mark is dumb!!"
You really think Mark doesn't understand how progressivism and socialism works? LMFAO
If YOU knew anything about leftist ideology, you'd know that leftists are _eternally_ fighting each other for control. They aren't a unified front working for the same goals. You'd also know that _many_ progressives are too stupid to understand that they're working towards socialism. Just look at all the idiot Bernie supporters who think there's a difference between socialism and "democratic socialism".
Lets also not forget that in Russia, opposing political factions are often funded by the same source. ..and allied political parties are infiltrated and pitted against each other. Putin has employed these EXACT tactics many times during his career.
Just because _you_ don't understand the nuances of history, it doesn't mean that Mark isn't a legitimate historian.
It just means you're being pedantic.
@@olexandrs6639 Keep copy/pasting the same bullshit under every other comment. That'll totally get your point across without annoying the living piss out of the very people you're trying to sway over to your side.
another tipical example of this commie liberal cnn paid mark felton... where is the video on osama bin laden and all the others "agents" criminal usa made?? how about mao tse tung they financed, how about the contras, isil , and so many others terrorist groups usa financed and trained??? you are a PAID LIAR.
Good topical content recently mark! Keep it up.
great content
keep it left
@@Ar1AnX1x 'hell does that even mean?
@George Washington George Washington would definitely execute that coup staging traitor
@@tanker00v25 : I think he meant to say, keep it lit. It is an expression where I live, meaning, keep it going, keep the engine running, full speed ahead, etc.
@@StevenKeery possible
6:33 I love these pictures of "secret agent" Putin he's so famous now, its impossible to think their was a time that he could blend in.
There's a good one out there of him standing next to Reagan when he was president back in the 1980's
Honestly, it's impressive, to say the least, that Putin arose from nothing and took complete control of Russia. Can you ever imagine that his father working on that submarine would have dreamt that his son could one day do that?
He didn't arise from nothing though... He was already highly ranked in the KGB and russia's political situation was extremely unstable.. It's really not surprising that he would manage to get control of the country.
@@ChristopherGray00 There's always that one person who has to argue.
@@ChristopherGray00 rank he rightfully earned. It is impressive
@@ChristopherGray00 yeah as soon as Putin was born they branded a hammer and sickle onto his little baby tummy, gave him a KGB uniform, one of those big russian bear hats and make him a lieutenant colonel.
YTS: Take a look at where Stalin & Krushev came from and where they ended up.
"Born to a poor family in Gori in the Russian Empire (now Georgia), Stalin attended the Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary before eventually joining the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party."
"Khrushchev was born on 15 April 1894, in Kalinovka, a village in what is now Russia's Kursk Oblast, near the present Ukrainian border. His parents, Sergei Khrushchev and Kseniya Khrushcheva, were poor peasants of Russian origin".
Putin had a big head start so to say he came from "nothing" is misleading to say the least.
Mark I’ve been watching your videos since I got out of high school in 2017. I’m 22 now and I’ve learned more from you then I did in school. Thanks for making videos so often .
This man spits high-quality content like it's nothing, well done!
This was his least "objective" video to date.
There was lots of alleged and suggested and so forth and no mention of Putin's connection with the WEF and Klaus Schwab as a "global leaders for tomorrow" program later known as "The young global leaders" program.
This is extremely important part of Putin's political education and geopolitical world view and explains why Macron, another "global young leader" graduate is likely the negotiator with Putin on Ukraine and in such a video well worthy of mention above archaic KGB ties to world that has long not existed.
@@silentone6411 I don't think so.
If we want to understand who Putin is as a world leader then that is an important and relevant part of his political education.
@@Muckylittleme you are wrong and are simply chasing the One World Order and The Great Reset conspiracy nonsense that is trendy right now among so many. To dismiss his earlier life is to dismiss his personal beliefs and to dismiss his personal beliefs is to misunderstand him...very dangerous... not for nothing does the proverb say: know thine enemy...Putin's maiden speech to the Duma included the expression of his desire to restore the old Russian Empire which includes Finland for example.
@@anonymousforever
No I am absolutely correct and it is not conspiracy but well documented fact he was part of WEF Global young leader program.
This video attempts to portray the world and Putin as it was during the cold war which can only be deliberate.
The world moved on.
Russia is no longer the Soviet Union and although authoritarian aspects still exist it has afar more open liberal and Westernised society than back then and that includes its political system and geopolitical aims.
Meanwhile the West has gone the opposite direction, becoming far more authoritarian and censorious to the point leaders like Trudeau (another WEF young global leader) can declare an emergency and carry out acts that would be condemned as undemocratic and a crim against humanity in any civilised nation.
Such as freezing the bank accounts of ordinary people because they donated $20 to a protest group that was peacefully and legally protesting by retroactively applying new arbitrary laws against such protests and donations.
If you want to understand why Russia invaded Ukraine, how it could have been prevented and how it can be solved then you need to be educated on geopolitics and history and take nuanced neutral view of the world instead of wilfully being indoctrinated by corporate media serving special interests just because it gives you a false sense of moral superiority.
Why do you ignore all the history that led to the Ukraine crisis if you want to understand Putin's motivation and prevent future wars?
Why do you forsake the geopolitical complexities and competing interests for a propagandised Hollywood view of the conflict?
So the story goes, Putin woke up one morning and decided to invade Ukraine because he is an evil dictator and Russian imperialist
Don't ask why now or why Putin was once the darling of Western media before refusing to subject Russian's to open borders and mass immigration under UN Population Replacement written 2001 and why the EU drafted in Goldman Sachs banker Peter Sutherland to create open borders to facilitate it under the guise of "freedom of movement"
The same Peter Sutherland who then had a special position created for him at the UN as "Special Migration Envoy" where issued diktats on refugee and immigrant quotas and stated "More must be done to undermine the homogeneity of EU nations" via mass immigration.
The world is a much more complicated and criminal place than that.
People like you cheer led the Iraqi sanctions that starved half a million children to death. You believed the propaganda and lies and cheered the invasion of Iraq and the 2 million plus deaths it has caused. You tossed off to "shock and awe" in front of your TV. You booed Assad and Gaddafi as they fought ISIS and couldn't wait for the bombing of Damascus and death of thousands more civilians to topple Assad and let ISIS take the city.
You had your minute of hate as they told you Assad released chemical weapons on innocent children just as soon as Obama drew his red line for a pretext of supporting ISIS.
You wiped a tear as the MI5 officer formed "White Helmets" staged their false flags even while they shared their HQ with ISIS and were photographed with weapons posing over the dead bodies of Syrian soldiers.
Why?
Because you don't care about truth or justice and have nor moral compass or guiding principles.
You are a reprogrammable drone only capable of regurgitating the latest media narrative.
You probably sill believe in mask mandates and that a local war in Europe has caused a global economic catastrophe rather than arbitrarily locking down the global economy and destroying supply chains and manufacturing processes for 2 years.
It isn't a case of 2 legs good, 4 legs bad.
The world isn't good guys V bad guys.
It is bad guys V bad guys and more often bad guys working with other bad guys for their mutual benefit.
How do you think 2/3 of the entire worlds wealth is the hands of just few individuals and financial corporate entities?
If you don't educate yourself and seek truth for truths sake and then make informed opinions based on the truths and moral conviction rather than selective morality then you are complicit in not only your own enslavement but that of the rest of us.
@@Muckylittleme "No, I am absolutely correct" is not a winning formula for succes in a discussion/debate.
Well researched and documented. Very specialized in content management and presentation. Great video overall.
3:54 As a kid I toured the bombing scene created by the Red Army Faction at the USAFE HQ in Ramstein August 31st 1981. Our flight back to the US was Sept 2nd so we had connections at Ramstein AFB to get in and see the carnage. No sentries or guards at the crime scene, the entire area was simply yellow taped off by the Air Police, and there were other families were looking around the blast scene as well. What remained of the car bomb was minimal where it was positioned main foyer parking lot entrance. Every window broken and pulled office paperwork and curtains out the windows. Bits of metal everywhere. All the cars in the parking lot had huge shrapnel damage some I could put my fist into or peppered with small holes. The engine of the car bomb was hurled all the way over the 4 story USAFE building and landed in a garden on the opposite side of the area.
Quite a statement by the Red Army Faction in 1981.
I saw a similar scene in the 1980s following an IRA car bombing. Horrific.
@@MarkFeltonProductions As a van driver/courier working mainly in London during the 80s/90s and 00s, I had a few near misses with IRA bombs and bomb threats, in some cases witnessing the horrific aftermaths of the successful ones. In Feb 1996 I just missed being caught by the Canary Wharf truck bomb. I'd just finished my last delivery and had driven past the Blue truck containing the massive fertilizer bomb about 35 minutes before it detonated. When it went off, I was on the other side of the River Thames visiting friends at the company I'd left a few weeks before. As I got out of my Renault Traffic van I heard a loud whoomf and the door of my van was wrenched out of my hand. As it turned out it was by the blast from the bomb just over a mile away in a straight line. There were a lot of buildings and the Thames between me and the bomb but I certainly felt the blast even at that distance.
@@oliverreedslovechild You’ve got the devils luck
@@oliverreedslovechild I was working in Knightsbridge when the Harrods bomb went off. I still have nightmares about that day. RIP to all who perished in that horror.
An Irish friend of mine was a young man in an L-shaped bar in Belfast. There was a public phone in the vertex of the bar, under which he noticed a bag was left. Just then that bag blew up!! He survived, many didn't. The wood in the bar turning into huge splinters which went through people like spears: many were killed. He later worked for 30yrs as a psych nurse, where as a psych nurse myself, I met him. We later had our own life or death incident in a hospital (which caused State legislation to be enacted), that caused his premature retirement from nursing. He's now a happy retiree who goes fishing everyday. 👍
“The more things change, the more they stay the same. Boundaries shift, new players step in; but power always finds a place to rest its head”
-General Shepherd
Yesterday’s enemies are today’s recruits.
Coward!
hit the nail on the head . i like to follow the money , and we will still find putin there as well . ever wonder why putin is a name , easy to the english language
@@ItachiUchiha-ns1il
We fought and bled along side the Russians. We shoulda' known they'd hate us for it. History is written by the victor, and here I a thinking we won. But you bring down one enemy and they find someone even worse to replace him.
🦉
I'm the exact same age as Putin but American. Having been in my youth a HUGE Ian Fleming/James Bond novel (not movie) fan, I can tell you that Putin is a mirror image Cold War character straight out of a Fleming novel.
Indeed Fleming was writing about his own experiences , in his stories
I thought he looked like a Bond villain, too.
When I first saw Putin, my first thought was that he had a striking resemblance to the villain Kronsteen in (the movie adaptation of) From Russia With Love
Yeah, this like a modern real life sequel to the James Bond novels. I wonder if Putin read them as a kid like we did? Were they banned in the old USSR?
Putin's fans think so too. When he first came to power, his fanboys said he was secretly fighting crime and/or foreigners like James Bond did. There may have been fanfiction in Russian about that. That's where QAnon got the same idea about Donald Trump.
Having heard about the USSR backing both the Baader-Meinhof Group and the West German NeoNazis , it would not surprise me to find there were KGB minds and money behind QANon and the Proud Boys.
Thank you so much for covering this!
I liked it too. I am looking forward to a video about George H. Bush the CIA agent and on much higher post than Putin.
Mark needs to do more modern topics. With everything going on, we need a reliable source of information without bias. Just facts.
Not hard to find out the truth
You won't find many impartial fact based vids on you tube really
@ no offense but you’ve done poor research....if you think the small amount of neo nazis in Ukraine are the reason for this war than you have done a poor job researching
@@morgs456 RUclips/Google is heavily into censorship these days. Dr. Felton doesn't lie, but he is allowed to post here only because he has yet to trigger Google's censors, same goes for the rest of us commenting here.
Everyone is biased. You're biased. I'm biased. And yes, even Mark Felton is biased. The sooner you understand that the better. You should *never* watch or read anything and assume it is unbiased. "Why is this information being shared with me? What does the person sharing this information expect me to take away from it? How does it benefit them?" and so forth.
Definitely an interesting topic, thank you for covering it mark!
..you live on the 2nd floor?
@@gregmiller9710 no I live on the 69th floor with ma boy thanos
Mark, I'd like to thank you for your informative and nicely presentable videos. They're incredibly engaging and also provide people with ELI5 quick sessions. As an educator, I enjoy incorporating your videos into my lessons. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for your time, Mark.
He's also a Black Sabbath fan. According to Tony Iommi's autobiography, Putin even gave Tony a medal after a private concert in Moscow.
"Iron Man".
"Wtf's a lommi?"
A true "War Pig"!
Wait is this for real?? What about the heavier stuff? Does Putin vibe out russian folk metal?? X)
@@yourstruly4817
Guitarist for Black Sabbath
Your research and stone turning is quite unprecedented Mark. I have also researched for a topic and know how laborious it can be, tenaciously cross-referencing and gingerly fact-checking before publication. Its actually an art form, henceforth, I'd venture forth to extend you're hitherto an artiste. 💯✨
In case anyone is interested, Putin's doctoral thesis was entitled. "Strategic Planning Of The Reproduction Of The Mineral Resource Base Of A Region Under Conditions Of The Formation Of Market Relations."
That sounds extremely interesting
How to create MANY identical mineral resource extraction sites (mines) in regions that are under-developed... I read that as, 'how to suck the land you freshly conquered dry.... Quickly"
@@Hwral Available in all good bookshops.
Maybe I am wrong, but Ukraine has both oil and uranium is in Dnipropetrovsk oblast , but is a minor mine.
Ukraine has a lot of iron ore and steel mills .
The steel industries are concentrated in central ,eastern and southern Ukraine, that is to say Dnipro, NIkopol, Zaporizhia, Donets basin and ...Mariupol.
Iron and steel mills in Ukraine are mostly obsolete ( about 48 per cent of them) , but the ore reserves are huge .
It sounds like the Russian attack is all about to get the Ukrainian ore reserves under Russian control.
The obvious consequence is that the attack is limited...for now
The Baltic States might not be the next target.
@@thewayback2920 I saw that as well. What a surprise.
KGB Agent Mr. Vladimir Putin never said: Let's make Russia great again, he just did it !! What a great segment. Many thanks.
Путин сделал Россию великой? В чём величие? В бесконечной милитаризации и захватнических войнах?
I Love him @zatoichison6420 lang leven Vladimir Tsar 👑👑💯💯
Correction: Putin's grandfather was the chef of Lenin not Stalin.
Correction: Both actually
@@jachymfoj Correction: And Rasputin as well
@@SiLoMixMaster Correction: And Napoleon, while he was vacationing in Moscow.
@@guydreamr you guys are sth else 😂
Correction: he was the mentor of Gordon Ramsey and Chef Boyardee
Mark's historical analysis of the past paves the road to understanding the current sociopolitical phenomena. It would be great if Mark could give his prediction on how our current sociopolitical events will be unfolded in the near future. After all, he is an expert in the field. History should not be just about the past, but present and future.
Once again, thank you for your amazing work, Dr. Felton.
The heroic, democratic and humanitarian Ukrainians will surrender soon......as soon as our Democracy and Azov allow....
True.. he is great storyteller and amazing Historian.
He mentions in his description that this channel is strictly non-political. While there will be an assumption of a political bias especially since this video is released in a very timely manner, we should expect no political stance or view from Mr. Felton.
It's agenda driven bs
@@silentone6411 Sure kid
Putin's father was a sergeant in the Red Army when wounded in action during the seige of Leningrad, probably late 41 or very early 42, allegedly in the 'five kopek' bridgehead, south bank of the River Neva, during the numerous attempts to open a land corridor to the city. I was in Dresden in 92, Putin had left by then but the Russian army could still be seen there
Putin left Dresden in February 1990. So most of this Video is "wild Theory".
@@TheMave34 Tbf that seems to be a lot of Mark Felton videos. Never cites any sources lol
@@LordVader1094 TBH Felton has some well researched Chapters too. Especially about some WWII "out of the spotlight" things. But this Video is "out-of-the box"-Crap.
What are your sources? I hope it's not from Russia.
@@TheMave34 Most theory on Intelligence operations is wild and inaccurate, the whole point of intelligence and antiterrorist work has to be secrecy, misdirection, vagueness, smoke, fog, and sheer dogged persistence and attention to the most minute and trivial of details, analysis, re evaluation, and more persistent searching through often very boring sources. today they also have to deal with all the electronic and computer data, mobile phones and the whole paraphernalia of modern life. Being extra intelligent and diligent is vital and Putin took that to the top. He is also a master chess player, playing on different levels, and able to think many moves ahead, nobody should underestimate his ability, and he will never show all the cards he intends to play, what we are seeing now is just one small part of his whole operation. More to come i am sure.
Thanks for this mini documentary Dr. Felton!
Timely and very well done. Thank you Dr Felton
This falls under the category of "know your enemy". The thee most important letters in his life are KGB. As the old saying goes, a leopard never changes it's spots.
What about the US? Talking about leopards not changing their spots.
@@johannuys7914 or germany...they are the ones that got the leopards...
Sen. John McCain looked into Putin's eyes and saw those three letters too! :-)
Amazing work as always. Keep up the incredible work!
As a local Citizen of Dresden i can tell something which I got told by my elder people and colleagues at work. Putin was often seen in a bar in Königsbrück (which is north of Dresden) drinking with soviet soldiers. It makes all sense for me because in Königsbrück there was an army camp (Altes Lager)used by soviets and NVA .
BUT drinking what?
TELL us more?
@@redwingrob1036 i have no Idea, maybe Vodka if i have to guess? :D
My colleague, which is now in pension, told me about the day when Putin got President he was in the same bar. When the news came on TV, the barkeeper told him something like "hey i know this guy, he sat right here drinking with russians!"
@@redwingrob1036 stoli, of course?
@@duellingscarguevara STOLI?
I'll have to Boogle/Gingle that; never heard of it.🤔
VODKA!
O IC. OK. 🍸
I'D rather drink Russian Standard myself.
Fantastic. This is my favourite yt channel ❤
I really wish you were my professor when I was studying history in University. Your topics are certainly more interesting than the time I had to study the impact of Indian Civil service on the development of the state.
NO. THE Doc likes to 'Plough his own furrow' & you can't do that in modern 🐂💩 factories...
SORRY! I mean British universities.
you make me laugh 😃
This sounds similar to what in the communist eastern block there were classes in various aspects of socialism. In socialist sciences or something similar in name there were classes all about the proletariat and the supposed abuses of late 19th century
What I mean is facts of the past were exaggerated to justify an entire university class for it
Wish you would've delved more into his time in St Petersburg, his relationship with the mayor, his estate investments and trade relationships, and the entourage which followed him to being head of the country.
Ahh Shaddup.
Yes, and the bombings.
This is definitely the most informative video about his KGB past I've come across to this day. Almost nothing is known about this period of his life. Thanks for the great video (as usual).
P.S. I think Steve Buscemi should play him in a movie, he could pull off the looks and the face expressions perfectly.
He already played Nikita Khruschev.
50% true , 50% Fairytale. Ask a random 50+ aged Person in Dresden about Putin and the Story would be more interesting. I know even his favourite Bakery here.
@@TheMave34 Mich interessiert in erster Linie seine Tätigkeit beim KGB, ob er gern Zimtschnecken gegessen hat interessiert mich ehrlich gesagt nur am Rande. 😉
Putin is a Lawyer...
@@bojanivanisevic1072 Ja, aber irgendwelche Märchen erzählen, welche von dummen Leuten dann für wahr gehalten werden (oder schlimmstenfalls als Quelle herhalten, da es "Mark Felton" ja berichtet hat) muss ja auch nicht sein.
I have posted many of your shows on Twitter X I think you do fascinating research I originally started with the King George VI rescuing the German family jewels, and have been fascinated by all of your work so thank you very much and I am glad to share it
Stay safe Dr. Felton, we need “intellectuals” like you around in the days to come, to keep history alive and remembered
Quotation marks are absolutely redundant in your comment. The comment is set in a positive tone, but those quotation marks ridicule the fact that Dr. Felton truly is an intellectual.
@@donkee011 present yourself better so that your words may enact change.
There is no reason for anyone to assume that Felton is anything but an intellectual. He is part and party to why “numbskulls” as myself will gladly fight to keep him speaking.
@@FumblsTheSniper what?
@@mnmmnm8321 “what”
You know shit’s getting real when the guy that covers the biggest wars in human history starts covering the present.
It's really interesting. And we will probably lose Alaska soon with the way things are going
@@thomasbeck9075 The US will lose a state? To Putin?
@Thomas
Nah, very unlikely, because the US has nukes.
@@MazdaRX7007 My thoughts as well.
@@MazdaRX7007 so does russia
Fantastic video. Such a great presenter. I’m always amazed how you put out such great content with such frequency. Thanks as always.
Vive Putin , Putin Soon King of The World Emperor
-- I Make him Crowned Emperor Putin , I male Joan DeArk
Interesting that you mention Putin's gunslinger gait. In the movie Ronin, Robert de Niro comments on an ex-KGB agent's catlike reflexes, and the agent replies, "Oh yes. They die hard."
If anyone has the ability to study and relay information about Vladimir Putin accurately its certainly Dr. Felton. Thank you for your historical knowledge and your consistent and continual updates on current world events.
Unlike the war in Ukraine, the war waged in social media is actually comedic material.
Propaganda is alive and well
This.
Russia have been waging a war online for 15 years now , planting the seeds of doubt , if he invaded poland tomorrow some Americans would think its justified because their telegram channel told them Poland has bio weapons or killed some Russians.
@@MrJonrocker Yes it is. I'm just the bloke standing on the side eating popcorn. 😁
American and Euro both have a century of knowing how to do propaganda after all
This was awesome Mark! He worked as an undercover agent in West Germany at the same time I lived there. That chilled me to the bone! Thank you.
Millions of people were there.
@@weissblau duh? Your point?
@@DaylightDisinfectant putin isn't someone to be chilled about. Hundreds of serial-killers lived there
@@ПавлоАсмоловський all my German friends would accuse me of being CIA when I worked there. They were serious.
@@DaylightDisinfectant ))
Thank you Dr. Felton, a very important topic we all need to study!!! I sincerely hope the PM of the U.K. and the President of the US will both carefully watch this report!
At a time when misinformation is at epidemic level, a good historian always helps to bring clarity and reason to the table of sanity. Thanks Dr. Felton!
Oliver Stone’S documentary from 2016 ‘Ukraine on Fire’ is a good source of information as Putin is interviewed by the Vietnam veteran Stone several times.
Recently re- uploaded to utube
When that intro beat drops, you _know_ it's time to learn something new and fascinating. Thank you, Mark! 😬
This is stuff we all should be aware of. Thanks, Mr. Felton. I hope this goes viral.
What will change?
@@opepichP probably people will realise that the western countries, most of them led by demented fools, have to face a tough opponent in the future...
Excellant Video on the Cold War period and Putin's background. I remember hearing and reading about many of the events mentioned in this Video, could not help it as I was growing up during this time and these events were well covered in the Network News and News Magazines of the time.
Mark, seriously thanks for adding your talents to the present day conflict. No doubt significant history in the making, of which productions like yours will be made long into the future. Thank you.
This is actually pretty fascinating. Thank you for this interesting bit of history.
Well this is going to get a million views in no time. Great as always Mark!
Wow this video helped me a lot! Thanks for your research and diligence
A few years ago I was still living in Germany and remember the news story that broke of an old office building in Dresden being cleaned out and Putin's old I.D. badge was found there.
As always well documented ,clearly and simply presented. Thank you
Well done. Love your branching out.
Mr Felton, thank you for sharing this with general public as i find your work very professional and journalistic. As an American, im ashamed of the latest work done at Kremlin by the so called journalist Tucker Carlson.
It would be interesting to hear you talk about
Lavrentiy Beria, "The Soviet Himmler"
Iron Felix Dzerzhinsky is closer to Himmler tbh. Beria was a monster on a level that not even Himmler was (violent sexual predator).
Or even Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin, the chief executioner of the NKVD.
ha was far worse that himmler
Dude, cmon, may be Ezhov in some way could be "Soviet Himmler", if u want to use western type to comparison every soviet to the nazi. But Beria really just helped to recover situation and created atomic project
@@360Nomad Yeah but Stalin literally introduced Beria to FDR as "Our Himmler"
Mark, please do a Part II with Putin's relationship to the current Russian oligarchs.
The thing is, the West has plenty of oligarchs of it's very own making, and everything we accuse the Russians of doing wrong is pure projection.
Its been said he does'nt fear them. This vid makes it clear he is surrounded by KGB so that illistrates why.
That's not a military history topic, which is what is mainly covered on this channel. Its more a current issue.
@@silentone6411 yes those cia agents can be very nasty
@@ivanbluetarski9071 don't remember CIA being the intelligence department of Russia
Thanks again Mark! You always have a well researched video for every situation and event.
Research was rather thin.
Are there any audiobooks that you narrate yourself? I can't find any. You have excellent delivery and style of speaking.
Just put his vids on autoplay
Very informative. I wonder if we will ever know the full extent of his involvement with the RAF. I was in the Army in West Germany in late 1981 when the RAF raided an FRG army reserve arms room a few miles from where we were in the field. They were in our area and well-armed. We were given live ammo. Luckily, they didn't try anything on us, but they did put an RPG in a US Army general's car about 5 miles away.
LOL. Slightly off piste; does anybody remember the Bahaus song, 'TERROR COUPLE KILL COLONEL,..In his West German home...'
Imagine how growing up with the story of how your entire maternal side of the family was killed by the Nazis in their invasion, and a father who was basically a war hero from the sound of it, serving in multiple services from submarines to special forces and NKVD. How that would warp your world view going forward.
Less special forces, the NKVD destruction battalions he was in were more akin to the murderous German Einsatzgruppen.
@@nickmoore385 They killed more Russians than the Germans.
@@LuvBorderCollies I seriously doubt that, though
@@kaletovhangar I do not from the years of deep study of history especially autobiographies and first hand witnesses. The NKVD was killing Russians during times of "quiet" on the Eastern Front. You say the NKVD never took a break from killing.
@@LuvBorderCollies I seriously doubt that NKVD killed mire than 14 milion people,though.
Very timely put! Thank you Mark!
I love this channel! I love my military history!
Interesting documentary as always Dr Felton and I appreciate your work. But the problem we have today is that most of the leadership in the west and in reality the world in general, are leftovers from the cold war era. Including those who are advising the current global leadership, Russia is not the only country with this problem. For example just to name a few western leaders with a similar background. George H. W Bush was the director of the CIA for several years before being made Vice president to Ronald Reagan and then eventually becoming the 41st president of the United States. Angela Merkel the chancellor of Germany served in the east German Stasi. And even Germany's current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was a member of the SPD and supported the Freudenberger Kreis a pro GDR socialist organization during the cold war era. So in reality no matter where you live or what country you are from, politics is just one big club with each government having it's own unique set of rules and requirements to become a member. It would be interesting to see you do a series one day about the cold war in general, and It's impact on global politics today in both the east and the west. Lastly removing Putin from power in Russia would be a disaster, and would have far reaching consequences. Unlike removing Boris Johnson from power in the UK for example. Which was actually being proposed prior to the break out of war in Ukraine. The reality is simply this, and weather people want to believe it or not Putin is a moderate in Russia. While on the other hand the largest opposition to him in the country the communist party, has an all together far more aggressive stance not only on the war in Ukraine but on global politics in general.
Some insignificant old bloke in Runcorn rates this comment as brilliant. Me. 😂
It would be a monumental work. No historian that values his reputation would dare to do this honestly.
Mark Felton might just get away with it on RUclips, though. Great idea. ✅🙂
GHW Bush was DCI for less than a year, tho he did have an outsized influence
@@robinmorritt7493listening from a Robin is interesting as clueless it is on global affairs.
For a good inside into KGB recruiting and training, read "Deep Undercover", former KGB agent Jack Barsky's autobiography.
Oh. I’m listening to it right now as I read all the comments!
Love your work Mark and you pointed well, he was ex KGB ( foreign counterintelligence ) hence why no one actually doesn't know nothing in detail about Putin, his life, his actions except what is on internet.
Never knew Putin was linked to the baader meinhof group
As expected a great video and educational.
Once a KGB agent always a KGB agent.
Un gran lider de la nacion rusa. Heroe. Salvo a Rusia de la desantegracion. Por eso no rs smago por los que no aman a rusia. Bush fue DIRECTOR de la CIA.
@@marioceva7163 I don't even need to use google translate to understand what nonsense you are writing. No, Putin is not a hero, he ruined Russia, possibly for ever this time. Russia will probably not climb out of this crisis when the dust settles and the economy ruined.
@@MrKakibuy Putin is the reason the west and many corporations didn't outright steal from Russia in its entirety. He's pretty popular in Russia, despite what the media tells you.
@@MrKakibuy You are entitled to your propaganda, I guess.
@@MrKakibuy The war is going in Russia's favor. The Ukranian army is getting encircled, the bigger cities are being taken, it's only a matter of time it's over. If it was going so well for Ukraine, they wouldn't need to throw so many AKs to every random citizen and beg for a no fly zone from the west.
The Russian standard of living is substantially better than what it was in the 90s. There's no good shortages, plenty of consumer goods. Russia will take a short term economic hit but make no mistake,
all they'll do is divert their market to China, India and anyone else that wants to buy Oil and energy to eastern nations and cut out the west. They'll do fine in the long term.
Oh yes. Mark has been covering so much on WW2. I'm very delighted to see his cover on WW3
If we are out of luck you don't need a historian for this, the daily news may be enough
*hol up-*
Thank you Dr. Felton, I knew a shallow tip of Putin's life but within 8 minutes it seems I knew this man the whole time. I really love your videos for being objective and informative. Keep it up!
Vladimir Putin is playing 3D Chess, the West is playing Connect 4 🧮 🤣 😂
🤣 🤣 🤣
lol
That's what I like about Mr. Felton, as he makes factual (and well researched) videos about events, (in this case, the current state of affairs), lasting about 8 minutes, whereas others will perhaps make the same things taking some 30 minutes, well fluffed out with waffle to make it last that long.
So brief, and straight to the point!....:)
Dr. Felton, please make a part II and enlighten us how putin rose to power. There are some videos about that but none of them explain things like you do
Very interesting, but too short. I would have loved to hear more about his climb in politics. This is such a relevant topic now. It will also help to understand the man easier, if that is at all possible!
Perhaps Stephen Kotkins will write a biography of Putin.
Notice the title: "Putin-KGB Agent," not "Putin: His Life."
I could share a link, a reportage of a French journalist about Donetsk. It made me understand Russia’s operation.
Great video ,concise informative and well narrated !!!!!
Refreshing to have a factual, measured and non-partisan video on the history of the subject. Particularly at this time when so many others are full of ranting emotion.
Him being a dyed in the wool commie spy and hardliner should say it all.
Thank you for another top notch presentation on the history of this war criminal.
This is an interesting perspective. I listened to another source that claimed Putin, though in the KGB, had more of a lawyer role.
However, your account seems to imply Putin was more of a field agent. I need to learn more .
This is nothing...
Whe have a Prime minister (Netherlands).. he came from a Peanut butter Factory..😂😂😂
Thank you so much for bringing us objective history on an issue too often clouded with bad takes and misinformation
"objective"
This was his least "objective" video to date.
There was lots of alleged and suggested and so forth and no mention of Putin's connection with the WEF and Klaus Schwab as a "global leaders for tomorrow" program later known as "The young global leaders" program.
This is extremely important part of Putin's political education and geopolitical world view and explains why Macron, another "global young leader" graduate is likely the negotiator with Putin on Ukraine and in such a video well worthy of mention above archaic KGB ties to world that has long not existed.
@@celtic69 The Soviet Union built walls to keep people in. A communist regime worthy of disparagement.
President George H.W. Bush was once director of the CIA, pretty well a clone of the KGB, established for exactly the same reason: "National Security." But he looked like a kindly uncle, the kind of guy you would like to share a golf cart with. Putin looks, on the other hand, looks like a quintessential Bond villain. But these are personal appearances related to culture. Americans grin widely at you and extend their hand in a warm greeting. Whereas Soviet era Russian politburo thugs look like cold, heartless killers. But don't let the personal appearances fool you. Both sides are in same game, indeed they need each other.
As an European I have to say though that there's a big difference. In USA one president does not stay in power for long even if he wants to, and in USA the system and institutions are much stronger, that protects the people from the leaders. If president in USA does something crazy, there is a strong judicial system that will work. President has less power and power is more distributed. Also in USA it would not be possible for the president to do things like close all the TV channels that he doesn't like, etc.
True Stephen Very true. Prescott Bush vs. Joe Kennedy is an example
Both are complex and imperfect figures, although Herbert Bush at least fought in WW2 as a pilot. His life seemed much more exciting
@cas curse russia doesn't allow censoring interntet? lol
Look at media , tv, internet, mainstream youtube, corporations statements and programs and West - they are all spewing the same degenerate filth that is "neoliberalism" or whatever you want to call it . gaymerica is a police state as i live there. .
I'm sure you disagree with/are against what is happening in ukraine right now, but I'm very thankful that you (different to other creators on this platform) stay neutral and don't choose sides. You, Mr Felton, never disappointed us. Keep up the good work!
Neutral? He just did a full smear video on Putin, and the other day was speculating as to how Russia could attack Britain.
@@Camcolito Where is that smear video on Putin?
@@griffon2-6 Listen to his opening statements. Things like "slimy" and "dealing to this day".
consistently thorough and sober research. valuable non-partisan asset.