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- Lawmakers in Georgia have approved a second reading of a controversial 'foreign agents' bill. It requires media and civil groups that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as being under foreign influence.
Protesters are currently facing off against police outside parliament in the capital Tbilisi. They say the bill would restrict basic freedoms and is similar to a law being used to silence government critics in Russia. Large protests against the legislation have become a regular occurrence in Georgia.
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00:00 Crackdown on protests
00:34 Maria Katamadze. DW correspondent in Tbilisi
04:36 William Courtney, Former US Ambassador to Georgia
08:08 Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch
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#georgia #tiblisi #protest
If you ever stop fighting for your freedom, chances are you're going to loose it. 🇩🇰❤🇬🇪
Sorry Georgia but you’re Not European.
They are. No less than you. Absolutely.@@Umberto-eo5ch
Like the students in the US? Like Gazans who most of the west call 'terrorist'?
@@PeleSahota west calls Hamas terrorists, not Gazans
Hypocritically in the USA there is a foreign agent law!
❤All power to the people of Georgia❤
The Georgia Dream party represents the Georgia people, not these few thousands of Western funded protestors. BTW we have a similar law in the US and the EU has proposed such a law.
Fredoom to LGBT in Georgia!
No democracy without love!
Need more gays in georgia goverment to free from bloody russians!
Save Georgia from Russia 😢
Спаси Грузию от Запада.
@@user-wq4ju7uu7x
Poland and Czech Republic are richer and freer than Russia today. The Russian model doesn't work.
@@jakel8627 не все сразу.
@@jakel8627 эти страны справились бы с тем экономическим давлением, которое испытывает Россия?
@@CanadianForPutin you do realise that about 15% of Russians aren't white? It is only 3% in Poland. Do you just say words without understanding what they mean?
Change can only come from within, but I hope you will be able join EU soon.
But that requires a win in political elections.
A što će u EU koja se raspada???!!!!
@@nikokisic3100 а что будет в фашистской империи гра ничящей с Сакартвело
Sakartvelo 🇬🇪
ruzzian botz will work overtime on this one...
You love so much putin you have even a photo of him 🤭🤭🤭.
@rutherpomaloli5722 oh look 3 smiley faces... 5 years old? 6?
Says Nato bot
ukrops lost.
Dude with a nickname like your own blaming others for being bots… how ironic!
Georgia has been struggling against Russia for the last 300 years. Our national identity historically has always been European and currently by all relevant polls over 85% of Georgians want the country to strive for EU and NATO membership.
Only thing preventing and slowing down the process is the current government elected in 2012, which outwardly also plays a game of being pro EU, but with time, especially in the last 4-6 years has slowly shifted to autocracy and tried to move the country closer to Russia inch by inch. They have employed every play in the KGB playbook to deceive their own people into submission.
Despite this, we are still candidates for EU membership. Solely due to Georgian people, we are still outperforming ourselves in all the major metrics required for ascension to the EU. Whatever happens, we will never look towards north with anything but contempt and resolve to return our occupied lands.
Georgian people will not stand for it ! We will do everything in our power to consolidate this movement and say no to pro-Russian government in the upcoming October elections. Until then, we hope for all the support we can get from our closest European friends and strategic partner the US.
This is a part of larger strife by Russia to extend its spheres of influence into Caucasus or post soviet countries in general and if there is a lesson to be learned from the last 20 years of European politics, especially the Russo-Georgian war of 2008 after which Russia cemented its occupation of 20% of our country, occupation of Crimea in 2014 or current murderous war in our brotherly Ukraine, is that Russia should be stopped by any means possible !
Dude, stop taking drugs, you're hallucinating!
@beridzebeka. You would be like the Kurds now, party of Turkey or Iran, if not for the Russians. If support for the EU and NATO is so strong then you can vote out Georgia Dream at the next elections. Abhazia and South Ossetia will still be free, however, as they were in Soviet times and before
you can strive, but it will not happen! but you could carve out some western money for yourself! as paid agitator!
Lord, I have never read stronger nonsense. learn history, the Georgians came to bow to the Russian Tsar for help in order to survive. Georgians lived in the USSR better and richer than all other republics. where do you find such nonsense???
Stalin was Georgian....
This is how Russia gets its foot in the door.
America Georgia is on your side
US has had a identicle law for over 10yrs....Einstein
@@samsungtap4183 Kremlin bot spotted.
You won't be arrested if you get 20% of your funding.. or even 100% of your funding from Europe, or even China while criticizing the government in America.
@@samsungtap4183 is US part of eu
Slava Georgia !!
the countries on whose side America is coming to an end. miserably Georgia
Unfortunately the same BS is happening in Slovakia 😢😢😢
Why anti bribary bill
It is funny how EU supporters protest against a law that already exists in most EU countries 😂 How naive some people could be. If an organization receives its findings from outside you have the right to know it then they cannot manipulate you. NGOs have been repeatedly used for such purposes and supported by other country intelligence agencies
IT'S call democracy when people choose on elections not to be USA puppets
Hypocritically in the USA there is a foreign agent law!
We see Putin’s evil hand
I see Western NGO's hand in this protest.
Ja vidim samo ruke kolonizatora, robovlasnika, satanista i nacista koji pljačkaju po Svijetu čine strašne zločine vijekovima sa svojom "demokratijom"!!!
soon you will feel it on your neck🤣🤣🤣
keep whining
Sorry Georgia but you’re Not European.
Brave students fighting against the authoritarian regimes!
No. These are manipulated masses fighting against transparency against sovereignty, against democracy
No. They are fighting against transparency and for the Western auth. regime(s).
Brave foreign agents fighting against losing their "NGO" salaries!
@@alexlazar4738ნუ აჩმახებ
@@alexlazar4738 I love when people who have zero clue about the context have things to say. Please, enlighten us
Fight for your FREEDOM!
Way more benefits to joins EU than your bully.
The EU is the bully and benefits to what losing your sovereignty having to abide by EU laws in EU dictates. Could you please tell me who votes for EU parliament members or the new president for that matter for people that I like you sure are missing a lot of it useless not everyone lol, I’ll be super European State you call Russia, a bully as if Russia has 1000 military bases surrounding Europe😊😅😊😅😅😅😅
Endlose Gedanken, Traurigkeit, Freude - Georgia ❤
Sterkte / Hold on!
The population of Georgia is divided into two groups, both are pro Europeans, Here, protesters are protesting a law that requires financial transparency from the NGO sector. The NGO sector presents the situation as if someone in Georgia was against Europe
I like how Z bots are being like “do you want Maidan in Gerogia”. So few people watching this vid even know what that is… unlike ruzzians 🤣🤣
Also it means something completely different for them. For Russia it means regime change away from being a Russian puppet government. For everyone else it is organic pro-EU, pro-democracy protests representing the overwhelming public opinion of the people. 'Maidan in Georgia' would be a very positive thing for Europe, and for Georgia. Not for Russia.
Russia has lost all of militarily allies in Europe part after Soviet Union collapsed except Belarus.Vladimir Putin should be reviewing the shortcomings of Russia diplomatic policies and relative strategic mistakes.
God bless Georgia, fight for freedom✊🏻✌🏻
Thank you for live please show to more people as much as you can 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
Спасибо за видео! Thank you for the video!
Yes things here are not great.
Ra-226 has a half-life of 1,600 years and Pu-239 has a half-life of 24,100 years. These radioactive elements are somewhere in the Earth's environment and will stick around for a long time. Cattle mutilations have been found along the 37th parallel here in the U.S. due to exposure to wind-blown radiation. The 1918 pandemic technically started in Kansas, which runs along this latitude, the same latitude as dead center of the Nevada Test Site. In reference to the number 37, the Fahrenheit equivalent to 37°C is 98.6°F normal human body temp. In 1898 Marie Curie discovered polonium and radium, both radioactive elements. Various pandemics throughout the last century or so may have been a means of covering up the deadly effects of these elements. The Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed by Kennedy on October 7, 1963.
Gattsu #1 ☝🇬🇪
Democracy will prevail. Be safe, be very careful. Fight the evil that is fascism. With respect and concern for you all 🇦🇺
If they can't find a way to deal with Bidzina Ivanishvili, they will never free themselves from Russian servitude.
This law is so that the citizens of Georgia can see which foreign organizations finance their politics. Not only Russian but also from Western countries. NATO countries have laws like this, you only need to look at the USA, which has had the FARA law approved since 1938. Why do Western countries welcome these demonstrations against this law when they themselves have one that protects their interests from foreign organizations?
let everyone be honest.
we all know how ended up pro-EU protest in Ukraine in 2014
Fair enough in my mind we would not like foreigners interfering in our democracy.
ნათია ქათამაძე, დიდი მადლობა ამ რეპორტაჟისთვის.
ერთი თხოვნა მექნება: "სამხრეთ ოსეთი" არის კომუნისტების ტერმინი, საქართველოს ოკუპაციამდე ესეთი მხარე საქართველოში არ არსებობდა. "სამხრეთ ოსეთი" ისტორიული სამაჩაბლოა.
ის ფაქტი, რომ ჩრდილოეთ ოსეთი რუსეთშია, ბევრ საქმეში ჩაუხედავს შეუქმნის შთაბეჭდილებას, რომ სეპარატისტები, რომლებმაც ისტორიული კუთხე მოწყვიტეს საქართველოს, თავისი სამშობლოს გაერთიანებისთვის იბრძვიან, რაც რა თქმა უნდა, არ შეესაბამება სიმართლეს და რაც, რა თქმა უნდა, საქართველოს მტრების ინტერესებში შედის.
Makes a lot of sense.
If some foreign agency is funding your media, there is some agenda. Can you fund any EU/US media without the govt. knowing?
They already know who's funding who. The point of this law is to accept this law in a relatively soft form ("Just say who's paying you") and then gradually modify it to mark anyone they don't like as a foreign agent and throw them in prison.
This is very similar to what happened in Russia. They had a "soft" form of this law in 2012 and then gradually weaponized it to silence anyone they didn't like. Now it can be used even against citizens, they don't need to restrict themselves to organizations.
Also, when you take into account that the ruling party is controlled by an oligarch, who made his fortune in Russia, it's a lot harder to ignore the obvious.
@@alkr7720 in principle, the law makes sense for a sovereign country. just see how much US and UK (and even EU to a lesser extent) politics is unduly influenced by moneyed interest, particularly ones affiliated with israel, and you'll realize why there must be control and oversight before things get out of hand.
I understand that politicians in EU are supporting and championing this color revolution style protest (as described by one guest in this video) because they see it as fighting putin's influence, which is understandable. but the fact is, the law makes sense for any sovereign country to control undue foreign influence in their decision process. and speaking of the slippery slope argument, you can use that against either side of the debate. what matters is the decision that's actually put into effect.
Problem in this law is not the transparency. No one is against transparency. Problem is, once an organisation qualified for foreign agent status per this law, then the law gives government a right to stop any "foreign agent" activities pretty quickly for investigation claiming that there was a complaint made about their transparency. They have a right not to disclose who complained, and can then stretch investigation on time, while keeping these organisations activities in halt.
Timing and purpose is obvious: there are elections in October. Governing party does not have enough support (mostly civil servants who are blackmailed for losing their jobs and their family members getting in trouble if they do not support governing party, mostly less educated population largely in regions, and evidently older generation who were brought up in soviet fckng U). The fair voting gap between governing party and others will be so large, that their usual scale fraud will not help them to steal enough votes. They will need to go more intense on election fraud. And they don't need NGO and international civil institution eye on the process whlist they do that. Hence we think they are pushing the bill now, to then immediately fight against institutions who could create problems for election fraud. Otherwise there is no explanation why they would cause such a negative protest waive againts themselves so close to elections.
You can not fund media without government knowing, not in US, EU or in Georgia even without this law. But media companies are often not fully domestically owned or financed, this is perfectly normal,. Ivanishvili, de-facto leader of the pro-Russian government, an incredibly rich oligarch (worth more than all of Georgia's yearly government budget), has influence over local capital. The law would also give him opportunity to silence outlets he cannot already influence
If you don't like this law, then go and protest against its counterpart in your countries, there is an analogue of such a law everywhere!
The Researcher made a good video about the Russia Foreign Agents law, where he lists the differences between America’s FARA and Russia’s law.
A simple read of wikipedia also illustrates the night and day differences. FARA is literally just a database, you don't need to report all your actions to the government like you do with the RU/Georgian laws. Also it's voluntary enforcement meaning in practice it has almost never been enforced, and it's purely for lobbying (US could care less about NGOs with minor out-of-country funding).
these videos look like war on softcore mode
Germany's tax laws limit a tax-exempt NPO's engagement in political activities. A tax- exempt NPO must not spend any of its assets to directly or indirectly benefit political parties, such as through campaigning (Fiscal Code §55(1)).
but EU has similar "forein agents" laws...
Georgian Maidan?
It looks like
Nah. It take a large amount and they have sent it all to Ukraine.
Ivasvilli?? That sounds incredibly similar to Djhugashvilli- as in, Ioseb Djhugashvilli, also known as Joseph Stalin- who was born in gori, Georgia.
WHAT CENTURY IS THIS 😭
Valjda 21 vijek u kome Bajden može biti predsjednik!!!😅😂
"Shvili" means "child" in Georgian. Surnames are not the problem here
"Shvili" in Georgian means "son"/"daughter". As for example, Johanson, Johnson, etc. are surnames, so is "Shvili" in Georgian. The ending of some Georgian surnames is "Shvili". "Jughashvili" it is the same as being "Jughason" in your language.
Why don’t you say how much people attended? I'm not seeing much people from your report despite it is obvious this protest is funded by EU.That 20% bill also including Russia isn’t it?Than why your country is against it?Try to give a clear picture. And don’t serve US interests by saying morality. Serve your country.
Georgia is not Europe. Look at its neighbor countries.
If Georgia becomes Europe, all the people will just emigrate out of it asap.
Let's intend that the political leaders who are puppets of Putin in Georgia are held accountable, one way or another.
CIA needs to figure how to smuggle tens of thousands of automatic weapons into the country.
Georgia. Europe appreciates you. This is a difficult one because of Russia but let's work together
this seems very similar to the maidan revolution in Ukraine. We all know what happened next...
Europe loves you .
DW is slowly fixing things. First host still needs to be removed but the second one is good
Berlin Wall Wreaker Since 1987 ,
Lake Of Fire Still Burning today from 1970s,
No Change On End Of Cold War In The Region is Why Retaliation From The Soviet Side On Growing Tensions In Ukraine..
free sakaashvili!!
Maybe someone from EU will find a time and will visit a candidate state? The Russia is giving the back to the pro Russian government and what we see from EU no actions as always
The problem is if they threaten Georgia with that they can’t join EU if the do not also enter NATO.
We've been trying to do both for 30 years now
@@nickdavydson4586 It is probable that the cause of the war in Ukraine was Boris Johnson telling them that NATO is a prerequisite to EU which is not true. Hungary is only EU and Norway is only NATO.
@@fredrikbergquist5734 Or, using Finland as an example, its possible Putin just lied to the people about his motives and NATO was never the issue
Well, you are clowns. What does Russia have to do with it? There is such a law in America, in Europe too, maybe then Georgia is heading west?
I don't understand, why is it a bad thing to know if outsiders are influencing a nation?
Because these "outsiders" are left-wing Western NGOs. Thus, Western left-wing media is defending them.
In Russia they just declared every organization the state didn't like to be foreign agents.
Because when the government can control all the media you end up with TV that only supports the ruling party.
@@foilhat1138 Georgia is not Russia. USA has the same law. Georgia in any way no less democratic than USA
@@tingleblade4274 I never said it was, just pointing out how legislation like this can be misused. OP asked how this could be bad and I answered.
In the UK we see what leaving the EU was done for. Our rights are slowly being removed as the government becomes more authoritarian.
That is a lot of riot police
Can't go to Russia, but can go to china. Can go to germany.
If organisations are partly being foreign funded, then why is that wrong to make them register as agents. US has the FARA law which is exactly the same.
No it’s not
It's exactly the opposite, it's main goal is to ban opposition and prosecute them
Because these are left-wing Western organizations. If it was right-wing Russian organizations being given the boot, the same media outlets would cheer it on. 😂
Do some research before making statements...there are significant differences which is why georgians are protesting.
@@oldskoolrools1353 Right. "Right-Wing Russian NGO is bad."
"Left-Wing Western NGO is good." LOL.
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Slava Ukraine Georgia Moldavie.....
Does Germany have a Foreign Agents Act?
no. US influence is so vast in Berlin they would never allow it.
No
@@alexgolub5447Why would anyone think that?
Germany's struggles are not secret and are talked about regularly...energy transitions... manufacturing costs.
US has for over 10yrs
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A new “euro Maidan”
So they want to be like the US, eh?
In 1938, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C.
§§611-621; FARA) was enacted to require individuals
doing political or advocacy work on behalf of foreign
entities in the United States to register with the Department
of Justice (DOJ) and to disclose their relationship,
activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of their
activities. FARA does not prohibit any specific activities;
rather it seeks to require registration and disclosure of them.
According to the most recently available data (December
2021), more than 450 active registrants represent about 750
foreign principals.
Georgia, don't be like America, who's government is demonizing student protesters right now. People should be able to decide how they want their government to work. And protesting is a fundamental right in a democracy.
thats registering in a database. this law requires much more, and you know why
@@icu17siberia Because they are like the US. They don't want foreigners interfering. And they especially don't want a color revolution to destroy their country as has been done in Ukraine. They don't want to fight a proxy war for the US.
Maybe Georgia is craving for FAB therapy.
Can they get a justice until the next week?
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America has a foreign agents law by the way as do many EU countries.
Nobody has laws outlawing opposition except Russia 😊
@@Numaaaaaa1 The Georgia law is not about outlawing opposition its about NGOs having to reveal where their money comes from.
@@Numaaaaaa1Yeah right foreign money being accounted for is banning opposition. The great concept of Freedom that you Imperialists preach but do not follow at home.
@@mrjerzheel no it is. PM and his handler came out and said themselves they would prosecute opposition. There is literally a speach
Differences in the laws.. do some reserach..
No analysis from journalists side they don’t understand the essence and what they are talking about. Why not provide analysis about the negative aspects of the law, lack of knowledge just throwing some words here and there leave a lot of space for speculations.
They literally talk for 11 minutes.
If you want to get into the details of Georgian politics then just do your own research and don't rely on international news channels for that.
DW is State media funded by Germany. I would imagine this law affects there broadcasting in Georgia. It's not clear how.
Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch, implies that it will be used to silence opposition. Yet she doesn't reference legislation.
I believe it's an important subject both inside Georgia and abroad that deserves a more detailed explanation, preferably from both sides of the argument.
@@davidmaisel8062 It's not that hard to understand. You've freedom of the press or you don't. This law is how Putin shut down all free press in Russia.
Why are everyday people who can barely pay their rent, protesting over the facts that organisations who receive a large donation of money need to be honest about the funds? Money is lobbying and when you are given money you become an agent for the people who are sponsoring you. Mate if I ran an organisation (especially one that could get into local authorities, communities and Gov't), and China gave me 20+% of my funds, I would be more than happy to admit I am working in China's interest and inform my country about it, it might also help me from being corrupted too.
Because government and his leader oligarch constantly trying to demonize the west (especially in his latest speech where he support this bill) and this bill includes media also and what do you think will happens when govt accept it? take a guess. I will give you a hint, he also promise he will suppress opposition... May the opposition is not so good at this time but its a red line when you want to kill any critical thoughts and ideas. At end of the day its not all about only this bill, they are in charge about 11 years already and so much hatred combines this people to protest and on top of that they promise to stay in charge until 2030 and this is madness.
Ivahnca has 50 Chinese patents!
That's nice in theory but not how the Russian style version of this law works. It's a lever for control with a vastly more sweeping net than just gathering up obvious Chinese government funding.
Les Georgiens pro euro.. ils recoivent de l argent de qui??
Faudrait peut etre se poser la question. Par la meme occasion, faudrait penser aussi a arreter de tenter cette destabilisation russe qui ne mene nulle part..
In the US we have a foreign agent bill more stringent than this one. Sir are you advocating against our own governments FARA law? Or are you being hypocritical?💁
It's different..do some reaserach
Maybe they don't want to have the same laws as the US. That's why they are protesting. The US should ask why they are demonizing student protesters who want to stop funding Israel. America's not always the best ideal to follow. If Georgians don't like the law, they have a fundamental democratic right to protest.
read the 2 laws, they're very different. available on the open internet
Who voted for them?
If people are so easily manipulated... Why try to help them?
It's every governments responsibility to protect their citizens from these NGOs. Countries around the world are being targeted particular here in Sth East Asia. The leader of the pack (NED)..."National Endowment for Democracy". They, in conjuction with CIA and MI-5 Orchestrate all the others which funded by America. I mean all of them with the exception of UNESCO. All your favorites Greenpeace, doctors without bordes, nurses for democracy all of them bought and paid for by the US. They are very very effective in what they do because they have millions of dollars and target the media, minority groups, and young people. Their aim is to destable governments leading to a colour revolution. They are like a cancer on the world. "THEY LIVE OF BRIBERY"
Georgia, my country of the the United States of America has had the Foreign Agents Registration Act since the 1930s and it's accepted as a practical and democratic measure to ensure transparency.
Protesting is a fundamental right in a democracy that trumps any act. Maybe the US government should stop demonizing student protesters that want divestment from Israel and a ceasefire before the US starts recommending other countries adopt similar laws as the US.
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Sorry mate we can't see your comments.
Do they want to end up like Ukraine?
Better than end up in 🇷🇺🚽
Well if they are happy...
Does Germany has such a low?What about USA,Great Britain, France?
actually...no. read those laws, not just th title. an internet search can help if you have access to the open internet
What people want in Georgia? Those 20% law also applicable for Russia.And western goverments was not happy with it.That means this protest also funded by EU and also can be US.What Georgian peoples are interested in actually in which situation they will accept like Ukraine 2014/Syria /Libya /French Afria.That's the actual news.They should start to think about it.
Now russia will invade gerogia😂😂
Who provides the EU flags that just appeared in the protests? Same source as the ukrainian flags that just appeared in the US congress the other day?
The rules that has been proposed are very similar as the ones that exist i the US… 🤔
flags can be bought in any country in the world.
Amazon....EBay.......you should get out more.
Are you preparing your next conspiracy theory?
Are you mad China makes flags?
@@rayjay5836 and everybody just happens to buy the same size and model… right…
The law sounds very reasonable… and I am sure is common in many countries
Something tells me this law does not effect Ruzzian influence.
@@pjhgerlach I think Taiwan should implement a similar law…. What do you think?
@@TheLivingTissue I think western companies should pull out of China.
Very reasonable if you want to live in russia or north korea.
Maidan 3.0 in the making, once more.
Caused by Ruzzian meddling.
looks like the yanks and its colonize are desperate to open another Front against Russia
Why are we against Georgia being transparent about foreign funding of political groups? People should have the right to know who's pocket their politicians are in, by it Russian or Western.
Try to find out more about the law, then you will learn why people are protesting.
Educate yourself on how these laws are used to suppress opposition in Communist Regiems...talk against or question the state, then you must be working for a foreign secret service, you are arrested, show trial and sentence to 15 yrs hard labour.
That is why the people of Georgia are scared and are protesting as it's not just the law but how it can be manipulated by an authoritarian.
@@nigelgarrett7970you found out let us know . There is not much difference with USA law. Buy we know very well USA fund NGOs in such coubtry to affect public and we know thire role in color revolution and various atrampt to secure thire interesr by manipulation people to go against goverment
@@nigelgarrett7970 Well i was sort of hoping the news would fill me in there, but they give literally no details what so ever about what the law actually is, they jump straight to the conclusion that it will be misused to punish and limit the pro EU opposition party.
If all the law does is forcing NGO's and political groups to be transparent about their funding then i don't see why that alone should be seen as going against the EU. Especially since as we are told, other EU countries such as Hungary are apparently allowed to have a similar law without causing a big fuss.
@@1112viggo Unfortunately I have found that I can rarely rely on the news channels to give me the details, I have to try and find the raw source. This is time consuming and sometimes frustrating, as I am unburdened by any other language skills. And sometimes it is not just the law itself, but the guidelines on how the law is applied.
The EU is debating introducing a requirement for member states to have such a law, and their debate I have found useful. It is a balance between dealing with the threat of organised misinformation campaigns versus the civil rights of citizens.
Hungary is a good case in point, as they already have a partially similar law, which may get expanded due to the EU initiative. There is concern in some EU circles about the direction Hungary takes on this one.
It is a difficult call, and is best made on a country by country basis. Like all things, NGO's and foreign media can be a force for good or bad within a country. It is interesting to look at each government's attitude to such bodies.
I hope we don't turn into Ukraine 2.0 :(( Things are getting tense over here.
I'm hoping you (i'm guessing you're Georgian) and Moldova can join us in the EU family and maybe Nato to keep you save from Putin. Stay strong my friend.
Don't worry, Russia can't open up another front and the Ukraine war isn't ending any time soon.
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Voting age around the world should be raised to 25yrs...these children are too easily manipulated
Financial transparency use to be part of all democracy's. USA, France and Germany among many others with a similar law. Georgians must be the thickest people in Europe. Well suited to the EU.
Are the anti-foreign agents" bill directed at the US? And the EU Commission and Council? If not, why fund and fan the protests?
Another Ukraine in waiting 😂
Sure
crackdown also happened at USA university
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@@thanhloitran276 Scared child..........lol.
So the parliament should give in to the parliament of the streets? Is that democracy?
Ironically, USA has had such a law since 1938.
They want the parliament to give in to the EU. Notice that I have not seen or heard any criticism about this from the Biden administration. It's because as you point out, we have the same law.
Yep, that's literally the democracy. "Ironically", the rulling party in the US doesn't label any opposition as extremists / terrorists / enemy of the state and then simply offs anyone foolish enough to be left in the country. But sometimes, even this doesn't give any guarantees.
@@Mafon2 what both parties do in my country of the US is file lawsuits questioning the validity of signatures for other parties to be on the ballots, rigg the process at the state level to limit competition between the two corporate backed parties: Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
@@jesusaguilar4585 At least, you have two parties.
Грузия против аналога закона US Foreign Agents Registration Act, FARA , DW опять пиздит
Georgia needs this foreign agents' bill to protect its sovereignty from Brussels once it is part if the EU.... smart move by the Georgian govt...
EU was working excellent without Este block...
Ah yes, the famous Blue-Red-White "popular" revolutions.
They copied this law from US one . Why it is said to agaisnt EU?
What did they copied exactly and what do you know what this intention truly entails?.
You people never try to explain this other then just to say that this bill is the same as the US vs the actual practice of the bill.
@@Siranoxz The law doesnt ban anyone or group it just makes them register if they are partly foreign funded. Whats wrong with that.
@@mrjerzheel context is wrong for this law. you need to listen carefully to the video or you are a bot.
You have not read the law, so how do you know it was copied from the US one? BOT!
Do some research...there are significant differences between the west's versions...why do you think Georgians are protesting?
What do you care about this law?
Because it does not allow the USA to interfere in Georgia effectively 😂. This is the extent to which people are naive
@@rouz0 😂in 2008, Russian tanks had 30 kilometers left to reach Tbilisi, but the tanks were running out of fuel, so they stopped.
But seriously, Georgia in the USSR was the richest republic, people there lived better and richer, they were allowed to do everything. (in memory of the Georgian Stalin)
@@Sziasztok742 well I think being free matters more than money and greed
@@EZIC_Official and what does it mean to be free in your understanding? are you free now?
@@Sziasztok742 yes but in a bad way but I think it's better than being in USSR and having ur country non existent
The protesters too are possibly being paid. Eg. Stone pelters in Kashmir
yea... More than hundred thousand of us are paid :) For weeks and weeks to stay up, to stand against the pepper spray and gas and water canons. To risk being beaten up and thrown in jail.
All of US, do that all of THAT for all that TIME for money.
It's not possible that the law is really pro-russian and we are correct.
We came out last year. We had the same situation last year. The government backed down on the law last year and promised it would never return. They broke their promise(Not the first time).
Just look at who likes the law and who doesn't. Russian government and propagandists like it and our friends in the west don't.
I don't have time nor the wish to argue about exactly why the law is anti-west and pro russian. Anyone who wants to know, can get that information.
We've known for a looong time that this government is pro-russian and this is just them showing their face.
@@vakhtangnodadze4802 Hundreds of thousands.........lol. Back to school child and when you grow up you might understand a little better. Probably not though.
pro-eu lol
Georgia = Ukraine 2.0?
Well yeah, Russia starts with laws on its puppet government