@@vinny7114 I’ve heard that adding chapters to videos can sometimes negatively impact watch time, though I’m not sure how true that is in this case. It’s possible that Simon and his team are aware of this and prefer to keep things as they are to maximize engagement. On the other hand, they might just have other priorities or didn’t feel it was necessary for this particular video. Who knows? Sometimes, we might overthink these things, and the decision could be as simple as that. (btw I am just replying to your comment, not in a negative reply way).
This is so weird. Ever since my ad blocker broke. Lists like this make me feel so excluded. Did I say weird? I meant sad. Too sad to even go back and correct myself. But apparently not too sad to write a couple extra sentences. =S (Oh, BTW unlike @vinny7114, this comment is full of negative connotations, obviously.) =)
In that part of the world at that time it was truly impossible to not be involved in the mafia. Their economy had just completely crumbled. The mafia was all that was left. You either did business or they killed you, your family and anyone else that opposed them.
I took an OSINT course last year and my research project was to find out all that I could on Rinat Akhmetov. I wish this video was out when I was in that class lol
Do a video on Muhammad Zahoor, the Pakistani-Ukrainian billionaire who bought 2 fighters for Ukrainian and is rumored to be the guy to have acted as the middle man between Ukraine and Pakistan for the sale of Pakistani arms to Ukraine and vice versa.
@@justinallen5392 Rinat can't control his temper or his drinking. Also consider the fact that we're both 1/2 Muslim mutts and as such we're not supposed to touch liquor in the first place.
@@philusaphur4924Islam (like Judaism) has a policy of recognition from birth- I don’t exactly remember the details but essentially you’re Muslim if your father (or mother- I don’t remember) is Muslim regardless of personal choice
Ya, smart guess. I was thinking he was going to play Santa Claus this year and he was making a list of all the goody two-shoes. Wait. Is that really a saying. Goody Two-Shoes. Man, that's a low bar.
Sounds like he is a charismatic shapeshifting chameleon that did what he needed to do to survive in a corrupt, Russian dominated system, but as that system was slowly dismantled, he showed his true patriotic character as a Ukrainian nationalist. 🎉
@@tatianalyulkin410 who is the Hunter? Is that a reference to Vladimir Putin or one of the Russian oligarchs? So far the only self destructive people we have seen has been the Russians, not the Ukrainians.
It sounds like he is an intensely humanitarian and patriotic Ukrainian (for now). He just has the "Tony Stark" problem: He thinks he knows better than everyone else. And will bulldoze everyone to get what he wants.
That would be the charitable impression, but couldn't that also be another shape-shifting tactic? You said it yourself. He changed as the old system started to get dismantled, and I'm willing to bet anything, if this new system starts to get dismantled, he will shape-shift again.
16:10 Ukraine never sent troops to aid the United States in Iraq: Ukraine sent troops under the UN leadership in a reconstruction effort. Ukraine voted against the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and was publicly voiced the nation's opposition to it. (source: wikipedia - since it's a very much based on publicly available documents, I believe the entry to be trustworthy)
The whole southern steppes were major migration routes for Mongol and Turkic "horse people" and those guys were predominently muslim after the Golden Horde "officially" converted in 1313. The Ottoman Empire even had control over Crimea for some time.
That was a great episode, thank you for covering Rinat Akhmetov. Never knew he existed. Sounds like the devil you know situation. At least he is trying to help from what it looks like.
It sounds like instead of dying a villain, the man lived long enough to become something of a hero. He's a great example of how the world is such a complex and morally grey place.
Especially when you live in the remnants of the USSR and as a result, have a closeness to current Russia and the way it does things... Well I mean used to... Kinda. I hear they don't much like each other these days, still the point remains. Corruption and shady, murderous dealings were/potentially still are almost a rule. I hope Ukraine comes out of this in one piece and can continue to distance itself from Russian ways.
Immediately before the attack on Pearl harbor a small organization called the Civil Air Patrol was founded. They were critical to the war efforts in the US and have continued to operate domestically since, performing critical search and rescue and distracted relief efforts, including during 9/11 (taking nearly every single aerial photograph as well as bring the only non-military organization allowed to fly during the airspace lockdown) and during the relief after hurricane katrina During WWII they were responsible for the capture of the first enigma machine. It would be a great entry for Warographics or Today I Found Out
People who build up thru dark times Usually become sick of money then turn to good No one is perfect but how u finish is the key Very interesting dude Thanks warographics
31:18 They voted to impeach Yanukovych and though it was all that against zero, the constitution required 3/4ths of the parliament to vote for the impeachment - 338 votes. Yanukovych's impeachment was unconstitutional.
Selling alcohol during the prohibition era and being described as "chief enforcer" in the mafia have WILDLY different levels of culpability. That's a false equivalency.
Kind of In the fall of 1933, when it became clear that Prohibition was going to be overturned, Kennedy used his already substantial wealth and political connections to land exclusive contracts to import high-end Scotch whiskey and gin from the United Kingdom. So number of major back room deals made the Kennedys wealth
Wonderful biographical narration video about Ukrainian Oligarch Ahmadov ..majority of Oligarchs having quite similarities biographies or they were warlords in 3rd world countries before first cold War vanished
The audacity of sayong akhmetov and selensky have done the most for ukrainian defense, when they are both alive and healthy, is what i dislike most about how war is usually covered throughout history.
Very interesting. 🎉😢 I some how take it all as a juxtaposed reflection of spiritual wealth vs other kinds of wealth. I mean the man helps people while helping himself. Why is he so successfully able to make decisions? What is his education? We cannot all pull each other's boot straps and achieve liberation from Earth's atmosphere...! But through proper training and practice maybe it's possible to be a difference between collapse and progress of where one has rooted.
I lived in Ukraine for 20 years. 1 of which was in Donetsk... Akhmetov is a gangster. Had his former boss and business partner killed by planting a bomb and took over his empire and built it up, then became "civilized". The man took over land in a public park in Donetsk to have his mansion built. Cops close the main street in the middle of the city so his spoiled brat son can race his Maserati down it. I know people that have worked for him. The stories I could tell would make this video look more comical than it is....
Problem for men like him in a war is when the state becomes an army. the loyalty is given to the state so its best to play the good friend otherwise you won't exist long
FFS, I can't even watch the video without it stopping every 3 minutes to buffer or the political ads every 10 minutes. RUclips is undoubtedly the worst managed business in existence.
I love youtube and it's out best bet at the greatest hub of mankind's every moment. But you're correct youtube benefited greatly from its acquisition by Google but its running it into the ground. I do believe in it's future though but it's up to us users.
Some major assessment errors need to be pointed out: 1) Akhmetov is merely a nominal Muslim, not a practicing, he has zero reputation among country’s Muslim community and he’s not perceived as a Muslim by Ukrainian public, rather as a criminal legalising his business 2) Akhmetov’s workers in Mariupol had nothing to do with bringing the city back to order. It was solely the bravery of AFU 3) His personal decision to invest in institutionalisation of pro Russian political movement in the East of Ukraine is the biggest reason for Russia’s readiness to attempt military occupation of the region. How can he be called a supporter of Ukraine? 4) Zelensky did not run on anti-oligarch agenda in 2019, he became prominent solely due to another Oligarch’s media support for the campaign 5) There’s still no evidence for who exactly financially supported AZOV in 2014. I’m not saying it wasn’t Akhmetov, but there’s zero evidence leading to any name.
I'm genuinely curious 1. if so, why does he remain Muslim? 2. by Simon's description, thousands of workers flooded Mariupol, surely they had some impact? 3. he erred it seems, no? He is now pro-Ukrainian, obviously to protect his wealth and power and as retribution to the seizing of his assets by Russia. Nothing short of Ukraine reclaiming the annexed regions would suffice for him. 4. I think Simon mentioned an "anti-corruption" campaign, but I must have missed the "anti-oligarch" detail. 5. true
@@LA-qv1ir Good questions. 1) His childhood and teen years were spent in a non-religious Soviet culture of Donetsk region, filled with poverty, street violence and crime. No, his parents were not taking him to a Mosque every now and then. When he became wealthy he indeed sponsored a construction of a Mosque as the tribute to both his ethnic origin and a personal tribute to Akhat Bragin, a criminal responsible for assaults and robbery. So that’s why neither other Muslims in Ukraine nor non-Muslim Ukrainians ever considered him a Muslim. 2) They might have organised a honking demonstration but honking cars wouldn’t force the well armed terrorists out of the city. Ukrainian Army in armorers vehicles did. Akhmetov might find himself in a relatively favourable position even if Donetsk region isn’t returned to UA Government control. He still gave plenty of economic leverage to be going well. As he gets older , his primary goal is more and more simply retaining wealth and being safe from investigations of how his original wealth was accumulated. Same is true for other oligarchs.
2:44 In Brazil, the city of Prudentópolis, with around 75% of its population made of Ukrainians and decendents of Ukrainians, has Ukrainian not as a 'second' official language - because that would mean Portuguese is the first - but as a co-official language. All official documents are published in both Ukrainian and Portuguese. Do we care? No! ... well ... we actually do care because, after all, it's awesome! Almost everybody in Ukraine speak both languages - some have more command of Ukrainian and some of Russian - so why not have both languages?
One the major problems about billionaires, aside the obvious ones, is that they are so far removed from the country and people and internationally diversified, that they do not care what happens to them anymore. Akhmetov seems to be the best kind of oligarch. One whose fate is inextricably linked to the prosperity of his people and country. Other countries should learn from this and try to tie down their own super rich or risk getting stabbed in the back.
Video was suppressed just so you know, i have all notifications on and this didnt come onto my feed, i went to your channel because i realised i hadent seen you post in 2 days
Can a Sunni Muslim be canonised as an Orthodox Christian Saint? I seriously, seriously doubt it, but this gentlemen certainly deserves such an accolade. When Ukraine emerges victorious, be it negotiation or battlefield victory, against Russia, Rinat Akhmetov deserves to be praised for his humanitarian and monetary aid to the Ukrainian state.
Id bet everything the dude is just banking money behind the scenes, taking bribes and other shady dealings. It's Ukraine man, that's how it works there. They are not what the media tells us, they're much closer to Russia than to being a regular western democratic nation. They're corrupt as fk.
I honestly see a man purely motivated by his own self interest. It's purely a coincidence that his selfish interests just so happen to mean supporting Ukraine THIS TIME.
Please Simon, make a video about "la nueve" (the 9th) also called the Leclerc division. Today (25th of August) is the anniversary of the liberation of Paris in WWII. They were republican anti-fascist Spanish volunteers who helped liberate Paris and their story is super cool
what a bad brother! a billionaire, and extremely influential, but got your brother still working in the coal mines and something that ultimately killed him
Whats this? A rich lerson actively throwing their money from their fists in an attempt to genuinely help his nation and the people beneath him without looking for an absurdly selfish underganded goal? Kinda surprising really
Never heard of him, thanks for the exciting topic! Seriously though, he sounds like a Russian influence cultural artifact within Ukraine. It's tragic how the ideals of communism have so often led to a few ultra rich men and a poor populace. Just goes to show that the best of intentions for society don't go anywhere without strong and fair independent, Democratic institutions.
huh. It’s funny how it sounds like this is a man who loves his homeland, takes care of his people, is a true patriot, even built his billions of dollars worth of assets from the ground up solely within the borders of his homeland to help give Ukraine an actual standing/growing economy after the devastation of the Soviet Union collapse, is literally ensuring that his people aren’t freezing to death during the winter by building & distributing FREE electricity to his people during an active conflict, has watched his net worth plummet lower and lower after standing up to a foreign invasion that would’ve only benefited him if he stood with Russia and yet he’s still spending his personal money on getting food packages to the Ukrainian people (not to mention all the other philanthropy work), etc. and yet Zelensky; the guy who’s actually the one still sitting in office long overdue elections and truthfully hasn’t done much other than entrench himself into a position of undisputed power (and even making military decisions such as retiring the former highly qualified, successful, and popular chief of the military when he politically challenged Zelensky) , and nonstop begging all of NATO for literally free money and advanced military equipment just to actually have the cahonies to get on a stage afterwards and whine about those countries not letting him suck harder off their teets; is actually trying to also spend his countries strained resources on trying to make the guy who’s done more for the Ukrainian people than himself, out as being a corrupt Russian traitor and dangerous “Oligarch”. And for some reason, no one seems to notice how obviously corrupt Zelensky is when he’s sitting there obliviously eliminating all his political rivals & god knows what else all while the west nonstop paints him as the golden uncorrupted face of Ukraine & their spirit to fight. Personally, I think Zelensky himself might be one of Ukraines biggest threats other than Russia.
This an interesting video, Simon - I had never heard of Akhmetov. I found some imprecisions and I commented about them. The most important - the one that deserves a correction - is the claim that Ukraine supported the US in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. That is wrong and puts Ukraine under a very undeserving light. The other observations I made are meaningless compared to that one because the 2003 invasion of Iraq is the event that did the most damage to world stability - and is still causing death an war like, for instance, the invation of Ukraine. Neither the government nor the people of Ukraine supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
This man sounds like someone you'd want on your side if you live in Ukraine. I hope for Ukrainian society that this man holds the livelihood and the well being of its people as he obviously desires to develope his portfolio.
Even the worst of people can't commit atrocities all the time. They sometimes help others without meaning to, or happen to do the right thing for the wrong reasons. People aren't simply caricatures of themselves
What he's done since Russia invaded says otherwise. Obscene personal wealth, and he's using and investing it in his home country and in support of its people. Sounds pretty good to me
@@OuPoot999The Mr. Beast incident is baby' first scandal. All these zoomers and gen alpha are learning what we did with RUclipsrs in 2012 era. Hell I remember when Tobuscus got caught snorting cocaine
oh if you're going down THIS rabbit hole then PLEASE look up and follow all the names and ties behind Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the guy who stole billions from Ukraines largest bank PrivatBank(that he co-founded) before fleeing to Switzerland and then his second home in Israel where he then used his media company 1+1 who had ties to Zelensky and his Kvartal95 studio and stolen money to fund Zelensky's presidential campaign! he shortly returned to Ukraine after Zelensky won the election and was arrested and stripped of his citizenship(because Ukraine does not allow dual citizenships of which Kolomoyskyi had been of both Israel and Ukraine). it's also fun to see that a report from Ukrainian intelligence also found that Kolomoyskyi was also the true owner of Burisma which Hunter Biden was an executive board member... oh man oh man the story just gets more and more juicy and ripe the more leads you dig into surrounding this guy and Zelensky...
What do you mean ukraine. Far right melitias made a small portionsweise of ukraine forces. And more important. They didnt launched the war. The seperatists and russia did
Is it kind of like you would call an olegark someone at stage 2 of the bourgeoisie structure. Like there are magnates that supply the raw materials, olegarks who process the raw materials into more usable forms, and capitalists that take the processed materials and turn them into consumer products? Or is the term more a regional thing to describe a person who owns means of production and and describe alignment with a certain political affiliation.
Akhmetov surely shows signs of faith in humanity. Perhaps he “played the game” at the beginning of his career but he has consistently demonstrated loyalty to those who worked for him. More importantly he puts his money in Ukraine. Is this a “plan”? He takes the risks, does he seek reward? Perhaps he hears a higher power, billions mean nothing unless put to constructive end. Let time judge this man, he shows remarkable selflessness and willingness to spend his money on others. How many billionaires have given this much of their wealth in their life time? Again, he may be a man of true faith, let his actions judge him.
No one who becomes the richest person in their country has ever done so by "legitimate" means. Some are just better about hiding their illicit activities than others.
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Thank you, but if they want mine they can have it - I ain't worth shit, financially
1:10 - Mid roll ads
2:25 - Chapter 1 - Meet rinat akhmetov
5:35 - Chapter 2 - Akhmetov; origins
13:25 - Chapter 3 - Force in a fracturing nation
22:40 - Chapter 4 - A titan of industry
28:40 - Chapter 5 - A deteriorating position
46:30 - Chapter 6 - War breaks out
52:10 - Chapter 7 - Akmhetov today
Thank you, I don't why Simon and his team can just put the chapters THEMSELVES at least.
@@vinny7114 I’ve heard that adding chapters to videos can sometimes negatively impact watch time, though I’m not sure how true that is in this case. It’s possible that Simon and his team are aware of this and prefer to keep things as they are to maximize engagement. On the other hand, they might just have other priorities or didn’t feel it was necessary for this particular video. Who knows? Sometimes, we might overthink these things, and the decision could be as simple as that. (btw I am just replying to your comment, not in a negative reply way).
good point. Luckily there are people like ignitionfrn2223 to put up chapters and stimulate watcher engagement.
This is so weird. Ever since my ad blocker broke. Lists like this make me feel so excluded. Did I say weird? I meant sad. Too sad to even go back and correct myself. But apparently not too sad to write a couple extra sentences. =S (Oh, BTW unlike @vinny7114, this comment is full of negative connotations, obviously.) =)
The hero I didn’t thought I need
In that part of the world at that time it was truly impossible to not be involved in the mafia. Their economy had just completely crumbled. The mafia was all that was left. You either did business or they killed you, your family and anyone else that opposed them.
Guys remember when he stayed away from organised crime for obvious reasons? Our boy grew a pair. I like it
Simon is the new Social media oligarch now, muwahaahaahaahaa
Next you're gonna tell us that Igor Kolomojsky never killed either. You're so adorable.
context?
@@zurielsssSimon’s bald head and his magnificent beard proves his divine oligarch status
Oh he’s still in fear of N Korea.
I took an OSINT course last year and my research project was to find out all that I could on Rinat Akhmetov. I wish this video was out when I was in that class lol
where you took this osint course?
Do a video on Muhammad Zahoor, the Pakistani-Ukrainian billionaire who bought 2 fighters for Ukrainian and is rumored to be the guy to have acted as the middle man between Ukraine and Pakistan for the sale of Pakistani arms to Ukraine and vice versa.
that's an interesting idea but it might be a shorter story.
maybe we can expand it with other unique people?
Wow, what??? (That's incredibly interesting)
Seems he's on his way to being remembered as a 21st Century Oskar Schindler, a man whose legacy will be debated long after he has died
That's exactly who I was thinking of while watching this video, the parallels are there
Lmao you’re kidding right? What an insult to Schindler
@@justinallen5392 Rinat can't control his temper or his drinking. Also consider the fact that we're both 1/2 Muslim mutts and as such we're not supposed to touch liquor in the first place.
@@tatianalyulkin410being Muslim isn't genetic.
@@philusaphur4924Islam (like Judaism) has a policy of recognition from birth- I don’t exactly remember the details but essentially you’re Muslim if your father (or mother- I don’t remember) is Muslim regardless of personal choice
One of the finest Warographics yet! Thank you!!!
The best one so far I have seen.
What an impressive character
Simon, you are the King of Laying Out The Facts! I love all of your channels ❤.
I have to wonder why this video is unlisted. I'm glad I have notifications turned on for this channel.
Same. Surprised I overlooked this in my subscription list.
If the video was unlisted, you would've only found it if someone sent you the direct link to it.
Super informative! I heard about Rinat Akhmetov before, but didn't have the full background.
I assume this is now unlisted as a result of legal troubles? I hope it gets sorted.
For real?
Ya, smart guess. I was thinking he was going to play Santa Claus this year and he was making a list of all the goody two-shoes. Wait. Is that really a saying. Goody Two-Shoes. Man, that's a low bar.
It's probably a bug or error. It's listed again now
Broooo I hope your getting some sleep!!! We need you in top shape
1 days ago? And this just show up? I literally check this channel every 5-6 hours.
Cmon youtube….
Sounds like he is a charismatic shapeshifting chameleon that did what he needed to do to survive in a corrupt, Russian dominated system, but as that system was slowly dismantled, he showed his true patriotic character as a Ukrainian nationalist. 🎉
Yep. That he is. But he can be as self destructive as Hunter.
@@tatianalyulkin410 who is the Hunter? Is that a reference to Vladimir Putin or one of the Russian oligarchs? So far the only self destructive people we have seen has been the Russians, not the Ukrainians.
It sounds like he is an intensely humanitarian and patriotic Ukrainian (for now). He just has the "Tony Stark" problem: He thinks he knows better than everyone else. And will bulldoze everyone to get what he wants.
@@tatianalyulkin410 hunter who?
That would be the charitable impression, but couldn't that also be another shape-shifting tactic? You said it yourself. He changed as the old system started to get dismantled, and I'm willing to bet anything, if this new system starts to get dismantled, he will shape-shift again.
I forgot who said this but the general premise goes, a politician makes himself and his voters rich. A thief only makes himself rich.
then a lot of politicians the world over are thieves by this definition, eh?
16:10 Ukraine never sent troops to aid the United States in Iraq: Ukraine sent troops under the UN leadership in a reconstruction effort. Ukraine voted against the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and was publicly voiced the nation's opposition to it. (source: wikipedia - since it's a very much based on publicly available documents, I believe the entry to be trustworthy)
Good disclaimer.. lol.. love your channel !!
So he’s a peaky blinder.
A mere capo compared to Kolomojsky.
A good oligarch is called an aristocrat if I'm not mistaken.
This is a BIOGRAPHICS episode!
Didn’t even know Ukraine had any Muslims, I did a few google searches and he apparently built a massive mosque in 1999.
Ukrainian Tatars are also Muslim
Tatars are muslim
The whole southern steppes were major migration routes for Mongol and Turkic "horse people" and those guys were predominently muslim after the Golden Horde "officially" converted in 1313. The Ottoman Empire even had control over Crimea for some time.
@@johan8969 isn’t it funny how the mongols nearly ruined Islam yet their descendants all converted? God is Great.
The fact that you had to put that disclaimer says a lot lol
Bro doesn’t want to get sued 😂
That was a great episode, thank you for covering Rinat Akhmetov. Never knew he existed. Sounds like the devil you know situation. At least he is trying to help from what it looks like.
It sounds like instead of dying a villain, the man lived long enough to become something of a hero. He's a great example of how the world is such a complex and morally grey place.
Especially when you live in the remnants of the USSR and as a result, have a closeness to current Russia and the way it does things... Well I mean used to... Kinda. I hear they don't much like each other these days, still the point remains. Corruption and shady, murderous dealings were/potentially still are almost a rule. I hope Ukraine comes out of this in one piece and can continue to distance itself from Russian ways.
Oh hey the video went unlisted while I had it queued up, I guess im a bit too early lol
Nah - we’re punctual!
This video was definitely up a few days ago but got taken down the same day so I think this is a re-upload
I wonder why this is unlisted?
Akhmetov is highly litigious. There's a good chance Simon received a cease and desist threat on his account.
He also uploaded another video today, perhaps this one was accidentally released early?
Immediately before the attack on Pearl harbor a small organization called the Civil Air Patrol was founded. They were critical to the war efforts in the US and have continued to operate domestically since, performing critical search and rescue and distracted relief efforts, including during 9/11 (taking nearly every single aerial photograph as well as bring the only non-military organization allowed to fly during the airspace lockdown) and during the relief after hurricane katrina
During WWII they were responsible for the capture of the first enigma machine. It would be a great entry for Warographics or Today I Found Out
People who build up thru dark times
Usually become sick of money then turn to good
No one is perfect but how u finish is the key
Very interesting dude
Thanks warographics
31:18 They voted to impeach Yanukovych and though it was all that against zero, the constitution required 3/4ths of the parliament to vote for the impeachment - 338 votes. Yanukovych's impeachment was unconstitutional.
Can't say I've ever heard of a legislative body that counts abstention as no.
Wouldn't matter he ran to live in a moscow mansion that night
Well, guy certainly is interesting to say the least. Post war would be interesting in context of this man.
Football must go on as life must.
34:05 these two factories are basically the same thing, separated only on paper. I worked there at the time lol
Awesome doco
very good coverage. Thanks for this.
Well done, as usual 👏
A very influential US family, the Kennedy's, supposedly got their start in bootlegging during the US prohibition..... Enough said.
Selling alcohol during the prohibition era and being described as "chief enforcer" in the mafia have WILDLY different levels of culpability. That's a false equivalency.
And there is that certain surrogate brother of mine...😂
Kind of In the fall of 1933, when it became clear that Prohibition was going to be overturned, Kennedy used his already substantial wealth and political connections to land exclusive contracts to import high-end Scotch whiskey and gin from the United Kingdom. So number of major back room deals made the Kennedys wealth
2 in one day?!
This man doesn’t sleep !!
He unlisted this video. I assume it wasn't supposed to come out yet.
HOT TAKE: ... AKhmetov is secretly moonlighting as Boris from Life Of Boris :D
He’s a businessman. His interest are his own. Period.
46:30 - Many years on end! 😊
He wants to be remembered for decades to come by being heavily debated about it seems.
Wonderful biographical narration video about Ukrainian Oligarch Ahmadov ..majority of Oligarchs having quite similarities biographies or they were warlords in 3rd world countries before first cold War vanished
i have learn many things on this video
What if the "data brokers" say f-you to Incogni's request?
This video did not show up on my subscription feed. SB likely 😢
The audacity of sayong akhmetov and selensky have done the most for ukrainian defense, when they are both alive and healthy, is what i dislike most about how war is usually covered throughout history.
Accurately
because it's true?
@@justaperson1557 tell that to thousands of widows and orphans.
@@Syd-w4ttell that to the russians, for launching the war.
At least zelwnsky organized International aid and defwnce
@@sH-ed5yf whats that got to do with anything i said?
Very interesting. 🎉😢 I some how take it all as a juxtaposed reflection of spiritual wealth vs other kinds of wealth. I mean the man helps people while helping himself. Why is he so successfully able to make decisions? What is his education? We cannot all pull each other's boot straps and achieve liberation from Earth's atmosphere...! But through proper training and practice maybe it's possible to be a difference between collapse and progress of where one has rooted.
I lived in Ukraine for 20 years. 1 of which was in Donetsk... Akhmetov is a gangster. Had his former boss and business partner killed by planting a bomb and took over his empire and built it up, then became "civilized".
The man took over land in a public park in Donetsk to have his mansion built. Cops close the main street in the middle of the city so his spoiled brat son can race his Maserati down it.
I know people that have worked for him. The stories I could tell would make this video look more comical than it is....
Hard to tell, with that much power you can seriously distort how the world perceives you...
11:06 I'm sensing a solid marketing opportunity here...
A bit macabre, but ... effective, for sure!
🤑
Problem for men like him in a war is when the state becomes an army. the loyalty is given to the state so its best to play the good friend otherwise you won't exist long
11:09 Wait... Only the hand and forearm?! Maybe he faked his own Death?🤷
I thought the Russian Oligarchs could be a little fishy..............
Allegedly.
New Ukranian drinking game: one shot evey time Simon says 'Akhmetov'
update everyone got their stomachs pumped
FFS, I can't even watch the video without it stopping every 3 minutes to buffer or the political ads every 10 minutes. RUclips is undoubtedly the worst managed business in existence.
I love youtube and it's out best bet at the greatest hub of mankind's every moment.
But you're correct youtube benefited greatly from its acquisition by Google but its running it into the ground. I do believe in it's future though but it's up to us users.
Some major assessment errors need to be pointed out: 1) Akhmetov is merely a nominal Muslim, not a practicing, he has zero reputation among country’s Muslim community and he’s not perceived as a Muslim by Ukrainian public, rather as a criminal legalising his business 2) Akhmetov’s workers in Mariupol had nothing to do with bringing the city back to order. It was solely the bravery of AFU 3) His personal decision to invest in institutionalisation of pro Russian political movement in the East of Ukraine is the biggest reason for Russia’s readiness to attempt military occupation of the region. How can he be called a supporter of Ukraine? 4) Zelensky did not run on anti-oligarch agenda in 2019, he became prominent solely due to another Oligarch’s media support for the campaign 5) There’s still no evidence for who exactly financially supported AZOV in 2014. I’m not saying it wasn’t Akhmetov, but there’s zero evidence leading to any name.
I'm genuinely curious
1. if so, why does he remain Muslim?
2. by Simon's description, thousands of workers flooded Mariupol, surely they had some impact?
3. he erred it seems, no? He is now pro-Ukrainian, obviously to protect his wealth and power and as retribution to the seizing of his assets by Russia. Nothing short of Ukraine reclaiming the annexed regions would suffice for him.
4. I think Simon mentioned an "anti-corruption" campaign, but I must have missed the "anti-oligarch" detail.
5. true
@@LA-qv1ir Good questions. 1) His childhood and teen years were spent in a non-religious Soviet culture of Donetsk region, filled with poverty, street violence and crime. No, his parents were not taking him to a Mosque every now and then. When he became wealthy he indeed sponsored a construction of a Mosque as the tribute to both his ethnic origin and a personal tribute to Akhat Bragin, a criminal responsible for assaults and robbery. So that’s why neither other Muslims in Ukraine nor non-Muslim Ukrainians ever considered him a Muslim. 2) They might have organised a honking demonstration but honking cars wouldn’t force the well armed terrorists out of the city. Ukrainian Army in armorers vehicles did. Akhmetov might find himself in a relatively favourable position even if Donetsk region isn’t returned to UA Government control. He still gave plenty of economic leverage to be going well. As he gets older , his primary goal is more and more simply retaining wealth and being safe from investigations of how his original wealth was accumulated. Same is true for other oligarchs.
Clear, bro
3:48 would have been cooler if you would have said he was the first second and third richest
2:44 In Brazil, the city of Prudentópolis, with around 75% of its population made of Ukrainians and decendents of Ukrainians, has Ukrainian not as a 'second' official language - because that would mean Portuguese is the first - but as a co-official language. All official documents are published in both Ukrainian and Portuguese. Do we care? No! ... well ... we actually do care because, after all, it's awesome!
Almost everybody in Ukraine speak both languages - some have more command of Ukrainian and some of Russian - so why not have both languages?
Fez spotting at 1:02
What's his name? He looks familiar.
@@Wasteland88 I'm just saying he looks like Fez from "That 70s Show." I have no idea who that is if you're looking for a real name.
@@jordanmessner999Oh, I see who you were referring to lol.
You know it never occurred to me. But we dont generally use the term oligarch for western billionaires and millionaires.
NOW I have a “Full Circle” understanding of what happened to make this whole Ukraine thing happen.
Wild starfishes
I thought he was stephen harper for a second
One the major problems about billionaires, aside the obvious ones, is that they are so far removed from the country and people and internationally diversified, that they do not care what happens to them anymore. Akhmetov seems to be the best kind of oligarch. One whose fate is inextricably linked to the prosperity of his people and country. Other countries should learn from this and try to tie down their own super rich or risk getting stabbed in the back.
I can’t wait for all the scam videos about icogni :p gonna be hilarious 😂
Hopefully for those that have signed up it doesn't become a situation like life lock, both hilarious yet tragic
Video was suppressed just so you know, i have all notifications on and this didnt come onto my feed, i went to your channel because i realised i hadent seen you post in 2 days
It's called protecting one's business interests.
Can't blame him. It's up to judiciary system.
One could say the same about any other crime lord/ billionair.
@@UnfollowYourDreams indeed.
@@UnfollowYourDreams One could say the same for every human who owns anything.
@@GnosticAtheist idk. I know no person who murdered people in order to buy a car or house.
@@UnfollowYourDreamsdid they have the opportunity to do that though?
Id hate to think a rich guy did more for my country than I did fighting for it.
Can a Sunni Muslim be canonised as an Orthodox Christian Saint? I seriously, seriously doubt it, but this gentlemen certainly deserves such an accolade. When Ukraine emerges victorious, be it negotiation or battlefield victory, against Russia, Rinat Akhmetov deserves to be praised for his humanitarian and monetary aid to the Ukrainian state.
He's a mutt- so why not?
Id bet everything the dude is just banking money behind the scenes, taking bribes and other shady dealings. It's Ukraine man, that's how it works there. They are not what the media tells us, they're much closer to Russia than to being a regular western democratic nation. They're corrupt as fk.
Please spell the name….😊
I honestly see a man purely motivated by his own self interest. It's purely a coincidence that his selfish interests just so happen to mean supporting Ukraine THIS TIME.
Wow, haven't watched yet, but that's gonna be an interesting one! This freaking guy! (ahmetov)
When you place your faith and loyalty in a flag, like all empires, you are destined to fail
Nah
Loyalty to the area you are from
Please Simon, make a video about "la nueve" (the 9th) also called the Leclerc division. Today (25th of August) is the anniversary of the liberation of Paris in WWII. They were republican anti-fascist Spanish volunteers who helped liberate Paris and their story is super cool
what a bad brother! a billionaire, and extremely influential, but got your brother still working in the coal mines and something that ultimately killed him
Whats this? A rich lerson actively throwing their money from their fists in an attempt to genuinely help his nation and the people beneath him without looking for an absurdly selfish underganded goal?
Kinda surprising really
Never heard of him, thanks for the exciting topic!
Seriously though, he sounds like a Russian influence cultural artifact within Ukraine. It's tragic how the ideals of communism have so often led to a few ultra rich men and a poor populace. Just goes to show that the best of intentions for society don't go anywhere without strong and fair independent, Democratic institutions.
huh. It’s funny how it sounds like this is a man who loves his homeland, takes care of his people, is a true patriot, even built his billions of dollars worth of assets from the ground up solely within the borders of his homeland to help give Ukraine an actual standing/growing economy after the devastation of the Soviet Union collapse, is literally ensuring that his people aren’t freezing to death during the winter by building & distributing FREE electricity to his people during an active conflict, has watched his net worth plummet lower and lower after standing up to a foreign invasion that would’ve only benefited him if he stood with Russia and yet he’s still spending his personal money on getting food packages to the Ukrainian people (not to mention all the other philanthropy work), etc.
and yet Zelensky; the guy who’s actually the one still sitting in office long overdue elections and truthfully hasn’t done much other than entrench himself into a position of undisputed power (and even making military decisions such as retiring the former highly qualified, successful, and popular chief of the military when he politically challenged Zelensky) , and nonstop begging all of NATO for literally free money and advanced military equipment just to actually have the cahonies to get on a stage afterwards and whine about those countries not letting him suck harder off their teets; is actually trying to also spend his countries strained resources on trying to make the guy who’s done more for the Ukrainian people than himself, out as being a corrupt Russian traitor and dangerous “Oligarch”. And for some reason, no one seems to notice how obviously corrupt Zelensky is when he’s sitting there obliviously eliminating all his political rivals & god knows what else all while the west nonstop paints him as the golden uncorrupted face of Ukraine & their spirit to fight. Personally, I think Zelensky himself might be one of Ukraines biggest threats other than Russia.
Legendary Person, personal loyalty to home and pragmatic, a very impressive character
This an interesting video, Simon - I had never heard of Akhmetov. I found some imprecisions and I commented about them. The most important - the one that deserves a correction - is the claim that Ukraine supported the US in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. That is wrong and puts Ukraine under a very undeserving light. The other observations I made are meaningless compared to that one because the 2003 invasion of Iraq is the event that did the most damage to world stability - and is still causing death an war like, for instance, the invation of Ukraine.
Neither the government nor the people of Ukraine supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
You've been blabbering about that all up and down the comments. Give it a rest.
This man sounds like someone you'd want on your side if you live in Ukraine. I hope for Ukrainian society that this man holds the livelihood and the well being of its people as he obviously desires to develope his portfolio.
That man made a choice.
But i think he should stand never be in politics.
No such thing as a good oligarch.
Even the worst of people can't commit atrocities all the time. They sometimes help others without meaning to, or happen to do the right thing for the wrong reasons.
People aren't simply caricatures of themselves
What he's done since Russia invaded says otherwise. Obscene personal wealth, and he's using and investing it in his home country and in support of its people. Sounds pretty good to me
@@SovereignwindVODs That's literally the bare minimum. Of course, I don't expect him to be a traitor on top of a bad person.
No such thing as a good rich person. Mr Beast is in the process of proving it.
@@OuPoot999The Mr. Beast incident is baby' first scandal. All these zoomers and gen alpha are learning what we did with RUclipsrs in 2012 era.
Hell I remember when Tobuscus got caught snorting cocaine
It's "mai-dan" not "may-den", it's been YEARS bro, how hard can it be?
🫡🇺🇦 Always Fantastic !!!
Lol yep, it is still Unlisted lol.
oh if you're going down THIS rabbit hole then PLEASE look up and follow all the names and ties behind Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the guy who stole billions from Ukraines largest bank PrivatBank(that he co-founded) before fleeing to Switzerland and then his second home in Israel where he then used his media company 1+1 who had ties to Zelensky and his Kvartal95 studio and stolen money to fund Zelensky's presidential campaign! he shortly returned to Ukraine after Zelensky won the election and was arrested and stripped of his citizenship(because Ukraine does not allow dual citizenships of which Kolomoyskyi had been of both Israel and Ukraine). it's also fun to see that a report from Ukrainian intelligence also found that Kolomoyskyi was also the true owner of Burisma which Hunter Biden was an executive board member... oh man oh man the story just gets more and more juicy and ripe the more leads you dig into surrounding this guy and Zelensky...
too simple 😂😇🤩
"Allegedly"
Video is good but to long
Forget oligarch, getting “wannabe warlord” vibes from him.
Did you watch the video?
Of course he didn't.
He would have been had he been able to control his temper or his drinking. But Kolomojsky is the real star.
So long story short, he was a business man doing business.
11:42 See what I mean?
It practically writes itself!!
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Oligarh?????😅😅😅😅😅😅 Nie ❤❤😂
Donetsk: Neo Nazi
Ukraine: "ideological battalions"
Lmao, come on man.
Who- Rinat? If he's a Neo Nazi I'm Jackson Pollock.
What do you mean ukraine.
Far right melitias made a small portionsweise of ukraine forces. And more important. They didnt launched the war. The seperatists and russia did
Well, one called himself a nazi. The others called themselves everything and in between. I don’t think Nazi fits the Anarchist battalions
There were over a dozen volunteer battalions that had different ideologies so he is right.
Is it kind of like you would call an olegark someone at stage 2 of the bourgeoisie structure. Like there are magnates that supply the raw materials, olegarks who process the raw materials into more usable forms, and capitalists that take the processed materials and turn them into consumer products? Or is the term more a regional thing to describe a person who owns means of production and and describe alignment with a certain political affiliation.
Akhmetov surely shows signs of faith in humanity. Perhaps he “played the game” at the beginning of his career but he has consistently demonstrated loyalty to those who worked for him. More importantly he puts his money in Ukraine. Is this a “plan”? He takes the risks, does he seek reward? Perhaps he hears a higher power, billions mean nothing unless put to constructive end. Let time judge this man, he shows remarkable selflessness and willingness to spend his money on others. How many billionaires have given this much of their wealth in their life time? Again, he may be a man of true faith, let his actions judge him.
gud guy
No one who becomes the richest person in their country has ever done so by "legitimate" means. Some are just better about hiding their illicit activities than others.
Like you're any damn expert.
@@Wasteland88you can’t name a single billionaire who has clean hands
@@ibrahimhassan711eh, Warren buffet hasn’t really done anything very objectionable. Unless you consider having more stuff than others a crime
@@badart3204 you should look more closely into his investments. It’s not all as it seems.