CNN visits the disputed region of Abkhazia, caught between Russia and Georgia and worlds away from the Olympics in Sochi.
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@yellowyellow74767 жыл бұрын
*Reads Title "Now that's where I wanna go"
@eccIefechan10 жыл бұрын
This is exaggerated to an absolutely ridiculous extent. I was there in August and it's very far from being frozen in time or a "lost world". In summer it is EXTREMELY busy and is absolutely full of Russian tourists. The funniest thing is that when I was there in the summer, western pop music was everywhere. I can't remember hearing Miley Cyrus but I did hear plenty others. The globalised world is certainly *not* far, far away. Both hotels I stayed at had WIFI, Russian 3G networks are widely available and you will find almost all everyday commodities in the shops (from Russia). It basically operates just like a region of Russia and is barely any less connected to the outside world than Russia itself. Russian TV, radio and other advertisements are there. Gagra (where he visits in this video) is a summer resort town and YES, it will be quiet in winter, like any resort town off season. But I can assure you, it's nothing like the way it's presented in this video.
@joeb50807 жыл бұрын
Not only is the globalized world near; they're part of it. They're not exactly an isolated Amazon tribe.
@motro13014 жыл бұрын
@@joeb5080 ikr😂😂😂😂
@jacqueline16573 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling the truth
@bubba8422 жыл бұрын
What a surprise. CNN lying again.
@shotatsikhiseli62866 жыл бұрын
Afkhazeti is Georgia!
@jonoakes24696 жыл бұрын
I’m there now - it’s pretty normal here. I have everything I could need. I wish the media would stop playing games and giving false info
@The_Daily_Tomato10 жыл бұрын
Listening to Miley Cyrus and living in a grade A country or never hearing so much as a sound from her and living in a grade F country? Difficult choice indeed.
@eccIefechan10 жыл бұрын
You'll find Russian radio stations and Russian TV everywhere in Abkhazia, so the chances of hearing Miley Cyrus are quite high actually.
@The_Daily_Tomato10 жыл бұрын
eccIefechan Let's hope that ain't true ;)
@eccIefechan10 жыл бұрын
TheIcelandicPatriot I have been there. It's nothing like this video says it is. This makes it out as if it's like North Korea and has no contact with the outside world, which is absolute nonsense.
@The_Daily_Tomato10 жыл бұрын
eccIefechan Yea i thought so too. The media tends to twist the truth to make it more interesting :)
@Misteryman91110 жыл бұрын
eccIefechan Well to be honest it isn't as much developed as other countries too. Of course they try their best to keep up with modern life, but still being unrecognized by the whole civilized world is an obsticle for that. My family lived in Abkhazia before the war and I, myself am from there too, but I will never say that Abkhazia is independent. It is fully dependent on Russia: Economically, Militarily and Politically, runed by separatists controlled by Russians. I always did and will consider it as a part of Georgia, because it was like that all the time untill 1993. And we all must agree that Abkhazia will have a better future being part of Georgia as an autonomy than being unrecognized region of Russia. :)))
@lukajalo86352 жыл бұрын
1:36 mate georgia did not choose that war, georgia treated abkhazia like a pert of itself, but abkhazians decided to be teammates with russia and actually started being big fat assholes to the point where they would terrorize some cities and when the rest of georgia fought back, russia acted like the victim
@dp11049510 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS THIS PLACE!!!!!
@troydavis29984 жыл бұрын
Denisse Proaño they don’t mention that they committed genocide on the Georgians that lived there before declaring independence (god bless them Indeed)
@troydavis29983 жыл бұрын
@Nenad Tomic read a history book, the genocide following the fall of the Soviet Union was documented. Take a moment to also ask yourself who has been living in run down ghettos for over 40 years
@caralhoguy2 жыл бұрын
@@troydavis2998 nor do they mention how Georgian soldiers burnt the Abkhaz archives and other atrocities they committed
@joeb50807 жыл бұрын
Oh my. They've never heard of Miley Cyrus. Oh the tragedy.
@eccIefechan7 жыл бұрын
They have heard of Miley Cyrus. I even heard a Miley Cyrus song play when I was there in 2015.
@motro13014 жыл бұрын
@@eccIefechan like they have the internet
@eccIefechan4 жыл бұрын
@@motro1301 Actually, they do. It just connects to Russia's infrastructure, and Russian 3G/4G networks.
@motro13014 жыл бұрын
@@eccIefechan what i meant was abkhazia is not like north korea
@archtech191410 жыл бұрын
I and my family lived in Sukhumi, Abkhazia up until it was taken over by Abkhazian/Russian/Chechen military. We had to flee because I was married to Georgian by that time, but my father stayed behind. I do speak to him a lot and he says that town operates under local Abkhazian government that is governed under Russia. They do have banks and hotels, etc. Restaurants are operating and cater to mostly Russian tourists. Yes, Abkhazia is not recognized by the world, but all citizen have Abkhazian and Russian passports and can move easily in and out of a country. Russia pays out pensions to seniors in the amount of 4,500 rubles a month. Russia also gives money for a development of infrastructure (which usually end up in the pockets of local Abkhazian politicians) There are lots of foreign cars on the streets driven by once again local politicians. There is no industries in Abkhazia. Everything is brought in from Russia and sold at a higher cost. Food is not grown there which is a shame because Abkhazia was always known for local wonderful and inexpensive produce. Lives goes on in Sukhumi, but it's not the same town as it was pre-war!
@ivikosuxo6 жыл бұрын
ARCH TECH God bless your family.
@spaghettismith83435 жыл бұрын
So Russia invades but usa is bully looking for war huh ? Why are other countries looked at differently than USA but do the exact same shit!!!!!???????
@colchis.4 жыл бұрын
Abkhazia is Georgia
@justicewarrior91875 жыл бұрын
Is this really CNN?? That place is beautiful by the way
@jblasutavario95492 жыл бұрын
I was also surprised by the journalistic quality of this piece.
@reanimationeas3422 жыл бұрын
I support Georgia's territorial claim but I do agree that Abkhazia is a beautiful place
@leylakobachidze31075 жыл бұрын
Sochi sukhumi ckhinvali is georgia samegrelo abkhazia ckhinvali samachablo is georgia
@shanzelize916 жыл бұрын
Part of United Georgia!
@gamermapper3 жыл бұрын
We should unite all of the world
@jamesarthur72143 жыл бұрын
Yes will return back to United Russia🇷🇺
@MohammedAli-zh8kf3 жыл бұрын
Really how?
@caralhoguy3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesarthur7214 facts
@LegacyTO2 жыл бұрын
@@caralhoguy United Russia would be good, just Moscow... Good old days, Tatars would be free, Siberians would be free, Georgians would be Free, Caucasians would be free... Eh...
@nikolozchichveishvili80947 жыл бұрын
abkhazia is georgia!!!
@mapperdonianow82316 жыл бұрын
cant there be a way abkhazia and georgia live in peace, i mean i love georgia but i also love abkhazia, i mean their languages are not at all related, I think that instead of claiming a nation is theirs try to seek peace :)
@anrikopaliani55515 жыл бұрын
+Mapperdonia Now! the problem is abkhazians don't want peace, how can u seek peace when some Abkhazian is living in your house after the war ? ABKHAZIA IS GEORGIA! time will come when abkhazians will bleed out of their noses!
@anrikopaliani55515 жыл бұрын
we have to claim what is ours
@aflamrecab15 жыл бұрын
@@anrikopaliani5551 Keep on dreaming
@anrikopaliani55515 жыл бұрын
+Windows Sucks my dream will come true kid just wait :)
@RynaxAlien4 ай бұрын
Putin instead of wasting tax money of poor russians on war could build better railway, bicycle lane and road system to the mountains
@52hertz727 жыл бұрын
ღმერთს მარტო იმას ვთხოვ ისე არ მომკლას თქვენ დაჩოქილი არ დაგინახოთ
@user-lo6qn8pb3t4 жыл бұрын
🇬🇪💪👍🇰🇷🇺🇲👏
@lukarekhviashvili18552 жыл бұрын
@@Inlovewithmusic11 ვინც 30000 ქართველი მოკლა ეგენი უნდა დაისაჯონ
@leylakobachidze31075 жыл бұрын
Abkhazia is georgia samegrelo abkhazia ckhinvali samachablo is georgia
@frawldog3 жыл бұрын
Georgia is in 🇺🇸
@caralhoguy3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@caralhoguy3 жыл бұрын
Georgia is 🇺🇸 territory
@natiatarielashvili83732 жыл бұрын
American moment 😂🤡
@mariamkobakhidze92877 жыл бұрын
Abkhazia is Georgia !!!
@ewok32707 жыл бұрын
mariam kobakhidze no
@coroso1366 жыл бұрын
Georgia is turkey
@shanzelize916 жыл бұрын
ვაი შე სირო :დდდ
@greatkhan42485 жыл бұрын
We are close for genetically sister but I can say Abkhazia is Abkhazian people because already life is finished in cacucasia everybody doing to escape for first world countries ... Battle was done to long years ago... Much love from Constantinople
@Saba-dz9ge5 жыл бұрын
@@coroso136 tao klarjeti, lazeti mtliani mesxeti is Georgia
@reanimationeas3422 жыл бұрын
"If Miley Cyrus never happened" I wish
@God_is_Justice10 жыл бұрын
Good job CNN. Got damn Putin. When is he going to leave so Abkhazians and us Georgians can live together in peace again? Damn it!
@eccIefechan10 жыл бұрын
Good job? This paints a completely distorted picture of what it's actually like. Yes it's basically a Russian occupied territory but it's nowhere near as isolated as this video makes it out to be.
@dvchel7 жыл бұрын
It's CNN, what do you expect. Georgians destroyed the last remaining trust in 2008 with their violent invasion of the territory and that of South Ossetia. They rather want Russian protection than Georgian. Stupid Saakashvili is even being prosecuted for fraud and corruption in his own country lmao. He has also been fired of his position as governor of Odessa region. This idiot is not good enough anywhere.
@aynrand70776 жыл бұрын
You should know that veterans of the Abkhaz war even admit that the country they fought for is a Russian puppet!
@bekanaveriani11456 жыл бұрын
@@dvchel their is no any place in the world called South Ossetia. It is Samachablo and when we were in Soviet Union , goverment took people from Ossetia and let them live in Samachablo , so after that they decided to take this land and make it as part of Ossetia :) Learn history.
@envercelik87333 жыл бұрын
Meine Heimat Abchasien ❤❤💖💖👍
@colangelog094 жыл бұрын
I can tell the reporter knew that this project was irrelevant, and said to his mates "Should I throw that nonsense bit about Miley Cyrus in there?... Yeah, fuck it!"
@MessiahComing10 жыл бұрын
Papers, please.
@Mrviccietor6 жыл бұрын
Why is the voice over so dramatic. Sounds like an episode of bear grills.
@jblasutavario95492 жыл бұрын
That's British reporters for you lol
@gigachaduneli11214 жыл бұрын
first time i am jealous to abkhazia
@motro13014 жыл бұрын
Lol
@reanimationeas3422 жыл бұрын
So am I
@lukajalo86352 жыл бұрын
0:34 yeah man totally not like georgia was trying to do that but then russia offered help but actually did nothing
@fpvworld36453 жыл бұрын
CNN Abkhazia is Georgian Land,georgian Teritories, Ocupied by russia! this is not russia ,this is not country, this is georgian region! ABKHAZIA IS GEORGIA!
@asldjbaskaksjldbausyj22439 жыл бұрын
Sochi isnt Abkhazia
@marvindiassantos95683 ай бұрын
Clickbait title
@PlateletRichGel6 жыл бұрын
Who's that chick who's rocking kick's, "She's gotta be from out of town". My tummy's hurtin and I'm felling kinda homesick.
@yordanstefanov55702 жыл бұрын
To all nations, who doesn't recognised Abkhazia i want you to go to Abkhazia, look abkhazians in the eyes and tell them they are not are real nation and should be part of another country, who hates them anyway.
@zurakhasia6742 жыл бұрын
abkhazia is Georgia🇬🇪
@genaroyunda19678 ай бұрын
ABKHAZİA Was always free.Abkhazia and Circassians together.👊🏻💂🏻Georgia is nothing.Georgia was a small vassal of ours in history. They took advantage of our departure.
@sude97494 жыл бұрын
Who is abkhazian but leaving different country
@bubba8422 жыл бұрын
Really??? How do I emigrate there??
@cavid.32555 ай бұрын
Stop Separatsm !!! 🤮🤮🤮 Abkhazia is Georgia From Azerbaijan 🇬🇪❤️🇦🇿 Ghanor Joba Sakartvelo
@anxietywave87357 жыл бұрын
LONG LIVE ABKHAZIA
@MohammedAli-zh8kf3 жыл бұрын
We Kashmiri support Abkhazia independence, greeting from kotli ajk
@rare99313 жыл бұрын
they did a genocide there, do you really support them?
@MohammedAli-zh8kf3 жыл бұрын
@@rare9931 who done genocide there??
@rare99313 жыл бұрын
@@MohammedAli-zh8kf we never did genocide there. you guys did in in 2008 when mommy Russia helped you with the independence battle
@lukarekhviashvili18552 жыл бұрын
@@MohammedAli-zh8kf they killed 30000 georgians
@MohammedAli-zh8kf2 жыл бұрын
@@lukarekhviashvili1855 really 30000??? I don't support any killings, but there two side to every story.
@republicofabkhazia3774 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@user-ui6lv5to9y3 жыл бұрын
Абхазия покорила моё сердце. Народ в Абхазии доброжелательный и гостеприимный. Процветай, дорогая Абхазия, богатей и в останавливайся. Все у тебя получится! А я надеюсь ещё приеду к тебе в гости. Люблю тебя очень. 🤗💋
@svetlanikolova76734 жыл бұрын
i am moving there in a few years . i cant wait.
@georgefenrirbitadze47574 жыл бұрын
Enjoy getting robbed :)
@svetlanikolova76734 жыл бұрын
@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 who is going to rob fool? have you been there? I can put your lights out with a pencil
@georgefenrirbitadze47574 жыл бұрын
@@svetlanikolova7673 yes I've been there with my Belarus friends, we got robbed at night, so walking at night, especially if u are a girl is no option, also when so called "police" stops you, avoid giving them your ID and personal information like where u live and so on, anyway good luck in no man's land :))
@svetlanikolova76734 жыл бұрын
@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 YOU GOT ROBBED WHERE? IN THE CROWDED STREETS? WHERE WERE YOU ? were you at bars what? was it a populated place? Be more specific where you got robbed?
@georgefenrirbitadze47574 жыл бұрын
@@svetlanikolova7673 bars?? Hahahaha, I didn't see any decent bar in Abkhazia during my visit, I got robbed at around 22:00 near Sukhumi bazaar, at gulia street or something, there is stadium near aswell. That's where I got robbed, by 4 Abkhazian gentlemen, they said there was a fee for walking here and once we refused to pay they showed us knives, need any more details? Bars in Abkhazia ahahah.
@envercelik87333 жыл бұрын
Free abkhazia
@sofiyarini4 жыл бұрын
do u think covid 19 touch here
@eccIefechan4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it has.
@motro13014 жыл бұрын
They have 38 confirmed cases there. 35 have recovered
@jurtel59464 жыл бұрын
Абхазия - это Абхазия, а не часть Грузии!!!
@georgiatbilisi11563 жыл бұрын
net
@lukarekhviashvili18552 жыл бұрын
Afsua mogachri tavs
@jurtel59462 жыл бұрын
@@lukarekhviashvili1855 а можно по русски?
@lukarekhviashvili18552 жыл бұрын
@@jurtel5946 ladna.
@jurtel59462 жыл бұрын
@@lukarekhviashvili1855 спасибо
@lordsasouki10 жыл бұрын
Abkhazia is free republic and sooner or later they will get recognation
@kharzi55510 жыл бұрын
Yeah sure wait another 22 years.
@Azurasstrongestsoldier10 жыл бұрын
After 2008 Russia kicked out 65% of the population of Abkhazia ( and by doing so they kicked out 85% of Abkhazians). The real Abkhazians don't want independence they want to remain united with Georgia. In fact after 2008 Abkhazia was recognized by only 6 countries and now only 4, also, Nauru only recognized them to get money from Russia.
@lordsasouki10 жыл бұрын
Irakli Berdzenishvili 65% LOL from where you bring this number anyway Georgia lost its chance to be a leader country for north Caucasus nations because it used ths same policies of Stalien from Ethnic cleansing ,Forced displacement ,Literacy abkhazian culture.for that reasons we demanad our freedom and Independence. i belong to abkhazian race and speak abkhazian language and live in my homeland how can you Convince me that i am Georgian!!!!!!
@lordsasouki10 жыл бұрын
Shorena Kharziani ok dear we can wait another 22 years we can wait the ever himself .
@kharzi55510 жыл бұрын
Do you really believe it? If you do you are really naive. Russians will never let you free, very soon you will be part of Russia but that will not make the situation better. It gives me pain to see my beautiful Abkhazia in such a disastrous state. Yes MY Abkhazia I was born and raised there so I have just as much right to it as you do so I too have beliefs and I hope that one day it will be a great place where we will have to live side by side again.
@atamertdansment59184 жыл бұрын
Not Abkhazia, Apsny 😍🦅
@mariamo3694 жыл бұрын
Abkhazeti*
@lukarekhviashvili18552 жыл бұрын
Georgia
@user-zz1kd7zu2x5 жыл бұрын
For those who write here that Abkhazia is Georgia a little about history. Abkhazia and Georgia are different countries and different peoples. The capital of Abkhazia is the city of Sukhum. The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. Abkhazia has been known since the VI century BC, as the country of Colchis, when the Greeks (Argonauts) began to sail there for the golden fleece. The Greeks founded several settlements in Colchis and lived with the local tribes. The names of some settlements have been preserved from ancient times to our time, for example, Gumista (a settlement on the Gumista river) and Ochamchiri. The names of some settlements have changed, for example, Pitiunt (the ruins of an ancient fortress exist) are now called Pitsunda. Then these lands belonged first to the Roman Empire, then to the Byzantine Empire. At the end of the VIII century, the Abkhazian kingdom arose, in which, in addition to local tribes and Greeks, several Georgian tribes, Armenians and even Arabs lived. In the second half of the 16th century, Abkhazia was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. In Abkhazia there were many uprisings against the Turks (in 1725, 1733, 1771, 1806, etc.). In 1810, in order to get rid of Ottoman oppression, the Principality of Abkhazia became part of the Russian Empire. Georgia, for the same reason, became part of the Russian Empire in 1801. After the February Revolution of 1917, Abkhazia was conquered by Georgia, and in 1918, a peace treaty was concluded between Georgia and Abkhazia in Moscow, and Abkhazia became part of Georgia. However, in 1921, the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia was formed in Abkhazia, and in order to stop the Georgian attack in Abkhazia, Red Army troops were introduced. The USSR was formed in 1922, and Abkhazia entered it as a union republic. In 1931, Abkhazia was again annexed to Georgia. In 1990, Abkhazia again became a sovereign Abkhazian Socialist Republic. Georgia attacked Abkhazia three times to conquer Abkhazia again (in 1918, in 1992-1993, 1998 and in 2008). Now the Republic of Abkhazia is recognized as independent by Russia, which spoke in the conflict on its side, and five other UN member states. The same is now in Ukraine (Lugansk and Donetsk republics) and in Moldova (Transnistrian republic). All states, as they say in Russia, "step on the same rake", except for Russia. For example, Finland became part of the Russian Empire in 1809 with full autonomy. Finland had its own government - the Sejm. In Finland, there were two languages - Finnish and Swedish. I don’t know if Finland had its own currency or not. And in 1917, Finland seceded from the Russian Empire without war. In the nineties, all the republics of the former USSR also became independent states without war. In general, for you to know, in the 19th century the Russian Empire was a very large country. The Russian Empire included Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Russian Empire occupied a territory of 78 million square kilometers, a population of 178 million people who spoke more than 200 languages. In the Russian Empire and in the USSR there were no wars between nations.
@lekaomiadze80535 жыл бұрын
Abkhazia is a part of Georgia!
@user-zz1kd7zu2x5 жыл бұрын
@@lekaomiadze8053 Soon you will all be part of Turkey. Georgia will cease to exist
@lekaomiadze80535 жыл бұрын
@@user-zz1kd7zu2x :D u must be joking :D
@user-zz1kd7zu2x5 жыл бұрын
@@lekaomiadze8053 who knows? who knows? I hope that doesn't happen.
@georgefenrirbitadze47574 жыл бұрын
@@user-zz1kd7zu2x funny how you talk about history and have no idea what you even talking about :))) good job of copy pasting Putin's propaganda "history" just like Russians who destroy historical Georgian churches that date more than 15 centuries back in Abkhazia :)))