https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_LMdoCuSRM
Here is someone who knows what is going on in Russia. I bet you think this is just propaganda.
No, it is one person’s opinion/experience. It is not universal.
Interestingly, one finds:
YouTube's About page states it is a United States channelSource: www.youtube.com/@1420channel
530K subscribers
563 videos
210,821,533 views
Joined Aug 14, 2019
United StatesVerified as uploaded in the United States and monetized by Goggle/YouTube --
Source: https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/1420channel"The 1420 YouTube channel has about 300,000 viewers. Of those, 40% are from North America, and about 5% are from Russia.[4] Orain established the channel in 2019 at which time he was asking people about LGBT rights in Russia and political opposition leader Alexei Navalny.[1] The channel became much more popular when he started interviewing people after the Russian invasion of Ukraine."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniil_Orain
But if you would like to buy a "1420" t-shirt or other merch, you can go to YouTube's very own 1420 channel store.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/@1420channel/store
One finds that the "merch" ships from "Spring," an Amaze Company, and at the bottom of its page, the "Impressum" and other details as links result in "The page you were looking for doesn't exist." Such as: https://spring4creators.zendesk.com/about/impressum-german
But Amaze Holdings exists, as Spring: "Spring’s service (the “Spring Service”) is located at http://spri.ng and is operated by Amaze Holding Company, LLC d/b/a Spring, with our headquarters at 342 Monmouth Street, 2nd Floor, Newport, KY 41071 USA and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Spring,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). The Spring Service provides sellers with the ability to create and sell custom merchandise, apparel, and digital products (collectively “Merchandise” or “products”) and buyers with the ability to find and purchase high-quality, unique Merchandise. " Source: https://www.spri.ng/policies/spring-terms-of-service
So much about the Ukraine-Russia war is, at its root, about money. Even the YouTube channels.