Putin's Russia: A Country at War with Itself

It’s been ten mins since this was uploaded and people are already saying it’s Ukraine propaganda. This is 44 mins long. You have not watched it. Also, Russia does terrible things under a brutal wannabe dictator. It’s ok to admit it. That doesn’t make all the people who live there bad.

Soldier said protect motherland from invasion but they are invading Ukraine.....Are they that stupid?

I wanted to cry after hearing Artyom got 7 years and Aleksandra was arrested too. That’s absolutely sickening.

That poor gentleman fresh out of hospital definitely has shell shock. The trauma these people must be facing every hour of everyday is unimaginable…

im Russian, i live in Russia. Its only a glimpse on what is really going on here. The level of repression is insane. I'm afraid to share my opinions in conversations with anyone outside of my family and close friends. When people say that Russians should just overthrow the government - they really don't understand what is going on here. Thousands peoples are in jail just for posting comments online or speaking out against the ***. I'm actually considering risks of posting this comment

using the term nazis to define anybody who doesn't agree with you is insane

20,000 arrested, 100,000+ dead in a senseless war and counting… where does it end. When will he be stopped?

Note from a native Russian speaker who's been involved in the topic from the very first days: this is a high-quality documentary, not propaganda. Thank you for telling our story, guys, and in such a respectful manner. There are thousands, millions of Russians who hate this war but either can't or don't want to escape their own country (and rightfully so). They need to be heard. They need the support because they are the future of democracy in Russia. If they can't break this cycle, nobody can. Watching this makes me cry. But I'm happy to know the world watching it with me. 💔❤‍🩹

It's funny how the bots complain about propaganda when this actually paints normal russians as humanely as possible, attending the circumstances.

that old man is trying so hard not to say the wrong thing.

Russian relocant here: these 44 minutes are some of the best material on English language about the inner situation of Russo-Ukrainian war.

Imagine having your girlfriend beaten up by cops and having a metal bar inserted into your chocolate star fish for reading/writing a poem. Wow, what a world we live in.

7 years in prison for poetry says it all.

Hey, Tucker Carlson, look how wonderful Russia is.

I almost cannot believe the injustice. I want to cry.

Remember, In Fascism the among the first things to go are the Arts. Poetry, Literature, Paintings...journalism.

The story about the poet being raped was horrifying

"I will defend my motherland" Brother you are the attackers lmao

2:47 Protecting motherland by invading other country?

Awful, that mother had a son for 31 year - guy who didn't care about war - and then dictator decides to recruit him and send him on the frontline and he's killed, just awful.