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hello and happy new year welcome to the

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i ran that back in 2016 and bring it

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are things that i'm interested in it

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interest in it but there'll be all kinds

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of topics that i just that kind of

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fascinate me and they're going to be

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live it's not going to be a podcast it's

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just going to be here on the youtube

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and they're not going to be two hours

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per se they could be a half hour they

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could be three hours i don't know

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however it goes is how long they're

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going to be today's guest constantine

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constantine semolo i met online when i

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wanted to find out what was going on in

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russia uh when kovitz started i just

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wanted to find out because it was really

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raging through there and he had quite

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about with it but anyway i got to know

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him a little bit

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he actually lived in maine my home state

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for nine well he lived in new england

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for nine years in the states uh learned

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english he speaks very good english and

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uh many of you that know me again from

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years

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of watching my shows on ufos uaps

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whatever you want to call them uh know

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that i've been to russia for several

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four times indeed and you know i stayed

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up to two months at one time and i

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learned a russian cyrillic at that time

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try to figure out things at grocery

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stores and signs and things like that uh

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well i didn't do any driving there i'm

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going to talk about that it is scary as

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heck uh they only seem to know in the

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area i was in

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which was novorossiysk uh it's across

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from turkey on the black sea it's

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beautiful area but the city itself no

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versus the driving there is horrendous

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it's either full blast or full breaks

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and uh you get a a lot of whiplash uh

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um the weather in novross is is kind of

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well it's subtropic so it's uh people

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of russia as freezing cold all the time

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and that's where my guest is from but he

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does have a dacha which is a summer

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house i think he told me about 60 miles

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or something like that from nova sisk i

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may be wrong on that um so while i was

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um i couldn't find anyone to speak

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english only two people the whole time i

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now when i went to moscow that was a

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so a lot of people just speak english

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there you can get around much easier

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now our guest today he has to be careful

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about what how he responds to certain

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things i do not want to get him in

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trouble he may give himself a verbal

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disclosure uh before he talks about

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anything right in the very beginning uh

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now i found we're going to talk talk a

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little bit about corruption or quite a

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bit about corruption it fascinates me uh

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and and and why there is corruption in

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and um i found out firsthand bringing a

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pet bringing my dog i'm going to pull up

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a picture i have of my dog here

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somewhere bringing a dog to russia is

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is really tricky there's a little

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businka which means a small bead um

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that uh i guess knows that for sure but

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when you're bringing a pet in you have

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to go through the usda and get a

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certificate aphis i think they call it

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well i landed in moscow at the moscow

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so uh of the four times i went

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veterinary control person

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that i met and he told me that he was

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and that he made an equivalent of about

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three hundred dollars a month

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now you can understand why there's

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corruption it's a survival thing

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the other controllers at moscow airport

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they would say oh you are missing a

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document if you want to come into this

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country you have to have that document

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and then they slid a book

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what i had to do was take out money from

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my wallet

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and put it back in the book and then

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slide the book back over kind of figure

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that that out pretty quickly

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so if it wasn't enough money the book

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that's the only way i was able to get my

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remarkably the last guy who admitted he

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was making 300 a month maybe he was new

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but uh remarkably

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um he told me the story and did not ask

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for any money right now i'm bringing in

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our guest he's a great guy and i hope

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you check out his channel if you have

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any interest in russia at all what

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things are like

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he knows what it's like both in america

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and russia and he's a great guy to talk

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to

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welcome

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hello martin hello everyone

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great to see you guys all uh merry

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christmas happy new year oh yes yes uh

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so thank you so much for being willing

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to talk about this i know uh you know

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it's a little tricky for you to talk

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about certain things and you heard me

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discuss my you know coming into the

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is that a typical thing for

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you know what's your take on that

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it's i would say it's pretty typical

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for you guys who don't really know what

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russia is really like it's it sounds

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shocking it sounds unusual but to us

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it's kind of normal

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you know we're kind of wired to to

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handle situations like that

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basically we have this language we

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understand each other with the officials

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with the police and things like that so

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we speak one language so to speak and

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you guys speak different languages

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right so

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yeah didn't didn't sound strange to me

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the bottom line i mean

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someone wanted to know if that was vodka

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it's green tea but green tea

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yeah so uh you know right off the bat

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would you say that a lot of what goes on

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is just due to the plane

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is it the poor

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i mean is it the economy why are people

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why are people paid so little

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you see martin that's going to be a very

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interesting conversation today and it's

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very deep

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uh the question you're asking is i have

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to take a couple steps back into russian

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history

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we live in absolutely different

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systems

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know what i mean

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you guys have capitalism and you have

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very minimalistic role of federal

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in plain words the federal government

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does not interfere much with

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your lives okay and

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to you federal government is something

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small some somewhere out there you don't

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even notice okay to us it's completely

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the reason for our living in the country

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our federal government the state allows

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us to live here okay the strait controls

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this we live for the state not the state

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you know exists for us so you see that's

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that's the major difference

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people who are employed

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uh how do i say that institutions you

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know customs police kgb and so forth

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uh there's a like unspoken social

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contract with them

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between these people and the government

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kind of so unspoken agreement

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they paid very little

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a lot of rights

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just like in your example okay you come

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into customs and you have a small dog

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you know and they have a right not to

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let you in

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they do have right because it's in the

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code right but

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something can be worked out

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you know you slipped something in the

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passport or whatever and say a couple

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hundred bucks and that couple hundred

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bucks is split into like 15 parts

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and each part goes to different

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department different person

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you know 1 15 is kept by the person as

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his own cell like not salary but uh

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um bonus so to speak and the other parts

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go to his his superior superior of his

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superior to moscow you know to local kgb

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to local police to cover them and so

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forth you know i mean that's unspoken

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social contract so these people

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make very little money

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but they make up everything from

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different sources you know

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and yes yes before i continue there's a

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disclaimer for the russian government to

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say if if anyone is listening to me you

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i'm just telling you imaginative things

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of course russia is the great and they

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follow the party line you know hands

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down so

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in case kgp is listening so you guys

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what i'm telling you is uh just

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purely imaginable

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that's it i'm done with the disclaimer

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it sounds like it rises up to the top

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um does it rise up to the top or

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just toward the top as far as

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the

285
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uh i don't know exactly what you would

286
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call it you know like there's the

287
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fragments of whatever is made

288
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from let's say

289
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a police department

290
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saying i'll tell you let me just tell a

291
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quick example here of what happened to

292
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me and i know you have

293
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uh many stories but

294
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i was riding in the back of a car and

295
00:11:44,550 --> 00:11:43,760
my friend's father was driving the car

296
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and

297
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one of these things they have in all

298
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these towns as you go through these

299
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these towns uh when you're on the side

300
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roads and things they have they'll have

301
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the police department sits out in front

302
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of the border of the town they have

303
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these little wands

304
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in their hands they have a little tassel

305
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on the end

306
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so if there's something that they don't

307
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like or whatever they wave you over with

308
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this little one thing

309
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and so we're driving driving along and

310
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um

311
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the guy driving the car like hesitated

312
00:12:17,190 --> 00:12:15,920
there was a a policeman right behind him

313
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this has nothing to do with the wand

314
00:12:20,150 --> 00:12:18,880
waving but i mean i just i did want to

315
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point that out

316
00:12:24,629 --> 00:12:22,560
so he like hesitated instead of turning

317
00:12:26,389 --> 00:12:24,639
he got nervous because the cop was you

318
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know right behind him

319
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so he gets out of the car

320
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and uh

321
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they're talking to him in the back and

322
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there's all kinds of arguing going on

323
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and basically

324
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if you wanted your car and you wanted

325
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your license

326
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he had to come up with an equivalent at

327
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that time

328
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of 500 american dollars

329
00:12:51,350 --> 00:12:48,959
so he basically

330
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he negotiated with him now this is all

331
00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:52,880
second hand of course this is what he

332
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said

333
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so he nego and he isn't he's a he's an

334
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exaggerator but you know anyway up so

335
00:13:03,430 --> 00:13:01,600
going back and forth back and forth he

336
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finally said i'm an old man i don't have

337
00:13:07,910 --> 00:13:05,600
any money he basically walked out of

338
00:13:09,670 --> 00:13:07,920
there with with twenty dollars paying

339
00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:09,680
twenty dollars to keep his car and keep

340
00:13:13,910 --> 00:13:11,760
his license we got back in the car and i

341
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got really really angry

342
00:13:17,829 --> 00:13:15,440
and i said

343
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to my friend i said let's go right now

344
00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:19,440
to the police department this is total

345
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corruption i can't believe it

346
00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:25,279
and she started laughing she said no

347
00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:28,000
yeah no she said they're all in on it

348
00:13:29,990 --> 00:13:29,200
what do you think you're going to go

349
00:13:31,030 --> 00:13:30,000
there

350
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somewhere

351
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so

352
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yeah and and a little piece of that 20

353
00:13:37,670 --> 00:13:36,880
goes to those guys too

354
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yeah

355
00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:44,880
in let's just say the police department

356
00:13:50,069 --> 00:13:47,040
all right so that guy gets let's say he

357
00:13:52,310 --> 00:13:50,079
gets the hundred dollars

358
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and the person moves on no ticket issued

359
00:13:57,189 --> 00:13:54,959
or whatever it is they do there

360
00:14:00,389 --> 00:13:57,199
what what goes on now

361
00:14:03,750 --> 00:14:00,399
uh with that 100 bill

362
00:14:05,670 --> 00:14:03,760
well that hundred dollar bill again

363
00:14:06,550 --> 00:14:05,680
what do i know i'm just a little guy you

364
00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:06,560
know

365
00:14:10,389 --> 00:14:09,600
but from what i heard from out of space

366
00:14:13,670 --> 00:14:10,399
you know

367
00:14:14,949 --> 00:14:13,680
uh that hundred dollar bill gets split

368
00:14:17,670 --> 00:14:14,959
okay

369
00:14:19,990 --> 00:14:17,680
um

370
00:14:21,829 --> 00:14:20,000
all hundred dollar bills okay they they

371
00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:21,839
get into uh one

372
00:14:26,470 --> 00:14:23,839
one uh

373
00:14:28,310 --> 00:14:26,480
purse i don't know wallet all right and

374
00:14:30,389 --> 00:14:28,320
at the end of the shift

375
00:14:33,110 --> 00:14:30,399
you know two guys in the patrol car they

376
00:14:35,590 --> 00:14:33,120
usually count how much they've made and

377
00:14:37,590 --> 00:14:35,600
they have a plan how much they should

378
00:14:39,110 --> 00:14:37,600
make okay so they come back to the

379
00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:39,120
police department i'm not sure how

380
00:14:42,629 --> 00:14:41,120
exactly it works up to the like every

381
00:14:44,949 --> 00:14:42,639
single action but

382
00:14:47,269 --> 00:14:44,959
they split that bunch

383
00:14:49,110 --> 00:14:47,279
into two parts

384
00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:49,120
one part a small one

385
00:14:52,629 --> 00:14:50,720
i don't know probably like twenty

386
00:14:55,189 --> 00:14:52,639
percent something that goes to them they

387
00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:55,199
gotta keep it that's their take

388
00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:56,240
and

389
00:14:59,430 --> 00:14:58,240
like a bigger part goes to their

390
00:15:02,550 --> 00:14:59,440
superior

391
00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:02,560
or the person in charge of the money

392
00:15:05,509 --> 00:15:04,480
you know these dealings in the police

393
00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:05,519
department

394
00:15:11,670 --> 00:15:08,480
and he has like he keeps

395
00:15:13,590 --> 00:15:11,680
he keeps records of everyone how much

396
00:15:15,670 --> 00:15:13,600
they bring in and stuff like that this

397
00:15:16,710 --> 00:15:15,680
you know it's just like um accountant

398
00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:16,720
basically

399
00:15:22,069 --> 00:15:19,760
and then uh that that bunch is split

400
00:15:25,430 --> 00:15:22,079
into different parts and you know like

401
00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:25,440
ten dollars go to let's say kgb

402
00:15:31,910 --> 00:15:27,760
five dollars go to state prosecution you

403
00:15:34,470 --> 00:15:31,920
know 10 15 20 goes to up to you know

404
00:15:37,430 --> 00:15:34,480
higher ups and uh to moscow some and

405
00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:37,440
stuff like that this is what i imagine

406
00:15:41,110 --> 00:15:39,360
that happens inside of a police

407
00:15:44,389 --> 00:15:41,120
department with that hundred dollars

408
00:15:46,629 --> 00:15:44,399
okay but let me tell you those guys

409
00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:46,639
who actually two hundred dollars their

410
00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:49,600
peons they don't have much to say

411
00:15:54,470 --> 00:15:53,120
and they are actually

412
00:15:56,310 --> 00:15:54,480
uh

413
00:15:57,910 --> 00:15:56,320
how do i say that

414
00:16:00,470 --> 00:15:57,920
hostages

415
00:16:03,110 --> 00:16:00,480
because they are given a job with a

416
00:16:06,629 --> 00:16:03,120
condition to bring in certain certain

417
00:16:08,470 --> 00:16:06,639
amount okay if you don't you get fired

418
00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:08,480
and if you if you don't look they make

419
00:16:12,150 --> 00:16:10,240
you quit and if you don't quit they put

420
00:16:13,749 --> 00:16:12,160
you in jail they they frame you for

421
00:16:14,949 --> 00:16:13,759
something that's very common in the

422
00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:14,959
police

423
00:16:19,269 --> 00:16:16,240
um

424
00:16:22,629 --> 00:16:19,279
so they yeah go ahead go ahead

425
00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:22,639
so they they uh are told they said okay

426
00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:24,160
you're gonna work

427
00:16:28,150 --> 00:16:26,320
on this road in this car this is gonna

428
00:16:30,629 --> 00:16:28,160
be your territory but you have to must

429
00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:30,639
bring in a certain amount whatever you

430
00:16:35,430 --> 00:16:33,040
bring over it you can keep okay that's

431
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:35,440
it but if you don't make enough take it

432
00:16:38,470 --> 00:16:36,639
out of your pocket

433
00:16:39,749 --> 00:16:38,480
so that's how it works

434
00:16:41,269 --> 00:16:39,759
and

435
00:16:43,110 --> 00:16:41,279
how does someone

436
00:16:45,590 --> 00:16:43,120
well it sounds to me like

437
00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:45,600
it as far as other things go other

438
00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:49,600
occupations go that possibly being

439
00:16:56,389 --> 00:16:53,120
being a policeman in russia is not a

440
00:16:59,269 --> 00:16:56,399
bad deal to make money is that do you ha

441
00:17:02,790 --> 00:16:59,279
is it hard to become a police officer

442
00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:02,800
uh it's really a very good position

443
00:17:07,669 --> 00:17:05,760
to be a patrol police officer in a

444
00:17:09,510 --> 00:17:07,679
patrol car deal because we have our

445
00:17:11,590 --> 00:17:09,520
police is different okay it's divided

446
00:17:13,029 --> 00:17:11,600
into divisions one division is

447
00:17:14,789 --> 00:17:13,039
responsible for

448
00:17:17,110 --> 00:17:14,799
operating on the roads

449
00:17:19,510 --> 00:17:17,120
another division is just like a regular

450
00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:19,520
police station you go like investigative

451
00:17:24,870 --> 00:17:22,640
department the you know

452
00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:24,880
detectives and things like that

453
00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:26,079
and it's

454
00:17:32,950 --> 00:17:27,280
very

455
00:17:35,590 --> 00:17:32,960
profitable to get into the division that

456
00:17:38,470 --> 00:17:35,600
is on the road controlling the traffic

457
00:17:39,510 --> 00:17:38,480
because that's all the money is

458
00:17:41,510 --> 00:17:39,520
um

459
00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:41,520
there are some positions in the police

460
00:17:48,310 --> 00:17:44,840
that do not bring any money that's uh

461
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:48,320
like pawns on the ground

462
00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:50,880
that deal with petty crimes uh you know

463
00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:52,720
when something happens to you like a

464
00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:54,240
burglary or something that you call

465
00:17:58,950 --> 00:17:56,880
police a police officer comes

466
00:18:01,350 --> 00:17:58,960
and those guys don't make much money

467
00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:01,360
because they have no leverage on you

468
00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:04,240
they are supposed to help you there are

469
00:18:08,549 --> 00:18:06,160
ways for them to make extra cash you

470
00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:08,559
know but it's not you know it's not the

471
00:18:11,669 --> 00:18:10,240
cash flow be cash flow you know what i

472
00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:11,679
mean

473
00:18:16,950 --> 00:18:14,400
so uh that's to answer your question

474
00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:16,960
yeah yeah thank you um i'll tell you

475
00:18:20,549 --> 00:18:18,240
another i mean i have a lot of

476
00:18:21,909 --> 00:18:20,559
situations and i just want to ask you

477
00:18:24,230 --> 00:18:21,919
you know about them

478
00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:24,240
and one of them is uh

479
00:18:27,430 --> 00:18:25,679
the same gentleman that was driving the

480
00:18:28,789 --> 00:18:27,440
car i was speaking about

481
00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:28,799
earlier

482
00:18:32,150 --> 00:18:29,919
uh

483
00:18:34,789 --> 00:18:32,160
what i wasn't there but this happened

484
00:18:36,710 --> 00:18:34,799
you know and he talked about it

485
00:18:38,630 --> 00:18:36,720
that his briefcase

486
00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:38,640
was stolen

487
00:18:43,830 --> 00:18:41,760
um he was at his garage with this car

488
00:18:45,590 --> 00:18:43,840
put his briefcase on the ground

489
00:18:46,789 --> 00:18:45,600
and it was stolen

490
00:18:47,590 --> 00:18:46,799
and

491
00:18:53,830 --> 00:18:47,600
he

492
00:18:55,750 --> 00:18:53,840
it not really monetary but very

493
00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:55,760
important papers for him

494
00:18:59,029 --> 00:18:57,760
in that and so he

495
00:19:01,909 --> 00:18:59,039
tried to get it back he called the

496
00:19:05,510 --> 00:19:01,919
police there was no they never showed up

497
00:19:07,990 --> 00:19:05,520
um so then he got a hold of um this is

498
00:19:09,510 --> 00:19:08,000
what he said the russian mafia he got a

499
00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:09,520
hold of the mafia

500
00:19:15,350 --> 00:19:12,480
and paid them a price and within one day

501
00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:15,360
that briefcase was back

502
00:19:20,549 --> 00:19:18,960
i believe that that's uh very common or

503
00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:20,559
they actually call you

504
00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:22,480
and they tell you listen we have your

505
00:19:26,630 --> 00:19:24,799
briefcase would you like to get it back

506
00:19:28,789 --> 00:19:26,640
and that's going to cost you this amount

507
00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:28,799
that happened to my uncle once

508
00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:31,280
he lost the wallet with the documents

509
00:19:36,549 --> 00:19:32,640
uh you know

510
00:19:37,990 --> 00:19:36,559
car car title and some documents and uh

511
00:19:39,669 --> 00:19:38,000
you know somebody called them up next

512
00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:39,679
day and said hey i found it would you

513
00:19:44,070 --> 00:19:41,440
like to get it back

514
00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:44,080
they met he gave the money and that's it

515
00:19:48,150 --> 00:19:46,640
but the police they considered a petty

516
00:19:49,510 --> 00:19:48,160
crime and

517
00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:49,520
there's another problem with russian

518
00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:51,840
police

519
00:19:58,150 --> 00:19:55,760
fault you know the officer's fault but

520
00:20:03,430 --> 00:19:58,160
the system is

521
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:03,440
uh it takes roots from the soviet union

522
00:20:06,870 --> 00:20:05,440
it's a score system

523
00:20:11,270 --> 00:20:06,880
i think that's the closest i can

524
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:13,750
excuse me um

525
00:20:18,789 --> 00:20:16,000
for example like every crime that

526
00:20:20,789 --> 00:20:18,799
happens is reported and there's a

527
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:20,799
criminal investigation

528
00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:24,400
and if that crime is solved the case is

529
00:20:26,470 --> 00:20:25,600
closed

530
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:26,480
then

531
00:20:31,510 --> 00:20:29,840
you know you get like one point

532
00:20:32,390 --> 00:20:31,520
and then uh

533
00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:32,400
as

534
00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:38,159
a certain amount of points and the

535
00:20:42,549 --> 00:20:40,640
entire police station and then in the

536
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:42,559
tight police department they also have

537
00:20:46,390 --> 00:20:43,919
to have points

538
00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:46,400
because that's for good statistics

539
00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:48,799
to show to moscow okay where the head

540
00:20:54,789 --> 00:20:51,280
police department is

541
00:20:58,149 --> 00:20:54,799
and that was a fact in the past

542
00:20:59,750 --> 00:20:58,159
and um the police was slammed for using

543
00:21:02,549 --> 00:20:59,760
the score system

544
00:21:03,669 --> 00:21:02,559
many times and i think putin himself uh

545
00:21:06,310 --> 00:21:03,679
you know

546
00:21:08,390 --> 00:21:06,320
said oh you shouldn't do that and

547
00:21:10,710 --> 00:21:08,400
officially they gave up this scoring

548
00:21:12,549 --> 00:21:10,720
system but from what i heard the

549
00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:12,559
disclaimer that's i'm not saying that

550
00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:14,320
i've just heard that they're still using

551
00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:16,559
it in in a few minutes i'm gonna give

552
00:21:18,390 --> 00:21:17,600
you the

553
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:18,400
the

554
00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:19,919
um well

555
00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:21,520
my take on that

556
00:21:24,870 --> 00:21:22,640
so

557
00:21:27,190 --> 00:21:24,880
you see if you call co-ops and you say

558
00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:27,200
hey listen something was stolen from me

559
00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:29,440
and they know they're not gonna find a

560
00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:31,200
person who stole

561
00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:33,520
then it looks bad on them because it

562
00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:35,679
worsens their statistics

563
00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:38,960
okay so they will try to put you off as

564
00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:41,120
much as they can not show up but you

565
00:21:45,350 --> 00:21:43,840
call or show up like the next day or

566
00:21:47,909 --> 00:21:45,360
talk you out of

567
00:21:48,630 --> 00:21:47,919
not take your paper when you write down

568
00:22:04,230 --> 00:21:48,640
i

569
00:22:06,310 --> 00:22:04,240
happens and you need to

570
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:06,320
you know you need police help

571
00:22:09,990 --> 00:22:07,919
then you can say guys

572
00:22:11,510 --> 00:22:10,000
please help me i'm going to be very

573
00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:11,520
thankful to you

574
00:22:14,149 --> 00:22:12,720
and they go

575
00:22:15,990 --> 00:22:14,159
okay

576
00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:16,000
and they really start working with you

577
00:22:20,870 --> 00:22:18,000
as they are supposed to

578
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,789
this is things started happening you

579
00:22:27,110 --> 00:22:24,559
know what i mean that's one of the ways

580
00:22:29,590 --> 00:22:27,120
to make some extra bucks for him

581
00:22:32,390 --> 00:22:29,600
yeah but you know what honestly

582
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:32,400
as a russian growing up in russia i mean

583
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:35,120
i don't i don't like russian police

584
00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:37,200
and

585
00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:42,000
never been are like

586
00:22:45,909 --> 00:22:43,440
here to help

587
00:22:48,070 --> 00:22:45,919
support and protect us but rather

588
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:48,080
they're protecting the government okay

589
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:51,039
and a lot of russians don't like them

590
00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:51,840
and

591
00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:56,000
he was teaching me i was like five years

592
00:22:59,430 --> 00:22:57,919
old and he was teaching me he was listen

593
00:23:01,750 --> 00:22:59,440
if you walk on the street and they see a

594
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:01,760
police policeman police officer coming

595
00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:04,240
to your way stop turn around cross the

596
00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:06,400
street and go on the other side of the

597
00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:08,880
street okay

598
00:23:11,430 --> 00:23:10,159
but

599
00:23:13,990 --> 00:23:11,440
i like

600
00:23:17,270 --> 00:23:14,000
i have to be honest with you i have not

601
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:17,280
run into major problems with the police

602
00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:19,919
i've been driving a car since i was 18

603
00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:22,400
and i've had so many situations on the

604
00:23:26,789 --> 00:23:23,679
road

605
00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:26,799
but there were only two instances where

606
00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:29,600
police officers pulled me over and were

607
00:23:33,270 --> 00:23:31,600
trying to extort money without any

608
00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:33,280
reason okay

609
00:23:38,149 --> 00:23:35,840
and it was actually funny i blew them

610
00:23:39,029 --> 00:23:38,159
off like you made it a joke

611
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:39,039
but

612
00:23:42,710 --> 00:23:41,440
like every time they would pull me over

613
00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:42,720
for a reason

614
00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:44,720
i'd break the rules and

615
00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:45,760
uh

616
00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:48,240
it was not like oh you know what

617
00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:50,240
you're clean but if you don't give us

618
00:23:54,230 --> 00:23:51,600
money we're gonna take your car we're

619
00:23:56,390 --> 00:23:54,240
gonna put you to jail never okay

620
00:23:57,350 --> 00:23:56,400
um they they could say

621
00:24:00,230 --> 00:23:57,360
listen

622
00:24:01,750 --> 00:24:00,240
you brought this rule you did and i i i

623
00:24:03,269 --> 00:24:01,760
would you know what i mean

624
00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:03,279
and

625
00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:05,039
sometimes most of the times now they

626
00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:06,880
have evidence because they have commerce

627
00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:08,080
in their cars

628
00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:12,320
and they would say uh well we can

629
00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:14,880
go the official way or we can come up

630
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:17,120
with something you know things like that

631
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:20,720
but there were always a reason behind

632
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:23,679
this negotiation it was always my fault

633
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:25,360
so coming back to the guy you were

634
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:27,520
talking about in the car who gave who

635
00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:30,240
was asked 500 bucks and ended up with

636
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:32,159
getting away with 20

637
00:24:38,390 --> 00:24:35,360
there must have been a reason

638
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:38,400
for them to stop him and well it doesn't

639
00:24:44,070 --> 00:24:40,880
have to be a reason for them to stop but

640
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:44,080
it's like a regular check okay

641
00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:45,919
once they find something on you for

642
00:24:50,310 --> 00:24:47,760
example you drive in a car without a

643
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:50,320
driver's license ho ho

644
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:53,200
you are our client that's what they say

645
00:24:58,630 --> 00:24:56,240
uh or you driving a car without

646
00:25:00,149 --> 00:24:58,640
not registered or without sticker or

647
00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:00,159
something like that you know what i mean

648
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:02,480
so there must be a reason or you are

649
00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:04,640
wanted by police like

650
00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:06,159
nationwide you committed a crime

651
00:25:11,029 --> 00:25:08,960
somewhere else things like that okay

652
00:25:14,310 --> 00:25:11,039
and another thing i'd like to

653
00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:14,320
stress that in moscow police is very

654
00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:16,559
different in moscow they get much more

655
00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:19,120
money their salary is much higher

656
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:22,080
and everything is controlled here

657
00:25:25,830 --> 00:25:24,000
uh meaning everything is recorded

658
00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:25,840
cameras everywhere microphones

659
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:28,320
everywhere and it's much more difficult

660
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:29,440
to them

661
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:31,039
to

662
00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:33,919
do something shady and uh

663
00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:36,400
so i would say moscow is very different

664
00:25:41,110 --> 00:25:38,080
from the rest of russia the rest of

665
00:25:44,149 --> 00:25:41,120
russia oh my god it's jungle out there

666
00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:44,159
yeah yeah i was uh

667
00:25:48,149 --> 00:25:47,120
well getting back to to that particular

668
00:25:50,710 --> 00:25:48,159
incident

669
00:25:53,350 --> 00:25:50,720
what he had done was the the

670
00:25:55,190 --> 00:25:53,360
police was right behind him really close

671
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:55,200
and he pulled over without using his

672
00:26:00,549 --> 00:25:57,760
blinker that's the only thing that i i

673
00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:00,559
think he said that's what the issue was

674
00:26:08,549 --> 00:26:01,520
no

675
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:08,559
very serious offense

676
00:26:12,230 --> 00:26:10,400
in moscow price tag

677
00:26:14,710 --> 00:26:12,240
uh price tag is different in moscow

678
00:26:17,830 --> 00:26:14,720
everything is ten times more expensive

679
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:17,840
yeah if you deal with the police but in

680
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:21,360
in the province in nawarasi's krasnodars

681
00:26:27,430 --> 00:26:24,240
uh much much cheaper so it's a very

682
00:26:29,029 --> 00:26:27,440
serious offense like he was probably

683
00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:29,039
you know driving

684
00:26:33,990 --> 00:26:32,000
drunk or he had a few drinks but i as i

685
00:26:34,630 --> 00:26:34,000
mentioned when i talked about the story

686
00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:34,640
is

687
00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:39,440
a great exaggerator

688
00:26:43,430 --> 00:26:41,600
so it could have been

689
00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:43,440
it could have been a hundred dollars it

690
00:26:49,269 --> 00:26:45,840
could have been fifty dollars and he but

691
00:26:50,789 --> 00:26:49,279
um i i never really knew anytime i heard

692
00:26:52,710 --> 00:26:50,799
a story from him

693
00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:52,720
as it was translated to me it was like

694
00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:54,559
hmm you know things were often

695
00:27:01,830 --> 00:26:57,760
exaggerated so i will i won't hold any

696
00:27:03,750 --> 00:27:01,840
credence to the the price being 500 but

697
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:03,760
but the whole thing did really really

698
00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:04,799
did

699
00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:07,600
upset me at the time and you know here's

700
00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:09,840
another question i have for you

701
00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:13,440
he only had american cash he was using

702
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:16,640
american cash i never saw him use too

703
00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:18,080
much russian

704
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:19,520
money when it came to especially when it

705
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:21,840
came to purchases like a car i went with

706
00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:23,679
him one time and he bought a car and he

707
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:25,440
had all-american

708
00:27:28,950 --> 00:27:26,640
cash

709
00:27:31,430 --> 00:27:28,960
um is that something pretty common that

710
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:31,440
russians use american cash

711
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:32,799
where was that

712
00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:38,789
uh yeah that's

713
00:27:43,430 --> 00:27:40,799
i see uh one of the comments that

714
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:43,440
russian uh cryptocurrency crypto ruble

715
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:46,000
is american dollar yeah

716
00:27:52,230 --> 00:27:49,840
uh very common you see

717
00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:52,240
when i when i moved back to russia back

718
00:27:59,190 --> 00:27:58,070
i was so shocked because

719
00:28:02,549 --> 00:27:59,200
dollar

720
00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:02,559
was uh in operation as much as ruble

721
00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:04,159
people at the time

722
00:28:12,630 --> 00:28:09,200
did not trust ruble because back in 1998

723
00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:12,640
the ruble devalued 400

724
00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:14,480
meaning you had like

725
00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:17,840
this amount in rubles that was worth 100

726
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:20,080
and you woke up next day next morning

727
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:21,919
and you had 25

728
00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:23,679
yeah like same amount of rubles but

729
00:28:28,470 --> 00:28:26,960
worth 25 dollars yes

730
00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:28,480
i talked to a lot of people that went

731
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:30,000
through that and lost their whole life

732
00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:31,440
savings

733
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:34,000
yes a lot of people lost tons of money

734
00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:36,240
you know four or five times imagine you

735
00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:40,640
just you have 500 bucks you wake up

736
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:43,600
then a lot of people um

737
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:46,640
they didn't trust rubles and

738
00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:49,520
dollar was free to buy and sell and

739
00:28:52,149 --> 00:28:50,720
operate

740
00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:52,159
and

741
00:28:56,830 --> 00:28:54,880
they use dollars a lot they still do as

742
00:28:58,789 --> 00:28:56,840
a means of protecting

743
00:29:02,230 --> 00:28:58,799
uh

744
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:02,240
protecting well their savings

745
00:29:07,269 --> 00:29:04,720
it's like extra security but you see

746
00:29:09,350 --> 00:29:07,279
ruble hasn't been devalued in

747
00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:09,360
20 plus years

748
00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:10,960
and um

749
00:29:16,230 --> 00:29:13,760
the fate of dollar is unclear in my eyes

750
00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:16,240
right now i think the dollar will be

751
00:29:20,230 --> 00:29:18,720
devaluing like going through big

752
00:29:22,950 --> 00:29:20,240
inflation in the united states and it's

753
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:22,960
going to be devalued quite a bit soon

754
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:25,760
um but people still do that they still

755
00:29:30,549 --> 00:29:27,840
have

756
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:30,559
amounts of dollars when they buy

757
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:33,120
apartments big purchases cars

758
00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:35,840
but you cannot pay with dollars at

759
00:29:40,149 --> 00:29:38,559
stores at coffee shops for services and

760
00:29:42,070 --> 00:29:40,159
stuff like that you used to be able to

761
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:42,080
do that but not anymore i think they

762
00:29:48,549 --> 00:29:46,320
made a law in 2005 that banned using

763
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:48,559
like taking dollar as the mean of

764
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:50,799
payment

765
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:52,960
i think if you go if you go to like

766
00:29:56,470 --> 00:29:54,720
official store but unofficially of

767
00:29:58,389 --> 00:29:56,480
course you can you know you can pay with

768
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:58,399
dollars

769
00:30:03,350 --> 00:29:59,360
when you're

770
00:30:05,110 --> 00:30:03,360
uh i i when i was there the last time

771
00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:05,120
uh when i was there for two months

772
00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:08,880
straight i wanted to rent a car

773
00:30:14,549 --> 00:30:12,000
and travel to belarus or something like

774
00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:14,559
that you know just to just to travel and

775
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:16,640
to check it out on my own and i was

776
00:30:19,909 --> 00:30:18,240
warned by

777
00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:19,919
my friend there that said you don't want

778
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:22,000
to do that you're going to get pulled

779
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:24,880
over they'll spot you from a mile away

780
00:30:31,269 --> 00:30:27,760
like you're a tourist and you can get in

781
00:30:33,350 --> 00:30:31,279
all kinds of trouble and uh and

782
00:30:35,830 --> 00:30:33,360
and she also said that there's

783
00:30:38,149 --> 00:30:35,840
um us i don't know exactly what the term

784
00:30:40,149 --> 00:30:38,159
of it but there's like road pirates

785
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:40,159
that will pull you over in the middle of

786
00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:41,360
nowhere

787
00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:44,080
is that really something to worry about

788
00:30:48,470 --> 00:30:46,480
yeah it's like those weird guys

789
00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:48,480
uh straight out of moving mad max you

790
00:30:52,130 --> 00:30:50,559
know roman russian roads everywhere and

791
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:52,140
the scars

792
00:30:56,070 --> 00:30:54,320
[Music]

793
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:56,080
immediately they will drink you out and

794
00:31:00,789 --> 00:30:58,320
make their slave you know they have this

795
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:00,799
special encampment for americans who

796
00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:02,880
they catch on the roads and bring his

797
00:31:10,630 --> 00:31:08,710
no this is this is this is very strange

798
00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:10,640
uh i've never heard anything like that

799
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:12,799
your friend could have been joking you

800
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:14,799
see in russia yeah

801
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:15,600
yeah

802
00:31:19,509 --> 00:31:17,760
or just didn't want me to didn't want me

803
00:31:22,230 --> 00:31:19,519
to have the freedom that's probably what

804
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:22,240
it was yes yes in russia we have a

805
00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:25,039
saying you see this tea is not hot okay

806
00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:27,120
it's it's been sitting here for like

807
00:31:31,509 --> 00:31:29,600
half an hour it's warm lukewarm

808
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:31,519
but in russia

809
00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:34,320
they say oh you've been so extra careful

810
00:31:39,590 --> 00:31:37,760
that you blowing on cold water

811
00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:39,600
you know just to make

812
00:31:44,230 --> 00:31:41,679
like make sure that this water is not

813
00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:44,240
hot you know what i mean so yeah if that

814
00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:47,200
person was serious then she or he was

815
00:31:53,509 --> 00:31:49,760
blowing over cold water

816
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:53,519
uh meaning being extra paranoid

817
00:31:56,470 --> 00:31:54,720
and

818
00:31:59,509 --> 00:31:56,480
perhaps there was another reason

819
00:32:01,830 --> 00:31:59,519
although i must notice that mention that

820
00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:01,840
uh things like that did happen in the

821
00:32:07,029 --> 00:32:04,799
90s when mafia was rampant

822
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:07,039
there was business you would go to

823
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:08,320
belarus

824
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:10,640
russia and buy a car because cars cost

825
00:32:17,389 --> 00:32:13,200
there twice as little okay and you will

826
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,399
drive it to russia then in like 1993

827
00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:19,519
1994 you know

828
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:21,519
uh they would pull you over and they

829
00:32:25,669 --> 00:32:23,760
will just clean whatever cash you had

830
00:32:26,549 --> 00:32:25,679
they would take it and perhaps they

831
00:32:32,149 --> 00:32:26,559
couldn't

832
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:32,159
but those i mean it was like over 20

833
00:32:37,509 --> 00:32:33,200
years ago

834
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:37,519
absolutely safe

835
00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:40,720
i traveled to belarus by car i traveled

836
00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:43,600
i regularly from

837
00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:47,120
moscow to rostov where my second home is

838
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:49,760
uh it's not in krasnodarski cry not near

839
00:32:54,870 --> 00:32:52,080
nowhere east it's about

840
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:54,880
four hour drive from now receive okay

841
00:33:02,470 --> 00:32:57,840
it's it's rust off not grassland

842
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:02,480
um i drove to saint petersburg to

843
00:33:06,789 --> 00:33:03,360
where

844
00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:06,799
all over russia oh i drove i drove um

845
00:33:12,149 --> 00:33:09,760
to georgia the country of georgia

846
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:12,159
back into 2015

847
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:14,159
and

848
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:17,679
the only problem that i get is

849
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:19,760
gasoline is too expensive

850
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:26,789
so let's talk about what happened

851
00:33:30,789 --> 00:33:27,919
in

852
00:33:34,870 --> 00:33:30,799
what was it like prior to 1991 and then

853
00:33:37,669 --> 00:33:34,880
1991 when the soviet union basically

854
00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:37,679
fell or whatever you want to call it uh

855
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:40,000
what were the i know there was a big

856
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:41,360
adjustment

857
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:43,600
and uh my friend's father was involved

858
00:33:46,710 --> 00:33:45,200
in the communist party

859
00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:46,720
life was really good and then all of a

860
00:33:50,789 --> 00:33:49,039
sudden life changed so what was that

861
00:33:52,389 --> 00:33:50,799
like how old were you then do you

862
00:33:55,029 --> 00:33:52,399
remember that happening

863
00:33:57,110 --> 00:33:55,039
martin i actually made a video about

864
00:33:59,430 --> 00:33:57,120
that i have not uploaded because i

865
00:34:01,350 --> 00:33:59,440
wanted to redo that again i'm not

866
00:34:04,389 --> 00:34:01,360
satisfied with the result but i remember

867
00:34:05,350 --> 00:34:04,399
it's so clear as it was yesterday

868
00:34:07,110 --> 00:34:05,360
uh

869
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:07,120
you see i i hear a lot of people

870
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:09,280
complaining about oh we're going through

871
00:34:13,109 --> 00:34:11,359
such change in russia and the united

872
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:13,119
states the entire world is growing

873
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:14,960
through change well i tell you what you

874
00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:17,280
guys have not since you have not seen

875
00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:18,560
change

876
00:34:23,990 --> 00:34:21,919
we have seen in the soviet union when

877
00:34:26,790 --> 00:34:24,000
you you you live in one country you wake

878
00:34:28,069 --> 00:34:26,800
up and the next morning literally the

879
00:34:30,149 --> 00:34:28,079
three days

880
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,159
you know next morning

881
00:34:34,629 --> 00:34:32,159
everything that you had believed in

882
00:34:36,869 --> 00:34:34,639
everything you you had thought was

883
00:34:39,349 --> 00:34:36,879
right turns out to be

884
00:34:40,389 --> 00:34:39,359
fake and wrong and then

885
00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:40,399
just

886
00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:42,560
hell breaks loose okay

887
00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:45,679
uh the entire system was like broken in

888
00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:48,320
this complete chaos everywhere and

889
00:34:54,069 --> 00:34:51,599
there's new people running your country

890
00:34:55,270 --> 00:34:54,079
and that was crazy it was absolutely

891
00:34:57,109 --> 00:34:55,280
insane

892
00:34:58,310 --> 00:34:57,119
i do not believe well

893
00:35:05,270 --> 00:34:58,320
i

894
00:35:06,790 --> 00:35:05,280
was

895
00:35:08,390 --> 00:35:06,800
not so good

896
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:08,400
so i don't know what your reality was

897
00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:11,280
saying perhaps he was a higher up in the

898
00:35:14,950 --> 00:35:14,160
communist party for them life was better

899
00:35:16,390 --> 00:35:14,960
but

900
00:35:19,349 --> 00:35:16,400
for regular folks

901
00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:19,359
life was not good actually the result of

902
00:35:23,349 --> 00:35:21,280
life not being good was the breakup of

903
00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:23,359
soviet union people couldn't stand it

904
00:35:26,790 --> 00:35:25,440
anymore okay

905
00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:26,800
literally we have we're having

906
00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:28,480
breadlines

907
00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:29,520
you know

908
00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:32,560
so i remember clearly

909
00:35:36,790 --> 00:35:34,160
wow well

910
00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:36,800
yeah um yeah i i have talked to

911
00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:38,560
the one person that i met that was a

912
00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:40,720
local she was a tennis player

913
00:35:45,349 --> 00:35:43,200
and she said that she really liked the

914
00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:45,359
change when it happened um now i know

915
00:35:48,470 --> 00:35:46,480
there's

916
00:35:50,710 --> 00:35:48,480
the one thing that

917
00:35:53,349 --> 00:35:50,720
changed that was not so good is there

918
00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:53,359
used to be really good food regulation

919
00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:55,200
and that the regulations kind of went

920
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:56,480
out the window

921
00:36:05,349 --> 00:36:03,349
that's a popular belief

922
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:05,359
and i don't know

923
00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:08,480
because there are two opinions okay i'm

924
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:09,359
not

925
00:36:15,109 --> 00:36:12,560
that topic

926
00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:15,119
um some people are saying exactly what

927
00:36:18,230 --> 00:36:16,320
you just said

928
00:36:20,150 --> 00:36:18,240
that

929
00:36:21,349 --> 00:36:20,160
in russia the regulations the the

930
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:21,359
standards

931
00:36:26,870 --> 00:36:25,760
of for food production is called ghost

932
00:36:28,550 --> 00:36:26,880
okay

933
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:28,560
uh and

934
00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:31,760
the ghosts in soviet union and they were

935
00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:34,079
ghosts well there are ghosts here in

936
00:36:45,910 --> 00:36:42,950
from another another opinion uh it's not

937
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:45,920
so popular as the first one

938
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:47,920
another opinion

939
00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:54,230
all these additives okay all that

940
00:36:58,630 --> 00:36:56,400
chemicals that

941
00:37:00,950 --> 00:36:58,640
they started adding into food

942
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:00,960
were created and researched in this in

943
00:37:05,270 --> 00:37:04,160
the ussr in the 70s because the ussr

944
00:37:07,990 --> 00:37:05,280
faced

945
00:37:09,670 --> 00:37:08,000
started facing food shortages in the

946
00:37:11,190 --> 00:37:09,680
late 70s

947
00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:11,200
so to make

948
00:37:17,510 --> 00:37:14,240
food stretch they started coming up with

949
00:37:19,829 --> 00:37:17,520
the ways to add something into food

950
00:37:22,870 --> 00:37:19,839
you know to create more volume for

951
00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:22,880
example i know that for fact that you

952
00:37:26,550 --> 00:37:25,040
know the baloney

953
00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:26,560
the sausage

954
00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:29,680
okay in the ussr they came out with a

955
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:33,200
technology they would put toilet paper

956
00:37:38,310 --> 00:37:36,640
pulp paper into bologna that would

957
00:37:41,910 --> 00:37:38,320
make more volume

958
00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:41,920
same thing as hot dogs hot dogs 100

959
00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:44,880
that's true okay and it was written in

960
00:37:47,270 --> 00:37:46,240
the standard

961
00:37:49,750 --> 00:37:47,280
okay

962
00:37:50,390 --> 00:37:49,760
um then they started putting additives

963
00:37:57,910 --> 00:37:50,400
to

964
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:57,920
but

965
00:38:07,430 --> 00:37:58,640
so

966
00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:09,589
whoops we seem to have a frozen screen

967
00:38:13,589 --> 00:38:10,800
here

968
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:13,599
i'm not sure exactly what's happened

969
00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:15,040
but i'll

970
00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:18,560
see i can do here we might have to

971
00:38:21,430 --> 00:38:20,000
uh

972
00:38:22,790 --> 00:38:21,440
might have to take him out and bring him

973
00:38:25,510 --> 00:38:22,800
back in

974
00:38:28,230 --> 00:38:25,520
uh so those of you in chat lee just uh

975
00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:28,240
joined thank you uh great to see you lee

976
00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:29,839
up in canada

977
00:38:35,829 --> 00:38:32,880
um all right so i

978
00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:35,839
am going to see what happened there

979
00:38:42,470 --> 00:38:40,790
we don't know what happened to him

980
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:42,480
i hope this isn't the end of the show i

981
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:44,880
have so many more questions to ask him

982
00:38:49,750 --> 00:38:46,960
so thank you for being in chat and uh

983
00:38:52,310 --> 00:38:49,760
please be patient hopefully um he will

984
00:38:54,150 --> 00:38:52,320
come right back in he popped out he's

985
00:38:56,069 --> 00:38:54,160
gonna

986
00:38:58,230 --> 00:38:56,079
hopefully he didn't lose internet that's

987
00:38:59,589 --> 00:38:58,240
the thing we never want to happen

988
00:39:02,310 --> 00:38:59,599
but

989
00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:02,320
yeah it's uh it was certainly

990
00:39:08,150 --> 00:39:05,280
interesting for me traveling to russia

991
00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:08,160
um the four times that i did and

992
00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:10,560
you know it's really uh let's see if i i

993
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:12,560
did take a couple of pictures and put a

994
00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:15,200
couple and here's here i am wearing the

995
00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:18,560
podcast ufo t-shirt i'm in some little

996
00:39:21,109 --> 00:39:19,599
uh

997
00:39:23,990 --> 00:39:21,119
i know it looks bavarian but it's

998
00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:24,000
russian little russian town i can't

999
00:39:27,430 --> 00:39:26,240
remember exactly where that was

1000
00:39:29,109 --> 00:39:27,440
uh

1001
00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:29,119
grocery stores

1002
00:39:32,630 --> 00:39:31,280
here's uh you can see the writing over

1003
00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:32,640
there on the side of the wall and the

1004
00:39:36,870 --> 00:39:34,800
signs um so

1005
00:39:39,670 --> 00:39:36,880
one of the things i noticed about a lot

1006
00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:39,680
of the grocery stores they're not

1007
00:39:43,430 --> 00:39:41,599
really stores

1008
00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:43,440
that we're used to

1009
00:39:46,470 --> 00:39:45,359
you had to go

1010
00:39:48,870 --> 00:39:46,480
to

1011
00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:48,880
the butcher if you wanted meats you had

1012
00:39:54,230 --> 00:39:51,680
to go to the baker if you wanted breads

1013
00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:54,240
for this concept of a grocery store

1014
00:39:58,550 --> 00:39:57,440
where there's a variety of things in

1015
00:39:59,589 --> 00:39:58,560
uh

1016
00:40:00,870 --> 00:39:59,599
is not

1017
00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:00,880
something that

1018
00:40:05,990 --> 00:40:03,040
had been around for a long time in the

1019
00:40:08,470 --> 00:40:06,000
area that i was visiting the most part i

1020
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:08,480
think he's coming back in

1021
00:40:12,870 --> 00:40:10,960
oh you're back so i was just uh i kept

1022
00:40:14,790 --> 00:40:12,880
this going i was talking about you know

1023
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:14,800
being in a grocery store how the grocery

1024
00:40:18,230 --> 00:40:15,760
stores

1025
00:40:20,390 --> 00:40:18,240
initially uh there wasn't such a thing

1026
00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:20,400
basically you went to the butcher you

1027
00:40:25,349 --> 00:40:22,960
went and you got bread at the bakery you

1028
00:40:27,430 --> 00:40:25,359
know it wasn't all housed in one place

1029
00:40:29,589 --> 00:40:27,440
for the most part but uh now that you're

1030
00:40:31,349 --> 00:40:29,599
back uh you know i can't even remember

1031
00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:31,359
because i had to keep this going exactly

1032
00:40:34,069 --> 00:40:32,880
what you were in mid-sentence do you

1033
00:40:37,030 --> 00:40:34,079
remember what you were talking about i

1034
00:40:38,950 --> 00:40:37,040
was of course i'm sorry that must be kgb

1035
00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:38,960
or police going after me they heard i

1036
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:41,200
was you know yes badmouthing police and

1037
00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:43,040
they're like oh we're gonna we're gonna

1038
00:40:47,910 --> 00:40:44,960
do something about it or the men in

1039
00:40:50,349 --> 00:40:47,920
black yeah yeah

1040
00:40:54,150 --> 00:40:50,359
yeah man and uh red blue and

1041
00:40:56,309 --> 00:40:54,160
and white um i was talking about that

1042
00:40:58,390 --> 00:40:56,319
this crossing of the industries the

1043
00:41:00,950 --> 00:40:58,400
chemical industry and the food industry

1044
00:41:03,910 --> 00:41:00,960
that happened in the ussr you know what

1045
00:41:06,950 --> 00:41:03,920
i mean uh the roots at least the roots

1046
00:41:10,390 --> 00:41:06,960
are on the ussr

1047
00:41:11,349 --> 00:41:10,400
um like by trade i built power stations

1048
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:11,359
and

1049
00:41:18,069 --> 00:41:15,920
been offering lots of small power

1050
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:18,079
stations independent power supplies for

1051
00:41:21,910 --> 00:41:20,400
manufacturers and one of our segments is

1052
00:41:25,430 --> 00:41:21,920
agriculture

1053
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:25,440
large large food plants food processors

1054
00:41:30,550 --> 00:41:27,839
uh owned by the russian companies and

1055
00:41:32,309 --> 00:41:30,560
the the western companies you know

1056
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:32,319
mostly owned by the western companies

1057
00:41:35,430 --> 00:41:33,920
but

1058
00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:35,440
they trying to install their own

1059
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:37,440
electricity because becoming too too

1060
00:41:43,190 --> 00:41:39,680
expensive to buy from the government so

1061
00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:43,200
i've been going around different uh

1062
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:46,240
milk plants you know cheese plants and

1063
00:41:50,390 --> 00:41:48,240
meat plants meat processors and stuff

1064
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:50,400
like that and talking to them

1065
00:41:53,990 --> 00:41:52,000
and

1066
00:41:56,069 --> 00:41:54,000
they were telling me that they actually

1067
00:41:58,790 --> 00:41:56,079
like people who produce the food in

1068
00:42:00,870 --> 00:41:58,800
russia they eat the food the very same

1069
00:42:03,109 --> 00:42:00,880
food so it's safe

1070
00:42:06,230 --> 00:42:03,119
it does have some chemicals

1071
00:42:07,270 --> 00:42:06,240
but uh they're saying it's too expensive

1072
00:42:09,430 --> 00:42:07,280
if you

1073
00:42:11,430 --> 00:42:09,440
put too much chemicals you have to buy

1074
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:11,440
them and they're they're expensive it's

1075
00:42:15,349 --> 00:42:12,640
cheaper to

1076
00:42:16,870 --> 00:42:15,359
use like more financial products i'm not

1077
00:42:18,950 --> 00:42:16,880
sure whether i believe it or not but

1078
00:42:21,910 --> 00:42:18,960
that's a popular opinion among the

1079
00:42:24,390 --> 00:42:21,920
manufacturers here in russia

1080
00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:24,400
interesting so i i have to tell you this

1081
00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:27,520
um this uh friend of mine

1082
00:42:33,109 --> 00:42:30,400
recently sold a couple years ago sold

1083
00:42:36,150 --> 00:42:33,119
his boat yard in miami

1084
00:42:37,670 --> 00:42:36,160
he worked on on major boats and yachts

1085
00:42:39,430 --> 00:42:37,680
a yacht came in

1086
00:42:42,069 --> 00:42:39,440
the yacht was

1087
00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:42,079
owned by a russian oligarch

1088
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:45,200
and this yacht had like an army on it

1089
00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:47,200
some type of army wasn't like an army

1090
00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:49,280
but it was they're all in uniform they

1091
00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:51,280
were had something to do with russia i'm

1092
00:42:56,550 --> 00:42:53,440
not sure exactly what they were

1093
00:42:59,430 --> 00:42:56,560
this yacht was so expensive

1094
00:43:01,109 --> 00:42:59,440
it had an escape submarine that could go

1095
00:43:03,430 --> 00:43:01,119
out from the bottom

1096
00:43:06,870 --> 00:43:03,440
had an elevator it had i forget exactly

1097
00:43:10,550 --> 00:43:06,880
how how big this thing was um and it had

1098
00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:10,560
also like weaponry of uh audio weapons

1099
00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:12,880
so like it could blast out these sounds

1100
00:43:17,430 --> 00:43:14,960
that were so loud that it was if anyone

1101
00:43:20,309 --> 00:43:17,440
went to board them they would be blown

1102
00:43:23,430 --> 00:43:20,319
away by the the audio i'm not sure

1103
00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:23,440
exactly what that's called but um

1104
00:43:27,670 --> 00:43:24,720
the point i'm getting at you just

1105
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:27,680
mentioned power companies

1106
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:29,440
supposedly

1107
00:43:33,910 --> 00:43:31,760
from someone that my friend spoke to

1108
00:43:35,670 --> 00:43:33,920
very quietly about it

1109
00:43:38,870 --> 00:43:35,680
his rise to

1110
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:38,880
great wealth was being a friend of

1111
00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:43,119
putin's and getting a few dollars off of

1112
00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:45,920
each electric bill or had something to

1113
00:43:50,069 --> 00:43:47,680
do with the electric company he'd get

1114
00:43:52,950 --> 00:43:50,079
little teeny bits that added up to

1115
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:52,960
billions of american dollars

1116
00:43:58,150 --> 00:43:55,200
is and he never got to see the family at

1117
00:44:00,390 --> 00:43:58,160
all they never were on the boat just the

1118
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:00,400
uh just the captain of the boat and and

1119
00:44:04,870 --> 00:44:02,400
the people that were piloting it but he

1120
00:44:06,829 --> 00:44:04,880
said there was a pretty big crew on the

1121
00:44:09,829 --> 00:44:06,839
boat and they were all in

1122
00:44:12,230 --> 00:44:09,839
uniform is that surprising any any type

1123
00:44:14,470 --> 00:44:12,240
of way to do any of that no not not

1124
00:44:17,030 --> 00:44:14,480
surprising i'm not surprised whatsoever

1125
00:44:18,870 --> 00:44:17,040
that's how things work in russia

1126
00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:18,880
you see russians uh

1127
00:44:23,030 --> 00:44:20,960
i'm not gonna call the names but

1128
00:44:25,190 --> 00:44:23,040
the higher-ups they have access to

1129
00:44:28,390 --> 00:44:25,200
russia's resources

1130
00:44:31,270 --> 00:44:28,400
and they're basically funneling money

1131
00:44:33,190 --> 00:44:31,280
to overseas to cyprus

1132
00:44:35,349 --> 00:44:33,200
you know british virgin islands to the

1133
00:44:36,950 --> 00:44:35,359
offshore zones

1134
00:44:40,309 --> 00:44:36,960
and um

1135
00:44:41,510 --> 00:44:40,319
that's exactly what probably is uh the

1136
00:44:44,230 --> 00:44:41,520
guy gets

1137
00:44:46,790 --> 00:44:44,240
his stake out of every single dollar

1138
00:44:48,630 --> 00:44:46,800
that we paid to the utility company

1139
00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:48,640
uh

1140
00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:50,240
probably gets 10

1141
00:44:54,069 --> 00:44:52,160
amounts to billions and billions of

1142
00:44:58,069 --> 00:44:54,079
dollars and then

1143
00:45:01,670 --> 00:44:58,079
he his family lives probably in london

1144
00:45:02,829 --> 00:45:01,680
or in miami he has a few yachts uh he

1145
00:45:05,990 --> 00:45:02,839
has

1146
00:45:07,990 --> 00:45:06,000
huge uh security companies services from

1147
00:45:10,230 --> 00:45:08,000
all the time and so that's how it works

1148
00:45:11,910 --> 00:45:10,240
in russia basically

1149
00:45:13,349 --> 00:45:11,920
and um

1150
00:45:15,270 --> 00:45:13,359
so

1151
00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:15,280
one of the things uh you know i'd like

1152
00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:17,680
to to ask you and just hear

1153
00:45:22,230 --> 00:45:20,160
your opinion of it i i've also

1154
00:45:23,910 --> 00:45:22,240
understand that a lot of

1155
00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:23,920
there's a lot of propaganda when it

1156
00:45:28,150 --> 00:45:26,400
comes to the news there uh that the most

1157
00:45:31,109 --> 00:45:28,160
of the news stations are

1158
00:45:33,510 --> 00:45:31,119
somehow linked to or

1159
00:45:35,349 --> 00:45:33,520
owned by the very top

1160
00:45:37,589 --> 00:45:35,359
uh so

1161
00:45:42,470 --> 00:45:37,599
what and when you're in russia what do

1162
00:45:47,910 --> 00:45:44,309
yeah

1163
00:45:49,510 --> 00:45:47,920
uh well this book consists of two parts

1164
00:45:51,030 --> 00:45:49,520
the first part is

1165
00:45:53,430 --> 00:45:51,040
the stations and the media are

1166
00:45:55,349 --> 00:45:53,440
controlled by the government

1167
00:45:58,470 --> 00:45:55,359
or owned by the government

1168
00:46:02,069 --> 00:45:58,480
you see it's not owned by the government

1169
00:46:03,030 --> 00:46:02,079
per se but it's controlled by people

1170
00:46:08,150 --> 00:46:03,040
who

1171
00:46:09,270 --> 00:46:08,160
chance a right to control these

1172
00:46:11,829 --> 00:46:09,280
companies

1173
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:11,839
and these people probably the ones who

1174
00:46:16,550 --> 00:46:14,240
have yachts in miami

1175
00:46:20,950 --> 00:46:18,069
so that's

1176
00:46:24,230 --> 00:46:20,960
that's pretty much it uh

1177
00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:24,240
close to 100 percent of media is in

1178
00:46:31,030 --> 00:46:29,190
a disclaimer okay i can say very

1179
00:46:33,990 --> 00:46:31,040
obedient

1180
00:46:35,270 --> 00:46:34,000
um

1181
00:46:37,030 --> 00:46:35,280
[Music]

1182
00:46:39,990 --> 00:46:37,040
we do not hear

1183
00:46:44,470 --> 00:46:40,000
much about alexey navalny anymore

1184
00:46:47,990 --> 00:46:44,480
uh the last surge of activity was

1185
00:46:49,109 --> 00:46:48,000
about a year ago when we had protests

1186
00:46:51,430 --> 00:46:49,119
uh

1187
00:46:53,829 --> 00:46:51,440
at the end of the year well before the

1188
00:46:57,829 --> 00:46:53,839
new year after right after

1189
00:47:00,150 --> 00:46:57,839
and the last protest was in

1190
00:47:03,910 --> 00:47:00,160
late march and actually went and i

1191
00:47:05,270 --> 00:47:03,920
filmed in this video on my channel

1192
00:47:07,910 --> 00:47:05,280
uh

1193
00:47:10,390 --> 00:47:07,920
as you know he returned to russia

1194
00:47:11,990 --> 00:47:10,400
a year ago and he was arrested

1195
00:47:14,309 --> 00:47:12,000
right on the plane

1196
00:47:17,670 --> 00:47:14,319
and he was sentenced to a few years and

1197
00:47:19,109 --> 00:47:17,680
he's serving his serving time right now

1198
00:47:21,510 --> 00:47:19,119
um

1199
00:47:22,870 --> 00:47:21,520
so he was like talk of russia for quite

1200
00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:22,880
some time

1201
00:47:27,030 --> 00:47:24,640
but then all of a sudden

1202
00:47:28,309 --> 00:47:27,040
all information about him just boom

1203
00:47:29,750 --> 00:47:28,319
disappeared

1204
00:47:31,190 --> 00:47:29,760
and the official position of the

1205
00:47:33,589 --> 00:47:31,200
government is like

1206
00:47:37,109 --> 00:47:33,599
what is there to talk about the guy was

1207
00:47:40,150 --> 00:47:37,119
found guilty by a court russian court

1208
00:47:42,470 --> 00:47:40,160
the most fair court in the world

1209
00:47:45,270 --> 00:47:42,480
uh most honest court in the world you

1210
00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:45,280
know and he was sentenced and he's

1211
00:47:49,510 --> 00:47:47,440
serving time what is there to talk about

1212
00:47:52,630 --> 00:47:49,520
okay he's a criminal and the criminal

1213
00:47:56,150 --> 00:47:52,640
must be put in jail

1214
00:48:00,390 --> 00:47:56,160
and of course there are some

1215
00:48:03,430 --> 00:48:00,400
very few independent media outlets left

1216
00:48:06,630 --> 00:48:03,440
and by the way uh in the last six months

1217
00:48:09,510 --> 00:48:06,640
russia has gone through a huge huge

1218
00:48:11,990 --> 00:48:09,520
change of the landscape media landscape

1219
00:48:14,390 --> 00:48:12,000
because before they were some

1220
00:48:15,910 --> 00:48:14,400
like for example independently operated

1221
00:48:18,710 --> 00:48:15,920
websites

1222
00:48:20,390 --> 00:48:18,720
okay and they were just

1223
00:48:22,309 --> 00:48:20,400
out there to

1224
00:48:23,990 --> 00:48:22,319
say whatever they want spread whatever

1225
00:48:25,430 --> 00:48:24,000
they wanted to spread whatever the

1226
00:48:26,790 --> 00:48:25,440
whatever information they wanted to

1227
00:48:27,910 --> 00:48:26,800
spread okay

1228
00:48:29,030 --> 00:48:27,920
but

1229
00:48:30,309 --> 00:48:29,040
they were

1230
00:48:33,510 --> 00:48:30,319
a few laws

1231
00:48:34,790 --> 00:48:33,520
created inside into existence a few

1232
00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:34,800
months ago

1233
00:48:39,990 --> 00:48:36,800
that would

1234
00:48:40,950 --> 00:48:40,000
well they they the laws gave the

1235
00:48:42,390 --> 00:48:40,960
state

1236
00:48:44,470 --> 00:48:42,400
the ability

1237
00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:44,480
to label

1238
00:48:46,630 --> 00:48:45,599
any

1239
00:48:49,589 --> 00:48:46,640
uh

1240
00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:49,599
media outlet any physical person just

1241
00:48:52,470 --> 00:48:51,760
person like myself you know any any of

1242
00:48:57,270 --> 00:48:52,480
us

1243
00:48:58,390 --> 00:48:57,280
of enemy

1244
00:49:02,790 --> 00:48:58,400
if

1245
00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:02,800
anyone gets financing from

1246
00:49:08,150 --> 00:49:05,119
from abroad not from russia for example

1247
00:49:09,750 --> 00:49:08,160
a donation of one dollar made from

1248
00:49:12,069 --> 00:49:09,760
abroad to

1249
00:49:13,910 --> 00:49:12,079
to uh i don't know paypal or to a bank

1250
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:13,920
account

1251
00:49:18,470 --> 00:49:16,400
from a person you don't even know okay

1252
00:49:21,990 --> 00:49:18,480
then the russian government can come in

1253
00:49:25,349 --> 00:49:22,000
and say oh oh you are an agent of an

1254
00:49:28,230 --> 00:49:25,359
enemy or enemy state because you

1255
00:49:30,470 --> 00:49:28,240
uh are getting financed by

1256
00:49:32,390 --> 00:49:30,480
someone we don't know we don't know your

1257
00:49:34,230 --> 00:49:32,400
intentions and

1258
00:49:37,589 --> 00:49:34,240
there are so many regulations you fall

1259
00:49:39,990 --> 00:49:37,599
into meaning you have to

1260
00:49:43,030 --> 00:49:40,000
go through a scrutiny of

1261
00:49:45,109 --> 00:49:43,040
giving every single income source of

1262
00:49:48,309 --> 00:49:45,119
income to the russian government you

1263
00:49:49,910 --> 00:49:48,319
must create like a form you must report

1264
00:49:52,710 --> 00:49:49,920
every three months

1265
00:49:54,870 --> 00:49:52,720
uh for every single ruble that you spend

1266
00:49:56,710 --> 00:49:54,880
including your food expenses you know

1267
00:49:59,510 --> 00:49:56,720
your restaurants anything like everyday

1268
00:50:02,470 --> 00:49:59,520
life expenses and they they put you

1269
00:50:04,230 --> 00:50:02,480
under a microscope and that's it's so

1270
00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:04,240
difficult for

1271
00:50:09,270 --> 00:50:07,280
uh a company who relies on selling

1272
00:50:11,349 --> 00:50:09,280
commercials for example

1273
00:50:14,069 --> 00:50:11,359
uh you know in the west

1274
00:50:16,630 --> 00:50:14,079
and getting money from google ads okay

1275
00:50:20,630 --> 00:50:16,640
it's so difficult because

1276
00:50:23,510 --> 00:50:20,640
they must uh like state in large letters

1277
00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:23,520
before they put any information

1278
00:50:27,670 --> 00:50:25,599
this information is provided by the

1279
00:50:29,910 --> 00:50:27,680
agent of an enemy according to this

1280
00:50:33,190 --> 00:50:29,920
decree from this date and stuff like

1281
00:50:34,870 --> 00:50:33,200
that you know so basically these laws

1282
00:50:37,349 --> 00:50:34,880
have made

1283
00:50:38,549 --> 00:50:37,359
life extremely difficult for independent

1284
00:50:40,790 --> 00:50:38,559
media

1285
00:50:43,030 --> 00:50:40,800
okay and

1286
00:50:45,030 --> 00:50:43,040
this system is in place now

1287
00:50:47,589 --> 00:50:45,040
those independent

1288
00:50:49,589 --> 00:50:47,599
websites i don't know you call it media

1289
00:50:52,069 --> 00:50:49,599
they're dying slowly dying i think there

1290
00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:52,079
are like five or six left and that's it

1291
00:50:55,270 --> 00:50:53,920
and no one is talking about navalny

1292
00:50:57,109 --> 00:50:55,280
anymore

1293
00:50:59,430 --> 00:50:57,119
to answer your question

1294
00:51:01,030 --> 00:50:59,440
yeah he's already forgotten

1295
00:51:02,790 --> 00:51:01,040
i'm going to put this up

1296
00:51:05,990 --> 00:51:02,800
and i know that it's it's kind of a

1297
00:51:09,829 --> 00:51:06,000
tricky thing probably but um do you ever

1298
00:51:11,190 --> 00:51:09,839
see anything like this happening

1299
00:51:14,150 --> 00:51:11,200
this image

1300
00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:16,069
do you care to even comment on something

1301
00:51:20,470 --> 00:51:17,760
like this or is it or is it even

1302
00:51:23,430 --> 00:51:20,480
dangerous to comment on it

1303
00:51:27,430 --> 00:51:23,440
well um

1304
00:51:29,510 --> 00:51:27,440
i will comment uh the way i understand

1305
00:51:32,710 --> 00:51:29,520
it okay

1306
00:51:35,349 --> 00:51:32,720
what we just saw is a speculation there

1307
00:51:36,630 --> 00:51:35,359
is no proof of that

1308
00:51:39,190 --> 00:51:36,640
but

1309
00:51:41,430 --> 00:51:39,200
i believe that uh

1310
00:51:44,549 --> 00:51:41,440
you know russian president is a very

1311
00:51:45,750 --> 00:51:44,559
very i think the world's wealthiest man

1312
00:51:47,349 --> 00:51:45,760
in the world

1313
00:51:49,190 --> 00:51:47,359
um

1314
00:51:50,710 --> 00:51:49,200
that that's it that's that's all you're

1315
00:51:52,470 --> 00:51:50,720
gonna see

1316
00:51:54,069 --> 00:51:52,480
and this is from

1317
00:51:55,109 --> 00:51:54,079
someone that's supposed to have an

1318
00:51:56,309 --> 00:51:55,119
income

1319
00:51:58,630 --> 00:51:56,319
of uh

1320
00:52:00,790 --> 00:51:58,640
it's i've heard numbers tossed around

1321
00:52:04,630 --> 00:52:00,800
the income is supposed to be something

1322
00:52:07,109 --> 00:52:04,640
under 100 000 american dollars per year

1323
00:52:09,030 --> 00:52:07,119
uh yes yes but the thing is if you go

1324
00:52:10,950 --> 00:52:09,040
and look into his accounts

1325
00:52:12,790 --> 00:52:10,960
this is probably like

1326
00:52:14,230 --> 00:52:12,800
he doesn't spend anything because the

1327
00:52:16,230 --> 00:52:14,240
state pays for

1328
00:52:19,349 --> 00:52:16,240
you know housing food transportation

1329
00:52:22,230 --> 00:52:19,359
everything clothing so he's probably has

1330
00:52:24,470 --> 00:52:22,240
those that salary in a bank account and

1331
00:52:27,910 --> 00:52:24,480
like he officially doesn't own anything

1332
00:52:31,030 --> 00:52:27,920
you know what i mean but unofficially

1333
00:52:33,270 --> 00:52:31,040
uh it's a proven fact that one of his

1334
00:52:35,829 --> 00:52:33,280
friends from a childhood

1335
00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:35,839
a very talented musician

1336
00:52:42,150 --> 00:52:38,400
a great guy you know he plays i think he

1337
00:52:44,309 --> 00:52:42,160
plays violin he is a billionaire

1338
00:52:46,230 --> 00:52:44,319
just a regular musician you know and he

1339
00:52:48,549 --> 00:52:46,240
is like a billion dollars somewhere in

1340
00:52:50,309 --> 00:52:48,559
an offshore company somewhere in the

1341
00:52:51,750 --> 00:52:50,319
caymans something like that and then

1342
00:52:52,950 --> 00:52:51,760
people were asking

1343
00:52:54,069 --> 00:52:52,960
how much

1344
00:52:58,230 --> 00:52:54,079
like

1345
00:53:00,470 --> 00:52:58,240
few years ago where they came out with

1346
00:53:02,549 --> 00:53:00,480
information about people's

1347
00:53:04,950 --> 00:53:02,559
offshore accounts politicians from all

1348
00:53:07,829 --> 00:53:04,960
over the world including so back then

1349
00:53:08,870 --> 00:53:07,839
they said okay how come does where did

1350
00:53:11,750 --> 00:53:08,880
the guy

1351
00:53:15,190 --> 00:53:11,760
where did that guy get his like one

1352
00:53:17,270 --> 00:53:15,200
billion dollars from okay mystery there

1353
00:53:18,950 --> 00:53:17,280
was no answer the answer was like well

1354
00:53:21,510 --> 00:53:18,960
he's a great guy you know he's he's a

1355
00:53:24,630 --> 00:53:21,520
great musician you know he he does a lot

1356
00:53:25,990 --> 00:53:24,640
for charities something like that so

1357
00:53:28,790 --> 00:53:26,000
just

1358
00:53:29,990 --> 00:53:28,800
think further that gives you an idea of

1359
00:53:33,140 --> 00:53:30,000
how

1360
00:53:34,549 --> 00:53:33,150
that article could be could be um

1361
00:53:37,349 --> 00:53:34,559
[Music]

1362
00:53:40,630 --> 00:53:37,359
true but i'm not sure i don't know

1363
00:53:41,430 --> 00:53:40,640
yeah well this also uh alexi nalvaini

1364
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:41,440
did

1365
00:53:44,790 --> 00:53:42,480
a whole

1366
00:53:47,589 --> 00:53:44,800
a video on this and from what i

1367
00:53:50,150 --> 00:53:47,599
understand it was the number one watched

1368
00:53:52,230 --> 00:53:50,160
video in russia on youtube

1369
00:53:54,309 --> 00:53:52,240
uh something like nine nine million

1370
00:53:57,270 --> 00:53:54,319
views about this castle

1371
00:54:01,270 --> 00:53:57,280
that was built and it goes on and on as

1372
00:54:07,190 --> 00:54:04,309
yeah martin martin this is old news

1373
00:54:09,910 --> 00:54:07,200
this is such an old news i mean

1374
00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:09,920
uh i don't know russians were really

1375
00:54:13,589 --> 00:54:11,440
baited

1376
00:54:16,549 --> 00:54:13,599
but they got debate but uh

1377
00:54:20,630 --> 00:54:16,559
did this this video okay in

1378
00:54:22,630 --> 00:54:20,640
most likely this video is 100 true but

1379
00:54:26,870 --> 00:54:22,640
there was a huge scandal

1380
00:54:28,870 --> 00:54:26,880
with this palace back in 2007 or 2008

1381
00:54:31,750 --> 00:54:28,880
when the construction started because

1382
00:54:34,069 --> 00:54:31,760
there was a huge national reserve and

1383
00:54:36,390 --> 00:54:34,079
the locals enjoyed private beat not

1384
00:54:38,950 --> 00:54:36,400
private but like public beach and nice

1385
00:54:39,670 --> 00:54:38,960
forest and all of a sudden people came

1386
00:54:41,270 --> 00:54:39,680
in

1387
00:54:42,470 --> 00:54:41,280
and they put fans and they said okay

1388
00:54:44,950 --> 00:54:42,480
this is a

1389
00:54:47,349 --> 00:54:44,960
secure day right now and everyone knew

1390
00:54:49,589 --> 00:54:47,359
who the construction of a summer house

1391
00:54:51,190 --> 00:54:49,599
dutch have for who that construction was

1392
00:54:53,670 --> 00:54:51,200
meant to be

1393
00:54:55,750 --> 00:54:53,680
and there was a local blogger

1394
00:54:57,589 --> 00:54:55,760
there was no video blogging back then i

1395
00:55:00,470 --> 00:54:57,599
think he was putting things on live

1396
00:55:02,470 --> 00:55:00,480
journal the local guy from a village he

1397
00:55:04,710 --> 00:55:02,480
got close to the fans and he started

1398
00:55:06,549 --> 00:55:04,720
doing reporting from

1399
00:55:08,950 --> 00:55:06,559
close to the fence right

1400
00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:08,960
not jumping fence or anything like that

1401
00:55:13,510 --> 00:55:10,720
but he was starting like putting

1402
00:55:15,829 --> 00:55:13,520
attention to that construction and he

1403
00:55:18,470 --> 00:55:15,839
got year and a half from jail

1404
00:55:21,910 --> 00:55:18,480
okay wow there was a huge scandal back

1405
00:55:24,390 --> 00:55:21,920
in 2000 it's old news we all know that

1406
00:55:28,549 --> 00:55:24,400
this thing is there it has been there

1407
00:55:30,789 --> 00:55:28,559
and we know who this belongs to okay

1408
00:55:33,190 --> 00:55:30,799
now i just kind of brought it up because

1409
00:55:34,789 --> 00:55:33,200
he's so popular has so many followers on

1410
00:55:36,230 --> 00:55:34,799
his youtube channel and stuff like that

1411
00:55:38,789 --> 00:55:36,240
but i mean

1412
00:55:40,470 --> 00:55:38,799
we knew that and by the way his

1413
00:55:42,390 --> 00:55:40,480
his um

1414
00:55:45,109 --> 00:55:42,400
his videos

1415
00:55:48,549 --> 00:55:45,119
that's not the the most scandalous one

1416
00:55:50,470 --> 00:55:48,559
okay his other videos are also excellent

1417
00:55:52,870 --> 00:55:50,480
and they're straight to the point and

1418
00:55:53,910 --> 00:55:52,880
what i like about the videos he gives

1419
00:55:55,030 --> 00:55:53,920
facts

1420
00:55:57,990 --> 00:55:55,040
okay

1421
00:56:01,510 --> 00:55:58,000
he does not accuse anyone oh perhaps he

1422
00:56:04,069 --> 00:56:01,520
holds that no he says look this is a

1423
00:56:06,630 --> 00:56:04,079
registry of the owners this is a state

1424
00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:06,640
like paper how come this person right

1425
00:56:10,309 --> 00:56:08,000
here

1426
00:56:12,950 --> 00:56:10,319
owns this apartment that costs like you

1427
00:56:16,549 --> 00:56:12,960
know 15 million dollars

1428
00:56:19,430 --> 00:56:16,559
like his salary is this much please

1429
00:56:21,510 --> 00:56:19,440
uh like state prosecutors please go and

1430
00:56:22,950 --> 00:56:21,520
ask this person where did he get the

1431
00:56:24,950 --> 00:56:22,960
money from

1432
00:56:27,430 --> 00:56:24,960
okay and that's why the violate he was

1433
00:56:30,710 --> 00:56:27,440
very straight to the point viewers very

1434
00:56:33,030 --> 00:56:30,720
logical that's why he was such a threat

1435
00:56:35,190 --> 00:56:33,040
that he needed to be

1436
00:56:38,069 --> 00:56:35,200
well neutralized

1437
00:56:39,589 --> 00:56:38,079
right right and

1438
00:56:41,829 --> 00:56:39,599
what do you think now i don't know if

1439
00:56:48,470 --> 00:56:41,839
you can answer this or not but

1440
00:56:52,710 --> 00:56:50,950
really if you if pretty good questions

1441
00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:52,720
if you feel uncomfortable you can just

1442
00:56:56,789 --> 00:56:55,040
say i'd rather not answer that

1443
00:56:58,870 --> 00:56:56,799
i tell you what

1444
00:57:00,470 --> 00:56:58,880
um

1445
00:57:02,470 --> 00:57:00,480
i don't like to lie

1446
00:57:04,710 --> 00:57:02,480
i don't lie uh

1447
00:57:06,390 --> 00:57:04,720
but i cannot say the truth

1448
00:57:08,069 --> 00:57:06,400
let's get it this way

1449
00:57:09,990 --> 00:57:08,079
okay

1450
00:57:12,870 --> 00:57:10,000
one thing though uh

1451
00:57:15,190 --> 00:57:12,880
i believe that the elections of putin

1452
00:57:17,750 --> 00:57:15,200
are the last presidential

1453
00:57:19,190 --> 00:57:17,760
elections i believe those elections were

1454
00:57:23,270 --> 00:57:19,200
fair

1455
00:57:24,710 --> 00:57:23,280
back in 2018 he was elected for the

1456
00:57:29,670 --> 00:57:24,720
fourth

1457
00:57:31,990 --> 00:57:29,680
and um i actually decided to witness

1458
00:57:34,230 --> 00:57:32,000
with my own eyes i went to different

1459
00:57:36,470 --> 00:57:34,240
polling stations and i saw tons of

1460
00:57:37,430 --> 00:57:36,480
people especially all the folks voting

1461
00:57:38,470 --> 00:57:37,440
for him

1462
00:57:41,270 --> 00:57:38,480
okay

1463
00:57:42,950 --> 00:57:41,280
uh they'd been such a campaign preceding

1464
00:57:44,230 --> 00:57:42,960
the elections they literally had

1465
00:57:49,430 --> 00:57:44,240
brainwashed

1466
00:57:51,430 --> 00:57:49,440
was very logical person and then she

1467
00:57:53,829 --> 00:57:51,440
voted well i don't know who she voted

1468
00:57:56,470 --> 00:57:53,839
for but she was supporting putin and

1469
00:57:58,549 --> 00:57:56,480
then three months later she like woke up

1470
00:58:00,630 --> 00:57:58,559
and she was like wait a second what have

1471
00:58:02,630 --> 00:58:00,640
i done you know what's going on that's

1472
00:58:03,750 --> 00:58:02,640
not what he promised us and things like

1473
00:58:06,309 --> 00:58:03,760
that but

1474
00:58:08,309 --> 00:58:06,319
um i have a couple of friends of mine

1475
00:58:09,030 --> 00:58:08,319
who are in charge of polling stations

1476
00:58:12,870 --> 00:58:09,040
it's

1477
00:58:14,549 --> 00:58:12,880
volunteering job okay

1478
00:58:16,710 --> 00:58:14,559
but i called them up and they said you

1479
00:58:18,230 --> 00:58:16,720
know what 75 percent

1480
00:58:22,390 --> 00:58:18,240
three-fourths

1481
00:58:23,910 --> 00:58:22,400
uh of people actually are pro-putin and

1482
00:58:25,750 --> 00:58:23,920
a lot of them couldn't understand

1483
00:58:27,670 --> 00:58:25,760
because they're saying like older people

1484
00:58:30,710 --> 00:58:27,680
come they don't have enough money for

1485
00:58:32,710 --> 00:58:30,720
food but they scream putin is way to go

1486
00:58:34,630 --> 00:58:32,720
you know he's the one that is protector

1487
00:58:36,470 --> 00:58:34,640
of russia he can protect us he's the

1488
00:58:39,109 --> 00:58:36,480
only one that's not

1489
00:58:41,670 --> 00:58:39,119
other protectors things like that so i

1490
00:58:42,950 --> 00:58:41,680
believe that the elections back in 2018

1491
00:58:45,109 --> 00:58:42,960
were fair

1492
00:58:48,789 --> 00:58:45,119
but i believe that was a mass

1493
00:58:51,589 --> 00:58:48,799
hysteria or something like that you know

1494
00:58:53,270 --> 00:58:51,599
i i got to visit sochi uh which i

1495
00:58:55,589 --> 00:58:53,280
thought was absolutely beautiful it was

1496
00:58:57,910 --> 00:58:55,599
a very beautiful part of russia

1497
00:58:59,829 --> 00:58:57,920
and and you know banana trees i was kind

1498
00:59:01,750 --> 00:58:59,839
of shocked and you can drive just

1499
00:59:03,270 --> 00:59:01,760
uh you know 45 minutes and you're in the

1500
00:59:06,150 --> 00:59:03,280
snow

1501
00:59:08,630 --> 00:59:06,160
but i also saw i walked by his

1502
00:59:11,349 --> 00:59:08,640
where he was staying at the time and

1503
00:59:13,910 --> 00:59:11,359
that was that was kind of a palace too i

1504
00:59:16,390 --> 00:59:13,920
don't know who owns that but uh but that

1505
00:59:19,270 --> 00:59:16,400
was uh that was another interesting

1506
00:59:21,990 --> 00:59:19,280
uh interesting place to see

1507
00:59:24,309 --> 00:59:22,000
which one was that

1508
00:59:26,630 --> 00:59:24,319
there's many there was a big oh there's

1509
00:59:28,390 --> 00:59:26,640
a big huge fence and right in front of

1510
00:59:30,950 --> 00:59:28,400
right in sochi and

1511
00:59:33,190 --> 00:59:30,960
it looked massive i don't know exactly

1512
00:59:36,069 --> 00:59:33,200
what exactly most likely it's it's

1513
00:59:38,710 --> 00:59:36,079
called bacharao from che

1514
00:59:41,270 --> 00:59:38,720
uh they pl that place is legit it's like

1515
00:59:43,990 --> 00:59:41,280
camp david in the united states

1516
00:59:46,230 --> 00:59:44,000
that's where all meetings with different

1517
00:59:48,069 --> 00:59:46,240
uh leaders of different countries take

1518
00:59:51,589 --> 00:59:48,079
place that's

1519
00:59:54,630 --> 00:59:51,599
100 official 100 you know legit

1520
00:59:56,309 --> 00:59:54,640
uh it's maintained by the government and

1521
00:59:59,990 --> 00:59:56,319
that's where

1522
01:00:01,270 --> 01:00:00,000
erdogan comes angel angela merkel

1523
01:00:02,950 --> 01:00:01,280
and

1524
01:00:05,030 --> 01:00:02,960
i don't think american presidents ever

1525
01:00:06,630 --> 01:00:05,040
came there but like presents of

1526
01:00:09,430 --> 01:00:06,640
different countries

1527
01:00:11,589 --> 01:00:09,440
they they come to moscow but sometimes

1528
01:00:13,829 --> 01:00:11,599
sometimes there are events in sochi

1529
01:00:15,190 --> 01:00:13,839
because sochi is such a you know popular

1530
01:00:16,390 --> 01:00:15,200
place in russia

1531
01:00:18,630 --> 01:00:16,400
then uh

1532
01:00:19,990 --> 01:00:18,640
they they go to sochi and then they meet

1533
01:00:23,430 --> 01:00:20,000
at bacharaon

1534
01:00:25,589 --> 01:00:23,440
and they can ski there and uh putin has

1535
01:00:29,270 --> 01:00:25,599
a few residences there

1536
01:00:30,309 --> 01:00:29,280
yeah yeah uh he loves to ski by the way

1537
01:00:32,230 --> 01:00:30,319
what's that

1538
01:00:35,349 --> 01:00:32,240
he loves to ski

1539
01:00:37,030 --> 01:00:35,359
oh oh i bet i bet and i know

1540
01:00:41,030 --> 01:00:37,040
i know a lot of

1541
01:00:43,510 --> 01:00:41,040
uh you know a lot of people in russia

1542
01:00:45,750 --> 01:00:43,520
a lot of women you hear say they love

1543
01:00:47,349 --> 01:00:45,760
putin he doesn't drink

1544
01:00:49,670 --> 01:00:47,359
that's kind of

1545
01:00:52,390 --> 01:00:49,680
what i hear them say you know like the

1546
01:00:55,270 --> 01:00:52,400
fact that he doesn't drink is uh

1547
01:00:56,870 --> 01:00:55,280
is something attractive to them as well

1548
01:00:58,710 --> 01:00:56,880
as of course him being

1549
01:01:00,950 --> 01:00:58,720
an extremely powerful

1550
01:01:04,150 --> 01:01:00,960
uh person and

1551
01:01:05,990 --> 01:01:04,160
you know i wonder how long uh his reign

1552
01:01:06,950 --> 01:01:06,000
will be how long he'll be in the

1553
01:01:09,430 --> 01:01:06,960
position

1554
01:01:12,549 --> 01:01:09,440
we will probably die and he'll still be

1555
01:01:17,750 --> 01:01:14,789
that that could be so i didn't want i

1556
01:01:19,829 --> 01:01:17,760
wanted to to uh talk about

1557
01:01:22,150 --> 01:01:19,839
uh quickly let's talk about

1558
01:01:25,430 --> 01:01:22,160
the differences between

1559
01:01:27,990 --> 01:01:25,440
russia and america um one of the things

1560
01:01:28,789 --> 01:01:28,000
i have to tell you that i noticed there

1561
01:01:32,710 --> 01:01:28,799
is

1562
01:01:34,470 --> 01:01:32,720
uh wait a minute we do have a question i

1563
01:01:36,069 --> 01:01:34,480
just want to pop this question up first

1564
01:01:37,670 --> 01:01:36,079
and i'll get back to that

1565
01:01:39,670 --> 01:01:37,680
what can you read it what are the

1566
01:01:40,870 --> 01:01:39,680
academic requirements to graduate from

1567
01:01:42,470 --> 01:01:40,880
high school

1568
01:01:43,829 --> 01:01:42,480
and are there scholarships offered by

1569
01:01:45,030 --> 01:01:43,839
the government to highly performing

1570
01:01:46,710 --> 01:01:45,040
students

1571
01:01:49,910 --> 01:01:46,720
thank you so much

1572
01:01:52,710 --> 01:01:49,920
simone thanks for the question

1573
01:01:55,190 --> 01:01:52,720
uh you are asking me this question from

1574
01:01:58,390 --> 01:01:55,200
a point of view of a person who lives

1575
01:02:00,309 --> 01:01:58,400
either in the usa or in europe because

1576
01:02:02,230 --> 01:02:00,319
you have completely different

1577
01:02:04,630 --> 01:02:02,240
educational system

1578
01:02:06,710 --> 01:02:04,640
uh in russia

1579
01:02:10,309 --> 01:02:06,720
well reversal the requirements of

1580
01:02:12,549 --> 01:02:10,319
graduating high school you must

1581
01:02:15,270 --> 01:02:12,559
you must get grades

1582
01:02:16,549 --> 01:02:15,280
when you go long you know you pass exams

1583
01:02:17,990 --> 01:02:16,559
every year you

1584
01:02:21,190 --> 01:02:18,000
you grade it

1585
01:02:22,630 --> 01:02:21,200
and your grades must be no less than

1586
01:02:25,190 --> 01:02:22,640
certain

1587
01:02:26,390 --> 01:02:25,200
grade in russia it's like one two three

1588
01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:26,400
four five

1589
01:02:29,829 --> 01:02:28,880
the lowest possible grade is three

1590
01:02:32,390 --> 01:02:29,839
okay

1591
01:02:35,430 --> 01:02:32,400
four is good five is excellent

1592
01:02:37,190 --> 01:02:35,440
uh so you must have at least grades of

1593
01:02:41,349 --> 01:02:37,200
level of three

1594
01:02:43,910 --> 01:02:41,359
and you must pass final exams

1595
01:02:46,230 --> 01:02:43,920
and you graduate high school and it's a

1596
01:02:49,109 --> 01:02:46,240
rigorous process to

1597
01:02:51,670 --> 01:02:49,119
graduate uh i know because my

1598
01:02:54,549 --> 01:02:51,680
uh oldest daughter oled just graduated

1599
01:02:57,990 --> 01:02:54,559
this past may and

1600
01:02:59,670 --> 01:02:58,000
she had started trust me had she studied

1601
01:03:03,029 --> 01:02:59,680
for entire year

1602
01:03:04,150 --> 01:03:03,039
non-stop okay she did really really well

1603
01:03:07,589 --> 01:03:04,160
she

1604
01:03:09,349 --> 01:03:07,599
uh did russian 100 which is unheard of

1605
01:03:11,990 --> 01:03:09,359
the society 100

1606
01:03:14,309 --> 01:03:12,000
english 90 you know very very high

1607
01:03:15,589 --> 01:03:14,319
grades but she put so much work into

1608
01:03:16,470 --> 01:03:15,599
that

1609
01:03:18,390 --> 01:03:16,480
in

1610
01:03:20,470 --> 01:03:18,400
uh scholarships

1611
01:03:22,710 --> 01:03:20,480
it used to be that education in russia

1612
01:03:23,990 --> 01:03:22,720
was high education was free

1613
01:03:25,430 --> 01:03:24,000
okay

1614
01:03:28,549 --> 01:03:25,440
completely free

1615
01:03:30,789 --> 01:03:28,559
you if you pass uh entrance exam to the

1616
01:03:32,789 --> 01:03:30,799
school so there's like final exam

1617
01:03:36,069 --> 01:03:32,799
graduate high school and then there's

1618
01:03:39,829 --> 01:03:36,079
exam to enter to the university okay so

1619
01:03:41,510 --> 01:03:39,839
you must show the university that you uh

1620
01:03:44,549 --> 01:03:41,520
possess certain

1621
01:03:47,270 --> 01:03:44,559
degree of knowledge to be able to start

1622
01:03:49,270 --> 01:03:47,280
studying there and of course different

1623
01:03:52,870 --> 01:03:49,280
universities some are much more

1624
01:03:55,750 --> 01:03:52,880
prestigious they have higher uh barrier

1625
01:03:57,029 --> 01:03:55,760
to end enter and some are lower things

1626
01:04:00,789 --> 01:03:57,039
like that but

1627
01:04:03,190 --> 01:04:00,799
all education used to be free now um

1628
01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:03,200
sum of education is free

1629
01:04:07,589 --> 01:04:04,720
and uh

1630
01:04:09,829 --> 01:04:07,599
you pay for the rest of wrong you know

1631
01:04:11,190 --> 01:04:09,839
if if you're not super super super

1632
01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:11,200
talented

1633
01:04:13,190 --> 01:04:12,400
um

1634
01:04:15,190 --> 01:04:13,200
then

1635
01:04:16,870 --> 01:04:15,200
you you actually can go to university

1636
01:04:19,349 --> 01:04:16,880
but you pay for it

1637
01:04:21,589 --> 01:04:19,359
scholarships well it's not a scholarship

1638
01:04:23,910 --> 01:04:21,599
it's like complete

1639
01:04:26,630 --> 01:04:23,920
government pays everything you know

1640
01:04:29,190 --> 01:04:26,640
completely picks up your bill it's

1641
01:04:34,150 --> 01:04:29,200
offered to brilliant students but the

1642
01:04:39,829 --> 01:04:36,390
a lot of

1643
01:04:41,910 --> 01:04:39,839
children of connected people you know

1644
01:04:45,029 --> 01:04:41,920
in the higher ups in the government you

1645
01:04:47,029 --> 01:04:45,039
know state prosecutors judges children

1646
01:04:50,309 --> 01:04:47,039
they go and study for free

1647
01:04:51,910 --> 01:04:50,319
because uh you know they know people

1648
01:04:54,710 --> 01:04:51,920
if you know what i mean

1649
01:04:57,430 --> 01:04:54,720
uh but if you're extremely talented and

1650
01:05:00,549 --> 01:04:57,440
extremely bright then you can also

1651
01:05:02,630 --> 01:05:00,559
get high education for free but

1652
01:05:04,950 --> 01:05:02,640
even if you pay it's not much it's not

1653
01:05:06,309 --> 01:05:04,960
as much as you know universities cost in

1654
01:05:09,990 --> 01:05:06,319
the united states

1655
01:05:12,710 --> 01:05:10,000
uh a decent school here in moscow is

1656
01:05:14,069 --> 01:05:12,720
4 000 a year something like that 5 000 a

1657
01:05:15,670 --> 01:05:14,079
year

1658
01:05:17,990 --> 01:05:15,680
i see so

1659
01:05:19,349 --> 01:05:18,000
let's put i just asked a couple more

1660
01:05:20,470 --> 01:05:19,359
questions so

1661
01:05:23,430 --> 01:05:20,480
let's say

1662
01:05:24,710 --> 01:05:23,440
i lived all my life in russia and i had

1663
01:05:27,029 --> 01:05:24,720
a job

1664
01:05:30,150 --> 01:05:27,039
doing a taxi or something like that and

1665
01:05:31,750 --> 01:05:30,160
now i want to retire what's retirement

1666
01:05:34,390 --> 01:05:31,760
how does the government take care of

1667
01:05:37,589 --> 01:05:34,400
people that are at retirement age

1668
01:05:41,029 --> 01:05:37,599
once you reach certain age it used to be

1669
01:05:44,069 --> 01:05:41,039
55 for women and 64 men

1670
01:05:45,190 --> 01:05:44,079
uh and literally two years ago they

1671
01:05:47,510 --> 01:05:45,200
upped

1672
01:05:51,349 --> 01:05:47,520
the ages by five years

1673
01:05:54,230 --> 01:05:51,359
now it's 60 for women and 65 for men so

1674
01:05:56,309 --> 01:05:54,240
they basically stole five years

1675
01:05:57,510 --> 01:05:56,319
of our pensions okay that's the

1676
01:05:59,750 --> 01:05:57,520
government

1677
01:06:00,630 --> 01:05:59,760
um that's the story of its own you know

1678
01:06:01,670 --> 01:06:00,640
what i mean

1679
01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:01,680
but

1680
01:06:06,549 --> 01:06:04,720
once a man hits 65 he's officially

1681
01:06:09,109 --> 01:06:06,559
retired and he gets pension from the

1682
01:06:11,829 --> 01:06:09,119
government and the pension depends on

1683
01:06:13,990 --> 01:06:11,839
how many years he had been employed

1684
01:06:16,309 --> 01:06:14,000
and how much money he had brought in so

1685
01:06:18,390 --> 01:06:16,319
basically out of every paycheck that you

1686
01:06:19,990 --> 01:06:18,400
get some of it goes to the government to

1687
01:06:22,789 --> 01:06:20,000
the pension fund

1688
01:06:24,069 --> 01:06:22,799
uh my mom had been

1689
01:06:27,270 --> 01:06:24,079
well she was

1690
01:06:30,309 --> 01:06:27,280
she had a career of a accountant she was

1691
01:06:34,470 --> 01:06:30,319
a chief accountant for a large company

1692
01:06:36,789 --> 01:06:34,480
for a number of years 20 years

1693
01:06:40,870 --> 01:06:36,799
her pension is

1694
01:06:42,069 --> 01:06:40,880
200 right now a little less than 200 so

1695
01:06:45,510 --> 01:06:42,079
not much

1696
01:06:47,750 --> 01:06:45,520
right some people with lower pensions

1697
01:06:49,829 --> 01:06:47,760
and the highest pension i heard of a

1698
01:06:53,589 --> 01:06:49,839
regular person is

1699
01:06:55,349 --> 01:06:53,599
something like you know 300 350

1700
01:06:56,549 --> 01:06:55,359
in american dollars and of course if

1701
01:06:59,270 --> 01:06:56,559
we're talking about the government

1702
01:07:02,230 --> 01:06:59,280
employees for example kgb people

1703
01:07:04,390 --> 01:07:02,240
police uh military

1704
01:07:06,230 --> 01:07:04,400
they're probably from thousands to

1705
01:07:07,750 --> 01:07:06,240
fifteen hundred dollars per month

1706
01:07:08,870 --> 01:07:07,760
something like that so it's a huge

1707
01:07:11,029 --> 01:07:08,880
difference

1708
01:07:13,270 --> 01:07:11,039
wow yeah i mean that's

1709
01:07:15,750 --> 01:07:13,280
i can never figure out how people can

1710
01:07:18,309 --> 01:07:15,760
survive on the the two hundred dollars i

1711
01:07:19,109 --> 01:07:18,319
mean uh they barely

1712
01:07:24,069 --> 01:07:19,119
i

1713
01:07:27,029 --> 01:07:24,079
they barely they they just

1714
01:07:29,270 --> 01:07:27,039
they live on bread and water basically

1715
01:07:34,309 --> 01:07:29,280
terrible terrible well i do want to say

1716
01:07:36,549 --> 01:07:34,319
the one thing about the hospitality um i

1717
01:07:39,109 --> 01:07:36,559
i was with the people that i'm always

1718
01:07:40,390 --> 01:07:39,119
with when i was there and we stopped by

1719
01:07:42,150 --> 01:07:40,400
this house

1720
01:07:44,230 --> 01:07:42,160
where they're basically living off the

1721
01:07:45,109 --> 01:07:44,240
land they're very poor

1722
01:07:48,870 --> 01:07:45,119
and

1723
01:07:50,710 --> 01:07:48,880
grateful to have

1724
01:07:52,470 --> 01:07:50,720
a visitor you know they

1725
01:07:54,630 --> 01:07:52,480
pick their vegetables and hand them and

1726
01:07:56,630 --> 01:07:54,640
they're just i didn't understand a word

1727
01:07:59,190 --> 01:07:56,640
of anything they were saying but they

1728
01:08:02,150 --> 01:07:59,200
were just so much fun and so pleasant

1729
01:08:03,589 --> 01:08:02,160
and they it's hospitality it's a big

1730
01:08:06,150 --> 01:08:03,599
thing in russia

1731
01:08:07,750 --> 01:08:06,160
one of the big things right um

1732
01:08:10,390 --> 01:08:07,760
yes you wanted me to compare a few

1733
01:08:12,630 --> 01:08:10,400
things uh yeah so let's compare that to

1734
01:08:15,109 --> 01:08:12,640
america it's like you you meet someone

1735
01:08:16,789 --> 01:08:15,119
they're like hello and you know but but

1736
01:08:18,470 --> 01:08:16,799
in russia i see there's like gift

1737
01:08:21,030 --> 01:08:18,480
exchanging you bring something with you

1738
01:08:22,870 --> 01:08:21,040
when you visit someone yeah so what is

1739
01:08:24,630 --> 01:08:22,880
yeah so what are some of the differences

1740
01:08:26,789 --> 01:08:24,640
um

1741
01:08:29,430 --> 01:08:26,799
there's a big difference

1742
01:08:31,990 --> 01:08:29,440
in russia in it again we must take a

1743
01:08:34,309 --> 01:08:32,000
couple steps back it it

1744
01:08:36,789 --> 01:08:34,319
culturally we are

1745
01:08:40,550 --> 01:08:36,799
we share a lot of similarities with the

1746
01:08:43,829 --> 01:08:40,560
west but you see russia geographically

1747
01:08:45,590 --> 01:08:43,839
sits between the east and the west okay

1748
01:08:47,269 --> 01:08:45,600
the west europe and the united states

1749
01:08:48,390 --> 01:08:47,279
and the east china and all those

1750
01:08:51,430 --> 01:08:48,400
countries

1751
01:08:53,510 --> 01:08:51,440
and russia is a little bit of a hybrid

1752
01:08:56,229 --> 01:08:53,520
between the east and the west so a lot

1753
01:08:58,229 --> 01:08:56,239
of similarities values are the same but

1754
01:08:59,829 --> 01:08:58,239
there are some differences in

1755
01:09:01,430 --> 01:08:59,839
in russia

1756
01:09:02,709 --> 01:09:01,440
like the whole thing about the united

1757
01:09:06,309 --> 01:09:02,719
states is

1758
01:09:09,510 --> 01:09:06,319
uh if you like it's really great and

1759
01:09:11,189 --> 01:09:09,520
powerful to make yourself as a person to

1760
01:09:13,910 --> 01:09:11,199
start from zero

1761
01:09:14,630 --> 01:09:13,920
and rise up on the to the top and you

1762
01:09:16,709 --> 01:09:14,640
know

1763
01:09:18,149 --> 01:09:16,719
become a millionaire become business

1764
01:09:20,630 --> 01:09:18,159
owner become like i don't know a

1765
01:09:22,550 --> 01:09:20,640
politician or whatever but it's really

1766
01:09:24,229 --> 01:09:22,560
important that you

1767
01:09:26,229 --> 01:09:24,239
you oops

1768
01:09:29,110 --> 01:09:26,239
you're doing everything on your own by

1769
01:09:29,990 --> 01:09:29,120
yourself okay you're self-made man

1770
01:09:31,910 --> 01:09:30,000
right

1771
01:09:34,070 --> 01:09:31,920
that's what you guys take pride over and

1772
01:09:35,189 --> 01:09:34,080
i like that very much in russia it's

1773
01:09:37,990 --> 01:09:35,199
different

1774
01:09:40,550 --> 01:09:38,000
because here

1775
01:09:42,550 --> 01:09:40,560
you have to be in the clan

1776
01:09:47,430 --> 01:09:42,560
you have to be

1777
01:09:50,789 --> 01:09:49,030
who help you

1778
01:09:51,749 --> 01:09:50,799
you know for example if you want to

1779
01:09:54,550 --> 01:09:51,759
achieve

1780
01:09:56,630 --> 01:09:54,560
uh higher ranks in the police

1781
01:09:58,870 --> 01:09:56,640
you must have someone inside the police

1782
01:10:00,070 --> 01:09:58,880
helping you out pushing you so to speak

1783
01:10:01,669 --> 01:10:00,080
you know what i mean

1784
01:10:04,149 --> 01:10:01,679
if you want to become a politician

1785
01:10:05,750 --> 01:10:04,159
there's no way you can make yourself

1786
01:10:08,950 --> 01:10:05,760
because you're going to be standing

1787
01:10:10,709 --> 01:10:08,960
alone against a huge system of people

1788
01:10:12,229 --> 01:10:10,719
and those people will be helping their

1789
01:10:13,030 --> 01:10:12,239
own people and you're going to be in the

1790
01:10:15,510 --> 01:10:13,040
way

1791
01:10:16,950 --> 01:10:15,520
they're going to roll you over you know

1792
01:10:19,189 --> 01:10:16,960
like a tank

1793
01:10:21,350 --> 01:10:19,199
and uh so see that's the difference in

1794
01:10:22,950 --> 01:10:21,360
in russia when the russians hear that

1795
01:10:24,550 --> 01:10:22,960
that person doesn't belong like in the

1796
01:10:26,870 --> 01:10:24,560
united states he's a self-made mate

1797
01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:26,880
they're like what is he being proud

1798
01:10:30,630 --> 01:10:28,400
about you know what i mean

1799
01:10:32,310 --> 01:10:30,640
that's that's not cool it's cool to be

1800
01:10:34,630 --> 01:10:32,320
in the cloud it's cool to be connected

1801
01:10:38,470 --> 01:10:34,640
with people it's cool to be helped

1802
01:10:40,709 --> 01:10:38,480
you know and the same thing with uh

1803
01:10:42,070 --> 01:10:40,719
like when you go and visit someone in

1804
01:10:44,550 --> 01:10:42,080
their house

1805
01:10:47,110 --> 01:10:44,560
they really welcome you and they like

1806
01:10:49,030 --> 01:10:47,120
you and they feed you and then you can

1807
01:10:50,790 --> 01:10:49,040
sleep at their house they offer you

1808
01:10:51,910 --> 01:10:50,800
everything they offer to share their

1809
01:10:54,550 --> 01:10:51,920
life with you

1810
01:10:57,110 --> 01:10:54,560
yeah well that's an asian thing that

1811
01:11:00,470 --> 01:10:57,120
comes from asia because in asia people

1812
01:11:02,070 --> 01:11:00,480
think that you might be someone

1813
01:11:04,630 --> 01:11:02,080
who they can

1814
01:11:07,990 --> 01:11:04,640
uh benefit from in the future

1815
01:11:10,390 --> 01:11:08,000
you know or you can be someone who can

1816
01:11:13,030 --> 01:11:10,400
be included into their clan or you can

1817
01:11:14,149 --> 01:11:13,040
include them into your clan stuff like

1818
01:11:16,310 --> 01:11:14,159
that so

1819
01:11:18,550 --> 01:11:16,320
russians are not very problematic like

1820
01:11:20,870 --> 01:11:18,560
that but that that hospitality comes

1821
01:11:23,830 --> 01:11:20,880
from the east you see

1822
01:11:25,430 --> 01:11:23,840
where we are the clown society and

1823
01:11:27,910 --> 01:11:25,440
that's why

1824
01:11:30,070 --> 01:11:27,920
when we have a guest over it's like we

1825
01:11:32,310 --> 01:11:30,080
are ready to go out of our ways

1826
01:11:34,070 --> 01:11:32,320
completely to accommodate the guests

1827
01:11:36,229 --> 01:11:34,080
that's a tradition

1828
01:11:39,030 --> 01:11:36,239
and that is very nice tradition actually

1829
01:11:41,270 --> 01:11:39,040
you know it's uh it's fantastic russians

1830
01:11:42,630 --> 01:11:41,280
i always compare russians uh to

1831
01:11:47,030 --> 01:11:42,640
crocodiles

1832
01:11:47,830 --> 01:11:47,040
surface like on top but once you put

1833
01:11:50,630 --> 01:11:47,840
them

1834
01:11:53,590 --> 01:11:50,640
barely up billy is really like white and

1835
01:11:55,750 --> 01:11:53,600
very not so tough very soft you know so

1836
01:11:57,430 --> 01:11:55,760
that's how the russians when you walk to

1837
01:11:58,709 --> 01:11:57,440
a person on the street and start talking

1838
01:12:00,310 --> 01:11:58,719
to a russian

1839
01:12:02,310 --> 01:12:00,320
you know probably going to be rude to

1840
01:12:03,990 --> 01:12:02,320
you like

1841
01:12:06,149 --> 01:12:04,000
don't talk to me they'll blow you off

1842
01:12:08,550 --> 01:12:06,159
but once oh

1843
01:12:11,110 --> 01:12:08,560
you are martin's friend or constituents

1844
01:12:13,669 --> 01:12:11,120
oh you came from america you know you

1845
01:12:15,189 --> 01:12:13,679
you cease to be a stranger to them okay

1846
01:12:16,790 --> 01:12:15,199
and you become like

1847
01:12:18,950 --> 01:12:16,800
their friend and that completely

1848
01:12:21,030 --> 01:12:18,960
different story they warm up to you and

1849
01:12:23,510 --> 01:12:21,040
they open up to you in the united states

1850
01:12:26,470 --> 01:12:23,520
that doesn't happen people are nice to

1851
01:12:28,390 --> 01:12:26,480
you and they're really like you ask you

1852
01:12:31,110 --> 01:12:28,400
how things going and stuff like that but

1853
01:12:32,470 --> 01:12:31,120
it doesn't go that much deeper than that

1854
01:12:34,390 --> 01:12:32,480
you know what i mean in russia it's

1855
01:12:36,070 --> 01:12:34,400
completely different

1856
01:12:39,110 --> 01:12:36,080
once you start getting to know the

1857
01:12:42,149 --> 01:12:39,120
person they'll let you into their life

1858
01:12:44,550 --> 01:12:42,159
that's the big difference

1859
01:12:46,470 --> 01:12:44,560
another situation that i have before we

1860
01:12:47,510 --> 01:12:46,480
move on just it just came to mind

1861
01:12:50,470 --> 01:12:47,520
recently

1862
01:12:52,709 --> 01:12:50,480
i was walking my dog down at the black

1863
01:12:55,350 --> 01:12:52,719
sea along the walkway there

1864
01:12:56,229 --> 01:12:55,360
and there was a woman

1865
01:12:58,709 --> 01:12:56,239
um

1866
01:13:00,550 --> 01:12:58,719
an elderly woman and

1867
01:13:02,550 --> 01:13:00,560
i was with my friend

1868
01:13:06,070 --> 01:13:02,560
and as soon as

1869
01:13:08,630 --> 01:13:06,080
my friend said oh he's from america

1870
01:13:11,110 --> 01:13:08,640
she gave me this look like she wanted to

1871
01:13:12,950 --> 01:13:11,120
kill me and then she talked to her other

1872
01:13:16,229 --> 01:13:12,960
friends like let's get him and push him

1873
01:13:19,750 --> 01:13:17,510
so uh

1874
01:13:22,070 --> 01:13:19,760
for the but for the most part how does

1875
01:13:25,030 --> 01:13:22,080
the average now this is no versus it's

1876
01:13:26,790 --> 01:13:25,040
away from you know it it's

1877
01:13:28,310 --> 01:13:26,800
maybe it's just that area but what is

1878
01:13:31,189 --> 01:13:28,320
the general

1879
01:13:32,950 --> 01:13:31,199
thought of americans on day to day is it

1880
01:13:34,470 --> 01:13:32,960
different in different parts of russia

1881
01:13:36,709 --> 01:13:34,480
is it

1882
01:13:37,669 --> 01:13:36,719
how do how are we looked at

1883
01:13:40,229 --> 01:13:37,679
uh

1884
01:13:41,750 --> 01:13:40,239
you used to be enemies when we lived in

1885
01:13:44,070 --> 01:13:41,760
the ussr

1886
01:13:47,110 --> 01:13:44,080
complete enemies we thought of the

1887
01:13:50,310 --> 01:13:47,120
americans as bloodthirsty

1888
01:13:53,590 --> 01:13:50,320
baby killers who are absolutely wants to

1889
01:13:56,149 --> 01:13:53,600
get into russia nuke us out and take our

1890
01:13:58,310 --> 01:13:56,159
children away and like you know put

1891
01:14:00,070 --> 01:13:58,320
their blood into the cops and drink it

1892
01:14:02,470 --> 01:14:00,080
that's that was the image of the

1893
01:14:05,590 --> 01:14:02,480
americans but then everything changed

1894
01:14:07,270 --> 01:14:05,600
overnight literally 1991

1895
01:14:09,110 --> 01:14:07,280
it's like

1896
01:14:11,669 --> 01:14:09,120
everything changed someone came on tv

1897
01:14:14,149 --> 01:14:11,679
and said well you know you guys were

1898
01:14:16,470 --> 01:14:14,159
hearing about that stuff all your life

1899
01:14:18,870 --> 01:14:16,480
well we just lied to you that's that's

1900
01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:18,880
kgb that's the communism there are no

1901
01:14:23,910 --> 01:14:21,600
good bombs they just lied okay and

1902
01:14:26,070 --> 01:14:23,920
everyone was like what

1903
01:14:27,110 --> 01:14:26,080
and uh all of a sudden america became

1904
01:14:29,590 --> 01:14:27,120
this

1905
01:14:31,750 --> 01:14:29,600
ray of light a beacon a beacon of

1906
01:14:34,390 --> 01:14:31,760
freedom a beacon of democracy the good

1907
01:14:35,590 --> 01:14:34,400
guys and we're all like wow americans

1908
01:14:37,510 --> 01:14:35,600
are our friends

1909
01:14:39,830 --> 01:14:37,520
and we started watching american movies

1910
01:14:41,590 --> 01:14:39,840
american companies you know started

1911
01:14:43,430 --> 01:14:41,600
selling their goods in russia little did

1912
01:14:44,630 --> 01:14:43,440
we know that that's not such a great

1913
01:14:45,990 --> 01:14:44,640
thing you know

1914
01:14:48,149 --> 01:14:46,000
we should have uh

1915
01:14:50,149 --> 01:14:48,159
we should have kept our own brands and

1916
01:14:52,550 --> 01:14:50,159
products but anyway

1917
01:14:55,030 --> 01:14:52,560
everything just turned absolutely

1918
01:14:56,470 --> 01:14:55,040
fantastically great americans became

1919
01:14:58,390 --> 01:14:56,480
friends

1920
01:15:01,030 --> 01:14:58,400
literally you remember those the

1921
01:15:03,750 --> 01:15:01,040
scorpions came to russia they did a huge

1922
01:15:06,390 --> 01:15:03,760
concert and you know singing down the

1923
01:15:09,910 --> 01:15:06,400
mosqua walking gorky park and all that

1924
01:15:12,229 --> 01:15:09,920
just oh it was great the 90s were

1925
01:15:13,590 --> 01:15:12,239
fantastic then putin came to power he

1926
01:15:16,229 --> 01:15:13,600
was young

1927
01:15:17,430 --> 01:15:16,239
inexperienced and he liked america so

1928
01:15:19,350 --> 01:15:17,440
much

1929
01:15:22,070 --> 01:15:19,360
he wanted to be included

1930
01:15:23,990 --> 01:15:22,080
he wanted to join nato he was telling

1931
01:15:26,310 --> 01:15:24,000
everyone on national tv he was

1932
01:15:28,550 --> 01:15:26,320
addressing the nation he was telling

1933
01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:28,560
they promised me that they're gonna take

1934
01:15:33,270 --> 01:15:31,120
russia into nato within two years we're

1935
01:15:37,270 --> 01:15:33,280
gonna be a part of nato soon

1936
01:15:39,990 --> 01:15:37,280
and then uh he was so pro-american pro

1937
01:15:42,630 --> 01:15:40,000
oriented to the west okay

1938
01:15:44,950 --> 01:15:42,640
he was always considered now russia is a

1939
01:15:47,350 --> 01:15:44,960
part of the west now russia is part of

1940
01:15:49,750 --> 01:15:47,360
the democrat democratic world and stuff

1941
01:15:52,070 --> 01:15:49,760
like that when 9 11 happened

1942
01:15:53,350 --> 01:15:52,080
the first country who called the first

1943
01:15:55,510 --> 01:15:53,360
president called

1944
01:15:56,390 --> 01:15:55,520
george w bush was putin he said what can

1945
01:15:58,709 --> 01:15:56,400
we do

1946
01:16:01,590 --> 01:15:58,719
he said well open russian airspace for

1947
01:16:03,830 --> 01:16:01,600
the planes to go and bomb afghanistan

1948
01:16:06,149 --> 01:16:03,840
putin didn't even ask one question why

1949
01:16:08,630 --> 01:16:06,159
would you bomb afghanistan he said done

1950
01:16:10,390 --> 01:16:08,640
deal and american bombers

1951
01:16:13,270 --> 01:16:10,400
flew over russia okay

1952
01:16:14,470 --> 01:16:13,280
that's how close putin he wanted to be

1953
01:16:17,189 --> 01:16:14,480
included

1954
01:16:18,870 --> 01:16:17,199
but the americans really well

1955
01:16:21,350 --> 01:16:18,880
they didn't want to include him and they

1956
01:16:24,149 --> 01:16:21,360
kept lying and lying and lying taking

1957
01:16:28,070 --> 01:16:24,159
advantage of putin and russia and then

1958
01:16:30,470 --> 01:16:28,080
everything changed in 2006 okay the tide

1959
01:16:32,790 --> 01:16:30,480
changed at first there was like little

1960
01:16:35,990 --> 01:16:32,800
changes here and there but then more and

1961
01:16:37,910 --> 01:16:36,000
more and more and when barack obama came

1962
01:16:39,189 --> 01:16:37,920
uh they had a personal conflict with

1963
01:16:40,070 --> 01:16:39,199
putin

1964
01:16:43,990 --> 01:16:40,080
they

1965
01:16:45,750 --> 01:16:44,000
don't know what that is but

1966
01:16:48,550 --> 01:16:45,760
uh that's when the things started

1967
01:16:50,630 --> 01:16:48,560
getting really bad

1968
01:16:52,070 --> 01:16:50,640
i don't know could have been putin could

1969
01:16:53,830 --> 01:16:52,080
have hit on

1970
01:16:55,350 --> 01:16:53,840
barack obama's wife or something like

1971
01:16:56,470 --> 01:16:55,360
that i think it was very personal you

1972
01:16:58,709 --> 01:16:56,480
know what i mean

1973
01:17:00,790 --> 01:16:58,719
um

1974
01:17:03,270 --> 01:17:00,800
and

1975
01:17:07,110 --> 01:17:03,280
america started kind of pushing russia

1976
01:17:10,470 --> 01:17:07,120
away more and more and alienating it and

1977
01:17:11,510 --> 01:17:10,480
you know it climaxed in 2014

1978
01:17:14,950 --> 01:17:11,520
and

1979
01:17:17,270 --> 01:17:14,960
from 2014 up to pretty much three weeks

1980
01:17:18,390 --> 01:17:17,280
ago america was

1981
01:17:22,470 --> 01:17:18,400
well

1982
01:17:26,870 --> 01:17:22,480
partners

1983
01:17:29,030 --> 01:17:26,880
like putin sanctions on us and stuff

1984
01:17:31,189 --> 01:17:29,040
like that okay so america like

1985
01:17:33,030 --> 01:17:31,199
became much

1986
01:17:35,990 --> 01:17:33,040
much um

1987
01:17:37,910 --> 01:17:36,000
how to say that a bleaker image like

1988
01:17:40,790 --> 01:17:37,920
more sinister image

1989
01:17:43,189 --> 01:17:40,800
became uh like like russian media

1990
01:17:45,910 --> 01:17:43,199
russian government started making a more

1991
01:17:47,189 --> 01:17:45,920
sinister image of the united states

1992
01:17:49,110 --> 01:17:47,199
and

1993
01:17:52,149 --> 01:17:49,120
it climaxed a couple weeks ago oh

1994
01:17:53,189 --> 01:17:52,159
actually a week ago putin just had

1995
01:17:54,950 --> 01:17:53,199
uh

1996
01:17:56,870 --> 01:17:54,960
a national address

1997
01:17:58,470 --> 01:17:56,880
addressed to the nation and he was asked

1998
01:18:00,790 --> 01:17:58,480
by i think new york times or one of the

1999
01:18:02,630 --> 01:18:00,800
western papers like

2000
01:18:03,669 --> 01:18:02,640
like we're not really happy what russia

2001
01:18:05,669 --> 01:18:03,679
is doing

2002
01:18:07,750 --> 01:18:05,679
and he basically said go to hell we're

2003
01:18:09,590 --> 01:18:07,760
gonna do what we you know you're not our

2004
01:18:11,750 --> 01:18:09,600
friends anymore you're our enemies we're

2005
01:18:13,590 --> 01:18:11,760
gonna do what we want to do we can

2006
01:18:15,750 --> 01:18:13,600
invade whatever whoever you like you can

2007
01:18:17,990 --> 01:18:15,760
invade afghanistan and iraq

2008
01:18:20,550 --> 01:18:18,000
no you cannot tell us anything we can do

2009
01:18:22,790 --> 01:18:20,560
whatever we want so basically i think a

2010
01:18:24,870 --> 01:18:22,800
week ago things have really gone from

2011
01:18:27,189 --> 01:18:24,880
bad to worse okay

2012
01:18:29,110 --> 01:18:27,199
so that's uh official image and of

2013
01:18:31,669 --> 01:18:29,120
course russian media has been pushing

2014
01:18:33,350 --> 01:18:31,679
this agenda of russia surrounded by the

2015
01:18:36,870 --> 01:18:33,360
enemies

2016
01:18:38,950 --> 01:18:36,880
since 2014 okay it's how politicians get

2017
01:18:40,870 --> 01:18:38,960
russian politicians get their points and

2018
01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:40,880
putin gets his points

2019
01:18:44,390 --> 01:18:41,760
uh

2020
01:18:47,189 --> 01:18:44,400
they are the ones protecting us regular

2021
01:18:49,110 --> 01:18:47,199
russian citizens from evil americans

2022
01:18:51,350 --> 01:18:49,120
from the enemies let's put it this way

2023
01:18:53,830 --> 01:18:51,360
from the enemies in russia is surrounded

2024
01:18:55,430 --> 01:18:53,840
by the enemies

2025
01:18:56,950 --> 01:18:55,440
that's to answer your question and then

2026
01:19:00,229 --> 01:18:56,960
um

2027
01:19:01,510 --> 01:19:00,239
those those old ladies uh trying to push

2028
01:19:03,990 --> 01:19:01,520
you to the black sea i'll tell you a

2029
01:19:07,709 --> 01:19:04,000
story okay i saw that with my own eyes

2030
01:19:10,470 --> 01:19:07,719
i came um back to rostov in

2031
01:19:12,390 --> 01:19:10,480
1998 okay

2032
01:19:15,910 --> 01:19:12,400
and i was visiting my relatives and the

2033
01:19:18,470 --> 01:19:15,920
story unfolded right in front of my eyes

2034
01:19:19,910 --> 01:19:18,480
imagine like an open bazaar a market

2035
01:19:21,830 --> 01:19:19,920
farmers market

2036
01:19:23,750 --> 01:19:21,840
and the guy has a huge truck of

2037
01:19:28,470 --> 01:19:23,760
watermelons

2038
01:19:30,550 --> 01:19:28,480
and he cannot push them

2039
01:19:32,950 --> 01:19:30,560
he can't sell them okay

2040
01:19:35,430 --> 01:19:32,960
and then he tries for a few hours then

2041
01:19:38,229 --> 01:19:35,440
he has a brilliant idea he gets a huge

2042
01:19:42,229 --> 01:19:38,239
piece of paper and it says uh

2043
01:19:44,790 --> 01:19:42,239
watermelons imported from america

2044
01:19:47,750 --> 01:19:44,800
and everyone was like wow

2045
01:19:50,310 --> 01:19:47,760
american watermelons great and everyone

2046
01:19:52,870 --> 01:19:50,320
starts buying them and the guy sells out

2047
01:19:54,229 --> 01:19:52,880
in hours okay and he leaves

2048
01:19:56,229 --> 01:19:54,239
disappears

2049
01:19:58,149 --> 01:19:56,239
turns out that the watermelons are no

2050
01:19:59,110 --> 01:19:58,159
good and people start getting sick from

2051
01:20:00,470 --> 01:19:59,120
them

2052
01:20:02,630 --> 01:20:00,480
okay they come back they bring

2053
01:20:03,590 --> 01:20:02,640
watermelons back to the market and he's

2054
01:20:05,990 --> 01:20:03,600
not there

2055
01:20:07,350 --> 01:20:06,000
and they start getting angry at who

2056
01:20:09,910 --> 01:20:07,360
the americans

2057
01:20:12,629 --> 01:20:09,920
right i i saw that with my own eyes the

2058
01:20:14,070 --> 01:20:12,639
old people like americans sent us this

2059
01:20:16,390 --> 01:20:14,080
watermelons

2060
01:20:18,950 --> 01:20:16,400
just to freaking make us you know get

2061
01:20:21,669 --> 01:20:18,960
sick you know why and there was a huge

2062
01:20:22,790 --> 01:20:21,679
ordeal for a couple days but that just

2063
01:20:25,590 --> 01:20:22,800
tells you

2064
01:20:26,950 --> 01:20:25,600
the story of why some people don't like

2065
01:20:28,229 --> 01:20:26,960
americans because they've been

2066
01:20:29,669 --> 01:20:28,239
brainwashed

2067
01:20:32,550 --> 01:20:29,679
okay and then

2068
01:20:35,350 --> 01:20:32,560
uh i mean i i know better i i'm half

2069
01:20:37,750 --> 01:20:35,360
american myself have russian okay but i

2070
01:20:40,310 --> 01:20:37,760
know it's completely bogus but if you

2071
01:20:43,030 --> 01:20:40,320
keep on hearing from everywhere and

2072
01:20:44,870 --> 01:20:43,040
you're not bright enough to like you

2073
01:20:47,990 --> 01:20:44,880
know if you don't know english you

2074
01:20:50,550 --> 01:20:48,000
cannot read any other news media you can

2075
01:20:53,189 --> 01:20:50,560
only read russian here russian what they

2076
01:20:55,669 --> 01:20:53,199
get to say year after year

2077
01:20:58,149 --> 01:20:55,679
they brainwash you saying that america

2078
01:21:00,709 --> 01:20:58,159
is bad then you start believing okay

2079
01:21:03,270 --> 01:21:00,719
that's pretty bad actually i i think

2080
01:21:05,830 --> 01:21:03,280
that actually goes both ways if you ask

2081
01:21:08,149 --> 01:21:05,840
me you know we hear a lot from the media

2082
01:21:09,830 --> 01:21:08,159
against russia too and

2083
01:21:13,110 --> 01:21:09,840
but um

2084
01:21:14,950 --> 01:21:13,120
crimea along these lines so crimea is

2085
01:21:17,350 --> 01:21:14,960
annexed now i

2086
01:21:19,270 --> 01:21:17,360
personally have spoken to someone you

2087
01:21:20,070 --> 01:21:19,280
know through a translator

2088
01:21:25,830 --> 01:21:20,080
that

2089
01:21:26,629 --> 01:21:25,840
they were thrilled

2090
01:21:28,229 --> 01:21:26,639
uh

2091
01:21:30,550 --> 01:21:28,239
you know i mean there's both sides of

2092
01:21:33,270 --> 01:21:30,560
that is all i'm getting at um there were

2093
01:21:35,270 --> 01:21:33,280
some people that were really happy that

2094
01:21:37,189 --> 01:21:35,280
russia took over crimea i know it's i

2095
01:21:38,950 --> 01:21:37,199
know the bridge was a big problem

2096
01:21:41,030 --> 01:21:38,960
there's a lot of problems

2097
01:21:42,870 --> 01:21:41,040
um you know but uh

2098
01:21:45,270 --> 01:21:42,880
what are your overall thoughts about

2099
01:21:47,430 --> 01:21:45,280
that whole situation uh

2100
01:21:49,110 --> 01:21:47,440
let let me answer this question about

2101
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:49,120
crimea and that's gonna take me quite a

2102
01:21:52,950 --> 01:21:50,639
few minutes because i

2103
01:21:55,669 --> 01:21:52,960
i actually took a job at crimea after

2104
01:21:57,750 --> 01:21:55,679
the revolution and i spent a year

2105
01:21:59,430 --> 01:21:57,760
my father is from crimea and i have tons

2106
01:22:00,709 --> 01:21:59,440
of relatives living there

2107
01:22:03,430 --> 01:22:00,719
and uh i

2108
01:22:06,310 --> 01:22:03,440
used both bridge and i used whatever was

2109
01:22:08,149 --> 01:22:06,320
there before bridge you know but after i

2110
01:22:09,510 --> 01:22:08,159
i answered martin we have a few

2111
01:22:11,750 --> 01:22:09,520
questions there

2112
01:22:13,430 --> 01:22:11,760
uh yes i'm gonna i'm gonna pop up a few

2113
01:22:14,870 --> 01:22:13,440
sure yeah okay

2114
01:22:16,390 --> 01:22:14,880
crimea

2115
01:22:19,430 --> 01:22:16,400
cremia is very

2116
01:22:20,790 --> 01:22:19,440
very shady area okay

2117
01:22:22,709 --> 01:22:20,800
uh

2118
01:22:25,750 --> 01:22:22,719
crimea belonged to russia

2119
01:22:27,350 --> 01:22:25,760
until 1956

2120
01:22:29,350 --> 01:22:27,360
i believe

2121
01:22:32,070 --> 01:22:29,360
and um

2122
01:22:34,790 --> 01:22:32,080
my father was born in crimea in 1952 and

2123
01:22:37,990 --> 01:22:34,800
he was born in russia he got his russian

2124
01:22:40,950 --> 01:22:38,000
passport not ukrainian well it was the

2125
01:22:43,350 --> 01:22:40,960
soviet passport back then but um they

2126
01:22:46,149 --> 01:22:43,360
they put like where you were born like

2127
01:22:48,470 --> 01:22:46,159
in which republic and my father said

2128
01:22:50,550 --> 01:22:48,480
russia my father's password

2129
01:22:53,910 --> 01:22:50,560
but he was born in crimea

2130
01:22:56,310 --> 01:22:53,920
then there was uh

2131
01:22:58,550 --> 01:22:56,320
some kind of ordeal within higher-ups of

2132
01:23:01,830 --> 01:22:58,560
the communist party

2133
01:23:03,910 --> 01:23:01,840
and nikita khrushchev was ukrainian

2134
01:23:06,229 --> 01:23:03,920
himself and you know who he was right he

2135
01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:06,239
was running soviet union for 10 years

2136
01:23:09,910 --> 01:23:08,159
and he wanted to do something nice to

2137
01:23:13,110 --> 01:23:09,920
ukraine his home

2138
01:23:17,110 --> 01:23:13,120
home republic okay home place

2139
01:23:18,790 --> 01:23:17,120
and then he made a decree that uh put

2140
01:23:20,470 --> 01:23:18,800
crimea under

2141
01:23:24,229 --> 01:23:20,480
uh kiev's

2142
01:23:26,149 --> 01:23:24,239
uh tears so to speak management

2143
01:23:29,030 --> 01:23:26,159
so it's like for example there are two

2144
01:23:31,830 --> 01:23:29,040
states maine and new hampshire right

2145
01:23:33,750 --> 01:23:31,840
and there's cumberland county no that's

2146
01:23:35,990 --> 01:23:33,760
york county let's put it this way your

2147
01:23:38,629 --> 01:23:36,000
county and your county is far from

2148
01:23:41,430 --> 01:23:38,639
augusta it's not really convenient for

2149
01:23:44,229 --> 01:23:41,440
people to go to augusta and do all the

2150
01:23:46,870 --> 01:23:44,239
things and stuff like that and then

2151
01:23:50,310 --> 01:23:46,880
uh people in washington decide for the

2152
01:23:52,149 --> 01:23:50,320
sake of uh

2153
01:23:53,430 --> 01:23:52,159
simplicity

2154
01:23:56,470 --> 01:23:53,440
let's

2155
01:24:00,550 --> 01:23:56,480
change the states uh the borders of the

2156
01:24:03,510 --> 01:24:00,560
states and let's uh york county have

2157
01:24:05,350 --> 01:24:03,520
is a part of new hampshire now

2158
01:24:07,110 --> 01:24:05,360
and boom just like that it's a done deal

2159
01:24:10,310 --> 01:24:07,120
it's the same country it's same people

2160
01:24:11,350 --> 01:24:10,320
same laws but it's just administrative

2161
01:24:12,550 --> 01:24:11,360
uh

2162
01:24:14,790 --> 01:24:12,560
yeah

2163
01:24:17,510 --> 01:24:14,800
border is like

2164
01:24:19,669 --> 01:24:17,520
your county belongs to new hampshire now

2165
01:24:20,950 --> 01:24:19,679
i hope i explained that uh so you

2166
01:24:23,430 --> 01:24:20,960
understand

2167
01:24:25,189 --> 01:24:23,440
okay that was crimea and then of course

2168
01:24:28,470 --> 01:24:25,199
soviet union fell apart there was a

2169
01:24:31,030 --> 01:24:28,480
question uh russia almost bought crimea

2170
01:24:33,030 --> 01:24:31,040
for a few hundred million dollars back

2171
01:24:35,270 --> 01:24:33,040
in 1991 but

2172
01:24:37,590 --> 01:24:35,280
uh it didn't you know they didn't push

2173
01:24:39,350 --> 01:24:37,600
hard enough i guess nielsen got drunk

2174
01:24:41,110 --> 01:24:39,360
there are rumors that he got drunk and

2175
01:24:42,790 --> 01:24:41,120
he didn't yet he didn't wait until

2176
01:24:45,030 --> 01:24:42,800
signing the papers

2177
01:24:46,790 --> 01:24:45,040
uh that crimea would go back to russia

2178
01:24:48,790 --> 01:24:46,800
and then he left for moscow

2179
01:24:49,590 --> 01:24:48,800
ukrainian president got pissed on the

2180
01:24:50,629 --> 01:24:49,600
you know

2181
01:24:52,070 --> 01:24:50,639
the

2182
01:24:53,350 --> 01:24:52,080
deal fell apart

2183
01:24:55,669 --> 01:24:53,360
okay

2184
01:24:57,510 --> 01:24:55,679
now comes 2014

2185
01:25:00,629 --> 01:24:57,520
but the thing is

2186
01:25:02,390 --> 01:25:00,639
most people like 90 of people who were

2187
01:25:04,310 --> 01:25:02,400
born and live in crimea they're like my

2188
01:25:06,790 --> 01:25:04,320
father they speak russian they're

2189
01:25:08,950 --> 01:25:06,800
russian they have roots in russia

2190
01:25:10,950 --> 01:25:08,960
and they have nothing to do with ukraine

2191
01:25:12,550 --> 01:25:10,960
whatsoever okay

2192
01:25:16,550 --> 01:25:12,560
and uh

2193
01:25:19,350 --> 01:25:16,560
from 1991 to 2014 there were tensions

2194
01:25:20,470 --> 01:25:19,360
between the russian population of crimea

2195
01:25:22,790 --> 01:25:20,480
and

2196
01:25:26,310 --> 01:25:22,800
ukrainians the kiev

2197
01:25:27,270 --> 01:25:26,320
uh because keith was pushing agenda like

2198
01:25:28,070 --> 01:25:27,280
to

2199
01:25:30,310 --> 01:25:28,080
make

2200
01:25:31,830 --> 01:25:30,320
the first language ukrainian but the

2201
01:25:33,590 --> 01:25:31,840
people in crimea they would just

2202
01:25:35,910 --> 01:25:33,600
literally flood the streets and say hey

2203
01:25:37,669 --> 01:25:35,920
no we speak russian and this is the way

2204
01:25:38,550 --> 01:25:37,679
we're gonna do it so there were tensions

2205
01:25:42,790 --> 01:25:38,560
okay

2206
01:25:45,830 --> 01:25:42,800
and then 2014 things happened in ukraine

2207
01:25:50,950 --> 01:25:48,070
there were a lot of nazis

2208
01:25:53,669 --> 01:25:50,960
taking over kiev okay and then taking

2209
01:25:56,470 --> 01:25:53,679
overheark of large ukrainian cities

2210
01:25:58,870 --> 01:25:56,480
and they were really killing it well not

2211
01:26:01,030 --> 01:25:58,880
sure about killing but threatening uh

2212
01:26:03,350 --> 01:26:01,040
russian-speaking population because

2213
01:26:05,590 --> 01:26:03,360
ukraine is like 50 50.

2214
01:26:06,470 --> 01:26:05,600
half speaks russian f speaks ukrainian

2215
01:26:10,149 --> 01:26:06,480
right

2216
01:26:12,950 --> 01:26:10,159
and uh entire ukraine fell under uh

2217
01:26:14,870 --> 01:26:12,960
power of these people like real nazis

2218
01:26:17,270 --> 01:26:14,880
they called neo-nazis okay they have

2219
01:26:18,629 --> 01:26:17,280
swastikas and they're on their flags and

2220
01:26:21,270 --> 01:26:18,639
stuff like that

2221
01:26:22,390 --> 01:26:21,280
uh as all battalion

2222
01:26:25,110 --> 01:26:22,400
people like that

2223
01:26:27,750 --> 01:26:25,120
and they threatened crimea is like a

2224
01:26:30,470 --> 01:26:27,760
peninsula it's like an island okay

2225
01:26:33,990 --> 01:26:30,480
uh if they threatened

2226
01:26:36,390 --> 01:26:34,000
uh ukraine uh crimea they said okay now

2227
01:26:37,350 --> 01:26:36,400
it's your turn we're gonna go there and

2228
01:26:39,590 --> 01:26:37,360
if you

2229
01:26:41,030 --> 01:26:39,600
uh insist on speaking russian standing

2230
01:26:42,790 --> 01:26:41,040
up as russians

2231
01:26:46,229 --> 01:26:42,800
you know you're gonna be

2232
01:26:49,110 --> 01:26:46,239
uh dealt with okay and a lot of people

2233
01:26:51,830 --> 01:26:49,120
got scared and this is where putin i

2234
01:26:53,430 --> 01:26:51,840
don't know his bodies or whatever

2235
01:26:57,990 --> 01:26:53,440
anyway the russian

2236
01:27:00,310 --> 01:26:58,000
troops uh flew over the strait to crimea

2237
01:27:03,270 --> 01:27:00,320
and basically took it over

2238
01:27:05,510 --> 01:27:03,280
okay they did not have a massive

2239
01:27:08,310 --> 01:27:05,520
invasion basically what they did they

2240
01:27:09,430 --> 01:27:08,320
put people in the capital of crimeas in

2241
01:27:10,790 --> 01:27:09,440
philippi

2242
01:27:13,590 --> 01:27:10,800
in the senate

2243
01:27:16,709 --> 01:27:13,600
and they let people decide whether they

2244
01:27:20,149 --> 01:27:16,719
want to remain in ukraine or she's to

2245
01:27:22,870 --> 01:27:20,159
secede and and jew and russia okay and i

2246
01:27:24,629 --> 01:27:22,880
can tell you that um i cannot give you

2247
01:27:26,870 --> 01:27:24,639
the legal uh

2248
01:27:28,870 --> 01:27:26,880
explanation whether it was legal or not

2249
01:27:29,910 --> 01:27:28,880
there are different opinions

2250
01:27:32,629 --> 01:27:29,920
i've heard

2251
01:27:35,270 --> 01:27:32,639
but i can certainly tell you for sure

2252
01:27:37,189 --> 01:27:35,280
but people of crimea

2253
01:27:39,510 --> 01:27:37,199
90

2254
01:27:42,709 --> 01:27:39,520
they absolutely were pro-russian and

2255
01:27:43,590 --> 01:27:42,719
they wanted to leave ukraine and jew in

2256
01:27:44,950 --> 01:27:43,600
russia

2257
01:27:47,030 --> 01:27:44,960
well again

2258
01:27:48,790 --> 01:27:47,040
i'm not sure whether it was legal or not

2259
01:27:51,830 --> 01:27:48,800
from an international point of view i'm

2260
01:27:54,950 --> 01:27:51,840
not a uh like a lawyer okay

2261
01:27:57,350 --> 01:27:54,960
but the people they were russian and

2262
01:27:58,149 --> 01:27:57,360
they remained to be russian and they

2263
01:28:00,950 --> 01:27:58,159
still

2264
01:28:02,709 --> 01:28:00,960
uh most of them you know they're welcome

2265
01:28:06,550 --> 01:28:02,719
that decision that was made seven years

2266
01:28:08,629 --> 01:28:06,560
ago now the story that i have

2267
01:28:10,870 --> 01:28:08,639
my father was born there i have family

2268
01:28:13,110 --> 01:28:10,880
in crimea they still live in crimea and

2269
01:28:15,189 --> 01:28:13,120
i love the place that's my number one

2270
01:28:17,030 --> 01:28:15,199
place in russia it's absolutely

2271
01:28:18,149 --> 01:28:17,040
beautiful it's got great climate the

2272
01:28:20,070 --> 01:28:18,159
black sea

2273
01:28:23,110 --> 01:28:20,080
and i visited crimea a few times the

2274
01:28:25,590 --> 01:28:23,120
last time before when it was ukrainian i

2275
01:28:28,310 --> 01:28:25,600
was there in 2013 i actually drove from

2276
01:28:29,590 --> 01:28:28,320
rust off and i drove all around crimea

2277
01:28:32,390 --> 01:28:29,600
okay

2278
01:28:34,629 --> 01:28:32,400
and then comes 2014 and

2279
01:28:37,270 --> 01:28:34,639
de facto it's russian

2280
01:28:39,030 --> 01:28:37,280
and i drive there just to to look around

2281
01:28:41,189 --> 01:28:39,040
and i go with the bridges right now

2282
01:28:42,390 --> 01:28:41,199
there was no bridge but they were just

2283
01:28:44,390 --> 01:28:42,400
huge ships

2284
01:28:48,229 --> 01:28:44,400
uh going back and forth transporting

2285
01:28:49,750 --> 01:28:48,239
cars so i ended up staying in line for

2286
01:28:51,830 --> 01:28:49,760
18 hours

2287
01:28:53,669 --> 01:28:51,840
yeah i've heard that i heard that uh

2288
01:28:57,590 --> 01:28:53,679
yeah i was stuck but you know what it's

2289
01:28:59,510 --> 01:28:57,600
not a big deal i remember with uh

2290
01:29:01,669 --> 01:28:59,520
with it's good memories i met some

2291
01:29:03,910 --> 01:29:01,679
people you know we were just sharing

2292
01:29:06,550 --> 01:29:03,920
food we're making jokes it was just sort

2293
01:29:08,870 --> 01:29:06,560
of adventure okay not very convenient

2294
01:29:10,950 --> 01:29:08,880
but hey and then i was offered the job

2295
01:29:14,149 --> 01:29:10,960
at crimea i spent working there for one

2296
01:29:16,229 --> 01:29:14,159
year managing like a huge 2000 room

2297
01:29:19,030 --> 01:29:16,239
hotel resort there

2298
01:29:27,350 --> 01:29:22,629
when i was driving one day like in

2299
01:29:29,990 --> 01:29:27,360
june 2014 right i was pulled over

2300
01:29:33,110 --> 01:29:30,000
by a car a car just you know passed me

2301
01:29:36,229 --> 01:29:33,120
and started pushing me so i could stop

2302
01:29:38,229 --> 01:29:36,239
and i stopped and i my my car has moscow

2303
01:29:39,910 --> 01:29:38,239
license plate so they could say i was

2304
01:29:41,430 --> 01:29:39,920
from moscow right and the car was

2305
01:29:43,430 --> 01:29:41,440
ukrainian because

2306
01:29:44,629 --> 01:29:43,440
all licensed played back then they were

2307
01:29:46,790 --> 01:29:44,639
ukraine it was a really strange

2308
01:29:48,950 --> 01:29:46,800
situation because like

2309
01:29:51,830 --> 01:29:48,960
you know for example maine

2310
01:29:53,590 --> 01:29:51,840
being american it becomes canadian the

2311
01:29:55,750 --> 01:29:53,600
canadian police comes in you know

2312
01:29:58,390 --> 01:29:55,760
canadian everything is like wow what the

2313
01:30:01,669 --> 01:29:58,400
heck is going on anyway it was strange

2314
01:30:03,030 --> 01:30:01,679
uh so i stop and the two older ladies

2315
01:30:04,229 --> 01:30:03,040
come out

2316
01:30:06,149 --> 01:30:04,239
and they say

2317
01:30:08,070 --> 01:30:06,159
ask me if i was if i'm from moscow i'm

2318
01:30:11,110 --> 01:30:08,080
like yeah i'm from moscow

2319
01:30:13,430 --> 01:30:11,120
and they start thanking me saying thank

2320
01:30:15,430 --> 01:30:13,440
you so much we're so glad that we're

2321
01:30:17,270 --> 01:30:15,440
part of russia now okay

2322
01:30:20,229 --> 01:30:17,280
and they're like we have some wine would

2323
01:30:23,110 --> 01:30:20,239
you like wine i'm like no i don't i'm

2324
01:30:24,870 --> 01:30:23,120
okay you know i'm driving well let us

2325
01:30:26,709 --> 01:30:24,880
feed you we have some food we have some

2326
01:30:29,030 --> 01:30:26,719
uh you know sandwiches and stuff like

2327
01:30:31,189 --> 01:30:29,040
that they were ecstatic i was with my

2328
01:30:31,990 --> 01:30:31,199
wife and we couldn't believe it we were

2329
01:30:34,709 --> 01:30:32,000
like

2330
01:30:36,390 --> 01:30:34,719
wow this is insane just to show you the

2331
01:30:39,430 --> 01:30:36,400
spirit of people

2332
01:30:41,990 --> 01:30:39,440
after crimea joined russia it was

2333
01:30:43,110 --> 01:30:42,000
fantastic they were graffiti of putin

2334
01:30:45,270 --> 01:30:43,120
everywhere

2335
01:30:47,189 --> 01:30:45,280
like putin is our savior you know

2336
01:30:49,189 --> 01:30:47,199
welcome to russia we just want to be

2337
01:30:50,790 --> 01:30:49,199
part of russia and stuff like

2338
01:30:52,470 --> 01:30:50,800
some of the graffitis are still there

2339
01:30:53,430 --> 01:30:52,480
it's just like they faded you know what

2340
01:30:56,709 --> 01:30:53,440
i mean

2341
01:30:58,709 --> 01:30:56,719
but um i mentioned earlier unfortunately

2342
01:31:02,070 --> 01:30:58,719
i have i have someone coming in for an

2343
01:31:05,350 --> 01:31:02,080
appointment coming up but um

2344
01:31:07,270 --> 01:31:05,360
i mentioned earlier that

2345
01:31:09,110 --> 01:31:07,280
you know from what i understood is

2346
01:31:11,510 --> 01:31:09,120
exactly what you're saying

2347
01:31:13,750 --> 01:31:11,520
in the united states we never heard that

2348
01:31:16,390 --> 01:31:13,760
part of it i never heard that part of it

2349
01:31:18,550 --> 01:31:16,400
on any news media in the united states

2350
01:31:20,550 --> 01:31:18,560
just that it was a horrible situation

2351
01:31:23,590 --> 01:31:20,560
and a terrible thing so that just goes

2352
01:31:27,030 --> 01:31:23,600
to show we we don't hear all sides

2353
01:31:28,070 --> 01:31:27,040
um anyway and uh thank you for for doing

2354
01:31:29,750 --> 01:31:28,080
that i want to run through these

2355
01:31:31,990 --> 01:31:29,760
questions real quickly

2356
01:31:34,070 --> 01:31:32,000
i have to actually rap in about uh 10

2357
01:31:35,510 --> 01:31:34,080
minutes so this question i'm not sure if

2358
01:31:38,149 --> 01:31:35,520
you're going to be able to help this

2359
01:31:39,590 --> 01:31:38,159
person or not with any advice

2360
01:31:41,270 --> 01:31:39,600
but uh

2361
01:31:42,629 --> 01:31:41,280
uh you want to read that i'll i'll read

2362
01:31:44,790 --> 01:31:42,639
it out loud i've been to russia eight

2363
01:31:48,390 --> 01:31:44,800
times married my fiance in moscow in

2364
01:31:50,709 --> 01:31:48,400
2013. now because of a legal problem

2365
01:31:52,790 --> 01:31:50,719
that i had back in 1998 the state

2366
01:31:54,149 --> 01:31:52,800
department will not allow me to

2367
01:31:56,950 --> 01:31:54,159
allow

2368
01:31:58,070 --> 01:31:56,960
my wife i'm not sure exactly

2369
01:32:00,070 --> 01:31:58,080
that could have been written a little

2370
01:32:02,149 --> 01:32:00,080
better but i don't i think they're

2371
01:32:04,870 --> 01:32:02,159
saying they can't bring their wife in

2372
01:32:07,430 --> 01:32:04,880
the united in the united states i i

2373
01:32:09,110 --> 01:32:07,440
certainly cannot help with that um yeah

2374
01:32:11,110 --> 01:32:09,120
i think that if you live in the united

2375
01:32:13,830 --> 01:32:11,120
states you have better luck dealing with

2376
01:32:15,030 --> 01:32:13,840
the us state department that i i just i

2377
01:32:17,030 --> 01:32:15,040
don't know

2378
01:32:19,270 --> 01:32:17,040
yeah uh i know there were some other

2379
01:32:21,430 --> 01:32:19,280
questions i'm looking for them meanwhile

2380
01:32:24,229 --> 01:32:21,440
while i'm looking um

2381
01:32:25,830 --> 01:32:24,239
can you give out your information on how

2382
01:32:26,470 --> 01:32:25,840
people can find your channels down in

2383
01:32:33,270 --> 01:32:26,480
the

2384
01:32:35,590 --> 01:32:33,280
and put that out if you would hey it's

2385
01:32:37,189 --> 01:32:35,600
it's uh i don't know how to put it on

2386
01:32:39,590 --> 01:32:37,199
but it's really easy if you guys want to

2387
01:32:42,550 --> 01:32:39,600
check it out it's called inside russia

2388
01:32:43,669 --> 01:32:42,560
very simple go and just search for it

2389
01:32:45,669 --> 01:32:43,679
um

2390
01:32:47,910 --> 01:32:45,679
yeah it's right it's very easy to find

2391
01:32:50,629 --> 01:32:47,920
and again it's linked down below here's

2392
01:32:53,910 --> 01:32:50,639
a question from john

2393
01:32:55,910 --> 01:32:53,920
uh about melvani and putin centered

2394
01:32:57,110 --> 01:32:55,920
censored that's pretty well known that

2395
01:33:01,510 --> 01:32:57,120
that

2396
01:33:05,030 --> 01:33:01,520
but thanks for the question

2397
01:33:07,430 --> 01:33:05,040
you know yeah yeah we covered that um

2398
01:33:09,910 --> 01:33:07,440
now i do want to i want to close on this

2399
01:33:11,669 --> 01:33:09,920
uh basically

2400
01:33:14,070 --> 01:33:11,679
constantine what was what would you say

2401
01:33:16,550 --> 01:33:14,080
was the most magnificent or the most

2402
01:33:17,590 --> 01:33:16,560
impressive difference between our two

2403
01:33:20,390 --> 01:33:17,600
countries

2404
01:33:22,709 --> 01:33:20,400
when you arrived in america what really

2405
01:33:24,709 --> 01:33:22,719
hit you uh

2406
01:33:27,030 --> 01:33:24,719
when i arrived to america right what

2407
01:33:28,950 --> 01:33:27,040
what was different in america well

2408
01:33:30,870 --> 01:33:28,960
america is like different from any

2409
01:33:32,470 --> 01:33:30,880
country in the world i think it's the

2410
01:33:33,750 --> 01:33:32,480
most wonderful country in the world

2411
01:33:35,430 --> 01:33:33,760
because

2412
01:33:36,709 --> 01:33:35,440
the values

2413
01:33:38,950 --> 01:33:36,719
and

2414
01:33:40,790 --> 01:33:38,960
the freedoms that people enjoy in the

2415
01:33:42,870 --> 01:33:40,800
spirit okay

2416
01:33:45,510 --> 01:33:42,880
um

2417
01:33:48,070 --> 01:33:45,520
i i talked earlier about how in america

2418
01:33:52,229 --> 01:33:48,080
it's great to be a self-man-made

2419
01:33:55,110 --> 01:33:52,239
self-made man uh and

2420
01:33:56,149 --> 01:33:55,120
i love i love the

2421
01:33:58,149 --> 01:33:56,159
base

2422
01:33:59,990 --> 01:33:58,159
the sort of like the basis what your

2423
01:34:01,910 --> 01:34:00,000
country stands on

2424
01:34:04,310 --> 01:34:01,920
i love that um

2425
01:34:06,870 --> 01:34:04,320
you are absolutely free like for example

2426
01:34:08,870 --> 01:34:06,880
when i came to america and then i was

2427
01:34:10,950 --> 01:34:08,880
talking to americans and they they

2428
01:34:12,629 --> 01:34:10,960
learned those russian and sometimes we

2429
01:34:14,709 --> 01:34:12,639
didn't agree on something

2430
01:34:17,189 --> 01:34:14,719
the americans said okay you know what i

2431
01:34:20,470 --> 01:34:17,199
totally disagree with you but

2432
01:34:23,110 --> 01:34:20,480
uh so you understand i will fight and

2433
01:34:25,669 --> 01:34:23,120
die for your right to have

2434
01:34:29,350 --> 01:34:25,679
your own opinion even though i disagree

2435
01:34:31,350 --> 01:34:29,360
with you okay and it was absolutely

2436
01:34:33,830 --> 01:34:31,360
absolutely something new to me okay and

2437
01:34:37,030 --> 01:34:33,840
it's still to this day it's great

2438
01:34:39,270 --> 01:34:37,040
another thing was great was um

2439
01:34:42,470 --> 01:34:39,280
you know i started with zero experience

2440
01:34:44,950 --> 01:34:42,480
basically and through hard work and

2441
01:34:46,709 --> 01:34:44,960
some thinking i started making good

2442
01:34:49,510 --> 01:34:46,719
money and i started growing as a

2443
01:34:50,870 --> 01:34:49,520
professional okay in russia like i said

2444
01:34:53,270 --> 01:34:50,880
before

2445
01:34:55,750 --> 01:34:53,280
for me to grow as professional no hard

2446
01:34:58,229 --> 01:34:55,760
work needed no smarts needed i just have

2447
01:35:00,709 --> 01:34:58,239
to be connected with someone nephew or

2448
01:35:03,189 --> 01:35:00,719
son of a judge prosecutor or whatever

2449
01:35:05,750 --> 01:35:03,199
you know but in america was absolutely

2450
01:35:07,350 --> 01:35:05,760
different you're valued by your judge by

2451
01:35:09,189 --> 01:35:07,360
the results

2452
01:35:12,310 --> 01:35:09,199
by the value that you bring to the

2453
01:35:14,470 --> 01:35:12,320
company to the society and you know of

2454
01:35:16,950 --> 01:35:14,480
course i absolutely adore freedoms that

2455
01:35:17,750 --> 01:35:16,960
you have for example freedom to bear

2456
01:35:20,550 --> 01:35:17,760
uh

2457
01:35:22,390 --> 01:35:20,560
to own the firearm that's that's

2458
01:35:24,790 --> 01:35:22,400
fantastic i mean

2459
01:35:25,669 --> 01:35:24,800
this is absolutely insanely fantastic to

2460
01:35:27,109 --> 01:35:25,679
me

2461
01:35:29,430 --> 01:35:27,119
um

2462
01:35:31,030 --> 01:35:29,440
yeah i mean i was there in russia when

2463
01:35:33,750 --> 01:35:31,040
the gentleman had to turn in his

2464
01:35:37,750 --> 01:35:36,070
this was just a couple of years ago

2465
01:35:39,750 --> 01:35:37,760
he brought into a gun

2466
01:35:41,830 --> 01:35:39,760
i can't remember how far away we drove

2467
01:35:43,270 --> 01:35:41,840
but he actually he turned them and i

2468
01:35:45,350 --> 01:35:43,280
think he got the government paid him

2469
01:35:47,430 --> 01:35:45,360
some type of money for them i'm not sure

2470
01:35:50,229 --> 01:35:47,440
what that was about but it was like old

2471
01:35:52,070 --> 01:35:50,239
family uh you know shotgun that he had

2472
01:35:53,590 --> 01:35:52,080
or something yeah

2473
01:35:55,990 --> 01:35:53,600
russian government doesn't like people

2474
01:35:58,149 --> 01:35:56,000
to own guns okay but when i first got to

2475
01:35:59,350 --> 01:35:58,159
maine i met people who were

2476
01:36:01,830 --> 01:35:59,360
just uh

2477
01:36:03,990 --> 01:36:01,840
american rifle association members and

2478
01:36:06,310 --> 01:36:04,000
they were just shooting like twice a

2479
01:36:08,390 --> 01:36:06,320
year and they took me out in the woods

2480
01:36:10,790 --> 01:36:08,400
and they gave me all kinds of like m16

2481
01:36:13,189 --> 01:36:10,800
ak-47 i couldn't believe it because

2482
01:36:14,950 --> 01:36:13,199
that's the stuff is impossible in russia

2483
01:36:17,590 --> 01:36:14,960
but in the united states

2484
01:36:19,830 --> 01:36:17,600
uh everyone knows that another person

2485
01:36:21,830 --> 01:36:19,840
can be armed and therefore you don't

2486
01:36:24,229 --> 01:36:21,840
mess with the person that's it plain and

2487
01:36:25,990 --> 01:36:24,239
simple you know what i mean how what

2488
01:36:27,510 --> 01:36:26,000
better can you get

2489
01:36:29,109 --> 01:36:27,520
um

2490
01:36:32,790 --> 01:36:29,119
so what else

2491
01:36:35,910 --> 01:36:32,800
uh basically your the constitution that

2492
01:36:37,030 --> 01:36:35,920
is so precious for the americans and so

2493
01:36:39,189 --> 01:36:37,040
protected

2494
01:36:41,990 --> 01:36:39,199
and no one can touch the constitution

2495
01:36:44,629 --> 01:36:42,000
that was such a great difference between

2496
01:36:47,350 --> 01:36:44,639
russia then another huge thing was the

2497
01:36:49,270 --> 01:36:47,360
independence of court system

2498
01:36:50,870 --> 01:36:49,280
because in russian courts the decision

2499
01:36:52,950 --> 01:36:50,880
can be

2500
01:36:55,910 --> 01:36:52,960
well procured

2501
01:36:59,030 --> 01:36:55,920
but in the united states uh

2502
01:37:00,790 --> 01:36:59,040
in 99 of the cases you know it's honest

2503
01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:00,800
it's fair you have to have a good lawyer

2504
01:37:04,229 --> 01:37:02,960
you have to put up a fight but it's fair

2505
01:37:05,750 --> 01:37:04,239
you know what i mean

2506
01:37:08,310 --> 01:37:05,760
that's what uh

2507
01:37:09,510 --> 01:37:08,320
the whole system is fair based on

2508
01:37:11,830 --> 01:37:09,520
fairness

2509
01:37:14,229 --> 01:37:11,840
and this is what uh what i love uh

2510
01:37:15,350 --> 01:37:14,239
unfortunately it was lacking in russia

2511
01:37:17,350 --> 01:37:15,360
and it's still

2512
01:37:19,510 --> 01:37:17,360
many things are still lacking and many

2513
01:37:21,189 --> 01:37:19,520
things have gotten much worse ever since

2514
01:37:23,669 --> 01:37:21,199
i you know

2515
01:37:25,590 --> 01:37:23,679
left russia in 96

2516
01:37:27,990 --> 01:37:25,600
yeah well thank you so much it's been a

2517
01:37:30,390 --> 01:37:28,000
real pleasure you're a gentleman and uh

2518
01:37:32,550 --> 01:37:30,400
your english is perfect and and thank

2519
01:37:34,550 --> 01:37:32,560
you so much for joining us today

2520
01:37:36,629 --> 01:37:34,560
martin thank you so much it's been it's

2521
01:37:38,709 --> 01:37:36,639
been a pleasure and uh again merry

2522
01:37:41,510 --> 01:37:38,719
christmas and happy new year i'm gonna

2523
01:37:44,070 --> 01:37:41,520
be doing a live stream uh how russian

2524
01:37:46,310 --> 01:37:44,080
family celebrates my family celebrates

2525
01:37:48,229 --> 01:37:46,320
new year it's gonna be right on new year

2526
01:37:50,390 --> 01:37:48,239
in russian new year so and it's a big

2527
01:37:52,629 --> 01:37:50,400
deal in russia yeah it's the biggest

2528
01:37:54,790 --> 01:37:52,639
holiday for us huge celebration so i'm

2529
01:37:56,709 --> 01:37:54,800
inviting you to come and join and see

2530
01:37:57,910 --> 01:37:56,719
the stream on my channel i'll make uh

2531
01:37:59,669 --> 01:37:57,920
premiere

2532
01:38:03,030 --> 01:37:59,679
and uh everyone else

2533
01:38:04,950 --> 01:38:03,040
please come and join me us my family

2534
01:38:07,270 --> 01:38:04,960
all right you take care thank you thank

2535
01:38:08,629 --> 01:38:07,280
you you too thank you all right

2536
01:38:10,550 --> 01:38:08,639
all right everyone so thanks so much

2537
01:38:12,629 --> 01:38:10,560
remember in order to see what's coming

2538
01:38:13,910 --> 01:38:12,639
up next you need to subscribe to the

2539
01:38:15,830 --> 01:38:13,920
channel and click the little bell and

2540
01:38:17,270 --> 01:38:15,840
you'll get a notification

2541
01:38:19,750 --> 01:38:17,280
thank you for hanging in with us and

2542
01:38:41,520 --> 01:38:19,760
thank you for the good questions in chat

2543
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