Why Hasan Gets It Wrong On Ukraine

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lonerbox Paypal: https://paypal.me/lonerbox Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoxLoner Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lonerbox Discord: https://discord.gg/Y5hFCzPqGH Time stamps Intro - 00:00 Build up to the invasion - 02:06 Thought processes - 05:03 Part One: Who Do We Trust? - 05:58 Part Two: Is Putin Literally... - 14:30 Part Three: Ukrainian Language Laws - 23:28 Part Four: The Azov Battalion - 31:14 Part Five: Conspiracy Theory - 38:02 Conclusion: 44:00 Credits: 45:00 Hasan Reacts to How The Gravel Institute Lies To You About Ukraine by Adam Something: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMrKy7MbFW0&t=2856s Pre-referendum polling on Crimea Razumkov Centre: https://web.archive.org/web/20140317075919/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/eng/files/category_journal/NSD104_eng_2.pdf GfK: http://avaazpress.s3.amazonaws.com/558_Crimea.Referendum.Poll.GfK.pdf (It's possible this is where the 67.5% figure came from. At the bottom of page 2 there's a question on referendum voting intentions and the total in favour of secession is 70.6%. It's broken up by age and the 18-35 years group - which was 67.5% in favour - is in the first one on the table) Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (these guys have USAID on their list of clients and they often work with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems who also take funding from USAID. I'd be interested to see how far this theory goes that USAID are managing to get fake polling results out of 3 separate institutions with none of this coming to light. Sounds like a tight operation: https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=236&page=1 Gallup: https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/iri.org/2013%20October%207%20Survey%20of%20Crimean%20Public%20Opinion,%20May%2016-30,%202013.pdf Post-referendum: https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/about-us/press-room/poll-russians-see-annexation-crimea-mostly-good-despite-tradeoffs-home https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/26/most-russians-support-annexation-of-crimea-poll-a73741 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-after-russia-annexed-crimea-locals-prefer-moscow-to-kiev/?sh=592771b9510d Post-annexation https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-signs-pointed-to-crimea-independence-vote-but-polls-didnt/ https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignaffairs.com%2Farticles%2Fukraine%2F2020-04-21%2Fperil-polling-crimea https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2017/09/un-report-details-grave-human-rights-violations-russian-occupied-crimea https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/seven-years-of-illegal-occupation-of-crimea-by-the-russian-federation-uk-statement https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/14/crimea-persecution-crimean-tatars-intensifies The Killing of Reshat Ametov https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CAT/Shared%20Documents/RUS/INT_CAT_CSS_RUS_31619_E.pdf https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/UA/OHCHRThematicReportUkraineJan2014-May2016_EN.pdf https://khpg.org/en/1608810153 Ukrainian Language Law https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2019)032-e https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/25/ukraine-adopts-law-enforcing-use-of-ukrainian-in-public-life https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-parliament-language-idUSKCN1S111N https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/analysis-ukraine-bans-kremlin-linked-tv-channels/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61154066 The Azov Battalion https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/1/who-are-the-azov-regiment https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27173857 https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/1937706-right-sector-leader-yarosh-steps-down.html The Snipers The phone call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgJ0oo3OA8 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/ukraine-bugged-call-catherine-ashton-urmas-paet https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26866069 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/unsolved-maidan-massacre-casts-shadow-over-ukraine/ https://www.news24.com/News24/Russia-wants-probe-into-Kiev-sniper-cover-up-20140308 https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nato-ukraine-snipers-crimea-violations/25320458.html