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I’m here to correct the record. History matters and I’m done letting it be rewritten. Follow me for sourced, visual history of Russia/USSR, and the West’s wars.

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The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. On October 18, 1967, Venera 4 entered the atmosphere of Venus and became the first probe to send back data from inside another planet's atmosphere. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. On October 18, 1967, Venera 4 entered the atmosphere of Venus and became the first probe to send back data from inside another planet's atmosphere. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

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Everyone knows Nuremberg hanged ten Nazis. Almost nobody quotes what the Soviet prosecutor read into the record before they did. In 1942 Göring told the Reich commissioners of the occupied territories: "I intend to plunder, and to do it efficiently." Roman Rudenko read those words to the tribunal. The Soviet Union, one of the countries Göring meant to plunder, lost 27 million people in the war, about 18 million of them civilians. Ten of the condemned were hanged 80 years ago today, in the early hours of October 16, 1946. Göring, sentenced to hang as well, never reached the gallows: the night before, he swallowed cyanide in his cell.

Everyone knows Nuremberg hanged ten Nazis. Almost nobody quotes what the Soviet prosecutor read into the record before they did. In 1942 Göring told the Reich commissioners of the occupied territories: "I intend to plunder, and to do it efficiently." Roman Rudenko read those words to the tribunal. The Soviet Union, one of the countries Göring meant to plunder, lost 27 million people in the war, about 18 million of them civilians. Ten of the condemned were hanged 80 years ago today, in the early hours of October 16, 1946. Göring, sentenced to hang as well, never reached the gallows: the night before, he swallowed cyanide in his cell.

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They told you Russia is a grey, depressing wasteland. 230 km from Moscow: pristine nature, rivers, centuries-old churches, and families living peacefully. This is what they don't want you to see.

They told you Russia is a grey, depressing wasteland. 230 km from Moscow: pristine nature, rivers, centuries-old churches, and families living peacefully. This is what they don't want you to see.

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December 1999. Boris Yeltsin walks Vladimir Putin through the Kremlin and says: "Your office." A pivotal moment in Russian history. Yeltsin knew the country was falling apart. Western beneficiaries were stripping Russia's resources almost for free, the economy was in ruins, and NATO was creeping east despite every promise made in the 90s. Putin inherited a country on its knees. Two decades later, Russia stands on its own feet again and the West calls it aggression.

December 1999. Boris Yeltsin walks Vladimir Putin through the Kremlin and says: "Your office." A pivotal moment in Russian history. Yeltsin knew the country was falling apart. Western beneficiaries were stripping Russia's resources almost for free, the economy was in ruins, and NATO was creeping east despite every promise made in the 90s. Putin inherited a country on its knees. Two decades later, Russia stands on its own feet again and the West calls it aggression.

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Meanwhile in Moscow, they’re scrubbing the pavement in broad daylight like someone is about to eat off it. And yes, the streets get washed at night too. At this point, you could probably walk around Moscow in white socks and come home with them still white. Try that in Italy. Or, God forbid, in an American city.

Meanwhile in Moscow, they’re scrubbing the pavement in broad daylight like someone is about to eat off it. And yes, the streets get washed at night too. At this point, you could probably walk around Moscow in white socks and come home with them still white. Try that in Italy. Or, God forbid, in an American city.

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Hitler gave this fortress 8 hours. It held for 31 days. Longer than Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Only five days less than Poland. One man scratched this into the wall: “I am dying, but I shall not surrender. Farewell, Motherland. July 20, 1941.”

Hitler gave this fortress 8 hours. It held for 31 days. Longer than Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Only five days less than Poland. One man scratched this into the wall: “I am dying, but I shall not surrender. Farewell, Motherland. July 20, 1941.”

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Lavrov: My mother also did not let me dance with boys.

Lavrov: My mother also did not let me dance with boys.

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In 2001, Putin traveled to Texas to meet George W. Bush and try to build a new relationship between Russia and the United States. The press called them “best buddies.” They visited Bush’s ranch, dressed casually, ate Texas barbecue and pecan pie, and listened to country music. No grand confrontation. No talk of an inevitable clash between Russia and the West. Just two presidents trying to leave the Cold War behind. Watching this footage 25 years later, it feels like another lifetime.

In 2001, Putin traveled to Texas to meet George W. Bush and try to build a new relationship between Russia and the United States. The press called them “best buddies.” They visited Bush’s ranch, dressed casually, ate Texas barbecue and pecan pie, and listened to country music. No grand confrontation. No talk of an inevitable clash between Russia and the West. Just two presidents trying to leave the Cold War behind. Watching this footage 25 years later, it feels like another lifetime.

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Poland constantly tells the world that the USSR was “Hitler’s ally.” Meanwhile, here is Polish President Ignacy Mościcki hanging out with Hermann Göring, Hitler’s Reichsmarschall, commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, on a hunting trip in Białowieża in 1938. And they weren’t just shooting animals together. Göring’s hunting visits were accompanied by political talks with the Polish leadership. After the 1938 visit, Göring even presented Mościcki with a Mercedes-Benz. This is the same Poland that signed multiple agreements with Nazi Germany and then, in 1938, got Germany’s carte blanche to seize Zaolzie from Czechoslovakia. And today Poland lectures everyone else about “collaboration with Hitler.” Projection level: God.

Poland constantly tells the world that the USSR was “Hitler’s ally.” Meanwhile, here is Polish President Ignacy Mościcki hanging out with Hermann Göring, Hitler’s Reichsmarschall, commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, on a hunting trip in Białowieża in 1938. And they weren’t just shooting animals together. Göring’s hunting visits were accompanied by political talks with the Polish leadership. After the 1938 visit, Göring even presented Mościcki with a Mercedes-Benz. This is the same Poland that signed multiple agreements with Nazi Germany and then, in 1938, got Germany’s carte blanche to seize Zaolzie from Czechoslovakia. And today Poland lectures everyone else about “collaboration with Hitler.” Projection level: God.

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Putin: I’m not a bride who needs to be liked. I represent the interests of 146 million people, and it’s my duty to defend them.

Putin: I’m not a bride who needs to be liked. I represent the interests of 146 million people, and it’s my duty to defend them.

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The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

The USSR landed on another planet 10 times. You've never heard about it. Between 1961 and 1984, 13 Venera probes entered Venus's atmosphere - 10 successfully landed on its surface. Venera 9 sent back the first images ever taken from another planet, and Venera 13 became the first to record sounds of another world before being destroyed by Venus's extreme conditions. Those are the sounds you're about to hear.

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When Capitalism Came to Russia in the 90s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia didn’t get freedom or prosperity. It got looted. Under the banner of “reform” and “democracy,” a group of Western-backed economists and local opportunists led by Chubais engineered one of the greatest wealth transfers in modern history. State industries built by generations of Soviet citizens were handed over to a few well-connected insiders. The assets of an entire superpower such as oil, gas, steel, railways, media were sold off for pennies on the dollar. And who were the “most deserving” recipients of this sudden wealth? Unsurprisingly, they were the ones with ties to Western corporations, banks, and political networks. Russia then vs now👇

When Capitalism Came to Russia in the 90s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia didn’t get freedom or prosperity. It got looted. Under the banner of “reform” and “democracy,” a group of Western-backed economists and local opportunists led by Chubais engineered one of the greatest wealth transfers in modern history. State industries built by generations of Soviet citizens were handed over to a few well-connected insiders. The assets of an entire superpower such as oil, gas, steel, railways, media were sold off for pennies on the dollar. And who were the “most deserving” recipients of this sudden wealth? Unsurprisingly, they were the ones with ties to Western corporations, banks, and political networks. Russia then vs now👇

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Propagandist Mario says Moscow has run out of cash 🙄 Come to Moscow and see for yourself. The streets are washed every night. Decorations, installations, flowers and landscaping are everywhere. I’ve never seen anything like it in Europe, and certainly not in Canada or the US. Meanwhile, you guys are famous for homeless encampments. So who exactly ran out of cash?

Propagandist Mario says Moscow has run out of cash 🙄 Come to Moscow and see for yourself. The streets are washed every night. Decorations, installations, flowers and landscaping are everywhere. I’ve never seen anything like it in Europe, and certainly not in Canada or the US. Meanwhile, you guys are famous for homeless encampments. So who exactly ran out of cash?

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While France resisted Nazi troops for 43 days before ultimately surrendering to Hitler, 28 Soviet soldiers held the fort at one house in Stalingrad for 58 days until reinforcements arrived! The building is now known as Pavlov's House in honor of Yakov Pavlov, a 24-year-old junior sergeant who led the defense. After the war, Pavlov's House was restored while Gergardt’s mill next to it was intentionally preserved intact as a powerful reminder of the intense fighting that took place there.

While France resisted Nazi troops for 43 days before ultimately surrendering to Hitler, 28 Soviet soldiers held the fort at one house in Stalingrad for 58 days until reinforcements arrived! The building is now known as Pavlov's House in honor of Yakov Pavlov, a 24-year-old junior sergeant who led the defense. After the war, Pavlov's House was restored while Gergardt’s mill next to it was intentionally preserved intact as a powerful reminder of the intense fighting that took place there.

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Russia’s unemployment rate today is a record-low 2.2%. Let that sink in.

Russia’s unemployment rate today is a record-low 2.2%. Let that sink in.

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Lavrov put it perfectly: some people are so naive that if they see a coffee machine in a window, they think that’s where coffee machines are produced. But Russian intelligence has very good information.

Lavrov put it perfectly: some people are so naive that if they see a coffee machine in a window, they think that’s where coffee machines are produced. But Russian intelligence has very good information.

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You've been lied to about who really allied with Hitler first. Stalin never personally met him. But Chamberlain did. Daladier did. They held direct talks, signed agreements, handed him Czechoslovakia. The USSR was the last major European state to sign a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. Here's Putin stating the facts nobody wants to hear.

You've been lied to about who really allied with Hitler first. Stalin never personally met him. But Chamberlain did. Daladier did. They held direct talks, signed agreements, handed him Czechoslovakia. The USSR was the last major European state to sign a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. Here's Putin stating the facts nobody wants to hear.

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Zelensky pretends he doesn't understand Russian anymore. But in 2014, he was defending the legal right to speak it, calling himself a Russian-speaking Jew. Here's the proof.

Zelensky pretends he doesn't understand Russian anymore. But in 2014, he was defending the legal right to speak it, calling himself a Russian-speaking Jew. Here's the proof.

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Happy birthday, my beautiful Moscow ❤️💙🤍

Happy birthday, my beautiful Moscow ❤️💙🤍

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So remind me again who was “fighting fascism”? Because the Lithuanian, Estonian, and Ukrainian SS divisions were doing anything but. The Polish Home Army played double agent, and over 100,000 Poles marched in the Wehrmacht. Europe loves to forget its own reflection.

So remind me again who was “fighting fascism”? Because the Lithuanian, Estonian, and Ukrainian SS divisions were doing anything but. The Polish Home Army played double agent, and over 100,000 Poles marched in the Wehrmacht. Europe loves to forget its own reflection.

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Göring needed ten minutes to humiliate the American prosecutor at Nuremberg. It took a Soviet lawyer and a folder of Göring's own papers to finish him. Here he is with his pet lion cub Caesar, in the days when he thought nobody would ever hold him to account. At the trial he called himself an old hunter. 80 years ago this week, he cheated the gallows with a cyanide capsule. At the trial, he ran rings around the American prosecutor Robert Jackson. One judge wrote that within ten minutes Göring was "the complete master" of him. Then Soviet prosecutor Roman Rudenko took over. No speeches, only Göring's own papers. Göring claimed Germany struck the USSR because it was threatened. Rudenko got him to admit the Luftwaffe's plan for the invasion was ready in November 1940, seven months before the attack. Then he read out Göring's own speech from August 1942: "I intend to plunder, and to do it thoroughly." Göring: "I do not deny that I said that." The old hunter had walked into his own trap😏

Göring needed ten minutes to humiliate the American prosecutor at Nuremberg. It took a Soviet lawyer and a folder of Göring's own papers to finish him. Here he is with his pet lion cub Caesar, in the days when he thought nobody would ever hold him to account. At the trial he called himself an old hunter. 80 years ago this week, he cheated the gallows with a cyanide capsule. At the trial, he ran rings around the American prosecutor Robert Jackson. One judge wrote that within ten minutes Göring was "the complete master" of him. Then Soviet prosecutor Roman Rudenko took over. No speeches, only Göring's own papers. Göring claimed Germany struck the USSR because it was threatened. Rudenko got him to admit the Luftwaffe's plan for the invasion was ready in November 1940, seven months before the attack. Then he read out Göring's own speech from August 1942: "I intend to plunder, and to do it thoroughly." Göring: "I do not deny that I said that." The old hunter had walked into his own trap😏

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Putin was asked why Russia was building a pipeline that bypassed Ukraine and Poland. He answered with a children's riddle. In fluent German. What was that about? The context of this story started 10 years earlier. In 1995, Russia and Ukraine agreed on a joint venture to run Ukrainian pipelines, equal shares. Gazprom never got access. In 2002, a second try: a 50/50 gas consortium, backed by Germany. It stalled when Kiev demanded a controlling stake. So in September 2005, Putin and Gerhard Schröder signed Nord Stream, a pipeline carrying Russian gas straight to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Asked if anyone was being pushed out, Putin said no. Then he told a Russian riddle in German: A and B were sitting on a pipe. A fell off, B disappeared. What was left on the pipe? The answer is И. Which means and. The little word that connects A and B. Which means that since Ukraine and Poland were making it complicated, the direct infrastructure between Germany and Russia is what's left. Nobody was being pushed out. They were simply bypassed.

Putin was asked why Russia was building a pipeline that bypassed Ukraine and Poland. He answered with a children's riddle. In fluent German. What was that about? The context of this story started 10 years earlier. In 1995, Russia and Ukraine agreed on a joint venture to run Ukrainian pipelines, equal shares. Gazprom never got access. In 2002, a second try: a 50/50 gas consortium, backed by Germany. It stalled when Kiev demanded a controlling stake. So in September 2005, Putin and Gerhard Schröder signed Nord Stream, a pipeline carrying Russian gas straight to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Asked if anyone was being pushed out, Putin said no. Then he told a Russian riddle in German: A and B were sitting on a pipe. A fell off, B disappeared. What was left on the pipe? The answer is И. Which means and. The little word that connects A and B. Which means that since Ukraine and Poland were making it complicated, the direct infrastructure between Germany and Russia is what's left. Nobody was being pushed out. They were simply bypassed.

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118,776 views • 2 days ago

Finland pretends it was just a small country that Stalin decided to swallow. Then you read the 1939 negotiations and find a Soviet offer of twice as much land, rejected by Helsinki, over a border 32 kilometers from Leningrad. That distance matters when discussing the Winter War. In 1939, Moscow feared that Finnish territory could become a route for an attack on one of the Soviet Union’s largest cities. Before the war, the USSR proposed moving the border on the Karelian Isthmus and leasing Hanko for a naval base. Stalin didn’t ask for it all for free: in return for the territorial concessions, he offered Finland roughly twice as much land in Soviet Karelia, plus payment for the lease. Finland rejected the proposed settlement, with Hanko being a major sticking point. And Helsinki was not making that decision in a vacuum. Britain was encouraging Finland to hold its ground. Finland was Hitler's ally, but later they came up with a “drifting log” theory that portrayed Finland’s cooperation with Nazi Germany as something forced upon it by circumstances. Today, Finland has classified documents about this matter until the year 9999. Nothing to see there, guys.

Finland pretends it was just a small country that Stalin decided to swallow. Then you read the 1939 negotiations and find a Soviet offer of twice as much land, rejected by Helsinki, over a border 32 kilometers from Leningrad. That distance matters when discussing the Winter War. In 1939, Moscow feared that Finnish territory could become a route for an attack on one of the Soviet Union’s largest cities. Before the war, the USSR proposed moving the border on the Karelian Isthmus and leasing Hanko for a naval base. Stalin didn’t ask for it all for free: in return for the territorial concessions, he offered Finland roughly twice as much land in Soviet Karelia, plus payment for the lease. Finland rejected the proposed settlement, with Hanko being a major sticking point. And Helsinki was not making that decision in a vacuum. Britain was encouraging Finland to hold its ground. Finland was Hitler's ally, but later they came up with a “drifting log” theory that portrayed Finland’s cooperation with Nazi Germany as something forced upon it by circumstances. Today, Finland has classified documents about this matter until the year 9999. Nothing to see there, guys.

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245,848 views • 6 days ago

Hitler had been dead for three weeks when Churchill asked his generals for a plan to attack the Soviet Union. German soldiers were supposed to march on his side. The plan was called Operation UNTHINKABLE. In May 1945, British military planners examined a surprise attack on the Red Army, with July 1 set as the starting date. The offensive would involve British and American forces, Polish troops, and rearmed Wehrmacht divisions. But Stalin already knew what was coming from Soviet intelligence. In June, Marshal Zhukov unexpectedly regrouped Soviet forces and strengthened their defenses. Meanwhile, British generals were doing the math. The Red Army outnumbered Western forces in Central Europe by roughly three to one. A quick victory looked unlikely, and a full-scale war against the USSR could drag on for years. Churchill never launched the attack. But he had ordered his generals to prepare for war against the very country Britain had just fought alongside. As Leo Tolstoy put it, “A word is an action.”

Hitler had been dead for three weeks when Churchill asked his generals for a plan to attack the Soviet Union. German soldiers were supposed to march on his side. The plan was called Operation UNTHINKABLE. In May 1945, British military planners examined a surprise attack on the Red Army, with July 1 set as the starting date. The offensive would involve British and American forces, Polish troops, and rearmed Wehrmacht divisions. But Stalin already knew what was coming from Soviet intelligence. In June, Marshal Zhukov unexpectedly regrouped Soviet forces and strengthened their defenses. Meanwhile, British generals were doing the math. The Red Army outnumbered Western forces in Central Europe by roughly three to one. A quick victory looked unlikely, and a full-scale war against the USSR could drag on for years. Churchill never launched the attack. But he had ordered his generals to prepare for war against the very country Britain had just fought alongside. As Leo Tolstoy put it, “A word is an action.”

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Putin arrived 14 minutes late to meet the Queen in 2003. When it was time to leave, Elizabeth II kept him waiting the exact same amount of time. That wordless exchange taught more about real power than any speech ever could. By 2003, Vladimir Putin was already known for not adjusting himself to symbolic hierarchies. His state visit to Buckingham Palace became a quiet example of that. Although the Queen met the Russian president more than once, this was the only full state reception, and it was remembered because Putin arrived twelve to fourteen minutes late. The official explanation mentioned traffic in central London, even though routes for visits of that level are normally cleared. The explanation was accepted without comment, and when it was time for the farewell, Elizabeth II appeared with exactly the same delay, turning the episode into a wordless exchange between equals.

Putin arrived 14 minutes late to meet the Queen in 2003. When it was time to leave, Elizabeth II kept him waiting the exact same amount of time. That wordless exchange taught more about real power than any speech ever could. By 2003, Vladimir Putin was already known for not adjusting himself to symbolic hierarchies. His state visit to Buckingham Palace became a quiet example of that. Although the Queen met the Russian president more than once, this was the only full state reception, and it was remembered because Putin arrived twelve to fourteen minutes late. The official explanation mentioned traffic in central London, even though routes for visits of that level are normally cleared. The explanation was accepted without comment, and when it was time for the farewell, Elizabeth II appeared with exactly the same delay, turning the episode into a wordless exchange between equals.

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9,017,171 views • 8 months ago

Zhirinovsky warned Ukrainians many times that the West would use them and then destroy them. They didn’t believe him.

Zhirinovsky warned Ukrainians many times that the West would use them and then destroy them. They didn’t believe him.

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189,080 views • 9 days ago

The CIA was pouring money, weapons, and agents into Soviet Ukraine to build an underground resistance network against Moscow, but Soviet intelligence was already part of that underground. Under Operation AERODYNAMIC, the CIA trained, armed, and parachuted Ukrainian nationalists into the USSR, hoping to establish contact with local insurgents and organize resistance against Moscow. Between 1949 and 1953, the CIA sent 12 agents into Soviet Ukraine. All but one were captured or killed, but the Soviet MGB didn’t stop at capturing them. Its officers turned some of the agents, set up fake nationalist networks, and used captured radios to communicate with Western intelligence. Posing as Ukrainian insurgents, they sent reports suggesting that the resistance was going from strength to strength. And the CIA kept financing the operation, unaware that some of its supposed contacts were actually working for Moscow. Washington thought it had established a secret line into the Soviet Union, but it was Moscow answering the call - while Washington was paying for the connection.

The CIA was pouring money, weapons, and agents into Soviet Ukraine to build an underground resistance network against Moscow, but Soviet intelligence was already part of that underground. Under Operation AERODYNAMIC, the CIA trained, armed, and parachuted Ukrainian nationalists into the USSR, hoping to establish contact with local insurgents and organize resistance against Moscow. Between 1949 and 1953, the CIA sent 12 agents into Soviet Ukraine. All but one were captured or killed, but the Soviet MGB didn’t stop at capturing them. Its officers turned some of the agents, set up fake nationalist networks, and used captured radios to communicate with Western intelligence. Posing as Ukrainian insurgents, they sent reports suggesting that the resistance was going from strength to strength. And the CIA kept financing the operation, unaware that some of its supposed contacts were actually working for Moscow. Washington thought it had established a secret line into the Soviet Union, but it was Moscow answering the call - while Washington was paying for the connection.

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Putin says he sometimes watches Western television just to understand what European audiences are being shown. And what he sees is “mass deception.” He gives a recent example. After an attack on Starobelsk that killed civilians, including children, Russia struck targets in the Kiev region in response. According to Putin, Western channels spent the entire day showing the Russian strikes: the destruction, the damage, the “Russian aggressor.” But not a word about what happened in Starobelsk before that. Not a word about the dead children. Then the narrative moves to Ukrainian drones, their military successes and how much those weapons cost. The message to European viewers follows naturally: pay more. Putin’s point is simple, and I completely agree with him: if you show the response while erasing what preceded it, you are manufacturing the story your audience is allowed to see.

Putin says he sometimes watches Western television just to understand what European audiences are being shown. And what he sees is “mass deception.” He gives a recent example. After an attack on Starobelsk that killed civilians, including children, Russia struck targets in the Kiev region in response. According to Putin, Western channels spent the entire day showing the Russian strikes: the destruction, the damage, the “Russian aggressor.” But not a word about what happened in Starobelsk before that. Not a word about the dead children. Then the narrative moves to Ukrainian drones, their military successes and how much those weapons cost. The message to European viewers follows naturally: pay more. Putin’s point is simple, and I completely agree with him: if you show the response while erasing what preceded it, you are manufacturing the story your audience is allowed to see.

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816,899 views • 1 month ago

The ‘Tutberidze skeletons’ line is just another propaganda slogan. The girls are thin because they are elite athletes and train on a constant basis, and because glyphosate is strictly regulated in Russia and GMOs are banned. The real question is why an American athlete is not slim. What exactly are you eating over there? The smear campaign against Tutberidze exists only because her girls keep winning gold medals, making history, and getting into the Guinness World Records. You cannot beat them fairly. They tried changing the rules, but that did not work. So they went to extreme lengths: banning Russian athletes, limiting participation to just one skater with no proper ranking opportunities, creating extremely stressful conditions, not allowing a coach to fully support them at competitions, and so on. That’s the stage we are at. P.S.: Kamila Valieva was the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games 👇

The ‘Tutberidze skeletons’ line is just another propaganda slogan. The girls are thin because they are elite athletes and train on a constant basis, and because glyphosate is strictly regulated in Russia and GMOs are banned. The real question is why an American athlete is not slim. What exactly are you eating over there? The smear campaign against Tutberidze exists only because her girls keep winning gold medals, making history, and getting into the Guinness World Records. You cannot beat them fairly. They tried changing the rules, but that did not work. So they went to extreme lengths: banning Russian athletes, limiting participation to just one skater with no proper ranking opportunities, creating extremely stressful conditions, not allowing a coach to fully support them at competitions, and so on. That’s the stage we are at. P.S.: Kamila Valieva was the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games 👇

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2,606,773 views • 7 months ago

When Russia plays by the rules too well, they just change the rules. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Zagitova built her free skate in a way that squeezed every possible point out of the rules. All her jumps were placed in the second half, where they earned bonus points. It was a very smart and perfectly executed move. After that season, the International Skating Union limited how many jumps could get the second-half bonus. People started calling it the Zagitova Rule.

When Russia plays by the rules too well, they just change the rules. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Zagitova built her free skate in a way that squeezed every possible point out of the rules. All her jumps were placed in the second half, where they earned bonus points. It was a very smart and perfectly executed move. After that season, the International Skating Union limited how many jumps could get the second-half bonus. People started calling it the Zagitova Rule.

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2,568,323 views • 7 months ago

Stalin ruled the USSR for nearly three decades and died with almost nothing to his name. No offshore accounts, luxury estates or wealth passed to relatives. He showed no interest in luxury or acquiring things for himself. Even the ornate marshal's uniform in which he was eventually buried was something he reportedly disliked wearing. Compare that to Western politicians who enter office on a modest salary and leave as multimillionaires.

Stalin ruled the USSR for nearly three decades and died with almost nothing to his name. No offshore accounts, luxury estates or wealth passed to relatives. He showed no interest in luxury or acquiring things for himself. Even the ornate marshal's uniform in which he was eventually buried was something he reportedly disliked wearing. Compare that to Western politicians who enter office on a modest salary and leave as multimillionaires.

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405,335 views • 1 month ago

Lavrov has shed new light on what really happened in Anchorage. According to him, the peace proposal Putin accepted there wasn’t Russian. It was Trump’s. Washington proposed the terms. Putin accepted them without changes. Then, Lavrov says, Europe intervened, Washington backed away, and the opportunity disappeared. Remember that the next time someone tells you Russia simply refuses to negotiate. Moscow’s account is straightforward: America proposed, Russia accepted. The war continued anyway.

Lavrov has shed new light on what really happened in Anchorage. According to him, the peace proposal Putin accepted there wasn’t Russian. It was Trump’s. Washington proposed the terms. Putin accepted them without changes. Then, Lavrov says, Europe intervened, Washington backed away, and the opportunity disappeared. Remember that the next time someone tells you Russia simply refuses to negotiate. Moscow’s account is straightforward: America proposed, Russia accepted. The war continued anyway.

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188,208 views • 27 days ago

I lived through Yeltsin, and Trump's behavior mirrors him so precisely it's disturbing. The same clownish performance. The same promises. The same destruction of a country while the leader talks nonsense and dances. Dear Americans, good luck.

I lived through Yeltsin, and Trump's behavior mirrors him so precisely it's disturbing. The same clownish performance. The same promises. The same destruction of a country while the leader talks nonsense and dances. Dear Americans, good luck.

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1,504,602 views • 6 months ago

They banned Russian athletes. or four years. Last week in Tokyo, one of them came back with her son in the stands. Alexandra Trusova's choreographer Benoît Richaud on what happened: "Four years without international competitions, and she comes back with a clean skate. Her little son is sitting in the stands watching his mother perform. This is much bigger than just a result. There was Sasha before, there is Sasha now, and there is her future. I think she is opening this new chapter beautifully. She proved to herself that she can come back. She proved that she can skate differently, that she has changed, and that there is now a different depth to her skating. Sasha was magnificent. And as I just wrote to her, this is only the beginning." 🇷🇺⛸️

They banned Russian athletes. or four years. Last week in Tokyo, one of them came back with her son in the stands. Alexandra Trusova's choreographer Benoît Richaud on what happened: "Four years without international competitions, and she comes back with a clean skate. Her little son is sitting in the stands watching his mother perform. This is much bigger than just a result. There was Sasha before, there is Sasha now, and there is her future. I think she is opening this new chapter beautifully. She proved to herself that she can come back. She proved that she can skate differently, that she has changed, and that there is now a different depth to her skating. Sasha was magnificent. And as I just wrote to her, this is only the beginning." 🇷🇺⛸️

Rina Lu🇷🇺

300,634 views • 1 month ago

You cannot arm one side of a war, fund its military, publicly declare yourself its ally, and then call yourself a neutral mediator. Lavrov just said this directly to Rubio's face. And Rubio had no answer. That's why the "peace talks" keep going nowhere. Washington is not trying to mediate but trying to win while pretending to negotiate. Lavrov raised this exact contradiction with Marco Rubio. When he asked whether the U.S. was prepared to stop being a partisan supporter of Ukraine and become an honest broker, Rubio had nothing to say. And if diplomacy becomes another way to buy time while the fighting continues, then Russia would prefer to achieve its objectives at the negotiating table, but if that fails, it will pursue them on the battlefield.

You cannot arm one side of a war, fund its military, publicly declare yourself its ally, and then call yourself a neutral mediator. Lavrov just said this directly to Rubio's face. And Rubio had no answer. That's why the "peace talks" keep going nowhere. Washington is not trying to mediate but trying to win while pretending to negotiate. Lavrov raised this exact contradiction with Marco Rubio. When he asked whether the U.S. was prepared to stop being a partisan supporter of Ukraine and become an honest broker, Rubio had nothing to say. And if diplomacy becomes another way to buy time while the fighting continues, then Russia would prefer to achieve its objectives at the negotiating table, but if that fails, it will pursue them on the battlefield.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

139,148 views • 21 days ago

In 2018, Germany accidentally played the Soviet anthem instead of the Russian one before a rugby match. Watch what happened next. At first, the Russian players were puzzled. Then, without hesitation, every single one of them started singing. Word for word. From the heart. You were told the USSR was some alien regime that Russians hated. But when that anthem played, these modern Russian athletes didn’t protest or walk off. They sang, and they sang loudly. Because the Soviet Union isn’t some separate entity that Russians want to forget. It’s part of Russian history. The Russian Empire became the USSR, which was later dissolved in 1991. The political system changed, the borders changed, but the historical continuity remained.

In 2018, Germany accidentally played the Soviet anthem instead of the Russian one before a rugby match. Watch what happened next. At first, the Russian players were puzzled. Then, without hesitation, every single one of them started singing. Word for word. From the heart. You were told the USSR was some alien regime that Russians hated. But when that anthem played, these modern Russian athletes didn’t protest or walk off. They sang, and they sang loudly. Because the Soviet Union isn’t some separate entity that Russians want to forget. It’s part of Russian history. The Russian Empire became the USSR, which was later dissolved in 1991. The political system changed, the borders changed, but the historical continuity remained.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

296,192 views • 1 month ago

The last Soviet leader ended up in a Pizza Hut commercial. For $1 million, while the people he left behind were surviving on $50 a month. 1997. The last leader of the USSR appears in a Pizza Hut commercial. The man who dismantled a superpower reduced to selling cheap pizza on Western TV. This is what they mean when they talk about the glory of the 1990s.

The last Soviet leader ended up in a Pizza Hut commercial. For $1 million, while the people he left behind were surviving on $50 a month. 1997. The last leader of the USSR appears in a Pizza Hut commercial. The man who dismantled a superpower reduced to selling cheap pizza on Western TV. This is what they mean when they talk about the glory of the 1990s.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

186,575 views • 1 month ago

A Russian teacher told Putin he'd just gotten engaged. Putin's immediate question: "And when are the children coming?" When everyone laughed, he replied: "It's not funny. This is a serious question." He then asked about the bride, learned that she was also a teacher, and suddenly remembered his own first-grade teacher by name: Tamara Pavlovna Chizhova. What a wholesome exchange.

A Russian teacher told Putin he'd just gotten engaged. Putin's immediate question: "And when are the children coming?" When everyone laughed, he replied: "It's not funny. This is a serious question." He then asked about the bride, learned that she was also a teacher, and suddenly remembered his own first-grade teacher by name: Tamara Pavlovna Chizhova. What a wholesome exchange.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

129,557 views • 22 days ago

Why do so many Russians stand by Putin? In July 2010, wildfires completely destroyed the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Putin, then prime minister, came to see the ruins and speak to people who had just lost everything. He could have offered sympathy, promised to “look into the situation” and moved on. Instead, standing among the ashes, he made sure everyone heard him: The village would be restored before winter. “I promise.” Three months later, it was. By November, the village had been rebuilt and residents were moving into their new homes. And sometime later, Putin celebrated Christmas wearing a sweater knitted for him by one of the villagers. Politics is full of promises. People tend to remember the ones that are kept.

Why do so many Russians stand by Putin? In July 2010, wildfires completely destroyed the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Putin, then prime minister, came to see the ruins and speak to people who had just lost everything. He could have offered sympathy, promised to “look into the situation” and moved on. Instead, standing among the ashes, he made sure everyone heard him: The village would be restored before winter. “I promise.” Three months later, it was. By November, the village had been rebuilt and residents were moving into their new homes. And sometime later, Putin celebrated Christmas wearing a sweater knitted for him by one of the villagers. Politics is full of promises. People tend to remember the ones that are kept.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

218,957 views • 1 month ago

After WWII, the CIA put Ukrainian Nazi collaborators on its payroll to fight the Soviet Union. And when their armed underground was crushed, the CIA didn't abandon them. It simply shifted the operation from guns to propaganda - and kept funding it for decades. One of the CIA’s key Ukrainian contacts was Mykola Lebed. Poland had sentenced him to death for his role in the 1934 assassination of its interior minister. The Nazis helped him escape and the CIA later brought him to America and handed him a budget of $1,700,000 a year. As the armed resistance faded, the CIA shifted its focus to promoting Ukrainian nationalism and anti-Soviet ideas through books, newspapers, and radio broadcasts. The CIA-funded publishing operation was called Prolog. And looking at what happened after the Soviet Union collapsed, they couldn’t have picked a more fitting name. Turns out it really was just the prologue.

After WWII, the CIA put Ukrainian Nazi collaborators on its payroll to fight the Soviet Union. And when their armed underground was crushed, the CIA didn't abandon them. It simply shifted the operation from guns to propaganda - and kept funding it for decades. One of the CIA’s key Ukrainian contacts was Mykola Lebed. Poland had sentenced him to death for his role in the 1934 assassination of its interior minister. The Nazis helped him escape and the CIA later brought him to America and handed him a budget of $1,700,000 a year. As the armed resistance faded, the CIA shifted its focus to promoting Ukrainian nationalism and anti-Soviet ideas through books, newspapers, and radio broadcasts. The CIA-funded publishing operation was called Prolog. And looking at what happened after the Soviet Union collapsed, they couldn’t have picked a more fitting name. Turns out it really was just the prologue.

Rina Lu🇷🇺

29,693 views • 5 days ago