A writer confronts the dark psychology that turned her homeland toward war.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 The Dark Psychology That Turned Russia Toward War
01:22 The Generation That Feared War
05:04 The Frustrated Classes
10:28 The Courage to Look Inward
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They didn’t “suddenly” become enemies. Russia and Ukraine were shaped by different masters, laws, and survival strategies—and that split never healed. This video follows the long arc: Kyivan Rus, the Mongol and Polish–Lithuanian pulls, the Cossack frontier’s free code, imperial erasure, the Holodomor, Soviet rewrites, and the post-1991 energy trap that warped politics on both sides. We examine Crimea, Donbas, sanctions, and propaganda - and why 2022 exposed a century of illusions. The result isn’t a prediction but a framework: this war is a fight over identity, memory, and who gets to define reality.
Video Chapters:
00:00 The Real Roots of the Russia
05:12 One Root, Two Worlds
09:11 The Cossack Frontier
14:08 The Empire and Its Crown Jewel
22:03 The New State Hooked on Energy
29:11 The War of Mistakes
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Why cruelty feels normal in Russia — and what it reveals about human nature itself.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Why Brutality Is Normal in Russia
02:28 The Human Side of Brutality
07:44 How to Dehumanize a Neighbor
14:19 Brutality as Conformity
18:35 The Game of Dominance and Status
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Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Why Putin’s Children Can’t Be His Successors
02:26 The Modernist Project of the Bolsheviks
04:56 The New Middle Ages
8:13 The Problem of Succession
13:57 The Problem Kingdom
18:25 Putin and Immortality
22:08 The Pretenders to the Throne
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again. This video is deeply personal- it’s about what the war in Ukraine taught me about being Russian. About fear, silence, and the unbearable truth of watching people who look just like us destroy each other. I’ll tell you what broke me, what healed me, and why I chose to speak out when staying silent would’ve been easier. This is not politics—it’s a confession.
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Why lies became Russia’s survival code—and why it matters for the rest of us.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Why Lies Became Russia’s Survival Code
02:02 Where the Culture of Lies Comes From
05:03 Lie # 1 - Fake Patriotism
08:27 Lie # 2 - Fake Greatness
15:45 Lie # 3 - Fake Hopelessness
20:33 The Weapon of the Weak
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Are China and Russia really allies—or rivals hiding behind a fragile alliance?
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Are We on the Brink of a NEW Cold War with China and Russia?
01:36 How Autocracy Really Works
07:50 The Prime Principle: Imitation
12:29 The Autocrats’ “Alliance”
17:50 Why America Lost This Round
21:25 A New Cold War?
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Why suffering is not just endured in Russia - but glorified as virtue and destiny.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryVideo Chapters:
00:00 Russia’s Tragic Secret: Why Suffering Is Glorified
02:11 The Suffering Cult
05:20 Hierarchy through Suffering
09:19 Suffering as Social Elevator
12:39 Escape from the Ordinary
16:15 Psychological Adaptation Tool
19:30 How Suffering Shapes Everyday Life
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Why suffering is not just endured in Russia—but glorified as virtue and destiny.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryVideo Chapters:
00:00 How Close is Russia to a New Revolution?
01:50 The Nature of Civic Unrest
8:37 Potential Revolutionaries
15:22 Four Scenarios
24:13 Self-Organization and Ideology
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Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 The Shocking Truth About Russia’s Influence in the Middle East
01:12 What Exactly Did Russians Want in the Middle East?
06:53 The USSR, the Jews, and Israel
11:17 The Anti-Colonial Narrative
16:16 Financial and Military Aid
19:41 Syria: Moscow’s Last Stronghold
22:28 The New Gulf Safe Haven
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Putin’s foreign-policy report card: Europe lost, neighbors hedging, China holds the leash.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 The Foreign Policy Disaster Putin Will Be Remembered For
03:27 Europe
05:54 Former Soviet States
10:32 Turkey and the Middle East
14:25 The United States
17:02 Africa
20:16 China
22:14 Economic Warfare
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Putin’s war machine runs on money. But how long can Russia’s fragile war economy survive?
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Video Chapters:
00:00 How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?
01:56 Which Path to Take?
07:49 Early USSR
10:54 Late USSR
16:32 After the USSR Collapse
19:31 Putin’s Rent Model
26:38 Watching the Cracks
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Inside Putin’s weaponized church: why Russian priests bless war.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Why Russian Priests Bless War
00:48 The Difference Between the Church in Russia and the West
02:46 The Birth of a State Religion
05:25 The Great Schism of the 17th Century
09:17 Religious Minorities
12:55 The Church and Soviet Power
17:48 The Church in the Soviet Union
21:49 The Church and Putinism
26:00 The War on Dissent
27:59 In Place of a Conclusion
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The KGB never died—it just changed uniforms. Here’s how it still rules Russia today.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Inside the KGB Mentality That Still Rules Russia
01:31 The Secret Police: Serving the State, Serving Themselves
06:51 The Silovik Career
08:52 The Siloviki Mindset
13:12 The Besieged Fortress
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From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Killing for Rubles
01:04 Mercenaries, Princes, and the Price of Violence
05:43 The Rise of the Regular Army
12:51 Mercenaries in the Age of the Superpowers
15:16 The Wagner Group
18:12 The Mercenaries in Ukraine
21:28 The White Ghosts
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Russia’s vodka obsession hides a darker truth — power, money, and control.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 What Nobody Tells You About Russia’s Love for Vodka
01:01 Why Russians Started Drinking Vodka
06:07 Vodka and the Russian Czars
10:43 The Vodka Monopoly
16:25 Vodka in the Soviet Union and Beyond
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Ukraine didn’t fall: inside the fatal weakness of Putin’s war machine.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 Why Ukraine Didn’t Fall
01:11 Strategic Errors and False Assumptions
03:54 Showcase Power
06:19 Corruption
08:27 Personnel and Training
11:13 Logistics, Maintenance, and Medevac
12:40 Technology
14:37 Manpower
16:37 Economy
19:33 Political Constraints
21:43 International Cooperation
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Inside Russia’s brutal purge - where no one’s safe, and fear rules from elites to ordinary people.
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What’s driving Russia’s latest wave of purges? From generals and oligarchs to pop stars and ordinary citizens — no one is safe in Putin’s ruthless power game. This isn’t Stalin’s show trials. It’s a brutal, chaotic scramble for survival inside a collapsing system. In this video, I’ll take you inside the fear, the betrayals, and the quiet panic gripping Russia’s elite — and explain how this toxic purge culture is dragging the entire country toward disaster.
Video Chapters:
00:00 Inside Putin’s Purge: Why Russian Elites are Terrified
01:29 Putin’s Survival Strategy
04:51 Russia’s Rotting Power Vertical
10:09 The Inner Machinery of Purges
14:34 There Is No Plan
17:28 Russia’s Society
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Inside Putin’s desperate draft: who’s left to fight when the army runs out of men?
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Russia’s war machine is running out of fuel—and by fuel, I mean men. As the invasion of Ukraine drags on, the Kremlin is scraping the bottom of the barrel: convicts freed from prison, middle-aged factory workers pulled from the floor, even men with chronic illnesses pressed into service. In this deep dive, I take you inside the recruitment pipelines, the propaganda, and the raw fear that keeps these men marching toward the front. You’ll see the faces the state calls “heroes” but the rest of the world sees as cannon fodder—and you’ll understand the human cost behind the headlines.
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For centuries, Russia has told a carefully crafted version of its past—where defeats become victories, oppression is erased, and myths replace truth. In this video, Elvira Bary reveals how Russia’s rulers, from the tsars to Putin, locked history behind chains and rewrote it to justify their power. From the cult of the Great Patriotic War to the myths of Peter the Great and the Soviet era, discover the stories Russia doesn’t want you to question—and why facing them is crucial for understanding today’s Russia.
SHORT STORIES THAT STIR THE SOUL
➡️ Elvira Bary: Forbidden Books https://www.youtube.com/@ElvirasForbiddenBooks
MY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES
➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVSVC2WK
➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F455FDZK
➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5783KPK
MY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER
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