She remembered when the Soviet Union was around and they were all one country. She’s been through different regimes and just wants to live and doesn’t care whose country it is…
@@caseclosed9342 She definitely cares what country it is. She literally said the reason she didn't and won't leave, is because then russians will take her property. Literally days ago from recording, a russian came to her house, where she has probably lived for decades, if not her whole life, and claimed it was his house. She cares a lot. And she chose her country, Georgia.
Maybe just a few that can actually do the interviews without too much hassle dealing with translations, giving the impression that "so many" of them can speak English so well?
Poland's Lech Kaczyński in August 2008 traveled to Tbilisi together with the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to show solidarity with Georgia in the face of Russia's invasion of that country, according to accounts by officials. He said at the time: "Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic states, and then, perhaps, the time will come for my country, Poland."
BS.. The US Military is spread out across the world in conflicts right now, its not being broadcasted as conflict but "peace keeping" and suddenly it doesnt matter to the same degree and those countries are either joining or part of NATO. There is double standards with all this bs.
@@romangolovko8306That’s because both Greece and Turkey joined NATO before any regional conflict. Plus it’s more like the governments of each country are bickering at each other than a regional conflict.
@@romangolovko8306what exactly you talk about? they dont have any conflicts followed by unstable borders that no one recognise what is the main point of not having conflicts
Thanks Johnny for shedding light on the occupation of Georgia. As a Georgian, I really appreciate you bringing attention to this important issue. 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
This is way more important for the world to know and fight for than Palestine. Not just for the Georgian people, but for the whole world to know how Putin is slowly trying to claw back all the countries that broke away from the USSR and how easy it is. Palestine on the other hand, whilst enduring unbelievable horrors and hardship is not having it's land taken away from them. They are merely allowing Hamas to ruin their country for them so they can blame someone else.
@@arget13 many polls in EU are around these numbers when people are asked whether they like being in EU.. in my country, Slovakia it's around 70-75%.. so yea... we just don't value the memberships in EU and NATO enough, EU made it possible for my country to go up massively in life quality and NATO's here to protect it... sadly, russian propaganda is working overtime here and it's working the best in all of EU
@@arget13 there are a ton of parties in European countries that are EU sceptic or are downright advocating for leaving the EU (funnily most of them get funded by Russia ... 🙃)
Okay, memo to myself: Don't bother reading the comments in the first hour, it's so full with AI generated comments about some investment scam, so annoying 🙄
Just came back from Georgia (and Armenia) yesterday to my hometown Vienna, Austria, and saw Johnny Harris dropping this video today. Awesome. During the last 10 days, I have been traveling through the whole country and have seen people fighting so desperately for the liberties we in the West so often take for granted. My deepest respect for the bravery and the willingness of the Georgian people. Austria and Europe are with you❤🇦🇹🇪🇺
@@whitehorse1961 They are fighting for the liberties they still have, for now. Ask the honest Russians what liberties they lost in the last few years and you'll know. Or maybe you want to go there and say something about their leader or about the "war in Ukraine" and see what will happen but hey, maybe you are already there and you wrote this comment from a "farm".
🇬🇪 As a Georgian i thank you for taking your time and creating this video if you are still in georgia i will be more than happy to help you out on your travels 🇬🇪
It's mind boggling to me how obvious Russia has been with this. And at the same time how oblivious the whole world chooses to be with this. It's not like it's hard to see
@@aresnir2725 for one thing Germany could have refused to give Russia billions of dollars since 2008 buying cheap gas from them. The US could arrest business people who conducted business with any Russian entity since 2008.
@@calebbearup4282 Arresting people just for conducting business with Russia is delusional. However, Germany absolutely has blame for this. I can't imagine being entitled to the point where you violently hate on another country whilst helping them fund their war. Trump even talked about this at the NATO summit in 2017
One of the reasons we have the Ukraine war, is because we never stood up to Putin when he started acting like a modern day emperor. We allowed him to do as he pleased with places like Georgia. And when i say, "We" i mean the international community not just America.
If we are talking about the 90s, then Yeltsin was great friends with the United States, so they were not against it. If we take 2008, then this war lasted 6 days and Saakashvili unleashed it by hitting the Russian peacekeeping forces
We have many Georgian people here in Ukraine, many of them working in restaurant business, cooking their national cuisine which tastes incredible! They are very humble and hard working. My friends who have been to Georgia say that Georgians are super friendly to Ukrainians, especially now, when we face a common enemy. Too bad their government licks putin's butt while people stand against russia. I hope one day I'll visit this beautiful country.
As an Georgian first emotion “thank you “ seeing your favorite content creator making documentary about things that’s me as an 20s generation facing everyday . Thank you for telling everyone our story . We are Georgia 🇬🇪, we are Europe 🇪🇺.
As another European, from an EU nation, I feel honored to be included in your club. Because the courage and pride I've seen from Georgians far exceeds what I've ever had to muster, myself
As an American, the vast majority of us support Georgia being independent and free from Russian influence, even if our politicians don't show it. We stand with you, Georgia! 🇺🇲🤝🇬🇪
@@BackYardScience2000 Don't worry Ukraine faith would be yours soon, continue to be gullible it seems you don't want to think critically . Or you need the help of some c.i.a bloggers to think
I remember going to a georgian restaurant that was made from this guy from abkhazia. Im half georgian and i know the basics and a good amount of the language and was with my mother who was fluent : but she spoke some russian. The guy who owned the restaurant couldnt speak georgian but only russian. I was confused because i thought he was a georgian (he is) at first and he was speaking russian. My mom was translating what he was saying but he was so happy for us georgians (me and my mother) to eat there he even gave us a discount. Even though he couldnt speak georgia and was in occupied land, that man was most definetely a georgian. He was very involved in the culture and must i say his food was delicious. Kind man. We were in florida when we ate there.
This is Russia's MO, create frozen conflict until the world forgets and then it becomes the status quo. This was the goal in Moldova in 1992, in Ukraine in 2014 and its the MO in 2024. Frozen conflict gives Russia immense leverage. Moldova/Transdnistria was the dress rehearsal for Georgia. But in other news, can confirm Georgia is an amazing place. Ancient culture, great wine (therefore great brandy), 1200 year old churches. Just beautiful.
nope, in 2014 if you actually follow the story it was ukraine started attack pro russian ukrainian first, basically is like how the georgia goverment react
@@LegionZGaming Well don't forget about Russian soldiers in civilian clothing heating the situation over there and artillery coming from Russian soil on Donbass cities. It is not black and white. Started in Crimea ...
As a Ukrainian, I regret that I did not pay enough attention during the occupation of Georgia. You have done an incredible job of telling the world about this period of history ✊. საქართველოს მშვიდობა და კეთილდღეობა 🇬🇪 Peace for all the world 🕊
As an African, you should pay enough attention on how African are talking they land back with the help of Russia from Europe...so we are shifting colonizers...
Maybe you should pay even more attention. Georgia is still a country. Russia dont want to take Georgia. Like Russia don want to take Ukraine. Why would you think that? In both Georgia and Ukraine regions wanted to leave for legit reasons. Russsia is just helping them. The moral question of Russia Sacrificing civilions, is a diffrent question, But I guess you support sacrificing civilians to stop Donbass and Crimea leaving Ukraine? Have integrity. Dont buy into this nationalistic bs. Be a patriot, not a nationalist.
You didn't pay attention in Transnistria? Much closer to you. Or, to be fair, at that moment you were happy to be Russia's ally and attack Moldova together! Now Moldova accepts and hosts Ukrainian refugees! I think you should be ashamed!
yep also the su-25 was build in georgia so the lived okey in the udssr they had their invrastructur and their pride and thechnical schools ect but yes russia was playing the ossetians and abkhazians they said they want to be their own staat so russi was placing peace keepers there and in 2008 the georgians attacked them and imo wanted to take over the ossetians for some reason and that backfired hard (maybe they wanted to fix their border problems with them so they can join nato coz you cant join with border clashes) i mean what was the point for georgia? get some village back? imo it could not been a preemtive strike from georgia coz in the end russia just run in and punched them hard but left emediatly after destroying the georgian army so there was no intend to take over georgia from russia but it makes sens for russia to hold this ossetians and abkhazians territory "for" them so georgia cant join nato and if they join nato they have a foot hold on the other side of the caucasus from wiki 20 September 1990 - South Ossetia declares independence. The republic remained unrecognized, yet it detached itself from Georgia de facto. In the last years of the Soviet Union, ethnic tensions between Ossetians and Georgians in Georgia's former Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia (abolished in 1990) and between Ossetians and the Ingush in North Ossetia evolved into violent clashes that left several hundred dead and wounded and created a large tide of refugees on both sides.
Yes but he considered himself a Russian. He didn't even want Georgia to join as an individual SSR. Instead he wanted it's identity diminished as a part of the TransCaucasian SSR.
@@gazpachopolice7211 He was fighting for multinational Soviet Union, he didn't want people to be divided by race or ethnicity, that's why he wanted what u said(if its true...) Today "Most Progressive" Woke powers have the same narrative by the way:))) So Stalin was Woke MF
Yeah shit's getting out of control. They're copying random comments and reposting them with the product name seemingly randomly inserted somewhere in the sentence.
Why is that you say Georgia would be a theater for Russian actions in the next conflicts but you fail to even mention the overwhelming fact of the USA. The US has a long history of taking advantage of opportunities to further its global dominance by instigating internal conflicts in other countries. By providing substantial financial support to small protests, the US often turns them into massive movements, leading to societal division. This strategy ultimately results in the installation of pro-US governments, a pattern seen worldwide, including in Ukraine.
the important part. I remember the irony of the USA forces in Afghanistan in the 00's seizing USA and UK weapons that had previously been supplied to the Afghans to arm them against USSR.
Did you bring out the Planet Earth film crew or something? The footage is STUNNING. Wish these people got to comfortably exist in their beautiful country without having to deal with this encroachment
@@FlorinArjocu Have no doubt this is CIA project. Georgians kicked out US spies and NGOs. That's why they are pissed! And that's why they are trying to overthrow government so they can install US puppets.
Georgia, you are our European brothers. I admire your bravery in this fight for what’s right. We as Europeans must pay close attention to what’s happening in the Eastern corner of our beautiful continent. Stay strong Ukraine, stay strong Georgia. We must not forget you and we will not forget you. Light will prevail. Post tenebras lux - an old latin saying. After the darkness, there’s light. Love and support from Switzerland
@@purplespaceship2417 very interesting! Yes, it would seem this video is american propoganda. The russians have their propoganda and the american/europeans have theirs. It seems like Geogia is definitely a battleground of conflicting propoganda.
A few import things Johnny glances over: 1) Georgia was part of the USSR, but it wasn’t just a conquered subject as Georgians played a role shaping Soviet politics. One of the if not the most important Soviet leader - Josef Stalin - was a Georgian who actually spoke Russian as a second language. 2) The parts of Georgia Russia invaded were separatist regions which home to ethnic groups who didn’t like being part of a Georgian state. The Abkhaz are a Caucasian group while the Ossetians are actually an Iranian ethnic group that practices orthodox Christianity. Neither group wanted to be part of Georgia but were stuck in Georgia at the end of the USSR (the Ossetians were also separated from their fellow Ossetians living in North Ossetia which is a part of Russia). Something Putin has done well is convincing separatists groups that he will invade their territories to let them separate, whereas Putin’s attempt to invade an entire country has been less successful. 3) Many Western countries will criticize Russia invading Georgia to support separatists but simultaneously support other countries doing the same - like supporting Armenia’s claim to Azerbaijan’s territory which until recently Armenia occupied in a similar manner. While I support Georgia in opposing Russia, it’s important to understand the nuances of the situation. Johnny doesn’t seem to like nuances…
Yes, some people can't see that world is not black and white. Sure I don't agree with war, but if people support break-away states like Kosovo, then it's hypocrisy. But hey, we live in the world of radicals, who believe that if someone's not with them, then it's are against them.
And part 1 is note true but I expect nothing less of Ruzz1ans - After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Georgia briefly emerged as an independent republic under German protection, but was invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1922, becoming one of its constituent republics.
More on item 1 of your post: The Russo-Georgian alliance, however, backfired as Russia was unwilling to fulfill the terms of the treaty, proceeding to annex the troubled kingdom in 1801, and reducing it to the status of a Russian region
Lol, u yourself glanced over a lot of important things. And I mean A LOT. 1) First of all, Stalin considered himself a russian. For all the time he ruled during USSR, he didn't do ANYTHING good for georgian people. He even hated when other people were bringing up his ethnicity. Also, these autonomous regions in Georgia like Abkhazia or so called South Ossetia were created by...surprise-surprise: STALIN/bolsheviks. So Stalin is partially at fault that these wars broke out, because bolsheviks were trying to tie the republics like Georgia back to Moscow, so that Georgia and the other nations could not settle their conflict without Russia's influence. You mentioned Armenia/Azerbaijan war, but you didn't mention that this war ALSO broke out because of unneeded autonomy that was created by Soviet government. We can go even further and see that almost EVERY SINGLE WAR on a post-soviet territories can be tied back to Soviet action. 2) so called "abkhazians" (their real name is apsua) and ossetians are not the original inhabitants of so called Abkhazia (Abkhazeti) and so called "South Ossetia" (Tskhinvali). These are georgian territories and always were georgian, so I dunno what are trying to say with that. By that logic, if a russian immigrant is not happy in US, he shouldn't move back to Russia, but he should bring Russia to US. What the hell??? Same as if an indian doesn't like to live in Canada, he shouldn't go back to India, but bring India's army to Canada. You're nuts, dood. Also, why didn't u mention the fact that russia occupied Georgia's territories, and holds them under control TILL this very day. I don't see independent Abkhazia or Ossettia, I see a russian people living there, with a russian passports, with a russian ruble being the main currency and the russian language being the main language...do I have to continue? This list can go on and on. And you know why is that? Because these failed states can't exist without an external support. They never were and they never will. 3) Why mention US here, if in this specific video there was NOTHING mentioned about how US and the West is good compared to Russia? For God's sake, can all of you just stop pretending that you're against the imperialism, drop this facade and admit that you're just another coping West hater? This really starts to annoy a lot to be completely honest. Snap back to reality.
As an European citizen this video really touch my soul. On my country and in general across the EU I see more and more skepticism about the EU, because people take for granted all the benefits they have now, being European citizens. Seeing how passionately and passionately Georgians want to be Europeans really moves me. Unfortunately, I don't think that the European geopolitical scenario is now ready to welcome them, rather it must first think about not dissolving. I will never stop dreaming of a united Europe, with Georgia as a member. Thank you very mush Johnny for telling this story, and in general for all the videos you make.
I was in Tbilisi in 1985 with a tour group, years before the invasion. Georgia was part of the USSR then.What an absolutely beautiful country. It's criminal what Russia does to it's neighbors, all under the guise of "protecting" Russian speaking people.
What about the people of Abkhazia and the people of Ossetia? Why does the West think that the people of Taiwan are worthy of independence while the people of Abkhazia and Ossetia are not? They are not even Georgians. And the Taiwanese are Chinese.
@@PhilippSeven Apkhazia and Samachablo are Georgian lands that have always been ethnically and culturally Georgian throughout history. Georgians are natives to these lands but were kicked out by the ossetians and aphsus, who are not natives there nontheless. Georgians civilians WERE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES in these territories, do you understand that? Yet THEY'RE the victims in your eyes? Buddy, what do you mean they want independence? They want independence on MY lands? On a land that doesn't belong to them? Buddy, this is the equivalent of some Turkish communities declaring "independence" from Germany... IN GERMANY. Like. Who would support that, other than Turkey? Also they clearly aren't independent. They're very much depended on Russia.
@@TimtheEnchanter25 Kingdom of Abkhazia was a vassal state of Byzantium, and it belonged including territories of western Georgia. So here Abkhazia can claim Georgian territories rather than vice versa.
@@PhilippSevenSamachablo is not "Ossetia." Commies made up that term just because there were some Ossetians living there, unfortunately for us. They weren't even the majority there, and yet the commies still called it "south Ossetia." That's like the E.U declaring Paris as "North Algeria" just because there are some Algerians living there. You know nothing about this topic, so why oh why in the name of common sense are you yapping about it?
@@mariaannenkova7954 He's not "highly regarded" in Georgia, because despite where he was born, he was a Russian politician, that occupied newly-independent Georgia, murdered and repressed Georgian intelligentsia and created an empire for Russians. I doubt Hitler is "highly regarded" in Austria as well just because he happened to be born there.
Of course they have that right, but that changes nothing about the situation. Even if they were determined by Georgia before, now they are determined by Russia. Also, the rest of the Georgian people self-determinate that they want nothing to do with Russia, unlike the current Georgian heads of state. So all in all, Russia should get out to provide the necessary right to self determination, regardless of other factors.
@@mjouwbuis both countries should stop their meddling tho, don't you think? And georgia have shown that it is willing to reconnect old territories militarly, so i doubt russian occupation will end any time soon Harris is not wrong in dubbing it an occupation, mind you, any military base outside any country's border is occupation, if it's forced to lease the land
Buddy, they kicked out native Georgians from their own lands of Apkhazia and Samachablo. They have a right to self determination on a land that doesn't belong to them? Do Chechens not have a right to self determination? And Chechens, unlike ossetians in Samachablo, actually live on their own native lands occupied by Russia.
Fair arguement. Counter point: Gerogia sent in the army and massacred abkhas people, their cultural and riligious sites, an institute holding historical documentations.
Hello to all the georgians here from the other side of Black Sea. As someone, whose country is bombarded with russian propaganda every day, this video is a great reminder how lucky we are to be in the EU and NATO. We believe in you guys! Keep fighting! Best wishes from Bulgaria
@samihamchev9528 The EU has banned RT etc from its space. If you are getting 'Russian propaganda it is because significant proportions of your population realize the close historical ties between Bulgaria and Russia. In fact you wouldn't exist without Russia.
@@andreas543 Not on TV per say, but all around social media. A lot of people here don't have critical thinking and believe all the bullshit that's being fed to them. And that's how we got a pro-putin party to a 3rd place in the parliament(combined with the record low % of people who go to vote on election day).
I remember when it happened. I was in Beijing, China, for the Summer Olympics. This war went against "the peace" that always should appear during an Olympiad.
@@AddieHilton Yes, of course ♥️. Suddenly, Russia has 50,000 soldiers with tanks, artillery, and aircraft on the only road connecting to Georgia. A week before, they evacuated their civilians and began firing at Georgian villages. The day Georgia responded, these 50,000 soldiers immediately started advancing, bombing the entire Georgian territory from the sea, from another occupied region, Abkhazia, and from the air. They killed many civilians simply because they were Georgian, and thousands of Georgians were forcibly displaced from their homes. Of course, Georgia “attacked” Russia on their so-called territory, which only Syria, North Korea, and a few “peace-loving” organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah recognize as independent. Do you know how long it takes to gather 50,000 soldiers at the border? No. Russia started preparations two months before their attack. Perhaps the “wise” Putin knew that after two months, small Georgia would decide to attack a global nuclear power 🙏. It’s literally free to learn some basic historical facts about the subject before commenting.
@@teimurazshvelidze-ff4sc There is such a thing as intelligence. Of course the Russians knew something was brewing. But the fact remains that the Georgians were the first to attack, and if it had not been for that attack, nothing would have happened. And yes: Russia did not enter Georgian territory. Abkhazia and Ossetia are not Georgia and have never been Georgia for the past millennium. And Georgians do not live there.
@@teimurazshvelidze-ff4sc The Georgians had been concertrating their forces and shelling South Ossetia for week killing dozens of civilians so of course the Russians were on high alert. After the Georgian invaded South Ossetia they killed hundreds of civilians are drove tens-of-thousands out of their homes. Georgia brought whatever happened to them on themselves. And they haven't tried anything since - so it worked.
Damn Early Gang here! Hoping this vid is a banger! Will update when I finish Update: Your videos are always improving and honestly it's showing that your whole team is dedicated to working with you to make a awesome video. ❤
Next time a story about Moldova? A country split in two by Russia (and their ally at that time, Ukraine). In Transnistria the ethnicity is like 30% Moldovans, 30% Russians and 30% Ukrainians. Only the strong alliance between Russians and Ukrainians keep this part of Moldova under Russia's control.
Yeah, but most people in Moldova wanna be part of Russia. That wasn't the case in Georgia and Ukraine - people there just wanted to be free from Russia influence.
@@boccobadz 😂😂😂 All the world want to be part of Russia. No! People from Moldova speak Romanian, Moldova was part of Romania for hundreds of years and only some Russians living there want to be part of Russia. Just remember: WW2 started when Russia and Germany signed the Ribbentrop Molotov Treaty and both countries attacked their neighbours. Germany attacked Poland and Russia attacked Finland, Poland, Baltic states and...... Moldova. Moldova is the last territory still occupied based on Hitler's and Stalin's Treaty.
My sympathies to Georgians. Perhaps something can be learned from Switzerland. After Neapolitan fell at Waterloo, no foreign military has invaded or even attacked Switzerland. Why ??? After Neapolitan fell, every Swiss man has been required to keep a military rifle and ammunition in his home. Rifle training was compulsory. This is a law required of all males from age 18 years to age 65 years. Georgia you might want to adapt this policy.
THe problem is the government being complacent with Russia. Georgians having more guns isn't relevant here, and Switzerland is helped by its geography and by having bombs set up in bridges and tunnels.
@@Danjuanfr Yes the bridges and mountains assist sin protecting Switzerland; however, the armed populous is another element of its deterrence. BTW, my father served in US army intelligence during WWII. He decoded Nazi communications. He had related that Hitler weighed the costs versus benefits of invading Switzerland. No Swiss lives were lost to Hitler because of the deterrence.
I remember 2008 before social networks and when US had the biggest news networks on the planet and how it was covered by the west. Georgia started military operation to take their land back and indiscriminately bombed those territories. Then Russia went in and went out ... Why did Russia didn't take over Georgia or hasn't done much since 2008 ?
Russia had its forces beaten back by the Georgians, despite having an overwhelming numerical superiority, so it held on to what it could and just stayed where its forces were at the armistice/truce. The term is “frozen conflict”.
@@Egilhelmson u drunk bro? Unlike ukraine which is supplied by 50 NATO countries Georgia was a land locked nation means Russia can level everything there unlike Ukraine which has a Russian population and Russia cannot go hard.
@@EgilhelmsonYou sleep well when you don’t know much ehhh? Russia has Deep respect for Georgia only reason it’s not part of Russia like Dagestan and Crimea.
@eugene4950 stop spreading misinformation. Georgia never started militaty operations, there were bunch of shooting from russias side and only after this Georgia responded with gunfire. Even putin admitted that preparations for operation started year before 2008 war.
It was not really a choice, but he did not help us win the information war either. Non-peacekeeping Russian troops were already in Georgia when “Saakashvili started the war” and Georgian controlled village were being shelled for days as well. Russian “peacekeepers” refused to intervene.
Russia didn't like that Saakashvili was pro-western and was developing our country to become free from Russian control and influence, so Russia provoked this war not Georgia to tell Georgia who the boss was. 20% of Georgia is occupied by Russia and the question is who started the war???? It's Georgian territory, Russia shouldn't be their in the first place.
It's a classic Russian narrative. Depending on which leg was out of bed first that morning. Putin will tell you that either Ukraine or NATO started the current war. He will use actual factoids that he twists and expands into some fantastic story. He doesnt even need a false flag operation to frame it, such as used by Germany to invade Poland in 1939.
I thought you will feed the whole Europe with your bacon and milk. European stomach too weak for Riga’s sprats? What happen to all manufacturing after USSR left? What happen to one of the largest fishing and trade fleets? What happen to “liepajas metallurgs”? VEF? RAF? DAUER?
I love the rhetoric regarding Georgia’s longstanding commitment to freedom as a foundational cultural value and the subsequent discussion of resisting Soviet oppression. All this accompanied by images of Stalin…the most famous Georgian in history. Well done! Great editing!!! 🤙🏻
Yeah but that doesn't mean anything Stalin was the biggest conqueror of Georgia he gave the order to the red army to attack back then the independent republic of Georgia.
@@Otawee Well it does mean quite a lot. It means that Georgia wasn't an occupied territory by the USSR, at least, as Baltic states pretend to be, for example.
@@PhilippSeven You are from Abkhazia? Suspicious how my best friend is half Abkhaz and she tells me everythjng about Russia coming to the land and kicking her out, if you're really Abkhazian take a DNA test, you don't speak act or live Abkhazian, even carry Russian passports.
@@Pyro3009 If all Abkhazians want to be with Georgia, as you say. Who was Georgia at war with in 1992-1993? Russia was not involved in that conflict in the beginning.
"My dog becomes emotional when I talk about this" LMAO! Anyone saying/believing this nonsense would also believe this story about Russia is bad, blah, blah...
It would have been great if you’ve also interviewed more folks of older generations and shared their perspective, I bet it would be rather different. This would have shared more insight into why these laws are getting passed. Most of Georgian population is senior, while many younger ambitious folks tend to leave the country. Having said that, it’s rather unfortunate how such a beautiful country with heartwarming people is getting destroyed by my homeland.
@@bronyaenjoyer The entry of a country into an aggressive military alliance, whose geography poses risks to another country, poses obvious conflicts. The politicians of these countries understood these risks perfectly well but ignored them. At the same time, it does not matter to Russia whether Nicaragua or Portugal joins NATO, since their location does not pose a security threat. I am still surprised that people do not understand such obvious things.
@@borisogradkin8072 since when is NATO an aggressive alliance instead of a defensive one? NATO kept Europe almost war-free for decades, which only ended when non-members became agressive.
@@mjouwbuis if you don't waste your energy on small conflicts so we have: 1991 - Iraq 1 1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 - Yugoslavia 2001 - Afghanistan 2003 - Iraq 2 2011 - Libya 2012 - Syrian Literally all US war campaign its NATO operation
According to International Relations: Great powers do whatever they want. Period. Another rule: Democracies never attack democracies. That should explain a lot.
I’m a little confused,if Georgians are hard fighting and are wishing to be free from Russia then why their government and parliament is so pro Russian. Officially Georgia is not Ukraines ally, in fact even opposed, even though Ukraine officially supported Georgia and fight in North Ossetia with Georgians. Hello from Toronto Canada
Hi There. Russia didn't like the pro-western course of Georgia's previous president, hence provoked the war in 2008, invested heavily in propaganda to demonize president Saakashvili, who made enemies when fighting corruption, crime etc and as result a party called "Georgian Dream" headed by an Oligarch Ivanishvili who became a billionaire in Russia in the 90ies rose to power. This party exposed Saakashvili Government for an inhumane treatment of prison inmates , some human rights violations that significantly tipped a scale in favor of "Georgian Dream" and they've managed to stay in power until now.
I understand your confusion and will try to provide some context as a Georgian. We need to consider this situation from two distinct perspectives: the ruling party and its government, and the majority of the people, particularly the younger generation. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, many Georgian soldiers and volunteers have joined the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. Tragically, we have lost many soldiers there. In addition, from the very start, numerous non-governmental organizations, activist groups, and individuals have organized humanitarian aid. After the disgraceful statements by Georgia's former prime minister, Irakli Garibashvili, there were large demonstrations in the capital to show support for the Ukrainian people. You might wonder why this party is still in power, given that statistics suggest it shouldn’t be. The answer lies in corrupt elections, state-controlled media, and widespread poverty. Outside the capital, the situation in rural areas is dire. The government's propaganda machine continuously emphasizes that if we pursue a European path, we’ll end up in a war with Russia like Ukraine. And the cherry on top? The opposition parties are a disaster. In about a month, on October 26, we have elections and we're hoping for the best.
Corrupt government. The head of government is former Russian businessman actually ) that’s why) Russia tries to put the “right person” in Ukraine too, but failed and we saw Maidan in 2014)
@@likachkhaidze8789 thank you very much for your clarification, now I understand. Wishing peace and freedom for both Georgian and Ukrainian along with Belarusian people.
Because Russian is one of the big countries in the world that can do pretty much anything and get away same as USA, CHINA and couple other global / major regional powers, nothing new big empires historical always dominant smaller nations.
@@nemzi8969 i would have thought the same thing but seeing 32 countries forming a alliance against one country seems that they are really scared of Russia
Грузия одна из самых красивых стран на свете с потрясающими людьми! Ребята держитесь, попробуйте победить на выборах найти рычаги, не дайте стране дрейфовать в сторону этого монстра под именем Росси. Благословит вас бог!
Is Georgia a democracy? I don't know enough about this country. It is now on my visit soon list. If is a democracy why don't they vote the shitty politicians out of power? Someone please enlighten me, I want to learn more.
are you american?why didnt you vote out your shitty politicians?i as a turk have experience with this.most people are still rural folk who vote for the ruling party.and even more so in the broker part of the world
Yes, it is a democracy. The next parliamentary election will take place on October 26th of this year. The problem is that the power is very centralised and concentrated on the executive (the president), so there is a risk of rigged or non-free elections. There is a great article by the Council of Europe titled "Free and legitimate elections essential to safeguard Georgia’s place in Europe’, says head of PACE pre-electoral delegation, ending visit" that explains really well the situation. (fell free to copy/paste the title on google since I can't post links on UA-cam comments) I have been down this rabbit hole of trying to understand Georgian politics for the last half hour and it's super interesting, thanks for making me search all this ! :)
@@THETRUEXBEN19 Sorry my friend, I wasn't looking for people to do my homework for me but thankyou. I will do some Googling of my own. Thankyou for the information. Let's hope democracy prevails.
They should/could join the EU but can't expect Russia to sit idly by while its neighbors join NATO. Just like the USA wouldn't allow missiles to be deployed in Cuba, it's the same.
@@chrisadema3985 Let me guess, USA is a "free societie", like the EU that every day pass dictatorships wise laws to control the internet and free comunication?
What concentrated pure propaganda, I think Goebbels is smiling in hell watching this report. Zero percent of any research into the history of the region, not a single opinion of the other side (Ossetians) is presented. This is what I call "real journalism". Well done, buddy, the State Department is proud of you.
"I'm in awe of this incredible man for courageously shedding light on vital issues that often fade into the shadows. His initiative is a beacon of hope, illuminating crucial topics that desperately deserve attention.. 101 reason why most prefer youtube for any type of content be news or any sensitive topics.
No need to travel to Tskhinvali region. There are plenty of Ossetians living in other region of Georgia and they have no problems living here whatsoever.
as a Ukrainian, thank you for this. It's a sad story and even today Georgia as a country is afraid it can get worse, and they have the shittiest government but the most amazing people. The world should know that russians won't stop until someone stops them. Help us, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, all the 'imperial' seized lands. also, the election is right around the corner and russians are literally threatening them even more. Just today I saw photos of billboards that had pictures of destroyed Ukrainian cities, bombed bridges, leveled buildings, and the slogan that said 'choose peace', which sounds more like 'get on your knees and don't even think about it'.
5:37 being the only Christian power in its neighborhood and surrounded by Ottoman Empire and its vassals, Georgian Kingdom practically begged the Russian Empire to become a protecrorate. Its story as a part of Russia's sphere of influece is vastly different from those of, for example, the Caucasian peoples or Central Asia.
You are referring to the Treaty of Georgievsk, under which Georgia became the protectorate of the Russian empire, which was supposed to guarantee its SOVEREIGNTY. When Georgia was invaded by neighboring Muslim powers, Russians took no action and later ANNEXED Georgia. So much for protecting the sovereignty of the country. Since then, we have not been able to escape Russian imperialist claws. I would advise against making misinformed comments if you do not know what you are talking about.
@@nod.noda1 to win an internal power struggle, a member of the ruling Georgian dynasty invited the Russian Tzar to support him and in return agree to become an only nominally independent puppet. Afterwards the Tzar decided to change the terms of the agreement, presumably because he considered the other party to be less than dependable. Then the Tzar died and with the Napoleonic wars brewing the focus of the policymaking for Russian rulers shifted away from their conflict with the Ottomans and Persia, to European affairs. If you want to ever "um. actually someone, [;ease have a common courtesy to provide all of the wider context.
@@fillosof66689 The agreement was that kartli kakheti would protect the southern front against the ottomans and Persians during the war, and when they would inevitably invade Russia would aid them, and the Georgians held up their end, fought and defeated both empires in multiple battles, but when the Persians invaded with a vast army, the Russians did nothing, and later broke the treaty fully and annexed the kingdom.
@@fillosof66689 Again, wrong. Regardless, your comment is irrelevant to the video because referring to a historical event from centuries ago to justify Russian imperialism and expansionism today is straight out of Kremlin's playbook. Refer to Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin where he went on an hour-long rant about the history of Russia and Ukraine in order to question the very existence of Ukraine. The Treaty of Georgievsk was a tool Russia used to annex Georgia and even if it was not, frankly, we do not care. It's not the 18th century, Georgia deserves to be a sovereign state that determines its own foreign policy within its internationally recognized territories so Russians need to go HOME.
I was in high school when they invaded, the news that "Russia invaded georgia" was especially scary for us who were ass at geography
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😂!!
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Atlanta hoods made the invasion pointless.
One script, one play: US coups - Russia invades; US coups - Russia invades. Same scenario over and over.
here before johnny changes the thumbnail 20 times.
Really hate the trend in UA-cam with content creators changing video thumbnails several times after uploading..
dude has a team working for just thumbnails.
30*
And the title as well 😂
"If you want to see all the thumbnails, follow along" - Johnny
"Why do you stay here?"
Bro shes like 80yrs old, what do you mean
at first i also thought what kind of question is that
but later i understood, it was asked to let her speak her side story
yeah i was saying to my self same think lol.
She remembered when the Soviet Union was around and they were all one country. She’s been through different regimes and just wants to live and doesn’t care whose country it is…
@@caseclosed9342 you sure about that bud? you think she doesnt want georgia to be united or what. she lives there because she cant go anywhere
@@caseclosed9342 She definitely cares what country it is. She literally said the reason she didn't and won't leave, is because then russians will take her property. Literally days ago from recording, a russian came to her house, where she has probably lived for decades, if not her whole life, and claimed it was his house. She cares a lot. And she chose her country, Georgia.
I am amazed how so many Georgians speak English so well. Greetings from Uzbekistan. 👋🏻
Maybe just a few that can actually do the interviews without too much hassle dealing with translations, giving the impression that "so many" of them can speak English so well?
@@brandonchan8255no, a lot of post soviet countries speak English rather well (younger generations)
Why? It's no different how back in USSR Georgians spoke russian so well.
Being Russian neighbour must be one of the worst things that could have happened to you
China says hello
If Mexico wants to become part of Russia, what will USA do?
@@AmadeusDRLike which one?
@@AmadeusDR So being Puerto Rico? cool.
Being Finnish, I'd take it as an acceptable compromise😅
Poland's Lech Kaczyński in August 2008 traveled to Tbilisi together with the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to show solidarity with Georgia in the face of Russia's invasion of that country, according to accounts by officials.
He said at the time: "Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic states, and then, perhaps, the time will come for my country, Poland."
Then they killed him
Putin is 71, he will be dead by than
@@nijatmehdizadeh8959never forgive them trees...
@@nijatmehdizadeh8959 Debatable depending who you ask, and a lie for others.
He wasn't wrong.
Forget to mention that a country cannot join NATO that has regional conflicts. That's why Russia has everywhere a foot in the door.
Great point!
BS.. The US Military is spread out across the world in conflicts right now, its not being broadcasted as conflict but "peace keeping" and suddenly it doesnt matter to the same degree and those countries are either joining or part of NATO. There is double standards with all this bs.
False, Greek and Turkey has regional conflict still. Russian lies again.
@@romangolovko8306That’s because both Greece and Turkey joined NATO before any regional conflict. Plus it’s more like the governments of each country are bickering at each other than a regional conflict.
@@romangolovko8306what exactly you talk about? they dont have any conflicts followed by unstable borders that no one recognise what is the main point of not having conflicts
Thanks Johnny for shedding light on the occupation of Georgia.
As a Georgian, I really appreciate you bringing attention to this important issue.
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This is way more important for the world to know and fight for than Palestine.
Not just for the Georgian people, but for the whole world to know how Putin is slowly trying to claw back all the countries that broke away from the USSR and how easy it is.
Palestine on the other hand, whilst enduring unbelievable horrors and hardship is not having it's land taken away from them. They are merely allowing Hamas to ruin their country for them so they can blame someone else.
Stalin was wrong to save you.
You bring shame to Stallin, the greatest Georgian in history.
@@DavidNunezPNW based.
"More than 80% of Georgians want to join EU." ..You are more European than most of Europe.
African continent want it too............
I truly don't know what you mean
@@arget13 many polls in EU are around these numbers when people are asked whether they like being in EU.. in my country, Slovakia it's around 70-75%.. so yea... we just don't value the memberships in EU and NATO enough, EU made it possible for my country to go up massively in life quality and NATO's here to protect it... sadly, russian propaganda is working overtime here and it's working the best in all of EU
@@arget13 there are a ton of parties in European countries that are EU sceptic or are downright advocating for leaving the EU (funnily most of them get funded by Russia ... 🙃)
20 % lives don't matter I guess 😅
Okay, memo to myself: Don't bother reading the comments in the first hour, it's so full with AI generated comments about some investment scam, so annoying 🙄
AI is the only intelligence Russia possesses. 🤖
@@SpecialMuppetOperationSays the 🤖 with ZERO intelligence😂😂
@@JohnDoe-iq9bz Coming from a four-month-old account, I'll take that as a compliment.
All the three commentators are bots!
did you meant American Illuminati?😆
Just came back from Georgia (and Armenia) yesterday to my hometown Vienna, Austria, and saw Johnny Harris dropping this video today. Awesome. During the last 10 days, I have been traveling through the whole country and have seen people fighting so desperately for the liberties we in the West so often take for granted. My deepest respect for the bravery and the willingness of the Georgian people. Austria and Europe are with you❤🇦🇹🇪🇺
@blubb4908
I am confused. What liberties they are fighting for that they don’t have now?
Territorial intergrity and freedom to roam parts of their own country
@@whitehorse1961 They are fighting for the liberties they still have, for now. Ask the honest Russians what liberties they lost in the last few years and you'll know. Or maybe you want to go there and say something about their leader or about the "war in Ukraine" and see what will happen but hey, maybe you are already there and you wrote this comment from a "farm".
@@FlorinArjocu 50c is 50c
@@blubb4908 First they democratically elect a government, and then they desperately fight it for their freedom, hmm...🤔
🇬🇪 As a Georgian i thank you for taking your time and creating this video if you are still in georgia i will be more than happy to help you out on your travels 🇬🇪
where my boi gattsu at?
Yeahhhh
right here bro, it was a very good vid watch it and share it around :)
@@Gattsuit’s him
GATTSU
@@Gattsu GATTSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
It's mind boggling to me how obvious Russia has been with this. And at the same time how oblivious the whole world chooses to be with this. It's not like it's hard to see
And what “the world” can do about it?
@@aresnir2725 for one thing Germany could have refused to give Russia billions of dollars since 2008 buying cheap gas from them. The US could arrest business people who conducted business with any Russian entity since 2008.
@@calebbearup4282 hypocrite 🙄keep on sanctioning everybody you will end up alone
Surface deep at best.. easy to tell this story ... and all the other stories of regime change and meddling by the US.
@@calebbearup4282 Arresting people just for conducting business with Russia is delusional. However, Germany absolutely has blame for this. I can't imagine being entitled to the point where you violently hate on another country whilst helping them fund their war. Trump even talked about this at the NATO summit in 2017
That amazing grandma protecting her home and land by staying there is a true hero
Interesting framing, in other parts of the world they call that T3rrorism.
Hope she stays safe as going by how they isually behave i doubt it@@reddragon3163
She will free that line up ! Believe ... I saw it
@@reddragon3163 Yes, the Russians are the terrorists... how is her staying on her land terrorism?
@@reddragon3163 They call refusing to give away the land you own "T3rrorism"? In which parts of the world do they call it that?
One of the reasons we have the Ukraine war, is because we never stood up to Putin when he started acting like a modern day emperor. We allowed him to do as he pleased with places like Georgia. And when i say, "We" i mean the international community not just America.
Like Hitler invading Czechoslovakia and nobody did anything
Arguably another reason we have the Ukraine war, is because they, like Georgia, were talking about joining NATO.
@@davepubliday6410 Did it ever occur to you why exactly they might be interested in joining NATO?
The only reason "you have" the Ukraine war, is the NATO expansion to the borders of Russia, taking all the space Russia left at good will.
If we are talking about the 90s, then Yeltsin was great friends with the United States, so they were not against it. If we take 2008, then this war lasted 6 days and Saakashvili unleashed it by hitting the Russian peacekeeping forces
We have many Georgian people here in Ukraine, many of them working in restaurant business, cooking their national cuisine which tastes incredible! They are very humble and hard working. My friends who have been to Georgia say that Georgians are super friendly to Ukrainians, especially now, when we face a common enemy. Too bad their government licks putin's butt while people stand against russia. I hope one day I'll visit this beautiful country.
Also there are a ton of Georgian Volunteers fighting in Ukraine.
American here. Been to your country and it’s 100% true. Georgian restaurants are everywhere and thank god for that! Kachapauri is mana from heaven!
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У нас в Житомирі просто найкраща шаурма всього міста - Ґенацвале - як раз відкрита грузинами. Якщо будете поряд - обов'язково спробувати)
The same story here in Russia, men. Georgians are completely ok with Russians too despite this conflict.
Got to spend some time in Georgia last year and the graffiti on the streets of Tbilisi definitely made their stance with Russia clear
As an Georgian first emotion “thank you “ seeing your favorite content creator making documentary about things that’s me as an 20s generation facing everyday . Thank you for telling everyone our story .
We are Georgia 🇬🇪, we are Europe 🇪🇺.
As another European, from an EU nation, I feel honored to be included in your club. Because the courage and pride I've seen from Georgians far exceeds what I've ever had to muster, myself
As an American, the vast majority of us support Georgia being independent and free from Russian influence, even if our politicians don't show it. We stand with you, Georgia! 🇺🇲🤝🇬🇪
Sakartvelos Gaumarjos!
@@BackYardScience2000
Don't worry Ukraine faith would be yours soon, continue to be gullible it seems you don't want to think critically .
Or you need the help of some c.i.a bloggers to think
@@Dominic-s9q why dont any of you bots change the name at least? its always the same "generic name-random numbers" combination
I remember going to a georgian restaurant that was made from this guy from abkhazia. Im half georgian and i know the basics and a good amount of the language and was with my mother who was fluent : but she spoke some russian. The guy who owned the restaurant couldnt speak georgian but only russian. I was confused because i thought he was a georgian (he is) at first and he was speaking russian. My mom was translating what he was saying but he was so happy for us georgians (me and my mother) to eat there he even gave us a discount. Even though he couldnt speak georgia and was in occupied land, that man was most definetely a georgian. He was very involved in the culture and must i say his food was delicious. Kind man. We were in florida when we ate there.
This is Russia's MO, create frozen conflict until the world forgets and then it becomes the status quo. This was the goal in Moldova in 1992, in Ukraine in 2014 and its the MO in 2024. Frozen conflict gives Russia immense leverage. Moldova/Transdnistria was the dress rehearsal for Georgia.
But in other news, can confirm Georgia is an amazing place. Ancient culture, great wine (therefore great brandy), 1200 year old churches. Just beautiful.
nope, in 2014 if you actually follow the story it was ukraine started attack pro russian ukrainian first, basically is like how the georgia goverment react
@@LegionZGaming Hello Putin, nice to see you here.
@@LegionZGaming Well don't forget about Russian soldiers in civilian clothing heating the situation over there and artillery coming from Russian soil on Donbass cities. It is not black and white. Started in Crimea ...
That's the US strategy, Korea. Taiwan remember, same for Vietnam which failed.
@@collaborisgaming2190how? America left vietnamn and failed, korea had a ceesefire and south Korea retained it's independence
Georgia has the crusader flag, thats about as European as it can get
we had a same flag back in a 11th century and it’s connected with crusaders from that time when we fought alongside for jerusalem
Current European or older European?
@@lukasjablonskis6535Europa Universalis
Strange stuff is the measure of Europeanness these days
@@imperialofficer6185 actually, I'm a pretty nice guy. Oh.. right
As a Ukrainian, I regret that I did not pay enough attention during the occupation of Georgia. You have done an incredible job of telling the world about this period of history ✊.
საქართველოს მშვიდობა და კეთილდღეობა 🇬🇪
Peace for all the world 🕊
Slava Geroyam, brother!
As an African, you should pay enough attention on how African are talking they land back with the help of Russia from Europe...so we are shifting colonizers...
Absolutely same here. Peace, sovereignty and prosperity to Georgia 💛💙🤍❤
Maybe you should pay even more attention. Georgia is still a country. Russia dont want to take Georgia. Like Russia don want to take Ukraine. Why would you think that? In both Georgia and Ukraine regions wanted to leave for legit reasons. Russsia is just helping them. The moral question of Russia Sacrificing civilions, is a diffrent question, But I guess you support sacrificing civilians to stop Donbass and Crimea leaving Ukraine? Have integrity. Dont buy into this nationalistic bs. Be a patriot, not a nationalist.
You didn't pay attention in Transnistria? Much closer to you.
Or, to be fair, at that moment you were happy to be Russia's ally and attack Moldova together!
Now Moldova accepts and hosts Ukrainian refugees! I think you should be ashamed!
Wasnt Stalin, the former leader of the USSR (Russia) a Georgian?
Yes he was 100% georgian
yep also the su-25 was build in georgia so the lived okey in the udssr they had their invrastructur and their pride and thechnical schools ect
but yes russia was playing the ossetians and abkhazians they said they want to be their own staat so russi was placing peace keepers there and in 2008 the georgians attacked them
and imo wanted to take over the ossetians for some reason and that backfired hard (maybe they wanted to fix their border problems with them so they can join nato coz you cant join with border clashes)
i mean what was the point for georgia? get some village back? imo it could not been a preemtive strike from georgia coz in the end russia just run in and punched them hard but left emediatly after destroying the georgian army so there was no intend to take over georgia from russia
but it makes sens for russia to hold this ossetians and abkhazians territory "for" them so georgia cant join nato and if they join nato they have a foot hold on the other side of the caucasus
from wiki
20 September 1990 - South Ossetia declares independence. The republic remained unrecognized, yet it detached itself from Georgia de facto. In the last years of the Soviet Union, ethnic tensions between Ossetians and Georgians in Georgia's former Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia (abolished in 1990) and between Ossetians and the Ingush in North Ossetia evolved into violent clashes that left several hundred dead and wounded and created a large tide of refugees on both sides.
Stalin's real name was Iosif Dzugashvili
Yes but he considered himself a Russian. He didn't even want Georgia to join as an individual SSR. Instead he wanted it's identity diminished as a part of the TransCaucasian SSR.
@@gazpachopolice7211 He was fighting for multinational Soviet Union, he didn't want people to be divided by race or ethnicity, that's why he wanted what u said(if its true...) Today "Most Progressive" Woke powers have the same narrative by the way:))) So Stalin was Woke MF
THIS IS MY COUNTRY!
Thank you for sharing this to the world!
Have been watching you for years, brought me to tears!
Go there and tell the locals that it's yours :)
@@Pythoner I am local :) where is this passive-aggressive attitude coming from? 😂
@@irinkalabartkava8801 Ты абхазка или осетинка? Мне кажется абхазы и осетины не очень хотят быть частью Грузии.
Abhasia and Ossetia are not your countries.
These bots are going crazy today
Yeah shit's getting out of control. They're copying random comments and reposting them with the product name seemingly randomly inserted somewhere in the sentence.
I don't agree with Johnny's bias so surely I must be a bot.
@@Jacka101 they need to prove their worth in the comment sections less they be called up to the front as a "storm z units."
@@PersClarl-re7nn yeah because VPNs dont exist, nice try ORC
@@motoKJ YT doesn't want Russians to use YT. So VPN wouldn't help. Nice try CRO
Why is that you say Georgia would be a theater for Russian actions in the next conflicts but you fail to even mention the overwhelming fact of the USA. The US has a long history of taking advantage of opportunities to further its global dominance by instigating internal conflicts in other countries. By providing substantial financial support to small protests, the US often turns them into massive movements, leading to societal division. This strategy ultimately results in the installation of pro-US governments, a pattern seen worldwide, including in Ukraine.
the important part. I remember the irony of the USA forces in Afghanistan in the 00's seizing USA and UK weapons that had previously been supplied to the Afghans to arm them against USSR.
Did you bring out the Planet Earth film crew or something? The footage is STUNNING.
Wish these people got to comfortably exist in their beautiful country without having to deal with this encroachment
When CIA pays the quality has got to be the best!
Presented by Johnny Harris and the Democrat Party! Production by ABC 😂
@@deeliriyum Is there anything wrong with the content or you like Putin?
@@FlorinArjocu Have no doubt this is CIA project. Georgians kicked out US spies and NGOs. That's why they are pissed! And that's why they are trying to overthrow government so they can install US puppets.
Wow thanks!
Georgia, you are our European brothers. I admire your bravery in this fight for what’s right. We as Europeans must pay close attention to what’s happening in the Eastern corner of our beautiful continent. Stay strong Ukraine, stay strong Georgia. We must not forget you and we will not forget you. Light will prevail. Post tenebras lux - an old latin saying. After the darkness, there’s light. Love and support from Switzerland
Thank you ❤
15:48 the most famous Georgian!
Hitler 2
Josef Stalin aka Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili. No mention of the fact that he was Georgian!!! Apparently this dude doesn't even know that.
@@purplespaceship2417 very interesting! Yes, it would seem this video is american propoganda. The russians have their propoganda and the american/europeans have theirs. It seems like Geogia is definitely a battleground of conflicting propoganda.
A few import things Johnny glances over:
1) Georgia was part of the USSR, but it wasn’t just a conquered subject as Georgians played a role shaping Soviet politics. One of the if not the most important Soviet leader - Josef Stalin - was a Georgian who actually spoke Russian as a second language.
2) The parts of Georgia Russia invaded were separatist regions which home to ethnic groups who didn’t like being part of a Georgian state. The Abkhaz are a Caucasian group while the Ossetians are actually an Iranian ethnic group that practices orthodox Christianity. Neither group wanted to be part of Georgia but were stuck in Georgia at the end of the USSR (the Ossetians were also separated from their fellow Ossetians living in North Ossetia which is a part of Russia). Something Putin has done well is convincing separatists groups that he will invade their territories to let them separate, whereas Putin’s attempt to invade an entire country has been less successful.
3) Many Western countries will criticize Russia invading Georgia to support separatists but simultaneously support other countries doing the same - like supporting Armenia’s claim to Azerbaijan’s territory which until recently Armenia occupied in a similar manner.
While I support Georgia in opposing Russia, it’s important to understand the nuances of the situation. Johnny doesn’t seem to like nuances…
Yes, some people can't see that world is not black and white. Sure I don't agree with war, but if people support break-away states like Kosovo, then it's hypocrisy. But hey, we live in the world of radicals, who believe that if someone's not with them, then it's are against them.
So you are saying that all the oblast of Russia should have a right to be independent states? Got it.
And part 1 is note true but I expect nothing less of Ruzz1ans
- After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Georgia briefly emerged as an independent republic under German protection, but was invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1922, becoming one of its constituent republics.
More on item 1 of your post: The Russo-Georgian alliance, however, backfired as Russia was unwilling to fulfill the terms of the treaty, proceeding to annex the troubled kingdom in 1801, and reducing it to the status of a Russian region
Lol, u yourself glanced over a lot of important things. And I mean A LOT.
1) First of all, Stalin considered himself a russian. For all the time he ruled during USSR, he didn't do ANYTHING good for georgian people. He even hated when other people were bringing up his ethnicity. Also, these autonomous regions in Georgia like Abkhazia or so called South Ossetia were created by...surprise-surprise: STALIN/bolsheviks. So Stalin is partially at fault that these wars broke out, because bolsheviks were trying to tie the republics like Georgia back to Moscow, so that Georgia and the other nations could not settle their conflict without Russia's influence. You mentioned Armenia/Azerbaijan war, but you didn't mention that this war ALSO broke out because of unneeded autonomy that was created by Soviet government. We can go even further and see that almost EVERY SINGLE WAR on a post-soviet territories can be tied back to Soviet action.
2) so called "abkhazians" (their real name is apsua) and ossetians are not the original inhabitants of so called Abkhazia (Abkhazeti) and so called "South Ossetia" (Tskhinvali). These are georgian territories and always were georgian, so I dunno what are trying to say with that. By that logic, if a russian immigrant is not happy in US, he shouldn't move back to Russia, but he should bring Russia to US. What the hell???
Same as if an indian doesn't like to live in Canada, he shouldn't go back to India, but bring India's army to Canada. You're nuts, dood.
Also, why didn't u mention the fact that russia occupied Georgia's territories, and holds them under control TILL this very day. I don't see independent Abkhazia or Ossettia, I see a russian people living there, with a russian passports, with a russian ruble being the main currency and the russian language being the main language...do I have to continue? This list can go on and on. And you know why is that? Because these failed states can't exist without an external support. They never were and they never will.
3) Why mention US here, if in this specific video there was NOTHING mentioned about how US and the West is good compared to Russia? For God's sake, can all of you just stop pretending that you're against the imperialism, drop this facade and admit that you're just another coping West hater? This really starts to annoy a lot to be completely honest. Snap back to reality.
oh wow was just craving georgian food and then this shows up
Google is getting powerful indeed..
As an European citizen this video really touch my soul. On my country and in general across the EU I see more and more skepticism about the EU, because people take for granted all the benefits they have now, being European citizens.
Seeing how passionately and passionately Georgians want to be Europeans really moves me. Unfortunately, I don't think that the European geopolitical scenario is now ready to welcome them, rather it must first think about not dissolving.
I will never stop dreaming of a united Europe, with Georgia as a member.
Thank you very mush Johnny for telling this story, and in general for all the videos you make.
EU =\= Europe. Georgia is a European country whether it's part of EU or not, same with Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, etc.
EU is another sort of dictatorship, one that slowly increases and my country faces every day. But i suppose it preferable over Russia.
I dream of the day when Russia , Ukraine and Georgia are in the EU. All in peace, cooperating and doing trade. But America will never allow this.
@@mariaannenkova7954 Russia will be under iron curtain for at least 100 years, forget about Russia joining EU.
@@origami83it proves that you don't know much about EU snd is told some BS about EU. If not happy with EU ,then simply move to Russia
I remember this border from that one The Grand Tour episode
oh shit yeah, i remember, what episode was that called again?
@@uddhav1080 it was the season 3 episode 11, sea to unsalty sea i think
@@hisankidwai497 thanks :), have you seen the farewell episodes yet?\
@@uddhav1080 I haven't yettt. How are they? I'm not ready for the show to end
@@hisankidwai497 i actually got halfway thru, and yeah im really sad too, i dont want it too end
Patching in gattsu.
Gattsu will love this
Keep trying, probably still sleeping off his 15 bottles of wine
Gattsu is the goat
Came here with the same thoughts
Gattsu all ready loved the video and asked to ahare it, just saw him in the comments😊@@YMandarin
Form first people 😂 wtf all of you in XAI780K ??
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But this is no meme right?
I know many bots pump that but it is a real project, value going up, I got in there and know that it is for real man
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World is a mess
Because for some, IT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH
You mean USA with already 800 military bases in 80 different countries ..............
Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber
Yes US wants Russian resources and attacks Russia through their small disctators on the Russian border creating military conflicts.
@@gonzalvedecordoue5486Most countries, particularly the big five, have a global presence.
@@ethancoster1324 2 of which are controlled by usa
I was in Tbilisi in 1985 with a tour group, years before the invasion. Georgia was part of the USSR then.What an absolutely beautiful country. It's criminal what Russia does to it's neighbors, all under the guise of "protecting" Russian speaking people.
More like Ossetian and Abkhaz speaking people but nice try 🤡
So many heros in one video. Long live Georgia and it's beautiful people!
Josef Stalin aka Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili was shown in this video. He was Georgian.
What about the people of Abkhazia and the people of Ossetia? Why does the West think that the people of Taiwan are worthy of independence while the people of Abkhazia and Ossetia are not? They are not even Georgians. And the Taiwanese are Chinese.
@@PhilippSeven Apkhazia and Samachablo are Georgian lands that have always been ethnically and culturally Georgian throughout history. Georgians are natives to these lands but were kicked out by the ossetians and aphsus, who are not natives there nontheless. Georgians civilians WERE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES in these territories, do you understand that? Yet THEY'RE the victims in your eyes? Buddy, what do you mean they want independence? They want independence on MY lands? On a land that doesn't belong to them? Buddy, this is the equivalent of some Turkish communities declaring "independence" from Germany... IN GERMANY. Like. Who would support that, other than Turkey? Also they clearly aren't independent. They're very much depended on Russia.
@@TimtheEnchanter25 Kingdom of Abkhazia was a vassal state of Byzantium, and it belonged including territories of western Georgia. So here Abkhazia can claim Georgian territories rather than vice versa.
@@PhilippSevenSamachablo is not "Ossetia." Commies made up that term just because there were some Ossetians living there, unfortunately for us. They weren't even the majority there, and yet the commies still called it "south Ossetia." That's like the E.U declaring Paris as "North Algeria" just because there are some Algerians living there. You know nothing about this topic, so why oh why in the name of common sense are you yapping about it?
Do Moldova/Transnistria next!
Yes, if they will not stop flirting with EU and NATO
@@aresnir2725 Russia needs to stop flirting with Putin tbh
@@aresnir2725 they will flirt with whoever they want and russia has no business with sovereign states.
@@NikitOS-vv4ks Putin is popular president
@@sandromain If by "sovereign states" you meant "US/UK/EU vassals", then i agree with you.
the fact that he showed Stalin who was a georgian.
I thought that was hilarious. The fact Stalin is still highly regarded in Georgia speaks volumes about their European values.
He is in fact not highly regarded in Georgia. Maybe check your sources.
there was once an austrian guy. but that didn't mean Austria was chill, when Germany with said dictator annexed Austria.
@@ARKAEOPTREX
Stalin was Georgian with russian citizenship
Hitler was German with Austrian citizenship
@@mariaannenkova7954 He's not "highly regarded" in Georgia, because despite where he was born, he was a Russian politician, that occupied newly-independent Georgia, murdered and repressed Georgian intelligentsia and created an empire for Russians. I doubt Hitler is "highly regarded" in Austria as well just because he happened to be born there.
Dunno why i got this recommended
Hey, Harris, what about right to self determination? Do abkhaz and osetians not have them?
Of course they have that right, but that changes nothing about the situation. Even if they were determined by Georgia before, now they are determined by Russia. Also, the rest of the Georgian people self-determinate that they want nothing to do with Russia, unlike the current Georgian heads of state. So all in all, Russia should get out to provide the necessary right to self determination, regardless of other factors.
@@mjouwbuis both countries should stop their meddling tho, don't you think? And georgia have shown that it is willing to reconnect old territories militarly, so i doubt russian occupation will end any time soon
Harris is not wrong in dubbing it an occupation, mind you, any military base outside any country's border is occupation, if it's forced to lease the land
Buddy, they kicked out native Georgians from their own lands of Apkhazia and Samachablo. They have a right to self determination on a land that doesn't belong to them? Do Chechens not have a right to self determination? And Chechens, unlike ossetians in Samachablo, actually live on their own native lands occupied by Russia.
Fair arguement.
Counter point: Gerogia sent in the army and massacred abkhas people, their cultural and riligious sites, an institute holding historical documentations.
Hello to all the georgians here from the other side of Black Sea.
As someone, whose country is bombarded with russian propaganda every day, this video is a great reminder how lucky we are to be in the EU and NATO.
We believe in you guys! Keep fighting! Best wishes from Bulgaria
@samihamchev9528 The EU has banned RT etc from its space. If you are getting 'Russian propaganda it is because significant proportions of your population realize the close historical ties between Bulgaria and Russia. In fact you wouldn't exist without Russia.
And what makes you Georgians think that Abkhazians and Ossetians want to be part of Georgia?
Russian propaganda is shown on the TV and the news in Bulgaria?
@@andreas543 Not on TV per say, but all around social media. A lot of people here don't have critical thinking and believe all the bullshit that's being fed to them.
And that's how we got a pro-putin party to a 3rd place in the parliament(combined with the record low % of people who go to vote on election day).
@@andreas543 And what's the difference between Western propaganda and Russian propaganda?
I remember when it happened. I was in Beijing, China, for the Summer Olympics. This war went against "the peace" that always should appear during an Olympiad.
Because Georgia invaded South Ossetia.
@@AddieHilton
Yes, of course ♥️. Suddenly, Russia has 50,000 soldiers with tanks, artillery, and aircraft on the only road connecting to Georgia. A week before, they evacuated their civilians and began firing at Georgian villages. The day Georgia responded, these 50,000 soldiers immediately started advancing, bombing the entire Georgian territory from the sea, from another occupied region, Abkhazia, and from the air. They killed many civilians simply because they were Georgian, and thousands of Georgians were forcibly displaced from their homes.
Of course, Georgia “attacked” Russia on their so-called territory, which only Syria, North Korea, and a few “peace-loving” organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah recognize as independent.
Do you know how long it takes to gather 50,000 soldiers at the border? No. Russia started preparations two months before their attack. Perhaps the “wise” Putin knew that after two months, small Georgia would decide to attack a global nuclear power 🙏.
It’s literally free to learn some basic historical facts about the subject before commenting.
@@teimurazshvelidze-ff4sc There is such a thing as intelligence. Of course the Russians knew something was brewing. But the fact remains that the Georgians were the first to attack, and if it had not been for that attack, nothing would have happened. And yes: Russia did not enter Georgian territory. Abkhazia and Ossetia are not Georgia and have never been Georgia for the past millennium. And Georgians do not live there.
@@teimurazshvelidze-ff4sc The Georgians had been concertrating their forces and shelling South Ossetia for week killing dozens of civilians so of course the Russians were on high alert. After the Georgian invaded South Ossetia they killed hundreds of civilians are drove tens-of-thousands out of their homes.
Georgia brought whatever happened to them on themselves. And they haven't tried anything since - so it worked.
Johnny, come to Ukraine. Show us Kyiv.
How is this foreign agent act/law any different then the same law in the U.S. which is in effect since September 6, 1938?
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A video talking about how your country needs the EU?
About you? Are you Abkhazian or Ossetian?
@@PhilippSevenHaha no 😅! Im Georgian, Abkhazians and Ossetians use a Cyrillic script to write so yea
Finally 😍, Let’s go!!!!!!!!
Either you fight for your freedom like Ukraine, or you become subjugated like Belarus.
Your choice, Georgia.
You created this channel while visiting Tbilisi, do you remember?
proof?
Next time a story about Moldova? A country split in two by Russia (and their ally at that time, Ukraine).
In Transnistria the ethnicity is like 30% Moldovans, 30% Russians and 30% Ukrainians. Only the strong alliance between Russians and Ukrainians keep this part of Moldova under Russia's control.
Yeah, but most people in Moldova wanna be part of Russia. That wasn't the case in Georgia and Ukraine - people there just wanted to be free from Russia influence.
@@boccobadz
😂😂😂 All the world want to be part of Russia. No! People from Moldova speak Romanian, Moldova was part of Romania for hundreds of years and only some Russians living there want to be part of Russia.
Just remember: WW2 started when Russia and Germany signed the Ribbentrop Molotov Treaty and both countries attacked their neighbours. Germany attacked Poland and Russia attacked Finland, Poland, Baltic states and...... Moldova. Moldova is the last territory still occupied based on Hitler's and Stalin's Treaty.
My sympathies to Georgians. Perhaps something can be learned from Switzerland. After Neapolitan fell at Waterloo, no foreign military has invaded or even attacked Switzerland. Why ??? After Neapolitan fell, every Swiss man has been required to keep a military rifle and ammunition in his home. Rifle training was compulsory. This is a law required of all males from age 18 years to age 65 years. Georgia you might want to adapt this policy.
THe problem is the government being complacent with Russia. Georgians having more guns isn't relevant here, and Switzerland is helped by its geography and by having bombs set up in bridges and tunnels.
@@Danjuanfr Yes the bridges and mountains assist sin protecting Switzerland; however, the armed populous is another element of its deterrence. BTW, my father served in US army intelligence during WWII. He decoded Nazi communications. He had related that Hitler weighed the costs versus benefits of invading Switzerland. No Swiss lives were lost to Hitler because of the deterrence.
Americans talking about how other countries invade sovereign nations. Pfffffffff
I remember 2008 before social networks and when US had the biggest news networks on the planet and how it was covered by the west.
Georgia started military operation to take their land back and indiscriminately bombed those territories.
Then Russia went in and went out ...
Why did Russia didn't take over Georgia or hasn't done much since 2008 ?
Russia had its forces beaten back by the Georgians, despite having an overwhelming numerical superiority, so it held on to what it could and just stayed where its forces were at the armistice/truce. The term is “frozen conflict”.
@@Egilhelmson lol
@@Egilhelmson u drunk bro? Unlike ukraine which is supplied by 50 NATO countries Georgia was a land locked nation means Russia can level everything there unlike Ukraine which has a Russian population and Russia cannot go hard.
@@EgilhelmsonYou sleep well when you don’t know much ehhh? Russia has Deep respect for Georgia only reason it’s not part of Russia like Dagestan and Crimea.
@eugene4950 stop spreading misinformation. Georgia never started militaty operations, there were bunch of shooting from russias side and only after this Georgia responded with gunfire. Even putin admitted that preparations for operation started year before 2008 war.
I always thought Mikheil_Saakashvili led Georgia into a disastrous war with Russia. Now, he is locked up I think.
It was not really a choice, but he did not help us win the information war either.
Non-peacekeeping Russian troops were already in Georgia when “Saakashvili started the war” and Georgian controlled village were being shelled for days as well. Russian “peacekeepers” refused to intervene.
Russia didn't like that Saakashvili was pro-western and was developing our country to become free from Russian control and influence, so Russia provoked this war not Georgia to tell Georgia who the boss was. 20% of Georgia is occupied by Russia and the question is who started the war???? It's Georgian territory, Russia shouldn't be their in the first place.
It's a classic Russian narrative. Depending on which leg was out of bed first that morning. Putin will tell you that either Ukraine or NATO started the current war. He will use actual factoids that he twists and expands into some fantastic story. He doesnt even need a false flag operation to frame it, such as used by Germany to invade Poland in 1939.
6:02 Is Turkey already EU? Maybe this map a little incorrect
NATO
Think it's definitely NATO nations in blue..as Britain is no longer EU..unfortunately 😕
Especially excellent video. My compliments to you and everyone on your team.
What a beautiful people. Sending love from Canada to bolster their hope and
spirit.
Thank you Johnny for another important video.
@brittanywinn3955 Some day Quebec will be free, then Alberta, then Manitoba.
@@mitchyoung93they’re already free, but thanks for your thoughts, Russian bot.
I live ni latvia and ve ar stil recovering from rusia
I thought you will feed the whole Europe with your bacon and milk. European stomach too weak for Riga’s sprats? What happen to all manufacturing after USSR left? What happen to one of the largest fishing and trade fleets? What happen to “liepajas metallurgs”? VEF? RAF? DAUER?
Just look in the mirror
Let me guess, didn’t meet the EUs standards?
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Extremely inaccurate cover of post-soviet Georgia history and 2008 war...
I love the rhetoric regarding Georgia’s longstanding commitment to freedom as a foundational cultural value and the subsequent discussion of resisting Soviet oppression. All this accompanied by images of Stalin…the most famous Georgian in history. Well done! Great editing!!! 🤙🏻
Yeah but that doesn't mean anything Stalin was the biggest conqueror of Georgia he gave the order to the red army to attack back then the independent republic of Georgia.
@@Otawee Well it does mean quite a lot. It means that Georgia wasn't an occupied territory by the USSR, at least, as Baltic states pretend to be, for example.
Georgians don't like Stalin. he was a disgrace, just like Germans don't like Hitler. Let's say the most infamous Georgian. Sounds fairer.
What beautiful people. God Bless them and their country. They will be free!
Free from whom? From the USA?
Georgia is free. No one touches them. Abkhazia and Ossetia have never been part of Georgia.
@@PhilippSeven You're delusional
@@Pyro3009 am I? I from Abkhazia, and I personally know what georgians are really like when they come to your house with guns.
@@PhilippSeven You are from Abkhazia? Suspicious how my best friend is half Abkhaz and she tells me everythjng about Russia coming to the land and kicking her out, if you're really Abkhazian take a DNA test, you don't speak act or live Abkhazian, even carry Russian passports.
@@Pyro3009 If all Abkhazians want to be with Georgia, as you say. Who was Georgia at war with in 1992-1993? Russia was not involved in that conflict in the beginning.
This music is spoiling this video
Damn Early Gang here! Hoping this vid is a banger! I prefer to believe in XAI780K and be strong
what is that thing lol
xAI is doing a great job
Recommended the reviewvids about it, this is spreading far
Before you judge at least watch the review
Project 2025 is nothing against this 😂
"My dog becomes emotional when I talk about this"
LMAO! Anyone saying/believing this nonsense would also believe this story about Russia is bad, blah, blah...
It would have been great if you’ve also interviewed more folks of older generations and shared their perspective, I bet it would be rather different. This would have shared more insight into why these laws are getting passed. Most of Georgian population is senior, while many younger ambitious folks tend to leave the country. Having said that, it’s rather unfortunate how such a beautiful country with heartwarming people is getting destroyed by my homeland.
People join NATO by requesting membership and sign an agreement. People join Russia after tanks roll into your country.
Not peoples, but goverments. And its all about politics and money. Look at all Zelensky and Co new houses in Europe and US...
@@borisogradkin8072💀 its all about politics and money for not wanting your country invaded?
@@bronyaenjoyer The entry of a country into an aggressive military alliance, whose geography poses risks to another country, poses obvious conflicts. The politicians of these countries understood these risks perfectly well but ignored them. At the same time, it does not matter to Russia whether Nicaragua or Portugal joins NATO, since their location does not pose a security threat.
I am still surprised that people do not understand such obvious things.
@@borisogradkin8072 since when is NATO an aggressive alliance instead of a defensive one? NATO kept Europe almost war-free for decades, which only ended when non-members became agressive.
@@mjouwbuis if you don't waste your energy on small conflicts so we have:
1991 - Iraq 1
1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
1999 - Yugoslavia
2001 - Afghanistan
2003 - Iraq 2
2011 - Libya
2012 - Syrian
Literally all US war campaign its NATO operation
Georgian are passionate but Russia will not allow Georgia to be part of NATO, that path is long gone but path to EU member may not.
According to International Relations: Great powers do whatever they want. Period. Another rule: Democracies never attack democracies. That should explain a lot.
I’m a little confused,if Georgians are hard fighting and are wishing to be free from Russia then why their government and parliament is so pro Russian. Officially Georgia is not Ukraines ally, in fact even opposed, even though Ukraine officially supported Georgia and fight in North Ossetia with Georgians. Hello from Toronto Canada
Hi There. Russia didn't like the pro-western course of Georgia's previous president, hence provoked the war in 2008, invested heavily in propaganda to demonize president Saakashvili, who made enemies when fighting corruption, crime etc and as result a party called "Georgian Dream" headed by an Oligarch Ivanishvili who became a billionaire in Russia in the 90ies rose to power. This party exposed Saakashvili Government for an inhumane treatment of prison inmates , some human rights violations that significantly tipped a scale in favor of "Georgian Dream" and they've managed to stay in power until now.
I understand your confusion and will try to provide some context as a Georgian. We need to consider this situation from two distinct perspectives: the ruling party and its government, and the majority of the people, particularly the younger generation.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, many Georgian soldiers and volunteers have joined the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. Tragically, we have lost many soldiers there. In addition, from the very start, numerous non-governmental organizations, activist groups, and individuals have organized humanitarian aid. After the disgraceful statements by Georgia's former prime minister, Irakli Garibashvili, there were large demonstrations in the capital to show support for the Ukrainian people.
You might wonder why this party is still in power, given that statistics suggest it shouldn’t be. The answer lies in corrupt elections, state-controlled media, and widespread poverty. Outside the capital, the situation in rural areas is dire. The government's propaganda machine continuously emphasizes that if we pursue a European path, we’ll end up in a war with Russia like Ukraine. And the cherry on top? The opposition parties are a disaster.
In about a month, on October 26, we have elections and we're hoping for the best.
Corrupt government. The head of government is former Russian businessman actually ) that’s why) Russia tries to put the “right person” in Ukraine too, but failed and we saw Maidan in 2014)
The Georgian dream party kind of did a 180 flip in recent years and wasn't blatantly in cooperation with Russia at the time.
@@likachkhaidze8789 thank you very much for your clarification, now I understand. Wishing peace and freedom for both Georgian and Ukrainian along with Belarusian people.
How come Russia is getting away with all this?
The same way every superpower gets away with anything
Because Russian is one of the big countries in the world that can do pretty much anything and get away same as USA, CHINA and couple other global / major regional powers, nothing new big empires historical always dominant smaller nations.
@@iljenshumilin467I wouldn’t call Russia super power they are a former superpower so they know how to play the game
@@nemzi8969 i would have thought the same thing but seeing 32 countries forming a alliance against one country seems that they are really scared of Russia
@nemzi8969 then why they are getting away with it? They are clearly 3rd strongest country
Love your work Johnny!
Thank you for covering our story. We will keep fighting. Shot out to all the freedom loving nations in the world ❤️✊️
Ukraine then gave Georgia a lot of weapons, including air defense. Which, by the way, were used to shoot down Russian warplanes.
Грузия одна из самых красивых стран на свете с потрясающими людьми! Ребята держитесь, попробуйте победить на выборах найти рычаги, не дайте стране дрейфовать в сторону этого монстра под именем Росси. Благословит вас бог!
Early bird special dude XAI780K is the best thing you said, got in
I love that they pushed this just before election
There are videos about it
Elon is just a different built guy
lol Elon said something about this when he talked to Lex I recall
Trump is trying to save us here with this
yo must be great to be in XAI780K for the smart ones here
But this is no meme right?
I think it deserves its own review please man
lol Elon said something about this when he talked to Lex I recall
Great, finally it's done. I will be in it and you guys would be better of if you understood it too. But I think that's too much to hope for
The big talk on Lex was detailed about this, too. This is a smart step ahead of all competition
Okay Cool. come from reddit Georgian here.... nice recap for my country story. ty.
Is Georgia a democracy?
I don't know enough about this country.
It is now on my visit soon list.
If is a democracy why don't they vote the shitty politicians out of power? Someone please enlighten me, I want to learn more.
are you american?why didnt you vote out your shitty politicians?i as a turk have experience with this.most people are still rural folk who vote for the ruling party.and even more so in the broker part of the world
Yes, it is a democracy. The next parliamentary election will take place on October 26th of this year. The problem is that the power is very centralised and concentrated on the executive (the president), so there is a risk of rigged or non-free elections. There is a great article by the Council of Europe titled "Free and legitimate elections essential to safeguard Georgia’s place in Europe’, says head of PACE pre-electoral delegation, ending visit" that explains really well the situation. (fell free to copy/paste the title on google since I can't post links on UA-cam comments)
I have been down this rabbit hole of trying to understand Georgian politics for the last half hour and it's super interesting, thanks for making me search all this ! :)
@@THETRUEXBEN19 Sorry my friend, I wasn't looking for people to do my homework for me but thankyou. I will do some Googling of my own.
Thankyou for the information. Let's hope democracy prevails.
Russia in theory is also a democracy. Venezuela as well. It doesn't work like that. The only thing that matters is who counts the votes.
@@boccobadzbut in Russia the elections are cheated
Now would be a good time for Georgian forces to reclaim their land
Not that simple.
Ну вперед😅
@@АндрейЧвертко-ж2у they will get help ofc. russia is so weak, entire world is laughing at them.
Yes now is the time. Hope the Georgian people can fight back and take back their lands. Now is the time.
@Lavithz then why they don't do it? Only western media and it's propaganda think it's weak
@Johnnyharris COME TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦
Overall I can affirm the whole world is turning into a shithole
They should/could join the EU but can't expect Russia to sit idly by while its neighbors join NATO.
Just like the USA wouldn't allow missiles to be deployed in Cuba, it's the same.
No, dictatorships and free societies are not and never the same.
@@chrisadema3985 Let me guess, USA is a "free societie", like the EU that every day pass dictatorships wise laws to control the internet and free comunication?
What concentrated pure propaganda, I think Goebbels is smiling in hell watching this report. Zero percent of any research into the history of the region, not a single opinion of the other side (Ossetians) is presented. This is what I call "real journalism". Well done, buddy, the State Department is proud of you.
"I'm in awe of this incredible man for courageously shedding light on vital issues that often fade into the shadows. His initiative is a beacon of hope, illuminating crucial topics that desperately deserve attention..
101 reason why most prefer youtube for any type of content be news or any sensitive topics.
I love how the UA-cam commercials cover up the skip button now :(
You went to South Ossetia and didn't ask a single Ossetian how he feels about this. This is why you were called a propagandist 1 -2 years ago
No need to travel to Tskhinvali region. There are plenty of Ossetians living in other region of Georgia and they have no problems living here whatsoever.
as a Ukrainian, thank you for this. It's a sad story and even today Georgia as a country is afraid it can get worse, and they have the shittiest government but the most amazing people. The world should know that russians won't stop until someone stops them. Help us, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, all the 'imperial' seized lands.
also, the election is right around the corner and russians are literally threatening them even more. Just today I saw photos of billboards that had pictures of destroyed Ukrainian cities, bombed bridges, leveled buildings, and the slogan that said 'choose peace', which sounds more like 'get on your knees and don't even think about it'.
Though it would be interesting to call the bluff with Ukraine happening. Armenia didn't receive help from Russia, and is now turning towards Iran
Thank god it was Russians and not NATO. If Russia behaved like NATO they would be already in kiev with a million Ukrainian casualties.
@trezenx you joking right. Better Russia takes the countries back then having the real enemy converting you to their cult
You should go visit the occupied land of Palestine
From where to where it is occupied, can you determine
Borders isn't the same without your orange jacket
Slava Georgia and Slava Ukraini!
Ukraine?? not sure mate
@@DouglasMwaura-pj4qq what are you not sure about? If you love Putin and russian imperialism?
Ive just been travelling through the regions close to Ossetia, thank you so much for sharing this, its so unkown about
5:37 being the only Christian power in its neighborhood and surrounded by Ottoman Empire and its vassals, Georgian Kingdom practically begged the Russian Empire to become a protecrorate. Its story as a part of Russia's sphere of influece is vastly different from those of, for example, the Caucasian peoples or Central Asia.
You are referring to the Treaty of Georgievsk, under which Georgia became the protectorate of the Russian empire, which was supposed to guarantee its SOVEREIGNTY. When Georgia was invaded by neighboring Muslim powers, Russians took no action and later ANNEXED Georgia. So much for protecting the sovereignty of the country. Since then, we have not been able to escape Russian imperialist claws. I would advise against making misinformed comments if you do not know what you are talking about.
@@nod.noda1 to win an internal power struggle, a member of the ruling Georgian dynasty invited the Russian Tzar to support him and in return agree to become an only nominally independent puppet. Afterwards the Tzar decided to change the terms of the agreement, presumably because he considered the other party to be less than dependable. Then the Tzar died and with the Napoleonic wars brewing the focus of the policymaking for Russian rulers shifted away from their conflict with the Ottomans and Persia, to European affairs.
If you want to ever "um. actually someone, [;ease have a common courtesy to provide all of the wider context.
@@fillosof66689 The agreement was that kartli kakheti would protect the southern front against the ottomans and Persians during the war, and when they would inevitably invade Russia would aid them, and the Georgians held up their end, fought and defeated both empires in multiple battles, but when the Persians invaded with a vast army, the Russians did nothing, and later broke the treaty fully and annexed the kingdom.
@@fillosof66689 Again, wrong. Regardless, your comment is irrelevant to the video because referring to a historical event from centuries ago to justify Russian imperialism and expansionism today is straight out of Kremlin's playbook. Refer to Tucker Carlson's interview with Putin where he went on an hour-long rant about the history of Russia and Ukraine in order to question the very existence of Ukraine. The Treaty of Georgievsk was a tool Russia used to annex Georgia and even if it was not, frankly, we do not care. It's not the 18th century, Georgia deserves to be a sovereign state that determines its own foreign policy within its internationally recognized territories so Russians need to go HOME.
Russia is a terrible neighbor.😢
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That is exactly what Elon mentioned in the interview with Lex Fridman. He stands to this word
I see this everywhere now, guess AI taking over. It is a good project for the next few years though if you understand a bit of the vision
Project 2025 is nothing against this 😂
those who know xAI have a great day, these guys are incredible
I would love a video topic on Vietnam, South Korea or Iraq 😅 I mean.. what about Japan?
There are hundreds of videos on all those things.
The problem is that your little mind can't stand talking about anything other than America, so try to recover from America's phobia.
@@scarscar9278Back at you! Small minded Russia-phobic😂
@@DiviAugustiyou mean the invasion US doesn’t want you to know about videos? ! We need more of those.
You have only talked to very pro-western Georgians and haven’t listened/showed what half of the country thinks…
Half of the country? Bullshit. Less than 30% of Georgians are not pro-western.