Thousands take to the streets in Georgia to protest against ‘Russian-style’ law
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2023
- Violent clashes have erupted in Georgia's capital Tbilisi as protestors faced off against tear gas and water canons.
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The anger of the demonstrators is driven by a new draft law which will label non-government and media groups getting more than 20 per cent of their funds from overseas as "foreign agents".
Dubbed "The Russian law", as it replicates one brought in by President Putin, critics fear it marks a lurch towards Russian-style repression.
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Wait a minute, why Im not allowed in US or UK to be funded by foreign countries to lobby their interests but on other hand US and UK telling Georgia that they cant have same policies to protect sovereign state. On top of that US claimining that anyone who will oppose riots in Georgia will be punished by sanctions. You lost me.
Could it be that the georgian people have opinions on this matter, rather than just the US or UK or whomever?
I'm slowly getting frustrated with the 'georgian opinions don't matter' flavour in these arguments.
It all has to be some kind of russia vs US struggle, or something.
And the georgian people don't seem to be allowed to want anything for themselves.
Such a struggle is stupid precisely because the georgian peoples' desires would be crushed by it.
So let's not have the struggle and accept a peoples' struggle for self-determination.
@@nielskorpel8860do realize how ridiculous you sound 😒. It's a law that will prevent corruption. Do you even know what the was about? US and Europe has the same law but more strict. Plus the president somehow is in the united states supporting the protest. Mind you the law was voted on by both the rulling and opposition party. It doesn't even affect the civilians why are they storming the government building as if the law was to banned public gatherings this reaction is suspicious in itself they are throwing Molotov cocktail at the police it's overreaction suddenly there's demand for the government to quit. This looks exactly like a colour revolution like what happened in HK Ukraine Libya and Syria. Do you really not see how questionable this is?
Except for the part where YOU CAN LITERALLY LOBBY THE US GOVERMENT AS AN FOREIGN NATION, LEGALLY, citing wikipedian in its article name "Lobbying in the United States":
"It is possible for foreign nations to influence the foreign policy of the United States through lobbying or by supporting lobbying organizations directly or indirectly. For example, in 2016, Taiwanese officials hired American senator-turned-lobbyist Bob Dole to set up a controversial phone call between president-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen."
And since we are talking about a Russia related subject:
"There are reports that the National Rifle Association, a U.S.-based lobbying group advocating for gun rights, has been the target of a decade-long infiltration effort by Russian president Vladimir Putin, with allegations that Putin funneled cash through the NRA to aid the election of Donald Trump."
Good question! Because various Georgian grant-eaters and Soros' litter will immediately have to declare that they are foreign agents.
There is quite a difference between the US version and Russian version in how it’s used. (On paper, it sounds great, right?)
In Russia, it’s used to suppress opposition. Why? Because the country is practically an authoritarian regime.
In the US, it is genuinely used to minimize foreign influence, if the law is being abused, companies or people can take the government to court and plead their case (where a court can then actually force the gov to back off). That will *never* happen in current Russia OR Georgia.
Georgia, unfortunately, is insanely corrupt. As much as their people are heavenly, their government is filled with a bunch of Russian puppets. Hence, oppositions to the current gov are going to get suppressed more than they already are.
Here’s another example: Elections! The US and most western countries have free and fair elections (give or take). Well, hey! Russia has elections too! That must mean they’re a democratic country as well right? *well we all know that’s not true* . Russia uses the elections as a means to hide their truly authoritarian regime, and give the appearance that they are winning fairly.
Same idea on paper, implemented VERY differently.
This is not going to end well for Putin.
First of all this is not going to end well for Georgia
for Georgians you mean
Independent voices backed by the USA and EU?😄😄😄 Why are people so stupid? All media and propaganda is owned by the US: CZcams, Instagram, Twitter... This is pure influence! Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda... And you are saying something about Russia?
@@ZDRAVKO667 we already see russian army occupying Georgia territories
@@danieltikhonov284 Why, you think Putin is going to do another full scale invasion and kill thousands of Georgians too like he is presently doing to Ukrainians? I doubt it, he has already bitten off more than he can chew with Ukraine alone and RuAF will not be ready for such a thing in a long time. Now is the best time for states that Russia is trying to keep under its influence to rebel.
The same strategy as in Kiev 2014 : western regimes supporting chaos in a neighbor to Russia, while they have in their own countries similar laws to track down foreign financed NGO's since many years.
Soros the old mummy.
Wat een onzin. De reden waarom je de revolutie van Waardigheid in 2014 in Oekraïne had, waren de acties van Yanukovich zelf. Papegaai niet alles, want als je ook maar iets wist van Oekraïense politiek, dan had je dat geweten. Man wat ben ik blij, wanneer ik het gebrek aan intelligentie bij de gemiddelde Forum stemmer zie, dat jullie keihard verloren hebben.
You clearly don’t know the pain Georgians had to suffer they hated the ussr and hated russia
@@nikolaievans2432 You mean during Stalin? Stalin was Georgian
Ukraine 2014 all over again.
How do you mean? America and the UK are paying for the overthrow of another country's Government?
Australia and the US has the same law, whats wrong abt it? Canada is going to have it soon. Is it good to have foreign agents to intervene domestic policy?
@@relaxingsound4808 America trying to cancel this law when their law is stricter and you can get a real jail time
@@relaxingsound4808 Not if you have an aggressor who invaded the country before, as neighbours.
@@relaxingsound4808 - this is the Russian version not the US one - they detain anyone disagreeing with the government there
ჩვენ ამ გზით მხარს ვუჭერთ ჩვენს ქართველ და-ძმებს. იმისათვის, რომ გავხდეთ კავკასიის ევროპა, უნდა გადავყაროთ რუსული ნაგავი ჩვენი კავკასიიდან. ჩემი სიყვარულით აზერბაიჯანიდან
🇪🇺🇦🇿🇬🇪🇺🇦🌹🌼
These CIA proxy protestors
Oo you have no idea what eu will do to you.if rioters winns that country is finished.
🇺🇦 - 💩🐓🐷🦨🐵
Скоро турки будут ваших жен на панель отправлять и под натовских солдат подкладывать, а на ваших землях янки будут свои военные базы строить, куда вас не будут допускать, также как в Германии, Японии, Корее, и других странах марионетках. И будет вам счастье🤣🤌 поинтересуйся сколько японок было изнасиловано и убито за последние 10 лет на Окинаве американскими солдатами, и сколько из них понесли наказание за это. Нисколько🤷
საქართველოში საპროტესტო აქციები ამერიკელმა მარიონეტებმა მოაწყვეს, რათა საქართველო თავიანთი კონტროლის ქვეშ ყოფილიყო. ამერიკელები საქართველოს პატივს არ სცემენ, უბრალოდ იყენებენ!!! მათ უნდათ, რომ საქართველომ მეორე ფრონტი გახსნას რუსეთის წინააღმდეგ! ჩვენ არ დავუშვებთ საქართველოს განადგურებას! საქართველო ყველა მეზობლთან მეგობრობისთვის!
Freedom to Georgia 🇬🇪 and their wonderful people ❤️ from America 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇪
didn't you know that you are not free? Your country has the same law that Georgia tried to establish.
@@Worselol Copeium is a disease these days
The law they protested against was similar to FARA, signed into law by Roosevelt in '38.
@@east_coast_ceo1070 Yeah. It's hard to believe that some people still think they are free. 15 years ago there were a lot of videos about mass media and their technologies, now only clickbates.
I "love" american "democracy" . USA spent couple milions dollars on Orange revolution in 2012 in UA. Now they are doing the same, to have its own influences in Georgia. Ami go home.
Our hearts and prayers go out to all Georgians. God bless Georgia 🇬🇪❤️.
😂 for what exactly
@@greathey1234 people are being shot at by police. What another reason do you want ? You stupid
Do you know what you are talking about?
@@johnmuthan286Most likely not.. Georgia is the new Thing to these Wokesters.
Don't your arms, legs, heads go with your heart.
Stand strong Georgia!
საქართველოში საპროტესტო აქციები ამერიკელმა მარიონეტებმა მოაწყვეს, რათა საქართველო თავიანთი კონტროლის ქვეშ ყოფილიყო. ამერიკელები საქართველოს პატივს არ სცემენ, უბრალოდ იყენებენ!!! მათ უნდათ, რომ საქართველომ მეორე ფრონტი გახსნას რუსეთის წინააღმდეგ! ჩვენ არ დავუშვებთ საქართველოს განადგურებას! საქართველო ყველა მეზობლთან მეგობრობისთვის!
Looks like Georgian history is rhyming like Ukrainians history!
We passed that stage: after 2008 Russian managed in Georgian, what they tried in Ukraine in 2022 - they changed pro-wester goverment to pro-russian one
@@vasilimacharadze139 Actual president of Georgia is a woman born in France, educated in EEUU, wich was France ambassador in Georgia till 2004. In that year Salomé resign her french nationality in order to be foreign minister of Georgia. I don't see anything pro-russian in a woman like her, in fact she made a video about the situation from EEUU (she was visiting there).
@@angelvazquez2701 After 2012 the presidential institution in Georgia was deprived of almost any political power, and today it remains just as a carrier of ceremonial obligations (something like in Germany). So, yes, for a president GD usually picks up philosophers and respected public figures, so that they gain a better flexibility for actions under that prowestern cover.
@@vasilimacharadze139 who gaf. just stay tf over there. we dont want yall over here in the real georgia
@@angelvazquez2701 she has no power,prime minister has the power unlike president and he is pro Russia
საქართველოს ლამაზო ხალხო, ვამაყობ თქვენით. იყავი ძლიერი, მშვიდობა შენთან ერთად. საქართველოს თავისუფლება. დიდება საქართველოს! 🇬🇪❤🇺🇦
Take Western money and shut up
Fu..k usraine
Hongkongers stand with Georgia. Freedom to Georgia. Glory to Georgia. 🇬🇪
Europe welcomes you.
We do?!! Why?... Giving russia reasons to attack a union member and doing nothing about it!!!!
@@danielgermano3505
European Union membership is far of still. But if Georgia wants to move a way from the Russian sphere of interest and towards the European that is only a positive for us. But more importantly when they say that the want to be European what they mean is the European way of life and social organisation. They want democracy, freedom and a hight living standard. They want to live with dignity just like the Ukrainians do and not be ruled by corrupt oligarchs and the Russia empire.
Welcomes where? I miss something here what you are trying to say..
@@isakrynell8771 democracy and freedom don't exist in the same sentence as the EU - not unless it involves being outside of it.
@@isakrynell8771 Hold on... You speak of Europe as if it was some kind of shangri-la as if everything is ok and everbody happy, it cannot be further from the thruth hahahahahaha! This european mindset, full of presumption and lack of action, in all walks of life, is what costs this continent and keeps it from evolving into a better society...
Europe has major issues to solve:
1. Demographics 2. Industrialization/ defense 3. Equity and justice 4. Overall mental health. 5. Corruption. And these are only for starters, we can go on and on and discuss this for hours on end!
We support you in the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇪 stay strong
Yeah, stop voting for Brekzit & Tory then.
From Tbilisi.
P.s. We'll see how much the Uk stands with Georgians if Georgians ever try to flee to the Uk across the channel in dinghies ...
@@PeleSahota I honestly don't believe that we voted for the Tori's I don't know a single person who did literary not even a single one most people voted Labour that I know and have their whole life.
I believe the elections have been rigged for years.
@@PeleSahota - none of your business... from a Brit in Tbilisi
@martinwatts3796 totally my business. European security is totally my business.
Stop voting for Russian money loving Бoric, destabilising European stability and then pretending you're a virtuous force for good around the world.
Georgia is pro European, pro Eu. Maybe that's non of the UK's russia loving business.
No we don’t😂
შენ ისეთი მამაცი ხარ! უკრაინა მხარს გიჭერთ!🇬🇪❤️🇺🇦
How? Ukraine can't even support itself! It is we, the West, that support Ukraine or you guys would have been whiped out last year.
Brave Woman holding that flag facing down that water cannon. That's got to really hurt! Go Georgians! Fight for your freedom don't let Putin and a couple suits take it away from you!! Love the Georgians good people and a beautiful country.. they deserve to be in the EU if that's what the direction they want for their own country! LIVE and DIE FREE! Love from USA.
Independent voices backed by the USA and EU?😄😄😄 Why are people so stupid? All media and propaganda is owned by the US: CZcams, Instagram, Twitter... This is pure influence! Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda... And you are saying something about Russia?
@@onestare-motors4655 I didnt say a single thing about Russia.. are you on drugs or something?
And saying the US owns all propaganda is ridiculous..
every country has propaganda.. every single one.
Its not some thing invented by us Americans lol..
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This law would decrease Putin's influence in Georgia. Nobody should be able to interfere in a country's politics by funding violent protests like the US does.
Actually the law will secure the country integrity and sovereignty and makes sure there is no interference from any side, USA or Russia, that's why USA is organising and financing these riots, USA want to keep interfering in the region!
Free Abkhazia. Free South Ossetia
Who is she? Victoria Nuland? 🤣
Moldova should be freed from Dictator Maya Sandu. Freedom of democracy.
We are proud of you🇺🇦🤝🏼🇬🇪
Moldova should be freed from Dictator Maya Sandu. Freedom of democracy.
They think Europe is waiting for them but they are only a marketing expansion .
My heart goes out to the brave Georgian people!! Love and respect from Holland .
Brave?? They are being duped in to regime change and war.
Fools...smh
How are Dutch farmers doing?
You are not from holland no Dutch citizen calls their country holland
Everyone uses Netherlands
But why do they call it pro-Russian law if the US has the same law lol
The EU countries also has/had this law😂
I think it's for their country's good to have this law. It would help to reduce foreign influence on their country, so many other countries have this law or wanted to adopt it.
These protesters are really weird🤔
its not the same, by just name yeah its same, but is opposite of what it should be. if it was what it should be, then we would not riot.
They are just stupid animals. Brainwashed and US finances. Now they want a coup in the country as in Ukraine. I know everything for Ukraine, the country has lost land and continues to lose it irretrievably.
@@matsatsoanasashvili2406what does the law say that makes it so different explain?
There is quite a difference between the US version and Russian version in how it’s used. (On paper, it sounds great, right?)
In Russia, it’s used to suppress opposition. Why? Because the country is practically an authoritarian regime.
In the US, it is genuinely used to minimize foreign influence, if the law is being abused, companies or people can take the government to court and plead their case (where a court can then actually force the gov to back off). That will *never* happen in current Russia OR Georgia.
Georgia, unfortunately, is insanely corrupt. As much as their people are heavenly, their government is filled with a bunch of Russian puppets. Hence, oppositions to the current gov are going to get suppressed more than they already are.
Here’s another example: Elections! The US and most western countries have free and fair elections (give or take). Well, hey! Russia has elections too! That must mean they’re a democratic country as well right? *well we all know that’s not true* . Russia uses the elections as a means to hide their truly authoritarian regime, and give the appearance that they are winning fairly.
Same idea on paper, implemented VERY differently.
Tell me, is Putin to blame here too? What do the Washington bots say - their reason does not change?
Georgia well done! Open your country to foreign manipulations.😅
we Dont want Russia
Georgians well done, don't accept authoritarian rule like the Russian serfs
What's wrong with a country trying to protect any foreign influence including Russian?
The problem is that funding violent insurrections is the West's preferred way of violating sovereignty.
They are afraid to reveal all NGOs operating in Georgia and georgian politicians financed by Klaus Schwab and George Soros ...
You can simply make a law that makes funding more transparent. This law goes far and beyond, and allows for abuse from a power position.
This is what happened in Russia.
@@_loss_the same laws are present in US and Australia, why are u not mentioning them?)
@@andrewyakovlev9710 not same, they don't even concern media like this
If not for Russia, Georgia would be at the level of European countries! Enough of Russian politics in Georgia!!! Peaceful protest is enough. They don't work anymore. Georgians are not Russians. We are fighting ომ არა რუსეთი, საქართველო ევროპის ქვეყნების დონეზე იქნებოდა! კმარა რუსული პოლიტიკა საქართველოში!!! საკმარისია მშვიდობიანი პროტესტი. აღარ მუშაობენ. ქართველები რუსები არ არიან. ჩვენ ვიბრძვით
Go Georgia go
why are they fighting to become 3rd class citizens of eu. living in England I have seen and heard what they think of their Eastern European counterparts.
What law is that?
Color revolution
Imagine protesting against a bill which requires foreign agents to self-identify. The west yet against stirring up trouble.
Pretty much every country has a law like this
@Georgian Georgian but, but, Russia, Russia....
NGO funding from abroad = independent voice. That's rich. Guess who funded the protest?
Georgia does not belong to Europe but to you
The protester with "I've seen this film before and I didn't like the ending" sign, isn't he about Ukraine 2014?
What we see here is exactly the same strategy used in Kiev 2013-2014 : western regimes promoting chaos in a neighbor to Russia, while they have in their countries similar laws to track down foreign financed NGO's since many years. Georgian government is being punished for failing to align with sanctions
what a hypocrisy. FARA law in the US has nothing to do with it..🤦♀️
Has any of you ever asked why the things are getting so messed up over the last 8 yrs? you find the answers when you do your research what each side (NATO, US and Russia) have been up to, leading to this mess we find the world in. It is no good to tell us the current situation without reveling the facts and history behind it. So I urge you all to do your research and come to your own conclusion!
თავისუფლებას დიდება ❤🙏
I am confused. I thought Georgia belongs to Georgia, right? no foreign political influence. Russia, Ukraine, EU idk Madagaskar are foreigners, so they would have nothing to do here (how could they lobby such a law then). Sooo Georgians would like to be influenced and trade own culture to be part of different world?
I wonder if their foreign agent law would see their party leaders as foreign agents.
But yes other places supposedly have foreign agent laws as well...
... but what matters is what is in them and what they do and how they are used, right?
And yes, if Georgia belongs to Georgia, the Georgia also gets to decide their foreign agents laws.
Whether to have them.
When to have them.
What to write in them.
When to trust their government to execute them.
Even if those are dumb decisions.
I mean, that would make sense to me :)
Disclosure: I am a EU citizen.
Американцы, вы же в курсе, что у вас в стране действует точно такой же закон уже давно? 🤣🤣🤣
Им пофиг на логику. Вашингтонские боты уже запутались во лжи и несут чушь от сердца! ❤️✊
"Russian style law" that the USA has since 1938 and proved to be very effective.
Ok.
Funny seeing old 60 yrs old men fist fight 😂😂
Most of the European and North American countries have the exact same law.
The oldest example been France at the beginning of twenty century and USA act of 1938-39.
Obviously the young,beautiful and smart people again went on riot.
After the mess of Sakiashivili losing territories to Russia i tough that the Georgians got smarter.
The most dejavu feeling is same thing happened in Ukraine,Belarus and Kazakhstan not one of this countries got any better 😂
This is wonderful that you know history , and at school you can get "A". However, for an intelligent person it is important to be free-minded. Unfortunately, it is not going to happen to you
@@ip4336 nor is it going to happen to you. Since the EU, our European countries have become poorer, public services have been built down to the point there is hardly any service left and schools have degraded. More crime and an unstoppable wave of migrants.
So you want to join the West? You will be living the difference from dreams sold in the media and real life. Welcome welcome!!
It's a pity that you were not born in the Soviet Union, but I hope you live in Russia.
@@ip4336 I am free don’t worry got schooled fast full metal jacket style after been deployed in Cambodia as peacekeeper for UN and worked as truck driver in Australia and Germany add Afghanistan work as contractor have very good idea that media and so called experts are full of …
@@Alexander-mr7jq currently Germany
Born and raised in Bulgaria during the communist times .
I don't know if Russia has a law like that (even though I strongly suspect that is the case), but it seems necessary to establish that EEUU had a law about foregign agents since the 30', and also UK and EU members had similar laws.
The people of Georgia has decided they don't want the Russian law there... whatever USA...EU... China or another country has or hasn't...they DON'T WANT THE RUSSIAN LAW
Thank God there’s still people can see through this.
Russia has the law with similar name and is using it against its own active citizens.
EU dangle the membership carrot in an attempt to destabilise the Georgian government, most likely upset they were not interested in opening a 2nd front against Russia.
They need new bodies to soak up Russian artillery as they are running out of Ukrainians, Poland & Georgia next in line.
1. I have not done enough research to know if these are 'the same law' beyond the name and what they supposedly do.
It could be that each law works differently, and maybe those nuances and details matter.
It could be that each law is used differently, and maybe that matters for the freedom of the Georgian people.
It could be that each law is trusted differently. Maybe Georgians simply do not trust their current government enact it well; that is, with the freedom of the people in mind.
1,5. It is hard to understand laws, much less laws from across the world, and how they compare. Yet somehow many many people suddenly appeared in these comments, able to tell me that all these foreign agent laws really are the same. As I've argued above: maybe they are, and maybe they are not. But to all other readers here: look up the laws yourself, before you let the abundance of comments like this colour your opinion. And yes, that includes me. Because I still don't know if these laws are really the same.
2. It doesn't matter whether the law is the same or not; The Georgians get to decide their laws. So if they don't want this law, that is in their right, even if other places have this law and like it. What we see here -- a democratic people demanding their government to listen -- is normal and healthy. It's a little clunky, sure, that is why elections and referenda exist, and all those democratic pathways. But it is what a healthy self-determined people looks like. And that is what matters: that the Georgians decide themselves, and not some other powers.
3. Georgia is not Russian,... unless it wants to be.
Georgia is not Asian,... unless it wants to be.
Georgia is not European,... unless it wants to be.
Georgia is Georgian,... of the Georgian people.
That is how I, a EU citizen, look at it.
And we, the west, EU, US, NATO, whomever, even china... We -- the rest of the world -- do well not to enforce our desires on the Georgian people. You cannot impose your political system on a people that rejects it, as the US recently learned in Afghanistan. And you should not; Peoples aren't geopolitical toys. We do best not to play with them.
True freedom fighters
Washington DC has a Protests toggle switch. If somewhere they pass a law that the US does not like, then it is included. On a signal, foreign agents begin to work hard and people protest.
Do you actually believe that? Because then you're an even dumber orc than I thought was possible. Everyone with a brain, can see that the Georgian people are pro European, not that strange after what your country has done to them in '92 and '08. So obviously they will revolt against a law that might endanger that path.
Is it so hard for you to imagine that the rest of us (Ukrainians, Georgians, Baltics, former Warsaw pact countries) don't want to be part of your "Русский мир" and want you to f*ck off and leave us alone? You know the explicit reason all of these countries joined or want to join NATO?
Wow
"Foreign Agent" - is the boss of the "dream" party also considered a foreign agent (Ruzzian trojan horse)?!
He should be - he has Kremlin connections, and should have been sanctioned along with his Ruzzian government puppets
Yes
Congrats to the people of Georgia .Stand up for your freedom. No one has the right to dictate how you must live
@THE ZOLDICS "No one has the right to dictate how you must live" - the EU dictates all the time and yet, they want tho join the EU lol!!
@@soulflame799 nice try Kremlin troll
@@Rblock777 I am European, not Russian. I know what I'm talking about. I have seen my people become poorer and poorer since the 70ies and things got so much worse the more the EU dictates our countries what they can and cannot do.
But it's easier for you to call me a Kremlin troll, that way, you can discard facts from daily life and remain in the comfortable lie.
@@soulflame799 Problem may be somewhere else, not in the EU in your case ;) Because my country has only evolved since joining the EU. Wile Russia and their puppet countries only go downhill in every aspect possible.
@@soulflame799 exactly. what dont they understand
We're with you, Georgia!
There is only one future for Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and indeed my home country Britain - and that future is together in Europe
All these twisted old men like Putin will fail - keep fighting!
The following is by Ana Aptsiauri:
Let me explain what is happening in Georgia now:
1. A group of 'former' members of Georgian Dream (the ruling party) initiated a law on 'foreign influence agents'. The law copied russian repressive legislation that banned NGOs and independent media from operating in the country
2. The draft law aims to control NGOs/media+marginalize them. The word 'Agent' is the same as a 'spy' in Georgian.
3. Georgian Dream supported the draft law the day it was registered. Yesterday proposed law was adopted by its first hearing.
4. GD claims that the proposed law aims to ensure financial transparency. In reality, NGOs publish their financial information on their webpages(+donor,the purpose of the grant)and go through the audit several times a year. At the end of the year,NGOs publish detailed reports
5. Ironically enough, an absolute majority of NGOs/media and the Georgian state receive donations from the same organizations(for instance, USAID, EU, UNDP,countries/affiliated organizations). But GD thinks that NGOs are using this money to 'polarize society'
6.on the other hand, GD never questioned the incomes of openly pro-russian groups. For instance, Alt-info, a radical group behind July 5 massacre, opened dozens of offices and TV and visited Moscow several times after russias invasion of Ukraine(you can guess with what money)
7. Majority of Georgian NGOs provide different services (legal aid, psycho-social and medical services)and run shelters for the victims of violence. +As all state institutions are politicized, many highly qualified professionals prefer to work at NGOs.
8.Georgia is about to receive EU candidate status. makes it clear that if the Parliament adopts the law, we will not get the candidate status. Additionally,the biggest strategic ally made it clear that the law would jeopardize relations between the two countries
9. Georgian Dream made its decision. It's clear that they're sabotaging EU membership. This decision directly violates article 78 of the Constitution. Plus isolates Georgia from the. And without a European perspective,won't have any future but turning into russia's backyard.
That's what current protests are all about
and let's not forget that Georgian Dream is preparing for the 2024 parliamentary elections and doing its best to silence critical voices
Maybe you are not aware still that UK left EU or you think others dont know about it. Hypocrisy at its best to tell Georgians, Ukrainians, Moldavians about their place with UK in Europe together...
How is this transparency law bad ? Everybody has an agenda and a view and it would be for the good of all if we can see it clearly. Who supports who ? How ? And why ?
This is a Russian law its simple
@@giorgijioshvili9713i mean its american too so that isnt the reason why its bad.
Its bad because you already have enough transparency from taxes, and this law just basically makes investors leave since nobody wants to be under risk of being a foreigner agent or share too much information with the government. Also this law isnt bad right away, the problem is what potential the law has. In russia they used this law to pass a different anti-democratic laws by calling out non-government organizations (which mostly do research about democracy, how country is doing and so on), for being funded by west, and what funds were they? It was just because they also worked in europe, so then after u get rid of non-governmental organizations, you basically have freedom to do any autocratic thing you want.
And difference between usa and russia in this case is that usa implemented it to get rid of great depression (because of prohibition stuff which im lazy to talk abt rn), and also to keep away nazi propaganda spreading in usa. And the thing which keeps balance in usa of the law is that its only about organizations and media, not the person itself, so the usa government always has large opposition either by democrats or by republicans so it keeps the balance of abusing this law
@@brick647 this law has nothing to do with the economy but with NGOs and political activists
Well here is the problem of these NGOs who are funded by western governments and of this ,,muh democracy is perfect" agenda.
Russia is an old european nation however its always been different in its own way from the rest. Its difference comes from the 3 main piller on which it was build on and on which it has survived through many trials and turbulent times.
Those pillars are Autocracy, Nationality and Orthodoxy in that order. Removing those pillars will only lead to a miserable life of every russian, such an experiment was made in the 90s and the results were atrocious for the nation.
Wow the world is falling apart everywhere you look.
indeed
@@lesvampyres5429 you must be on good drugs, what this has to do with russians?
Georgia is like Moldova two countries that are struggling to feed themselves and they somehow think the only solution to their problems is joining Europe.
Georgians are well done, always be united so that Putin's puppets understand who they are dealing with 🇦🇲🤝🇬🇪
Do you even know what the protests is about
Karabakg is Azerbaijan. Armo
@@Silver_Prussian Yes, i know
@@GeneralWinter9 what is azerbaijan?🤔
@@LaplandRowdy it seems like you dont
Why they are mad at the US-style Foreign agent laws?
You got played; so? The fight for freedom goes on .
Georgia hold the line! 🇬🇪
just keep them tf over there in that georgia
Why finance groups from outside ? A stable democracy needs no financial ressources that come from another country. On the contrary. In all countries that kind of "assistance" would raise eyebrows. What if Saudi Arabia or China would assist democracy that way in Europe ? Would the result be more democracy ?
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Quote LA Times - "SEPT. 21, 2002 WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission disclosed Friday that it has imposed a record-setting $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fund-raising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources."
Same law in USA, Germany and France, but only Georgia protest. I thought Georgia wants to be like EU country
Because Russia is bad
Ah an expert I see. Can you lecture me about the precise differences between the German law and the French law? Do they work differently? Are they used differently? Are their governments trusted with executing the law differently?
There is quite a difference between the US version and Russian version in how it’s used. (On paper, it sounds great, right?)
In Russia, it’s used to suppress opposition. Why? Because the country is practically an authoritarian regime.
In the US, it is genuinely used to minimize foreign influence, if the law is being abused, companies or people can take the government to court and plead their case (where a court can then actually force the gov to back off). That will *never* happen in current Russia OR Georgia.
Georgia, unfortunately, is insanely corrupt. As much as their people are heavenly, their government is filled with a bunch of Russian puppets. Hence, oppositions to the current gov are going to get suppressed more than they already are.
Here’s another example: Elections! The US and most western countries have free and fair elections (give or take). Well, hey! Russia has elections too! That must mean they’re a democratic country as well right? *well we all know that’s not true* . Russia uses the elections as a means to hide their truly authoritarian regime, and give the appearance that they are winning fairly.
Same idea on paper, implemented VERY differently.
(Georgia is implementing it in the Russian way)
Georgia didn't learn from supporting Americans in the past did they?
they figth to be in the Eu And Uk vote to be out of Eu
Yeah because the EU keep making us take immigrats London looks like and Islamic state the streets Islamic shops and people if you were a tourist you would think the plane landed in the wrong country by mistake.
I don't think that uk is occupied by any country. And that country is the biggest of all. And i don't think that uk is poor country. Uk is very powerful country! but georgia is not. It's 20% is occupied by russia which is 245 bigger that georgia. Did i gave you enough information about why georgia is desperate to enter in eu? Cause a can move on
Yes. That is correct.
Cambridge analitycs ''voted'' to be out EU
💕Lithuania
And they say everyone else is violent…
It is the police and special forces who were violent - the Molotov Cocktails thrown by government supporters to cause trouble
Not passing that law or protesting it is one of the biggest mistakes. Georgia will pay dearly for it. It is the first step in loosing your independence. You will find out very fast haw important it is to know which media are really Georgian.
Soon you guys will be Cannon or Fertilize arrested and send you to Ukraine 😳😳😔😔😭😭Spread your Wings !! Do the right thing … It’s your Freedom !!!
Africa is looking peaceful and civil in modern times.
Actually, Europe is wholly peaceful except for two countries which are civilisationaly incompatible with the rest. Those two countries are Russia and Serbia.
@@BaumerPaulGefreiter Well, yes. Well, yes. Armenia with Azerbaijan, Israel with Iran, the actual rallies in the same Ukraine (What does it have to do with Georgian one to one, only in Ukrainian Protestants also used weapons), France (Yellow vests are generally plush and obedient) and much more .... ... Put on your clown mask 🤡
Africa always been, if you look at number of big wars and mass casualties... africa isnt on top 10 list.
Still thousands of refugees from Africa seek Asylum in Europe...
Africa is not! Most of its well known countries and leaders are siding with Russia. History won’t be kind. I fear for what’s to come for South Africa.
Amidst the exciting journey towards the European family, the Georgian people's unyielding spirit and unbreakable resilience shine like a beacon of hope. Through the darkest times, the Georgian people have emerged victorious, proving that with unwavering determination and perseverance, no obstacle is insurmountable.
Our journey is a testament to the human spirit and serves as a source of inspiration for those who dare to dream of a brighter tomorrow. Let our unwavering courage and resilience guide us as we strive towards a better future - where the human spirit triumphs over all adversity and the world is a better, more comprehensive place for all. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
cool story. And once you joined the EU, you will realise what our western European countries are realising: the EU sucks and imposes stupid laws that make our wealthy nations poorer and poorer. I hope one day you will grow a brain and realise that the EU is a corrupt bunch of dictators.
do you still hope to be accepted into a European family? very cute, very naive
Georgia must not fall into EU trap.
greetings from Tbilisi ghetto ✌❤
Yes,yes,we have seen this in every eastern country,including mine,you ,west do not even try to
By the way, can we talk about who blew up nord stream and what foreign funded media said before and after.
It seems german media is the one that has recently broken some news about this subject and western media has widely publicized them so your poor attempt at a narrative here falls apart
maidan revolution in Georgia, kick out PM Irakli little Putin. restore democracy.
Finally, the people of russia's neighbours are coming together, it's the beginning of the end for Russia...again!
Another Ukraine 😢
Better than another Belarus.
Another pre-2022 Ukraine with a weak Russia that is unable to launch a full scale invasion because they are already tied in Ukraine sounds ok to me. Of course Russia also already did the "occupy part of the country" thing so that is not going to be a consequence of this either.
another CIA coup d'etat ... we will see if they will fail or succeed
@@juliam4100 nope. That did not happen in ukraine and there is nothing to suggest this would be a coup either
@@pabloagusti5104 Being truly FREE means that you are not a puppet of the Russians or even the West.
Georgia in Eu Georgia is not even part of Russia
Georgia doesn't want to repeat what happened in 2008 😂
First Ukraine, now Georgia and who knows what remaining ' satelite ' state countries will follow next, maybe Bellarussia ? Since the fall of the USSR , people have enough of the power games of the Kremlin and it is only a matter of time Putin gets kicked out everywhere he tought to re establish the old USSR empire with his ego maniac , geo political nationalism ... will he send his army everywhere people revolt ?
Alot of american agents and media around this topic. Dont get fooled. My country is in EU for almost 15 years now. It is not big deal being in EU honestly.
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Go Georgians, free ur country
Russia! Putin has saved Abchasia and South Ossetia
So that would make any RUSSIAN funded stations foreign agents?
That would make any state-funded stations foreign agents
@@EpiPencil Exactly.
Yes. Both Russian and American/Western external influence on Georgia are not good things.
Absolutely, but do you think Georgia’s corrupt government is going to go agains both Russian and western “agents”? NOPE! Similarly as in Russia, it’s going to be used against oppositions. Same law as in US, applied *very* differently!
"the European flag".... isn't that the European Union flag?
what Georgia, which is located in Asia, has to do with it?
@@juliam4100 - By geographical definition, the eastern boundary or Europe is the Ural mountains. Meaning that Georgia is very much within Europe.
@@droge192 there is no Ural mountains in the Caucasus. Get some geography lessons clown. LOL
@@juliam4100 Not to mention that even if Georgia was *right* outside European borders, they are culturally very much European and strongly desire to be a part of the EU.
My point was about the flag. it's the European Union flag, not the "European flag"
New western backed regime changes attempt lol
Taj zakon su Rusi preuzeli od amerikanaca to se zna, samo što je američki mnogo rigorozniji. I ovo je američki potpis. Žao mi je svih gde je Amerika umešala svoje prste, to ne izadje na dobro. Ne nasedajte. Najsretnija država na svetu je Amerika jer nema ni jednu američku ambasadu. Ratno huškačku.
Choose freedom not serfdom
The Girl with the European flag, who does not move in front of water hydrants is a symbol of freedom!
it didnt work for the niggas in goergia. hopefully she has more luck
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Go Georgia! 🇭🇰 🇬🇧♥️🇬🇪
Go away NATO!
Russian power play is correct
MAJDAN 2...Bravó CIA😀
Protest more so u can share same prosperity as Ukraine 😂😂😂
Russia is in a lot of trouble if many places start protesting against them now that they are in big trouble with just ukraine. Not exactly prosperous either.
@@sluxi Georgia is a tiny speck of a country. Its cities could be devastated by missiles. Bear in mind it got completely assfucked in 2008.
@@Markusctfldl Russia just does not have any to spare these days because they are so busy shooting the few missiles they do at ukraine and most of even those get shot down by missile defense.
Russia has also been unable to take control even of that "tiny speck" of Ukraine since they are struggling to take Donetsk and Luhansk which together are smaller than Georgia.
#Putin 👎
Putin! Putin!
This law is even milder than the US law and has been voted with an absolute majority.
His only intention was to make foreign-funded social agents more transparent.
This is not any 'Russian-style' law, is common sense to defend transparency and be able to know the interests of foreign agencies in behalf of national sovereignty.
NATO needs another Maidan to open another front in the south, the same they tried in Kazakhstan.
Then they will repeat the same: 'until the last georgian, kazakh or any other slav country'.
Russia is responsible of the invasión, but there is no way we could disregard NATO's implication and his interests into provoking wars between slav countries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act
Why independent voice need fund from the EU spies
The people in the Georgian parliament (1:02) act like children in a kindergarten 😵!
Same law in Usa. So what is the problem.
Who's paying for this I wonder?
Did you ever meet and spoke Georgian ?
The USA!))
Ivanishvili and Putin paying to keep Georgia from joining the EU - the police and special forces are Ivanishvili's personal bodyguards...
CIA NGOs mostly
Usa
Whoever needs and wants to be in Eu is very free Russia is not a dictatorial coloniser of nonody being a sovereign and etc with sovereign dets procedures they're free to join eu as they please nobody has a problem eu is open for company
Hope they join EU soon
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Only thousands take to the streets? It isn't an indicative numbers. FYI, overall population in Georgia is around 3.7m people. A few thousands of screamers should not say how to run the country while the majority of the population do not care about that law at all. This is not about democracy at all.
@@tocolitic These rioters are scum
@@tocolitic If typo automatically makes me Russian troll.. Either you propagandistic troll or you are sick.
@@tocolitic Hey there, troll! You're an English teacher? Why are you picking on my English skills? Don't change the subject. 1st: a couple thousands should not speak for all Georgians. 2nd: The law is about transparency, but some one who was arranged that protest in Georgia doesn't want to be on the radar. Why so, troll?