#russian youtube

[nonamehedgehog]

Boom.

Получилось непохоже, но хаха, рисунки делают brrrrrrr.

[delicious-skeleton-pie]

At last, it's all done😎👍

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Matt Rose (the YouTuber) learned Russian so he could date me.

I don't speak Russian.

[snovyda]

Watched a documentary about the (now legendary) football games between the national teams of russia and Ukraine in 1998 and 1999. The sheer levels of imperialistic fascism the russians were displaying leading up to those games is just typical. And yes, both those games took place before putin came to power, russians have just always been like that.

Patches and pins "russian invasion of Ukraine 1998" were popular among the russian fans leading up to the first game in Kyiv:

The rhetoric in the russian media about Ukraine not really being a separate country intensified.

For the record, russia lost that game 3:2.

But all of this is nothing compared to the second game, in Moscow in 1999. Russia needed only to win in order to move on in the tournament. Ukraine could settle with a draw. And that is when the true madness unfolded.

Probably the best known episode was this headline in one of the biggest sports newspapers in russia:

You see, they had a player with the last name "Khokhlov". So, on the surface level, the headline says, "Kick, Khokhlov, save Russia!" However, if you read out the headline, it also says "Kick [slur word for Ukrainians], save russia!". The slogan is a paraphrase of one of the main slogans of the russian Black Hundreds (ultra-reactionary, ultra-nationalist pogromist monarchist movement in the russian empire in early 20th century), only in the original versions there was the slur for Jews there instead. The russians were very proud of that pun. It was everywhere at the time.

Vladimir Putin, who was the russian prime minister at the time, was present at the game. The way the russian commentators already went out of their way to keep singing his praises for no reason is a good indicator how russians tend to make a cult of personality around everyone who happens to be a figure of authority.

And then the game finished with a draw 1:1 after an unbeliavable goal by Andriy Shevchenko (and due to a mistake from russia's goalkeeper):

Putin got really upset. He stopped showing up at such sporting events for years after this.

The bus with the Ukrainian national team got attacked on its way to the stadium before the game (according to Shevchenko, russians threw bottles at it) and especially after the game (with all sorts of objects being thrown at it, from beer bottles to rocks).

Absolutely typical. And one of the clearest views of ruscism.

[yvisoul]

Different portrayals of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton.

[vano6105]

Finally!!! Here's my fanart of Beltz! for @streetdevil96

by the way, i'll upload timelapse video here:

[sealsdaily]

Everyone please enjoy Misha the talented walrus

[elianzis]

Ahahahahaha, hello old friend

art for this cover

[azumasoroshi]

lmfao?????????

[nonamehedgehog]

I'm obsessed with drawing some youtubers.

Understand and forgive.

[delicious-skeleton-pie]

Don't even know what to write here...

So, I got a little idea to draw a few guys I lately started to watch, just for fun.

(И да, скорее всего никто из этих ребят этого не увидят, но, всё же, надеюсь, что они не против и им понравится)

(Хотя, кого я обманываю😑)

[justacynicalromantic]

If you are an English speaker and looking for a report "from the ground" on what is happening on the Norther border of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast👇

[yourdailyqueer]

Vasya Zvezdkin

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 15 September 1996

Ethnicity: White - Russian

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, Youtuber, activist

Note:  Has been against Russian government and was supporting Navalny when he was sent to prison and Vasya is also supporting Ukraine. When Russia started the war with Ukraine, vasya left the country.

[ohsalome]

Let's talk about "liberal russians"

Meet Ilya Varlamov. He is a popular russian blogger currently living in Europe. I used to watch him years ago for his urbanism content and architectural preservation/restoration projects.

Ilya has fked from russia because he doesn't agree with putin's politics. He doesn't feel safe and free in russia and he wants to live in a cultured and democratic society.

A perfect recipe for an anti-war "good russian", right? Wrong.

Instead of raising money for Ukrainian army, helping out Ukrainian refugees, participating in pro-Ukrainian demonstrations, raising awareness about russian war crimes - basically, doing anything morally correct in a situation when a country you're a citizen of is commiting a genocide - Ilya spends his time whining about how unfair and "russophobic" the world is.

Recently he has been spotted in London by a ukrainian journalist, who has asked him a very simple question - is putin a war criminal? For a supposed "anti-war opposition", this couldn't be easier to answer, no? Well, Ilya answered the question by running away from the journalist

You might remember this character from the last-year scandal involving his Instagram post about Kyrgyzstan. While staying there as a "war refugee", he has defended his entitlement of insulting the country that sheltered, compared Kyrgyzstan to a giant restaurant and said that Kyrgiz people should be grateful that he has blessed them with his presence and must aim to please him. Never deleted that post, btw. Probably still thinks there was nothing wrong with it.

(Cultural context: Kyrgyzstan is a Cetral Asian country, so his speech reads very much as "natives, come kiss the feet of a white man")

Ilya has video series where he explores various "post-Soviet" countries, and a year ago he has made one about Ukraine as well. Only unlike with other countries, his entry about Ukraine was full of lies and pro-Kremlin propaganda. There is a very thorough examination of that "film" by a ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbalyk, whom he has interviewed for his film and then edited out 99% of the interview and totally misrepresented Roman. Unfortunately, the video is in russian, but you might play around with automatically generated subtitles.

I am talking about this man not because he is some kind of rando. This is a very popular blogger (1,3 million subs on Instagram, 4,56 million subscribers on Youtube). This is the voice the "young, progressive, anti-authoritarian russian youth" listens to. This illustrates the truth all ukrainians know very well - russian liberalism ends on the "ukrainian question".

[thegayhimbo]

For those looking to donate to help Ukraine, here is a list of highly recommended Charities/Organizations:

I also recommend Save Ukraine. They work to rescue Ukrainian children who have been kidnapped and deported to Russia since the start of the war. This video, Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps, gives more insight into that particular situation:

On a final note, U.S. Congress needs to pass the $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. Shame on Republicans for holding this up! That is unacceptable and reprehensible on so many levels.