Russia’s Size is Putin’s Biggest Problem

Putin’s ideology and political relationship with other countries are almost entirely determined by Russia's landscape and consequently continues to control the fate of millions of Russians to this day. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed JOIN OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/faultline Behind the Scenes Action on Instagram // https://www.instagram.com/faultlinevideos/ Follow us on Tiktok // https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Follow us on Twitter // https://twitter.com/faultlinevideos Join our Facebook Group // https://www.facebook.com/faultlinevideos/ Join our Discord & Subreddit // https://discord.gg/sck7hZQqgh https://www.reddit.com/r/faultlinetv/ Any questions you have we are always in the comments :point_down: Business enquiries // [email protected] Music from Musicbed // http://share.mscbd.fm/faultline Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Aparna Ganesan Editor/Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess Assistant Producer/Editor: Ivan Veselov Artwork: Tim Burgess of Wild Tales Illustration Story correction: At 0:21 we say “the highlighted section from Moscow to Poland's border is just over 230km”. The correct number is closer to 1,089 km. An additional editorial mistake on this graphic is the visuals on screen also showing a conversion from the wrongly stated 230km to 43 miles which was a typo mistake in editing which was meant to say 143 miles. Our maps also show Crimea as part of Russia, we want to make it clear that, the international community does not recognize Crimea as part of Russia due to its annexation from Ukraine in 2014, and the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in 2014 calling for the territorial integrity of Ukraine to be respected. We’re working hard each week to bring you interesting and factually accurate stories about how humanity is understood through geography. We’ll be working even harder to triple check out stats and figures before publication. Thanks for all your support in the launch of this channel, we’re excited to continue producing these videos for you, see you in the next one - Andy ================================= Sources 🔗 Tim Marshall | Prisoners of Geography - https://amzn.to/3ABGTFd Statista.com | The 30 largest countries in the world by total area https://bit.ly/3AdZuFI Newspapers.com | Operation Barbarossa https://bit.ly/3c4uhNn The Conversation | Deep-rooted Russian fear of the West has fuelled Putin's invasion of Ukraine https://bit.ly/3pzjNIK World Port Source https://bit.ly/3AeTHjr TheEvgenysorokin | https://bit.ly/3U89FnG The Geopolitics https://bit.ly/3A5GJnU The Guardian | Ukraine extends lease for Russia's Black Sea Fleet https://bit.ly/3AzzF4d France 24 | The Crimean port of Sevastopol, a strategic link between Russia and Syria https://bit.ly/3K8OTk0 Macro Trends | Russia Population 1950-2022 https://bit.ly/3wifPbn TRT World | Why the population decline in Russia has hit its highest in history https://bit.ly/3K5Ti7n BBC News | Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country https://bbc.in/3Kcu8nI The Guardian | Russia’s population undergoes largest ever peacetime decline, analysis shows https://bit.ly/3Clg6OG World Economic Forum | Russia is one of the world’s largest exporters of petroleum products - but what exactly are they? https://bit.ly/3dGNRj2 Business Today | Russia's oil production to decline by 17% in 2022: Report https://bit.ly/3whzND0 Pushkin |Eerie Drone Captures Moscow In Lockdown - https://bit.ly/3zwSnZA Reuters | Factbox: Asian buyers of Russian oil, gas and coal https://reut.rs/3cbY7zp Hindustan Times |15 countries with biggest defence budgets. Where does India rank? https://bit.ly/3T3SmV5 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | World military expenditure passes $2 trillion for first time https://bit.ly/3dL2BgI BBC News | Russia's cost of living soars by more than 14% https://bbc.in/3QG4l9R Politico | Russia declares gas war on EU https://politi.co/3wiCJzk TikTok | Valerisssh - https://bit.ly/3DONcGI Timothy Heleniak | Migration of the Russian Diaspora After the Breakup of the Soviet Union https://bit.ly/3dMrLfa TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - 00:49 - Does size matter? 00:49 - 01:22 - How big is Russia? 01:22 - 02:03 - The heart of Russia 02:03 - 02:44 - Russia’s geographical defence 02:44 - 03:50 - North European Plain 03:50 - 05:01 - Fall of the USSR 05:01 - 06:53 - Landlocked! 06:53 - 07:41 - The invasion of Ukraine! 07:41 - 08:13 - Russian economy 08:13 - 09:07 - Russia’s not-so arable land 09:07 - 09:54 - Population decline 09:54 - 10:51 - Black Gold 10:51 - 12:00 - Western Sanctions 12:00 - 12:16 - Putin’s response 12:16 - 13:07 - Putin’s ambitions 13:07 - 13:43 - Russian corruption 13:43 - 14:36 - Russia’s future #russia #geography #problem