From the KGB to the Kremlin—what has shaped President Vladimir Putin and how has he shaped Russia? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.
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Vladimir Putin – BEST PREZIDENT.
Putin is a black belt in martial arts, flies helicopters, plays the piano, is very good in hockey, speaks German, English, and Russian, hunts bears meanwhile Joe Biden can’t ride a bike without falling over. Lmao
Love for Putin… ❤
Who is PUTIN ?
Daddy of NATO.
You look so good
Putin want space to bread. The US just want all to do as told, like in the Pacific. Time will tell who will loose in UA. Can NATO afford the war with Russia? Will see.
I can’t help but wonder what Russia would be like today if putin’s wrestling coach(es) hadn’t sexually assaulted him and then brainwashed him into thinking that that was the foundation for beautiful relationships. I guess that’s why he continues the pattern of abuse with even younger boys – so he can be in control and feel like the predator. Slava Ukraini! ✊ 🇺🇦🇺🇲🗽
@itsmeRs and btw, alpha males don’t let themselves become addicted to steroids and botox. 🤣🤣🤣
Putin- greed for power and money with blood-tainted hands.
Kick out Turkey from NATO and Europe..nobody wants them!
Is that so?
I know it’s hard for Greece..
so what??
Pure Propaganda
That is also what Adolf Hitler plan for Germany. But when Hitler fights against the World… more…
Russians need to follow Sri Lankan way.
Lmao😂😭
2022 Aljazeera: who is putin?
2032 Aljazeera: where is Russia?
You are so sweet
Such a pathetic overview. Yes, Putin lifted Russia from chaos and intercepted imperialistic West and USA plans to colonize his country. He is respected and support by russian people. Leave it up to them. Arguments about his personality is soooo predictable by US propaganda book . False, weak and not impressive…..
Well, I see a guy who is unique and doesn’t want to be a US or western puppet. This issue of war between Ukraine and Russia is caused by the US and Nato. Nato should stop expanding.
Mr. President Joe Biden
Please remember:
“Vladimir Putin is a killer”
Yes he is powerful n he can Peirce fear into American presidents heart no matter who is in presidency.
I know the west control this fake news this narrative predictive programming
I’ll tell u this most of the world blunders are caused by USA and uk
Only brainwashed West idiots believe in such nonsense.
Brainwashed western idiots
Forget Putin! Why was the US & British providing offensive weapons, and training Ukraine’s military and intel on Russian troop movement before Russia’s invasion?
shut up
Stops this nonsense Idiot 😡😡… brainwashed
Putin is not and never has been the problem and reason for the war, Biden’s administration is strongly behind the war.
Putin is a nightmare for the west 👊😎
American massacres irak, libya, Afghanistan, putin follows the same way. As a Muslim we are very happy and proud for putin.when putin call us we are ready for worldwar. Cowards die many times before they die, we are not cowards.
Iblees
Russia always plays victim and blames everything on the world Russia never makes mistakes, have you heard Russia say that they have done something wrong at some point Answer No
@Graham Wallace I agree whit you
Iraq, lebia,Afghanistan and many many more are also playing the card as victims please take a glance on these poor fellows as well as well..
These kind of rhetoric only help solidify Putin’s support base around the world.
Believe me, a bigger portion of the world has had enough of the western world partisan foreign policy and atrocities.
One delusional thing that the media houses are yet to overcome is the fact that the general public they are trying to inform is much more informed in this era of IT.
All we do is simply decipher their content and draw our conclusions.
Brain washing is a gone thing.
The name of worlds strongest leader is Vladimir Putin❣️
That’s pretty well made.
Putin is living in the dark ages
Putin ❤️❤️❤️
i a romanian descedent mister Putin
Great person with personality
Putin decisions are alway perfect
Reporter kinda looks like she could be his daughter 🤷🏻
More like granddaughter. My guy Putin is like 90 years old.
He is one of the smartest presidents in the world, he managed to make the West leaders look like clowns. He is shifting world power to Asia. If your country is a smart, it should move to a friendly relationship with Russia, China and so on.
Putin for World Leader!
I like this show, but I always wanna ask Sandra, what’s wrong with the first chair?
He is a killer nothing more.
Go argue far🤦♂️
he is perfect leader, he take a move because he know what will happen.
He was a president for over 20 years, he is a ruler not a politician
people dont like putin even in russia.
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You know it’s not fair when you get to talk about a country ideology and struggle while you don’t talk anything about the west colonialism, west killing millions all over the world, west impacting African politicians to treat their citizens as animals, west invading the Iraq,Libya and so many more, Obama forcing gayism in all of African countries, and Now Biden forcing support to Ukraine while he started the war, we may finish a month stating what wrong with the west but no one wants to point fingers
The Lord Jesus Christ raised up President Vladimir Putin to judge the West.
Ezekiel 38:1-4 KJV, Revelation 6:3,4.
What a low level report on Putin, so one dimensional! Obviously for non intelligent people 😂😂 Al Jazeera shocking in producing such a poor piece of propaganda.
Even primary school kids can research and produce a more factual and objective report. I feel sorry for the presenter ….poor girl. Now we all know she is drunk on cheap American koolaid. USA good guys, Russia bad! 😂🤣😂
Glory to Russia ❤🇷🇺
NATO enlargement is a fake pretext to excuse Russian aggression against its neighbors.
This argument does not comply with the timing of expansion: when Russian leadership was more pro-Western, NATO enlargement was not a problem. The issue is resurgent Russian revanchism and imperialism, trying to prevent post-Soviet space, the zone of Russian strategic interest, from becoming more integrated with the West.
Allowing 14 former communist countries and East Germany into NATO was a strategic and moral success. The alliance did the right thing to listen to the millions of Europeans who asked to join the democracies of the West instead of giving Putin a veto over their future. Putin’s threats against Sweden and Finland, coup attempt against Montenegro, attack on Georgia, and two invasions of Ukraine show that he feels entitled to dominate and use violence against other countries. Each of the countries that joined NATO after the Cold War feels safer and protected from Russia’s aggression. Russia’s attacks on non-NATO countries show that NATO enlargement is a success and expanded the zone of peace in Europe.
SOME SAY; Every country has it’s own national interest we should respect that OK AND SO DOES UKRAINE AND THEY WANT TO JOIN THE EU AND NATO AND RUSSIA SHOULD RESPECT THAT AND THEY DON’T !!
AND ON A SIDE NOTE : NATO is already 500 km from Moscow via Latvia and 150 km from St, Petersburg via Estonia so the argument that NATO will get closer to Moscow if Ukraine joins NATO is BS there is 800 km from Kyiv to Moscow ..
And her is a thought .. if every neighbor you have is running to begging NATO to let them join NATO is it becouse you are such a nice and good neighbor? Or is it because you act like a bully and are aggressive and invade your neighbor lands sending in troops and tanks Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968, Poland 1980 Moldova 1990-91, Georgia 2008, Ukraine 2014 ++ and now Kazakhstan 2022+++ eat eat eat … Maybe if you act in a more nicer way, then your neighbors will liked you more and maybe your neighbors in your neighborhood will want to be around you as well ..
Russian Claim: NATO tried to «drag» Ukraine into the Alliance
The Fact: When the administrations of President Kuchma (the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994) and President Yushchenko (President of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010.) made clear their aspiration to NATO membership, the Alliance worked with them to encourage the reforms which would be needed to make that aspiration a reality and ever administration after them was in agreement with this aspiration to NATO membership until Putins boy and lapdog Mr. President Yanukovych got into power all of the membership, the Alliance work was turned around to the massive delight and joy of Moscow and Putin (President of Ukraine in 2010. He was removed from the office in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. He currently lives in exile in Russia) .
When the administration of President Yanukovych opted for a non-bloc status, NATO respected that decision and continued to work with Ukraine on reforms, at the government’s request. NATO respects the right of every country to choose its own security arrangements. In fact, Article 13 of the Washington Treaty specifically gives Allies the right to leave.
Over the past 65 years, 28 countries have chosen freely, and in accordance with their domestic democratic processes, to join NATO. Not one has asked to leave. This is their sovereign choice.
Let’s look at Ukraine’s disgraced former President, (Putins boy) Mr . Victor Yanukovych . After he fled to Putin with billions of stolen money the Kremlin-backed politician and his cronies (made away with $40 billion in state Ukrainian assets disappear ) the idea that he remained the legitimate head of the Ukrainian state, and therefore the manner in which he was replaced was automatically illegitimate, was commonplace. This line of thinking was heavily promulgated by his new host country for reasons that are self-evident. But was it right, or even logical, to claim this?
The legitimacy of the Yanukovych regime indeed began with a somewhat fair election, albeit an election in which the Ukrainian people had no good other choices at the time
(NOTE : Yanukovych was backed up by Moscow controlled media and corrupted elites that have dealings with the Kremlin and media inside Ukraine) .
But could that legitimacy go on unquestioned despite the blatant grand scale theft of state resources? No. Of course it could not.
Common hooligans and thugs were brought to Kyiv by the Yanukovych authorities to beat down on the students protesting Yanukovych authorities corruption (first recorded on Nov. 29, 2013when the protested was just a few days old) Yanukovych thugs mission was to terrorize the residents of the capital and beat down the students protesting Yanukovych . This act was completely in contradiction to Article 3 of the constitution that Yanukovych was elected to uphold. It was more than right to question Yanukovych’s legitimacy after this and the Ukrainian people did just that after seeing young students getting beat up by Yanukovych imported thugs in the streets of Kyiv, this act of state terrors, enraged the people even more and other joined the students protesting Yanukovych , now demanding his removal of office.
Lets take a closer look into legitimacy of Yanukovych Presidency..
Can the legitimacy of a ruling authority survive past the blatantly illegal adoption of laws designed to end democracy and create a dictatorship? No. Of course it cannot. Yet, this is what the Yanukovych controlled Party of Regions attempted to do on Jan. 16, 2014. Later analysis of images taken in parliament that while 235 MPs were declared to have voted for these “dictatorship” laws, only about half of this number of MPs were actually in the session hall when the vote was taken (by a show of hands – also illegal.)
After such clearly anti-democratic and dishonest actions, can anyone consider that authority to be legitimate? The actions were a breach of Article 5 of Ukraine’s constitution – something that Yanukovych was under oath to protect and uphold. But he failed to keep his word.
There were more violations of the constitution by Yanukovych, its supposed protector.
Article 27 of Ukraine’s constitution says that “Every person shall have the inalienable right to life. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of life.” Yet Yuri Verbitsky, a 42 year old geologist from Lviv, was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by forces belonging to the Yanukovych regime between Jan. 22 and Jan. 25 of 2014.
That Yanukovych had already lost any legitimacy by this point should be beyond question. Later, of course, came the deaths of many more people on Jan. 18 and then Jan. 20, after which Yanukovych fled to Russia, insisting his authority and position were still legitimate. Define legitimate.
The idea that legitimacy carries on from appointment without further question is a complete fallacy. It is something that we should refuse to accept. An elected leader most certainly can lose their legitimacy through illegal and/or unconstitutional, actions. The most recent public attempt at increasing the fog blurring the distinction between legitimately elected and legitimate comes from Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Bottom line, they are not the same, although it is easy to see why Russia’s ruling clan would seek to pretend that they are.
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Russian Claim: NATO provoked the 2013 -2014 «Maidan» protests in Ukraine
The Fact: The demonstrations which began in Kiev in November 2013 were born out of Ukrainians’ desire for a closer relationship with the European Union, and their frustration when former President Yanukovych halted progress toward that goal as a result of Russian pressure.
The protesters’ demands included constitutional reform, and a stronger role for the parliament, the formation of a government of national unity, an end to the pervasive and endemic corruption, early presidential elections and an end to violence. There was no mention of NATO.
Ukraine began discussing the idea of abandoning its non-bloc status in September 2014, six months after the illegal and illegitimate Russian «annexation» of Crimea and the start of Russia’s aggressive actions in Eastern Ukraine. The final decision by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to abandon the non bloc status was taken in December 2014, over a year after the pro-EU demonstrations began.
The US. EU. NATO. western world trying to bring down Russia bla bla bla bla bla This excuse fits into them playing the victim of NATO , USA aggression myth … And takes the heat off the facts that Russia is the Aggressor in Ukriane and sees Ukriane as its own private puppet state that moscow should be able to do as it want with ; and as we see Ukrainians don’t see it in the same way .
So why did Putin start a war in Ukriane ? There is many reasons but the most importent one is power to remake back the borders of the USSR and some others see under
1. Putin needs to deflect his people from domestic facts of economic problems of his gangster style corrupted control inside Russia..
2. Russian is stealing the vast iron and coal resources in east Ukraine..
3. Russia is stealing the newly found Oil deposits in the black sea and Azov sea
4 Russian only invaded after it was proved by geologist that Ukraine in fact has the 3rd largest gas fracking reserves this was something they only found out about in 2013 ..(Russia and Putin was afraid if a EU / US friendly government came to power in Kiev the EU and USA will move in start gas production and the EU will start buying its gas from Ukraine and not Russia )
Ukraine has Europe’s 3rd largest shale gas reserves at 42 trillion cubic …Russia’s silent shale gas victory in Ukraine The vast shale gas reserves in the separatist-held Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions are an important element not to be overlooked when analyzing the Ukraine crisis,
The US. EU. NATO. western world trying to bring down Russia bla bla bla bla bla This excuse fits into them playing the victim of NATO , USA aggression myth … And takes the heat off the facts that Russia is the Aggressor in Ukriane and sees Ukriane as its own private puppet state that moscow should be able to do as it want with ; and as we see Ukrainians don’t see it in the same way .
So why did Putin start a war in Ukriane ? There is many reasons but the most importent one is power to remake back the borders of the USSR and some others see under
Russian only invaded after it was proved by geologist that Ukraine in fact has the 3rd largest gas fracking reserves this was something they only found out about in 2013 ..(Russia and Putin was afraid if a EU / US friendly government came to power in Kiev the EU and USA will move in start gas production and the EU will start buying its gas from Ukraine and not Russia )
Ukraine has Europe’s 3rd largest shale gas reserves at 42 trillion cubic …
The God admitted quilt jusus is qulity
Putin is gay?!
That’s nuts! I though he was supposed to be a tough guy.
Putin is a man 👨😅
Hope you can discuss on your follow vid the Arbitration Rulling on the Sabah, Heirs of Sultanate of Sulu and Petronas Malaysia
It is strange that you do not mention here the military and unjustified interference of NATO in the affairs of other states. The defeat of Iraq under the pretext of chemical weapons only because of Saddam Hussein’s policy of independence from the United States. The defeat and descent into chaos of Libya, the murder of Muammar Gaddafi only because he offered to give up dollars in payments for oil. Interference and immersion in the civil war in Syria, also because of an independent policy from the United States, and in fact because of the desire to steal someone else’s oil. I can also remind you of France’s deception of Iran in the 1977 deal, when France staged an Islamic revolution right after Iran paid for the last part in the construction of a uranium enrichment plant (Eurodiv). NATO and Europe are a lying and vile monster. Therefore, all wars – World War I, World War II, fascism and other horrors of the 20th century came to the world from Europe. Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and other Islamic countries are still friends with the United States only for fear of becoming the same as Iraq, Libya and Iraq. And as soon as reliable and non-bloodthirsty comrades (Russia and China) appear in the Islamic countries, the Islamic countries will immediately turn away from the United States. Inshallah.
The whole truth is what you just said
Wow you just told the whole truth… Thanks👏
WESTERNS are already looser, your time has passed out.
You don’t have to agree with Putin, but you have to respect him.
Africans and the pride of Russia in the Arab world, we want it to be known that we are on the side of Vladimir Putin, the agent of the oppressed countries.
Thank im from South Africa by the way 👏
Always on russian side ,we love Russians in Africa
He changed Russia to good. Whatever he does, he’s wise and on point, let him do it to 100 percent and more.
Fifth point actually is that he has taken control on the western invasion ways. Like they are trying to controls other countries, sure you could sense that
By the way why world has to be afraid of russia? putin should or shouldn’t be the president 🤔 ! Let their people decide. Shouldn’t we worry about the Israel and american? what they are doing today and yesterday reports will be enough to remove their mask of humanity.. they are slaughtering the innocent. 😔 😟 🙁 😥 😞 😿 😔
my country will always be friendly with russia instead of having a conflict with russia because it is not profitable at all
Note to Russia apologists: every time you log in here with a new username to post your bullshit comments it increases this video´s view count and helps to make it more popular. As they say, luckily for us you are not very sharp
I miss the days Aljazeera used to be neutral.
Russia president autocracy government change right now bro universe leadership do for interested interested of people and human beings rush opposition party come thank everyone everybody bro leadership **********************amen amin
Long live Putin
They totally forgot about agreement made by former Soviet Union and NATO to dismantle and stop moving forward soviet respected it but NATO breaked their promise. This brainwashing media never tells truth.
Mother, Father and Russia son.
Best president in the world
Guys give exact reasons ! He is clearly saying NATO is moving !
That’s easy. Someone else wrote what follows and it’s spot on:
“Putin fell into the trap of believing his own propaganda. He assumed Ukrainians would demonstrate the same kind of passivity he has come to expect from Russians. Instead, he now finds himself an international pariah at war with a nation of forty million.”
So who is he? Read Proverbs. It’s all detailed well.
His young brother died of malnutrition in the siege of Leningrad. That is crucial to understanding him
It was his older brother that Putin never met because he was born after his death.
@Diana Mechoulam What I meant by young was that the child was just three years old when he died of malnutrition in Stalingrad.
It was not younger brother which would have implied Putin was older.
Either way a tragedy which I’m sure affects events to this day with regard to Russia and decisions taken
@Maggie7 I thought that kind of tragical experience suppoused to cause a compassion feeling to the other people if we speak about the soul of a menthaly healthy person…but definitely not opposite..
Vladimir Putin – best prezident,Zelenskij- PLATNIJ ZRADNIK,SABAKA.
долгой жизни наливай путину.да здравствует россия
waow you are so qtcute its insane 😀
If kgb is a mafia are we safe to assume cia is too
Good question
I love this program, the explanation is perfect
In order to understand how Russian or Chinese leader thinks, you need to understand their mentality. Therefore only those who are born and raised there can understand Russian or Chinese mentality. Even if a western lived in Russia or China, they will still NEVER FULLY understand their mentality, therefore they’ll never understand why their leaders act one or another way. This is why so many Russians are supporting Putin in this crisis, against the odds of the western thinking. West thought by imposing sanctions and destroying Russia economically, their Citizens will create an uprising and remove their current government like it happened in South Afrika. This will never happen in Russia IF and WHEN WEST supresses Russians. This will only happen by a WILL of Russians themselves without West interference.
I understand and im Swedish?
What happened to al Jazeera ?
World Economic forum happend
World Economic forum is to blame, not putin
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Why are you inventing rubbish. Who was Georges Bush the father for many yeays
This was very cool
Я предвижу тезисы в видосе : Путн КЭЙ-ДЖИ-БЬИ.
kindergarten level, stereotyped
Is afraid of democracy and willing to kill children for it. That about sums him up.
ain u afraid of the de mocracy???? how long it should go on
@bliss Forever bro. Forever. Being sent to prison for criticising your leader is 11th century. Some humans have evolved from this. They are the future..
I don’t know much about Mr Putin I mean truth many rumors out there ! I saw a beautiful video of him playing piano once. His health is not good I think he is in pain and don’t trust people around him and lonely I don’t like war I pray they will end this too many have died already there is enough land they can both live in peace and rule own space don’t you think ?will take years to heal and rebuild new lives and the money that has been wasted could have made countries stronger makes me sad 😭🙏✨
After been Exposed to the World now..i love putin he is realistic
Putin good man good heart strong man care for Russian people ilove Russian forever 🥰
If every president was like him every country would thrive
@Born free according to the West
You’re silly
What is terrifying is the Russian people think global annihilation is ok if it means they win. Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
Stop watching Hollywood movies
Putin will bring back Great Russia … not the USSR. The modern day Czar …
Who is Putin? Simply a criminal, and self – elected mafia boss with cash and power as only interests.
same as American presidents
@bliss yep
Putin… the savior of the modern world
Putin is a new Adolf Hitler, you have a logic.