Timesuck with Dan Cummins - 294 - Vladimir Putin

Episode Date: May 2, 2022

Vladimir Putin. Who is the former KGB officer who has led Russia since 2000? Is he a friend of a foe of the West? Was he legitimately elected to office? Legitimately re-elected? Does he have any valid reason to be in Ukraine right now? What does he really want to accomplish in Ukraine? Today we dig into the story of Russia's leader, who is maybe one of the greatest propagandists the world has ever known. Can we actually trust anything that comes out of his mouth? Are his troops actually "de-nazifying" Ukraine? Or is that whole narrative just more of Putin's lies? Bad Magic Productions Monthly Patreon Donation:  The Bad Magic Charity for May is the HALO Dental Network. Founded by Dr. Brady Smith, HALO Dental Network is a coalition of dental professionals who donate their services to the dental underserved. Services include dental implants, veneers, fillings and crowns. If you want to learn more, please visit halodentalnetwork.orgNot only can donate, you can also nominate someone you know who is in need.TICKETS FOR HOT WET BAD MAGIC SUMMER CAMP!  Go to www.badmagicmerch.comWatch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XgOCz0WnC1EMerch: https://www.badmagicmerch.comDiscord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch related questions/problems: [e-mail] (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard?  Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcastSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.

Vladimir Putin. It's the name we all know. And in a many fear right now, as the gas prices rise, as influencers and regular people alike, post their opinions on social media. As you turn on the news and watch more violence happen every day, probably wonder why is Putin doing what he's currently doing in Ukraine. If you go to the internet, do some research and are quickly overwhelmed by the amount of information out there. One article links to another, explaining the background of one event, another article links to a past atrocity committed by Putin and his government, yet another article links to what politicians or organizations have to say about it all,

easy to become frustrated or confused by the sheer volume of information available on the internet about all of this. Vladimir Putin is terrifying the world right now, but his tear is not new. He's been doing terrifying shit for decades. 2022 invasion of Ukraine, not the first time Russia has invaded land. It's not theirs. Vladimir Putin has been synonymous with Russia since he first became president in 2000. When he made some of his first speeches on national television, he

promised to protect freedoms and human rights. He promised to bring Russia out of an economic depression, promised to restore Russia back to greatness after the fall of the Soviet Union. And in his supporters eyes, he has done all that. But the reality is that his actions have led to the bloodshed of thousands of innocent people. And he has failed miserably regarding many of his promises. In this episode, we'll discuss who is Vladimir Putin and how did he grow up to become the ruthless leader he is today? We'll cover some of the most important events in his past and current terms as president, some of the atrocities committed under his watch, the background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so much more, in this beware of Russian troll farms and be scared of the man

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Jump into it, timeline, and all that jazz. Head to put a muzzle on both jangles and sneak some sedatives into his treats. So I could record today's suck without him tearing apart the suck dungeon in a fit of rage. Highly intelligent award winning British journalist, Gideon Rockman, recently called Putin, the man who fooled the world. Rockman wrote in 2002 article for the Guardian, even though Western intelligence services had worn for months that Russia was poised to attack, many experienced Putin watchers.

Both in Russia and the West refused to believe it. After more than 20 years of his leadership, they felt they understood Putin. He was ruthless and violent, no doubt, but he was also believed to be rational, calculated and committed to Russia's integration into the world economy. Few believed he was capable of such a reckless gamble. Looking back, however, it is clear that the outside world has consistently misread him. From the moment he took power, outsiders too often saw what they wanted and played down the darkest sides of Putinism.

Putin, man. I've never understood why this guy has been public-mired, or publicly admired by certain politicians. You know, just around the world. You know, you dig into who he is, just a little bit, blatantly obvious to anyone who cares to see the truth that he's a corrupt, ruthless dictator who despises the West.

A man who despises true democracy in the United States makes me really not trust anyone who admires him. One time American political hero, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani seems to admire him. He said of the 2014 Russian annexation annexation of Crimea. He makes a decision, he executes it quickly. That's what you call a leader. Nigel Farage, British broadcaster, former politician who was leader of the UK Independence Party, you Kip from 2006, 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and leader of the Brexit party renamed the reform party reform UK in 2021. One said that Putin was the world leader he most admired. The way he played

the whole serious thing, brilliant. Now that I prove of him politically, at least he gave it his claim right there. President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duarte, said, my favorite hero is Putin. To those who admire Putin, he's viewed as a strong determined man's man, a fighter who built up Russia from the ruins of the Soviet Union and their eyes. He did it all through strength, savvy, and cunning. But what exactly has he built? Anything worth admiring?

I don't think so. On December 31, 1999, Putin gave his first televised speech as a leader of Russia. He promised to protect freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of the mass media, ownership rights, these fundamental elements of a civilized society. Holy shit. Uh, he has fallen a little bit short of those hollow promises. Uh, that fucking Russian gangster never actually gave two fucks about. Uh, weird that a long time KGB man wouldn't end up being trustworthy.

Freedom of speech. Oh, hard. No. Putin has regularly jailed his detractors, uh, back in March, Putin, uh, greatly restricted or shut down Access to social media, you know shut it down to Facebook Instagram Twitter and Russia Literally made it illegal for anyone to publish the truth about what Russia was really doing in Ukraine reporters, you know TV broadcasters have been jailed others have walked away from their jobs because they can't tell the truth on and on Freedom of mass media is a fundamental element of a civilized society is put and pointed out. So I guess Russia does not have a fucking civilized society because that freedom does not

exist under Putin's authoritarian rule. Back on March 4th, Putin signed into law legislation that will punish journalists with prison time of up to 15 years for publishing news that contradicts official statements about mosquitos war in ukraine got a few if you have anything wrong why would you make that uh... make that law uh... legislation was passed by both chambers of uh... putons puppet russian parliament uh... you know stock with bottom paid for putin loyalists people who would not dare to defy

the strong russian man putin putin first took office his political team quickly team quickly worked to portray him as a strong man. The media published images of Putin on horseback practicing judo, arm wrestling, walking shirtless by a river in Siberia. Gleb Pavelowski, a member of his publicity team said the goal was to give him the image of a Hollywood savior hero. Classic old school propaganda. Propaganda that comes across pretty fucking transparent and cheesy over here in the West. It's weird.

It's weird. The shirtless horseback photos, especially very laughable, very cringey. He doesn't look tough to me. He looks like a fucking dork, like some middle-aged rich kid who talks his daddy into buying him a pony. Look at that, the baby boy can ride the horse in the aisle.

Strong Russian baby boy, love his pony daddy. Look at my big boy muscles daddy, am I strong pony boy? It's fucking ridiculous. Since Russians alive today have literally always been surrounded by massive corruption and propaganda though, I imagine they're more easily manipulated, overall than we are,

these for now, maybe don't realize how fucking dumb these picks are, or probably more likely just afraid to publicly say how fucking down they look. So why would Russia want a strong man anyway? Because when he rose to power at the end of the 90s, Russia had been a fucking shit show for years. We talked about Russia's wild 90s, a bit back in episode 192, the Alexander Solanik

super killer suck, worth revisiting here. Boris Yeltsin took over as the new president of Russia after Mikhail Gorbachev stepped down as the final leader of Communist Soviet Union and he'd lead Russia from 1991 to 1999. Yeltsin was given the nearly impossible task of quickly transitioning Russia from a communist nation under state control to a representative democracy in theory under private control. And he be heavily criticized for economic mismanagement, massive amounts of corruption, occurring under his watch, the rise of the Russian oligarchs, incredibly wealthy, crooked Russian business leaders, slash gangsters, in many cases, who ended up essentially ruling the nation.

A lot of the criticism labeled at Yeltsin is fair. He was corrupt as fuck. Did a lot of dumb shit. In late 1992, Yeltsin launched a program of free vouchers as a way to give Russia's mass privatization a jumpstart. Under this program, every Russian citizen was given a voucher worth around 10,000 rubles to be used for the purchase of shares of select state enterprises. Sounds pretty nice at first, right? Sounds pretty equitable. But not really, since poverty was rampant, these vouchers quickly ended up in the hands of a select few wealthy investors. Many of them from organized crime or KGB backgrounds are both who bought these vouchers from people who needed cash, not vouchers, to put food in their

bellies. These people weren't looking to do investing. They had basic bills to pay. These vouchers ended up being bought for pennies on the dollar by those who had the money to do so and many who had money to do so had made their money through illegal government kickbacks, bribes, crime, etc. And they purchased former state assets and sectors like finance, industry, energy, telecommunications and the media. Then in 1995, Yeltsin doubled down on this strategy, offered more stock shares in some of Russia's most valuable state enterprises.

This still hadn't been privatized and exchanged for more money needed to run the government. So the government sold more assets to raise operating capital. And people who had already made millions with those voucher purchases made more millions. The rich got richer. By mid 1996, very small group of businessmen, the oligarchs had gobbled up the stock shares and they controlled most of Russia. And that's how by 2015 many years later, just 110 individuals would end up owning 35% of the wealth of all of Russia. It is the oligarchs and it is the peasants. Russia has the most in equal wealth distribution of any nation on earth.

Russia has the most in equal wealth distribution of any nation on earth. Mikhail Kodakorsky, oh Jesus Christ, Kordakovsky, there we go. I was one of these oligarchs. The man Putin will later imprison for standing up to him, ended up worth 15 billion dollars thanks to the wild nineties. Nineties were fucking awesome for him and those like him. But most Russians really struggled between 1990 and 1994 the first years the transition from communism to what was supposed to be a representative democracy life expectancy for Russian men and women declined from 63.8 and 74.4

years to 57.7 and 71.2 years respectively. While the US for comparison's sake, life expectancy increased for both men and women from 71.8 and 78.8 years to 72.4 and 79 years. More than 75% of the decline in life expectancy was due to increased mortality rates for ages 25 to 64. Overall, cardiovascular diseases, heart disease and stroke, and injuries accounted for 65% of the decline in life expectancy.

Right? Stress, too much drinking to alleviate stress. Hard living. Thanks to poverty, killing off Russians faster than a day when their life was a dismal, communist hellscape. They're worried about money more than ever now. By 1994, the real incomes of the Russian population have been cut in half from where it was in the final days of communism. 32 million out of 148 million Russians found

themselves living below the poverty line. Their average income did not exceed US $40 per month. Holy shit. Russia, while labeled a second world country has become or had become, you know, what most people thought of as a third world country. Did you know the originally first world countries these labels come from allies of the US and NATO, second world countries allies of the Soviet Union, this is on the Cold War, third world countries, nations that didn't pick aside. The meaning has changed over time but that's where it started. The economy and standard of living continue to decline throughout Russia for the rest of the decade The economy and standard of living continue to decline throughout Russia for the rest of the decade. After the collapse, the USSR, Russia lost 23.8% of its national territory, 48.5% of its

population, 41% of its gross domestic product, 39.4% of its industrial potential, it's huge, as well as 44.6% of its military capability due to so many formerly controlled Soviet territories becoming independent nations. And all of that combined with widespread corruption made Russia maybe not the best place to live. Russia's national identity was lost. Life sucked in many if not most ways during communist rule for most Russians, but at least it was a sense of being a member of one of the most powerful nations on earth.

All right, who doesn't like to feel connected to a winning team? Tribalism needs so strong and what seems to be the overwhelming majority of the members of our herd species. And we tend to want to be a member of a strong herd, especially if you've been raised to think that that's a point of pride, right? Raise to think that for your entire life, sing in patriotic songs, saluting the flags since you're old enough to speak and stand. Many, if not nearly all Russians, thanks to a lifetime of propaganda combined with, you know, a lot of actual real world power believed that Russia was the most powerful nation

on earth. But now Russia felt weak. But like it wasn't freefall. The economy kept getting worse. Military, not as strong as it used to be. All of the ganksters running the shit show and Russia needed a hero. And Putin all too happy to audition for that role and play the part. Putin promised to bring things back to how they were at the height of the Soviets might, right? When Russia was powerful, but with new modern, more western freedoms. In 2005 speech, Putin called the collapse of the Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. And statements like that, you know,

made most of the West fucking nervous where Putin was concerned. And he's very much a Russian nationalist. And all the nations split apart from Russia with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he still views today those nations belong to Russia. He would love nothing more than to return Russia to its former position of power and from there who knows.

Thank God that hasn't happened. Putin has failed to achieve his vision at least thus far. What he has done since his first election is taking steps to secure indefinite power and suppress freedom. He's also failed to really improve the economy for the average citizen since the wild 90s 2015 according to Karen Daweisha, author of Putin's cleptocracy, the median or midpoint amount of wealth for the average Russian citizen right at this time, 2015, $871.5 the population had less than $871 and assets, half had more. Less than India, or in 2015, it was over $1,000. So the average Russian, more impoverished than the average Indian not that long ago. India nation, I think, uh, much more well known in most people's minds for widespread poverty.

But Russia more impoverished. We should only hear about it as much. Thanks to powerful KGBS propaganda machines are the machine the Putin is built and a kleptocracy, uh, by the way, government composed of people who used their power to steal their country's resources. That is exactly the type of government Putin runs. I mentioned before that Putin is anti-West anti-US. Back in 2007 at the Munich Security Conference, Putin delivered a speech promising to fight

back against the US-led world order. He accused the US of uncontained hyper-use of force and international relations. Just like US politicians have for sure used Cold War fear of Russia to justify a lot of military and covert actions over the years. Some very questionable. Russia has done the same with the US. Russia, particularly before China became so powerful, long been our boogeyman. A boogeyman who's actually pretty scary. And Putin has stoked fear of the West making America a boogeyman for the Russian people as well. And we are scary to him and his fellow partners in crime. We should be much less scary to the average Russian citizen who is not an important politician or oligarch, our

system of government far from perfect, but a hell of a lot better than Russia, just statistically, our citizens fear a lot better in the States than citizens do in Russia. The US ranked number 16 in the 2022 World Happiness Report with a score of 6.97. Russia ranked 80th. We bit behind with a score of 5.459. Northern Europe took the eight spots, top eight spots, excuse me, Nordic nations took five of those eight, of course, they did Finland number one 7.821. Uh, those rankings based on data from Gallup World poll surveys from 2019 to 2021 based on answers to the main life evaluation question asked in the poll. And the questions called the, uh, Cantrolatter.

It asked respondents to think of a ladder with the best possible life for them being a 10 and the worst possible life being a zero. They're asked to rate their own current lives on that zero to 10 scale. And how does the US compare to Russia as far as freedom goes? A report is without borders, publishes a world press freedom index country ranking, ranking based on the degree of freedom available to journalists in 180 countries as determined by pooling the responses of experts to a questionnaire devised by RSF. Questions are designed to measure amongst other things, the degree to which opinions are

presented are represented in the media. The degree to which the media are able to function independently of sources of political, governmental, business, and religious power and influence, and the quality of the infrastructure that supports the production of news and information. And in the most recent report, the US ranking, not fucking great actually, we're 44th, pretty disappointed. She knows how polarized and sensationalized and full of shit, much of our mainstream media has become the Czech Republic, South Africa, Italy, South Korea, almost 40 other nations

outrank us. Finland, number two, Norway, number one, fucking Nordic countries. Killing it on all these tests every year. Russia the way shitier than us. 150th is their ranking. Not much better than Turkey. And Turkey is a nation ran by a gaggle of cunts. Erdogan and Putin can go fall in a fucking piss puddle and some cdallion die.

Russia's shitty ranking handed out before recent censorship events. I'm guessing Russia now close to the bottom. Just how Putin wants it. Fucking Putin. Putin curling 69 years old. He seems healthy. So he might be in charge for a long time to come. Paul Bia, president of Cameroon, he's 89. Who knows how long Putin could lead Russia? Who knows what he has in store for the rest of the world. Putin's been in charge for over two decades already, and the longer he remains in power, the more retaliatory and he becomes, the harder it's going to be to probably get rid of him.

Since taking power, he's strengthened his influence in the Middle East, strengthened his relations with China, shown a willingness to use force to accomplish his goals, and scariest to me. He has built maybe the greatest propaganda machine that the world has ever seen. Before we dive into a big timeline today, starting with Putin's early childhood, examining his life, actually starting before his early childhood. We'll talk about his parents and then going into what we know about his political career up until now, before covering both invasions of Ukraine and other conflicts and controversies over the past two decades, let's first take a look at this big propaganda machine and how much havoc Russian disinformation specialist wreak on the

web. This is the scariest part of Putin's legacy to me. Let's talk about Twitter bots and troll forms. Just before 11 a.m. Moscow standard time on March 1st, after night of Russian missile strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, a set of Russian language Twitter accounts spread a lie on many. Ukraine, many counts that Ukraine was bullshitting regarding its reports of civilian casualties. One account created last year at NE underscore, NU underscore C H E shared a video of a man standing in front of a row, a dark gray body bag that appeared to be filled with corpses. Then as he spoke to the camera, one of the encased bodies behind them lifted its

arms to stop the top of the bag from blowing away. And that looks bad, right? Except this video was not taken from Ukraine. It was taken from an Austrian TV report about a climate change demonstration held in Vienna. It's past February. I've seen it. But in new Che, claimed it was from March, Ukraine. They wrote propaganda makes mistakes too.

One of the corpses came back to life, right? As they were counting the deaths, he'd be carrying civilians to tweet said, surprise it and add a cry laughing and shaking my head emojis. A minute later, another account, E-NOT, Kremlin, bot, tweeted the same video, I'm screaming. One of the corpses, quote unquote, came back to life during a segment about civilian deaths in Ukraine. Information wars reached a new level. They wrote to other accounts created last fall

within a few days of E-NOT, Kremlin bot, soon shared the same video and accusations of fake civilian casualties. Ukrainian propaganda does not sleep, said one. These Twitter profiles, pure Russian propaganda, organized by the Russian state, of course, that Putin rules with an iron fist. They're part of a pro-Putin network, dozens of accounts spread across Twitter, TikTok,

and Instagram was behavior, content, and coordination, all consistent with the Russian troll farm, the internet research agency, according to Darren Linville, a Clemson University professor who, along with another professor, Patrick Warren, has spent years studying IRA accounts. Based in St. Petersburg, the Internet Research Agency is a troll farm linked to a Russian oligarch strongly connected to Putin. Believe by many to directly follow the orders of Putin, and it's believed to be just one of a vast cyber army of Russian troll farms populated by disinformation specialists. The agency has employed fake accounts registered on major social networking

sites, discussion boards, online newspaper sites, video hosting services to promote the Kremlin's interest in domestic and foreign policy, including Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as attempting to influence the 2016 US presidential election. More than a thousand employees reportedly worked in just one of the agencies. Who knows how many buildings in 2015. And then the information they're agents shared through fake accounts they created shared retweeted liked et cetera by legions of bot accounts tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of these accounts can get the propaganda they disseminate to trend and reach and manipulate millions and millions of real

people hard to get the exact details and numbers on all this, since they're so fucking secretive. The IRA burst into the American consciousness, after its paid trolls use thousands of English language accounts across social media platforms to influence American voters during the 2016 presidential election. IRA was in later at the center of a 2018 Department of Justice criminal indictment, forward to alleged effort

to interfere with elections and political processes. Beginning in late February, the IRA's network of propaganda accounts shifted to focus almost exclusively on Ukraine, echoing similar narratives and content across accounts and platforms. A popular post by the account at QR underscore cod accused Ukrainian military of using civilians as human shields. Russia actually did that, but whatever. Another post by at QR underscore cod portrayed Ukraine as provoking Russia at the behest of NATO masters. Both tweets received hundreds of likes, retweets were posted on the same day as the bodybag video, at least two Twitter accounts, the network also shared fake fact-checking videos.

I can't stress enough since Clemson's IRA expert Darren Lindville, the importance of understanding the way that this is a tool for Putin to control narratives among his own people, a way for him to lie to his own people and control the conversation. I first talked about Russian online disinformation campaigns, a large of being behind the PZGate conspiracy back in 2017, episode 64. That's also when I first mentioned the internet research agency. Attorney Sean Edget told Congress in 2018 that almost 40,000 bought accounts involved in the PZGate conspiracy, had characteristics we associate with accounts that start in Russia.

And this information problem has only intensified in recent years dramatically. start in Russia. And this information problem has only intensified in recent years dramatically. According to internal company report or, you know, according to in it turned, God damn it. According to an internal company report. There we go. Connected by Facebook released by MIT Technology Review in 2021. Facebook's most popular pages for Christian and Black American content were being run by Eastern European troll farms in 2019. This is nuts. 19 of Facebook's top 20 pages, you know, most popular 20 pages with the most followers for American Christians were run by Eastern European troll farms. This is confirmed. The top 16 one through 16 most popular

Christian Facebook pages. Be happy and joy live. Jesus is my Lord, smile and shine, why not us, et cetera? All troll farms, all fake. Most, if not all, have been deleted by Facebook since. Guide posts out of the top 20, the only actual real account actually ran by Christians. How sad and nefarious. And then Russian troll farms alone reach 140 million Americans a month on Facebook just before the 2020 election

Just on Facebook who the fuck knows how many of us were trolled on Twitter Instagram and TikTok How much are reddit and forechan and other social sites infested with fake Russian manipulative bullshit? That shit is really really scary and it wreaks of Putin has his fingerprints all over it. His job for years with the KGB, some version of monitoring information and controlling narratives. This is important to understand in an episode about Putin. He is a fucking snake, a very clever snake, and a snake who hates the West. How much cultural discord has he sewn right now, or you know, so far around the world? How many Americans have been tricking to thinking that Ukraine is infested with neo-nazis and he's selling right now or you know so far around the world. How many Americans have been tricking to thinking that Ukraine is infested with neo-nazis and he's a good guy.

And I'm aware that Ukraine, you know, has some neo-nazis. They're not perfect, but having some fringe neo-nazis groups, you know, in Ukraine and then somehow using that to turn all of Ukraine into a bad guy, it is like blaming all of America for the words and actions of say, I don't know, Marjorie Taylor Greene. He's such an embarrassment. Russia, different though, right? Russia led by a fucking real-life bond villain.

How much the left versus right, Democrats versus Republicans, culture war that has torn so many families and friends apart? How much that has been fueled by Putin's Twitter bots and troll forms? I think way more than we know. I just think we're being played and he's fucking loving it. And if they can do that, then who else can do that? You know, going forward, it's interesting to be it'll be interesting to see if Elon Musk can clean up Twitter now. He's bought it. We'll see how other social media sites get better. Hopefully fingers crossed at handling disinformation going forward. At least our fact check links under most of the nonsense.

Truth or post I see recently. Going into our timeline now, please understand that because Putin is such a habitual liar, such a master of deceit and manipulation, there will be a fair amount of allegedly and supposedly qualifiers. Putin experts are always certain that he's a snake, right? When it comes to a lot of the evidence of his deceit for ways, it's just hard to say with 100% certainty that he did specifically this or specifically that.

He's very, very good at what he does. If he was a serial killer, we were covering, he'd probably be the most prolific one by far. Actually, if he was a serial killer, we wouldn't be talking about him because he wouldn't have got caught. Actually, he is a serial killer in a sense. Supposedly, just one who allegedly orders legal executions as opposed to carrying them out himself.

Now, I need to go check on both angles. Maybe give him some more sedatives while we transition into today's time suck timeline. We're marching down a time, time, time line. Vladimir, Vladimirovich Putin born on October 7th, 1952 and Leningrad now St. Petersburg, Russia. And we cannot go further without addressing his first name, slash middle name combo. You fucking kid me. He essentially has the same first and middle names.

That's actually a Russian tradition. The middle name of a son is often the first name of the father with Ović added to the end of it. And that sounds super fucking dumb when you give your son your first name. Right. Ović translates to son of so Vladimir son of Vladimir Putin is this motherfucker's name. It'll be better if his last name was also Vladimir. Vladimir, son of Vladimir, Vladimir. Vladimir. Putin's parents Vladimir Spiro Donovitch, Putin and Maria Ivanovna Nova, Shalamovah. Vladimir and Maria both born in 1911. They met in the tiny village of Pomenevo, about 30 miles southeast of Moscow, married in 1928 to 17 years old.

Pomenevo, less of a town, more of a road, lined with a couple of farms, just outside of another little town. And that's today, that's what it's today. Back in 1928, I bet it was just a sad,

communist, just collective farming center chittle. The couple moved back to Leningrad, settled in the village of Petrodviliets, a suburb basically of St. Petersburg, where the campus of St. Petersburg State University is located. They lived there with Maria's relatives in 1932. After Vladimir Sr. was conscripted to the Navy, they had a boy named Oleg who died in infancy.

They died of weakness, not destined to be strong-russian man, the tiny heart of capitalist dog. It is best for everyone if the Tulsan Trashcan. A 1940 Mariek a birth to a second son named Victor, a little stronger. Vladimir S. Served in the Soviet Army during World War II in the 86th Division, 330th rifle regiment. It was an uneducated laborer, one of four sons of Spiridan Putin, a chef, a good chef, once worked in the famous Astoria Hotel.

Five star hotel in St. Petersburg open in 1912 Countless celebrities world leaders have stayed there His father said to have once cooked for Russia's mad monk former suck subject Grigory Russ Putin Never forget, Boney M. Putin's grandfather was the support of the Bolsheviks and he fled the capital during the Civil War and famine after the October 1917 revolution. He settled in Pomevovino, that village east of Moscow, that I don't know how to say and there's no pronunciation guide because no one fucking cares about this place. And then moved to the big city.

He could for Vladimir Lenin's widow at her official Soviet edacha or second slash vacation home in the Gorky district on the edge of Moscow. Possibility cooked for Stalin when he visited as well. Lenin's widow died in 1939, then spirit on worked at a retreat from Moscow's Communist Party Committee. His son Putin's father, O.G. Vladimir, served as a submarine in the 1930s, settled down there, lending ground, and what was then the village of Petrovitz, our addition to the college campus, Peter the great built his palace on the Gulf of Finland. In 1941, when he was 30 during World War II, Vladimir rushed to volunteer to defend his nation, was assigned to a special demolitions detachment of the people's Commissariat for

internal affairs and KVD, the secret police agency that would become the KGB. And OG Vlad was, according to legend, a Russian rambo of sorts impossible to determine if the following account of him is fact or some Putin propaganda. So maybe Putin has KGB in his blood. One of Vladimir's first World War II missions went horribly wrong, according to the lore. He had 27 other soldiers parachute behind German forces in a king asip, a little town less than 90 miles from St. Petersburg near the border of Estonia occupied by Russia in 1940. OG Vlad and his unit blew up in arms depot, but then ran out of ammo and rations.

Sounds like maybe they should have taken some of the arms from the arms depot before blown it up. Estonians bought them food, excuse me, brought them food, but also revealed their location to the Germans. Soon they were fleeing under German's fire. The Germans also sent dogs after him, OG Vladimir, and that have heightened a march, using a read as a little breathing tube at one point

like he's fucking Chuck Norris, one of those missing in action movies, till the patrol moves on. Only he and three other soldiers survive, the NKVD interrogate him, but he's never accused of desertion or cowardice. Fuck no, he's not. He's, oh, jeev lad. And he returns to fight in the front lines. If he had been accused of desertion, he would have been executed. And his family would have also been arrested. Per Stalin's order number 270. Why did Stalin

pass this order? Well, for one thing, he was an evil fuck. But also, because desertion and the early days of Russia fighting in World War two was a huge problem. Russian soldiers were putting on the uniforms of the men that they had killed and bouncing. So many soldiers hated living in communist Russia. They hated so much that just executing them, if they got caught, desertingerting was not enough of a deterrent. That's insane. Still worth it. I'd rather be dead than leaving stolen shit all. Go ahead and kill me if you can't,

I don't fucking care. To counteract that sentiment, Stalin made it clear he wouldn't just have you killed. He would have your family sent to the Gulaks. Commenting on order number 270, Stalin stated, there are no Soviet prisoners of war, only traders. They're God. That is how you know that your nation is not worth fighting for, that your empire should actually crumble. When your citizens hate living in it so much,

execution, not enough punishment for trying to escape. And Putin admire Stalin. By the way, so that's cool. That's pretty cool. In 2017, interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone, Putin compared Stalin to Oliver Cromwell and Napoleon Bonaparte, saying that Stalin was a product of his time, which can be interpreted as excusing his flaws. Putin, but his flaws, I think, overreach that argument.

I hate presentism and trying to judge people by modern standards, but Stalin, even by the standards of his own time, was a fucking monster. Putin complained that excessively demonizing Stalin is a means to attack Soviet Union and Russia, though he did go on to say that does not mean that we should forget the horrors of Stalinism, but he also really goes out of his way to hide those horrors. Putin has done a lot to rewrite history in Russia around Stalin. His propaganda machine promotes Stalin victories, minimizes or completely ignores

in most cases his atrocities or justifies them as being historically necessary. A March 2019 poll found that Russian support for Stalin had spiked a lot and less than 20 years during Putin's rule. 70% saw his historical role as positive, only 19% negative, up from 53% versus 33% in 2001. Also, more troublesome. 46% thought the results of Stalin's rule justified the human cost from 25% in 2008. And most troubling to me, a 2018 poll found that 47% of 18 to 24 year old Russians had never heard of Stalin's acts of repression and just, you know, war crimes, atrocities, etc. So that's, that's super cool.

Good job. Good job, Putin. Why do I wash the worst aspects of Russian history? So, September 4, 1941, German shells land inside Leningrad. Russian soldiers, their morale is shit. Mostly weather, the harsh Russian winter is what saved Russia from the Nazis. If Russia's climate was more like San Diego and less like Santa's workshop, Putin might have grown up speaking German. The Russian government now reduces rations more than

they already had. OG Vlads wife Maria and their son Victor trapped in the city. At first Maria refuses to leave Leningrad, but her brother forces her to evacuate. She and Victor moved to a shelter outside the city where Maria's health declines from hunger and stress into one day, she falls unconscious and doesn't wake up. She's so unconscious that someone tosses her body into a pile of corpses, a pile that was to be picked up for disposal collection. And then when she is collected at the morgue, she wakes up moaning and pain, holy shit. Putin's mother is a fucking zombie.

Maybe that's why he's so evil, he's half zombie. Seriously, that's wild if that happened. Guess that came up in conversation from time to time. November 17th, 1941, OG Vlad, injured by German hand grenade, lays beside the Niva River for hours before fellow soldiers find him, carrying back to

a Russian field hospital where an old neighbor finds him dying. Slinges him over his shoulder, carries him across the river. He's taken to a proper military hospital, spends, spends months recovery. And he's lucky to have been wounded. Had he not been wounded, he would have died along with everyone else in his entire unit in a later battle. Man, dude had to have had PTSD from all that. Everyone he fought with, all of them died.

Can't imagine what that would do to you. And it's not like you would ever see a counselor or take medication for that or anything. You know, that would be a sign of weakness in Russia. Maria founder husband in the military hospital, and then they both survived months of starvation and a Nazi invasion. Both of them really went through some shit. World War Two. How would that affect their parenting of Putin? April of 1942, OG Vlad released from the hospital, sent to work at a weapons factory. Their young son, Victor, only around two years old,

dies of Diferia, June of 1942, and is buried. In an unmarked mass grave, while the city is under Nazi siege. Vladimir, Vladimir, Vladimir, Vladimir of its Putin, would be the couple's third son born over 10 years later when they were you know just fucking for fun I guess he grew up here in stories of this war was born in a city still scarred by the siege to quote him still suffering from deprivation still consumed by fear Just before he was born the city went through the Lenin grad affair the city's wartime elite arrested jailed ex-seller executed. This is so fucked up.

This speaks to like how especially horrific Stalin was. The mayor and other local politicians and military personnel had displayed exemplary courage. They had kept the Nazis from taking Lenin grad during the siege of Lenin grad, or the siege one of the bloodiest sieges in the history of warfare. Lasted over two years, the Russian death toll, the number of areas from 600,000 to 2 million, mostly civilians. After the war, the Soviet government reports about 670,000 registered deaths from 1941 to 1944. And those deaths came mainly from starvation, stress, and exposure. But the Nazis never took the city thanks to brave local

leadership. Leaders who became heroes to post World War Two Russia. Heroes who became so popular, Stalin felt threatened. So how did that fuckhead repay them for their bravery? Well, being a wise strong leader. He has them arrested on Trumped up charges. That's a man. The Russians they love to arrest people on Trumped up card charges.

The mayor, five others, then executed for being enemies of the state. Over 200 other sent to Goulax for 10 to 25 years, around 2000 other people forced to leave the city, right? Just have to fucking go to remote locations and die and obscure. Russia, what the country? After the Leningrad affair, residents live in fear of Stalin's retribution of course you uh... put himself even said few people whose lives intersected with stallions came through unscathed

my grandfather was one of them though my grandfather kept pretty quiet about his past life my parents didn't talk much about the past either people generally didn't back then he later admirers in some ways this pile of shit and center uh... put in a later scribe his father as taciturn and severe. Most people who knew Vladimir S apparently were afraid of him.

Taciturn and severe. Something a nice way of saying he didn't talk much and he's fucking scary. He's quiet, not afraid to smack you. He hated joy. He was strong Russian, Russian man to be admire. After the war, OG Vlad worked at a factory that built passenger carriages for railways and subways. He was a member of the Communist Party.

Of course he was. One other party, he would be a member of. He became the factory's party representative. He was a strident loyalist. For his loyalty, he was providing a room. This is so very communist Russia. He provided a room roughly 180 square feet. This room was inside a small communal apartment on the 5th floor of an 1800s apartment

building, you know, built in 1800s, near the city's central avenue. Now, Vladimir and Maria moved there in 1944, living in a private space smaller than most people's you know, bedrooms today. The average American bedroom 200 square feet, the bathroom and kitchen were shared with an elderly couple and a Jewish family. Fuck yeah. Oh yeah, comedians are how cool to have so little, how great to never have privacy.

Maybe I hate the concept of comedians more than the average person, just because despite touring as a standup comic, very public job that requires a crowd of people gathered in the same space to work, I'm actually an introvert, right? I power up what I'm quiet and alone. Communal living, fuck that.

That sounds so terrible to me. I honestly think I would just rather be dead and I have to live in someplace like that if there was no hope of getting out. Putin said the older couple were like his grandparents. He called the woman a baba, baba, a nya. Their tiny shared apartment had no hot water, no bathtub. Windaless hallway was the kitchen, which consisted of a single gas burner from all three

of these families in a sink. The toilet was in a fucking closet against the stairwell, of course it was, that a wood burning stove or heat. The apartment had poor ventilation, poor lighting, and was infested with rats. To the point that young Putin and his friends would chase the rats around with sticks for fun. But Putin doesn't complain much about this childhood. It was normal for him because his friends and classmates

had the same childhoods, right? It made them strong russians in the man. You should wish to grow children in the rat-in-fest house with closet toilet. It'd be able to honor and character. After Putin was born in 1952, Putin's mother Maria treated her son like the miracle he seemed to be.

Yeah, man, she lost her first two kids and you're gonna take special care of this one. She worked out a part-time cleaning buildings, delivering bread, spent as much time as she could with her only child, Vlad the mayor, son of Vlad the mayor. Interestingly, while Putin's father was a stern atheist, Putin's mom and the elderly couple that they lived with and they were fucking rat and festive shithole, were devout

members of the Russian Orthodox Church, repressed by the Soviet regime, Stalin should have killed. There's no room for the sent in strong Russia. November 21st, 1952, when he was just seven weeks old, Baba Anya and Maria walked into a cathedral to secretly baptize him. But then Putin didn't get his baptismal cross to lose 40 years old. His mom asked him to bless the cross at the church, the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem when he visited Israel. Putin does since it himself Christians today, a member in theory at least, probably I would

speculate for political optics of the highly nationalistic Russian Orthodox church. We don't know much about Putin's childhood. He's probably in reality, he's probably a fucking nerd. We got beat up on the playground a lot, stuff's in trash cans, and unattractive and creepy dork. Girls hated it, but that's not the story he tells. He says, he was like a young James Dean. He was a young Putin, he had a rebellious spirit.

One day in the early 60s, when he was around 10, he and his friends supposedly decided to take a train to an unknown part of the city. This fuck around, built a fire for warmth. When they returned home, OG Vlad beat his son's ass with a belt for sneaking out. Noice! Actually, that beating probably would have been a pride justified. But I put his dad well aware. Putin rebelled too hard.

He'd have to worry about a lot more than a belt. Better a belt than a gulag or end up being, you know, yet another Russian dead body casually just tossed into a unmarked grave. Putin spent a lot of time in the apartment's courtyard growing up. The courtyard attracted drunks and thugs, he said, smoking drinking. Otherwise, while in a way, they're lives. Putin said he had to become a fighter to defend himself. One day in the courtyard, he had to fight, he had to defend himself from a strange man. Russian school teacher, a future serial killer 16 years older than himself who tried to rassle him after watching from the shadows, possibly beating off learning to sweatpants. What is big deal?

So I rassled a young weak Putin. So I jerk, so shamed cock and corner about the no one. His feature, so slight and delicate and feminine. I think he is young girl. I do not know. He future cagey be that's what stolen fanboy guy. Or maybe that didn't happen. Maybe former sucks up.

He's serial killer under Chicatillo. Never taught in St. Petersburg. But he would kill just outside that city in 1987. And he did go after teen boys sometimes. So you know, you never know. Putin's parents actually are really protective of him. People did die in Russia all the time. St. Petersburg, especially had a fair amount of crime. He was forbidden to leave the courtyard without permission. According to a biographer, he grew up in the

overly protective, if not outwardly loving embrace of his parents, who had miraculously survived and we do everything to ensure their son did too. Backing up a bit, September 1st, 1960. Seven-year-old Vladimir Putin begins attending school number 193. School 193, fun warm school name. Incredibly solace, very Russian. He was supposed to show up with flowers for his teacher, but he brought his teacher Vera Guravitch,

a potted plant instead. Nice, more practical, not hollow wasteful capitalist gift. Putin was described as indifferent, petulant and impulsive. When he was young in school, he liked to spin in circles in class, because he was a little kid and little kids were weird. He was often disruptive, spent time with poorly behaved kids. He was once caught carrying a knife in school, neighborhood comedy, his party committee rebuked him for delinquency, threatened to send him to an orphanage. His bad behavior even prevented him from getting into the pioneers, aka the brainwashing club,

aka the communist party youth organization. Membership considered an important ride a passage by the third grade. He was one of only 45 kids in the whole school who had joined. What a weird thing to be pressured to join a political party when you're in like first second grade. Let the brain washing begin early Putin later said that this was him rebelling against his dad in the system. I was a hooligan not a pioneer He said Now you're also a fucking third grader. I want you to be hooligan. Where are you? The fourth grade Putin's teacher complained to his parents that he was intelligent but unorganized and disinterested

His dad OG Vlad responded well, what can I do kill him or what? Hopefully he was joking about that. Hopefully I was like a serious thing what do you want me to do you want me to kill him or kill him uh his father pressured his son to take up boxing but Vladimir quit when he got punched in the nose he began practicing martial arts instead sambal which makes judo and wrestling Putin's parents not a proof strange they would not approve of uh or strangers they would approve of boxing but not martial arts. And not with little sissy throws, Junior, little sissy kicks, time for box. Real men, strong enough to punch teeth out, not have to get on ground and dirty clothes, dirty little sissy boots.

And I told you, Rocklin was putting judo coach, put and join him in the fifth grade for judo classes, judo taught Putin how to defend himself against larger boys. Putin said, it was sports that dragged me off the streets. To be honest, the courtyard wasn't a very good environment for a kid. I like the, I like the, it has to qualify that with, to be honest. Listen, running around with no parental supervision, getting into fights and drugs and things, let me be honest. It's not good environments for a kid.

I'll thank you for that fucking powerful insight in how child who works. Putin had to get good grades to keep taking judo so he began applying himself to his studies and his performance improved. His teacher was so impressed that she appealed to get him into the pioneers within a few weeks. Putin became the leader of the school's pioneer branch.

By the eighth grade, Putin was one of the first students chosen to join the Comma's uh, come some all the communist parties youth organization. Very young rebel now becomes a still pretty young strightened communist. Two and a couple extra years to break his spirit and brainwash him, but they fucking got him. Stronger Russia. Uh, 1968 to 15 year old teenage Putin fast handed by the film The Shield and the Sword. Actually more of a series of films, a popular four-part Russian spy series.

About kicking to nuts, the ass. Putin changed his childhood dream from sailor to spy. He later said, what amazed me most of all was how one man's efforts could achieve, what whole armies could not. One spy could decide the fate of thousands of people. The release of the films was part of the modernizing effects of KGB director Yuri Antropov, who took over 1967, movies part entertainment, part, you know, Russian propaganda. And the KGB, aka the committee for state security was the Soviet Union's foreign intelligence and domestic security agency. Much more aggressive counterpart

to the CIA. Yuri wanted to transform the agency's public image from hated secret police to defend their over Russia. Shortly after deciding he wanted to be a spy, young Vladimir walked into local KGB headquarters, volunteered. He had to try three times before he was able to get into the building. And he had to find someone willing to listen to him, Putin said he found an officer who stopped to listen

but told him that it didn't accept volunteers. You know, basically got here, kid. KGB took people from the army or the university, Putin asked him what he should study at the university, become a spy and the officer told him that it didn't accept volunteers. You know, basically got here, kid. KGB took people from the army or the university, Putin asked him what he should study at the university, become a spy, and the officer told him, consider law school. Putin now announced that he wanted to go to law school, much to his parents' chagrin and disappointment.

They wanted him to go to tech school. Putin didn't tell his parents or his coach why he wanted to study law so badly as judo coach. By late 1960s, Putin's family could afford a three-room dasha in Tosno, a village outside of Leningrad about 30 miles now. His parents were rewarded for being loyal commies. The states founded in its cold hearts to give them three shithole rooms to sometimes vacation and when not living in one shithole room. Putin attended the secondary school at school number 281, a special scientific academy to repair

students for university, putting with studios, studios still enjoyed sports. Instead of focusing on science, he studied humanities literature and history, also continued his lessons in German, which he'd been studying since the 4th grade. School was unique in the Soviet Union, and that encouraged intellectual debate among students, which was good for his developing mind. Not that he's done a lot of great things with that, to. As a teen Vladimir liked to listen to the Beatles with his friends, he called music a window to the outside world. He played the accordion, the guitar, and used his department telephone to call friends.

He is a normal Russian teen boy. 1969, 16-year-old Putin, dates a girl named Vera Bureleva. They met at the family Dasha and Tosno, and they kissed during a game of spin the bottle. Fuck yeah bro, but their sweet kiss did not turn into a passionate love affair. The beer student realized that Vladimir didn't have time for girls.

During Putin's last year of school, he crammed for the entrance exams at the prestigious Leningrad State University. Only one in 40 applicants were accepted and he would be that one in 40. Some speculation that Putin got in because he was working class and the school wanted to diversify their student population or maybe the KGB was guiding him without his knowledge or maybe with his knowledge. Who the fuck knows this guy?

Maybe he was never born. He was created in some KGB lab and has no real parents. In the fall of 1970, Putin began studying law at Leningrad State University. He studied hard, spent time in his judo competitions when he wasn't studying, going to school, but did refuse to join the school's judo team because he wanted to remain loyal to the judo club back home. 1973, 20-year-old Putin competes in city and regional judo championships, travels inside

the Soviet Union for competitions. I don't have a lot of information about how he placed, so I'm guessing he didn't dominate. I'm surprised he didn't make a lot of information about how he placed, so I'm guessing he didn't dominate. I'm surprised he didn't make a bunch of shit about that. Spent a summer cut in timber up north, spent two weeks in a student construction camp at the eastern edge of the Black Sea, what is now the Republic of Abkhezia, Abkhezia, Abkhezia, or Georgia, or kind of Russia. A little confusing the Crimean Peninsula, far from the, actually I think is, uh, Crimean peninsula far from the only disputed piece of land that once belonged to the Soviet Union. Put in the equivalent of $600, spent on a coat he'd wear for the

next 15 years. I wasn't going to sweetass coat. Spent the rest of his money to resort in the Black Sea. He has friends stuck into a ferry headed to Odessa and for two nights he slept in a lifeboat. Maybe that's why he's doing what he's doing in Ukraine. He's still pissed he had to sleep in a fucking lifeboat for two nights. Couldn't afford to stay at the resort. He wants you to recognize his power. He's not the lifeboat's peasants anymore. 1972 Putin's mom wins a car after buying a lottery ticket and she gives it to her son. State ran lottery and started 1970. It was a huge hit. Keep in power. People hopeful, less likely to rebel, than by a lot of tickets.

This car was a big status symbol. Putin drove as often as he could. Maybe too much. His driving record was not the best. Once hit a man, and in order to get out of trouble, I do love this. He supposedly told the police that the man was trying to commit suicide.

I jumped out in front of him, right? Listen, listen, hold up, this is no problem. I am good, strong, calm in this Russia man. The man I hit, he's weak, he's bad for Russia. He, how I say, he throws himself in front of car. I know, I know, I hit him on sidewalk, but when he starts to throw self, I drive toward him to help read the rush of weakness

top all of Russia. Actually, life was so shitty in Russia at this time over 30,000 Russians a year in the 1970s through themselves in front of cars trying to die. It was a huge problem. Russian automakers started fortifying their cars. They would even work that into like their marketing campaigns by new auto valves 2103 now with no improve sad week peasant bumper Let those not strong enough to survive for mother Russia throw selves under new more durable titles as well Do not let crunch of crybaby skull even spill morning vodka on way to work

Okay, maybe I made all that up and it wasn't actually a big problem. Maybe put him just a bad driver. During school of Vladimir interned with the Criminal Division of the local transportation ministry, he'd given up on joining the KGB for the moment, wanted to become an officer with a local prosecutor instead. Vladimir claimed though that in 1974, a stranger contacted him about a mysterious career assignment refused to give any details. And then they met at the University's faculty lounge as one does when a stranger offers

a vague job possibility wants to meet up. Vladimir claimed that he didn't learn until much later that the man worked for the KGB division that oversaw universities. 1975 KGB protege Putin graduates from Leningrad State University with a law degree. That summer begins his career with the KGB as an intelligence officer. I ended up working with the KGB until 1990 when he'll retire with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. At this point, the KGB oversaw domestic and foreign intelligence matters, counterintelligence, border enforcement, protecting politicians, economic security, and because Russia harassing treasons dogs who go against communist party

Putin started off working at the secretary at of the directorate the personnel office of the Lenin grad headquarters Attended training at school 401 and Lenin grad Nothing numbers with all these fucking places. That just cracks me up about the Soviet Union First I Vlad the mayor son Vladimir, go to primary school. It's 314. Then I graduate. I study at secondary school, 498. Then I go college at state college 93 and get job with KGB study more at school 401, live in communist department building, 17 dash 16, four. Uh, so fucking communist. Do not make anything special. Do not throw attention to yourself or school be worker be.

No better than other be in bleak, so let's have. Uh, in the summer of 1976, 23 year old Putin graduates, training as a first lieutenant and transfers to the counterintelligence department, KGB's second chief directorate. Vladimir is in charge of internal intelligence. According to a biographer, he became a dedicated party member who sought above all to maintain social order and political control. Though very little is known about his activities at the time. Six months later, he transferred to the first chief directorate responsible for intelligence

operations outside the Soviet Union now. This was considered to be an elite branch of the KGB. He's good at this shit. It's whole time Vladimir is still living at home with his parents sell because rasha what the country? Just because you don't park in KGB operative does not mean you'd be rewarded with enough rubles to live in your own time They're rat and fasted closet toilet shit hole Uh, in his free time putting crews around in his car. Legally got street fights, judoing, random Russian citizens for funsies, said he failed to blow the law,

used that to his advantage, you know, so he said, or he stayed at home with mommy and daddy, watching whatever the fuck Russians watch in the 1970s. Maybe they watched their neighbors drink home distilled vodka, while their neighbors also watched them drink home distilled vodka. 1979 Putin was promoted to captain at the KGB sent

to Moscow to attend the KGB higher school. Then he returned back to Leningrad to monitor foreigners. One supervisor said he was extremely productive while another former KGB official said that the Leningrad agency failed to uncover a foreign spy in the city. All right, so some people fan some people not. By this point, Putin, 28 unmarried, unusual in the Soviet Union. But the Nandatsya girl named Ludmila Karmina, a med student. They get engaged in 1979. They apply for a marriage license, parents buy them rings. I get a mistake.

He heard dress, but then Vlad the mayor suddenly breaks off engagement, never explained why to anyone. Hmm. Maybe he find it gross that she have vagina, not the penis, and strong bicep of strong Russian man, and that turned him off. More on why they say why I say that later. Dude, beyond homophobic, or at least push a strong homophobic agenda as part of a political plan. March of 1980 Putin meets his future wife, another Lutmila, Lutmila, Alexander Ranova. She workers flightva. She

workers flight attendant. She was visiting Leningrad with a friend and her friend's boyfriend was friends with Vladimir. Lutmila initially not impressed with Vladimir's shabby appearance. I mean, he's not a looker. Then during a play, they all attended on their first night together. She asked if he can get them tickets to a performance the next night. And he does. He has some connections, shows off. He goes with their they start dating. Just know he works for the KGB. He has some connections, shows off, he goes with her, they start dating.

Shes no, he works for the KGB. He told her and everyone else that he worked for the ministry of the interior. He's already good at telling believable lies. He's much better now. Ludmila, a felt of Vladimir was demanding and jealous, always watching and testing her, sounds like a real piece of shit, but she stays with him. April of 1983, Putin proposes to Lutmila. This is so good to me. I hope this is true. He supposedly said according to a biographer, this is a quote. In three and a half years, you have probably made up your mind. And she said, yes, I have made up my mind. And then Vlad said, well then, if that's the way it is, I love you. And propose that we get married. Oh, man, sweet communist, watch your romance. So matter of fact, it's just so devoid of joy and passion, so just clinical.

Allude Milla, I think you make a good rush on the wife and bearer of child. You have responded well to obedience training. I guess I love you. You are able to give me a reaction without much trouble. We'll marry in six months time. I will breed you three times a week. You'll take strong Russian seed, mostly from front, some time from back. Sometimes I breed your mouth. We do not kiss for two days. After I breed your mouth, there have been no cuddle and not ever

You have food for me before and after breed before breed you can talk a little bit, but not too much Do not talk to me. No words after breed You do child race. I work and joy company of strong male comrade. We do guy stuff. We ride horse with no shirt Do other strong monster like a rassul, sit naked in sauna, play with each other's penises, hide them in mouth while weak woman wives, dust and vacuum and love kids, little bit but not too much to make them soft and weak. July 28th, 1983 Vladimir and Lutmele, Mary and the civil ceremony. I'm sure it was a lot of fucking fun.

They start off their honeymoon and keep Ukraine. Okay, so maybe he is romantic. That's why he's in Ukraine now. He just wants to control his old honeymoon spot. When they get home, they move into his parents apartment. There's plenty of room. Everyone can use closet toilets. Just push a raft aside.

Colleagues believe Putin only married to advances career. KGB would not send unmarried men out of the country because they feared they would start to start a relationship with foreign women and then not come back home. That's another sign that your nation sucks. When you're afraid to send single people out of your country

because they're probably just gonna fucking leave because they fucking hate living where you grew up. In 1984, 31 year old Putin promoted the major, sent to study in Moscow at the red banner institute, the School of Foreign Intelligence, more KGB training on April 28th, 910-5, Putin's first daughter, Maria is born. And she's been pretty well for herself. Currently believed to be living in Moscow. She's a pediatric endocrinologist, with Putin as her daddy not hurting for money

Putin has studied the Red Banner Institute for a year at this point graduation commission would design his next assignment based on his Performance and he gets assigned to Dresden East Germany the girls would grow up in Germany primarily This is his first time leaving the Soviet Union August 31st, 1986 Putin's second daughter Yekaterina is born. She's doing fucking great. Deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University,

director of the Inoprakatika, I think, how you say that, a $1.7 billion development project to create a science center at Moscow State University, which has a master's degree in physics, mathematics, and she married the son of an oligarch and is worth an estimated $2 billion. After the birth of the couple second and final child, Putin's marriage is struggling.

He allegedly refused to help raise his daughters or take care of her now, said he was a provider and defender and Lutmele were responsible for everything else. He also, I guess, hated a lot of her cooking, refused to eat it, but wouldn't take the family out to eat. And when she get mad about this, he supposedly said hated a lot of her cooking, refused to eat it, but wouldn't take the family out to eat. And when she get mad about this, he supposedly said a common aphorism.

This is sad that this is fucking common over there, at least was. And this phrase is, don't pray as a woman. Or else you spoil her. How fucking sad if that's culturally like a normal thing to say. You ever tell your wife she's pretty, what? What you fucking crazy. Americans. They're living the Britain. No. I say she front me in fact in the cooking sucks. I keep on a humble. I keep sad. That's what we Russians. That's what make Russian dick

hard. Sadness. He also never celebrated their wedding anniversary. What a peach. I bet he made OG Vlad Dad proud. He's a chip off the old taciturn in severe block. Despite some marriage troubles, Putin's family enjoys a life of relative luxury. He joined the fishing club that allows him to visit forests and parks and Saxony. His family goes on vacations and Czechoslovakia,

the monastery and in Atari. Oh Atari. They had to keep their circle small, Ludmila, only allowed to associate with people in the inner circle controlling jealous and an asshole. And that's until you want to lead in strong nation. 1990 Putt and Retires in the KGB allegedly. Maybe the KGB just wanted people to fucking think he was retired.

He's still doing covert work. You never know, truly. When Putt and Return is Russia from East Germany, he now goes to work for the University of Leningrad, responsible for the university's external relations. This job puts Putin in contact with Anatolist Subcheck, the first democratically elected mayor of St. Petersburg after the fall to Soviet Union in December of 91. And he becomes a subchex advisor and really just like right-hand man. Putin wins his confidence and earns reputation as a man who is able to get things done. What kind of things?

People who study Putin seem to think all kinds of illegal things. Maybe having rivals and detractors killed. Maybe making sure all the garks and organized crime bosses get their bribes and kickbacks. St. Petersburg at the time known as the gangster capital of Russia. The assumption is that Putin is hiring to do a subchecks dirt to work and that he's very good at it. 1994, 41-year-old Putin becomes sub-chics first deputy mayor.

While in this position, a huge food shortage hit St. Petersburg, and many Putin experts think Putin pocketed and or handed out a lot of the government eight, millions of dollars worth for the, you know, that came with a shortage to organize crime and oligarch friends he had made. Putin was investigated for all of this, but the mayor he worked for dismissed the case against him, right?

Nothing corrupt about that at all. Numbers people who worked with Putin at this time have spoken a 2015 PBS frontline documentary called Putin's Way. And yeah, they think he worked directly with the Russian mafia. According to one Russian investigator, the money was siphoned off to build Putin and some oligarch buddies of his vacation villas in Spain 1996 mayor sub check becomes the target of numerous corruption investigations and he is defeated in the mayoral election

Putin resigns moves to Moscow sub check while being investigated for corruption has a heart attack at this trial And his trial and Putin then helps him get out of the country Send into France for what was supposed to be just a few days of R&R to recover from his quote, hard attack. But once in France, Subjects, Sully looks to, excuse me, shockingly healthy. He'll stay in France until Putin has enough political power to drop all the corruption charges against him and bring him back in 1999 right after he becomes member of Boris Yeltsin's cabinet.

All right, I'll take care of you, buddy. I'll take care of you. Putin's still in 1996 and you know I'll take care of your body. I'll take care of Putin still in 1996. And you know, that guy took care of Putin. I got to get drops of charge against Putin, Putin drops charges against him essentially. Putin still in 1996 joins Yeltsin's presidential staff as a deputy to the Kremlin's chief administrator. Putin quickly moves up the ranks in the Kremlin, continues to build his reputation as a guy who can get shit

done. Guy willing to do fucking dirty work. 1998 Putin appointed director of the federal security service, the domestic successor of the KGB under the Boris Yeltsin administration. So really, he's still KGB. He's in charge of the Kremlin's relations with regional governments. Yeltsin reportedly loves Putin, starts to lean on him. Yeltsin at this point is an aging alcoholic with some health problems and he's pissed a lot of people and rush off. He right, he made a fucking mess of the country, you know, selling off the country of the oligarchs when communism collapsed. He appoints Putin as head of a security council at some point 98, Putin's mother Maria dies at the age of 87. Nothing I can find shares

any details. If he's upset about it, he doesn't talk about it. August 2nd, 1999, Vladimir's father, OG Vlad dies the age of 88. No word on how Putin felt about this. August 1999 Russian President Boards Yeltsin dismisses his prime minister, promotes former KGB officer Vladimir Putin. Vladimir son of Vladimir is now the fucking prime minister. Now he's famous. Now Russians, much of the world know his name. Now he has, uh, he has high public approval ratings. His prime minister, if you can trust Russian media's ratings, which I don't, I don't trust any information coming out of Russia, really, uh, not at least since, uh, since 1917. I'm open to, I'm open to more information before 1917, uh, but supposedly his public approval increased when he launched a military

operation against the rebels in, uh, Chechnya a republican russia close to the caspiancy in the second chechen war which lasts for about nine months of intense battling in another ten years as an insurgency about seventeen thousand rebel soldiers will be killed up to eighty thousand check in civilians will die roughly seventy five hundred russian soldiers will die why was it fought excuse me over russian apartment bombings uh... the r Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions. They hit four apartment blocks in Moscow and two other Russian cities in September of 1999, killing more

than three hundred, injury more than a thousand, spreading away a fear across the country. The bombings were blamed on check and rebels, but were they actually responsible? Many people doubt it. They think this was a actual false flag operation, a true false flag operation and an inside job. No real investigation of the bombings was ever allowed to be conducted. The crime scene almost immediately destroyed by state bulldozers, coming in right after the bombings, removing the rebel, along with human remains, crime scene immediately destroyed by the state, then short time after a fifth bomb is discovered, this is just a few days later,

and another apartment building in the city of Riazhan by some residents, then it's determined by some local investigators that agents of the FSB, aka new KGB, planted this. The explosive device had all the markings of coming from the Russian military, not checking rebels, or check or church in rebels excuse me uh... numerous experts said the evidence pointed to the fs fsb

uh... was behind the bombings uh... that was solid evidence not conspiracy as putin would try and claim uh... the fucking fsb did admit the bomb was one of their own eventually but said there was never planned to detonate it it was just part of a quote training exercise it was just a bomb in an apartment building found a couple days after four of the apartment buildings had been bombed. That's all ages.

A poorly timed secret training exercise in hindsight, which is a happen to leave an active explosive device. We forgot it. We were supposed to the training exercise and we got distracted. The assertions the government could have killed their own people was laughably dismissed by Putin. The government never allowed any charges related to this to move forward, conducted no investigation. Also, no Chechens ever publicly convicted of the apartment bombings, but some did disappear after secret trials. That's fun. The four primary Russians who wouldn't leave allegations

alone about all this and did try to investigate, they all quickly ended up dead under mysterious circumstances. Weird. What a weird coincidence. Others were arrested, seemingly framed, and then tossed into prisons. Fuckin' Russia. Putin, though, is propaganda kept most of this away from the Russian public. And he was just given positive media attention, given credit for protecting Russians from the dirty rebels that were never convicted, because there was no evidence they actually did anything.

And his political standing shot way up before the bombings he was seen as having no chance of winning the upcoming presidential election. Now he was a national hero in front runner. Yeltsin was ready to hand him the keys to the Kremlin. Yeltsin was incredibly corrupt and had helped make right, as I said, all the Garx billions. AIDS and family members also enriched themselves while he was in power and now he's worried about corruption charges coming for him if he steps down but he knows pudent will help him just like he helped his old mayor buddy out

uh... and putin will uh... on December 31st nineteen ninety nine president else and resigns appoints Putin as acting president until the next election uh... Putin's first act as president dismiss all charges of corruption uh... which were numerous against Yeltsin. How fun.

I think it's busy dealing with the mess he may have started when he might have orchestrated killing his own people to start that, you know, Chechnya situation. Actually, that mess has started a decade earlier when Yeltsin started things in the first check in, Chechen war. My tongue is just like, what? I don't want to do these words. 1992, Chechnya officially declared independence from Russia. Chichnia was formerly part of the Soviet Union, but not one of the 15 official Soviet republics conquered by Russia in the 1850s when

Russia pushed south towards the Middle East. Uh, the majority of the people of Chichnia are Muslim, have always wanted to assert their independence from Russia despite Putin's continual claims to the contrary. President Yeltsin fear this would start a domino effect if they were allowed to leave with the Russian Federation. Also wanted Chechnya's oil. On December 11, 1994, Russian forces entered Chechnya, marking the beginning of the largest Russian military offensive since 1979 in Beijing, Afghanistan. Thousands of soldiers and tanks pour into Chechnya, very reminiscent of what's happening

in Ukraine recently. By the end of the day, they pushed into the capital of Grozni. Chechen rebels fought back hard, killed thousands of Russian soldiers in total, right, up to 10, up to 100,000, up to 100,000 people died that year. And August of 1996, the Chechen rebels retook Grozni, declared a ceasefire, 1997. The last Russian soldiers left Chechnya. A peace agreement left the area as an independentook Krasni, declared a ceasefire, 1997, the last Russian soldiers left Chechnya. A peace agreement left the area as an independent state, kind of, but also part of Russia. Run your own show, but if we ever asked you to do anything, you fucking do it. Or our tanks roll back in and just obliterate you.

It was like that kind of deal. Then later, there was the second Chechen rule, or Chechen war, we mentioned after the apartment bombings. And 2001 under Putin, mirroring what's happened now in Ukraine. Again, there were numerous reports of human rights violations by Russian soldiers. Chechen citizens started to disappear without a trace. Human rights watch groups found as many as 2000 people

went missing by the end of February, 2001. A pile of over 50 bodies was found outside of Russia's military headquarters in the region. Clearly they'd been tortured before being killed. The bodies had been mutilated with razors tied up, blindfolded, beaten, shot. Some of the people have been missing for months. These bodies, far from the only bodies that would turn up during the course of this decade-long conflict with the Markins of being tortured.

Okay. Now, let's back up a bit to Putin's first election right after our mid show sponsor break. Thank you, comrades, for listening, for capitalist pig sponsor, for you to fill Western shallow hearts with materialist joy. Let us return now to world greatest leader, first president of victory election. On March 26, 2000, Putin wins his first term as president of Russia with 53% of the vote. Was this election rigged? Probably not actually. He was riding a wave of popularity, per se, in Russia, from that church and aggression. He wasn't really powerful enough yet to rig elections, at least that's

the narrative. During his presidential campaign, during his victory speech, he promises to rebuild Russia and corruption and create a regulated market economy. Putin reasserted tighter control of Russia's 89 regions and republics than Yeltsin had almost immediately, divides them into seven federal districts, each headed by a president appointed representative, aka Putin loyalist, also removes regional governor's rights to sit in the Federation Council, the Upper House or Russia's parliament. This move gives the presidency, his presidency more power.

Putin also moves to reduce the power of Russia's financiers and media tycoons, the older garks, by closing media outlets, launching criminal proceedings against some of them. The one's not loyal to him, set examples for the rest, do what you're told, this is going to happen to you. You know, some of them, his buddies, they of course, you know, just keep getting rich. What's the fucking point of running Russia?

If you can't help some oligarchs, you get rich and then make sure that you get rich as well. After 9-11 attacks in September 2001, Putin announces Russia's support for the US and their anti-terror campaign, Putin offered use of Russia's airspace for humanitarian deliveries, helping search and rescue operations. He's good guy now. But when the U.S. then focuses their campaign on Saddam Hussein, Putin opposes U.S. Why? Well, he didn't like the West using 9-11 to increase their military presence near him in the Middle East. I can't blame him there. Putin also objected to President Bush's decision to abandon the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty. Don't

blame him there either, actually. The US decided to build up its ballistic missile and nuclear defense capabilities, reducing the odds of mutually assured destruction, keeping a nuclear war from happening. There were concerns that the US was doing this so that they could strike first with nukes, then be able to defend themselves against nuclear retaliation, which would increase the likelihood of nuclear war, putting responds by adding to Russia's arsenal of nukes. Early of 2003, one of Russia's richest oligarchs, Mikhail Kodagovsky, head of the Russian oil company, Yukos oil, wants to be able to do more international business, have his company

traded on the New York Stock Exchange, but the SEC wants proof that widespread Russian corruption won't affect his company. But widespread corruption was affecting his company. To a scale he couldn't fix the books enough to hide all of it. So now he speaks in front of Putin and Russian parliament. And in a televised session, states that four separate independent organizations estimate that $30 billion a year are currently being lost to corruption in Putin's Russia. $30 billion going to the pockets of corrupt politicians, oligarchs, and organized crime members.

Katerkorski was hoping that Putin would choose a western style of doing business instead of the Russian way, as he called it, of widespread bribes and corruption. Putin does not decide to go to the western style. He said he has a Korkovkowski arrested on bullshit charges dismantles his oil company divides its asset amongst Putin loyalists. Russia's richest man will then go to serve 10 years in a Siberian labor camp, fucking modern gulag. This is the equivalent to Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates or Lawn Musk, etc.

Accusing the government corruption, then being arrested on Trumped up charges, having their company taken from them, given to the president's buddies, then sent to rikers island or sand quitten or some shit for a decade. Play by Putin's rules be punished. That's how it works. Since getting out, Korkoski has lived in Switzerland, next aisle, or he first lived in Switzerland next aisle for years, and then moved to London. Anything's Putin may have wanted to truly have a democracy at first, but after he took power, you know, he moved further and further towards totalitarianism. And Kurozkowski, who has become wealthy once

more and is perhaps Putin's biggest critic and exile, currently advocating Europe no longer buying oil from Putin. He thinks that will cripple him and possibly knock him out of power. March 2004, Putin is re-elected for a second term as president at the time. Russia's economy not doing well, excuse me, Russia's economy not doing well or excuse me Russians economy is doing well oil prices lead to consumer boom and raise living standards and that'll continue until 2008. This election may have also been legitimate. He won over 70% of the vote. However, state controlled media showed considerable bias towards Putin.

Remember he's a master propaganda. If all the commercials and coverage you're watching make Putin look so much better than his rivals, what chance they really have an election. December of 2004, Putin eliminates direct elections for regional governors and makes them Kremlin appointees. He claims it was necessary to keep Russia together. Sounds like a blatant dictator move. Was this necessary to keep Russia together or keep more of Russia loyal to Putin? April of 2005, Putin visits Israel to meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, making him the first Russian, you know, Kremlin leader to visit Israel. 2008, Vladimir Putin, not eligible to run for a third consecutive term as President. So on May 7th, Putin's successor, Demetri Mevative, So on May 7th, Putin's successor, Dmitry Mevative,

as appointed by him as prime minister of Russia after Dmitry wins with over 70% of the votes. So now, Dmitry, President, Putin, Prime Minister. Most foreign commentators and political analysts seem to believe that the transfer of presidential power that took place on May 7th, 2008 was a name only, and Putin continued to retain the number one position in Russia's effective power hierarchy with Dimitri just being a puppet figurehead. I think that Putin for sure was still was still running shit from the shadows.

Now, the same year Dimitri extended presidential terms from four to six years, set and shit up for Putin to rule for longer later on Putin's orders, I imagine. Uh, Putin also announced he was going to be chairman of the United Russia party, which had just won the majority in parliament. 2010, number of US celebrities. Ah, this is so good. This is just random.

2010, number of US celebrities. Kevin Kuzner, Goldie Hahn, Kurt Russell, many others, along with a bunch of Russian oligarchs and high ranking politicians, a 10 to, a attend a children's charity benefit in St. Petersburg. Putin takes a stage to sing a rendition of Blueberry Hill by Fat's Domino that THANK GOD still lives on the internet to this day.

Music critics worldwide have unanimously declared Putin's performance as the single greatest musical achievement in the history of humanity. You don't believe me? Listen to this raw talent. Eat your fucking heart out, Yoko Ono. I found myself home, but you buried me. Oh my God. Oh, but you buried me.

Where I told you... Then once to still... Oh, you baby... It is even more uncomfortable to watch than to listen to. And you, you're... It looks like a fucking robot that's breaking down on one. He's so awkward up there. God, he's, I don't understand.

I guess he's just ruthless and very good at propaganda, but he never appears charismatic, like a lot of dictators. At least have some kind of charisma. He just seems like a fucking dork. Uh, it's just the way he composes himself. But I'm sure he's a, you know, he's obviously very scary dork. Uh, what I said to his face. Ha, no, probably not. Not unless it was like just me and him. And I had like distance between him and I and I was armed and he wasn't. Then I'd probably say all kinds of shit. Uh, September of 2011, uh, president, a demitry, mevedev announces that if United Russia wins the election

as a political party, he and Putin will trade positions as President and Prime Minister. That's not weird at all. Putin then is reelected as President of Russia on March 4, 2012. Wouldn't you know it? You know, his buddy Dmitry gets to be Prime Minister. There are widespread protests and allegations of electoral fraud this time. This election seems like it was definitely fucking rigged Putin strode onto a televised stage to declare his victory when only about 30% of the votes have encountered Charges of vote-rigging widespread thousands of Russians nationwide had signed up to monitor the election the whole day activists all over the place

constantly reporting One instance after another multiple voting abuse of absentee ballots obstruction of election observers and funny little detail when he when he takes the stage to you know accept his you know new presidency a tier one a single tier slid slowly from his right eye as he stood before a cheering crowd then he utters a fire speech which included talk of how the US was trying to destroy Russia and he's never gonna let that happen. Speech more in keeping with the tough guy image.

He, you know, carefully cultivated before and then he blamed that, like, publicly blame that one tier on the wind. I just love that he felt like he had to address that. That's it. Listen to everyone. I thank you. Thank you. Just for records. No tier. It's no tier. It's it. Listen everyone. I thank you. Thank you. Just for records, not here.

It's no tier. Haha. It's wind. He's strong wind. And maybe some little rock getting eye for second. No strong Russian man ever cry. Tears are for capitalist pigs. If daddy were alive and see that, that I leak, he would have come up and punched me

in face. He is good father. May 7, 2012, Putin inaugurated as president, points like he said, Demetri, his puppet, prime minister, never knowing that lap dog is coming to hand again. Putin successful in stifling election fraud protests. He has numerous protesters and some people he ran against jailed. And that's a good way to stifle protests, I mean to be fair. Fear, intimidation, tossing motherfuckers in prison, that generally gets people to calm down. Historically, it's worked out well on a lot of different occasions.

December of 2012, Putin signed into law a ban on US adoption of Russian children. The legislation takes effect January 1, 2013. Putin said this legislation would make it easier for Russians to adopt Russian orphans. The new law left almost 50 children who were in the final stages of adoption in legal limbo. Why would he do this? Partially, it was a reaction to the US passing a law called the Magnitsky Act, punishing Russia for Surje, Magnitsky, and accountant, ready to expose corruption and misconduct by the Russian government, being killed in a Russian prison before he could testify. Also speculating here, I bet Putin felt it made Russia look weak to have kids that couldn't take care of.

Kids that are met or can pigs had to take care of and save. So did Russians then magically adopt all these Russian kids who needed adoption? Nope. According to a Moscow based adoption advocacy group change one life. Russia had roughly 600,000 orphans after this law goes into effect that are not being adopted. So fucking great job, Putin. I'm sure it was way better for those kids to grow up in a roach and rat and festive fucking

dump of a Russian orphanage than a girl with a nice loving US family. June of 2013, super good guy, Putin passes anti gay laws that forbid gay couples from adopting children in Russia because fuck those 600,000 kids Better let them slum in dilapidated orphanage than have to die or to mom Society obviously completely collapse if kid raised by two dicks or two pusses. Oh, what is wrong with our species? What is wrong with Putin? He also plays the ban on propaganda and ising non-traditional sexual relationships to minors Okay wrong Putin. He also placed a ban on propaganda and ising non-traditional sexual relationships to minors. Okay. Putin starts our really framing homosexuality as a Western evil in speeches now. America. America wants you to start touching your dick to more dicks. So we no longer breathe a strong rush on the women with strong Russian baby. That's how they kill Russia.

Dicks touching Dicks. Then he flashes back to his childhood rassy match with Cheeky Tilla, right? And blushes when that thought makes him hard as fuck. JK. There's widespread international protest and response, not JK about that. The same month Putin announces that he and his wife are getting a divorce. Putin says, there are people who just cannot put up with it. It's a Lou Milla, Alexandra Ova, has stood watch for eight almost nine years. Ludmila said, our marriage is over because we hardly see each other. Vladimir of Vlad the mirror of itch is immersed in his work, our children have grown and are

living their own lives. I bet you were so happy when this all over. Putin may have left her for a mistress. He's always been very guarded regarding his romantic life. Long rumored, he's dated Alina Cabeva. Highly decorated, two-time Olympic medal winning 38-year-old Russian former rhythm gymnast and model, 21 years as junior. Rumor has three kids with her and has set her up with a $10 million a year salary for

a bullshit job. August 1, 2013, Putin grants asylum to Edward Snowden, who was won by Yosatortis for leaking classified information. Snowden allowed to remain in Russia on the condition that he stopped bringing harm to our American partners. Yeah, right. I bet Putin gave Snowden exile because of all the dirt on America that Snowden was able to give him. I'll be sucking Snowden for sure at some point. Preliminary research already done. December 2013, Putin commemorates the 20th anniversary of the post-Soviet Constitution by releasing 25,000 inmates from Russian prisons.

Wonder how many of those 25,000 he sent there on bullshit charges. One of those inmates, and none other, then Andrei Cicatilo. What is big deal? I go a jerk, a shame cock and corner for more now. I free man, I bother Noah. Okay, maybe I stab a few people so I come. I bother some people quite a bit, but not many. I love

the rattle. I live the rattle. I love Russia. What's the contrary? Oh, I know. He didn't release you to tell that. I did. I'm executed back in the wild 90s. He also partens to alligarch buddy, Mikhail Kordovsky, former head of the Eukos oil conglomerate, who had been imprisoned for over a decade on bullshit charges. February 27, 2014, Putin invades Ukraine for the first time, put and began the process of invading the Crimea, part of Ukraine, formerly part of Russia. Bands of armed gunmen began seasoned government buildings in Crimea. Let's step away from the time I learned a little bit about the background of Russia and Ukraine now. This topic could easily be an entire suck and do itself.

So I'm not going to go into a ton of detail, but we should know some stuff. Ukraine has historically been divided between those who viewed as a party Europe and those who viewed as a part of Russia. In the decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, what is not disputed by anyone other than Putin and people who Putin's propaganda is brainwashed or people afraid to speak the truth because of fear of Putin is that Ukraine moved towards integrating with the rest of Europe. The country declared their independence August 24, 1991.

Ukrainian voters supported the move in a referendum on December 1st. In May of 1992, Ukraine then signed the Lisbon Protocol, agreeing to turn over their nuclear arsenal to Russia. Why would they do that? So Russia, hopefully, would not see this, you know, new bordering nation as a military threat when leave them with fuck alone to avoid a disastrous military confrontation with Russia when they're just trying to establish their independence. Beta Roos and Kazakhstan also sign it. Then on January 10th, 1994, Ukraine becomes a party

to the partnership for peace and agreement to strengthen political and military ties with NATO the North Atlantic Tree Organization and intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states of which 28 are in Europe and the other two in North America NATO now had courted in Belgium established in 1949 and washed in DC by President Truman's administration as part of a cold war strategy To make sure the Soviet Union didn't get any big fucking ideas about pushing communism into Europe. Without the threat Russia represents, there would be no NATO. Might be something similar, but not NATO. NATO was expanding into Eastern European nations in the late 90s, would end up accepting former communist nations, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Romania.

And Putin did not like any of this. He fucking hated that these former pieces of the Soviet Union, satellite states like Poland, had turned their backs on Mother Russia and openly sided with the West. It's insulting. Now, the Runeid donations directly bordering Russia as well. Russia really did not want Ukraine to join them. Also in 1994, Russia, Ukraine, the US, the UK, they signed the Budapest Memorandum, our Memorandum, to restate Ukraine's commitment to surrender their nuclear arsenal,

and these nations pledged that they would acknowledge and respect Ukraine as an independent country. Then in 97, Russia and Ukraine signed the Treaty of Friendship to promise to respect each other's borders and preserve the rights of national minorities in each country. Currently, obviously, not too friendly. Russia kept the majority of its black sea fleet and the rights to garrison 25,000 soldiers in Ukraine controlled Crimea. Ukraine received over $500 million in compensation for this. 2008 NATO announced its intentions to enroll Ukraine, but doesn't give a timeline.

This is known as the Bucharest Declaration, and Putin is fucking furious. Putin has always insisted that Ukraine was part of Russia culturally and historically. He's always said that NATO is a threat to Russia. You know, he's not wrong about that. Putin would love to reestablish a Russian-dominated security zone like the one it had during the Soviet Union. Ukraine would be a wonderful buffer, wonderful part of that security zone. This is thought to be a major reason why he's fucking up Ukraine right now, to create

this buffer zone. Also though, while the majority of Ukrainians, western Ukrainians have long preferred being allied with the West instead of Russia, there are many ethnic Russians there, especially in the eastern part of Ukraine, and many of those would like to return to Russia. I'll never understand why, but to do. It's messy. These two nations have been tangled up for centuries. Here's a really skimpy overview of that entanglement. At the end of the 18th century, the last Russian Empress, Catherine the Great, began the process of making Ukraine more Russian. That alleged horsefucker really

did a lot to create the mess we had today. And yes, I know that the horsefucking stuff with Catherine and Slander's propaganda began in the 1770s. Large portions of present-day Ukraine had fallen under Russian control. Cassements and ethnic Russians into the area passed laws requiring schools to teach Russian and station Russian soldiers in the area. In the 1800s, the Ukrainian language completely banned for time. Then Ukraine first declared independence in 1917 with the founding of the Ukrainian People's

Republic. But then in 1922, Russia took control back, made the country part of the Soviet Union. Putin does not acknowledge any of this real history. He claims that Ukraine very first has started independence after World War II, right? And that is definitely not true. Propaganda's love to rewrite history. In the 1930s, Stalin, not a big Ukrainian fan,

causes a famine that kills millions of Ukrainians, particularly in the east, the hello to more. We talked about in the Stalin's suck and in the Chikitil's suck, it was fucking brutal. Stalin was punishing Ukrainian farmers who fought against communist collectivization mandates. And when they were dead, he repopulates the area with Russians. In the 1940s, Stalin also relocated ethnic tutters, or tutters. Ah, that word is always so fucking weird to me, who lived in Crimea and replaced them with Russians.

Stalin also killed lots of Crimean tatters in what amounted to a genocide. One in three of them would die. As Soviet rule weakened and collapsed from 1989 to 1991, approximately 250,000 Crimean tatters migrated back to their homeland, excuse me for the mispronunciation of that word. My tongue is all fucking dizzy from trying to go back and force between English and Russian

pronunciations. They migrated back to their homeland on the shores of the distant Black Sea. As you can imagine, they're not big fucking fans of Russia. They don't want to become part of Russia once more. Also in 1940s, World War II, during World War II Ukrainian nationalists initially saw the German Nazis as liberators from the Soviets. When Germany occupied the country from 1941 to 1944, a lot of Ukrainian independence fighters did align with the Nazis.

They worked with them with the goal to establish their independence as a nation, but in the process, they also did participate in the Holocaust heavily. Between 1941 and 1943, Nazis and local collaborators did shit like shoot 70,000 to 100,000 people at Baviar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kiev, one in four Jewish victims of the Holocaust murdered in Ukraine. Today, Russia is using that history to paint current Ukrainian nationalists as neo-Nazis, but also millions of non-Jewish Ukrainians perished under German occupation, as prisoners

of war, slave laborers, soldiers, partisans, ordinary towns, folk and peasants. A lot of the fighting World War II took place in Ukraine, Belarus, Western Russia, under German occupation, several million Ukrainians sent to Germany to work farms and factories. Early in the war, Nazi racial hierarchy placed Ukrainians above Russians, and the Nazis attempted to promote Ukrainian national culture and occupy Ukrainian territories. Nazis promised they'd help Ukraine win independence after the war, but then towards the end of the war, they turned on the Nazis or on the Ukrainians. It's almost like you can't trust a Nazi.

More on Ukrainian neo-Nazi ties after we visit the current Ukrainian situation at the end of the episode. Because of all this history, while about two thirds of Ukrainian speaker, as the first language, most of them living in western Ukraine, the other one third are Russian speakers living in eastern Ukraine. And western Ukrainians by large do not particularly like Russia. See themselves as European. Traditionally, they wanted to break away from Russia's control for many years, have voted for

Canada to support that over and over again. Eastern Ukraine, though, has voted for pro-Russian candidates. And it seems according to polling in the last few years, about a half of them do want to rejoin Russia. Though it's a fucking mess. So back in the way exactly that Russia invades Crimea under Putin in February of 2014. Well, on November 21, 2013, Ukrainian president Victor Yanovicic, Yanukovic had rejected a deal for greater integration into the EU. And steady took a $15 billion bailout from Russia. Why would you do that? Because he was a fucking puppet.

Putin got his claws in him. Speculations that Putin had bought and paid for him. Many Ukrainians think that Yanukovych, there we go, was a corrupt politician controlled by Putin. His decision to sign with Russia led to mass protests, which he got a COVID attempt to put down violently. The protest started in Kiev November 21, 2013, by December 8th and estimated 800,000 people

were protesting in Kiev. Some of the protesters included far rightright Ukrainian nationalist groups who were violent. This is why Russia and some Ukrainians, particularly Eastern Ukrainians, saw the protests as disenfranchising Russian-speaking Ukrainians, and Putin has seized on that as part of his propaganda. The Yanukovych tried to stop the protests by sending the internal security forces and passing laws to restrict freedom of speech and assembly, just like a good dictator does when their power is threatened. Then on December 17th, Putin promises to support Ukraine by offering a discount on natural gas and purchasing $15 billion in government bonds.

Protests continue, culminate in the outsting of President Yanukovych in February of 2014, and the people rejoice, the overwhelming majority of them. His mansion is rated massive celebrations in the streets, February second, or 22nd, Yanukovych flees to Russia when parliament votes to remove him as president, he's still hiding there today, being another good little lap dog for Putin. January 24, 2019, he was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison for high treason by Ukrainian court. Many believe that should Putin ever topple Kiev, he will put Yanukovych back into power. After Yanukovych fled, Putin refused to recognize the new interim government and Kiev as a legitimate

government. He requested parliamentary approval to send soldiers into Ukraine to safeguard Russian interests, and he gets approval because he's a dictator and they would be suicidal idiots to He requested parliamentary approval to send soldiers into Ukraine to safeguard Russian interests. He gets approval because he's a dictator and they would be suicidal idiots to deny him this approval. Now Putin invades. He annexes Crimea March of 2014. Among the new Russian Federation authorities first measures after annexing Crimea to ban the Crimean Tatar's parliament.

They also arrest torture and kill Crimean Tatars activists. Thousands of Crimean Tatars, I always want to say Tartars, but Tatars, I guess, fled Russian oppression in Crimean following the 2014 annexation. Many settled in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Why is Crimean important to Putin? Because there's a peninsula in the Black Sea with special autonomy, large Russian military base. The invasion provoked separatist uprisings in Donetsk and Luhansk two regions in each and Ukraine as well. And fighting continues there for years. Ukraine ambassador to the UN, Yuri Sergeyev claimed that about 16,000 soldiers invaded Crimea and that got the attention of Europe and the US. US and the EU refused to accept legitimacy of a referendum in which the majority of the Crimean population supposedly

voted to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia. This vote seen by most rational people in the world is being obvious Putin bullshit, lies and propaganda rigged. Putin defended his actions. Instead of the soldiers he sent to Ukraine, we're only meant to enhance military defenses already within the country bullshit. Definitely wasn't. Uh, you know, each in Ukraine has vast coal and iron supplies as well as fertile farmland

and Russia wanted those resources. Definitely wasn't to have more naval control of the black sea to have a buffer zone between Russia and NATO. No, huh. You just, uh, you know, reinforcing people who are already there. Putin denies accusations that Russia intended to engage Ukraine in war, which is absurd. Putin said he was granted permission from the upper house of Russia's parliament to use force Ukraine, but felt it was unnecessary.

Denied speculation there would be further invasion of Ukraine. Such a measure would certainly be the very last resort, he said. You guys are just weird shit. We're like, he's over there, soldiers are killing lots of people. He's like, no, we're not gonna use force Now come on Although in internationally it is still been recognized as being part of Ukraine Russia has controlled Crimea now since this 2014 invasion Okay, I know there was a lot of information a little overview complete. Let's now dive a little deeper into the timeline

We'll get back to Ukraine in a bit September 28 2015 in an address before the UN General Assembly, Putin presents his version, his vision of Russia as a world power, paints the US and NATO as threats to global security. Not quite but close. US and NATO are threats to Russian security, for sure, which is why they're so fucking important. After US was much weaker, and NATO was as well, I think the global map would look very

different than it does right now. I think Russia would own a lot more land. In September of that year, the UN estimates that 8,000 people have been killed, 1.5 million people displaced as part of the conflicts in Ukraine. These recent atrocities in Ukraine, nothing new. Ukraine has been getting fucked over by Mother Russia for a long time. September of 2015, Russia announces they will begin strategic air strikes in Syria now. The government promised that the military action was meant to target extremist group the Islamic State, right, ISIS, which had made advances in the region due to the civil war

in Syria. Putin's true motive, true motives, though, called into question. Analysts and government officials believe the air strikes were aimed at the rebels attempting to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad. The US wanted Assad out. Putin wanted him in. Why? It's not partially to send a message to other despots, right? Stick with Russia. Russia will protect you from the US.

And some kind of CIA led regime toppling also to send a message to the US. You cannot impose your will in lands near Mother Russia. We are still a formidable cold war foe. Putin will win this backdrop battle of stores between the US and Russia in Syria, because Assad is still in charge. 2016 Putin shifts the balance of power in Syria, right, with this with this shit. Evidence emerges that Russia was conducting a wide-ranging hybrid warfare campaign intended to undermine the power and legitimacy of Western democracies. Russian fighter jets violated NATO airspace in the Baltic.

Russia also initiated two cyber attacks on Ukrainian power grid. Ukraine reported that the country was subjected to over 6,000 cyber attacks over a two-month period. Ukraine investigators linked the campaign to Russia. Authorities also uncovered a plot to assassinate the Montenegrin Prime Minister and install a pro-Russian government there Montenegro and prosecutors uncovered a conspiracy to link nationalist Serbians pro-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine and a pair of Russian intelligence agents to the coup more Cold War shit

July 2016 Thousands of private emails of members of the Democratic Party in the US published by Wikileaks Few days later the FBI opened an investigation into Russia's efforts to influence the election and connections to Trump's campaign. Trump joked that Russia released emails because Putin likes me. He also invited Russia to find Clinton's 30,000 emails that are missing. Trump denied that Putin was attempting to sway the election in his favor. US intelligence reports, however, tell a different story.

Putin for sure used his troll farms and Twitter bots to help Trump win the 2016 election and Putin helped Trump again in 2020. Because so many are so very sensitive to any critique of Trump whatsoever. I've literally never met people more sensitive in my life, having their favorite politician critiqued in any way. This is not slander I'm making up. This is part of this research, right? You can go online, you can easily find the government reports yourself which QAnon truthers of course will say are nothing more than Deep State propaganda,

which I don't believe for a second. Also, please don't forget that critiquing the president any president is a good American thing to do. I don't know why that's gotten lost last several years. It represents freedom. Trying to scream down your, you know, critiques, the people who are critiquing your president, trying to scream up those people down. You know, if you're the person that does that, maybe you should move to Russia, because I bet Putin would fucking love you. Autocrats love a loyalist who does not tolerate dissent, right, who doesn't tolerate people who step outside of party lines.

Like who you want to like, but also maybe be tolerance of those who don't agree with you. That feels like the most American thing to do to me. I'm proud to have friends who voted for Biden. I have other friends. You know, I'm proud to have friends who voted for Trump. You actually don't have to pick one side and hate the other. You can talk to the side. You don't morally line up with and listen to what they have to say, trying to influence their hearts and minds on the issues that matter most to you. Most people respond better to thoughtful discourse than they do to fuck you, you idiot, you're wrong. But, uh, you know, fuck Putin.

Uh, December 2017, Putin announced he is ordering Russia to begin withdrawing from Syria. There are two year campaign to destroy ISIS was complete, he stated, but Russia may return to violence continued. At the end of 2017, Putin reported his end of the year press conference that he would run for a six-year term in 2018 as an independent candidate. He ends his association with the United Russian party. Why fucking who cares?

Political theater, doesn't matter what party, he's a member of. The only party in Russia that matters is whatever party Putin's a member of. He's a dictator. The rest is all window dressing, just a dog and pony show. March of 2018, despite Russia being in an economic depression, Putin's approval rating remains above 80%. Interesting that he would poll so well when he consistently

rigs the polls. That's weird. He seems certain he would win in the upcoming election. I'd be certain too. If my loyalist goons were in charge of making sure I, you know, won the quote unquote counted votes, he made sure to have government media outlets, criticized his opponents, also barred others from running just completely. That helps win an election for sure. Just two weeks before the elections, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer convicted of spying for Britain, who was released to the UK in a prisoner swap, is found unconscious with his daughter in Salisbury, England. Investigators believe that they had been exposed to Novichok, a complex nerve agent developed by the Soviets, Britain accuses Putin of ordering this attack at a detractor.

Excuse me, a prime minister, Theresa May, expels almost two dozen Russian intelligence operative from the country. March 19th, 2018. Wouldn't you know it? Putin wins another term as president of Russia. Oh, man, good for him. He's so popular. He gets more than 76% of the vote. Ah, great job. Independent monitoring agency, Goalos, found that Putin used balance stuffing to increase voter turnout. Putin called his election an incredible victory, and he'll remain in office until 2024 or until he dies

or is overthrown in a violent coup or that. After winning or yeah, yeah, Putin bragged about having new weapons that would render NATO's defense as completely worthless, claimed to have a low-flying nuclear capable cruise missile with unlimited range and another missile capable of traveling at high-percentive speed. There's a little demonstration video that includes an animation of simulated attacks on the United States. So that's super fun. Not worrisome at all.

Oh man, he's our buddy. Ha, we can trust him. May 20, 2019. Volodomir Zelensky, elected as president of Ukraine on a populist reform platform. That motherfucker, goddamn champion. I'm going to have to suck him one day. Living legend. I don't pray. What if I did? one day. Living legend. I don't pray.

What if I did? I would pray to God. Please save this man. Guide him to continued strong leadership in Ukraine. Hail Nimra. And Putin's January 2020 stated the nation's speech. He proposed his constitutional amendments that include transferring power to select prime minister, to select the prime minister and cabinet from the president of the parliament.

His cabinet, including the Metri Mevadev, he resigns finally, saying that a new government will give Putin the opportunity to make the decisions he needs to make. Putin also suggests limiting presidential terms to just two, indicating he won't attempt to seek a third consecutive term. And what's he doing here? No one knows, but can't imagine stepping down in 2024. I mean, I don't know, maybe because maybe he was thinking about touring the world as America's, excuse me, as Russia's, wow, wow, big, great, as living Songbird. There we in the middle of play,

love speed melody. Yeah, so good. That's a real Putin. Ah, bummer for music fans though. No sold out international tour. Starting in October of 2021, we're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things.

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We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. We're going to be doing a lot of things. Make your remaining power until at least 2036. There we go. That's the real Putin. Ah, bummer for music fans though. No sold out international tour. Starting in October of 2021, Putin orders a buildup of Russian forces along the Ukrainian border, sends additional units to his buddies in Belarus. Putin denies plans to invade the Ukraine.

No, he's not gonna do that. The military president on the border goes from scattered groupings of bases and training ground to units arrayed in tactical directions but he's not gonna invade you can out here he's running training exercises working on defending himself from the super aggressive Ukrainian Nazis who are going to invade rush at any second which was never gonna fucking happen

December twenty twenty one russian begins moving soldiers tanks and heavy artillery into new positions. Most of it focused on the Donutsk and Lohansk regions. December 17, 2021, Putin presents a list of demands to ensure Russian security guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO, that NATO reduced forces in Eastern European countries, that a 2015 cease fire be implemented. And I'll re-implemented the NATO withdraw military infrastructure put in Eastern Europe after 97 that NATO countries will not deploy offensive weapons and states neighbor in Russia ever, including countries not even in NATO and a ban on military exercises at strengths of

more than a brigade zone along both sides of Russian western border, besides of Russians western border and pinky swear you guys will never fuck with us ever. The West dismisses his demands. They're never taken seriously. President Biden makes it clear that the US will not be sending soldiers but will send anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine and increase American military presence in NATO countries border in Russia. The order is next for 7,000 soldiers to Eastern Europe.

January 2022 Russia moves more equipment000 soldiers to Eastern Europe. January 2022, Russia moves more equipment and soldiers to Belarus just doing some training. February 4th, 22, Vladimir Putin, Zeyin Ping of China, meat and Beijing for their 38th summit meeting. Afterwards, they announce a no-limits partnership, making it clear they're united in their hostility against American global power. Fuck yeah. Russia, China, strengthen their relationship. The Western world breaks out into a cold sweat. February of 2022, there are now 190,000 soldiers at the Ukrainian border in Crimea, Belarus,

and a fucking small breakaway state in Moldova that I've literally never heard of before in my life. Trans-Nistria. Trans-Nistria. There's like seven people there. before my life, trans knee stria, trans knee stria. There's like seven people there. And Fabulous Units deployed to the Black Sea under the guise of scheduled naval exercises.

February 21st, 2022, Putin recognizes the independence of the people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, voiding a previous peace agreement. Pro-Russian separatists in the area claim all of Donetsk and Luhansk, but they really only control about a third of the region. Russian soldiers ordered in the area claim all of Donetsk and Lehansk, but they really only control about a third of the region. Russian soldiers ordered into the area. February 24th, 2022 Putin announces the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine until the vice speech. Not a battle. It's just like a special operation. It's a friendly special operation. Bloomberg published a

transcript of his speech. It's a long one, but it provides a lot of insight into Putin's mind, and I think it's worth sharing in its entirety. I also think for entertainment purposes, and it actually makes the words easy to say, I should give it in a shady Russian accent. And hopefully that'll make it less boring in parts, instead of, you know, just being annoying. So let me get the proper Russia in the communist music because he still feels communist to me. Sit at the center of Russia, friends. I am more than just songbird. I also man, strong man, who I finally feel comfortable, say this in public.

I love embrace of other strong man. I love it so much. I love more than strong man embrace. Listen to me. I want to breed with men. Many men. I know this may be shock, but signs were there whole time. How many pictures of me with no shirt? Do one need? How much must I demonizing of homosexuals? Why? Because I fight in one tier right now.

I secretly hate self. I have daddy issue. Okay, I admit it. It was not when I did have feeling that one day. I just, I saw angry, not that you crane, but that daddy. He, he not like men. It why I want to wrestle instead of bucks. I like to wrestle. I like to push groin on buttock of strong man. I want strong man to push groin on the face. I want, I can't believe I say this. I want strong man to breathe my mouth. I want to choke and

come in this cock. It's all I ever want. I put on strong man to steal curtain me which is sex move I invent. It's it when man dropped balls on my my eyes socket. All I can see coming this man meet. Well he do this. Another coming this man. Strong handsome man put breed penis in mouth. All I taste is strong Russia. Well he do that. Another strong Russia man breathed my butthole. I want only to feel Russia. While he do that, another strong Russia man let me breathe his mouth. While he do that, another strong Russia man pulling my both bit. Well, he do that.

40-50 other strong Russian man, Bukkimin. I want to cover Russian body in Russian semen. I wish for America greater superstar Steven Segold to supervise whole situation. Everyone is coming except even for he is American. He can only supervise, maybe he can film. Please, sit it into Russia. Give me your strong man for pleasure let me drown I Putin want to drown in comic come okay maybe exactly speech gotta hope someone got comments loud during that section oh boy

okay all right all right here's the real, here's the real speech. What's that all about? Sit it into Russia, friends. I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events and Donbass and the key aspects of ensuring the security of Russia. I will begin with what I said in my address on February 21st, 2022. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries in about the fundamental threats, which irresponsible

western politicians created for Russia consistently, rudely and uncelmoniously for a year to year. I am referring to the East with expansion of NATO, which is moving its military infrastructure ever closer to Russian border. It is a fact that over the past 30 years we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In the response to our proposals, we invariably faced either cynical deception and lies.

For the terms of pressure and blackmail, or the notedlantic alliance continued to expand despite our protests and concerns. His military machine is moving and as I said, his approach in our very border. Ah yeah, it won't work with Russia because Russia is sketchy as fuck and has been for centuries. Why is this happening? Where did this insolent manor of talking down from the height of their exceptionalism, infallibility and all permissiveness come from? What is the explanation for this contemptuous and distainful attitude to our interests, an absolutely legitimate demands?

Ah, interesting word choice here. Permissiveness. Permissive as in more freedom. Framing freedom here as something disgusting. Something weak maybe? The answer is simple. Everything is clear and obvious. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union grew weaker and subsequently broke apart. Ah, yeah, broke apart because fucking sucks. And Russian people hated their shitty ass lives. That experience should serve as a good lesson for us because it has shown us that the paralysis of power and will is the first step towards complete degradation and oblivion. We lost confidence for only one moment, but it was enough to disrupt the balance of forces in the world. As a result, the old treaties and agreements

are no longer effective. And treaties and requests do not help. Anything that does not suit the dominant state, the powers that be, is the noun says archaic, obsolete, unuseless. At the same time, everything in regards as useful is presented as the ultimate truth and forced on others regardless of the cost, abusively and by any means available. Those who refuse to comply are subjected to strong armed tactics. What I'm saying now does not concern only Russia and Russia is not the only country that is worried about this. This has to do with the entire system of international relations and sometimes even US allies.

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a redovision of the world. And the norms of international law that developed by that time, and the most important of them, the fundamental norms that were accepted following World War II, and largely formalized its outcome, came in the way of those who declared themselves the winners of the Cold War. Of course, practice, international relations, and the rules regulating them had to take into account the changes that took place in the world and in the balance of forces. However, they should have been done professionally, smoothly, patiently, and with dual regard

in respect for the interests of all states and one's own responsibility. Instead, we saw a state of euphoria created by the feeling of absolute superiority, a kind of modern absolutism, coupled the low cultural standard and arrogance of those who formulated and pushed through decisions that only suited themselves. The situation took a different turn. Another interesting choice to word here. Low cultural standards. What the fuck is that mean?

Do countries who don't share Putin's homophobia have low cultural standards? That feels like the subtext I was picking up. There are many examples of this. First the bloody military operation was waged against the build rate. Without the UN secured the council sanctioned, but with combat aircraft and missiles used in the heart of Europe. The bombing of peaceful cities and vital infrastructure went on for several weeks. I have to recall these facts because some Western colleagues prefer to forget them.

And when we mention the events, they prefer to avoid speaking about international law. Instead emphasizing these circumstances which they interpret as they think necessary. Then came the turn of Iraq, Libya and Syria. The illegal use of military power against Libya under the distortion of all the UN Security Council decisions on Libya ruined the state, created a huge seat of international terrorism and pushed the country towards a humanitarian catastrophe into the vortex of a civil war, which has continued there for years. The tragedy which was created for hundreds of thousands, even millions of people not only

in Libya, but in whole region, has led to a large- large scale exodus from the Middle East in North Africa to Europe. And I have to say, uh, okay, all right, I make some fair points there. The US has done whatever the fuck it's I wanted to do and many of these instances and, you know, I don't think our political goals abroad are always noble. I actually know that Putin would denounce a humanitarian catastrophe while currently committing a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. Similar faith also prepared for Syria. The combat operations conducted by the Weston coalition in that country without the

Syrian government's approval or the UN Security Council's sanction can only be defined as aggression and intervention. But the example that stands apart from the above-aventies, of course, the invasion of Iraq or UN Security Council sanctioned, can only be defined as aggression and intervention. But the example that stands apart from the above-aventies of course the invasion of Iraq without any legal grounds. They used the pretext of allegedly reliable information, available in the United States about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

To prove the allegation, the US Secretary of State held up a vile with white powder. Publicly, for whole world to see, assuring the international community that it was chemical warfare agent Created in Iraq. It later turned out that all of that was a fake and that's shaman in the Iraq did not have any chemical weapons Incredible and shocking but true Yeah, not our finest moment Important reminder to try and be an honest incredible nation so that the Putin's of the world can't use our mistakes to help legitimize their fucking propaganda, right?

Because this is very hypocritical for him to say all this. We witness lies made at the highest state level and voice from the high you and the rostrum. As a result, we see it tremendous loss of human life, damage, destruction, colossal upsurge, and terrorism. I wonder if he at least smirked a little bit when the Master of Lies talked about witnessing lies, made it the highest state level. Let me come on. Overall it appears that nearly everywhere in many regions of the world, with the United States brought its law on order, this created bloody, non-healing wounds in the curse of

international terrorism and extremism. I have only mentioned the most glaring but far from only examples of disregard for international law. This array includes promises not to expand NATO eastwards, even by an inch, to reiterate they have deceived us. Or to put it simply, they have played us. So one often hears that politics is a dirty business. It could be, but it shouldn't be as dirty as it is now, not to such an extent.

This type of car-notchist behavior, contrary, not only to the principles of international relations, but also when above all, to the generally accepted norms of morality and ethics. Where his justice and truth here just lies and he pockets you all around. Hello, Pat Colin, kettle black. Oh boy! Incidentally, US politicians, political scientists and journalists write and say that the veritable empire of lies has been created inside the United States and recent years. It is hard to disagree with this. It is really so. Yeah, the Empire of Liza has been built in the US. Largely by Russian fuck control farms and disinformation bots. Thanks Putin.

But one should not be modest about it. The United States is still a great country and the system foring power. All it satellites not only humbly and obediently say yes to and parrot it at the slightest pretext, but also imitate this behaviour and enthusiastically accept the rules it has offered them. Therefore one can say with good reason and confidence that the whole so-called western block formed by the United States in its own image and likeness is in its entirety the very same empire of lies. This is starting to feel like a declaration of our World War III.

Definitely a declaration that the Cold War is living well. It's for our country. After the disintegration of the USSR, given the entire unprecedented openness of the new modern Russia, its readiness to work honestly with the United States and other Western partners, and its practically unilateral disarmament. They immediately tried to put the final squeeze on us, finish us off and utterly destroy us. This is how it was in the 1990s and in the early 2000s.

When the so-called collective West was actually supporting separatism and gangs of mercenaries in southern Russia, what victims, what losses we had to sustain, what trials we had to go through at that time before we broke the back of the international terrorism in ecocasis. We remember this and we will never forget. Properly speaking, the attempts to use us in their own interests never ceased until quite recently.

They sought to destroy us, our traditional values and force on us, their false values that would erode us, our people from within force on us, their false values that would erode us. Our people from within, the attitudes they have been aggressively imposing on their countries. Attitudes that are directly leading to degradation, the generation, because they are contrary to human nature. This is not going to happen. No one has ever succeeded in doing this nor will they succeed now. It feels like a thinly veiled home of Flopik rhetoric,

contrary to nature. Sometimes it really does feel like he's a homosexual to me and just hates himself, and then takes out that hatred on a fellow homosexuals. Maybe he did get in street fights as a youth. Maybe he was gay-bashing. Just to rile him up, if any hackers from anonymous or some similar powerful hacking collective or listing,

maybe consider a disinformation campaign campaign centered around stories revolving Putin being a power bottom do some cool shit with Photoshop, you know shows Steven Segal Benning him over in the Kremlin or something try to get some mainstream media outlets to report the story see how we reacts I think it'd be funny Unless you know, that's how a nuclear apocalypse kicks off But you know then sure I'm gonna have a lot of people mad at me you know, that's how a nuclear apocalypse kicks off. But you know, then sure I'm going to have a lot of people mad at me, but also getting the world destroyed over a joke like that is a pretty funny way to go out. Back to speech.

Despite all that in December 2021, we made yet another attempt to reach agreement with the United States and its allies on the principles of European security and NATO's non-expansion. Our efforts weren't vain. The United States has not changed its position. It does not believe it is necessary to agree with Russia on a matter that is critical for us. In other states is pursuing its own objectives, wanting to neglect our interests.

Of course the situation begs a question. What next? What are we to expect? If history is any guide, we know that in 1940 and early 1941, the Soviet Union went to great lengths to prevent war or at least to lay its outbreak. To this end, the USSR sought not to provoke the potential aggressor until the very end, by refraining or postponing the most urgent and obvious preparations. It had made to defend itself from imminent attack, when it finally acted.

It was too late. As a result, the country was not prepared to counter the invasion by Nazi Germany, which attacked our motherland on June 22, 1941, without declaring war. The country stopped the enemy and went on to defeat it, but this came at a tremendous cost. The attempt to appease the aggressor ahead of the great patriotic war was proved to be a mistake, which came with a high cost for our people. In the first months after the hostilities broke out, we lost vast territories of strategic importance as well as millions of lives.

We will not make this mistake the second time. We have no right to do so. Comparing Ukraine to Nazi Germany is a fucking stretch. It's actually nonsense as it's all point out there. Those who aspire to global dominance of dominance have publicly designated Russia as their enemy. They have done so with impunity. Make no mistake. They had no reason to act this way.

It is true they have considerable financial, scientific, technological and military capabilities. We are aware of this and have an objective view of the economic threats we have been hearing, just as our ability to counter this brash and never ending blackmail. Let me reiterate that we have no illusions in this regard and extremely unrealistic in our assessments. As for military affairs, even after the disillusion of the USSR and losing a considerable part of its capabilities,s.s. all, and losing a considerable part of its capabilities today's Russia remains one of the most powerful nuclear states, moreover, it certainly has advantages

and several cutting edge weapons. In this context there should be no doubt for anyone that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should consequences should the directly attack our country uh... once again interesting choice of words here not a aggressor potential aggressor uh... this is great propaganda framing by adding the word potential uh... attacking a sovereign nation like a crane in an

unprovoked fashion is no longer seen as uh... an offensive military act right as defensive you're no longer you know no longer really throwing the first punch you're reacting to them making a fist and obviously planning to punch you you're defending yourself from future aggression by tactically punching them in the face first uh... did is very good at prop can

at the same time technology including the defense sector is changing rapidly one day there is one leader tomorrow another, but a military presence in territories bordering on Russia, if we permitted to go ahead, would have stayed for decades to come or maybe forever, creating an ever-mountain and totally unacceptable threat for Russia. Even now, with NATO's eastward expansion, the situation for Russia has been becoming worse and more dangerous by the year.

Moreover, these past days, NATO leadership has been blunt in its statements that they need to accelerate and step up efforts to bring the alliance's infrastructure closer to Russia's borders. In other words, they have been tough in their position. We cannot stay idle and possibly observe these developments that will be an absolutely irresponsible thing for us to do. I mean, he's not wrong here. You know, for him to keep his authoritarian regime going, he does need to take NATO seriously. NATO doesn't like him. And NATO has been bringing their infrastructure closer to Russia's borders because, you know, Russia, Putin's Russia is a serious threat. And my, oh my, how this

invasion is now backfiring on Putin, right? NATO is going to ramp up their militarization fucking big time now. And I'm all for it. Uh, today someone has to have the biggest swing and dick over there and better us a NATO than Mother Russia back to Putin. Any further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance is infrastructure or the ongoing efforts to gain a military foothold of the Ukrainian territory are unacceptable for us. Of course, the question is not about NATO itself. It merely serves as a tool of US foreign policy.

The problem is that the territory is adjacent to Russia, which I have to note is our historical land. A hostile anti-Russia is taking shape. Fully controlled from the outside, it is doing everything to attract NATO armed forces and obtain country-edged weapons. For the United States real-time, it is doing everything to attract NATO armed forces and obtain country-edged weapons. For the United States and its allies, it is the policy of continuing Russia with obvious geopolitical dividends.

For our country, it is a matter of life and death, a matter of our historical future as a nation. This is not an exaggeration. This is fact. It is not only a very real threat to our interests, but to the very existence of our states and to its sovereignty. It is red line which we have spoken about on numerous occasions they have crossed it. This brings me to the situation in Donbass.

We can see that the force at the stage, the coup in Ukraine in 2014, have seized power, are keeping it with the help of ornamental election procedures, and have abandoned the path of a peaceful conflict settlement. For eight years, for eight endless years, we have been doing everything possible to settle the situation by peaceful political means everything was in vain. For eight years actual democracy has existed in Ukraine. Of course, Putin hates that. It's fucking puppet, got kicked out. As I said in my previous address,

you cannot look without compassion at what was happening there. It became impossible to tolerate it. We had to stop the atrocity. The genocide of the millions of people who live there, who pin their hopes on Russia, on all of us. It is their aspirations, the feelings and pain of these people, that with the main motivating force behind our decision to recognize the independence of Donbass peoples or publics. Fucking millions of people to what the fuck is it out here, pulling this shit literally completely out of his ass. This is based in fucking nothing. This is exaggeration, distortions, outright lies and just so much propaganda, it's unbelievable. I would like to additionally emphasize the following.

Focused on their goals, the leading NATO countries are supporting the far-right nationalist and neo-Nazis and Ukraine, those who will never forgive the people of Crimea and the Sevastopol for freely making a choice to reunite to Russia. I didn't fucking do that. They will undoubtedly try to bring war to Crimea just as they have done in Donbass to kill innocent people Just as members of the punitive units of Ukrainian nationless and Hitler's accomplices did during the great patriotic war They've also openly laid claim to several other Russian regions I can't wait to address in the United States fucking unreal if we look at the sequence of events and the incoming reports

The showdown between Russia and these forces cannot be avoided, it is only matter of time. They are getting ready and waiting for the right moment. Moreover, they went as far as to aspire to acquire nuclear weapons. We will not let this happen. Such bullshit. Some politicians in Ukraine have advocated for acquiring nuclear weapons again, but nothing has come close to being legislated. Again, you can't blame an entire country for the statements of a few of its politicians. I mean, I guess you can, but you should not because that is not a logical thing to do. I vote that you said that Russia accepted this new geopolitical reality after the dissolution of

the U.S. S.A.R. We have been treating all new posts, Soviet states with respect and will continue to act this way. We respect and will respect their sovereignty. As proven by the assistance, we provided to Kazakhstan when it faced tragic events and the challenge in terms of its statehood and integrity. However, Russia cannot feel safe developing exist while facing a permanent threat from the territory of today's Ukraine. Get the fuck out of here! Let me remind you that in 2000-2005 we used our military to push back against terrorists in the Caucasus and stood up for the integrity of our state. We preserved Russia and 2014 we support the people of Crimea and Sevastopol.

In 2015 we used our armed forces to create reliable shield that prevented terrorists from Syria, from penetrating Russia. This was a matter of defending ourselves, we had no other choice. The same is happening today. They did not leave us any other option for defending Russia and our people, other than the one we are forced to use today. In these circumstances, we have to take bold and immediate action. The peoples, the republics of Donbass have asked Russia for help.

In this context, in accordance with Article 51, Chapter 7 of the UN Charter with permission of Russia's Federation Council and an execution of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the donnestick peoples republic and the luhansk peoples republic ratified by the Federal Assembly on February 22nd. I made a decision to carry out a special military operation. The purpose of this operation is to protect people who for eight years now have been facing humiliation and genocide, perpetrated by the Kiev regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarize and de-nazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial

those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians including against citizens of the Russian Federation. It is not our plan to occupy the Ukrainian territory. We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force. Get the fuck out of here. How do you say you like that, I was straight away. We're not gonna impose anything on anyone by force. How are you fucking doing over there? At the same time. We have been hearing an increasing number of statements coming from the West that there is no need anymore to abide by the documents set in fourth the outcomes of World War II as signed by the totalitarian Soviet regime. How can we respond to that? The outcomes of World War II and the sacrifices our

people had to make to defeat Nazism are sacred. This does not contradict the high values of human rights and freedoms in the reality that emerged over the post-war decades. This does not mean that nations cannot enjoy the right to self-determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter. Let me remind you that the people living in territories, which are part of today's Ukraine, were not asked how they want to build their lives when the USSR was created after World War II.

I'm pretty sure they did, actually. Freedom guides our policy. The freedom to choose, independent, they are future and the future of our children. We believe that all people living in today's Ukraine, anyone who want to do this, must be able to enjoy this right to make a free choice. They have made free choices. They chose to try and get

the fuck away from you maniac. Why would they be fighting as hard as they've been fighting if they fucking love Putin and Russia? Clearly they have made their choice and that choice is fuck Putin. In this context, I would like to address the citizens of Ukraine. In 2014, Russia was obliged to protect the people of Crimea and Sevastopol and Sevastopol from those who you call yourself Nats, the people of Crimea and Sevastopol made their choice in favor of being with a historical homeland Russia and we supported their choice as I said we could not act otherwise. Now did make that choice you presented propaganda's fact fucking bullshit polls made it seem like they made their choice

The current events have nothing to do with the desire to infringe on the interest of Ukraine and Ukraine people They are connected with the defending Russia from those who have taken Ukraine hostage and are trying to use it against our country and our people I reiterate we are acting to defend ourselves from the threats created for us and from a worse peril than what is happening now I'm asking you however hard this may be to understand this and to work together with us. So as to turn this tragic page as soon as possible and to move forward together without allowing anyone to interfere in our affairs and our relations but developing them independently. So as to create favorable conditions for overcoming all those problems and to strengthen us from within a single hole despite the existence of state borders I believe this is a common future

Okay, he wants to fucking Soviet Union again got it loud and clear now he dresses the military I would also like to address the military personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces Comrade officers My god, you look so good in your all suits. Your manly chest, they are so proud. Oh, your pecs, so firm, your buttings, so high in tights. Oh, I want to breed you. I'm not going to lie. I want to breed you.

I want you to time me up. Tell me I'm a bad boy. Same a bad boy. You are KGB. I'm dirty, you cranium peasant. You must interrogate me. I have intel, but I will not give it up easy. You probably have to choke me. I suggest using cock, but it is your choice, your choice.

I tied up, I helpless, I have no shirt on. My balls tied tight with rubber band. It hurts so good. Maybe you have to paddle my bottom. Maybe you have to breathe my bottom to get answer your want. Maybe you have to piss on me. Watch me come. When strong, golden Russian scream hits my mouth, open waiting mouth, maybe you have to shit on me. Maybe I need a showpiece or some peanut butter. Maybe that's how they do it in Hollywood. Sorry, back to real speech.

Camera officers, your father's grandfather's and greatfathers did not fight the Nazi occupiers, did not defend our common motherland. To allow today's neo-Nazis to seize power in Ukraine. You swore the author of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and not to the junta, the people's adversary which is plundering Ukraine and humiliating the Ukrainian people. I urge you to refuse to carry out their criminal orders. I urge you to immediately lay down your arms and go home. I'll explain what this means.

The military personnel of the Ukrainian army who do this will be able to freely leave the zone of hostilities and return to their families. That hasn't happened, I don't believe that for a second. I want to emphasize, again, that all responsibility for the possible bloodshed will lie fully and wholly with the ruling Ukrainian regime. I would now like to say something very important for those who may be tempted to interfere in these developments from the outside, no matter who tries to stand on our way, or all

the more so create threats from our country and our people. They must know that Russia will respond immediately, and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history No matter how the events unfold we are ready all the necessary decisions in this regard have been taken. I hope that my words will be heard Shit, I felt like that was a little bit you know directed people like me. I don't know Is Russia gonna respond immediately this podcast? I don't think I have a huge relationship with many Putin loyalists think out also The history has never seen before like you respond in a way that felt like a definite, thinly veiled threat of nuclear warfare.

And then Putin had just a little clothing address. The citizens of Russia, the Cold War and values, experience and traditions of our ancestors and they will be provided a powerful undepying for the well-being and the very existence of entire states and nations. Their success and viability, of course, this directly depends on the ability to quickly adapt to constant change, maintain social cohesion and readiness to consolidate and summon all the available forces in order to move forward. We always try to be strong, but this strength can take on different forms. The empire of lies, which I mentioned in the beginning of my speech, proceed in its policy primarily from rough direct force. This is when I say on being

all-brown and no-brains applies. Jesus Christ, he's literally just describing the entire history of Russian warfare. All-brown and no-brains. No country is known more than Russia for not carrying how many of their soldiers die when trying to accomplish some military goal. This fucking bizarre world inversion he does all the the time, is maddening. When he's describing Ukraine and the West, he's really describing Russia, and when he's describing Russia, he's often describing the West. It's like classic bully playing the victim and then calling the real victim the boy. We all know that having justice and truth on our side is what makes us truly strong.

If this is the case, it would be hard to disagree with the fact that it is our strength and our readiness to fight, that are the bedrock of independence and sovereignty and provide the necessary foundation for building a reliable future for your home, your family, and your motherlands. Dear compatriots, I am certain that the voted soldiers and officers of the Russia's Armed Forces will perform their duty with professionalism and courage. I have no doubt that the government's institutions at all levels and specialists will work effectively to guarantee the stability of our economy, financial system and social will be.

And the same applies to corporate executives and the entire business community. I hope that all parliamentary parties and civil society take a consolidated patriotic position. At the end of the day, the future of Russia is in the hands of its multi-ethnic people, has always been the case in our history. This means the decisions that I made will be executed, that we will achieve the goals we have set and reliably, guarantee the security of our motherland. I believe in your support, and the invincible force rooted in the love for our fatherland. Now, someone please, please come breathe my mouth.

Embedded that last part set last line speech is finally over. Now there was a lot Explosions were heard in Ukraine shortly after this speech Russia proceeded to invade Ukraine by land sea and air Russian forces shelled more than a dozen cities and towns including one just outside of Kiev Russian forces invaded Karakiv, soldiers moved into an area north of Kiev and advanced on Chernayiv. A battle started at the Chernobyl exclusion zone and by sunset, Russians had seized Chernobyl and began pushing into Kiev. 18 Ukrainian military officials were killed in an attack outside Odessa.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine would defend itself against Russia. 22 invasion of Ukraine marked the largest military mobilization in Europe since World War II. Ukraine has already begun fleeing the country on buses and trains before the invasion knowing it was inevitable. Others hiding in train stations and bunkers to prepare for the attacks. Thousands of Russians protested or arrested or fined. Zelensky made a video speaking Russian pleading with Russia for peace. He announced a Russia had ordered almost 200,000 soldiers to invade Ukraine saying if these forces attack us, if you attempt to take away our country, our freedom, our lives, the

lives of our children, we will defend ourselves, not attack, defend the USG seven in the EU and post several severe economic sanctions on Russia, including full blocking sanctions on the Russia's largest financial institution, uh, spur bank and its largest private bank, alpha bank, prohibiting investments in the Russian Federation. Over 600 international businesses stopped doing business with Russia, full blocking sanctions on Russia, uh, state-owned enterprises ensued, uh, full blocking sanctions on Russia elites and their family members, including Putin's children, members of the Security Council, including former president and prime minister, the Mee-3 Mevadev, his lap dog, the US treasury prohibited Russia from making debt payments with funds, subjects, subject to US jurisdiction, Russia's central bank had its assets frozen,

major banks shut out of the International Swift Payment Transfer Network, US banned imports of Russian oil and gas, EU aims to cut gas imports by two thirds within a year. UK aims to phase out Russian oil by the end of this year. Germany has halted approval on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and major investment by Russian and European companies. Russian Airlines barred from airspace over the EU, UK, US and Canada, Putin's goal of capturing Kiev and deposing

the government to end Ukraine's desire to join NATO, not yet happened at the time of this recording. Obviously, opening it'll never happen. Russian propaganda continues to use claims at neo-Nazis control the government and are perpetrating to genocide against Russians in Ukraine as moral justification for Russian attacks on Ukraine that is such nonsense as I'll point out soon. Putin keeps claiming the invasion is meant to protect people subject to bullying and genocide by the Ukrainian government. He's made sure to not call it a war. It's still just a special military operation.

Talks between Ukrainian presidents, the Lensky and Putin continue to be fruitless as of this recording. In the key suburb of Butchah, a UN mission is documented that 50 civilians have been killed there, including a sum by execution. The real body count believed to be at least 400 people. If not many more, mass graves of hundreds of dead civilians discovered in Bucha, other towns around Kiev after Russian troops retreated in late March, nationwide the UN as of April 26 counts over 3,400 dead civilians in Ukraine, roughly 200 of those are children.

The real body count thought to be much higher. There have been widespread reports of Russian soldiers raping Ukrainians, according to eyewitnesses in Butchah, Russian soldiers raped dozens of women there, most of them killed afterwards. And a quiet, here's just a quick story from the BBC. You can find so many similar stories online to humanize this. In a quiet rural neighborhood neighborhood 45 miles west of Kiev. The BBC reporter spoke to Anna, who's 50 years old. They say we've changed her name

to protect her identity. Anna told us that on March 7th, she had been at home with her husband when a foreign soldier barged in at gunpoint. He took me to a house nearby. He ordered me take your clothes off or I'll shoot you. He kept threatening to kill me. If I didn't do as he said, then he started raping me. And I described her attacker as a young, thin, checks and fighter allied with Russia. While he was raping me four more soldiers entered, I thought I was done for, but they took him away. I never saw him again. She said, she believes she was saved by a separate unit of Russian soldiers. And I went back home, found her husband who had been shot in the stomach. He had tried to run after me to save me, but he was hit by a round of bullet. She said,

they both then shot a sought shelter in a neighbor's house. She couldn't take her husband to the hospital because of the fighting and he died of his injuries two days later. And a never stopped crying while telling the reporter her story, man, God damn all that evil, all on Putin's hands, also unnecessary, unprovoked violence, just through March 24th, 4,431 residential buildings, 92 factories, 378 schools, 138 healthcare institutions, 12 airports and 7 thermal power and hydroelectric power plants have been damaged, destroyed or seized according to the key school of economics. Man, all those fucking schools, an estimated 63 billion dollars of infrastructure damage done at that time. More than 1200 Russian ballistic missiles have been fired on Ukraine as of March 25th.

How many in the month plus since that assessment? More than 11 million people believe to have fled their homes in Ukraine since the conflict began, according to the United Nations as of April 25th. The largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. There have been multiple reports of Russian soldiers using Ukrainian children as shields in battle. Actual Russian crisis actors have been seen pretending to be Ukrainian residents reporting to Russian state controlled media outlets, then all the bad shit anyone's been hearing

about Russia's supposed war crimes, there's a bunch of fake news, and on, and on, and on. Russian officials continue to deny that their soldiers have killed any civilians in Ukraine and they queued Ukraine of staging atrocities. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Baselet, former Chilean president, said on April 22 that over these eight weeks since the start of the war, international humanitarian law has not been ignored but seemingly tossed aside. The UN mission has also documented what appears to be the use of weapons with indiscriminate effects,

causing civilian casualties and damage to civilian objects by Ukrainian armed forces in the east of the country. And the propaganda machine just keeps rolling down the tracks as of March 22nd, more than 15,000 Russians have been arrested for peacefully protesting what's going on in Ukraine, right? That's a sign of a great nation where it's defending, arresting anyone who openly disagrees with the state's official narrative.

Report of the over 30,000 new craniums have been kidnapped, taken to Russia or separatist territory in Ukraine. The Pentagon, other worldwide agencies currently investigating possible use of chemical weapons on Ukrainian civilians. Fuck man, let's get out of this timeline now and look a bit at Russia's justification for all this. I can keep naming atrocities for hours. They're whole cleansing Ukraine's Nazi problem. Let's see if that holds any validity or not. Good job, soldier. You've made it back. Barely. In a March 26 speech given in Poland, President Biden said, Putin has the gall to say he's de-notifying Ukraine.

It's a lie, he knows that, and it's also obscene. President Zelensky was democratically elected in a non-rigged election, getting 73% of the vote in 2019, and he is Jewish. I feel like that probably wouldn't happen in a nation infested with Nazis. Are there homophobic racist assholes in Ukraine? Yeah. Are there nationalistic motherfuckers? Of course, they're everywhere.

I bet we have a lot more of those in America than in Ukraine. Loads more. Recent statement signed in February by more than 300 historians who studied genocide, Nazism and World War II said Putin's rhetoric about denocifying fascists among Ukraine's elected leadership is quote propaganda. Of course, that's what he does. Here's an excerpt from an article published at the website, Jewishjournal.com. Obviously, pretty pro- website. February 27th, 2022, regarding

that statement that was signed by all those historians. As we write this, the horror of war is unfolding in Ukraine. The last time key was under heavy artillery fire and saw tanked in its streets was during World War II. If anyone should know it, it's Vladimir Putin, who is obsessed with the history of that war. Russian propaganda has painted the Ukraine and the state as Nazi and fascist ever since Russian Special Forces first entered Ukraine in 2014 and exited the Crimea and formented the conflict in the Donbass, which has smoldered for eight long years. It was propaganda in 2014, it remains propaganda today. This is why we came together to protest the use of this false and destructive narrative. Among those who have signed the statement below are some of

the most accomplished and celebrated scholars of World War II, Nazism, Genocide, and the Holocaust. If you are a scholar of this history, please consider adding your name to the list. If you are a journalist, you now have a list of experts you can turn to in order to help your readers better understand Russia's war against Ukraine. I mean, there you go. I can list out a whole bunch of other articles saying the same shit, what do I really need to? If you actually think that Putin is a good dude, if he's purge, he's purge in Nazis from Ukraine and his military activity is justified, you have fallen for Putin's lies.

I know that's inflammatory. No one wants to ever hear that. But sometimes you have to say inflammatory shit when it's the obvious truth and that obvious truth is important. These lies have unfortunately been paraded by politicians across the world, including here in America. Unfortunately, you don't have to pass an IQ test to become a politician. Just because, you know, politicians saying this shit, even one that you may have voted for, doesn't mean they actually know what the fuck they're talking about. So much of them just play to optics, to fucking partisan politics, to cheerleading for their own team. Put man, goddamn, according to Putin, biographer Natalia Kavorkin, once a KGB, always a KGB seem so.

Valerie Mausrov, an ex-iled construction magnet, another former oligarch says Putin and his fellow politicians are nothing more than gangsters. As if the mafia were in charge of a nation, the corruption continues to worsen, he says. Former Putin advisor, Stanislav Belovsky believes Putin has stashed away over 40 billion dollars worth of assets, a figure confirmed by the CIA in 2014. how much is he worth now? He might be one of the richest or the richest men in the world. Putin experts believe that at this point, Putin is staying in power, partially because he's afraid that if he steps down, he'll be jailed or killed by his many, many enemies and won't be able to enjoy all that wealth.

And if he's going to stay in power, might as well see how much more powerful he can get, right? Might as well use his troll farms to create fake accounts and push this information and turn Americans against one another, weaken our culture without ever having to fire a shot across the Atlantic, weaken the cultures of other pro-Western societies. Might as well use propaganda to justify burning Ukraine to the fucking ground.

What's he gonna do next? This motherfucker should be public enemy number one for most of the Western world, for all of the Western world. He's a fucking monster. And we should be very, very concerned regarding any media pundits, social influencers, politicians, et cetera, who trust or admire this motherfucker, dude's a devil, master of lies.

And he can't sing blueberry helper shit, I mean, right? So where does the story go from here? Well, we don't know, obviously, hopefully someone kills him sooner than later, slowly and painfully. Cold War is not dead. Mother Russia live and well. Democratic in name only.

It's a totalitarian regime ran by a KGB forever, Kamilovian, Meglemaniac, and master propagandist. Vladimir Putin has expressed his desire over and over to make Russia as powerful as it was during the height of the Soviet Union at a scary. If you can accomplish that, Ukraine won't be the last nation he will send his war machine into for special military operations.

Good topic choice once again, space leaders. I learned a lot. I hated this fuck before I started this week's research and I hate him so much more now. Well, Jango's even sedated, almost had a brain aneurysm. If I let him out of his kennel, he's going to run and then swim straight towards Russia and try and take this death spot out himself. May Ukraine continue to defy the odds, may the David continue to defend off the attacks of this Goliath death to Putin.

Time, suck, tough, five, take away. Number one Vladimir Putin born October 7th, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Russia, grew up in a tiny communal apartment in the city that shared with two other families, a bunch of rats and a closet toilet. It's about to live in there. Number two is a teenager. Putin had dreams of becoming a spy. He actually walked into the local KGB headquarters to ask to volunteer, but was told that wouldn't

be possible. So he studied law at the university to improve his chances of joining the KGB. After graduation, Putin did join the KGB, served for 15 years, rose up the ranks, retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Number three, Putin has played a prominent role in Russian politics since 1999. He has changed laws to scrap term limits for presidents, influence elections to his favor. He is set to serve as president of Russia until 2024. Well, most likely run again for that year's election. He's known to serve as president of Russia until 2024 will most likely run again for that year's election.

He's known to have barred competitors from running, have them jailed or have them killed, and he fixes the vote. So, you know, if he runs, he wins. Number four, Putin has ordered Russian soldiers to invade Ukraine twice in 2014 and 2022. The relationship between Russia and Ukraine goes back all the way to the 1700s. This is a division between the West and East, with the East primarily supporting Russian interests or at least half supporting Russian interests and the West wanting to join Ukraine. Although his motives are not 100% clear, Putin wants to take Ukraine to help reestablish

a security zone, a buffer state, increase Russia's power, access natural resources. He views NATO and Western influences as a threat to Russia's power. The 2022 invasion still ongoing, still developing each day. Number five, new info. Did you know that Putin was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize? Twice. In October of 2013, Putin was nominated for his first Nobel Peace Prize. The Peace Prize organization will accept any nomination from a qualified nominator.

This could be a member of a government, a professor, or a director of a policy institute. Only rule is you can't nominate yourself. Putin's nomination came from the International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation of People of the World, a Russian advocacy group of course that pursues peace. He was nominated in recognition of his efforts in brokering a non-military solution to punish the Syrian government for using chemical weapons What how much you pressure that group to nominate him for that? Famous Russian singer and former politician

Yasov Cawzon dubbed the Soviet Sinatra also nominated Putin for the peace prize in 2013 for healing Billions of souls through his incredible vocal talents Obviously JK he told Interfax news agency Barack Obama is the man who is initiated and approved the US Aggressive actions in Iraq and Afghanistan now he's preparing for NewV Asian and to Syria He bears this title nevertheless our president who tries to stop the bloodshed and he tries to help the conflict situation with political dialogue is more worthy of this high title. Uh-huh. Uh, then on September 10th, 2020, a group of Russian riders led by Surjay Comkov, nominated a Putin for another Nobel Peace Prize, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, the Kremlin did not make the nomination. You all know the completely different people are nominated for this award.

This is the initiative of those submitting the nomination. In this case, the aforementioned writer, if this decision is made great, if not, it's no problem as well. What an incredibly Russian statement. If you win, that is great. If you not win, it is also great. Excuse me now. Well, I go drink vodka, stare off into middle distance

and wait, the inevitable death, it come for us all. Time suck, tough, right takeaway. Vladimir, son of Vladimir Putin has been sucked. His story up until now anyway. Another of the funny details I left out, but, you know, for one episode, I think it gave a pretty good general picture of who that motherfucker really is. Thanks to the Bad Magic Productions team for their help in making time-stuck every week.

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You can also easily find the time suck subreddit or 7,000 members having fun there. And now there's a bad magic subreddit as well. Next week, we play the dating game. That's right. Next week, we're going to have three eligible bachelor's in the studio answering questions for a chance to win a date with me. A lot of some questions like, if you were an animal, what animal would you be? And what car best fits your personality?

Oh, wait, no. Actually next week, we're gonna suck the dating game killer. Much darker, let's happy go lucky fun times. Zero eligible bachelor's, darkly fascinating. Also, why does moving to a serial killer feel to me like things are gonna lighten up after this week's suck? I don't know. What I do know is that between 1968 and 1979, Rodney, Alcala committed numerous attacks

on women while he's conclusively linked to nine murders. Alcala's true number of victims remains unknown and can be much higher seen as how he had almost 2000 photographs and a storage locker of anonymous men, women, and children. Prosecutors would say that Al'll call a toy with his victims, strangling them until they lost consciousness, and then waited until they revived. Sometimes repeating this process several times before finally killing them, one detective would even describe him as a killing machine.

Perhaps even worse, he left his victims in terrible poses for people to find, horrifying them when they came across naked dead bodies, posed and sickly, sickly, playful positions, murdered truly was a game to him. And he was good at it. Multiple times Rodney skated right by law enforcement or got out of long prison senses, even disguised himself as a good guy long enough to appear on as a contestant in the September 1978 episode of the dating game where he was introduced as a photographer by host Jim

Lang. And he made a contestant Cheryl Bradshaw laugh with his impression of a dirty old man. She had no idea how dirty Rodney actually was because she picked him. She was supposed to go to date with him. Luckily didn't found him too creepy. Good call Cheryl. Wait a trust your gut.

Sounds like it literally saved your life. After its appearance in the dating game, Rodney would kill again. The dark and disturbing story of the dating game killer next week on Time Suck. Right now, Time for Time Sucks, Time Sucker updates. Updates, get your time sucker updates. That was the world they want today. If you look my tongue is numb. Let's start off with an anonymous Epstein update. Some inside scoop info information I couldn't give you since I've never worked in a prison.

I love this kind of shit. So an anonymous meat sack, right? Suck nasty the master sucker, man the damn shit. Mess that up. Anyway, what's up motherfucker? First I want to give a shout out to all you guys, bad magic. I've been listening to Time Suck as we dumb. It's carried to death for about a year now. It checks all the up, motherfucker? First, I want to give a shout out to all you guys at Bad Magic. I've been listening to Time Suck. Is we dumb? It's scared of death for about a year now. It checks all the boxes, learning interesting shit. Yep. Laughing at childish

jokes. Yep. Getting unnerved. Also, yep. So thank you guys for getting me through some really long weeks over the past year. Now onto the point of my email. Epstein didn't kill himself. At least the part of my brain fast-knived conspiracy theories wants to believe that. However, I worked in prisons for coming up on a decade. Six of those with the BOP, not a Brooklyn, and most of that has been in the shoe. It's pronounced like shoe as in check for shoes, by the way, SHU. Yeah. What I'm going to try to do, I didn't know that though, thank you. What I'm going to try to do with this email is explain a few things. I felt we're wrong or just not explain correctly due to limited public knowledge on the intricacies of prison procedures.

I can't speak for the officers on duty that night, nor would I try to. Since the beginning of 2019, staff shortages bureau wide have been immense. I don't know, of a single one of my coworkers who has worked just to require 40 hours per week in years. We're working 60 to 80 hours per week whether we want to or not. Damn. Mandatory overtime is hell when you're short staffed. We're all a little tired and worn down at this point.

This is by no means an excuse not to do the bare minimum of 30-minute rounds, especially on the overnight shift. On the topic of rounds, there is a multiple reports for annotating the rounds. It's one page with marked time slots to be filled out per tier. That is, 12 to 12.30, the space to ride in the actual time the round was conducted and initials makes sense. As far as any unauthorized person getting into the shoe in order to kill Epstein, that's highly unlikely. The only way to get in or to get out of the shoe

is to be let in or let out by the staff currently working the shoe. Lieutenant's captains, hell, even wardens, can't get into the shoe unless they are identified by the staff in the shoe and the door open for them Supervisors required to make rounds to all housing units including the shoe The conversation always goes pretty much the same way you guys good need anything? All right, let me out And it may be in place on suicide watch is the same thing as a 72-hour involuntary hospital

A psychologist will talk to them daily for the three days or longer Well, I was deemed they're no longer a threat to themselves. They'll be removed from watch. There are several issues with placing cameras inside of cells and shoe. While there are cameras from multiple angles that show the cell doors on any given tier, most don't appear inside of a cell more than a foot or two. There are privacy and prea concerns with inmates having showers and toilets in the cells to be accounted for. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah. The main concern is whether or not a CO can see into the cell when rounds are conducted.

Cameras go down and come back up all the time. It's cheapest, bitter equipment. It isn't all the cameras in the whole jail all at once, though. That'd be suspicious as hell, but I haven't seen any reports of that happening ever. We as COs are not trained medical personnel. Our medical training is just above first aid. Presidents have designated medical staff. The CEOs that found Epstein hanging are not qualified

to make the determination that he is dead. Our procedure is to cut the individual down, get them to medical staff where whether institutional or outside hospital as fast as possible. The idea that the CEOs leave him hanging there to take pictures is ass nine. All right, okay, that makes sense. We're required to perform life-saving first aid in the way of CPR and AED application. The seller secured after the fact for photographs, because it is, as you said, a crime scene. Here's my personal opinion, all based on speculation.

Epstein killed himself, but maybe he didn't want to. All the meetings with the lawyers, and possibly finding out that even if he is naming names, he was still gonna die in prison Maybe the lawyer is still doing a message from one of his high profile clients slash friends saying the only way out was to die Protect the herd by calling the trap creature. I don't know. I wasn't there. I just can't see it happen any other way though Having to be let out between having to be let into the shoe a camera between the front door and the shoe not catching any strange occurrences and the sheer amount of people that would have had to been paid off to keep it quiet. A quick rundown by no means an extensive list of the people would be the shoe officers

to lieutenant on shift, the common text camera equipment maintenance, the investigation squad, the warden, the assistant wardens, other line staff who may have seen something. To me, it just seems like someone somewhere would have said something to someone else. The conspiracy crown is right to call out to negligence and inconsistencies in the case, but I'm going to default to Occam's razor. Epstein killed himself. Good God. I didn't mean for this email to be this long, but I'm not sorry. We're all here in the pursuit of knowledge and I can help contribute to that with this episode. I can hear the shields calling me a deep state operative now. Anyway, keep up the good work. Hail, Nimrod. Hill is a Fina. Good boy, Bojangles. I think you've earned

three out of five stars. I'll keep on sucking if you do. Name redacted. PS Whipple and Whiskey better than the Ager Bums. Give it a try some time. Love it. Clearly everyone listening, that message was sent to us by a Russian disinformation specialist from St. Petersburg and we can fucking ignore it. Kitty, that was very interesting info. Damn it. Well now I'm questioning my assessment. Maybe I just want a more dramatic ending to the story than the simple possibility that this purf is killed himself. I really appreciate the well-crafted thoughtful email, Mr. Epstein. Gotcha. We see what you're doing. Probably sent that email from your fucking flat bed, New Mexico, Chevy Silverado Work Truck.

Okay. Seriously, oh thank you. Now for a short and sweet shout out request from Sweet. Maybe not so short sucker, Jeremy Flannery. Jeremy writes, hello master sucker, my wife and I are big fans and love listening to the podcast every week. As soon as we can get our ears on it,

we live right here in beautiful Cordillinide hell and have grown up in the area all our lives. Today, April 26th, our 25th wedding anniversary. And if there is any way to tell Shannon happy anniversary on the podcast, she would be elated. Thank you and hail Nimrod. Hail Nimrod. Jeremy, I'm a weak lady now,

but better than, better late to never, right? I hope Shannon, you know, had to take work off on the 27th because you wrecked her push. Hell is the Fena. Happy anniversary, Shannon. I do hope you, you two are still romantic and animalistic as well. Don't get too comfortable 25 years in.

Use a role play, take a romantic week in a way. Maybe go to Wallace, maybe go fucking a trail, get primal. And also, of course, be sweet to one another, communicate well, teach each other Well, you love that one another hold hands not on the couch all that stuff too and Whether's finally good here in cordoling to get out and enjoy it. You love birds Now for another Epstein update a correction. I got a few of these from smart sucker on about the same messenger This is smart sucker Mirac store Lee and Merrick writes hi Dan I was just reaching out to say that the now I am become death thing from the subway

shooter in your Epstein part 2 episode is not a grammar mistake. It's a reference to Jay Robert Oppenheimer who is a mastermind behind the Manhattan project. He was very grateful about his invention because of how destructive it was. And in an interview about it later in life, he referenced the Bhagavad Gita and said, now I am become death destroyer of worlds. Now to criticism and all, just an interesting story. Thanks for doing the podcast.

I look forward to every week, Merrick. Yes, Merrick. Yes, the wacko little subway shooter. New a reference that I did not. I mean, to fund up his grammar and he made me look like an idiot. Thanks for the correction. I wouldn't have known otherwise.

And yeah, and I got a few more from other suckers, but that same thing, so thank you. And now let's end on one more anonymous message, another one related to Epstein. Another anonymous sucker writes, Dan. Just throwing it out there before I turn up like Jeffrey Epstein. I'm not suicidal.

I'm a police officer in Palm Beach County where Epstein lived. Also have been passed his island in the Virgin Virgin Islands due to my brother living down there. And passing as we go to other islands in the area, it's fucking insane. Just a spot that it's in the size back in 2015, 2016. I actually had one of Epstein's attorney do a ride along with me because he was about to become a traffic judge for the county during the ride along. He was more than open and willing to tell me that quote, Mr. Epstein is just misunderstood. What in the actual fuck that he mean by this?

I don't know, nor did I have a lot of knowledge of the Epstein case the time. I grew up in this county and it's a huge fucking county. Money runs this place. The island Palm Beach Island is very much like this, a shit ton of shady shit goes on at that island. My wife also went to school with some of the girls. It went to work for Epstein. This county is insane sometimes, and the amount of money here is unreal. Again, hopefully they don't end up committing suicide if you're sending this.

If you have questions about the county, let me know. I can help answer some of those. Take care. L, thank you. L, yeah. Epstein is just misunderstood. That sounds like that attorney you talked to

that did it right along, was maybe wrestling with his conscience. All right, tell Telling himself he didn't defend a really bad guy. He defended a guy who is a good guy who just misunderstood. He has a hard time understanding what people's ages are. He has a hard time. His ears don't work right and don't understand the word no. The lies we tell ourselves, right? Thanks for doing what you do. Thanks for working law enforcement and don't get Suicide it and let's get out of here Thanks time suckers. I need a net. We all did Thanks again for listening to another bad magic production's podcast meat sex another another big one

I thought about cutting this one in half. I don't want to do two partners all the time podcast meets sex. Another big one. It's not about cutting this one in half. I don't want to do two partners all the time. Please don't claim one of your neighbors is Nazi just to justify invading their property and then committing war crimes. Just calm the fuck down. Stop being tricked by Russian troll I'm not a pro. I'm not a pro. Well, Comrade Paisley, I need you to do something for me, for Russia. What do you need? I need you to shoot Logan and face with gun and kill him. No problem. Thank you.

For Russia, just leave it, kill him. No problem. Thank you for Russia. Just leave it kill him put it later Come right paisley When you when you finish with war Eagle I want you a little upset you you dropped Woody on ground What is right there? No, you drop him you drop him a clumsy mistake and need you to fix your mistake Thank you you drop him you drop him a clumsy mistake I need you to fix your mistake sorry about that I didn't mean to drop him there you go thank you that's very good now for today workout go on roof and please just jump off and come back with broken legs it's good comrade he get it he get it

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