Posted on 01/31/2018 1:28:11 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
This is the bizarre moment a radio studio descended into chaos when two guests began fighting about Joseph Stalin.
A studio webcam caught how a physical altercation broke out while Nikolai Svanidze, 62, and Maksim Shevchenko, 51, discussed Stalin's role in World War II.
Mr Svanidze, a TV and radio presenter, said the communist leader was responsible for the terrible condition the Soviet Union was in by the end of the war.
Mr Shevchenko, a journalist, praised Stalin's leadership of the USSR. He contrasted the situation in the USSR with that of France during the same period
He said: 'By late 1941 we had 3.8 million people as prisoners of war and this is all thanks to Stalin.'
Mr Shevchenko said: 'Unlike France, the USSR did not kneel down to Germans. The Soviet Union was fighting.' The discussion then turned personal, with the pair slinging insults at one another. Mr Svanidze said: 'If you had been closer I would have punched you in the face.' Mr Shevchenko replied: 'Please, go ahead, I am here! Punch me in the face. Get up and do it.' Mr Svanidze got out of his chair and slapped him around the face before being punched twice by Mr Shevchenko. The host of the Radio Rubka show on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station can be seen desperately trying to restore calm in a video of the incident.
The video, posted on the station's YouTube channel, shows how staff had to step in to separate the pair.
The video has now received more than 300,000 views and almost 5,000 comments.
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AFAIK, Swanidze is a distant relative to Stalin.
No respect to both of them. Probably a trick to advertise a show.
Whatever it is, the vast majority of comments from the public are pro-Stalin. And vulgarly expressed.
“” “” Whatever it is, the vast majority of comments from the public are pro-Stalin. And vulgarly expressed.”” “”
None of that you have translated and posted much less at original source.
First thing you need to learn when dealing with East Europeans is to sense irony.
Also Russian attitude towards Stalin and Soviets is more like Southerners towards Dixie and Confederate figures.
All of the above doesn’t mean Southerners are craving to slavery or Russians to Stalinism.
You’re trying to “whatabout” the situation, in true Soviet fashion. The real comparison of Stalin’s Russia is not to US Confederacy, but Hitler’s Germany.
In Germany today, Hitler’s legacy is not “up for debate.” The Holocaust can’t be denied.
In Russia, Stalin’s legacy is up for debate and its considered normal and acceptable to question his atrocities.
“” “” You’re trying to “whatabout” the situation, in true Soviet fashion. The real comparison of Stalin’s Russia is not to US Confederacy, but Hitler’s Germany.
In Germany today, Hitler’s legacy is not “up for debate.” The Holocaust can’t be denied.
In Russia, Stalin’s legacy is up for debate and its considered normal and acceptable to question his atrocities.”” “”
No whataboutism and comparison between Stalin and Dixie. It is you who are engaged in comparison.
I am telling about perception.
That was partially based on fact. India demanded the formula before they would allow it in the country and Coke refused. It delayed coke’s distribution in India for some time.
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