Russia's Strangest Holiday Tradition

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Russian holiday traditions are really a stuff of legend. Russians go all out for New Years and Christmas, and it's a memorable and joyful holiday for many. However, among many wholesome traditions like making Soviet salads, eating tangerines and so on there is one that is way more sinister. Every single New Year's eve Russians tune in into the annual Vladimir Putin new years speech. These holiday addresses by Putin have since become a meme due to how many people watch them and how every year it's basically the same. So, let's react to Putin's new years addresses throughout the years, plus discuss how this tradition came to be and why it's a perfect tool of Russian propaganda. Smash like and sub for more thx xoxo

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Timestamps
00:00 Russian holiday traditions
01:05 Putin's annual new years address
02:22 This goes all the way back to the USSR
04:10 Russians greet the new year TOGETHER WITH PUTIN
06:36 This is a very BIZARRE tradition
09:23 How this kind of propaganda works
12:12 They turned a holiday into a propaganda lesson
13:19 The ULTIMATE Putin New Years speech
15:46 If Putin's new years speech was honest
20:07 This year was hard for us (c) Putin
22:28 The real reason why this is happening
23:55 It takes time to be deprogrammed