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Tiedustelueverstin arvio Venäjästä | 3.12.2018

A 2018 lecture, with subtitles available, by former Finnish intelligence colonel Martti J. Kari on Russian strategic culture. He walks through the historical layers of Russia and explains why the country behaves as it does.

Why HN readers recommended it

After the 2022 invasion, commenters spread it widely as an eye-opening explanation of Russian mindset, corruption and propaganda, though a few doubt the presenter's rigor.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
fin_topsu
Topic
russian strategic culture
Format
lecture
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
14
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • I recommend this video from a Finnish army intelligence expert & researcher to those trying to understand logic behind Russia's actions. It's in Finnish but English subtitles should be good enough. Really awakening stuff at least for me. [VIDEO]

    erddfre3423 on Hacker News · 2022-03
    In Research: ‘Ukraine war costs Russian military €20B per day’
  • I recommend this video from a Finnish army intelligence expert & researcher to those trying to understand logic behind Russia's actions. It's in Finnish but English subtitles should be good enough. Really awakening stuff at least for me. [VIDEO]

    erddfre3423 on Hacker News · 2022-03
    In The implied poor Russian Army truck maintenance practices
  • I recommend people looking to understand Russian governments mindset and tactics to take look at this video by Finnish army intelligence expert & researcher. It has decent English subtitles. Quite awakening stuff. [VIDEO]

    erddfre3423 on Hacker News · 2022-03
    In Psychological Operations

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