Why Russia Always Wants to Control Georgia

[@theawesomeman9821]

When I was in Middle School, my teacher offered extra credit to whoever could name a country starting with the letter "G". I had watched the news the night before about Russia invading a country called Georgia so I named Georgia as my answer for my extra credit attempt. My teacher thought I was talking about an American state that happened to also have the name Georgia. She told me, "just because they talk with an accent doesn't mean they are a different country." I did not get credit.

[@josephg.3370]

Teachers don't usually know as much as they think they do.

[@DerToasti]

that might prevent the US from getting too involved because they might accidentally bomb their own state.

[@Apbricksquadcuh]

@@josephg.3370 now now let’s not get frisky

[@Apbricksquadcuh]

@@josephg.3370you didn’t know how to spell. So calm down kid.

[@josephg.3370]

@@Apbricksquadcuh I fixed my big finger typos. That doesn't change the truth of what I said. Truth is objective and is not contingent on the KZbin software accepting my attempted corrections before posting.

[@joshuahillerup4290]

I don't suppose this bill means that the Georgian Dream party will have to register as a foreign agent?

[@imahuman1996]

Maybe the French president of Georgia will need to go home

[@eel845]

@@imahuman1996 such a dumb an cynical thing to say

[@jaylinn416]

The Dream Party was elected by Georgian people, not by the CIA!

[@johnsch1988]

​@@eel845Soros and Macron's dogs must go

[@iraklikotiashvili1776]

It applies to everyone else, but the Georgian government. Conveniently :)

[@PetroGameplay]

I was in Georgia back in March. At some of the restaurants in the country, the receipts have a "fun fact" letter that says "Russia controls 20% of Georgia's territory".

[@alexandernico8930]

I hope Georgias borders are restored! Love from 🇵🇱 to Georgians 🇬🇪

[@Sp4nX383]

@@alexandernico8930 because: 1) Abkazia is unoffical russian territory and they can't win a war against russia. 2) It's not only Abkhazia and SouthOssetia that is occupied by Russia its also their own Goverment. Goverment controles the army which means they won't take it back.

[@nicolasheredia956]

​@@Sp4nX383 Besides, an armed resolution would likely end in ethnic violence/cleansing, and many both in the UN and the West wouldn't look at that with good eyes; and with its proximity to Russia, Georgia NEEDS to be seen with good eyes if they want diplomatic/military support

[@chrisalex82]

​@@alexandernico8930 there is also à big population différence between arzebajan (13M ish) and armenia (3M) its not faire at all

[@jirislavicek9954]

​@@alexandernico8930Azerbaijan has huge hydrocarbon reserves and can afford to buy modern weapons. Georgia is quite poot and can't do it.

[@lonelywanderer2467]

Just the day this video was uploaded a Chinese company has been officially approved as a sole investor of the Anaklia port project.

[@cleeiii357]

F

[@robertabugelis3962]

Interesting

[@Whiterioot]

Very interesting and not good for the Russians at all. It most certainly will be built now and Russia wont be able to do anything about it. Invading to stop it would piss off the Chinese even more and as of today, Russia is basicly a puppet of China. Russia needs China alot more than the other way araound. I think that China right now is just trying to build up as much leverage as possible against both West but mostly against Russia for the future. There are so many underlying conflicts brewing in the background between China and Russia.

[@NickAndriadze]

The Chinese have a long history in genuinely helping build up infrastructure in Georgia so I agree with this decision. The grandiose Rikoti automagistral project is mostly done by them too, it would've otherwise taken decades to complete, but it's nearing completion.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

They want multiple ways for their products to reach Europe.

[@aspenin]

“NGOs and media are under foreign influence” - the government under foreign influence 😂

[@navinvent]

@@castorcarvi It is not asking them to declare sources, but label themselves as foreign government funded. It didnt say 20% from foreign government, but foreign sources. Like if someone in georgia makes a video and it goes viral on youtube, that doesnt make them foreign funded, even if youtube is american. It is a terrible law, and im sure you would be unhappy if everytiktoker has to label themselves as funded by the chinese government.

[@baritonechannel2464]

@@castorcarvi because we(im georgian) don't trust government. talks that our government is pro russian is not new and we see what happened to Russia with this law(small adjustment after small adjustment and now people who "pursuing the interest of foreign power" can't do anything) they ALREADY did adjustments, at first this law was not suppose to affect individual persons, only NGOs but now it affects them too. TLDR the law would be good IF government was good but its not.

[@imahuman1996]

@@castorcarvi The US and most western countries have this law. Other foreign lobbying groups in the US have to register as foreign entities including Taiwan, Venezuelan opposition party, South Korea and other countries which control the congress. AIPAC is in a unique position where most the donors listed are Americans (who probably get their money from Israel). But AIPAC is so powerful that anyone who criticises the way they operate gets ousted.

[@Rosskles]

​@@castorcarvi Look how it's been used in Russia. The ruling party has carteblanche to be prejudice towards companies who have International investment. It's just an authoritarian form of control that stifles economic growth.

[@johnmurdoch8534]

Nice gymnastics

[@GamePlayer553]

If I had a dollar every time a Western-leaning country on Russia's border had two seperate Russian-back seperatist states appear shortly before a Russian invasion, I'd have 2 dollars. Which isn't a lot, but we really should have seen it coming after the first dollar

[@joythought]

2 in Georgia, 2 in Ukraine in 2014, 1 in Moldova. That's 5 right there. We can find more groups of Russian speakers around the world to allow Russia to rescue and extend its borders. It has been doing this for 500 years so it has practiced...

[@attilamarics3374]

The problem here is the western meddeling that somehow always there. I still remember the Georgian president realizing on video that the US wont support him anymore. HE started eatign his tie.

[@StormLord-AOS]

lol

[@atticusthegamingllama8302]

​@@attilamarics3374 Maybe Russia should stop meddling in its former colonies affairs and join the rest of the world in reality and civility

[@scifino1]

@@joythought > We can find more groups of Russian speakers around the world to allow Russia to rescue and extend its borders Examples in Europe would be Latvia and Estonia.

[@Shadowfeather-sb4vc]

as a Georgian, Apolitical nature of population is the scariest thing ever to happen to country. 2 things that happened in Georgia during protests: 1) MFA operators would use foreign numbers to call people who took part in protests and start swearing at them threatning to rape their parents and asking why are they taking action in anti-govermental protests. 2) MFA created Database which as they say: will contain data about people who support "war" in country. (According to govermnet you support war if you are not Apolitical)

[@KINGUCXO]

Aphxazians are related circassians?😂 Please don’t ever try educational content about Georgian ethnical groups,this videos provokes our political sovereignty and causing a lot of gap between us. Apkhazians are Georgian native ethnical group,not Apsuas,they aren’t not even close with our homeland,Apsuas with Russians has occupied our territory. Long Live Georgia 🇬🇪

[@thenps9816]

♥️🫡

[@clashtv3631]

❤❤

[@ცარიელი]

Ucxo is everywhere ucxo, გენაცვალე!

[@schuylerweaver1876]

I mean, linguistically the language is related to "Circassian" languages. It does not matter if it offends your political sensibilities, these are just linguistic and anthropological observations.

[@amunia2431]

+

[@corymorimacori1059]

“You’re from Georgia, sweet Georgia as the history books unfold ya!” Rasputin

[@bub6010]

W reference

[@Zona984]

ERB of history lol (i edited) wrong YTer lel

[@MustraOrdo]

@@Zona984 More like ERB of History

[@arutka2000]

"As a messed up motherfucker bent in the mind"

[@Mercilessonion]

nice

[@PonderosaPine98]

Just wanted to say that while Saakashvili did lose the 2012 presidential election, he did not lose to Ivanishvili. Giorgi Margvelashvili won the Georgian presidential election and remained president until 2018 as an independent--though as a part of the Georgian Dream coalition--but slowly became more critical of the Georgian Dream's consolidation of power and ultimately did not seek re-election. Ivanishvili became the Prime Minister of Georgia in 2012, not president. Doesn't change the fact that the Georgian Dream party controls, but there is a slight error in elected positions here.

[@gremlinton9815]

Vaime giorgis arseboba saertod damaviwyda. Imena nothingburger presidenti

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

America has the exact same bill. Russia took the law word for word from the American law😂😂😂 Its easy to fool u types. You all want to be brainwashed

[@leandersearle5094]

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Certain Americans are easy to fool, this is an obvious move towards neutrality. Which the US deep state was salty about enough in Ukraine to kick off the current fiasco there.

[@DiegoRenault]

Well at least it wasn't Dzhugashvili that won.😏

[@faj2600]

​@@gremlinton9815 marto bolos amoigo xma maqamde dumilshi iyo

[@CivilPioneer]

As a Georgian this is calming…

[@tripanzo]

Must be f***** being neighbor to Russia… Having to be scared of war like it’s the middle ages. How some countries like India can justify this behavior insane to me.

[@PiyanistMC]

As a Turkish, this isn't calming at all!

[@tripanzo]

Having Russia as a neighbor must feel scary. Always a chance of getting into a war like it’s the middle ages. How people justify their behavior is insane to me

[@Pekka.Pekka.1296]

What? That Mother Russia plans to “defend” you?

[@wingy200]

As an Iowan, ... Hi!

[@LindalaAKARose]

Hi! A Latvian here. I distinctly remember the 2008 Russian invasion in Georgia - and how fast it was all over. And how only countries that had firsthand experience with Russia's aggression and never dying imperialism were in a loud uproar about it. And I distinctly remember, just having walked out of my parents apartment, heading to the public transport stop, in school, 15 years of age, and thinking - oh. Oh what is my family gonna do when/if Russia invades Latvia again? Oh we would have to get all of our grandparents. Oh good thing my mom's grandparents have a car, and my dad's car is so big. Oh, but maybe we should also pick up some of my friends too. You know. Normal thoughts to have as a fifteen year old. This is why there is this unbridgable gap between most people in the world and the people that have grown up in the old and ongoing, wealthy and always safe empires. If you know how it is, to be afraid of your country's sovereignty, than you know. If you have never felt that fear... you have no idea.

[@impieux]

So you got scared as a kid and call this unbridgable gap? Plenty sure kids think about stuff which may or not be normal all the time dude

[@Otawee]

​@@impieux are you a fucking moron? Growing up in the fear of very realistic war that could end your country is a normal thing to have as a kid? As a Georgian I relate to this comment so much and how people from America or other countries without war on their land just can't comprehend the terror

[@geeljire9247]

Why would you think this when Latvia was a NATO member since 2004? Russia isn't going to invade such a strong alliance.

[@Islefan]

About that...​@@geeljire9247

[@ToCoSo]

Great insight thanks for your honesty, we know nothing of fear.

[@brightBoss]

@Gattsu needs to watch this

[@fakepng1]

Real

[@raymondleung6522]

Looking for this comment

[@highbread817]

​@@raymondleung6522I came here just to comment Gattsu

[@ammarabu-qalbain616]

Hes a cuck for the EU and NATO. I used to enjoy watching his videos but the guy is just pathetic now

[@Pilvenuga]

this felt like they took quite a few pages from what Gattsu has said

[@ZukaNikolozBukhrashvili]

"According to the last census conducted in Soviet Georgia in 1989, the population of Abkhazia totaled about 525,000 people. As for the ethnic composition, the largest groups were Georgians (239,872 people - 45.7% of the population), Abkhazians (93,267 people - 17.7%), Armenians (76,541 people - 14.6%) and Russians (74,913 people - 14.3%)" The ethic map in 8th minute is kinda misleading. You mention the correct numbers shortly after though. Nice video overall.

[@Maxhartmann2024]

Russia is an extremely strong and influential country so it can annex lands if they want. Otherwise what you gonna do, to fight a huge nuclear superpower?

[@Ademaisteri]

@@Maxhartmann2024 There would not be independent Finland if you'd never fight against overpowered enemy. But let us hope we don't have to fight again. Hello from Finland! We are glad to have friends within EU and NATO!

[@Maxhartmann2024]

@@Ademaisteri the only reason why Soviets didn’t invade Finland once again (after 1945) is a special treaty which was pretty beneficial for Kremlin. It doesn’t mean that USSR wasn’t able to, despite the disastrous loses during winter war. Glad that you guys have allies, though Russia has no more interests in Finland.

[@ZukaNikolozBukhrashvili]

@@Maxhartmann2024 ​what we're gonna do...? I don't know, but I can say that there are options and accepting to live in Mordor isn't one of them.

[@richardmeyeroff7397]

@@Maxhartmann2024 Call Russia's bluff as they can't afford a nuclear war.

[@rvdzst]

As a peanut farmer from Georgia I am deeply concerned....

[@raultalmon1467]

the vultures are on you´r air

[@utkur765]

Did Russia invade Georgia twice in the last 30 years as this video states?

[@peadarocleirigh1896]

As a habitual Snickers consumer; should I also be concerned? Is it advisable to stock up before any shortages kick in?

[@DodgerX]

Yes, just google it man. ​@@utkur765

[@dansicklesmissingleg1841]

Protect the peaches!!!

[@JesseWagnerMusic]

The way this man pronounces Belarus is downright jarring every time

[@gerardvanwilgen9917]

The only correct pronunciation of "Belarus" is "White Russia" ;-)

[@RandOm-hr5jn]

@@gerardvanwilgen9917 White Rus*, Russia is some kind of inbred remnant of Rus colonists deeper north

[@victoriaeads6126]

Yeah, that Bill O'Russ guy shows up a lot in these videos 🤔

[@sabagamer2222]

You should have heard how he pronounced our last presidents name😭

[@maniac1239]

Your inability to make a video this in depth is downright jarring. Stop nit-picking.

[@sonsprinter]

The song used in this video is "Blue Lantern" - Yi Nantiro in case anyone was interested. Not sure why he didn't credit it.

[@michaelderose3551]

Thanks, and what is the name of the song used in his video about Poland?

[@danskrr]

@@michaelderose3551Darude - “Sandstorm”

[@Reshiram32Zekrom23]

Don't care, didn't ask.

[@MontgomeryGator-q1z]

​@@Reshiram32Zekrom23 Aint no one care about your opinon lil boy😊

[@Reshiram32Zekrom23]

@@MontgomeryGator-q1z don't care. Didn't ask

[@Davethehedgehog]

Have to say, I kinda think it’s a good idea that media organizations have to publish their funding, for all sides

[@NuMaaaaaa1]

It's not about publishing it's about suppressing them. If it was about publishing nobody would have any problems. If you want more info look for attacks on opposition already taking place. Masked things used

[@tryhardidiot5748]

I know right really question Russia and west intention aren’t pure and lair want just control. How does open media threat western value simple money. I truly believe Address climate change majority modern geopolitics tension or warfare. Also fuck up moment west and Russia doing “peacekeeper” through violence is most dystopian shit I ever heard.

[@libraryofpangea7018]

In theory yes, the problem is the reality of how that bill is designed and how it can be used to suppres information. All you have to do is go look at the Russian law it was cloned from.

[@tryhardidiot5748]

@@libraryofpangea7018 true

[@Davethehedgehog]

@@libraryofpangea7018 could be. All I’m thinking is it would be a really nice thing to know when you ready news as to who funded the paper that wrote it. Or the journalists. Maybe if it were all I. The open people could judge better what the bias is

[@dylan-wq7ql]

This guy is the reason why I love geography.

[@davidsleith7222]

it's a decent video but dewd, get a life.

[@davidsleith7222]

this is geopolitics, not geography. does your parents know your skipping classes.

[@LD-vn3zu]

@Davidsleith7222. Do your parents know that you’re missing spelling and grammar class? (What exactly was so triggering about OP’s post?)

[@kaizenyasou6963]

Geopolitics not geography

[@Ayhunt7]

u mean geopolitics?

[@Isus666999]

Russia has shown that the CSTO ia just there so that other countries help Russia not the other way round. Once Azerbaijan invaded parts of Armenia, Armenia tried to acrivate article 6 (mutual protection), Russia refused.

[@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120]

so Armenia itself recognized that it occupied territories from Azerbaijan when it joined the CSTO. In your opinion, we should fight with our ally for territories that even the occupier recognized as occupied

[@RS_N5]

@@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120 In 2021 and 2022, Azerbaijan invaded Armenia's sovereign territory, bombed Armenian cities, and occupied approximately 250 square kilometers of territory (which it still holds). Russia did nothing.

[@shezviolet]

Why Armenia didn't find then? Did it want Russia to protect it from another Russia's ally? Also, why did Pashinyan recognise Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan territories?

[@rebeli-argum]

No they didn't. Armenian prime minister said himself that they didn't ask for protection

[@RS_N5]

@@rebeli-argum He said the opposite

[@my_account.]

Sakartvelo mentioned 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@გიორგი-უ4ყ]

არ ვიცი კარგია თუ არა რომ იმ ვიდეოში გვახსენეს

[@Georgian_guy-1]

YESSS!!!!🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@VojvodaSloboda]

@@გიორგი-უ4ყ its always a good thing when corruption is exposed

[@dmytrodeordiiev5953]

Gamarjoba! I'm from Ukraine and I'm wondering If you really prefer when your country's called Sakartvelo instead of Georgia? I heard it from ukrainians, but I don't have any friends from Georgia to confirm it. I would love to know more about it

[@davidgeo511]

♥️🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@PapaOystein]

I am missing the Turkish perspective. Turkey today is an ambitious geopolitical player and a formidable rival to Russia in the Black Sea and the Middle East. AND Turkey shares Georgia's interests in a save oil and gas corridor, and also would very much prefer Russia tonot control the Turkish-Georgian border. Turkey in 2008 is probably a lot more assertive of its political, military and economic weight than it was in 2008. So how would (might) Turkey react to yet another Russian incursion into - and effective strategic control of - Georgia?

[@ЕвгенийХромов-б2и]

No way. Russia will remind Turkey where its place is. Turkey exists as long as it is beneficial to Russia.

[@hipotalamus]

​@@ЕвгенийХромов-б2иlooks like a kremlebot comment

[@meteorknight999]

Turkey will do what it did to ukrn sell supply weapons, turkey has own southern border to worry for 2 explosive states

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Russia will support Armenia and Iran

[@eazyeternal]

@@ЕвгенийХромов-б2иlike they reminded turkey in karabakh 2020 where theyre place is? U overestimate russia and underestimate turkey

[@WTFisDrifting]

Honestly that media law should be a law everywhere. If people only knew how much foreign money influences their political lives

[@PodyPearPearl]

Trump wouldn't be elected if that were the case. All his funding comes from Russia. He's just Putin's dog.

[@leight420]

@@PodyPearPearl😂😂

[@chacalacalacaxd6538]

Hello friend, glad you got a new mic

[@monichaki3116]

only putin can predict reallifelore's timing

[@davidsleith7222]

putin is a baw bag.

[@JmKrokY]

🗿

[@porkerpete7722]

Russian mouthpiece?????????

[@OnTheThirdDay]

@@porkerpete7722 He usually is against Russia based on my viewing. I don't know that that counts as a mouthpiece unless they mean to undermine themselves.

[@guramika1]

A chinese company just won the bid to build the port in Anaklia

[@LukeTEvans]

and what about ken tucky?

[@Jart988]

watch out for those debt-traps

[@helloworld7818]

so? look at how chinese treat africans.

[@saint2867]

@@Jart988 Like the International Monetary Fund?

[@capncake8837]

@@saint2867 The IMF doing shady things like that doesn’t magically make it good when China also does it.

[@loserstuff4346]

the title isn't helping our constant anxiety at all ;)))

[@redscorpio81]

The “Soviet Government” that incorporated Abkhazia and S Ossetia into Georgia was in fact one man - Joseph Stalin, himself a Georgian from Gori. Stalin did this in other Soviet republics as well in order to dilute the ethnic majority and prevent separatist movements from emerging. S Ossetians and Georgians didn’t just “start fighting” in 2008. Saakashvilli ordered troops to forcibly seize the territory and launched a surprise attack, killing several Russian peacekeepers (there with a UN mandate) in the process. These are just a few of the small details that were omitted here, but such omissions matter. The most salient one is the fact that the Georgian law in question is modeled on a similar U.S. law that has been on the books for decades.

[@temog3804]

That is of course AFTER two Georgian peacekeepers were killed by the EID and repeated shellings of Geo villages and the head of peacekeeping mission kulakhmetov, who was BTW russian declaring that he lost control over situation on the ground. Yes, ommissions do matter

[@ionatsintsadze4052]

And "Russian law" has nothing to do with FARA.

[@9_9876]

Nice. Will was see a video on Moldova too? There's a lot to talk about. Unionism with Romania, Transnistria and how it is in the weakest bargaining position ever, Kremlin destabilising measures, Gagauzia. I think there's a lot to talk about.

[@FairyCRat]

I don't know why, but for some reason all of the unionist parties in Romania are on the right. As a left-wing European, I see it as quite a shame.

[@mancno1]

He's defo done one, might be nebula exclusive

[@Prushinthespirit]

Was Moldova recently banning all of its TV channels which used to feature the opposing party, also Kremlin's doing? 😂 Nah, Moldova perfectly handles destabilisation on its own.

[@mircea2163]

⁠@@FairyCRatwhy? Because the left parties în România are pro Russia. The biggest left party (PSD) passed a same law regarding ONG’s!

[@mircea2163]

@@FairyCRatleft wing Europa is not the same as left wing Eastern Europe! They don’t care about pronouns, their agenda is Russia!

[@MrSunsfan00]

I don’t understand why the police are so complicit in these scenarios… is everyone in law enforcement automatically sympathetic to authoritarian rule and anti democracy? Or is the population not as against these policies as reported?

[@bruhbean2659]

If they don't work they can't feed their kids, Georgia is still quite poor

[@Max_Jacoby]

Because police is educated on how americans install their puppets in governments around the world. Democracy is the easiest regime to infiltrate.

[@deawinter]

The first bit. Cops exist to enforce the rules which are set by the authorities and they’re paid by the authorities. Cops have your best interest at heart only insofar as those authorities do. So in most places and circumstances, they don’t.

[@P00009]

For the last 30Y, so called civilized democracies killed millions of people and destroyed several regions. Stop believing that West is balanced and responsive system. As of now, West is controlled by deep state of neocons who ready to destroy entire world for own benefits.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Cops are thugs who will brutalize the citizenry if not kept rigidly in check. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[@Craizey1]

I like reading history about wars, I do not want to become a part of one.

[@thegooddinggleberry]

Wars have always been bad, we really shouldn't glorify mass death in state(eltes or rich ppl) land acquisition. 😅

[@iviko9924]

For the people that are arguing that i.e. the US has a similar law. there are major key differences: 1. FARA deals with lobbying, lobbying is illegal in Georgia 2. FARA requires companies to register on the basis of activity and political involvement, also some types (educational, free media) are not required to register. The Georgian law requires any ngo to register just on the basis of funding, when more than 20% of their funding comes from a foreign source, regardless of intent, activity, or any type of political involvement and labels them as "conductors of foreign influence". this term can be used in a very negative way as propaganda against, i.e. western organizations that are overlooking the legitimacy of our elections, a job with which we don't trust our own government. 3. The Georgian law on transparency gives the active government, legal incentive to spy on ngos that dont even fit the criteria of the law. For example, lets say an organization recieves funding 50% locally and 50% from another country (which do not fit the criteria of the transparency law, which states that more than 20% of funding should come from foreign source), the government, on the basis of mere suspicion that they fit the criteria but did not register willingly (we know how this goes), can spy, disrupt work, extract personal information from people associated with said organization, which may not even be influenced by foreign powers and just be critical of the active government. in summary, this is a tool to be used against oppositional rhetoric and media. and the important part here is that, we know generally governments do spy on the population but it isn't legally supported and cant be used against them in court. however, in this instance, since there is a law that gives the legal incentive, all kinds of information that is obtained in said way could be used against you, which is just atrocious in every way. 4. The US has (atlest in comparison) an independent and just judicial system, with which you are able to prove your truth in the case of being wrongly labeled as a foreign agent. In georgia however, historically and presently, we deal with heavily corrupt courts, and the supreme prosecutor is appointed, solely by the active political party, without any resistance as they hold the majority of the seats in the parliament. so such a law which in the hands of the government, holds such damaging capabilities against free speech and democracy, against the Georgian people, should in no way be active in the country, until said fundamental systemic problems are resolved, which have been eating away at us for the last 3 decades. these are only some of the reasons, there is much more, especially in the context of our country and froeign relations, hopefully i shed the light on the situation.

[@OnTheThirdDay]

Great explanation. Thanks. I would like it if all sources declared where their funding comes from, independent of reason. Like Nutrition Facts and Ingredients lists on food. The other things you mentioned are not so good.

[@vitapavacllp999]

Well they can spy as well on prorussian or prochina organizzation...Is It not good tò know Who are beyond...?

[@Rubinrus]

American law also requires you to inform about what you're doing, what's your relationship with X country and yadayadayada if you're a foreign agent on your own. "Checking" if it's the truth by a secret service is a given. The point is that this doesn't have any anti-journalism mechanism other than saying that media X is sponsored by country Y (the implication comes from the fact that you de-facto have to treat any Georgian youtube channel as a foreign agent since the money comes from YT, an american entity). Obviously there's also a problem that there's a lot of Russian money in Georgia and that wouldn't count as foreign funding, giving any pro-russian sentiment an unfair advantage. However, this "Russian law" is not nearly as bad as actual Russian law on foreign agents which proved multiple times that once you're labeled as a foreign agent - you're on a timer.

[@stopcyberbullying2138]

Finally someone that explains in tired of them arguing

[@TheInternationalBlackLipPlate]

funny the jewish AIPAC doesn't have to... altough JFK tried and was assassinated.

[@IraclisPapadopoulos]

thanks for this video that at lest give some light about why me and so many other families leave Abkhazia to save their lives and lost all of their homes and belongings when the Abkhazia/Georgia war started, At 1990 i was 4 year's old and one day i was playing on the balcony then i see and hear a helicopters and soldiers with tanks comming and start the killings, So after 1 hour my mother just take me and a backpack and little money that se manage to find at lest for the food for the journey to greece, I dont even know how she managed all that i only know and remmember that we run at night and was hiding in forests and brushes and we was 2 or 3 days in a small boat-ship with many more peole and earplanes bombing and shouting at us with bad sea and stormy night, I never see again my father, He was at work the day my mother take me and we run he say to my mom you take the kid and go gracce to some family we have ther and i will try come later, Il will find you, many years later when i was 15 my mother tell me that he was killed one week latter, I dont know about russia or georgia i only know that all my life change before even started we lost every thing from this war, money home car papers belongings people we love my very first friends from pre school and neighborhood every thing, And many they're lives people that don't do anything to no one that don't want war but a good life and peaceful one, Am almost 40 years old now and i still have not manage even to visit Abkhazia after all that year's, I really hate them all.

[@Kalasha0123]

I hope you will manage to go back once... We will take that land back!

[@Gigi-yp4yt]

daim chill

[@IraclisPapadopoulos]

@@Gigi-yp4yt This is me being chill..

[@Gigi-yp4yt]

@@IraclisPapadopoulos you writed so many words😭

[@IraclisPapadopoulos]

@@Kalasha0123 Thanks you brother, and for understanding...

[@randomdude4255]

Me Georgian reading the title of the video 💀

[@johncrocker4209]

Hey, I'm against censorship but I'm still confused about something. Is it easy to get info about who's funding NGOs, companies and politicians there? Because it isn't easy here.

[@jakefromstatefarm6282]

As a Canadian, I was like wtf then I saw the thumbnail and was like ohh.

[@GiorgiVardi]

​@@johncrocker4209 For the public, it's so-so. Large NGOs usually declare their sources of funding on their websites. However, for the government, it's 100% clear, as such entities are legally obliged to share their full financial statements annually with tax authorities. The Foreign Agent Law (renamed as the Foreign Transparency Law) is primarily to label individuals working in such fields as agents. More importantly, it gives the government the authority to forcibly shut down their activities for six months based on an anonymous tip under the name of investigation. Additionally, if NGOs have any databases of citizens, these become accessible to the government and can potentially be misused. The second law, which wasn't mentioned in the video, is the Offshore Law. This law significantly reduces transfer taxes and eases inspections on funds from offshore accounts. It is intended to benefit Ivanishvili and other Russian oligarchs who are under sanctions, facilitating money laundering activities here.

[@revolter7094]

How about not be anti-Russian and living in peace with Russia, is that too hard to do? It seems to be, as you obviously didn't learn from the Ukraine example with waving the Ukrainian flag.

[@imperfectcell7081]

Lucky you.

[@victoriaeads6126]

I was wondering when this would come up. This is the issue that the global West seems to have forgotten.

[@ShabazzTBL]

Yeah I didn’t know any of this was happening until the protests broke out. I was under the assumption that Georgias government would be supportive of Ukraine for obvious reasons. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@bobsayshello7112]

​@@ShabazzTBL the people are so thats atleast good

[@lazarmarkovic30]

No, the West is forcing it again!

[@IkeFromCN]

It won't, at least in Western media. Georgian was being used and abandoned by NATO in 2008, now some native Georgian still believe they can join EU someday, It will never happen.

[@bobsayshello7112]

@@IkeFromCN they want to join nato to be safe from Russia. They've been trying that for hundreds of years and they know that eu doesnt care THAT much but we're desperate here. If only we were neighbors with another freaking normal country who doesn't have a tyrant hell bent on invading lands.

[@ZiggyZeee]

Your work is so detailed.. For some reason after hundreds of hours watched, I felt like letting you know, Its impressive af

[@mkontent]

This particular one is poorly researched and heavily biased.

[@gr6373]

​@@mkontentBiased in whoms favor?

[@Harut4]

idk man, I always thought the same until he made a video about a topic I know a lot about, that's when I saw how many details were missing and just misrepresented. makes me wonder about the rest of the topics I don't know a lot about.

[@ZiggyZeee]

@@Harut4 I would say, as long as the details he is sharing are accurate, I’m on board with not every detail being shared. I can’t Imagine how difficult it is as a job to research and regurgitate accurately, for the sake of presenting sometimes extremely complex situations in laymen’s terms. If what you’re saying is that he isn’t presenting accurate facts, that’s a whole different thing.

[@Harut4]

@@ZiggyZeee I can only speak on the video that he made about the topic I know a lot about, the omitted facts created a very different narrative than reality.

[@draroking]

Because of the BIG SCARY RED ARROWS that's why

[@megaponful]

BEEEG RED SCARY ARROWS

[@jackMeought-fr8vl]

Kinda weird that a bill to show foreign influence in media would be called "the Russian bill". Won't that affect Russia too? Seems like it'll only affect the people who control the media

[@21nickik]

Selective enforcement. Of course it would effect the party in power, but of course people allied with that party will just ignore the law and not face consequences. It also serves as a tool to simply get insight into everybody finances. Oh you do something and you don't want to tell use all your internal information. Must be foreign terrorists then.

[@nicolaim4275]

It will affect those that go against the government. 'Media' includes posting comments on KZbin and any newspaper or tv-station that isn't already controlled by government would have to be very concerned about who they got their advertisements from.

[@ravanpee1325]

Also the US has exactly the same law e.g. Tiktok and China

[@geffeniz]

excellent work as usual...no other channel made me understand the importance of maps, the terrain is the story

[@user-sq3kx2nh3e]

Thanks for your consistently great work RLL! I have a question that might be quite silly, but every video you mention the geopolitical importance of a country. Is there a single country in the world that isn't important geopolitically? Or at least any country that has a low importance in today's climate?

[@ForageGardener]

You're giving money to a propaganda channel that gets millions from the US government 😂

[@DatoMikeladze-h9s]

African

[@Clock_Man_2763]

As a Georgian, I am happy that you’ve made a video about my country, საქართველოს გაუმარჯოს ;)

[@RussianOccupier190]

Long live Georgia as a part of Russia.

[@Clock_Man_2763]

@@RussianOccupier190 Long live Georgia, as an independent country 🇬🇪🤘

[@RussianOccupier190]

@@Clock_Man_2763 nope as a part of Russia🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@Clock_Man_2763]

@@RussianOccupier190 Nope, as a free and an independent country, Georgia has been here for far longer than Russia, Georgia has an unique language and an unique alphabet as well 🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@nino_rota]

@@RussianOccupier190 long live Russia as a part of great China

[@biffbrude675]

I think you hit all the talking points. Bravo 👏

[@letubwithme]

Amazing video. Very informative. Thanks

[@anno41]

Bedankt

[@lohguowei7559]

Nice and informative video! Keep it up

[@algot34]

The music in the background is distracting

[@ExoCryptic-Exo]

Thank you for your content. I love how you try to stay unbiased as possible and bring the facts. I preach others to watch your informative videos. Thank you for bringing change through transparent information.

[@goldbullet50]

Transparent information? In what way? He doesn't even list his sources... That's the opposite of transparency. The only thing he is transparent about is his sponsors that he has no problem advertising as much as possible.

[@ExoCryptic-Exo]

@@goldbullet50 hey look your comment is helping boost his content too! Thanks for helping spread transparent information goldbullet!

[@goldbullet50]

@@ExoCryptic-Exo Just say it: You don't care how transparent any of this entertainment is. Just video essays that anyone could make. Just monetized entertainment with no educational or academic weight.

[@ExoCryptic-Exo]

@@goldbullet50 im glad you help promote educational content my friend

[@HoBoeBpeM9l]

​@@ExoCryptic-Exo You should see a doctor. Problems with thinking are not a joke

[@Grimm97]

Hi great video but is it possible to remove the distracting background music or omit it in the future? Thanks

[@sawyertuide7636]

He actually changed some of the background music as you can see by how the part in 2008 and part at the end cuts to a different song in the middle of what was epic ass background music that I wish he listed for us as well. I think it might’ve been copyright.

[@Nalhirrim]

Went Georgia last year! Beautiful place!

[@LukeTEvans]

you go to kentucky? kenturkey?

[@v.for.venus0]

Thanks

[@TennesseeJed]

Watching again for the algorithm that gets you paid. Damn the man!

[@xBINARYGODx]

neat, but really, he doenst need the help, he is a large channel - 7.5m subs for godsake.

[@TennesseeJed]

@@xBINARYGODx he made a complaint earlier about being censored

[@LukeTEvans]

you go back to kentucky, tennessee

[@rickwong9049]

Putin watching this video: "You know what. Lets remake the 2008"

[@Georgian_guy-1]

Russia cant match the power of georgian people

[@circleancopan7748]

Nah, Russia did pulverise Georgia, twice. And the latter lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia as a result. Their only hope was for NATO to help them, which wasn't existing when the invasion happened.

[@Agent3030-h1u]

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female They are "a part of georgia" but russia controls them, so in reality they are a part of russia

[@rustyyb8450]

Drones,,,,, how easy to counter tanks and infantry with drones. Russia didn't pay attention to the Azerbaijan & Armenians. It took Ukraine decimating Russia's military before the Kremlin finally paid attention and still not well focused.

[@Prushinthespirit]

​@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female "officially" aka in georgian dreams only. All bark no bite. Like Armenia dreaming of Karabakh or Ukraine dreaming of Crimea or Donetsk.

[@gattagoblin]

US has the same law since 1938 the Foreign Agents Registration Act, it even targets individuals and not only NGO and EU is in process of implementing it as well, in fact they are so far into it they already started gathering information on members of EU parliament about non-EU funds. But its Russian law and Georgia will have problems joining EU because of it.... ROFL!

[@nobodynever7884]

not for AIPAC, they don't have to register.

[@Sanctus-Susanin]

At least someone educated enough makes comment

[@al1sa920]

Georgian protesters don't know that in both cases they will have this law 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bot_detector]

@@Sanctus-Susanin тебе хоть платят за коменты здесь? 😂

[@Elaiyel]

Great Job! So wonderfully and thoroughly informative! Thanks!

[@GiorgiBekurashvili]

As Georgian, it's not so comfortable to read the name of my country in that kind of video

[@seraph3761]

I just discovered this channel… I’ve never subscribed to a channel so fast!

[@mgeldarion58]

Some spelling notes: Saakashvili is pronounced as "Saah-kah-shvili", with double "aa"; Ivanishvili is pronounced as "Ivan-ee-shvili"; Ochamchire is pronounced as "Ocham-chee-reh"; Turkish Ceyhan is pronounced as "Jeihan".

[@angeurbain6129]

Russia invaded Goergia many years ago because it wanted to protect it's stratgegic interest against nato expansion. And also because Osetia and Abkazie wanted to be part of Russia.. Georgia is having good economic benifit from it's proximity with Russia. Nothing in the west can replace these benifits. So...

[@iQKyyR3K]

Go ask Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania how much good comes from EU and NATO membership. Russia is just grabbing land to rebuild their empire. They find fake excuses to justify their murder of people

[@minimal8187]

​@@iQKyyR3Kand how many fake excuses found the US to attack Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Serbia

[@ResidentChef]

I only learned about Georgia because of Sumo, as my favorite wrestler was from there.

[@RusselTanTing-kf8zm]

19:46 Two million Soviet casualties is incorrect. The Soviets suffered little over a million casualties.

[@samatg]

‘Countries are more concerned about capabilities and not intent’ I love how realism framework slowly gains momentum.

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

Realism is a junk science spouted by the biggest fools in International Relations theory

[@oliviasoul1]

Thanks for bringing this up ❤

[@E1craZ4life]

It’s incredible that Russia can have such geography to drive it to control as much territory as possible by any means possible.

[@thirdtooth4069]

Its kind of a wild spiral. Russia sees its biggest risk as it's vast borders, and it seeks to resolve that by... expanding its borders

[@taxirob2248]

What I want to know is what army they are so afraid of that they are worried about controlling mountain passes? Seems like they have a military that is technologically advanced enough that marching routes shouldn't matter very much. They're not the goddamned Roman Legion.

[@poorsvids4738]

I don't know how they maintain control of so much territory. There are so many diverse and isolated people in Russian territory who are nothing like the people in Moscow.

[@taxirob2248]

@@poorsvids4738 they put ethnic Russians in those territories to run everything during the imperial and soviet eras. That's why Transnistria is the way it is, it's an example of that strategy on the far side of Ukraine from actual Russian land.

[@davidvines6498]

Russian should be concerned with China and its relationship with the Russian Federation Countries bordering China. Kazakhstan and the others are warming up to China and China wants Siberia/Outer Manchuria back.

[@misterpi3.14]

You're my favorite KZbin by far. I have no idea how you put out such complex and well thought out, lengthy videos nearly every week, but keep up the good work!

[@sirsnipermonkey]

@@vsr3777so which bit is the propaganda? Refute the points instead of espousing ad hominem

[@Swane44]

​@vsr3777 This channel sounds like another CIA mouthpiece trying to make everyone look bad but the US.

[@ricequackers]

Imagine how wealthy and stable Russia could be if they just got along with their neighbours and invested all their money, time and effort into building the nation.

[@AlefeLucas]

then they would be in a commercial war with the US like china is now

[@paztwel]

This is exactly what it is trying to do, but some other large states are constantly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries

[@lolthepop324alois8]

@@paztwel lmao no it is NOT what russia is trying to do, russia chose this path or rather putin, this is just a way for putin to keep power all to himself

[@xchelidze]

@@paztwel Maybe in parallel universe mate.

[@paztwel]

@@xchelidze I do not know what is happening in your parallel universe, but in our reality everything is as I described it

[@the_Kurgan]

The bill actually sounds pretty reasonable. Why would a rational person object to NGOs having to reveal who they're working for?

[@Thor12233]

Because in 2017 russia used this bill to suppress opposition. This bill in georgia can also be used like that. Anyone who has a foreign band is funded from a foreign country loses some rights. Its is not a good law in the hands of corrupt politicians. Nobody wants this fkn law

[@yagsipcc287]

Because the people who they are working for or getting most of their money from is not from the people they are protesting against most NGOs are highly likely funded by the EU and the US as we see these people protesting ha

[@gaborfabian1239]

It does. The trick is, how they use it. A similar bill was passed here in Hungary, opposition media outlets, NGO-s (and maybe the CEU too, im not sure) came under constant harrassment and intimidation shortly after by governmental organisations. Im not against fair and square financial audits, but there is a clear abuse to silence opposing voices in the country to this day. And the law is written vaguely enough to allow such bullying. Maybe the situation is similar in Georgia.

[@YippieHippie88]

Just like how Albanians are not indigenous to Epirus Greece, Apsuas are not indigenous to Abkhazia. Full support to my georgian brothers from Greece 🇬🇷❤🇬🇪

[@gunnar2300]

we have a similar law in the USA Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): “The Foreign Agents Registration Act provides the public with an opportunity to be informed of the identity of persons engaging in political activities on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other foreign principals, so that their activities can be evaluated in light of their associations.”

[@andrewsprague4566]

It doesn't require them to include a message declaring themselves as such in every publication as far as I know though.

[@gunnar2300]

​@@andrewsprague4566@andrewsprague4566 I don't get this: what's wrong with disclosure? Isn't that what you'd want in a democracy? Transparency and knowing exactly who you're dealing with, what their motives are. If we, as the American Government, are Financing your organization, we would want the public to know that this stands for the United States' freedom and democracy: Agents of foreign principals who are not otherwise exempt must comply with FARA's registration requirements, disclosure requirements, and record-keeping requirements. Covered entities must file a registration statement with the DOJ within 10 days of becoming an agent of a foreign principal.Mar 9, 2023

[@gunnar2300]

@@andrewsprague4566 The only time you want to be sneaky and hide things is when you are up to no good, as the United States we are the good guys we should have no reason to want to work in the shadows

[@andrewsprague4566]

@@gunnar2300 beyond Russia's selective enforcement there is a different between a government registering you and a government shoving a very specific set of words in your mouth every time you open it, and throwing you in jail if you miss a punctuation mark.

[@pikapi6993]

@@andrewsprague4566 KZbin does it, too. If a channel is funded by any government, then it is written under every single video that the channel uploads.

[@JayRappa]

This video breaks down a lot of things I was not aware of. Great job

[@jalcobo]

I don’t understand why this law is a bad thing? Shouldn’t people have a right to know who influencing businesses?

[@fungunsun1]

Because its hypocritical in nature and wont apply to russia puppets that rolled this law out in the first place

[@bot_detector]

he literally said why in the vid

[@user18428]

Coz they are npcs that see Russia has this law, so the law is russian! Russia BAD! Despite US has such a law from like a previous century and every self-respecting country must have this law

[@IvGor]

Ты задаёшь слишком много вопросов. Не надо сомневаться, просто верь😁 этот закон очень плохой и ужасный. Да, такие же законы есть в США, Франции, Турции, но для Грузии этот закон очень вреден😊

[@ExPressWP]

@@IvGor ознакомься с законом в сша для начала, а потом сравни с российским и тебе все станет понятно почему он не просто плох а помойка

[@NiskaMagnusson]

Russia isn't the problem! Everyone else is! Russia Today told me so!

[@natia4574]

I’m from Georgia and this video is quite accurate, thank you🙏 Just title of the video seems some sort of negative “affirmation”- and we do not need that as we already have enough problems 😳if you could reword it somehow, much appreciated. Also this title creates perception that Georgia is not a safe country to travel, whereas it is a very popular tourism destination in Europe and we have a lot of tourists already in the country and the season is just starting. At the moment Georgia is 100% safe country to travel.

[@madeinabyss9089]

Safe??? In 50km there are occupants who kills and kidnaps georgians every several months. U r delusional, ruzzia could do ANYTHING they want at ANY moment. Rogor unda vilaparakod usafrtxoebaze roca qveyana teroristi aris gverdit?

[@al1sa920]

It's okay. The bulk of the tourists visiting Georgia are Russian, Azeris, Iranians, Armenians, Turks, Ukrainians, Khazaks. They won't see this video and won't care anyway. Unfortunately Georgia doesn't provide the necessary level of service for Europeans to travel. And with Russia's rising popularity of domestic tourism, the situation doesn't look good

[@bot_detector]

More like 60% safe to travel

[@erhan28]

It's not "Say Han". Ceyhan is pronounced as "Jay Han"

[@inkerilain]

Should've opted to use "j" instead of "c" for the [dʒ] sound. Dedicating "j" for the [ʒ] sound, which is only present in words of foreign origin, seems a bit wasteful. Now, you have to suffer forever.

[@dylancooper787]

And here I've been, pronouncing it as "Kay Han".

[@erhan28]

@@inkerilain lol At least the language is 100% phonetic unlike others. Makes it easy C = Je Ç= Ch and J= sounds like the 'g' in mirage.

[@inkerilain]

I know, I speak Turkish (but not natively). I think it's good that Turkish has a phonetic alphabet. Let's look at the letter frequencies in Turkish: Ç: 1.35% C: 1.12% J: 0.16% To me, it makes more sense to use diacritic-less letters for more frequent sounds, so: [tʃ]: C instead of Ç [dʒ]: J instead of C [ʒ]: J̌ (maybe) instead of J Either way, the "damage" is already done, so it's just theoretical.

[@LukeTEvans]

no its pronounced general E. LEE

[@Dr.Kananga]

Russia opening a secondary front goes against the last 200 years of military tactical history.

[@Zariston]

Interesting explanation of the situation.

[@RileyBach625]

Why do I feel like Russia is watching this

[@lain7758]

You're probably paranoid

[@RileyBach625]

Eh

[@me_nulis]

wee ar wotchin, очень внимательно

[@StefanTheName]

because we are always watching

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Governments are always watching 💀

[@Hannah_Em]

2:25 wouldn't that make Georgia the 6th EU member state bordering Russia? Seeing as Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are already 5

[@ajdeez46]

Poland doesn't border Russia

[@capes8395]

Poland literally borders Russia. What're you smoking? ​@@ajdeez46

[@ajdeez46]

@capes8395 it borders kaliningrad, not mainland Russia.

[@capes8395]

​@@ajdeez46 That's a pointless distinction to make don't you think? It's literally Russia lol plus a massive military presence there, and Belarus.

[@ajdeez46]

@capes8395 you should ask the Armenians in ngarno-karabak if it makes a difference

[@LevaniKa]

Those who occupied now Abkhazia are Apsuas, not Abkhazs. Abkhaz is ethnically Georgians. Apsuas are from north Caucasus, like Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia. And your numbers about Abkhazia war is incorrect: Forcibly moved - more than 350,000. Killed - more than 10,000.

[@filipsykora9506]

How could the Abkhazians drive 350,000 Georgians out of Abkhazia when the 1989 census reported only 240,000 Georgians, Mingrelians and Svans combined? I know this will probably start an argument, but I cannot understand why people falsify those numbers when state run, pre war, unbiased numbers said otherwise.

[@LevaniKa]

@@filipsykora9506They remove not only Georgians. Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Russians, Ukrainians. There was also some Estonians. Even some Apsuas fled from war to other parts of Georgia. Some of Russians and Armenians returned afterwards. FYI: not Mingrelians, it's Megrelians. Also Megrelians and Svans are Georgians.

[@bekamamuladze3416]

Levanika where did you find that information? Bro just asking out of curiosity- numbers and the people currently in Abkhazia

[@Quickshot0]

Some of the points here seem a bit mistaken. For one Armenia isn't really an ally with Russia any more, the increasing hostility between the two due to the loss of Nagorno Karabakh and Russia's failure to even try and stop it is rather clear. Beyond that the geostrategic argument as if tank armies can do anything against a nuclear power just sounds silly. It doesn't matter if intentions change, you'd still disappear in nuclear fire if you tried such things. Far more likely the real reason is that Russia doesn't like how the various nations in its sphere are being slowly eroded away as their prospects with other blocks are just better. Causing them to feel like they are slowly encircled and becoming ever less capable of controlling their future. I think something like that is a far more likely cause then the impossible invasions that can never work as absolutely no one has an answer to nukes. (Something that even trying to devise a solution for is near impossible. Russia will probably see many other changes before it might even be a real concern)

[@ForOne814]

Why should Russia do anything about Karabakh if Armenia itself refused to even recognize it officially? As far as Russia is concerned, it's not a part of Armenia, it's a part of Azerbaijan.

[@Quickshot0]

@@ForOne814 Sure that's the official line, but then they kept peacekeepers there afterwards so Azerbaijan couldn't do much about it further. Just like they so often kept troops elsewhere as well. Thus in practise Russia was maintaining the borders unchanged between Armenia and Azerbaijan, thus making Armenia dependent on them. But now that Russia gave up on that Armenia is unsurprisingly pretty angry. Especially as it's pretty easy to take it as a sign in general that Russia can not protect them at all anymore. So they've gone looking elsewhere.

[@ForOne814]

​@@Quickshot0 the peacekeepers were there because both states agreed to keep them there. They successfully protected the civilian population against possible and probable ethnic cleansings. As a Russian, I have no idea why we're even dealing with Armenia. It is what we call a suitcase without a handle. Like, "Pashinyan - national hero of Azerbaijan" memes didn't come out of nowhere, their entire government is anti-Armenian. Instead of actually doing something, they play victims in this whole situation. When Azerbaijan was preparing for war for 20 something years, after the humiliation in the 90s, Armenians didn't even bother to officially recognize Karabakh, let alone prepare for war. It's pathetic.

[@BMWE90HQ]

Your maps are incorrect….

[@JayKeggerlord]

We had a Georgian exchange student staying with us last year. One thing he mentioned that the Russian troops in South Ossetia were fond of doing on a daily basis: They would pick up the fence line or other border markers and then literally move it about a meter or two further into Georgian territory. While it's a seemingly inane activity on the one hand, it's fairly telling of Russia's long-term ambitions.

[@devinjanosov]

I was listening to this in my car as I drove, and I nearly crashed my car because of the stupid,constant clicking noise in the background. Thought my blinker or hazards were on.

[@kristapso.7265]

no youtuber makes videos with the idea that someone will listen to it while driving their car

[@kevinm.5939]

The annoying trend of tensions and issues affecting several regions of the world are noticably and continuously stemming from a specific source: Russia

[@nataliasalmanova6020]

My friend from Abkhazia thanking Russia for saving his life. He was cought up in the conflict and had grey hair as 12 year old boy as geogian army put all his family to the wall with the guns.

[@bot_detector]

@@nataliasalmanova6020 про распятых мальчиков еще расскажи

[@nataliasalmanova6020]

@@bot_detector ты передергиваешь. Называешь очень гипертрофированную историю, которой не было и тем самым говоришь, что и этой не было. Но вот было такое. Я не демонизирую грузин, они прекрасные люди и хотела лишь сказать, что ситуации и истории людей разные бывают. У меня про семьи на Донбассе, часть за Россию, часть против. И у каждого будет ужасная история, которая отражает их позицию. Что же мне им говорить, что того или иного события в их жизни не было и надо вставать на ту или иную сторону? Это газлайтинг какой-то. Уверена, что у кого-то есть схожая история из Абхазии, но с другой армией. Это не отменяет историю моего друга.

[@dimushka383]

It’s funny about the law on foreign agents and the values ​​of the West and the EU. The law has been in the USA since 1938, and the same laws have been adopted in Great Britain, Australia, and so on... But we will be most interested in France. An EU country that adopted exactly the same law in 2024, and right this year, and the French law also implies criminal sentences. But the President of Georgia, a French citizen and former employee of the French Foreign Ministry, calls the Georgian law pro-Putin. =) I even do not know why. Maybe because Georgian law does not imply criminal prosecution, or maybe because, unlike Western ones, they do not prosecute individuals, but only legal ones, and the fines there are 10 times less than in French. I just want to ask why EU laws are democratic, but when candidates for the EU want to adopt them, then this is the path to dictatorship? =) And another interesting thing is that for the 3.7 million population of Georgia there are now 25 thousand different NGOs, the same ones that now brought people to the streets =) Just think about it, now in Georgia for every 148 people, from babies to the very old, there is one legal organization funded from abroad. Not a person, but an organization, a legal entity. Is this good or bad?

[@Sanctus-Susanin]

Underrated comment

[@sirsquire4408]

I really enjoy your content, however, i will say i think it's unfortunate when speaking about Maidan that you don't mention the audio clip of Victoria Nuland (under secretary of state at the time) picking out the future Ukrainian government cabinet, basically proving that Maidan was a CIA organized coup. As an American it serves no one to not recognize the role the US played in escalating tensions with Russia in the last 15 years. Furthermore, there was a WSJ article speaking about the cia safehouses that were discovered in Eastern Ukraine, further proof of that fact. To act like this is all Russian Imperialism is honestly silly.

[@ericscott9029]

It is Russian imperialism and the Nuland tapes (yes I've listened to them) are cherrypicked out of context. If it's not Russian imperialism, why did Russia annex all of its' current conquests in Ukraine a year ago? Ukraine is not a threat to Russia, never was.

[@deleted5229]

This is a russian bot spreading propaganda on behalf the russian goverment ignore this comment.

[@themeerofkats8908]

@@deleted5229 This is an EU bot spreading propaganda on behalf the imperialist european union to justify the conquering of indepandent countries around russia to make them apart of european sphere of influence by force. please ignore this comment above me.

[@7DaysChanel_VandenReich]

Russia and Georgia are adopting a law on controlling foreign influence. The West: this is undemocratic, a restriction on freedom of speech and press censorship. Also, the USA: They were the very first in the world to adopt this law in 1938 and actively use it to this day, censoring all foreign media, including European ones. This is considered democratic. In simple terms, an independent country will never allow itself to be influenced even by a friendly country because it is INDEPENDENT. Now look at the EU countries, which claim that such a law is not needed, and at the USA, which has this law. Who among them is independent and the master, and who is a servant actively promoting foreign influence in their country.

[@Flavas]

can you do one on Moldova?

[@ILoveSoImAlive]

wait wasnt that a law in USA? for quite a while?

[@SaidMirjalilov]

Wait, doesn't EU have similar law?

[@stopcyberbullying2138]

Yea but SIMILAR this one is different

[@JohanDanielsson8802]

As a citizen of a EU country (Sweden), I have never heard of such an EU law. I think it is up to EU memberstates, to have their own laws about this. However, Swedish law is even harsher than the Georgian law in this case. "Taking of foreign support" is a criminal offense here in Sweden, and can land someone in prison for up to two years here.

[@MikheilBiganishvili]

Not only many EU countries have exact laws. USA has exactly same law. Little bit more liberated tho.

[@howls2150]

@@MikheilBiganishvili copium

[@unwantedvoid1678]

I like how western media sphere simply ignoring the fact that Georgia didn't control this territories in the first place after the Soviet Union had collapsed. And even when Georgia was Soviet Republic both Abkhazia and South Osetia had Autonomous Republic status.

[@jaymesnin]

Nobody wants to be part of Russia anymore.

[@jy246u3]

Where are your sources???

[@janosvass5628]

The US has a very similar law, actually it served as a model for the Georgian bill.

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

It’s called the FARA act

[@Mauzzewulf]

Everytime I watch RLL I feel like the President getting a briefing by an advisor. I leik it

[@Speakeasy..77]

Impressively and thoroughly articulared. Very informative!

[@querty985]

As georgian i support transparency.

[@akimgranada7239]

Oh no, you are now deemed evil authoritarian pro-russia, I bet you are also opposed to start a hopeless war against them to support Ukraine in their war effort

[@gigachaduneli1121]

აბა ახტი

[@querty985]

@@gigachaduneli1121 რა?

[@NuMaaaaaa1]

ჩემი ყლე დაასუპორტე ქოცო სირო

[@TristanSoldier]

I served with Georgian soldiers in Iraq. They loved Americans. They had very little but wanted to share what they had to show their friendship.

[@markgutierez9922]

I see notification I clicked. 😂

[@hansschonig2472]

excellent content

[@sammead7911]

I don’t love anything as much as Putin loves a breakaway region of a country

[@павелмарченков-й2ъ]

Сколько стран сша разрушили?

[@Hope14675]

​@@павелмарченков-й2ъ Average Russian bringing up stuff about USA when it's not even mentioned, now let me ask you a question, how do you know if he likes USA and why you Russian are coping every time when someone starts speaking about Russia you guys bringing up USA, like you guys are innocent

[@павелмарченков-й2ъ]

@@Hope14675 пёс западный не вякай тут

[@fruvita67]

No one talks that this bill exists for 50 years allready in USA...

[@stopcyberbullying2138]

It's different one. Pls do research before commenting

[@JohanDanielsson8802]

Here in Sweden, "taking of foreign support" is a criminal offense, which can land someone in prison for up to two years.

[@fruvita67]

@@JohanDanielsson8802 i do not know what is worse ,this type of law or openly admiting that you are a foregin agent...in my country (serbia) it is a open topic nobody hides that they are using NGO s as foregin goverment tools

[@devo1977s]

I still don't see anything wrong with this law