Vladimir Putin consulted with a fortune teller. He asked: “How long will I live?” The psychic replied: “I cannot tell that but I do know you will die on a Ukrainian holiday.” “Which holiday?” Putin asked. “Whichever day you die will be a Ukrainian holiday.”

All the guys applauding in front of Putin, should go and fight for him.

Its like walking into your neighbors house and telling him his living room now belongs to you whether he likes it or not.

Many of them realize they are listening to a complete madman and that nothing can be done about it.

Laughable, but simultaneously infuriating, disgusting and frightening.

That "holy shit he's gonna get us all killed" look in the eyes of that crowd

Faces in the crowd... they fall into their own thoughts, and then look at the camera, becoming aware once again that they are being watched, and that their own faces have betrayed inner sadness and uncertainty.

That crowd looks frightened!!!

The expressions in that crowd remind me of a company town hall where the CEO is telling them everything is fine, but they all know the layoffs are coming.

In 1994 Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum, acknowledging Ukraine as a sovereign country, acknowledging its borders as Ukraine. Russia continues to violate this treaty and can never be trusted in any future negotiations

That's the most depressed looking crowd I've ever seen.

I really think people faces show confusion disturbing and scared to breath loudly and show sad expression in every face in this group

The man is unbelievable! To claim Kiev was the aggressor is deluded.

What a happy bunch of folks! The smiles on their faces express just how proud they are...

They were clapping while their faces looked neutral.. they were hypnotized to do the clapping😵‍💫😵‍💫

I can just imagine a person standing behind Putin with big Signs, "CLAP NOW" "QUIET NOW" "CHEER NOW" "LEAVE NOW"

I only see an applause but i see no happiness or joy in anyone's faces

It is the first time I see a funeral where the deceased himself is actually giving a speech. Very emotional 😢

Notice how nobody is on a smartphone either?

They had an applause sign built in like sitcoms just so everybody knew when they were suppose to clap.

Russia had so much promise in the 90's, all thrown away for one mans greed

History always proves that there is no such thing as forever

The crowd looks so passionate and this campaign! They have an insane leader that’s been in power to long lost touch with reality.

Why the hell is he looking for "convincing faces" when he's just telling them what is gonna happen not try to convince them what he was gonna to was a good idea.

Each person in the crowd thinking to themselves, I hope I don't fall out of a window.

I have never seen a more depressed crowd in my entire life.

He Means What He Says For That Greed And Power

I have never seen so much fear and worry written on the faces of a clapping crowd

You cannot just bust into someone's house and say "this is my house now and I will defend it as such." Good luck with that.

They are frightened with joy and they all definitely want to be there.

"Never follow a lider who is more in love with power than people." native American proverb

You steal land then say you want to negotiate. No you just go straight to jail.

Never in my life, after all the suffering and bloodshed our grandparents saw in WWII, I thought I would see another megalomaniac tyrant trying to rule the world and create this suppose “empire”. Absolutely nuts

The very definition of: Herd mentality, mob mentality or pack mentality describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. When individuals are affected by mob mentality, they may make different decisions than they would have individually

“the war they started in 2014…” amazing!

No smiles, no nods, only the most obligatory light applause. The faces say it all: what did I do to deserve being a part of this historical nightmare?

Lol the utter shame on the faces of that crowd. He’s going to pass a decree officially declaring himself to be 2 feet taller soon

Russians don't usually smile apparently. When McDonalds first opened in Russia, a Russian man saw the employee behind the counter smiling. He said ''whats wrong?''

Never seen so many people crapping themselves at once

Everyone in the audience is thinking the same thing...This is insane!

this tyrant and his mafioso regime must fall

That is the saddest group of folks I've ever seen. There wasn't a smile in the house.

He's a legend in his own mind.

Whoever were the camera people in that speech- knew exactly how to shoot that to show the truth about how those people feel. From the rack focus to the framing. All of it was like a window into the true feeling.

If every single person in that crowd stood up and opposed him, this would all be over in a matter of minutes, and many Russian citizens wouldn't have to die for Putin's greed!

That one lady look like she was holding back tears

This man and his audience are INSANE.

This is what it looks like attending your own funeral

Hi, I’m from Russia, Saint-Petersburg. Here my thoughts out loud about of Russian-Ukrainian war. Today the death sentence was signed for a lot of Russian husbands and sons. Ukrainians are fighting for their lands and they will do it to their last soldier. For them, this is a holy war. And almost the whole world supports them. Hitler, too, could not stop in his madness and eventually, together with his entourage, killed millions of his own and others' people. And he ended up just shooting himself. Illiterate politics in our country first started destroying our economy and is now destroying our strong population - our sons and husbands. We, the Russian people, do not gain anything from such actions, but only continue to lose: the economy, people and face for the entire world community. A friend of mine told me the other day that his nephew had recently returned from the front, and then only because only 11 of the 75-man unit survived. Our government does what it wants, threatening the world with nuclear war, and Russian people with prison, i.e. it just keeps people in fear. Is this normal?! It's no secret that not only Russians possess nuclear weapons. The other day, the American government openly stated that in the event of the use of nuclear weapons by the Russian military, nothing will stop them. I quote from euronews: "NATO Secretary General said that Russia will not be able to win in a nuclear conflict" I am not leaving the country yet just because there is no opportunity, the situation simply does not allow it. Perhaps I will be sent to prison, some concentration camp ((( But I'm just expressing my thoughts, my protest, disagreement with everything that is happening. Larissa Boykova. 30.09.2022 Russian language Всем привет! Я из России, Санкт-Петербург. Далее мои мысли о войне России с Украиной. Сегодня был подписан смертный приговор очень многим русским мужьям и сыновьям. Украинцы бьются за свои земли и они будут это делать до последнего своего солдата. Для них - это священная война. И практически весь мир их поддерживает. Гитлер тоже не мог остановиться в своем безумии и в итоге вместе со своим окружением погубил миллионы своих и чужих людей. И все закончилось тем, что он просто застрелился. Неграмотная политика в нашей стране сначала начала уничтожать нашу экономику и теперь уничтожает наше сильное население. От таких действий мы, русские люди, ничего не выигрываем, а только продолжаем терять: экономику, людей и лицо для всего мирового сообщества. Мне знакомый на днях рассказал, что его племянник на днях вернулся с фронта, и то, только потому, что из подразделения в 75 человек выжило только 11. Наше правительство делает, что хочет, угрожая миру ядерной войной, а русским людям тюрьмой, т.е. просто держит людей в страхе. Разве это нормально?! Не секрет, что ядерным оружием обладают не только русские. На днях американское правительство открыто заявило, что в случае применения русскими военными ядерного оружия, их уже ничего не будет останавливать. Цитирую из евроновостей: "Генсек НАТО заявил, что РФ не сможет одержать победу в ядерном конфликте" Я пока не уезжаю из страны только потому, что возможности нет, просто ситуация не позволяет. Возможно меня отправят в тюрьму, какой-нибудь концлагерь((( Но я просто выражаю свои мысли, свой протест, несогласие со всем происходящим. Бойкова Лариса. 30.09.2022г.

"These people are becoming our citizens forever." Putin manages to make that sound like a threat.

I hear you

"Oh shit he's looking at us!" "Clap harder igor!!"

The translator was NOT translating putin doesnt phucking stutter

Stop using the word “Mother R-“ for that land mass and use it’s more appropriate title “Land of the Orcs”

Ain't a person in that crowd believes nothing that fool said! 😂

If everyone in that room just bum-rushed him this whole debacle could be over.

Them evacuating people in some of those areas is scary

He activated the "What did he say" "He got me twisted" response.

Putin: The people who live in those regions are becoming our citizens forever. Me: So, you're taking them hostage?

We're a long time into this and still no news company can get their hands on a competent translator?

These people look so happy, enthusiastically pleased, and totally on board!!

Noticed that but didn't bother pointing out that thier was no representation of trans or people of colour in the crowd, this news station needs to do more to end oppression of the gay community. #freeflightsfortrans Also consider subseries for people of colour in all things stolen

Peace is omnipotent. Let there be peace. please stop the killing of innocent civilians.

That is the most depressed crowd I've ever seen.

"Don't be the first person to stop applauding Comrade Stalin." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

It is illigaly, however the risk is that if war will continue the regions annexed may become 8 instead 4

We are prepared to negotiation table with caviar and vodka! Otherwise, forget it!

During this speech, Putin held a silent minute for "the fallen heroes of Russia". It lasted fifteen seconds, before he broke the silence. Says a lot about how little respect he has for the Russian people. He couldn't even fake it for that one minute.

They should be ashamed of themselves, disgusting, vile and cowardly behaviour. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦❤

you can see on the crowds faces going in there head , "Sit there and clap or we'll in up in the gulag". really sad😔

Declaring land yours that your military was forced out of seems to be pretty consistent with the refusal to accept reality. Leaders who try to undo the verdict of history often find themselves writing the next chapter in their country's demise.

"THEY WERE SITTING THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO SIT THERE" EXACTLY

I never knew you could fit that many puppets in one room.

Has anyone identified the man sitting next to the red carpet on the second row? It seems like he must be very brave.

where's snipper when you need one should been one there

I watched it on-line and it seemed more like a funeral then anything else... just look at the faces of the people....

"Immediate cease fire and return to the negotiating table" what's up Vlad? Getting you arse kicked? He is losing and he will lose.

Invading your neighbour, then calling those coming to their aid provocative. That's rich.

Interesting how @0:29 you can see how they keep the audience at least 100 feet away from Putin. Like the earlier clips where Putin's at one end of a huge table and everyone else is at the other end.

Think there could be any more space between him and the crowd he was addressing? That says more to me than anything else...

And the Oscar goes to the people of Russia!

All these people just wondered... is this person actually going to turn them into glass?

Now he wants to go to the negotiating table 😂😂😂 are u feeling some pressure now ???

There was a LONG distance between Putler and his lapdogs. I wonder what makes him so scared of his own minions?

The thing that strikes me is that of the Russian people I’ve seen denouncing their war on Ukraine, very few of them cite the suffering and murder of the Ukrainian people as one of their reasons.

Israel does the same with Palestinian land in the Golan. With the excuse of " It's our historical lands" But I guess since they are NATO friends it's okay and our presidents have to kiss thier wall. Yet Russia is being held on moral trial for doing the same thing? Hypocrisy is a beautiful thing.

what i observe is alot if old blokes sitting on their backsides knowing they eill never fight in a war

"We are calling on the Kyiv regime to PLEASE stop kicking our aszes and making us look like fools on the world stage." There, Vlad. I fixed it for you.

Even the audience seems disgusted

I see priests looking up at the ceiling thinking Lord forgive us we don't know what we do

Who are the guards dressed like Nutcrackers with exaggerated gestures at 2:45? I remember seeing them in a video of Putin walking through the halls of the Kremlin(?) years ago. They give the strangest salutes I've ever seen. I imagine they are some sort of palace guard.

His audience are as guilty as he...He's one man and without their support this would not be happening..

Such a long speech was totally unnecessary. All he had to say is "we are losing the war." Slava Ukraini!!! 🇺🇦 🇺🇲

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire

😂😂😂...the people in Crimea DEMOCRATICALLY voted in a referendum to rejoin Russia. Just like the British held a referendum to leave the EU. It's called democracy.

They are clapping out of fear of being executed if they do not clap. Deep down their hearts there is sorrow.

You can see it on the faces of all the people in the room. They're either uninterested, scared, or didn't believe him. At this stage, all these individuals know that Putin won't stop no matter what they tell him, so they'd rather just keep their heads down and not argue with him.

Nobody smiling.

Doesn't Putin look at bit stiff or sore at 2:51, when he's taking the slight step up onto the stage? Thoughts?

Just like under Stalin: amplified sounds of applause, and no one dares to be the first to stop clapping.