They share a common ideology and vision of totalitarian power yet reportedly, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko hate each other. As popular opposition in Belarus and the war in Ukraine force them closer and closer together, we examine the relationship between these two men. We also look back at Lukashenko’s rise to power and hear from some of the protestors brave enough to oppose him. Filmed undercover in Belarus in the weeks up to and just after the invasion of Ukraine.
From her exile in Lithuania, a mother recounts how the KGB came looking for her four-year-old son. When a video of Victor attending a protest was seen on social media, the KGB sent photos of him to every kindergarten in Minsk asking the teachers to identify him. They escaped in time but Victor’s father was arrested and imprisoned for attending the same protest. Also in prison is Daria’s husband, Igor, an independent journalist who ran an information channel on the internet. Although he never overtly criticised the regime, he was still given a 15 year prison sentence.
It was the grounding of a Ryan Air flight to arrest journalist Roman Protasevich that provoked stiff sanctions from Europe. In retaliation, Lukashenko lured tens of thousand of refugees from the Middle East and sent them towards Poland. When people started dying in the sub zero temperatures, he blamed Europe and went to play ice hockey with Vladimir Putin. It was a public sign of support from the Kremlin for a man they are bound to support.
Without Russia’s aid, the 2020 popular protests would probably have ended Lukashenko’s regime. In return, Lukashenko has not only allowed Russia to station troops in Belarus, a recently held referendum also links the consolidation of his power with military support for Russia. It enables Lukashenko to stay in power until 2035 and Belarus to host Russian nuclear weapons. The Kremlin knows that any replacement would likely be pro-Western. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’ President-in-Exile, has promised to cut the links with the Kremlin and denounced the invasion of Ukraine. From her base in Vilnius, she tells how she is trying to prevent her country becoming a Russian proxy and how opposition figures abroad are constantly targeted.
In Belarus, everyone knows they live under constant surveillance, ruled by a government that has lost its legitimacy and governs through force. The fear is that if Ukraine loses the war, its fate could be the same.
Director: Pierre Chabert & Emilie Lob
I am British, I have been to Minsk many times. If you start political agitation etc then yes you will get into trouble. Apart from that it is a totally normal city , as a tourist you won't be bothered. The Belarusian people are some of the kindest I have ever met. Minsk as well is a fantastic city to visit.
This documentary was financed by the CIA etc...total propaganda
@@scottgleeson4905 they said " can we walk the capital as foreign tourists without being followed" .... it is the safest city I have visited in my life.
It's safe because the people are terrified to jaywalk because of the governments severe punishments and reputation.
@@igotanM16 I'm guessing you haven't been there ?
@@igotanM16 not really... because there's no blacks or muslims in the country lol
I like it when the guy in the nightclub says 'Holiday? Are you out of your f*cking mind? ' lol
How Belarus is "one of the most isolated countries" when its open to the citizens of 74 countries visa free?
Because no one from those 74 countries is interested in travelling there
😂😂😂
Isolated for citizens, it looks 'open' for tourists. And yes, Lukashenko created this image of a 'free country,' but it's not the reality.
To be neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu
Its hilarious that some guy with five or six different accounts is running around the comments section trying to tell everybody he moved to Belarus from America a couple months ago and its the absolute best place he has ever been. That Lukashenko is such a baller and that as long as you arent "looking for trouble" no one in Belarus ever gets into trouble there! Absolute genius this one is!
What the heck are you talking about are you okay did you eat your McDonald's happy meal today or you forgot to take your meds WTF you are on the zombie drug it sounds like stop 🛑 watching Dr Phil get off the sofa and clean your dirty room before your parents kick you out for not paying any rent okay bye Felicia
@@bearboy77 KGB trash, be silent 😜
Biden 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸🎉🥳
@@artombogdanovich5962 are you okay do you want to sleep with Biden crime family you sound like your on the zombie drug Trump 2024🇺🇲 bring America back home again okay
@@artombogdanovich5962 so your cat is voting for trump and you are voting for the Biden crime family well trump 2024🇺🇲💪🇺🇲💪🇺🇲💪
Documentaries like this one is a grim reminder that freedom and democracy are fragile and should never be taken for granted and be protected at all cost!
And yet, people here in the USA are all too eager to give up their rights for security. We see it all the time, from people who want certain speech criminalized to the ones who want private firearm ownership banned to the ones who think cops should be able to search or look anywhere at their discretion because “I have nothing to hide”.
Yes. The Left is surprisingly censor happy and questionable use of the judiciary as a political tool is on the rise.....
@@Mark-uh4zd sounds to me like you’re an agent of a foreign criminal regime
@@Mark-uh4zd democracy doesn't mean people should be able to do whatever they want. What really matters is that the voice of the majority is what guides the government, which is not the case anywhere right now
@@thegreathashil4553 If a majority of Communist decide to end democratic voting, you want them guiding society
I know people who gi on holiday to Belarus every summer. They enjoy it. It's spotless and very safe.
Going somewhere on vacation is different from living there
People today don’t fall for lies like this video anymore.
8:27 - "But it is impossible to know, if the network is monitored." Not just in Belarus. Everywhere in the world.
agreed, but there is a huge difference between countries like Belarus, Russia and China compared with the USA, France, the UK and the Netherlands in the consequences for the people that are "monitored" on the internet networks... in a country like the Netherlands you can criticise the government as much as you like/want without being snatched of the streets and locked up as "an enemy of the state" like it is happening in Belarus and countries like that. in the Netherlands you are going to be arrested if you promote terrorism and extreme hate speech towards people that oppose your way of thinking, which i am totally ok with. i can expres my political vieuws on the internet whenever i feel like it without having to fear that the (secret) police will be knocking on my door in a few hours, only when i incite violence they will come to make me stop doing that kind of shit...
At least, the majority of the world doesn't criminalize the use of encryption tools like Tor. Belarus does.
@@alt_wespeIt doesn't
Snowden. Julian Assange.
Lol, you guys always harp on about Assange. Never mind the fact that he's a single individual who fled to a foreign embassy rather than go through the legal process. Comparing him to the millions of ordinary Belarusians who can't access information over the net without fear of persecution. You're a joke. @@banderu-na-gilaku-dv4rl6vr1o
Earlier this year Daria Losik was sentenced to two years in prison
Welp…
Dont work for foreign agencies and u wont be sentenced..
Who's that? 😢
@@Africanman341 did you watch the video?
I commend you French journalists for such bravery and commitment in doing this risky risky job. God Bless You guys.Much love from Kenya.
France is more dangerous than Belarus 🇧🇾 propaganda at it’s highest
Not like our US journalists who are too busy trying to pass a narrative and spewing propaganda from TPTB
"supermarkets designed for upper - middle class, most of people avoid them" it is lie.
Пойти в евроопт, и сказать, что это супермаркет для миддл класс этл сильно конечно
I grew up in Kharkiv, Ukraine. My best friend in school had a Belarusian mother and a Ukrainian dad. Her parents got divorced and eventually in 2013 the mom took her to Belarus to live with the grandmother. My parents tried to talk them out of it because the writing was on the wall about lukashenko, but they didn't listen. We kept in touch over the years. She got a visit from the police in April 2022 for liking my posts on Instagram about the war and sending messages to me. We have agreed to speak in Telegram only in a chat that wipes out all messages every 24 hours. It's truly bizarre there. Correction for you: "the defender of the motherland" holiday is on February 23rd. Not 24th. So I have no idea why you made this connection to the invasion.
Scumbags always seem to have a limited time on this planet. May the one you refer to, have a very short time indeed left here. Out of respect for the security of your situation, you do not need to respond to this. Know that all good thing come to those who wait💪
It's crazy on both sides. What do you think would happen if you started liking pro-Russian messages in Ukraine or spreading them? The Kiev regime wouldn't have mercy
This is pro-west video. Mistakes are meant for the gullible.
@@user-uk9sd2ln7fbruh. What can happen is you being shamed by your neighbours. That's it
@@user-uk9sd2ln7fUkraine is trying to fight off and survive a russian invasion. Taking care of your culture should always be the priority of your nation. Russian apologists like you can always hop abroad on the other side of the Iron curtain and enjoy living in russia instead of "decadent west". Instead you are here🤡
Perhaps one of the best documentaries I have seen in years. The tension felt by these brave folks was powerfully palpable. Bravo!!
You must have missed it the 1st time Best Documentary uploaded it more than a year ago
Have you watched the mole documentary filmed in North Korea ? That is truly amazing!
😂🎉 anglo sachs fashist try to say me something
Cant believe this does not have more views. Much respect from America for doing this.
Stop it please 😂 The country is more safe than most western countries. Why you have to be involved in everything? Please leave us alone ! We don’t care about situations in your countries. So please keep your propaganda for yourself and do some documentaries about your countries which are look like nothing close to democracy lol
Belarus deserves freedom and democracy. My deepest respect to all those fighting for freedom throughout the globe 🌎 🙏❤️
What kind of freedom and democracy? What do you have in your country?
RIP Iraq Libya Afghanistan Yugoslavia Cuba Vietnam etc
Democracy like in the states)))) freedom for gays and transgenders)
What kind of freedom and democracy do you have? ..are you the one that got vaccinated?
@@retrogazele indeed, Belarus was the one of few countries without forced vaccination, yet they say there is no freedom at all
Lived there till I've turned 16. Besides rampant alcohol abuse it was peaceful. Police were a rare sight and crime was nearly non-existent.
protest never happened. Nobody, ever was detained. Police is non existent. So true!!!!
Bravo DARIA, YOU ARE the HERO
4:12 cant help but notice that on the keyring :D
Tell us also about Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Iraq what a fake world we live in
Freedom for our Belarusian Brothers
Those Belarusian youth were listening to Nirvana's album "Smells like teen spirit". This is really great access. Great video!
Hate the west but listening to teen spirit ok you goofies
@@yourpapi9491 Belarusian's youth don't hate west. Power and people - two different things in this country.
@@yourpapi9491 But you listen to our music, copy our fashion, and hate us because you wish you were as free as we are.
@@Oblivisci........ my boi im from Chitown im free as a dove and high as a kite on that apple fritter aint no one trying to copy you goofy im Mexican American fym
@@Oblivisci........ Puro Tequila My boi i dont drink Nasty ass vodka
Little did they know that "White Russia" means "Belarus"
😀😀 I wonder that’s the rest?)
11:38 i love how the tour guide sounds like Pingu’s mother.
RIP Darya. Good job keeping her identity safe.
Daria has been in prison since October 2022.
RIP Darya Dugina , not this Turncoat Darya...she can rot in Hell for all i care!
@@rw_machine1974 Oh no. In what prison, big galaxy? Where is the child??
RIP? 🤦🏻♂️
She apparently wanted to speak openly. She agreed to not have her identity hidden.
Belarus is a beautiful, hospitable and humble country. Much more humble than both Ukraine or Russia. It is a huge pity they are being involved in this horrible war.
Everyone makes their own bed. Stop acting like they are a victim.
thanks this humble country for rockets, i live in Irpin, very appreciate belarussian 'help"
@@robofat says you who've never been there
@@thebeautifulmanclub3790 This is also true for Ukraine
@@francescozambaldi8212 i don’t care about any of the international conflicts. Figure out your own problems.
I was born in Belarus, not sure when I can actually go back for a visit.
Why? Who is stopping you to go back?
@@masterofgame6847 Probably common sense.
That’s the saddest
@@JuicyTobacco Bullshit, the main problem would be more expensive flight tickets and difficulty with payments due to sanctions
Hi friend.. i come to belarus country..
Lukashenko is Dr Phil with a hard “sharpen” edit.
Imagine getting threatened by a mere child.
Shows you the true "strength" of these "strongmen," doesn't it? They don't act like that because they're scared of no one, but because they're scared of literally everyone but project their fear onto their subjects so the dictator doesn't have to deal with it themselves. It's the same with all authoritarians in the end.
Thank you very much for this report. All who love freedom and democracy should stand with the people of Belarus against dictatorship.
I stand for democracy. Hope the democracy will prevail over autocracy in Russia, Belarus and here in Bosnia🇧🇦. Greeting
I pray puppet regimes fall in all EU countries and they can enjoy freedom from US dictate
lol you westerners said that with iraq and Libya and look what happened
@@diond9927 thoose two countries were also with autocratic regimes, Gaddafi & Hussein. So, it was the liberation, therefore, a huge difference. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 !
it doesn't fucking matter you don't invade a country just because they run on a different system or ideology in fact they were better under Gadhafi and Hussein because look at them now its a complete war zone they were never fucking threats to us what a hypocritical thing to say and also Ukraine banned the orthodox church and failed to comply with the Minsk accords according to Angela merkel in which she says to make Ukraine stronger and give Ukraine "precious time" to a none nato state yeah but never slava urine !!
whats that saying: "power has the ability to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely
Great video. Thank you
I was a student in Grodno Belarus and I would love to say that a lot of the bad things that have been said about Belarus are not actually true. the people are friendly, food is cheap compared to other EU countries, movement is free and not monitored as being speculated, the only minus is the leadership and in recent times there have been major modernization of the major cities like Minsk, Grodno, vitebsk, mogilev and others and the country is now more open to tourists than before.
What about that 4 yo kid?
@@lucastanga6732 brainwashed. Do you actually think he has a brain to interpret what he is saying lmao
I'm sure it's cheap for those in charge and much compared to other EU countries for sure but the common man I would like to see what the cost of living is that being said hail the father land lmao 🤣
Yes the west is always painting others as being evil, they should look at their own back yard.
🤡
Nice documentary and proud of you, thanks
I am sad/ not happy HIROSIMA and NAGASAKI
I’m not sure this documentary was produced by this particular KZhead channel. It saddens me you sent them your hard earned money. 😢
Bravo Belarus, stay strong, defend your country against any coloured revolution attempt from the west. Happy New Year. Greetings from Switzerland
actually coloured comes from ruzzia + lukazhenka sends a lot of africans to BY
@@tomas6224 Look up what a colour revolution is, it's not black people coming into your country, fash.
08:07 says that 'like in any police state the owner needs to take a picture of the passport' which is probably true in context of Belarus today, but never the less, taking picture of passports as a part of the check-in process, specially in private apartments are normal and common throughout European Union
Common in Thailand.
It's pretty fucking scary. It smacks of a totalitarian state.
Yes you're true. That's obligatory for the whole EU , for airbnb and hotels. Usually hotels collects their data before but airbnb are like freelance so they are obligated to do that and presented periodically. I'm from Spain and that's common here.
how else he could support his propaganda?
Do you not think the EU is a police state? Because it is.
This is what i call a good journalism
this is prostitution not journalism.
It is actually, bad propaganda
@@cruzportela6405 how is it inaccurate? be specific
@@Kvasiir I tell you. Now look how we all favor our democracy, we are proud of it, arent we? Now come on and say that there are no demonstrations across the europe and even that is happening for more than over 1 year. And who cares? Who damn cares about those poor Catalans demonstrating for their freedom, or those poor farmers in Netherlands which are going to be robbed of their properties in favor of the pervert green agenda. Or demonstrations in France, Germany, Austria, Australia and even more, nobody really cares, because the regime is "right". So stop lecturing us about your type of democracy. It is highly hypocritical and pervert
@@Kvasiir I live in Belarus and 99% of what this guy is saying is fake and utter propaganda
Indeed amazing documentary . I traveled those Eastern Europe 1979 did face KGB only questions They ask me pass port . Look at my passport. Ok fine. No matter what part Eastern Europe you travel u are suspicious in the beginning I also visited Belarus did not face any major issues . But minor local language
Thanks 👍😊
We in Croatia have absolutely learned in the last 30 years what American and Western democracy is - we literally have nothing left, right down to the last factory, our agricultural land, factories, sea coast...everything!!! Everything is in the hands of Anglo-Saxon and Jewish corporations.
Bruh you killed all the jews in ww2, dont even start to blame us
Imate to sto zasluzujete kao i mi. Imali smo mocnu drzavu zajednicku bratsku a vi ste samo cekali trenutak da zapevate Danke Dojcland,Perite tanjire u vasim tj njihovim hotelima na Jadranu i cutite.
@@nebojsanesic5603 U pravu si,trebali smo bolje svi. Ovo sad što imamo nit je Hrvatska, nit je Srbija, nit je blagostanje a najmanje sloboda.
Kakve su ovo nebuloze? Nismo "izgubili sve", a ono sto jesmo izgubili nije zbog Demokracije ili Zapada, nego zbog nase vlastite korupcije, i korupcije od strane Istoka, pogotovo Rusije koja nam se uplece u izbore. Koje su to tvrtke pod Anglo Saxonima i Židovima? Uopce se ne bih cudio da si podrzavatelj Trump-a i teoreticar zavjera, objasnilo bi makar ove nebuloze.
@@nebojsanesic5603 A vi uporno podrzavate Rusiju koja vas isisava i siri svoju korupciju nad vama, a vasa korupcija se siri na Bosnu.
Please No its not closed Many countries citizens can enter freely as tourists
That is just one of the lies of this so called documentary.
Freedom and democracy must never be taken as granted. Yes democracy has its own shortcomings, but it is thousands times better than autocratic communist and socialist.
Yes democracy has its own shortcomings, but it is thousands times better than autocratic communist or fascist (nothing wrong with socialism per se)
Who is more free, us or Russia? If you say a man is a man and a woman is woman in the West, say goodbye to your job lol
Socialism is entirely different. Usually linked with democratic forms of government…. learn the difference, it’s important. I realize that people sling these terms around very loosely, even in the titles of their countries but they really are totally different systems… most of Western Europe is Socialist.
@@Dikkeganzenclub you know that's not true, wappie
@@nobbynobbs8182 I know it IS true and if you don't than that's on you. If you were more familiar with how things go in American and European academic circles, you'd be aware of the consequences people face when they voice an opinion that isn't politically correct. In England and the US, academics have been cast out for stating that a woman is a woman and not a man and that biology matters. In Finland someone got a criminal process for reading from a Bible ("inciting hatred"). In the Netherlands, Christian teachers get fired from "Christian" schools for being Christian. In short, you either haven't seen it yet (which would make you not the sharpest tool in the shed) or you know it's happening and are acting in bad faith, covering up and defending this system of backwards censorship.
I am Polish. We have many political refugees from Belarus in our country. We even have a TV program runned by the Belarusian opposition. I think its called Biełsat. The antennas are located near the border to give the Belarusians an opportunity to watch free worlds TV. It's dangerous but many Belarusians watch it to confront their media with the free media from europe. It's the same situation like West and East Germany during the cold war.
It's Belsat. Not a TV programm, but a whole separate TV channel within TVP network which broadcasts strictly in Belarusian. And that's a pretty reliable source, I've used to watch it since 2014 I believe. Also comparison between West and East Germany actually fits here. Not sure if I ever heard it, but it's quite similar. It is one of the most protected yet one of the uncalmest borders in Europe. It even has a wall, thou this time it were built on the Western side. Pozdrawienia z Białoruśi
Чел. Через интернет спокойно посмотреть. А наши оппозиционеры клянчат у вас деньги, смешная инициатива с антенной.
Belarus is safe and good place to live, Belarusians are friendly
Interesting yet somewhat disturbing report. Overall, nicely done but I have real concerns about the health and welfare of Darla and her family. While I recognize her bravery for speaking out against the president and meeting with the journalists, I suspect this documentary made its way to the Belarusian KGB. I would really like to know what became of her.
I agree. It's risky to put local people in a film like this. I do like the documentary, but I feel like that might not have been the most ethical choice.
not nearly bad as north korea! in north Korea they will just kill you!
They are working towards a cause greater than themselves
She made the choice at her own volition to participate. I just hope they made clear to her what risks might be involved.
Most likely it was a set up.
Thanks for these.
This was an excellent documentary!!, Merci.
Yes, lord give us mercy for taking such crap
Hard to complain about my country after watching this
50% Poupulation of united states hate their own government. dumb ass people. love your country no matter what. worse ones exist
This is amazing
Belarus looks beautiful
It is and so the people. You would be surprised how biased this propaganda “documentary” is.
This was very well done. I appreciate what you went through to bring this video to us all. From the USA, thanks.
hahaha when an american congratulates a brit on their propaganda it always reminds me that joke when a prostitute tries to offend a table dancer hehehehhehehe! i bet you also believe your nazi regim brings DEMOCRACY to the world? warmongers...you do know USA has killed more people since the 2ww than hitler ever did, don't you, gringo? you gringos...go read history books...or any books for that matter, but not...COMIC BOOKS!
Do you think United States is any different? Give me a break. Look what the moron in the White House a.k.a. Joe Biden has done to this country and made it a police country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ppl who travel THERE sell their footage to media companies. Such companies create stories using the footage and a narrator. The final product has nothing or very little to do with the original. Message-wise.
not nearly bad as north korea! in north Korea they will just kill you!
What he went through? He literally went through nothing. No, this is not very well done, it’s a western propaganda film (“documentary”) filled with many untruths that creates its own spy story in a niche and very far from reality. There are many Americans and western Europeans expats living in Belarus, mainly in Minsk, and they love living there. Look for yourself and talk to them, ask them what they feel about living in Belarus. The same with Belarusians.
In short: Puppet of USA = good, Puppet of Russia = bad. 😂
What a great documentary.
21:20 this guy seems smart lol. Immediately recognizes the absurdity of a Frenchman vacationing to Belarus in 2022 and knows he's not telling the truth
Whats weird is he sounded like he had an american accent
@@RubenRyb66 He definitely had an Eastern Slavic accent. His English is just really good, kinda like NFKRZ
The french always make great documentaries... Bien joué 👍
This one is shit.
All i see its a beautiful country, i don't see any opression, i see a country that still has good moral value
is this ignorance or what? didnt you hear what the opposition female leader said, and what about the 4 yr old boy, and jailing of people for more than a year for protesting, isnt' that oppression.
@@David-Zita don't go to USA or Israel it's even worse there.
@@David-Zita the opposition female leader who lives in a flat in Lithuania , what a leader. Lukashenko is based and has the best intentions for his country
@@David-ZitaIs this ignorance or what? Believing a “documentary” made with niche people, filled with inconsistencies and untruths? Have you ever visited Belarus, have you talked to Belarusians? Or you just take for granted any western piece of media content you find?
🤣🤣🤡🤡
i am as mad as hell and are not going to take it any more !!
RESPECT FOR THIS DOCUMENTRY ~#SCOTLAND
Respect to lies and fake propaganda 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@willy-gs9ei whatever you say 😂😂😂
@@willy-gs9ei what fakes?How do you explain a guy being in power for so long when the constitution doesn't allow it? Such a pitty
SCOTLAND FOREVER!
@@robb5828 How do you explain J Bajden
I’ve been angry with Belarus for supporting and helping Putin with his Ukraine invasion BUT this video has shown me the people want their leader out of office more than even the Russians want Putin out.,.. I pray tht their leader iis taken out of power !
Да люди одинаковые, поверьте. Все хотят мира и дружить с соседями. Но есть политика...
Angry with Belarus, aren't we all
Oppression shouldn't be tolerated in any countries.
My unrealistic mind was waiting for someone to tackle putin in that hockey game 😂
Lukashenka's head was firmly occupied with the idea that everything can be fixed by the most severe orders, tearing off skins, unscrewing heads, and similar to medieval practice. That's exactly what he says on state TV channels.
А как иначе искоренить коррупцию и зажравшихся чиновников?
Azarenok, Lukashenkо's propagandist, even more insane than Putin's Solovyov, Simonyan and Skabeeva.
Hahaha. What?
The only Leader that did not join the bullshit plandemic.
where did you see that? because he is saying jest. 😂
Every country has the right to deverlop as it sees fit. Not in accordance with any other wealthy individuals, country or bloc of nations who think they have 'all the answers'. Let Belarus decide what's best, for itself. Especially if that's not best for anybody else. That being said, the West has too much invested to just let that happen. Anywhere.
Belarus the best country in Europe, probably in the world also. Greetings from Slavic Serbia!
Well foreigners are required to check their passport’s in reception in every motel/hotel in Poland during 90’s . I don’t know if that practice is still required after 2002 and now in 2023. Since I came to United States in 2002 not long after 9/11 terrorist attack.
I'm Belarusian, born and raised in Minsk city. One of the cleanest and safest places on earth. I haven't watched this documentary. The title speaks for itself, I don't want to lose my precious time on this piece of propaganda. Just for those who is really curious I'd like to say that our so called dictatorship is WAY better than your so called democracy. As for Russia, it's our neighbour, ally and more than that it's our MOTHERLAND the same as BelaRUS! Russians are our brothers! Live your lives and let us live ours!
Lol many Belarusian don’t agree whit you 😂
then don't invade other countries.
Planting puppet government's, organising coups , applying sanctions on countries that results in poverty and many more deaths than the rolling tank in ukrain is just as much an invasion .
Love from Serbija braco ❤
@@ernststavrosblofeld366 Скажи это Америке.
Why do i feel like this is a reupload again. Why no new content?
Streets are clean, hotels are good, ID check is everywhere in the world in hotels, I don't understand... Why they are putting up a grim picture. And there is KFC
Great documentary, thank you
A Tyrant's power is your complacency. When you act, you take their power from them. Unfortunately history shows us that freedom has always come at a cost, you must be willing to become a martyr, for your blood will further feul the fire of rebellion.
Fuck becoming a martyr! You can fight against a tyrant without killing yourself in the process.
Belarus might have a problem 🤔 Poland 🇵🇱 might have something to say about it 😊
Poland is USA puppet. Zero power on their own
that's a clean and beautiful country. WOW.
Yes it is, among other great things. Visit Belarus and draw your own conclusions about this so called “documentary”.
Bot comment.
@@JuicyTobacco 😂😂😂
I love Belarus the people are very friendly
I love belarus
Это плохо, потому что из-за этой доброты они не могут скинуть этот режим. Не боевой народ, в отличие от казаков украинцев....
Belarus is more free than many countries today...
Can't wait to visit Belarus, certainly going to be a learning curve when we do there with our delegation. Great people with a lot of charisma
Однако несчастные под диктатурой, ибо как и многие другие африканские страны в Беларуси уже много лет бессменный режим одного бессменного "президента"
It's a nightmare when a psychopath is having total control over the country.
this is Western propaganda don't believe it come and see for yourself
Us have control on my contry and all European contry
Yeah its unfortunate US has Biden. A senile psychopath in power.
Yeah like the israelis over USA. Putin and Lukashenko are heroes
your a puppet of western propaganda brother, seek help
Why can't I save this video to watch later?
Puppet or not puppet, its better than a situation in Ukraine, thanks to this regime😊
It’s like watching a documentary about Venezuela. Opposite countries geographically, with no culture similarities except for one thing: Similar if not the same regime.
What are you talking about. Venezolean economy is 90% private. What's similar is that the opposition consists of irresponsible people and outright putchists. I mean, even the US have forgotten about their friend Guaido. Cichanovskaya accuses Lukashenko of running a self-proclaimed government but does pretty much the same in Vilnius. Her "government" consist of people she and her friends got into the "cabinet" Bankrolled by the EU. These clowns have literal cabinet meetings every single day, How idiotic.
you can easily destroy any country with global sanctions and embargoes, like poor victim Venezuela, which only fail is that it has crudes. Everything is about crudes. Are you blind not to see?
Yes....
Ну только что тут нет collectivos, которые убиваю несогласных, но тут своя политическая полиция которая отправляет в тюрьму людей на долгие сроки тюремного заключения😢
Wow, I love seeing people that are so obviously propagandized thinking they know what other countries are actually like, it's fascinating.
Lukashenko is a cruel tyrant, but it is the Belarusian police maintaining him with Russia as back up. Belarusian cruelty to their fellow countrymen 😢. Like East German border guards.
Lukashenko is not a bad guy. Western media makes him appear so evil. In actuality, he had kept Belarus in a state of economic prosperity. After the fall of the ussr he made sure Belarus didn’t spiral into extreme poverty like the rest of the eastern bloc. People should look up and read “the last soviet republic”. The color revolution in Belarus just like the one in ukraine was funded openly by the CIA with western corporate interests in mind
@@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging What prosperity? You talk from your ass? Have you seen official numbers? Stop drinking gas.
@@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging Not convinced.
Police are the same everywhere.
LIES
It's a beautiful country, I don't know why you criticize it
Because Belarus is not bend to Western interests, it is free and independent. That’s why the West attacks Belarus with bad propaganda.
Because there is no freedom? Because people are killed and tortured by authorities? Because the country was used for invasion of Ukraine? Get a grip bro.
Господи, какие клоуны.
How can a country be totally cut off from the western world like u say but there are still companies like KFC, macdonalds, Dominos Pizza, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels?
Finally someone who thinks! Because this is a bad propaganda film filled with untruths and completely biased.
They’re franchises
@@Anglo_Browza Yes which means that the country is still influenced?? just like germany and france are influenced by U.S.A. and their companies....
@@smokeyshepherdgaming7082 no, means each business independent
Because they are hypocrites, they talk shit about the West all the time, but at the same time love Western stuff. Think of Russians and Belarussians as temper tantrum kids in adult bodies.
People put up the United States as being the leader of the free world, yet Belarus doesn't seem that different from my perspective. The US has more caged citizens per capita than any other in the world. I moved to New Hampshire to partake in peaceful activism (part of a migration to change government somewhere, so we can have a place that is actually free) and am part of the Free State Project migration. I'm in opposition to the use of violence by the state against peaceful people (anti-drug laws, anti-licensing, anti-copyright, pro free market, against taxation, etc). The government including the feds have been arresting me (to a lesser degree) and my friends and throwing us in cages for over a decade now without much in the way if any genuine justification too. It's really not that different in the US, but you may not realize it until you become a nuisance to the powers that be. In a recent case they tried to claim some kind of fraud against six of my friends- even though there was no fraud committed by the accused and those accused followed the law and the advice of lawyers during their brazen daring to sell cryptocurrency. While the risk to activists overall is pretty low it's mostly because there are so many people who have moved and continue to move, but that hasn't stopped the feds from surveilling us for over a decade and trying to take out particular prominent activists. They've spent millions of dollars on just one recent 5 year investigation of six individuals for effectively selling cryptocurrency. Humorously the feds tried to claim that the KYC (know your customer) activities and calling customers (getting drivers licenses) was somehow evidence of law breaking. The evidence introduced actually showed these individuals did KYC more thoroughly than even the banks and the governments expert witness. The IRS agent even said that the church may not owe ANYTHING tax wise at one point. The judge at another point suggested that the prosecutor should charge the main guy with a sex crime even though the prosecutor said there was no evidence of a sex crime! With the implied point by the judge that they can just let the mob string an innocent man up from a tree. So.. no, the US isn't the free country you think it is- you just haven't been a threat to the state and thus no one has bothered you. That doesn't make you free. This is no different than someone in Belarus- in that- if you don't misbehave the dictator won't (for the most part) bother you either. And the humorous thing here is the complaint about taxes being high are true for Americans too! So the libertarians literally have one of the same major complaints that the Belarus folks in the documentary have. In the Crypto6 case the FBI tried taking out a major activist Ian Freeman on 2 prior occasions prior to the 2021 FBI arrest. One was in 2012 via the arrest of a Free Talk Live co-host and fellow activist. The FBI arrested Rich Paul over small time weed dealing, but they don't care about that, they don't even do weed, that's the DEA and local cops, really local cops job. They had him arrested so that they could intimidate him into becoming an informant and wear a wire into the Keene activist center (as if we were doing something illegal, and no, no one ever was, it was protesting, organizing, etc). He refused and went to trial instead. He spent a year in a cage, but was threatened with 99+ years in a cage if he refused to become an informant. In 2016 the FBI raided Free Talk Live two weeks after a co-host criticized the FBI for distributing child porn while also having said for decades distribution hurts children. It may, but then the FBI was hurting children. The feds reacted violently raiding the studio two weeks later under the guise that somehow the main man behind the show was involved in child sex crimes even though they lied to get the warrant (and got computers back, which is evidence no download of child porn occurred because they won't return something that is a crime to posses even if you aren't charged/convicted!), no arrests were made, and 7 years later they simply switched to an attack vector that would sound more plausible. What they thought was they could take out Free Talk Live by implying that the shows founder was a pedophile- effectively slandering his good name by fraud. From about 2016 to 2021 Ian and through the Shire Free Church (which was founded long before crypto sales) sold crypto for charity. Despite that selling crypto immediately following an FBI raid isn't something you do lightly. The Shire Free Church got lawyers involved and made sure to do everything by the book including something called KYC- or know your customer. During the trial the FBI's expert on KYC even admitted that the church did more KYC, aka called customers to reduce the risk of victims of third party scammers taking advantage, got drivers licenses, etc. The governments own victims (of third parties) who were witnesses in the case even stated that the banks who were a party involved in the purchase of crypto (they were used to send money to buy crypto) never called any of the victims and yet every witness testified that Ian Freeman and the church had called to verify that the purchaser knew what they were purchasing and wasn't being defrauded by a third party scammer. The 2016 raid was clearly done to send a message and undermine the largest nationally syndicated libertarian radio show called Free Talk Live (it's on ~200 radio stations). Some of us libertarian activists in New Hampshire have been under survalance, have been followed, recorded, and targeted for over a decade now. You'd think we were some sort of violent white supremacist group or something (the enemy and feds have actually tried to claim that too both in speeches and in court despite there being no truth to it, but it looks good if they can make it sound like you are somehow connected to violent people, but in reality what actual libertarians believe (as opposed to people in politics, particularly at the national level which may or may not be actual libertarians) is more of a philosophy of pacifism and we advocate against the use of violence outside of self-defense including government violence, so if there is not a violent act you can't use violence to achieve your social, political, sexual, or financial goals, etc, yet that is what the government does and those involved every day, and what the democrats, greens, socialists, republicans, right-wing nut jobs, etc do, they think they can justify violence through their intended objectives which may be good, if not for the use of law to achieve them). NBC actually released a documentary on the Free State Project recently. One of the 12 part series is an episode on the Crypto6 case above I described. See Ep 10 if you want the most interesting episode of the series. It's on the Crypto6, aka six folks were arrested for selling crypto, and is at nbcboston.com/freestate
Shutup bud. Nobody is reading all that
@@markypolo5527👈🐑
Powerful
Powerful western propaganda, yes
First phrase and immediately lie. Not a single Belarus tank in ukraine year after video
Great documentary. Credit to those who risked it all to put it together.
They didn’t risk NOTHING. They edited the footage in a comfortable office. The footage was sold to them by other people. Money, money, money. The same thing used to happen to Patrick Lancaster’s footage until he found out that the purchasing companies changed the message of the video. The show Redacted talked about it two weeks ago.
not nearly bad as north korea! in north Korea they will just kill you!
@@bosmanmclnnis Considering your sources, it's no wonder you think it's fake. I'm sure Russia would never lie to people or commit war crimes as they have been doing for the last 100 years.
@@wilson6904 Your comment doesn’t hold up against the Patrick Lancaster’s channel and you know it.
Why do you westerns have to invade countries that don't allow you or want you ? you also do this to North Korea. You deserve to locked up.
The people all seem so nice and especially at the bar. This is sad to see that they are so afraid and they know they at root are free people but yet can't feel 101% of that freedom. It makes me feel good that human kind knows right from wrong and I really hope for the best interest of the Belarusian and Ukrainian people.
Nobody is free , even In America
I've met quite a few Belarussian people, and I've found them exceptionally kind and friendly. Which only makes the tragedy of their country even sadder :-(
West propagand? Ahahaha bla bla. We see yuor freddom when been pandemic covid :)
not nearly bad as north korea! in north Korea they will just kill you!
@@aleksandar1183 Right, because being asked to wear a mask is exactly the same as throwing someone in prison for simply disagreeing with the government.
Happy to see a good clean country out of American allies. My message to the Belarusians; keep your unity, respect your leadership, rebuke western influence and cherish your sovereignty. God bless Belarus.
you have no idea about life in belarus. I think you never had close and intimate contact and real life conversations with people, having the same president, since they are 10 years old.. if so, you would not only look at the outside - but what is the truth behind it! you just have no idea… damn….
Belarus is just what the title says, a puppet regime, the potatoeking is just in charge but obeys pootin at all…
Видимо вашу страну мало оккупировала ЮАР, что вы хотите нас отдать России...
I'm going to goto Belarus. I believe it would be great to go and experience a different culture. I look forward to this.
Most welcome. No one is stopping you.
You will be surprised. Then draw your own conclusions about this “documentary”.
Balls of steel on the journalists!
Insanely good documentary! Brave journalists too my respects 👏
Insane fake propaganda to west propaganda
@@willy-gs9ei bro you're commenting on multiple comments saying the same thing? Who's a little special ed kid huh?
@@unknownentity7408 have you ever even stepped foot in that country?
Yea he snuck and tricked Putin and then posted this on KZhead
@@unknownentity7408 He's right this is just pure propaganda and falsify's the true Identity of the country. Wake up!!
5:03 : "Even 4 years old children are not safe from the barbarity of the KGB" : What a hell a 4 years old kid is doing on a political demonstration in the street?.
There is no Soviet Union anymore. There is no KGB anymore. Who is truly being fed the lies
We see similar with the far right in the US and Canada. Only they use their children as human shields. Don't know if you saw but one example where moms held hands with their children to form a human chain in Canada during the Coots standoff and the convoy occupation of Ottawa?
In free countries it’s normal
This scambags saluting nazi saluts have used theirs kids like a shield against policemens for to continue riots and for to make a sad fotos about how "bad-bad-bad policemen's beat a innocents kids", for sell it to western propagandists. New CIA invention for "peaceful protesters" in counries where they try cary out government overthrow.
@@IMSiegfried "far right", you mean normal people.
Maybe you could produce a documentary "Inside Britain......Puppets of the United States"
I watch a lot of documentaries, and this was one of the best.
one of the most pathetic.
@@nigelwright7979 Hello vatnik how is it going?
@@nigelwright7979 I think it's one of the best,because best ones are usually done by amateur journalists
@@Br0ckLesn4rhello CIA bot at an CIA created propaganda documentary 😊
Sadly it’s not.
All the best to the Belarussian people, you will prevail. I would like to visit, last year I wanted to go but thought EU civilians could not get a visa. But according to this documentary it is possible, although not via a direct flight?
This was the right before the war escalated and Russian army invaded, don’t think so anymore
Western Europe doesn’t want you to visit Belarus and see for yourself that the western propaganda is not true. Like many others you will arrive in Minsk in fear and you will leave completely in love with the city, the people and the country. That’s why you can’t find much information. If you are a EU citizen you can enter Belarus without a visa through the airport, you can stay for 30 days. If you want to go by car or bus and cross the border you will need a visa and the best way is from Vilnius, Lithuania.
@@scottgleeson4905 Have you been to Belarus? So how do you know all that? Because you see “documentaries” on KZhead? 🙄😂
EU citizen can enter Belarus without problems as tourists or transit toward Russia.
We got visas with canadian passports within 10minutes, it's more of a $50/fee than application.
Svetlana(T.) for Lithuanian people cost 35000 euro every month. Just incase if they forgot to mention.
I have been more afraid on the "french" streets than on those of Eastern Europe.
A puppet regime is Kiev which surfaced after the west's stage managed coup not Belarus.
Kyiv*, and also it wasnt a coup, it was a popular revolution
Stop sharing your schizo lunatic points of views, thanks.
@@air2091It was a coup backed by the CIA.
These white people use human rights for everything when it's about their interests. They are for ceasefire in ukraine but not in GAZA. Why?
@@air2091yeah yeah yeah. Every corner on earth, we know the truth about your western freedom bomb shell. Just keep the fuq out of other's soil. US and its puppy won't last long. Now get lost.
Apparently asking someone for a lighter and telling someone you're a tourist is political talk.
wherever you are in this world the internet is strictly monitored so there is no shock here and their internet is free to use
You pretend to be a tourist yet once you are caught and jailed the world would claim you are innocent