@@johnnyharris So this person asked you if she could take some time to tidy up because she didn’t want her untidy room to appear in your video. You decide to ignore her request and put that part in the video too. Kinda disrespectful.
@@VuotoPneumaNN anything can be disrespectful… particularly when one is narcissistic. Alternatively, however, one could always decide to be less stiff about every little thing.
As a guy from Uzbekistan all you you have said are actually true. However you missed worst parts of the story. She tried sell our gold, but plane carrying the gold bars were plundered by Putin's regime when the flew through Russia. Overall damage of Gulnara to our country to be estimated 15$ billion not 842 millions. Imagine those amount of money was distributed to ordinary people. She was a really insatiable beast. I can't imagine her being our leader. I think it would be interesting if you make a video about his father.
@@georgharutunian9258 That's true in the literal sense of handing over cash to citizens, but on a larger scale the idea of money being "distributed" to ordinary people comes primarily in the form of infrastructure - road and rail networks, public schools and hospitals, that kind of thing. That type of "distribution" can and often does happen, even in dictatorial regimes, because supporting the workforce typically means a stronger nation overall. So it mostly comes down to any particular dictator's priorities. If their main goal is to enrich themselves, then yeah there will be little to no distribution of wealth in any form. However if their goal is to increase their political power (especially with respect to other nations), investing in their country is (usually) super helpful. This girl's goals were obviously the former - enriching herself. That makes sense as she wasn't head of state anyway so increasing the power of the state doesn't benefit her all that much (it would benefit daddy instead). Of course that's the problem with dictators in general. In theory a "perfect" dictator is the ideal form of government as they can get things done immediately and don't have to compromise integrity in order to win opposition votes. Obviously in reality that theory falls apart very quickly - nobody is perfect regardless of their wealth and power, and certainly nobody lives forever. Even the best "benevolent dictators" fall eventually, whether to age or corruption, and then all bets are off for the future of their nation. And few are anywhere close to benevolent in the first place.
I’m unsubscribing from JH’s channel. This video it's like someone getting into a rabbit hole in a POV recording his thoughts but can't deliver a clear message after 30 min, do you want to say “What the fruit* is Uzbekistan?”? In addition to several random screen recordings of Google search, Google Maps, and Gmail copy and paste, After Effects screen recordings? I mean we already know that you know how to do research and book Zoom meetings. Read the comments of your audience, carefully, I don't want to go deeper in this comment and I don't know what is happening in your life, Johnny, but I hope you can go through it. We're living on unprecedented times, take a break if you needed, your fans will support you and you'll be a good example for your community that taking a pause is needed. I used to enjoy your videos, they used to be interesting and captivating but I see how the quality of the narrative has decreased into a “style” to become considered to fall into clickbait. Objectively speaking it's your channel and you can do whatever you want, but your voice does have an impact on audience perspectives, I don't see a clear vision of the message on your videos or a clear purpose to keep watching your videos.
I'm a UA-camr from Uzbekistan. Johnny, thank you for this well-researched episode. This truly delves into the darkest side of our recent history and the greatest robbery ever to happen to Uzbekistan. I was aware of all this corruption, but I was amazed at how openly she used to write about everything on Twitter. That's insane! 🤯
This is intended as constructive feedback and not a criticism of your work, but I found this video to be excessively chaotic. The combination of keyboard sounds, multiple voiceovers overlapping, water spilling, eating sounds, and drinking/slurping didn't seem to fit well in a documentary-style format. It felt more suitable for a fast-paced TikTok video. However, I did appreciate the detailed information provided and the parts of the video that were less chaotic worked quite effectively. The content and story were very interesting as well.
Totally agree. The dramatics are too much. Actually paused after he spilled water on the keyboard and wondered what relevance it had to the whole picture apart from portraying him as clumsy.
A few additional points on the Central Asian context: - Re: the number of degrees she "earned" from universities in Uzbekistan, keep in mind that corruption is a systemic problem in Uzbekistan's higher education system, and that was even more so during the Karimov years. Degrees get awarded to prominent "students" who completed a fraction of the necessary coursework -- who maybe even only set foot on campus a handful of times, or not at all -- simply because they have the right connections, and those connections pressure the academic bureaucracy to sign off on the necessary paperwork. If you're a professor at a university in Uzbekistn, and the daughter of the President comes in to sit for the final exam, even if she turns in a blank sheet of paper, you're going to give her a passing mark, because you know what the secret police are going to do to you if you don't. It's best to think of those as more-or-less honorary degrees, not genuine certification of academic achievement. - It's common for authoritarian leaders to give their immediate family members prominent positions within government. As an extreme example, Rustam Emomali, the son of Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon (who is just as bad, if not a worse dictator than Karimov was) currently serves as the mayor of the country's capital, Dushanbe, and as chairman of the rupper-stamp national senate. Quite a busy man. As a more reasonable example, Saida Mirziyoyeva, eldest daughter of Uzbekistan's current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (who by most assessments is still very much an authoritarian, but a marked improvement from his predecessor) is currently a senior advisor in the Presidential Administration and informally serves as a sort of cultural-ambassador-at-large, often representing Uzbekistan internationally. This gives them leadership experience, but more importantly, a public profile and an opportunity to build relationships with other elites. - Inoyatov was widely considered the second-most powerful man in Uzbekistan, after only President Karimov himself, someone with an independent power base due to his control over the secret police. He is also identified by some analysts as the kingmaker who helped the current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, secure the top spot. - The overall situation in Uzbekistan has improved quite a bit since the new president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, came to power at the end of 2016. The political situation has improved -- Uzbekistan's score on the Freedom in the World index has improved from 3/100 in 2017 to 12/100 in 2024. Notably, Mirziyoyev sidelined Inoyatov and eventually forced him out of government, though this was probably more about securing his own position than concern for human rights or anything. Mirziyoyev talks like a reformer and, to some extent, he walks the walk. Economic privatization and liberalization is one of the key points of his governing agenda, but this is somewhat limited, both by resistance from within the government and by external factors beyond his control. For example, the government has been incredibly keen to sell off several state-owned banks, but fear of sanction contagion after the increased sanctions against Russia has spooked potential international investors. Uzbekistn really is a wonderul country. It has a rich, fascinating history, and some of the kindest people you'll ever meet. It's a shame that their fortunes are held back by people who abuse their power.
The USA has recent experience corruption experincs with the previous administration's cheating in the 2016 election, positioning of a daughter/son-in-law as s
Bro, stop with the cuts of you drinking coffee, editing the videos, spilling water - it’s waaay over the top, distracting from the main story you’re trying to tell us! Stop !
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US Debt increase 1792-2019 = 11 trillion. US Debt increase 2019-2023 = 11 trillion. The American people are being robbed in broad daylight maybe you could do a video on that.n Citadel market maker: 80 billion dollars worths of shares sold not yet purchased. Im Not even American but what the gov IS doing with yall has to be the biggest corruption in History of the US yall might wanna hit the streets?! S/o from germany
US Debt increase of 11 trillion from 1792-2019. Also a debt increase of 11 trillion 2019-2023. They didnt learn from 2008, no they doubled and tripled down. Do a video on that yall are being robbed by the rich in broad daylight.
Johnny, you could do a similar video to the daughter of the former president of Angola, the richest woman in Africa, living now in Dubai and under an Interpol detention mandate. Her husband died in "an accident", her banking advisor in Portugal "commited" suicide. She owned thr largest company in Angola
If i learned one thing from this video is that rich foreigners should not be allowed to buy property in other countries, it's clearly a form of money laundering.
I've read a bit of criticism of Johnny's style in the comments. I as well as millions of subscribers love his style, the info and editing. It's masterful and appreciated. Thank you.
absolutely in love with style everything he gives us. A true treasure- hey that Mormon upbringing can’t be that bad since it produced a beautiful soul like his! (And smart enough ti leave it all 😇).
Not really. There is no control to compare against. The only thing this shows is that having wealth and power provides access and ability and well... that's so obvious its may as well be part of the definition of "wealth and power". Her story says nothing about how ruthless and corrupt she may have been if her father was a goat herder instead of a dictator. There's plenty of ruthless poor people in the world - we just rarely hear about them because far fewer news stories (or UA-cam minidocs) are written when someone does $15,000 worth of damage to their local village as there is when they do $15billion damage to an entire nation.
It's only an "extreme" example because she is one of the few you recognize as corrupt. 100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt. Of course most of them are smarter and keep at least the blatant criminality on the other side of many firewalls and do a better job of disguising their empires behind "philanthropy".
@@justinkirschenman2232 > 100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt. That's overly generalized. You certainly don't get to be a billionaire by being entirely above board, but to call them all just as corrupt as a woman who nearly took down her own country is perhaps a stretch. Certainly she's not the only one but "all" is still quite a large group of people and you're basing your argument on a sample size of one. > disguising their empires behind "philanthropy". The idea that philanthropy = tax write-off is mostly an American thing. Certainly other countries have philanthropy but its not treated as a tax haven anywhere close to the same way it is in the US. There's generally caps and other rules that prevent American-style abuse of the concept. (Not that I'm intimately familiar with every country's tax code - I'm sure there's some surprises here and there outside of the US. Rich people have always been very good at finding ways to avoid contributing to the society that made them rich in the first place.) That said, I can guarantee you Uzbekistan isn't taxing their dictator or his family anywhere close to enough to warrant the need for a tax write-off in the first place.
Anybody else felt the weird editing distracting from the story compared to his over videos? I found this story interesting and then it would weirdly cut someone talking with clicking and keyboard typing that found ut hard to follow.
He is trying something new for sure, like you said the editing on this video was all over the place place, too distracting. Fast forwarded the video multiple times and at the end I felt confused trying to understand the subjects story. But hey, Johnny wanted to do something different
@@DanielRoPhotos yeah, I did a lot of 10 sec jumps. I got a chaotic vibe which may have been the intent but it may have been not the right story to do it with
appreciate the feedback, we're always looking to expand our work and formats and the team really did an amazing job with this, but totally understand if it isn't your thing
@@johnnyharris oh my gosh, didn’t expect a reply. And I want to say I am a fan of your channel and your content. So I’m saying this as someone who just found the editing to be distracting. I hope it didn’t come off as lecturing from someone who knows nothing about your team’s creative process/editing expertise.
Don't usually comment here, but wanted to say that while I don't like the somewhat "chaotic" editing at play in this video, I can definitely see the intent behind it in trying to capture the chaos of the situation in a visual stimulus. I think thats a very nice touch and wouldn't mind seeing more experimental edit types/them-syncs. Enjoyed the content as always though. Keep up all you fine folks do!
Johnny you need to slow down these videos. I know there is such much information to this story, but it feels like you skipped over the main stuff. All her fraud was hard to keep up with and connect because you would put these short clips without going in depth.
Hey Johnny: I generally like the super-informal studio scene, but you overdid it this time. The editing is atrocious, unfortunately. Very, very distracting.
Wow look at u, using the f word to make it really clear u disagree w ppls opinion. Maybe one day u might grow up to not have to use any foul language. Oh just kidding that wont happen, silly me 😁@ElvenJustice
The only guarantee of power is that one day you’re going to lose it. Power works until you use too much of it .... Every time you abuse power, you awaken people to the fact that you cant be trusted with power and thats when power changes hands.
Loved the video! Very informative. Really like the style of this piece too, there's this david fincher vibe to it, really like the clicking and typing sound.
I can't wait for a similar story for the Rajapaksa Family in Sri Lanka... There must be many more like this that the stories were untold of. Thank you JH!
OMG Johnny made a video about someone from my country!!! Please make a video about events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, and about what happened in Karakalpakstan in 2022
Jonny l have been watching your videos for about 3 years but l dont expected that one day you will make a content about my country and propagandas happened inside of a country. I look forward to research about other events in Uzbekistan
Seems to be very polarizing, several people have stated they hated the video editing. It doesn't really bother me, but I'm just interested in the info. I didn't find it bad, but I can see how its not for everyone
FYI, this story is the tip of the iceberg of what happens around the globe. She got caught because of her high profile glamorous lifestyle. Thanks to our big conglomerates in the ‘first world countries’ who feed these greedy people.
That's what I was thinking. The whole video had a kind of performative amateurism to it. In my view, as long as their team is doing real journalism they don't need to excuse their budget. I don't care if you have your mic onscreen. Just cover real topics with real research because that's badly needed in this time.
This is so interesting. I was in Uzbekistan last September (just travelling around) and I did not even know about this case... it's mind blowing learning about the full extent of it. Great stuff Johnny!
Such an interesting video and topic. Really like the end part with Natalia Antelava - need more journalists telling the facts straight away. Waiting for your video about Ruja Ignatova. 👏
I think her story is tragic, she was not a good girl, but what creeps me most is the powers in the shadow that engineered her downfall. In an anti-hero way, she defied them, being one of them. I understand however why Johnny did not dig further into the real evil of this story.
It's a good glimpse at what politics have always been since the dawn of civilization. She made one too many enemies. Had she kept her greed in check, or simply played politics better instead of abusing the authority of her almighty father at every turn. She would likely be much better off today.
I love the editing. It's part of the story telling itself. There's so many moving pieces just like how Gulnara was also making those moves behind the scenes while supposedly getting her degrees etc. She's multifaceted so the editing tried to show that too. It's so dynamic and engrossing. Those rapid cuts and strategic pauses enhance the storytelling. It's like going down a rabbit hole. I was on the edge of my seat. It perfectly mirrors the complexity, intensity, and whirlwind that is Gulnara's life - her actions, her goals, her life, her relentless pursuit driven by ambition and greed. Also appreciate the cutaways of random stuffs, tea bag, cup, etc. First time here. Love your work. Just subbed.
There's a similar individual in Pakistan who is following exactly her footsteps, misusing her influence, power hungry, vindictive, DESTROYING families, killing journalists and anyone who question her defacto authority over a huge population under the influence and protection of her father who uses millitiary and intelligency agencies their advantage, and openly involved in corruption scandals, always walks away scott free. Her Name is MARYAM NAWAZ !
Can’t lie, I respect a person as attractive as she is to have been this personally driven. The majority of autocrat offspring just receive their allowance and do a bad Paris Hilton in the early 2000’s impression. This is being presented as fraud and immorality personified but the vast majorly of people on those Forbes list wealth is 1000% the result of similar behavior or inherited from people who did far worse… What this woman did wasn’t even a fraction as bad as what Sam Walton did to create a society where extremely profitable businesses are no longer expected to pay livable wages, instead the government is expected to subsidize entire industries. The result? The founder or Walmarts niece is able to afford a $100 million dollar yacht while the average Walmart employee cannot survive without food stamps. Strong arming Telco giants, the same people who create new junk fees whenever they feel like gets no sympathy from me
Also , one more thing is that her house arrest was a facade, because Karimov knew if she gets caught in another country, it would be worse, so she had been put in house arrest. Later on after her dad’s death, real jail time started. Also , If you dive deeper , she has recently been attempting to liquidate her assets in Hongkong through her ex boyfriend and dude got caught in hongkong and put to jail
I wish UA-camrs would stop promoting better help. They are and have been sued by clients due to better help violating HIPPA and seeing clients personal information to third parties. So horrific! I really like you and respect your journalistic integrity. Maybe do a story in better help and the dark side of capitalism.
Classic story of "girl gets spoiled by Daddy, Girl wants more, Girl uses Daddy to get more, Girl grows corrupt, girl essentially throws a tantrum when opposed, girl takes out opposition, girl creates fake life to distract from shady life, girl gets too comfortable, girl arrogantly pisses off powerful people, girl becomes target for equally shady people, girl loses credibility and power, girls Daddy cuts her off and betrays her, girl goes down in flames." Sounds like a Guy Ritchie film.
Yeah if she was a man, we wouldn't read this comment, wouldn't hear the story, and men wouldn't have betrayed or challenged her. Somehow when a woman does it, she gets even more negative attention. She should be in prison, but so do the other guys and all the men who spend their money to bribe her to get into the market.
That's like telling someone to watch an entire movie before deciding to walk out. You don't have to eat an entire meal to judge if it's worthy of consumption!
Johnny, there is some context that was not specifically emphasized in your video (although, alluded to multiple times) that, I feel, is important: Uzbekistan used to be a part of the Soviet Union, and inherited a lot of its good traits (free healthcare, free education, etc.) - but also, a lot of terrible practices, like nepotism, banditism/protection rackets, institutionalized culture of bribery at ALL levels of government, government-approved money laudering schemes, etc., etc. She is not some sort of an incredible villain/mastermind who built multiple schemes and mafia practices - she merely INHERITED the networks, "blueprients", contacts, tools... Her stint as a singer is a well-known and scheme for money laundering. Her grab for polytics was unsuccessful because being a well-educated erudite does not necessarily translate to flexibility and common sense. Nomatter how much she protested the title, she was still just a Daddy's Princess, albeit groomed to inherit his corrupt empire - and failed to control her tools.
Bro you are now an epitome of unbiased journalism. You have a relatively small team but the impact you made is highly admiring. Btw Love from India. Please trynna cover some topics from our country too as our country is heading towards dictatorship. Keep going ahead.
I'm in Uzbekistan, 2nd visit. Didn't expect this to be about Karimov's daughter! Sitting down right now prepared to be informed and fascinated. Similar to Cambodia.. awful history and govt.. but the people are so lovely! And um, that level of dictatorship not exactly 'what Uzbekistan is like today'.
🤭He is quite dramatic, lol. I recently watched a documentary about how brave people are exploited in politics, particularly by "The Deep State" and several Middle Eastern and Saudi Arabian nations for their girlfriends' weddings and vacations, with a BEA company based in the USA offering these services. In those nations, bravery is not considered unlawful; instead, people have learned to continue these kinds of deeds in different ways. An incredibly fascinating documentary
As always, Johnny Harris, love following your investigative dives into new corners! BUT the keyboard sounds droning in the background have left my ears ringing! Your video is done but the pulsing gnat sound buzzing in my ears is still playing. Please choose other music next time!😢
I remember when the investigation was going on and my women's studies teacher informed the class that the Princess of Uzbekistan was being investigated just because she was a woman. And she even asked this question on the exam. My roommate disagreed and wrote in the exam that there was documented evidence against her and he got a failing grade. So glad I am no longer at that university.
"You mind if I clean up behind me"
*cuts to johnny*
*complete disarray behind him*
lmaooooo this is too true
@@johnnyharris pls make a video about Armenia Azerbaijan NK conflict
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@@johnnyharris So this person asked you if she could take some time to tidy up because she didn’t want her untidy room to appear in your video. You decide to ignore her request and put that part in the video too. Kinda disrespectful.
@@VuotoPneumaNN anything can be disrespectful… particularly when one is narcissistic. Alternatively, however, one could always decide to be less stiff about every little thing.
As a guy from Uzbekistan all you you have said are actually true. However you missed worst parts of the story. She tried sell our gold, but plane carrying the gold bars were plundered by Putin's regime when the flew through Russia. Overall damage of Gulnara to our country to be estimated 15$ billion not 842 millions. Imagine those amount of money was distributed to ordinary people. She was a really insatiable beast. I can't imagine her being our leader. I think it would be interesting if you make a video about his father.
don't imagine what could never happen - money would never be distributed to Ordinary People
@@georgharutunian9258 That's true in the literal sense of handing over cash to citizens, but on a larger scale the idea of money being "distributed" to ordinary people comes primarily in the form of infrastructure - road and rail networks, public schools and hospitals, that kind of thing. That type of "distribution" can and often does happen, even in dictatorial regimes, because supporting the workforce typically means a stronger nation overall.
So it mostly comes down to any particular dictator's priorities. If their main goal is to enrich themselves, then yeah there will be little to no distribution of wealth in any form. However if their goal is to increase their political power (especially with respect to other nations), investing in their country is (usually) super helpful.
This girl's goals were obviously the former - enriching herself. That makes sense as she wasn't head of state anyway so increasing the power of the state doesn't benefit her all that much (it would benefit daddy instead).
Of course that's the problem with dictators in general. In theory a "perfect" dictator is the ideal form of government as they can get things done immediately and don't have to compromise integrity in order to win opposition votes. Obviously in reality that theory falls apart very quickly - nobody is perfect regardless of their wealth and power, and certainly nobody lives forever. Even the best "benevolent dictators" fall eventually, whether to age or corruption, and then all bets are off for the future of their nation. And few are anywhere close to benevolent in the first place.
Plot twist : his father
@@georgharutunian9258 So should I explain the UAE to you or...
I’m unsubscribing from JH’s channel. This video it's like someone getting into a rabbit hole in a POV recording his thoughts but can't deliver a clear message after 30 min, do you want to say “What the fruit* is Uzbekistan?”? In addition to several random screen recordings of Google search, Google Maps, and Gmail copy and paste, After Effects screen recordings? I mean we already know that you know how to do research and book Zoom meetings. Read the comments of your audience, carefully, I don't want to go deeper in this comment and I don't know what is happening in your life, Johnny, but I hope you can go through it. We're living on unprecedented times, take a break if you needed, your fans will support you and you'll be a good example for your community that taking a pause is needed.
I used to enjoy your videos, they used to be interesting and captivating but I see how the quality of the narrative has decreased into a “style” to become considered to fall into clickbait. Objectively speaking it's your channel and you can do whatever you want, but your voice does have an impact on audience perspectives, I don't see a clear vision of the message on your videos or a clear purpose to keep watching your videos.
I'm a UA-camr from Uzbekistan. Johnny, thank you for this well-researched episode. This truly delves into the darkest side of our recent history and the greatest robbery ever to happen to Uzbekistan. I was aware of all this corruption, but I was amazed at how openly she used to write about everything on Twitter. That's insane! 🤯
What do you think about today's robbery by governors, relatives of president, and his daughters
Lets do this bro
So bro hali ketmagan demak😀
Bilardim subyektiv senzuraga kirib ketmaganini 😊. Omad
Assalamu Alaykum, jamiyatimiz ichida shu Gulnora Karimovani yonini oladigan odamlar borligiga xayron qolaman....
we need PART 2 about current Uzbek princesses and their husbands
If you had a "How to spot a narcissist" checklist she would tick all the boxes
Johnny should test himself
@@eXislander ...then what ! tone himself down.. maybe narcissistic tendencies are the New W🌐rld No®mal™
@@eXislander It's like he went from making videos about interesting topics, to videos about *him* making videos.
@@vitoc8454 so true
Johnny too
This is intended as constructive feedback and not a criticism of your work, but I found this video to be excessively chaotic. The combination of keyboard sounds, multiple voiceovers overlapping, water spilling, eating sounds, and drinking/slurping didn't seem to fit well in a documentary-style format. It felt more suitable for a fast-paced TikTok video. However, I did appreciate the detailed information provided and the parts of the video that were less chaotic worked quite effectively. The content and story were very interesting as well.
I agree!!!!
I'm really sorry that Johnny forced you to watch #Snark
Totally agree. The dramatics are too much. Actually paused after he spilled water on the keyboard and wondered what relevance it had to the whole picture apart from portraying him as clumsy.
Agree
It feels more organic and as if your with him and actually there
A few additional points on the Central Asian context:
- Re: the number of degrees she "earned" from universities in Uzbekistan, keep in mind that corruption is a systemic problem in Uzbekistan's higher education system, and that was even more so during the Karimov years. Degrees get awarded to prominent "students" who completed a fraction of the necessary coursework -- who maybe even only set foot on campus a handful of times, or not at all -- simply because they have the right connections, and those connections pressure the academic bureaucracy to sign off on the necessary paperwork. If you're a professor at a university in Uzbekistn, and the daughter of the President comes in to sit for the final exam, even if she turns in a blank sheet of paper, you're going to give her a passing mark, because you know what the secret police are going to do to you if you don't. It's best to think of those as more-or-less honorary degrees, not genuine certification of academic achievement.
- It's common for authoritarian leaders to give their immediate family members prominent positions within government. As an extreme example, Rustam Emomali, the son of Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon (who is just as bad, if not a worse dictator than Karimov was) currently serves as the mayor of the country's capital, Dushanbe, and as chairman of the rupper-stamp national senate. Quite a busy man. As a more reasonable example, Saida Mirziyoyeva, eldest daughter of Uzbekistan's current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (who by most assessments is still very much an authoritarian, but a marked improvement from his predecessor) is currently a senior advisor in the Presidential Administration and informally serves as a sort of cultural-ambassador-at-large, often representing Uzbekistan internationally. This gives them leadership experience, but more importantly, a public profile and an opportunity to build relationships with other elites.
- Inoyatov was widely considered the second-most powerful man in Uzbekistan, after only President Karimov himself, someone with an independent power base due to his control over the secret police. He is also identified by some analysts as the kingmaker who helped the current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, secure the top spot.
- The overall situation in Uzbekistan has improved quite a bit since the new president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, came to power at the end of 2016. The political situation has improved -- Uzbekistan's score on the Freedom in the World index has improved from 3/100 in 2017 to 12/100 in 2024. Notably, Mirziyoyev sidelined Inoyatov and eventually forced him out of government, though this was probably more about securing his own position than concern for human rights or anything. Mirziyoyev talks like a reformer and, to some extent, he walks the walk. Economic privatization and liberalization is one of the key points of his governing agenda, but this is somewhat limited, both by resistance from within the government and by external factors beyond his control. For example, the government has been incredibly keen to sell off several state-owned banks, but fear of sanction contagion after the increased sanctions against Russia has spooked potential international investors.
Uzbekistn really is a wonderul country. It has a rich, fascinating history, and some of the kindest people you'll ever meet. It's a shame that their fortunes are held back by people who abuse their power.
The USA has recent experience corruption experincs with the previous administration's cheating in the 2016 election, positioning of a daughter/son-in-law as s
Impressive explanation
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Bro, stop with the cuts of you drinking coffee, editing the videos, spilling water - it’s waaay over the top, distracting from the main story you’re trying to tell us! Stop !
No, Johnny Harris - keep it. It makes your content unique!! @johnnyharris
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You use wikileaks as a source for this but not for Bidens and Clintons?
US Debt increase 1792-2019 = 11 trillion. US Debt increase 2019-2023 = 11 trillion. The American people are being robbed in broad daylight maybe you could do a video on that.n
Citadel market maker: 80 billion dollars worths of shares sold not yet purchased.
Im Not even American but what the gov IS doing with yall has to be the biggest corruption in History of the US yall might wanna hit the streets?! S/o from germany
Why are u copying coffeezilla ur not him. Why change the formula.
US Debt increase of 11 trillion from 1792-2019.
Also a debt increase of 11 trillion 2019-2023.
They didnt learn from 2008, no they doubled and tripled down.
Do a video on that yall are being robbed by the rich in broad daylight.
Any time I see text being typed and the typing sound effect added, I stop watching a video or movie immediately.
Johnny, you could do a similar video to the daughter of the former president of Angola, the richest woman in Africa, living now in Dubai and under an Interpol detention mandate. Her husband died in "an accident", her banking advisor in Portugal "commited" suicide. She owned thr largest company in Angola
If i learned one thing from this video is that rich foreigners should not be allowed to buy property in other countries, it's clearly a form of money laundering.
I've read a bit of criticism of Johnny's style in the comments. I as well as millions of subscribers love his style, the info and editing. It's masterful and appreciated. Thank you.
absolutely in love with style everything he gives us. A true treasure- hey that Mormon upbringing can’t be that bad since it produced a beautiful soul like his! (And smart enough ti leave it all 😇).
Lesson 1 “ do not ever mess with the rich or the powerful “
Lesson 2 “never forget lesson 1”
The fact that you dropped your bottle at the keyboard got me related to you in very honest, truthful and human way. You're one of us, thanks for that.
this is an extreme example of how a privileged background can effect somebody..
Not really. There is no control to compare against. The only thing this shows is that having wealth and power provides access and ability and well... that's so obvious its may as well be part of the definition of "wealth and power".
Her story says nothing about how ruthless and corrupt she may have been if her father was a goat herder instead of a dictator. There's plenty of ruthless poor people in the world - we just rarely hear about them because far fewer news stories (or UA-cam minidocs) are written when someone does $15,000 worth of damage to their local village as there is when they do $15billion damage to an entire nation.
It's only an "extreme" example because she is one of the few you recognize as corrupt.
100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt.
Of course most of them are smarter and keep at least the blatant criminality on the other side of many firewalls and do a better job of disguising their empires behind "philanthropy".
@@justinkirschenman2232 > 100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt.
That's overly generalized. You certainly don't get to be a billionaire by being entirely above board, but to call them all just as corrupt as a woman who nearly took down her own country is perhaps a stretch. Certainly she's not the only one but "all" is still quite a large group of people and you're basing your argument on a sample size of one.
> disguising their empires behind "philanthropy".
The idea that philanthropy = tax write-off is mostly an American thing. Certainly other countries have philanthropy but its not treated as a tax haven anywhere close to the same way it is in the US. There's generally caps and other rules that prevent American-style abuse of the concept.
(Not that I'm intimately familiar with every country's tax code - I'm sure there's some surprises here and there outside of the US. Rich people have always been very good at finding ways to avoid contributing to the society that made them rich in the first place.)
That said, I can guarantee you Uzbekistan isn't taxing their dictator or his family anywhere close to enough to warrant the need for a tax write-off in the first place.
BS
Anybody else felt the weird editing distracting from the story compared to his over videos? I found this story interesting and then it would weirdly cut someone talking with clicking and keyboard typing that found ut hard to follow.
He is trying something new for sure, like you said the editing on this video was all over the place place, too distracting. Fast forwarded the video multiple times and at the end I felt confused trying to understand the subjects story. But hey, Johnny wanted to do something different
@@DanielRoPhotos yeah, I did a lot of 10 sec jumps. I got a chaotic vibe which may have been the intent but it may have been not the right story to do it with
appreciate the feedback, we're always looking to expand our work and formats and the team really did an amazing job with this, but totally understand if it isn't your thing
@@johnnyharris oh my gosh, didn’t expect a reply. And I want to say I am a fan of your channel and your content. So I’m saying this as someone who just found the editing to be distracting. I hope it didn’t come off as lecturing from someone who knows nothing about your team’s creative process/editing expertise.
Riveting, Johnny, but you’re aging yourself with that dark view of the world.❤
I'm living in Uzbekistan now, and heard rumors about her story. Thanks for covering a story from such an obscure part of the world!
The girl you interviewed is wearing an 800$ moschino sweater 😍 she doesn’t need to clean anything up
Don't usually comment here, but wanted to say that while I don't like the somewhat "chaotic" editing at play in this video, I can definitely see the intent behind it in trying to capture the chaos of the situation in a visual stimulus. I think thats a very nice touch and wouldn't mind seeing more experimental edit types/them-syncs.
Enjoyed the content as always though. Keep up all you fine folks do!
Thanks for the feedback! very much appreciated
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Agreed, however music was a bit loud some of the time.
Johnny you need to slow down these videos. I know there is such much information to this story, but it feels like you skipped over the main stuff. All her fraud was hard to keep up with and connect because you would put these short clips without going in depth.
Hey Johnny: I generally like the super-informal studio scene, but you overdid it this time. The editing is atrocious, unfortunately. Very, very distracting.
I couldn't watch this video for more than 5 minutes for this reason, shame really.
yeah, it needs to be a little bit more simple
@ElvenJustice You have sophisticated public manners. A man of class clearly.
Wow look at u, using the f word to make it really clear u disagree w ppls opinion. Maybe one day u might grow up to not have to use any foul language. Oh just kidding that wont happen, silly me 😁@ElvenJustice
PS - the cuts were definitely overdone in some parts and the duration of physical scenes (ppl) were too short
Johnny there's a bit too much editing, it's becoming hard to watch. Please focus on the substance more.
I didn’t expect googoosha here 😅
Heck yeah
The name googoosha sends shivers down my spine
@@azeezbek didn't expect you here too m8 big fan hope you doing good in Korea btw when's the new video?
Yeah bro our country is famous but not from good side. Foreigners know us only from this side Sardoba reservoir, Gogosha and other terrorist guys 😶😶
There's a cool song called 'Sorry Kid' by Ben Howard about this lady.
The only guarantee of power is that one day you’re going to lose it. Power works until you use too much of it .... Every time you abuse power, you awaken people to the fact that you cant be trusted with power and thats when power changes hands.
love the editing really makes me feel like im researching with you
I live in Uzbekistan we have another rising princess just like her i hope you will cover it in the upcoming future
Who
@@herogebrial sorry buddy i am still in Uzbekistan i dont want trouble
@@herogebrial you can have a “guess”
Loved the video! Very informative. Really like the style of this piece too, there's this david fincher vibe to it, really like the clicking and typing sound.
Johnny I'm huge fan of you. Never expected you to do content on this topic. Greetings from Uzbekistan
I can't wait for a similar story for the Rajapaksa Family in Sri Lanka... There must be many more like this that the stories were untold of. Thank you JH!
I have never ever thought that u will make video about someone from my country 🤯
But it is about Gogosha. Maybe it will be good for our tourism. If everyone know about Uzbekistan, they would interest it
@@Uchqunbekuz
Where is she now?
I am from Brazil and i hope someday i will be able to visit 🇺🇿, such an amazing country.
@@Uchqunbekuz how is telling whole world how bad and corrupt your country could be good for tourism?
@@aresnir2725exactly. This actually makes me not want to go there as the corruption seems rampant.
OMG Johnny made a video about someone from my country!!! Please make a video about events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, and about what happened in Karakalpakstan in 2022
Foreign supported guys tried to destroy order in the country.
I feel like Netflix is about to take all of this info from this video and make a doc. this was fascinating!
Yes, the keyboard clatter made me close the video.
Jonny l have been watching your videos for about 3 years but l dont expected that one day you will make a content about my country and propagandas happened inside of a country. I look forward to research about other events in Uzbekistan
The best thing about this video was you showing how you approach a story, great video johnny ...liked it
Seems to be very polarizing, several people have stated they hated the video editing. It doesn't really bother me, but I'm just interested in the info. I didn't find it bad, but I can see how its not for everyone
FYI, this story is the tip of the iceberg of what happens around the globe. She got caught because of her high profile glamorous lifestyle.
Thanks to our big conglomerates in the ‘first world countries’ who feed these greedy people.
Hello Johnny. You are a LEGEND
I personally dont like the "im doing research and clicking things" style.
Johnny the joke thinks he is a journalist researcher
What a mess of video edit. It's like watching a confused person go through dementia
thanks for the feedback!
That's what I was thinking. The whole video had a kind of performative amateurism to it. In my view, as long as their team is doing real journalism they don't need to excuse their budget. I don't care if you have your mic onscreen. Just cover real topics with real research because that's badly needed in this time.
@@johnnyharrisI like it a lot. Shows you don’t have someone do 99% of your work then take all the credit like most.
This is so interesting. I was in Uzbekistan last September (just travelling around) and I did not even know about this case... it's mind blowing learning about the full extent of it. Great stuff Johnny!
Such an interesting video and topic. Really like the end part with Natalia Antelava - need more journalists telling the facts straight away.
Waiting for your video about Ruja Ignatova.
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I hated the excessive keyboard clicking and clacking in this video i swear the other ones didn’t have so much
johny can u do a documentry about algeria war
maybe I can
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I totally agree with him Johnny i really think u can do a great documentary about our country Algeria @@johnnyharris
@@johnnyharris si scherza 😄
Please this would be amazing
Excellent work. Cogent. Compelling. Smartly produced. Thank you.
5:37 The way Johnny looks like he needs a cauldron of miso to process that question.
HAHAHAH u get me
@@johnnyharris There’s a reason why I love tuning in
Bro hits that keyboard with the hate of all of his ancestors
Thanks for this well researched documentary.
As Uzbekistan🇺🇿 citizen i’m gonna say thank you for this video bro🔥🔥🙂😅
“Bro” 🤣
@@Matt_990 😅
Love story with a “happy” ending like this. Glad justice was served
A president's son/daughter taking bribes because of their father's name?! That could NEVER happen in America!
And son in law
@@jamesboddington9565 Who's Biden's son in law?
@@dedgzus6808 Jared Kushner
Good research - thanks for your work on the story!
I loved the video! Great story to dig into. I was intrigued! Great job 😊
Great video keep going man🔥🔥🔥
I think her story is tragic, she was not a good girl, but what creeps me most is the powers in the shadow that engineered her downfall. In an anti-hero way, she defied them, being one of them. I understand however why Johnny did not dig further into the real evil of this story.
It's a good glimpse at what politics have always been since the dawn of civilization.
She made one too many enemies. Had she kept her greed in check, or simply played politics better instead of abusing the authority of her almighty father at every turn. She would likely be much better off today.
I love the editing. It's part of the story telling itself. There's so many moving pieces just like how Gulnara was also making those moves behind the scenes while supposedly getting her degrees etc. She's multifaceted so the editing tried to show that too. It's so dynamic and engrossing. Those rapid cuts and strategic pauses enhance the storytelling. It's like going down a rabbit hole. I was on the edge of my seat. It perfectly mirrors the complexity, intensity, and whirlwind that is Gulnara's life - her actions, her goals, her life, her relentless pursuit driven by ambition and greed. Also appreciate the cutaways of random stuffs, tea bag, cup, etc. First time here. Love your work. Just subbed.
that's known as 'sensationalism', something journalists are generally supposed to avoid.
i cant focus i have to re watch it
Okay on my part found the editing really engaging and really loved this video Johnny!!
Awesome and well informative video man
There's a similar individual in Pakistan who is following exactly her footsteps, misusing her influence, power hungry, vindictive, DESTROYING families, killing journalists and anyone who question her defacto authority over a huge population under the influence and protection of her father who uses millitiary and intelligency agencies their advantage, and openly involved in corruption scandals, always walks away scott free.
Her Name is MARYAM NAWAZ !
This video fills my whole screen. Beautiful
Great video love from India❤
Can’t lie, I respect a person as attractive as she is to have been this personally driven. The majority of autocrat offspring just receive their allowance and do a bad Paris Hilton in the early 2000’s impression.
This is being presented as fraud and immorality personified but the vast majorly of people on those Forbes list wealth is 1000% the result of similar behavior or inherited from people who did far worse…
What this woman did wasn’t even a fraction as bad as what Sam Walton did to create a society where extremely profitable businesses are no longer expected to pay livable wages, instead the government is expected to subsidize entire industries. The result? The founder or Walmarts niece is able to afford a $100 million dollar yacht while the average Walmart employee cannot survive without food stamps.
Strong arming Telco giants, the same people who create new junk fees whenever they feel like gets no sympathy from me
This guy should do a video about narcissistic documentarians.
This was a 15 min video about the woman and 15 min about him.
Power is ruthless bro.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
28:15 had a giggle just imagining him getting up and walking away in the middle of her response
Also , one more thing is that her house arrest was a facade, because Karimov knew if she gets caught in another country, it would be worse, so she had been put in house arrest. Later on after her dad’s death, real jail time started. Also , If you dive deeper , she has recently been attempting to liquidate her assets in Hongkong through her ex boyfriend and dude got caught in hongkong and put to jail
Amazing storytelling combined with a powerful message!
Thank you!
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Waiting for the same video about Kazakhstan "first" people
I really appreciate this new trend of not using After Effects to animate, but using After Effects as the animation. It is, hilarious. Keep that up.
I wish UA-camrs would stop promoting better help. They are and have been sued by clients due to better help violating HIPPA and seeing clients personal information to third parties. So horrific! I really like you and respect your journalistic integrity. Maybe do a story in better help and the dark side of capitalism.
ATHLETIC Greens is another dodgy company being promoted by youtubers.
Classic story of "girl gets spoiled by Daddy, Girl wants more, Girl uses Daddy to get more, Girl grows corrupt, girl essentially throws a tantrum when opposed, girl takes out opposition, girl creates fake life to distract from shady life, girl gets too comfortable, girl arrogantly pisses off powerful people, girl becomes target for equally shady people, girl loses credibility and power, girls Daddy cuts her off and betrays her, girl goes down in flames."
Sounds like a Guy Ritchie film.
Yeah if she was a man, we wouldn't read this comment, wouldn't hear the story, and men wouldn't have betrayed or challenged her. Somehow when a woman does it, she gets even more negative attention. She should be in prison, but so do the other guys and all the men who spend their money to bribe her to get into the market.
Switched off at the advert. Plus this whole thing looks as if its done by actors.
you need to work harder, uzbek cyber soldier
Glad to see all my Uzbek fellows in this comment section here. Thank you
Love it when there's a video on topic I had no idea about and it's from you, Johnny. Always exciting watch! 🙌
How many times more are you going to change the thumbnail of this video man? It keeps getting worse
Everyone complaining about the video when its been live for 10 mimutes, how about watching the whole thing before being critical
Short term memory generation, will have forgotten it by the end of the video
@@buubatzmy saying is “15 mins of fame is gone, it’s 5 mins now due to attention”
That's like telling someone to watch an entire movie before deciding to walk out. You don't have to eat an entire meal to judge if it's worthy of consumption!
Johnny, there is some context that was not specifically emphasized in your video (although, alluded to multiple times) that, I feel, is important:
Uzbekistan used to be a part of the Soviet Union, and inherited a lot of its good traits (free healthcare, free education, etc.) - but also, a lot of terrible practices, like nepotism, banditism/protection rackets, institutionalized culture of bribery at ALL levels of government, government-approved money laudering schemes, etc., etc.
She is not some sort of an incredible villain/mastermind who built multiple schemes and mafia practices - she merely INHERITED the networks, "blueprients", contacts, tools...
Her stint as a singer is a well-known and scheme for money laundering. Her grab for polytics was unsuccessful because being a well-educated erudite does not necessarily translate to flexibility and common sense.
Nomatter how much she protested the title, she was still just a Daddy's Princess, albeit groomed to inherit his corrupt empire - and failed to control her tools.
Bro you are now an epitome of unbiased journalism. You have a relatively small team but the impact you made is highly admiring. Btw Love from India. Please trynna cover some topics from our country too as our country is heading towards dictatorship. Keep going ahead.
Thank u very much, as an uzbek i didn't know about that. I appreciate your perfect content ❤️🔥❤️🔥
guys, we need to thank johnny harris for his time, dedication, and motivation that he puts in his videos. that takes hard work man! Keep it Up!😀
I'm in Uzbekistan, 2nd visit. Didn't expect this to be about Karimov's daughter! Sitting down right now prepared to be informed and fascinated. Similar to Cambodia.. awful history and govt.. but the people are so lovely! And um, that level of dictatorship not exactly 'what Uzbekistan is like today'.
Cunning, ruthless, brutal...who'd she divorce? 🤣🤣🤣
Some port bastard that had a joint venture in Coca-Cola lol
i've been seeing this video in my recommended for a while and to my shock it was from johnny?? the thumbnail made it feel so different
Can I just say I love the aspect ratio you have this video in. Why other channels don’t use it boggles my mind.
Man that editing was way too much. Could not focus on the story at all, feel like I didn’t learn anything.
Lots too fast.
Calm down Johnny! Buddy got so excited he almost broke his keyboard haha. Great video thought and love the dedication.
🤭He is quite dramatic, lol. I recently watched a documentary about how brave people are exploited in politics, particularly by "The Deep State" and several Middle Eastern and Saudi Arabian nations for their girlfriends' weddings and vacations, with a BEA company based in the USA offering these services. In those nations, bravery is not considered unlawful; instead, people have learned to continue these kinds of deeds in different ways. An incredibly fascinating documentary
All the Uzbeks here 🇺🇿
😂😂😂😂
All sarts dogs here
The production quality of your videos are exceptional. Thank you.
I really like your intense cutting in this video, it really shows your manic delve into this story.
Sublime Video!
Totally amazing story thank you
Here im thinking owning $200 million Zimbabwean money makes me rich but google told me its just $17 bucks 😭
Hey Johnny! You stole my idea LOL
An Idea 💡 is just an Idea . He just did it .
@@leea3531 I know, it was a joke, not an accusation
She is legit the real life Cruella Deville 😳
As always, Johnny Harris, love following your investigative dives into new corners! BUT the keyboard sounds droning in the background have left my ears ringing! Your video is done but the pulsing gnat sound buzzing in my ears is still playing. Please choose other music next time!😢
I remember when the investigation was going on and my women's studies teacher informed the class that the Princess of Uzbekistan was being investigated just because she was a woman. And she even asked this question on the exam. My roommate disagreed and wrote in the exam that there was documented evidence against her and he got a failing grade. So glad I am no longer at that university.
What she stole is not as much as the current princes and princesses stealing
Johnny, the background music is a tad too instrusive at times. Fascinating doco.
Johnny always finds a way to make everything about him..
Johnny very interesting and amazing research!
Watching your research process was incredible