Daniil Orain (born July 2000) is a Russian journalist known for his YouTube channel "1420 by Daniil Orain" in which he interviewed random Russians on various political topics, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In typical interview sessions, he asked the same question to many pedestrians in a busy public area to create a vox populi report. As of Mai 2024 the channel is "archived" and Daniil Orain has a new channel.
Daniil Orain | |
|---|---|
| Даниил Ораин | |
| Born | July 2000 (age 23)[1] |
| Nationality | Russian |
Career edit
The name "1420" comes from Moscow Public School No. 1420, which is where Orain went to high school.[3]
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Orain shared that after asking many individuals the same question, the answers tend to repeat themselves. A common pattern regarding Russian politics is that some people support government decisions, some people oppose, and some people directly say that they do not wish to respond.[4]
In an interview with Der Standard, Orain shared that his approach to interviews is to ask simple open questions and to let people answer. "We [the pollers] do not insult anyone, including the government", Orain said.[5]
Early 2023 the 1420 YouTube channel had about 300,000 viewers. Of those, 40% were from North America, and about 5% were from Russia.[5] Orain established the channel in 2019 at which time he was asking people about LGBT rights in Russia and political opposition leader Alexei Navalny.[1] The channel became much more popular when he started interviewing people after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
One discovery in media conflict which Orain discovered is Russian versus international views on the Bucha massacre.[6] Russian interviewees routinely denied the massacre, calling it a hoax and propaganda, while people outside Russia typically accept that the massacre occurred.[6]
The last video was posted in March 2024 and the channel was renamed to "Archives of 1420 by Daniil Orain".[7] In May 2024 it became known that he is now in Georgia and new content was posted on a channel simply called "Daniil Orain".[8]
References edit
- ^ a b Johnson, Luke (19 April 2023). "One Russian Who's Trying to Let Muscovites Say What They Think". The New Republic.
- ^ "#@!!!". YouTube. Archives of 1420 by Daniil Orain. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b Montali, Stefano (19 April 2022). "I interview everyday Russians on YouTube. Viewers think we're brainwashed — I'm trying to show we're not". Business Insider.
- ^ Golinker/Maariv, Emma (28 February 2023). "What do Russians really think about Vladimir Putin?". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b Niederndorfer, Florian (20 January 2023). "Youtuber Daniil Orain macht die Stimme des anderen Russland hörbar". www.derstandard.at (in Austrian German). Der Standard.
- ^ a b Place, Nathan (13 April 2022). "Russians react to videos of Bucha atrocities: 'It's all fake'". The Independent.
- ^ "List of videos in the channel Archives of 1420 by Daniil Orain". YouTube. Archives of 1420 by Daniil Orain. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Youtube channel Daniil Orain". YouTube. Daniil Orain. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links edit
- 1420 by Daniil Orain, a video channel