The Russian people are probably the closest to having the same values as those of us in red state America as any elsewhere in the world.
Russia is largest Christian nation that uses its laws to protect Judeo-Christian morality. It is doing a far better job than we as whole in that regard.
“I’ve watched hours of vlogs from Russians on YouTube.”
Me too. I’m quite fond of their singing. Hospodi Pomiluj being one of my favorite Russian songs.
But in the case of the video I posted this is from Russia One, state television, and the content broadcast on that channel is inarguably broadcast with the explicit approval of the Putin regime.
Vladimir Solovyov speaks for the regime.
Now do I believe the Russian government is going to nuke anyone? No. But it is quite clear the Russian government wants to scare people.
But just in case some overly zealous patriot at the Gremikha naval base’s 153rd Special Purpose Detachment decides to fire off the nuclear missiles they say they don’t have then it’s good for NATO to be ready to respond in kind.