Without a translation of what they are saying then yeah it looks like a crowd of people being funneled to receive some token gesture christmas presents.
Nope. Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on the 7th of January, not the 3rd.
I see a santa hat in the crowd. They look like they are very old, mostly focused on pensioners and "mothers" probably unemployed, probably "desperate"/borderline poverty. Thats just me guessing.
I think that's accurate.
Screaming and crying is supplied by one woman at the start, who knows why shes doing that in reality. Lost her kid? Starving to death? No one looks like they are starving to death. I dont even know how you can say by watching the video there is food in those boxes? I translation would help.
I didn't claim anyone was starving to death.
They are living in a warzone
Yes. They are suffering the consequences of the war Putin started. A war they support, started by a president they support.
All the naïve predictions that popular discontent triggered by sanctions and the wartime restrictions imposed on daily life would bring down Vladimir Putin’s regime have come to nothing.
In many ways, quite the opposite has happened. Most Russians might not identify with the regime, but they have consolidated around the Kremlin, which they believe to be fighting tooth and nail against a West that is seeking to destroy Russia.
Despite the fact that such a depiction is at odds with reality, a great many Russians have accepted it as the most logical explanation for this protracted nightmare.
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Source).
so no its probably not typical russian life
Thanks, I'm glad we can agree on that.
You posted Russia should be destroyed and the soil of russia be destroyed so its resources cant be absorbed by china.
No, that is not even remotely what I said. If you're going to disagree with me, at least have the decency to be honest when replying.
I have consistently argued
against the idea that China should absorb Russia, I have said she should be allowed to continue her colonisation of Africa instead.
I have said Russia should be made worthless to ensure that absorbing her is
not an attractive proposal for China. The best way to achieve this is to destroy Russia's resources: her lakes, her forests, and her mines. This would cause economic damage without eliminating essential food supplies or attacking civilians and population centres.
So no, it's not genocidal. If I wanted to be genocidal, I'd say 'Nuke the entire country, hit major population centres first, carpet bomb every other population centre, target civiian infrastructure as a priority, and destroy all sources of food production—starting with fields and livestock—then steal tens of thousands of children and give them to families in another country, just like Russia's been doing with Ukrainian children.'
Queuing up for free gifts being handed out, Gifts are for old people and children, its sweets.
OK, sweets specifically, not food generally. Seems a pretty big crowd for sweets, and rather odd that it's 90% old people, and a bit strange that everyone is so crazy to get their hands on a few sweets, but it is a warzone as you say, so perhaps they really are that hungry.
You seem to be extremely gullible
'Sweets' rather than 'food' does not make me 'extremely gullible.'