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Vladimir Putin: "After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world. Today, it seems there is no civilization there, only degradation."
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Vladimir Putin: "After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world. Today, it seems there is no civilization there, only degradation."

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Putin: "Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed to us that we would very quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations - of the civilized Western world in general. Today, however, it turns out that there is no civilization there at all, only outright degradation."

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🇷🇺 “There’s no civilization in the West at all. There’s only degradation—everything, through and through.” Putin reflects on the early post-Soviet years, when Russia genuinely believed it would be welcomed as an equal into the so-called “civilized” Western family. Instead, the opposite happened. Russia was never treated as a partner, but as a subordinate. The West smiled, patted Moscow on the back, and invited it to summits while pushing its interests on Russia through raw force and pressure.

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Putin: "Immediately after collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed to us that we would quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations. Today it turns out there is no civilization there, only complete degeneracy."
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Putin: "Immediately after collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed to us that we would quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations. Today it turns out there is no civilization there, only complete degeneracy."

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Russian propagandist Solovyev said that "any war with Russia ends with a few obvious results - the partition of Poland and the fact that a Russian soldier ends up in the capital of a country that has decided to go to war with Russia." "No goodwill gestures. It was a bad idea for Khrushchev to make a goodwill gesture to Finland back then. And, to this day, we all are confronting the consequences of what Gorbachev did. And Yeltsin," he said.

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30,668 views • 7 months ago

"The West started the war in Ukraine" - Putin. The most interesting thing is that people believe this lie, and not only in Russia. That is why it is so important to counter propaganda and constantly repeat the facts: The war was started and is being waged by Putin and Russia.
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"The West started the war in Ukraine" - Putin. The most interesting thing is that people believe this lie, and not only in Russia. That is why it is so important to counter propaganda and constantly repeat the facts: The war was started and is being waged by Putin and Russia.

Anton Gerashchenko

96,195 views • 4 months ago

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"Two days after the election in 2016, I was called up on the NSA phone. The person said I had to be on the intelligence community assessment that was assembling to finalize the Russia narrative. because we were going to prove that Trump was a Russian asset, and we were going to delay or block the inauguration of Donald J. Trump for the first term. I just couldn't believe it. This is what I was told on the phone. So, this was a deep state coup from the beginning that actually started in early 2016. We went through the process in November, December. The final product came out in the first few days of January, 2017. But bottom line - [in] the supposed Top Secret Review, there was nothing there to show that Russia was trying to manipulate the campaign or the outcome of the election in the favor of Donald J Trump, that the Trump campaign was somehow colluding with Russia. There was no evidence of anything," says Col. (Ret.) John Mills. He served as the Director for Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Jan Jekielek

617,049 views • 11 months ago

🇷🇺 Putin reiterates that Russia repeatedly sought to join NATO, but was always rebuffed "We discussed a membership first of the USSR, then of Russia in NATO, but we were not welcome there" Putin added that Moscow was told the alliance would not expand — a pledge that was later broken
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🇷🇺 Putin reiterates that Russia repeatedly sought to join NATO, but was always rebuffed "We discussed a membership first of the USSR, then of Russia in NATO, but we were not welcome there" Putin added that Moscow was told the alliance would not expand — a pledge that was later broken

The Other Side Media

94,581 views • 6 months ago

Even from within the Russian military establishment, the truth is becoming impossible to hide: retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov admits that the only way to save Russia from putin’s systemic destruction is through revolution. Leonid Ivashov: "Wasn't it putin who created United Russia as a party that would purely formally vote, supporting this robbery, this bandit robbery of the country, and the destruction of the army, and all these troubles that they bring? There is not a single sphere that would not be in a state of crisis, be it in the economy, or somewhere else, in education, or in science. And a way out of the systemic crisis is possible only through a revolution. We must strictly declare: the carrier of sovereignty and the sole source of power in Russia is the people. Without revolutionary changes, the country will truly perish."
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Even from within the Russian military establishment, the truth is becoming impossible to hide: retired Colonel General Leonid Ivashov admits that the only way to save Russia from putin’s systemic destruction is through revolution. Leonid Ivashov: "Wasn't it putin who created United Russia as a party that would purely formally vote, supporting this robbery, this bandit robbery of the country, and the destruction of the army, and all these troubles that they bring? There is not a single sphere that would not be in a state of crisis, be it in the economy, or somewhere else, in education, or in science. And a way out of the systemic crisis is possible only through a revolution. We must strictly declare: the carrier of sovereignty and the sole source of power in Russia is the people. Without revolutionary changes, the country will truly perish."

Yasmina

26,894 views • 6 days ago

‘Turns out there is no civilization there, only degradation’ — Putin on Russia once hoping to join Europe’s ‘civilized family’ ‘We did not become an equal member of this family. On the contrary, Russia still faced pressure’
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‘Turns out there is no civilization there, only degradation’ — Putin on Russia once hoping to join Europe’s ‘civilized family’ ‘We did not become an equal member of this family. On the contrary, Russia still faced pressure’

RT

40,293 views • 6 months ago

I was one of those who saw Bucha after it was liberated from Russia. I organized for Western and global media to visit Bucha right away. Thanks to these journalists, the world found out the truth about Russia's war crimes - no matter how hard Russia tried to deny it afterwards. I will never forget the horrible smell of the bodies of the poor people who were killed by the Russians. I will always remember the stories of those who survived occupation. I was there when the mass burial of Ukrainians in liberated Izium was exhumed. I talked to the people who survived Russian occupation there. Anyone who has ever seen this horror, realizes what will happen to Ukrainian cities and villages if Russia captures them. And that is why we fight so desperately and do anything we can so that Russians don't come to our homes.
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I was one of those who saw Bucha after it was liberated from Russia. I organized for Western and global media to visit Bucha right away. Thanks to these journalists, the world found out the truth about Russia's war crimes - no matter how hard Russia tried to deny it afterwards. I will never forget the horrible smell of the bodies of the poor people who were killed by the Russians. I will always remember the stories of those who survived occupation. I was there when the mass burial of Ukrainians in liberated Izium was exhumed. I talked to the people who survived Russian occupation there. Anyone who has ever seen this horror, realizes what will happen to Ukrainian cities and villages if Russia captures them. And that is why we fight so desperately and do anything we can so that Russians don't come to our homes.

Anton Gerashchenko

562,246 views • 1 year ago

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Mike Cernovich Explains Why the United States Is Able to Pull Off Taking Out the Leaders of Iran and Venezuela Without Facing Geopolitical Ramifications from Russia or China: ‘American Tech Is Too Good’ “We didn’t want to do anything with Iran years ago because China and Russia were seen as more powerful and there was a risk of World War III, but I think a lot of people don’t understand that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has jammed it up. China, they have their own problems back home. Their economy isn’t what it is. There’s now some claims that their population is not even what it is… and this might be the time to strike because you noticed China hasn’t done anything.” “The war game scenario was; if the US does anything with Iran, China’s coming in Russia is coming in. hostilities to break out worldwide and now we’re seeing no, that the tech is just too good. American tech is too good. Like the Venezuela raid, they went in, that was unreal and we have attack. We have tech, people call it the alien technology. We have alien technology and we could pull things off that we couldn’t pull off 20 years ago.”

Benny Johnson

406,326 views • 4 months ago