Thank you Julian. It is me that is humbled. I am so glad you appreciated my contributions. I am just going about discreetly using substack as a personal reading diary. It helps me keep my thoughts clear and structured.
Briefly, my awakening only happened in late 2015 when Russia intervened in Syria at the request of the Assad government. The two major influencing bloggers were Eva K Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley. I soon realised that everything on the TV and radio was a lie, and has been for the last …. since their inception and beyond (see my first post on Arthur Ponsonby: “Falsehoods in Wartime”). My first task after switching off the TV and radio was to understand Putin and Russia today. I have had a lot of ‘arguments’ with family and friends regarding ‘my mate’ Putin. If I am wrong then it is not for trying to find the truth and not for the reasons they hold on to.
Your frozen snapshot of Part 2 of the Putin documentary depicts one of my favourite segments where Putin is asked if there is anything he cannot forgive …
From 37:25:
Andrei Kondrashev: ”Can you forgive people?”
President Putin: “Yes, but not for everything”
AK: “What can’t you forgive?”
VVP: ”BETRAYAL”
But wait until you get towards the end of part 2 – around 1:44:00 - where he talks about children/youth and the future … following on from the Sirius project and his vision for that project. (Of course our media and ‘politicians’ would not dare allow this to be known.)
Narrator (AK): “The future of the planet is in their hands … [] … Vladimir Vladimirovich, you have talked to our young elite. Twenty five thousand children from 165 countries came here to Sochi. What do you think? Can we entrust the future to them?”
VVP: “Do we have a choice? [smiling and chuckles]
We can only change the world by inspiring young people through our own example. The world will be theirs. You saw by yourself how the audience reacted to all good things said here. Everything is developing on and on. The modern world is permeated with humanitarian ideas and of course young people feel it. It gives me the hope that the world will become better thanks to them.”
A great comment. Could be post in itself. Did you post it to "Notes"? Once I have posted a few ore materials. (See links to Oliver Stone's documentary below), I will write do a "forensic" treatment of them. "Betrayal" BTW has a lot of meaning for me. Once again-- THANK YOU!
and... recommending Oliver Stone's extensive multi-part interview, available here and there I believe. If you can't find it, signal and I'll post a link.
I just finished The War Against Putin. WOW. A very interesting read. It confirmed, reinforced, a gave me a new insight on this quest by the West to destroy Russia. I have already came to similar conclusions in my own research. This book filled in some the gaps. Quite an amazing book which I definitely plan to share. I would love to see a follow on to current day I became seriously interested in Russia after two visits to Vladivostok in the early nineties. Those two visits completed my 180 degree turn on my thoughts of Russia. I am an American, born in the 50's, you can guess what my upbringing was considering Russia. I am also a retired military (Navy) veteran of 30+ years. So you can guess were my training focused. My views toward Russia started to change early on in my career with interactions with the Russian Navy. Thoughts on the lines of these guys are no different than we are. The view on my own government changed in 1990. I participated of that "shock & awe" war. When it didn't end with the "liberation" Kuwait and "we didn't finish the job" (American think). I started to question things. One thing about the book I didn't mention above, the book also confirmed, enlightened me of the action of my own government. Another thing worth mentioning, I do not lived in the US for over 20 years which my have had some influence on me since I am not constantly bombarded with American propaganda.
Thanks for sharing this book, the videos, I also watched the previous video. I am half way through part 1, really enjoying so far.
I feel it's important to note I started following events in Ukraine in 2006. I am a supporter of Russia. I hope for a peaceful end to this, sadly it seems the West does not want this.
Love that dog! And thank you for the interesting and detailed comment. Living away from home changed me a lot too, as did my time as stringer in SE Asia during the Vietnam War.
Take your time and enjoy. Documentaries like these are best watched in chunks. Part 1 and Part 2 are rather different. But each "Part" has sub-parts. Rather cleverly done.
Thank you Julian. It is me that is humbled. I am so glad you appreciated my contributions. I am just going about discreetly using substack as a personal reading diary. It helps me keep my thoughts clear and structured.
Briefly, my awakening only happened in late 2015 when Russia intervened in Syria at the request of the Assad government. The two major influencing bloggers were Eva K Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley. I soon realised that everything on the TV and radio was a lie, and has been for the last …. since their inception and beyond (see my first post on Arthur Ponsonby: “Falsehoods in Wartime”). My first task after switching off the TV and radio was to understand Putin and Russia today. I have had a lot of ‘arguments’ with family and friends regarding ‘my mate’ Putin. If I am wrong then it is not for trying to find the truth and not for the reasons they hold on to.
Your frozen snapshot of Part 2 of the Putin documentary depicts one of my favourite segments where Putin is asked if there is anything he cannot forgive …
From 37:25:
Andrei Kondrashev: ”Can you forgive people?”
President Putin: “Yes, but not for everything”
AK: “What can’t you forgive?”
VVP: ”BETRAYAL”
But wait until you get towards the end of part 2 – around 1:44:00 - where he talks about children/youth and the future … following on from the Sirius project and his vision for that project. (Of course our media and ‘politicians’ would not dare allow this to be known.)
Narrator (AK): “The future of the planet is in their hands … [] … Vladimir Vladimirovich, you have talked to our young elite. Twenty five thousand children from 165 countries came here to Sochi. What do you think? Can we entrust the future to them?”
VVP: “Do we have a choice? [smiling and chuckles]
We can only change the world by inspiring young people through our own example. The world will be theirs. You saw by yourself how the audience reacted to all good things said here. Everything is developing on and on. The modern world is permeated with humanitarian ideas and of course young people feel it. It gives me the hope that the world will become better thanks to them.”
Cheers
A great comment. Could be post in itself. Did you post it to "Notes"? Once I have posted a few ore materials. (See links to Oliver Stone's documentary below), I will write do a "forensic" treatment of them. "Betrayal" BTW has a lot of meaning for me. Once again-- THANK YOU!
and... recommending Oliver Stone's extensive multi-part interview, available here and there I believe. If you can't find it, signal and I'll post a link.
Yes, Stone's interview is also revealing as to Putin's personality. Here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wvITVgzMKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYH3ml0y_9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssQ3ybWj_5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crlIG8QgyiQ
Agree, I watched these videos, a really good prospective on President Putin.
I just finished The War Against Putin. WOW. A very interesting read. It confirmed, reinforced, a gave me a new insight on this quest by the West to destroy Russia. I have already came to similar conclusions in my own research. This book filled in some the gaps. Quite an amazing book which I definitely plan to share. I would love to see a follow on to current day I became seriously interested in Russia after two visits to Vladivostok in the early nineties. Those two visits completed my 180 degree turn on my thoughts of Russia. I am an American, born in the 50's, you can guess what my upbringing was considering Russia. I am also a retired military (Navy) veteran of 30+ years. So you can guess were my training focused. My views toward Russia started to change early on in my career with interactions with the Russian Navy. Thoughts on the lines of these guys are no different than we are. The view on my own government changed in 1990. I participated of that "shock & awe" war. When it didn't end with the "liberation" Kuwait and "we didn't finish the job" (American think). I started to question things. One thing about the book I didn't mention above, the book also confirmed, enlightened me of the action of my own government. Another thing worth mentioning, I do not lived in the US for over 20 years which my have had some influence on me since I am not constantly bombarded with American propaganda.
Thanks for sharing this book, the videos, I also watched the previous video. I am half way through part 1, really enjoying so far.
I feel it's important to note I started following events in Ukraine in 2006. I am a supporter of Russia. I hope for a peaceful end to this, sadly it seems the West does not want this.
Love that dog! And thank you for the interesting and detailed comment. Living away from home changed me a lot too, as did my time as stringer in SE Asia during the Vietnam War.
I can't do a 2hr documentary now but have bookmarked it for definite viewing - thanks. Book downloaded too.
Take your time and enjoy. Documentaries like these are best watched in chunks. Part 1 and Part 2 are rather different. But each "Part" has sub-parts. Rather cleverly done.
A friend just shared this elsewhere. I thought it was most excellent. I have not checked out the channel yet.
The Philosophy of Vladimir Putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPMCs6zS_6k
8:20 ... It is indeed 'complicated'