Anti Russian Propaganda - My BEST Friend Won't Speak To Me Anymore

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  • I lost my best friend because of anti Russian Propaganda. Has this happened to you too?
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  • @SamsRussianAdventures
    @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +47

    Support my channel. By giving me a tip you are helping me to create more content. RUclips pays me peanuts as my channel is under what is known as a shadow ban! Truth doesn’t pay much!
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    • @rbrooks2007
      @rbrooks2007 2 месяца назад +4

      I've dropped some loose change in your buymeacoffee account with a message about my absence.

    • @alexbolide4009
      @alexbolide4009 2 месяца назад +1

      hahaha yeah I also see the kgb guy in the reflexion of your glasses
      amateur work bro ...😂😇

    • @thomasjoseph3488
      @thomasjoseph3488 2 месяца назад +1

      I'm in with you, Sam, and tweeted out my support, as well. We need honest peace. Best, and Merry Christmas.

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад +2

      They will never understand you until they know the truth.
      But when they find out the truth, they will *HATE* you.
      Few people are able to accept that they are wrong.
      Forgive them; for they know not what they do.

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад +1

      @@alexbolide4009 *(hahaha yeah I also see the kgb guy in the reflexion of your glasses)*
      hahaha, don't doubt it, the KGB guy sees you too.😎
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ThePlasticRussian
    @ThePlasticRussian 2 месяца назад +112

    Moving to Russia showed me who my real friends are.. the others🤔🙄🤣🤫

  • @matty_mcmattface
    @matty_mcmattface 2 месяца назад +103

    Hi Sam - I'm sorry to learn about your friend having that attitude towards you (sounds like he needs to get professional help) - I have also lost friends because of my values and beliefs about Russia. I am fascinated by Russia and find your channel really informative and helpful; one day I would love to visit or maybe even live there.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +16

      Thanks for that. I hope you come. Unfortunately he thinks I need professional help.

  • @pfrohwein
    @pfrohwein 2 месяца назад +96

    Sad to hear this. This has happened to me also. Some old friends and family in the US, REFUSE to talk to me, because I now live in Russia.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +40

      It’s crazy how the media and politicians divide us.

    • @CasualEnglishWithPatrick
      @CasualEnglishWithPatrick 2 месяца назад +8

      That's unfortunate. Yet as the expression goes, "don't dim your light because of others." something like that

    • @Yourenglishteacherr
      @Yourenglishteacherr 2 месяца назад +5

      😕very sad.I also don’t have one friend because of politics.

    • @amare_naturam
      @amare_naturam 2 месяца назад +10

      Nonsense. Your successes here in Russia will make them believe that you were right in your choice. 💯

    • @glacierglider8893
      @glacierglider8893 2 месяца назад +15

      I live in Kentucky in the hood and everyone knows exactly how I feel about Russia. I even joke to my family that my mom told me on her death bed my real dad is a Russian named Sergei Kalashnikov who was the nephew of the inventer of the gun. More seriously I would always put Putin's speeches, press conferences, interviews, etc on when my husband's friends are over, and I have really been able to enlighten them. I caught Putin's Munich Speech in 2007 by accident and after that I followed Russia closely. I have been much more immune to Anti-Russian propaganda bc of it. I am out of time but if anyone is interested in my argument of why I don't believe Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva really had a dirty drug test I will get back to you. Much love to you both from Kentucky.

  • @JohnCampbell-sl5nx
    @JohnCampbell-sl5nx 2 месяца назад +131

    Can't be much of a friend if you can't agree to differ.

    • @frederickmoller
      @frederickmoller 2 месяца назад +20

      Yes, no friend at all, really!

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +14

      We were really close.

    • @Cocoluna66
      @Cocoluna66 2 месяца назад +11

      @@SamsRussianAdventures Sorry to read that, Triggerd emotions mixed with Brainwash

    • @PRO4XKEV
      @PRO4XKEV 2 месяца назад +7

      It is like a person is a Democrat and has a few Republican friends, you gotta keep politics out of the friendship or agree to disagree.

    • @ariellegolas4508
      @ariellegolas4508 2 месяца назад +5

      I thought the same.

  • @joemorales5967
    @joemorales5967 2 месяца назад +13

    Same thing happened to me. Had an Irish American best friend who got very angry when he found out I was visiting Russia. He refuses to talk to me, especially when I came back to America safe!

  • @thedappercook
    @thedappercook 2 месяца назад +60

    The world's gone bonkers, absolutely bonkers. Imagine having an opinion, disagreeing and not being able to continue a friendship?! Truly bizzare. Love your work as always Sam.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +14

      The things he believes are just over the top ridiculous

    • @thedappercook
      @thedappercook 2 месяца назад +8

      ​@@SamsRussianAdventuresi have no doubts. We live in strange times. Damn your friend Tanya is gorgeous

    • @johnperniciaro785
      @johnperniciaro785 2 месяца назад +4

      It started with Covid--- I have to believe there's connection....

  • @СынЛеса-ю9ы
    @СынЛеса-ю9ы 2 месяца назад +31

    Есть старая поговорка, правда не российская " Хочешь поссориться с друзьями, поговори с ними о политике".

  • @robshepherd3782
    @robshepherd3782 2 месяца назад +21

    I think everybody who refuses to accept the narrative has fallen out with somebody. Its the price we pay for having an independent mind.

  • @Pashka70123
    @Pashka70123 2 месяца назад +37

    Man how I remember my first New year’s celebration in Russia back in 2008. What a great time. Lots of food and drink for 8 days. With none stop fireworks 🎆 . Never have I experienced anything like that. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +13

      It's amazing how the whole country comes alive for New Year's. It's the most important holiday here.

  • @dianacooke5079
    @dianacooke5079 2 месяца назад +30

    Western brainwashing is scarily persuasive. But every now and then you meet people that completely slip through the net. After going to Moscow this summer to meet friends in the Russian church, we shared our experiences with many back here in the UK. Some friends were very open about our experiences others were a bit wary. One stranger we met in a coffee shop said he thought what we had done was great and asked if we had thought of moving there!

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +6

      My family think I have been brainwashed and my best friend says I have listened to the plot!

    • @Windband1
      @Windband1 2 месяца назад +1

      Mate, here in the US our government invented propaganda! It is crazy scary because it is SO effective. Most Americans have lost all ability to think critically. They just automatically believe what they see and hear on their televisions. Once they're indoctrinated you can never change it!! Terrifying....

    • @dianacooke5079
      @dianacooke5079 2 месяца назад

      @ even your family 😌. The brainwashing is awful 😣

    • @duschbrauser
      @duschbrauser 2 месяца назад

      Russians have been brainwashed for decades. It's very disturbing when western people, who actually have all the possibilities to do research and have the freedom of speech, are falling to Putin's lies and disinformation. I really don't get it. In Russia you can get into jail for holding up a white paper as a protest. This is not a free country, where is the opposion. And how can anybody believe a guy who is nothing but a corrupt dictator?

  • @klwthe3rd
    @klwthe3rd 2 месяца назад +50

    Sam you never cease to amaze us. You are always doing nice things for people. I don't think i'm going to far out on a limb by saying that you have one of the biggest hearts. You never appear selfish and always put us the audience and your friends first. The baquet was beautiful. As for your friend that won't talk to you anymore; yes it's sad, but life will move on. If people want to be that way then it's best just to let them be. You have made many new friends and that says alot. Yes it still hurts when you miss them but it's their decision, not yours.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +9

      Thank you. Giving is great because I feel good for giving and they feel good for receiving and so it’s a win win.

  • @KatAdVictoriam
    @KatAdVictoriam 2 месяца назад +64

    My father in law and husband recently got into a huge argument over the propaganda subject. My FIL believes that RU is the epitome of evil, and we believe differently. As though people can't come to their own conclusions. Not everyone believes the news their government approves and repeats. But what do I know? I'm kgb, or just a bot. I guess 😂
    Cheers from a random American who enjoys your channel.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +18

      It’s crazy that when anyone comes out with the truth, they are immediately KGB or paid propaganda

    • @KatAdVictoriam
      @KatAdVictoriam 2 месяца назад +14

      @SamsRussianAdventures It's quite sad that people believe such things. May you and your friends in Russia have a wonderful Christmas season.

    • @alanehiggins123
      @alanehiggins123 2 месяца назад

      I think you have to accept there is a disturbing/evil within the Kremlin voiced by massive propaganda, some of the population are taken in and some are not however I do think the Russian population are genuine and fair but have been badly ruled and massively misled to the point where they disassociate themselves from Politics.

    • @RS-xx9ve
      @RS-xx9ve 2 месяца назад +8

      I get the same thing. My family are from Kiev, and I am called a "Putin bot" for exposing Nazism in the organs of power of the Kiev regime since 2014. It absolutely appalls me.

    • @fokthewef
      @fokthewef Месяц назад +2

      Oh my. Welcome to the bot collective

  • @giorgipiorgi
    @giorgipiorgi 2 месяца назад +28

    It’s times like these you find out they were never really your friend anyway

  • @KALIN-34
    @KALIN-34 2 месяца назад +29

    Sam , so sorry to hear about the end of your friendship.. I have recently cut ties with my best friend ironically due to my stance on Russia.. perhaps time will smooth things over for both of us but for now keep generating amazing content... All the best Sam 👉🏻🇿🇦🤝🏻🇷🇺

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +11

      Thanks mate. It’s so sad what they’re doing to us.

    • @KALIN-34
      @KALIN-34 2 месяца назад +6

      ​@@SamsRussianAdventuresAll good Sam & if it wasn't this would be something else right... So time to evaluate the quality of friendship.. I've been in touch with a wonderful girl in Russia for quite some time & thinking that perhaps it's better to live there now .. maybe one day I will consult you for some advice.. Have a great one Sam. & Please always take care..

  • @aphilippinesadventure9184
    @aphilippinesadventure9184 2 месяца назад +46

    Sam, I have Russian friends outside Russia and inside Russia(in the Karelia region). They are flat out some of the best people I know. They are educated and insightful and very helpful in understanding the Russian point of view.

    • @kmprewlofcrku6164
      @kmprewlofcrku6164 2 месяца назад

      I bought Shungite from Karelia I tbink the Deep State thought i work with Russians and put me on a terror list just like they did Tulsi Gabbard

    • @misterserious3522
      @misterserious3522 2 месяца назад +1

      Pirates have an important point of view..?

    • @aphilippinesadventure9184
      @aphilippinesadventure9184 2 месяца назад +1

      @misterserious3522 Do you?

    • @brentlunger9738
      @brentlunger9738 Месяц назад +1

      그들이 옳은지 그른지는 모르겠지만, 우리는 푸틴 씨와 총대주교, 그리고 우리 고향에 있는 지도자들을 위해 기도해야 합니다.

  • @markwarrensprawson
    @markwarrensprawson 2 месяца назад +12

    Sorry, Sam, that really sucks. I haven't lost any mates over Russia specifically, although near the beginning of the SMO, on my birthday, after having a really nice morning with my brother on a hill we always used to visit as kids, it came up in passing that I understood why the SMO had to be launched and had been keeping track, somewhat vaguely, of what had been happening over the years that led to it. My bother began to shout at me. It wasn't an argument, it was a loud lecture to do with what a nob I've always been when it comes to toeing the line. It was awful! So awful, in fact, that I quietly at first, and then a little louder, and finally at shouting volume asked him to let me out of his car so I could rather walk home than fight, it having been my birthday and all.
    I lost my best mate in high school, a really lovely young woman by the name of Yael, by naively expressing sympathy for the Palestinian people in conversation with her. Thing is, it had been about a year since we'd last hung out, and although I knew she was Israeli and that her dad was a veteran of the Six-Day War, I'd never pegged her as the type of person who'd hate an entire group of marginalised people for ideological reasons. On the contrary, I thought: Jew - grandparents who survived the Holocaust - no stranger to stereotyping or marginalisation - we might as well be comparing our favourite show tunes. But no, alas, that was the last time Yael and I ever shared a patch of lawn together.
    On the upside, and there IS ALWAYS an upside somewhere, if one looks for it, over the last three years, I've found it increasingly easy to discuss Russia in polite conversation. As a matter of fact, I've actually found running into people with a fairly well-grounded opinions on Russia politically and culturally in general to be increasingly common, but I am South African, and we are the "S" in BRICS, and BRICS has already done some pretty magnanimous things for us from an economical point of view, so there is that. Do I think even half of the people I've had these conversations with are even aware of BRICS activity in this country and across Africa in general? Nope, I doubt it, but it has to be considered.
    Things are changing, Sam. I hope you and your mate are able to make up sooner than later. Somebody's going to have to swallow a little pride, but the ability to swallow one's pride is a bit like the ability to swallow swords - it's a rare talent that amazes as many people as it grosses out, and it takes practice and dedication to learn how to pull it off.
    Then again - and this is something else I've noticed about the whole Western narrative regarding things - Western politic and journalism today is all about storytelling. Facts seem to mean less and less to more and more people all the time. Consider that "telephone conversation between Trump and Putin" just after the indisputable election results were announced. That story was first published, if I'm not mistaken, by "The Washington Post", a well-respected American news outlet. I think the "New York Post" published a confirmation of that story shortly afterwards. And now, we all know that "The Washington Post" made the whole thing up. In a just world, somebody, or a group of people, would be going to jail for that, but no. I think someone might have gotten a wrist-spanking. Maybe someone was suspended. The fact that the news has been fabricated by a mainstream news outlet never even really became news!
    My point, although I admit that I'm coming at it a little bit side-on, is that in the Western world, everything is about the narrative. Now, the news cycle is drowning in aliens, P Diddy's diddling and as for the remainder of our Western narrative, we're getting a whole lot of Syria, specifically focused on Putin's loss of political control in the region through Assad who's been made out to be some kind of Russian stooge. But even that's backfiring! The very rebels who've ousted Assad are showing support for Putin and by proxy, for Russia! And that's not a bad thing, politically speaking. A president is supposed to stand as a representative of his or her country, and that is EXACTLY what Putin does for Russia, and THAT is why, in my opinion, (and I'm sorry to say it, but I'm really nobody important and what I think has very little bearing on anything at all,) in time, the Western world as a whole, as unlikely as it seems now, will have to come 'round to an understanding of their place in a geopolitical narrative in which Russia is actually one of the good guys, It's gonna take a whole lot of aliens and other silly tabloid-type headlines, as well as a whole lot of deflection and clever geopolitical engineering, but the narrative we all depend on to save ourselves ever having to admit fault or error will simply have to slowly mutate into one in which Russia is no longer NATO's sole reason for existing. Once that's happened, if that can happen (and I think it can, or something like it will,) you and your mate will be having a pint somewhere and talking about football. Hell, man, maybe you and your mate will be having that pint and talking about football in your home town.
    Eff me, mate. I'm sorry! I seem to have written you a bit of an essay. I suppose I can relate to you a little better than I perhaps let on.
    Still loving your channel, Sam. Thanks for all the navel contemplation you've helped me to avoid. I look forward to more of it.

  • @peterkozlej3725
    @peterkozlej3725 Месяц назад +10

    You lost some friends but you gained us as your friends.
    I do consider you as my friend buddy 👍🇺🇲🇷🇺

  • @salomedebski9430
    @salomedebski9430 Месяц назад +5

    Hi Sam, just wonderful that you show a different Rusia than the MSM.😇. Have a nice xmas . Dutch polisch woman from France. Salomé

  • @JamieW-o7b
    @JamieW-o7b 2 месяца назад +10

    Don't worry, glad that you found out! I would move there in a heartbeat from the UK to have a look to retire there, if it wasn't so complicated.

  • @TrevorCrook-c1s
    @TrevorCrook-c1s 2 месяца назад +143

    I lost a friend during Covid . I had the temerity to question the official narrative . Turns out I was right and he was wrong . But still lost a friend

    • @KatAdVictoriam
      @KatAdVictoriam 2 месяца назад +35

      I had lifelong friends and even family members cut contact and become incredibly hostile when I was outspoken about it too. I ended up leaving social media entirely because I grew exhausted with shouting at the blind, deaf and dumb.

    • @TrevorCrook-c1s
      @TrevorCrook-c1s 2 месяца назад

      @@CallMeDesdanova I never wore a mask never had a test never got vaccinated . I saw through the BS very early .

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +29

      It’s such a shame how they can make us hate one another. I’m sorry it happened to you too.

    • @TrevorCrook-c1s
      @TrevorCrook-c1s 2 месяца назад

      @@SamsRussianAdventures People are easily brainwashed . Not hard at all. There is a technique to it . There was a study years ago where they made people with blue and brown eyes hate one another . Based on eye colour

    • @russianballet681
      @russianballet681 2 месяца назад +10

      My son cut ties with me for the very same reason.. and I lost my lifelong friend for the politics. It's heartbreaking, but God gives us some glimpse of hope 🙏

  • @thamystico4037
    @thamystico4037 2 месяца назад +42

    A best friend dont stop talking to you, no mater what! HE IS NO FRIEND O YOURS and never has been!

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +10

      He thinks I’m brainwashed because I live in Russia

    • @slavajoo2330
      @slavajoo2330 2 месяца назад +7

      ​@@SamsRussianAdventures Сэм, нас тоже раньше убеждали, что у нас промыты мозги советской и российской пропагандой, но сейчас, имея возможность самим смотреть, читать, и слушать западные СМИ, я вижу всю чудовищность и лживость западной пропаганды. Нам еще есть чему учиться у них😂

    • @stoneeh
      @stoneeh 2 месяца назад

      @@SamsRussianAdventures yet these people in the West will never look at the actual evidence, if you try to show them _they_ are actually the ones being brainwashed. They are lost, and cannot be helped. Forget them.

    • @dmitrycherepov3242
      @dmitrycherepov3242 Месяц назад +1

      @@SamsRussianAdventures А все на самом деле наоборот

  • @PRO4XKEV
    @PRO4XKEV 2 месяца назад +25

    There is something about watching a video, filmed in Russia in winter and Christmas is around the corner and the decorations are gorgeous, and people are so happy. Thanks Sam.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +6

      I think it’s beautiful too! Thanks 🙏

    • @Selveda1804
      @Selveda1804 2 месяца назад +1

      Не забывайте, что Рождество у нас после нового года. 7 января.

  • @FoltynB
    @FoltynB 2 месяца назад +30

    Don't be sad! As soon as things get bad there, a “friend” will immediately appear and speak in a honeyed voice! Drive him away.

  • @StuartJones-tb7mb
    @StuartJones-tb7mb 2 месяца назад +22

    I've Been There & Lost Longtime Friends Over My Pro Russian & Pro Putin Stance

  • @andreanagy4801
    @andreanagy4801 2 месяца назад +20

    Nice decorations!! ❤

  • @WHATaSTEEL
    @WHATaSTEEL Месяц назад +3

    I am a victim of this too... heartbreaking loss of not only 1 of my best friends ....but other friends also, due to such ridiculous & unexplainable reasons. I visit RUSSIA every year (3-5 times a year) as a TOURIST...without issues. Greetings from CANADA.

  • @peterkozlej3725
    @peterkozlej3725 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @СанияНижник
    @СанияНижник 2 месяца назад +7

    Добрый вечер, Сэм. Вижу у вас уже снежок выпал , выглядит по рождественски. У нас пока снега не было, живём на средней Волге.

  • @tonyp2865
    @tonyp2865 2 месяца назад +5

    I'm happy to hear about your friend because he never was a friend so never deserved your attention. All of us only have a few real friends and lots of so called friends who come and go through life.

  • @creole-qy2om
    @creole-qy2om 2 месяца назад +3

    True friends stay friends through everything. It doesn't mean you won't have disagreements, and it doesn't mean you won't go awhile without speaking, but true friends will always come around. If they walk away forever, let them walk because they were never your true friend. Fake friends are the worst. You are better off being alone or with very few true friends.

  • @taylorrichardson7596
    @taylorrichardson7596 2 месяца назад +4

    Sam, I am thinking about possibly moving to Moscow and teaching English there. My wife is a hair stylist. What are the odds of her getting a job in that field in Moscow not speaking Russian (she hasn’t started learning yet, I’m 6 months into learning). We will be visiting in the spring next year.

  • @susangoulding3159
    @susangoulding3159 2 месяца назад +8

    Despite what I commented on your previous video I have to say I'm a tad envious. It looks so quaint and pretty and reminds me of my previous life in Belgium and Switzerland. Old worldly and no nonsense woke ****

  • @icolky5272
    @icolky5272 2 месяца назад +9

    It sickens me the attitude of most people in the west towards Russia. All caused by our government, who are fine about countries that we should be much more careful about.
    I can’t believe they thought you were passing on messages to your handlers!
    It’s really frustrating, I’m pretty sure I’d be much happier in Russia than I am in the UK. If only it was so easy to become an agent and live there!😂

  • @NeoTemplar
    @NeoTemplar 2 месяца назад +3

    My friend and I are very different politically. Our friendship is more important than politics. I hope you can work it out in the future with your friend.
    On a happier note, I absolutely loved the building that craft event was in. I could see having a wonderful banquet or wedding there. Thanks for sharing Sam. Be well.

  • @guillaumeleblanc4542
    @guillaumeleblanc4542 2 месяца назад +14

    I really enjoy seeing your neighborhood, Vladimir is a very beautiful city.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +5

      Thanks, I think so too!

    • @amare_naturam
      @amare_naturam 2 месяца назад +1

      This is still a very ancient city. It was founded in 990.

    • @guillaumeleblanc4542
      @guillaumeleblanc4542 2 месяца назад +1

      @amare_naturam That's why it's beautiful.

    • @michaelmckelvey5122
      @michaelmckelvey5122 2 месяца назад

      Yes, it might be but could you live here for twenty years? Personally, I think two days would be my limit!

    • @guillaumeleblanc4542
      @guillaumeleblanc4542 2 месяца назад +1

      @@michaelmckelvey5122 I don't see any reason why not.

  • @omc912
    @omc912 2 месяца назад +5

    Спасибо Вам! Это очень печально. И очень больно.
    Надеюсь, что когла-нибудь этот морок, эта пелена пропананды спадет. И люди поймут, что были обмануты.

  • @yurich1976
    @yurich1976 2 месяца назад +18

    Сэм, это ваш куратор из КГБ, срочно позвоните начальству!

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад +8

      Ещё раз так пошутишь, и мы приедем к тебе!
      _Куратор из КГБ_ 😎

  • @RS-xx9ve
    @RS-xx9ve 2 месяца назад +11

    Hi Sam I have a similar thing. Longish story. My whole family have had a dentist for nearly 20 yrs, seeing him 4 x a yr for checkups and polishes often having long conversations with him on many different topics. He is half German and has lived in German (with a Nazi father no less). My dad (deceased) was especially friendly with him.
    Anyway, a few times more recently the dentist had been saying some weird comments. Eventually it was clear he harboured a lot of anti-Russian racism and even apologism for Nazism. This was a red line to me. I am half Russian with family from Kiev. So I will be reporting him to the dental regulator in England. I am sad because someone held such unsavoury views.

    • @fokthewef
      @fokthewef Месяц назад

      I don't thing nazism died out amongst the Germans. I think they hate the Russians for defeating them. More than they could hate the brits, Americans or French.

    • @fokthewef
      @fokthewef Месяц назад

      I don't think nzism died out amongst the Germans. I think they despise the Russians for defeating them. More than they could ever the brits, Americans or French.

  • @ТатьянаГубина-и1и
    @ТатьянаГубина-и1и 2 месяца назад +10

    Your friends must love to inspect your collection of whiskies!😂😂😂

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +6

      I’m a good host! It’s important

    • @Moonlightshadow-lq4fr
      @Moonlightshadow-lq4fr 2 месяца назад +1

      I bet they prefer to inspect the empty bottles and there's only one way to find out :)

  • @isabellajanelee
    @isabellajanelee 2 месяца назад +25

    I did my own research after the military operation. Russia is definitely on the right side of history. I have friends that just wont listen. But haven’t fallen out.

  • @mauron.6405
    @mauron.6405 Месяц назад +1

    👍Grazie.

  • @megaotstoy
    @megaotstoy 2 месяца назад +20

    in modern Russia being openly Christian is still legal
    UPD. This comment has been approved by local FSB authorities.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +6

      Hahaha yes! Thank goodness!

    • @GeraldBeagan-ee6se
      @GeraldBeagan-ee6se 2 месяца назад +2

      It’s also legal in the west. Additionally, you can criticize openly the head of state or the military and no prison sentence awaits you

    • @megaotstoy
      @megaotstoy 2 месяца назад

      @@GeraldBeagan-ee6se only if you not happen to be in a wrong place on a wrong time by chance (like near Capitol Hill on the 6-th of January)

    • @robertholland7558
      @robertholland7558 2 месяца назад

      @@GeraldBeagan-ee6seI would not be so sure about that anymore with all these censorship laws in the west! In the UK they are locking people up left right and centre for saying the wrong thing. George Orwell 1984 is well and truly has become reality!

  • @mcal27
    @mcal27 2 месяца назад +12

    Yep, been blocked and similar by extended family, old friends.. but I can’t deny my beliefs and I won’t turn away from my Russian friends and family.. So I’ll continue to speak my opinions. Mate the air suspension.. as we briefly discussed I used to fear going to look at the Allroad every morning.. get it swapped when you can buddy!

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +2

      They are asking if I’d like to have the suspension fixed at a particular level

    • @mcal27
      @mcal27 2 месяца назад +1

      @ On the Allroad there was a kit that did away with the Airbags.. but I looked at the an example car with them fitted and it looked crap. Fixing the level may help. The problem could either be the level sensor or maybe a leaky airbag. If the later fixing the level won’t help I believe. How long does the level hold before sinking Sam?

    • @mcal27
      @mcal27 2 месяца назад +2

      @ Oh wait I forgot the secret FSB message!! Sorry.. The pink bird has flown the nest. The pink bird has flown the nest… Hope that keeps the group watching the comments happy!! 😂😂😂

  • @TheDustypoptart
    @TheDustypoptart 2 месяца назад +2

    I lost a lot of people, who I thought were friends, the second we differed in opinion on politics. Honestly… I’m happier and better off! ♥️

  • @ЮрийЧижиков-ы5н
    @ЮрийЧижиков-ы5н 2 месяца назад +3

    Я русский! У меня был замечательный друг с Украины! Мы вместе учились в университете! Были "не разлей вода"! Вместе женились, с разницей в неделю. С разницей в пару недель-месчц, у нас родились дети! До этого вместе мы были везде - бухали пиво с рыбкой, ходили на дискотеки... Ревновал одних и тех же женщин... Потом он уехал на Украину, стал большим начальником в Черниговской области, потом мы потерялись из-за войны. Где он сейчас и, что с ним происходит - я понятия не имею! Боюсь за него!!! Юра Юрченко!!! Я помню о тебе! Я люблю тебя!!! Отзовись, любимый друг!!!

  • @antonchestnykh1441
    @antonchestnykh1441 2 месяца назад +5

    Loosing a friend is always a pity, but if someone's getting that blind due to political views that he or she can trade ones friendship for it, than maybe this friendship doesn't mean much

  • @CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl
    @CynthiaRoberts-ii1tl 2 месяца назад +6

    I had friends that couldn't think past the evening news. a different opinion threatens their bubble of reality

  • @OrdinaryEgor
    @OrdinaryEgor 2 месяца назад +6

    I think it's not about the country, it's about politics and leadership. But now there are no normal leaders anywhere.

  • @rokimarchano5657
    @rokimarchano5657 Месяц назад +2

    A smile, raised cheeks and crinkled eyes signifying contentment and positive emotions, it's a visual cue that someone is feeling joyful or pleased, that’s all I could see on people’s faces in your video, but unfortunately those addicted to BBC and the like cant see that due to their addiction. I can’t say Russia is the most democratic country on the planet but also and definitely is not the country ruled by a despotic tyrant abusing his absolute power in an unfair or cruel way caring little for the welfare of his own people, those happy faces in your video are proof of that. BTW, I really like those decorations, thanks for sharing Sam.

  • @robertholland7558
    @robertholland7558 2 месяца назад +4

    It has become like the zombie apocalypse narrative.
    I frankly don’t want anything to do with the “ zombies”

  • @victorseal9047
    @victorseal9047 2 месяца назад +4

    Our world at the present moment is sorting out the difference between people who are locked into their thinking mind, and those who lean more towards the intuitive aspects of our consciousness. 😮
    The thinkers are like people lost in the jungle called life, and the intuitive people are akin to an eagle flying high in the sky, they have clearer picture of which direction they need to go. 😅
    The heart is incredibly more intelligent than the mind, it speaks to you with feelings of comfort and discomfort. 😊

  • @SpicyBean-k9s
    @SpicyBean-k9s 2 месяца назад +3

    Ah this is an amazing video!

  • @AnneliedeWet
    @AnneliedeWet Месяц назад +1

    I ditched several friends over the past two years for their Russophobia. I live in South Africa and Russophobia to me is the same as the past Apartheids racism. I would not have racist friends, so Russophobes must also go.... They are behind the times and what is there to talk about then?

  • @cartoons981
    @cartoons981 Месяц назад +1

    what
    is Russians hated for ? no pubs and bars ? No strips clubs or Russian version of Vegas ? to cold ? or infected with some religion by west ?

  • @JohnDo-ntchaknow
    @JohnDo-ntchaknow 2 месяца назад +4

    If a person can be swayed by the media despite personally knowing you then it is likely they were never really your friend to begin with. That or never actually bothered to get to know you. You are likely better without them.

  • @johnzarn3367
    @johnzarn3367 2 месяца назад +2

    Sam 🎉it’s really nice of you to give flowers 💐 to your friend. I liked the decorations in the city. Sam I have been learning Russian for at least a year and half. Can you tell me should I be learning from a Russian language person?

  • @johnf8122
    @johnf8122 Месяц назад +2

    People keep confusing governments with the everyday population. Most people in the world (with a few exceptions because there are knuckleheads everywhere) would get along fine without politicians. Happy Holidays, Sam.

  • @PatrickDuffy-u3s
    @PatrickDuffy-u3s 2 месяца назад +4

    Regarding your friend who no longer speaks to you, it brings to mind a verse in a famous song by Simon and Garfunkel, the Boxer - "All lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest". This is the mentality the entire western world has about Russia - they believe the lies because they want to believe them.

  • @krutoi_petrovich
    @krutoi_petrovich Месяц назад +1

    This happens on both sides. Because extremes are often similar. Like a mirror. The side changes, but the essence remains. Politicians will always find hundreds of reasons to pit people against each other. True love is the best weapon against any system.

  • @robertlackey7212
    @robertlackey7212 Месяц назад +2

    I had a friend stop speaking to me because I like soviet statues , posters , and music. I tried sending her the Soviet national anthem so she would see how nice and hopeful and positive it is and she stopped all communication with me.

    • @JanKluiver
      @JanKluiver Месяц назад

      Soviet Union was indeed a great era. Stalin deported millions of people. Economically far behind. No free press, no freedom of speech. Political oppression. Hey, looks like Russia in the past 10 years. But sure, great statues, posters and anthem.

  • @tom-u8k6y
    @tom-u8k6y Месяц назад +1

    im in a whatsapp group with a load of mates that i played poker with and its mostly the same in there. They have fallen for every bit of nonsense the BBC has put out. And when things don't come to pass they just seem to move on. Like the "running out of munitions" narrative of 2 years ago.

  • @bojanakolak7451
    @bojanakolak7451 Месяц назад +1

    Very strange! I appreciate your channel because it's far from propaganda. We can see both sides of the medal. Your enthousiasm about living in Russia is contagious😃

  • @michaelmichael8538
    @michaelmichael8538 2 месяца назад +2

    This building is called The Officer's House but this day it's rather a flea market

  • @aimxray9823
    @aimxray9823 Месяц назад +1

    Sorry about your friend. We’ve all lost a few to government propaganda. I love your drives with the Russian music on the radio. Brings back memories of my time in Petrozavodsk in the 90s

  • @vladswan
    @vladswan 2 месяца назад +4

    as your kgb handler i would like to talk to you about this video, Sam. My office, tomorrow, 8:00, don't be late.
    (THIS IS A JOKE)

  • @instructv
    @instructv 2 месяца назад +8

    Sam you failed the mission. Go to office 7 for money comrade

  • @sproutbaby
    @sproutbaby 2 месяца назад +2

    I have had the same Best Friend since i was 13, im 45 now; she and i do not always agree, we have even gone seasons of not speaking because we dont necessarily agree with the path the other has chosen; the funny and cool thing is, we dont ever completely stop communicating entirely, we will check in with one another via family and leave gifts for one another 😂 If someone is truly your Friend that connection can not be broken.

  • @Serg_M
    @Serg_M 2 месяца назад +3

    Pfff, a friend...!
    Мой отец, русский с Урала, живёт на Украине. Когда мы с ним раньше разговаривали по телефону (viber or what's up) он мне начинал всякие претензии насчёт Путина и СВО предъявлять. Чтоб не разругаться окончательно я стал все эти политические темы в разговорах сразу игнорировать. Только про погоду, здоровье, его внучек (моих дочек), его хозяйство (он держит коз для молока и сыра). Хотя имею на все эти вопросы диаметрально противоположный взгляд. Но отец у меня один, не могу его окончательно потерять. Поэтому политику в разговорах игнорирую.

  • @Ctrl_Del_0
    @Ctrl_Del_0 2 месяца назад +6

    The bouquet has an uneven number of flowers, right? ;-)

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +3

      Yes, all bouquets have an odd number

    • @ИринаИванова-в4у4м
      @ИринаИванова-в4у4м 2 месяца назад +3

      Четные букеты только для похорон)

    • @Ctrl_Del_0
      @Ctrl_Del_0 2 месяца назад +3

      @@ИринаИванова-в4у4м Я знаю.
      я изучаю о России🙂

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад +1

      @@SamsRussianAdventures You should have taken the package off the bouquet.
      It is impolite to hand over a bouquet in a package.☝🧐
      It's like handing over a gift in a postal delivery box.

  • @americaninrussia1886
    @americaninrussia1886 2 месяца назад

    Cool video Sam I like your style of video where you interact w people definitely interesting

  • @Артур-ц2э4и
    @Артур-ц2э4и Месяц назад +1

    I kept all my friends but lost all my family for coming to Russia.
    I know others in similar situations.

  • @SlimKalHoone
    @SlimKalHoone 2 месяца назад +1

    Cool video Sam. Alisa seems to be wearing a wedding ring but it's cool how she just decided to hang with you guys. Stay safe!

  • @romteni
    @romteni 2 месяца назад +2

    You've got to start carrying the flowers the correct way... you've been there long enough to learn :D Your russian is getting so good too!

  • @dandelobo9284
    @dandelobo9284 2 месяца назад +3

    If you can no longer tolerate alcohol, I would advise you to check your pancreas just in case, the lipase level, for example. С Наступающим!

  • @andreanagy4801
    @andreanagy4801 2 месяца назад +10

    Your friends must love to visit.😂🍷🍸🍹🥂

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +4

      Hahaha I’m a great host! But they don’t like my house! I’ll make a video explaining why

    • @KimClark61
      @KimClark61 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@SamsRussianAdventures it's not the house, it's the company they should enjoy.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +1

      @@KimClark61 the family who used to live here were murdered inside the house.

  • @markclift2952
    @markclift2952 2 месяца назад +9

    Sam your friend was not your Friend Sam

  • @nerenik84
    @nerenik84 2 месяца назад +1

    It looks so beautiful with the snow and the lights.

  • @Ctrl_Del_0
    @Ctrl_Del_0 2 месяца назад +4

    Маша красивая и смешная 🙂
    I am learning Russian to become part of the Russian people (I hope).

  • @Roy_Gaber
    @Roy_Gaber 2 месяца назад

    I hope your one friend starts to feel better after receiving those flowers from you, very nice gesture Sam. Oi, it seems like fun watching your friends get drunk. It is too bad, a loss for your UK friend it seems, that he has succumbed to the rhetoric being spewed about, I have/had many such friends here in the US who do the same because of our political system. Some have even disowned their families. So sad.

  • @briandunn8216
    @briandunn8216 Месяц назад +1

    He was never a friend

  • @jakearmstrong6868
    @jakearmstrong6868 Месяц назад

    It is indeed very sad when we lose friends due to political differences.. I had a similar experience not so long ago but before our friendship got too toxic, I backed down and since then we have tried to respect our differences when it comes to politics.

  • @WoozyPolarBear
    @WoozyPolarBear 2 месяца назад

    Hello Sam, I am a big fan of your channel. I am from Canada, but lived in Manchester UK for a while, and now I'm in Novosibirsk. I too am disappointed with the Man U result, and have friends in the UK lecturing me about how foolish I was to move to Russia. We have a bit in common I'd say. I just move on and know that for every friend I lose in the UK and Canada, I will gain new ones here in Siberia. This also sounds similar to what is going on in the USA after their presidential election, and some people are cutting out others if they voted for Trump. Look at the 4B movement of women in the US for example.

  • @genes.3285
    @genes.3285 2 месяца назад +2

    Sam, that symbol on the door doesn't refer to weights. It refers to those two wheeled contraptions. I don't know what they're called.

  • @jmjm5914
    @jmjm5914 2 месяца назад

    Great video, thank you. Where I live on Australia, it is so hot and so rubbish at the markets.

  • @amare_naturam
    @amare_naturam 2 месяца назад +2

    What is "Russian-style friendship"? I have a friend in Russia whom I met in 2000 (although we lived in neighboring apartment buildings for several years before that). Then he built a house in a village outside the city, and so successfully that he also seemed like my mother-in-law's neighbor (we were separated by a fence). He is like a brother to me, we used to go fishing and hunting together, celebrate holidays with our families, and he would come to my bathhouse. Since 2017, I have been living on the other side of the city and we rarely communicate anymore, but I know for sure that if either he or I have any problem, we will both immediately rush to each other's aid. Is such a friendship possible, for example, in the States? 🤔😁

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад

      Sam doesn't know about the States. He's from Britain.😄

  • @andreanagy4801
    @andreanagy4801 2 месяца назад +15

    A simple solution. Avoid such topics with your friend if he cant take a healthy discussion.

    • @SamsRussianAdventures
      @SamsRussianAdventures  2 месяца назад +7

      It has gone too far and now we don’t speak

    • @robertholland7558
      @robertholland7558 2 месяца назад +2

      @@SamsRussianAdventuresdon’t beat yourself up over it, simply not worth it.

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад +1

      *(Avoid such topics with your friend)*
      Avoid such topics with a friend and he will simply hate you silently.😏

    • @robertholland7558
      @robertholland7558 2 месяца назад

      @ yes don’t talk about religion, politics and sexuality. Now how is the weather, and did your sports team win?

    • @МихаилК-н5х
      @МихаилК-н5х 2 месяца назад

      @@robertholland7558 Liverpool vs Manchester United🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ede2225
    @ede2225 25 дней назад

    Thanks for the videos, Sam! I'd love to live in Russia--at least for a while--but with the world as it is, it'll never happen. Nice to be there vicariously through your videos.

  • @Lupi33z
    @Lupi33z 2 месяца назад +1

    I have this problem with members of my family. I have to avoid or shut down the talk of any politics.

  • @deanc685
    @deanc685 2 месяца назад +3

    Brian at The New Atlas just released a video that touches on the importance of information and how it is weaponized by the West.

    • @Windband1
      @Windband1 2 месяца назад +2

      Brian is a legend!!

    • @LanaLender
      @LanaLender Месяц назад

      It's true. Since the main information formats are Western, they can prohibit anything there. It's not difficult to invent an excuse. For example, I really want an alternative to RUclips to appear, created in some other country. Because I do not consider this platform to be unbiased.

  • @Korlinath
    @Korlinath 2 месяца назад +2

    Another Russian adventure with Sam...and friends! 👍 Thanks! I lost a friend before about political crap, but it was during the 9/11 afgan crap. He thought it was ok for US to be there and putting people in Guantanamo and I didn't. Oh well, that is long over for most people.

  • @SasaNovak-e2o
    @SasaNovak-e2o Месяц назад +1

    Pray for him...

  • @maarten7
    @maarten7 2 месяца назад +1

    Yeah, Sam, I have had "best friends" like that too. Maybe they weren't the people I thought they were in the first place. 💠

  • @69rus42
    @69rus42 2 месяца назад +2

    People might not like being filmed. He might have told his wife he was with his mistress, his mistress he was with his wife, and he's actually sitting in a bar drinking beer with friends. So, I understand him.

  • @margaritaorlova6697
    @margaritaorlova6697 Месяц назад

    It is realy laughable about the KGB in now-a-day Russia. I live in California now, thank you for showing me the new Vladimir-city. I had lived nearby Vladimir when I was in high-school about 70 years ago.Thanks again!

  • @free__wolf2293
    @free__wolf2293 2 месяца назад +2

    Wel well well Sam this was one of your best videos. As a KGB officer, with proud I can say that your work for Mother Russia is outstanding! 😎

  • @stuartbolden2142
    @stuartbolden2142 Месяц назад +1

    When my Russian wife came to live in the UK with me I feared she would receive some sort of backlash from uninformed people making uneducated comments but I have been pleasantly surprised. Generally the UK public are intelligent enough NOT to believe the main stream media . In fact the media here are being called out more and more and are at risk of being totally irrelevant as they spout their propaganda . Yes that happens in Russia too of course . It's sad though that your friend hasn't got intelligence to actually look at things with two eyes and not half blinded by following MSM
    Keep up the fantastic work Sam , both I and my wife look forward to meeting you one day in Russia ,although we generally stay in the south of the country when we are there .

  • @jimmyboyles2868
    @jimmyboyles2868 2 месяца назад +5

    Sam, I lost a 'friend' of 25 years over Russia! I told him 'news' in USA is Fake and through streamers learned alot about Russia and come to love. I will be your friend!

    • @russia_winner
      @russia_winner Месяц назад

      Can I be your friends? Hello from Russia, Kazan city)

  • @Vipateta
    @Vipateta 2 месяца назад +2

    Are you familiar with Edgar Cayce the sleeping clairvoyant? Over sixty years ago he said " from Russia comes the hope of the world not now but in the future". Over the years I've probably read most everything about his remarkable life but when I read that statement I thought, can't be he is off on that one. This was back in the 80s. No internet back then. I was brainwashed by US bullshit. Well he was definitely on to something.

  • @zdendaderman5253
    @zdendaderman5253 2 месяца назад +1

    Brilliant video, Sam. Walking out of the bar with two chickes 😂😂😂