Why Ukraine Broke Free, But Russia & Belarus Stayed in Chains

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Why Ukraine kept democracy alive while Russia and Belarus slid into dictatorship. 👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN Why did three nations with the same Soviet past choose such different futures? In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down why democracy survived in Ukraine but collapsed in Russia and Belarus. This is not a story about “national character.” It’s a story about money, security forces, national myths, and the political deals each country made after 1991. From oil wealth that fuels autocracy to competing oligarch clans, from captured courts to volunteer networks that became an “other army” in Ukraine — this deep-dive reveals the real forces shaping Eastern Europe today. Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Democracy Failed in Russia and Belarus - but Survived in Ukraine 02:05 How Oil Kills Democracy 06:53 Empire or Europe 10:54 Vertical or Chaos 14:58 The Guns at Service 19:02 Friends or Foes 23:29 Who Owns the Square 26:59 Russia’s Last Democratic Window JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/ 👉https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/ 👉https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/ MY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES ➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://amzn.to/43PutaM ➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://amzn.to/4owy45Z ➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://amzn.to/47OXZyM MY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER ➡️ The Girl from the Labyrinth (a dark fantasy novel about a young queen, cast from her throne, who must save the man she loves after he’s accused of her murder) https://amzn.to/49FWjdd RELATED VIDEOS: ➡️ Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REALLY Think About the West: https://youtu.be/pmfmxqEmZGs&playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN ➡️War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want: https://youtu.be/0gyMho1c0ig&playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN ➡️How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive? https://youtu.be/8n2U2DD4G4U&playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN 👉Join Elvira's Think Tank for special access: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2nNqeoUOsCFo1HPITbq8VA/join or 👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary or 👉Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A #Ukraine #Russia #Belarus #Democracy #Dictatorship #SovietUnion #Putin #Lukashenko #Kyiv #Moscow #Minsk #PoliticalSystems #Authoritarianism #CivilSociety #Oligarchs #Geopolitics #EasternEurope #UkraineWar #RussianPolitics #BelarusPolitics #EUIntegration #HumanRights #Elections #Freedom #RuleOfLaw #PowerVertical #Siloviki #FSB #Protests #Euromaidan #OrangeRevolution #PoliticalReform #Corruption #StateControl #MediaFreedom #EnergyPolitics #OilAndGas #PostSoviet #Repression #ForeignPolicy #NATO #EU #UkraineVsRussia #UkraineVsBelarus #WhyUkraine #RussiaToday #BelarusToday #PoliticalAnalysis #ElviraBary