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Protests erupted across Georgia after the brought back a controversial bill against “foreign agents”. So in this video, we’ll explain Georgia’s post-Soviet history, what this divisive bill is and how these protests have escalated recently.

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1 – https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Taking%20Georgians%E2%80%99%20pulse%20Findings%20from%20August%202022%20face%20to%20face%20survey%20%28English%29.pdf
2 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze
3 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili
4 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121874784363742015
5 – https://www.ft.com/content/924bc1f0-15cf-40cb-b113-1ded0207309c
6 – https://carnegieeurope.eu/2021/04/06/georgia-s-unfinished-search-for-its-place-in-europe-pub-84253
7 – https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240428-georgians-march-for-europe-protest-controversial-foreign-influence-bill
8 – https://www.ft.com/content/0cb1cb9a-55c7-45af-88a2-bf5dd5d183d9
9 – https://www.ft.com/content/896088b3-8ba9-4ab4-841a-81bdc874b9e1
10 – https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2024-04-22/drifting-towards-russia-acute-political-crisis-georgia

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  1. @MrSlavikman

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    EU report found Georgis guilty of starting the 2008 war…then a brit lies through his teeth about this.

  2. @MrSlavikman

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Or another way of putting it in Ukraine: a nazi regime now a full dictatorship.

  3. @MrSlavikman

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    God forbid the evil of a government wanting to know who is funding various groups in the country….oh you know, like the US law that has been in effect since 1938.

  4. @HFSurvivalSchool

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Pro Russian Government?! Here’s a little sneak peek from a Georgian , this government wrote EU integration in the country’s constitution, made a deal with EU for for visa free travel , worked out candidate status. While the opposition who is in charge of the riots , during their regime , lost Samachablo and Kodori Regions gifting them to Russia , gave 99% of major companies like electricity gas etc to Russia and after few months from war in 2008 president which is like a God for them , met Russians on the border and welcomed them saying in interview that money doesn’t have smell…..

  5. @aliskaAliska-fq6er

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Before saakashvili also attacked russua georgia in 1991 year take abkhazia prohibited there georgian language and make russian language main language

  6. @tonylyons7711

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Sounds more like the Russian nightmare not a dream at all ..Georgia is seeing through putin and its citizens will not put up with it..

  7. @tonylyons7711

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Good on Georgia 🇬🇪. Keep standing your ground against Vladimir Hitler..

  8. @hus390

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    It’s fine to have FARA law in 🇺🇸(Foreign Agents Registration Act), and jail those who violate it. But when Georgia and other countries do that, it’s a threat to freedoms and democracy?🧐

  9. @stotzing

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Georgia stay strong and defeat the sick western ideology

  10. @georger1599

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    how can anyone pretend like transparency is bad, especially when its about funding from foreign nations

  11. @Chandankumar-qw6hb

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    😂

  12. @christian78478

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Georgians and Russians have great shared History:

    1. Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti became part of the Russian Empire in 1801 AD.

    2. Kingdom of Imereti became part of the Russian Empire in 1810 AD.

    3. Principality of Guria became part of the Russian Empire in 1829 AD.

    4. Principality of Svaneti became part of the Russian Empire in 1857 AD.

    5. Principality of Abkhazia became part of the Russian Empire in 1864 AD.

    6. Principality of Mingrelia became part of the Russian Empire in 1867 AD.

    Georgians in the Russian tsarist army and in the government are a topic for special study. In total, during the existence of the Russian Empire, there were a few thousand generals in the Russian army, of which 380 generals were Georgians by nationality. In addition to generals, a similar percentage is observed among officers. As for ordinary soldiers of Georgian origin, by the beginning of the twentieth century there were tens of thousands of them, with a total number of 5 million soldiers in the tsarist army. In the 21st century, in Russia, there are 190 indigenous ethnic groups. In the Russian Empire, there were more indigenous ethnic groups, but only 4 of them were in the highest government. The generals and governors of the provinces of the Russian Empire were 4 main nationalities: Russians (also Ukrainians and Belarusians), Germans, Georgians and Armenians.

    More than 200 local ethnic groups lived in the Russian Empire (which existed from 1721 to 1917). The Russian Empire was ruled by princely families. The total number of such promoted lineages in the empire was 235. Of these, 139 were from other ethnic groups, and 96 were Georgian princely lineages – They were from the Georgian former independent 6 states (Kartl-Kakheti, Imereti, Guria, Samegrelo, Svaneti and Abkhazia). This means that 40% of the princely families of the Russian Empire were of Georgian origin.

    The Russian Empire had 380 Georgian generals from 1698 to 1917. In 1917, the transitional government had 21 Georgian generals and the Soviet Union had 126 Georgian generals. This Georgian generalship helped the Russian Empire in hundreds of battles, as well as thousands of Georgian officers and hundreds of thousands of Georgian ordinary soldiers, privates. The Russian Empire was saved from Napoleon by the Georgian general Peter Bagration (whom Napoleon called the most worthy opponent among the Russian generals of that time). For this merit, the Russian emperor erected a monument to Bagration in the Borodino Valley.

    Stalin and Beria were also among the 126 Georgian generals of the Soviet Union, who created Russia's space program, the atomic bomb, atomic energy (granted the Soviet Union complete energy-independence), made all 15 republics of the Soviet Union fully industrialized, ended the hunger strike that had been taking place in every 10 years in most of the territory of Russia and the Soviet Union in general. They created a military, scientific, economic base, the strongest intelligence and special services, such as the KGB, and turned the Soviet Union into a superpower, which was one of the rulers of the bipolar world together with the USA, and Russia and the Russian nation still enjoy their power today. The Russians were saved along with the other 124 Georgian generals from Hitler's invasion and enslavement (more than 300 thousand Georgian privates also died in the WW2).

    Every fifth person from Georgia was conscripted to the front of the Second World War – 700 thousand Georgians out of 3.5 million inhabitants of the Soviet Republic of Georgia. About every second did not return home. 300,000 Georgian fighters fell in battle while defending their homeland.

    In total, during the existence of the USSR (1922-1991), the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to 12,777 people (for military, scientific, entrepreneurial and sports special merits). 95 women were awarded the title. A total of 1038 ethnically Georgian citizens of the Soviet Union received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. This means that every tenth hero in the Soviet Union was an ethnic Georgian. Georgians received the title of hero 5 times more often than representatives of other Soviet ethnic groups.

    The Soviet Union was a Georgian-Russian empire. The Soviet Union was founded by four cities: Moscow, the capital of the Veliko-Russians, Minsk, the capital of the Belarusians, Kiev, the capital of the Malo-Russians, and Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgians. At the same time, all the main foundations of the Soviet Union were built by the Georgian elite that created this superpower. "The single individual, who played the biggest role in creating the military-industrial complex in Russia was a Georgian man Sergo Orjonikidze (Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze), who was the people's Commissar of heavy industries in the 1930's. He was apparently a brilliant manager and he played absolutely key role in organizing of the creation of the military-industrial complex of Russia." – Alexander Mercouris Sergo Orjonikidze became a symbol of the industrialization carried out in the territory of the Soviet Union in general, that is why hundreds of towns, villages and districts were named after him throughout the Soviet Union. and 12 districts, villages and towns in Georgia.

    P.S. Probably, Peter I, the founder of the Russian Empire, was Bagration, since he was the son of Prince Erekle I Bagration of Kartli and Queen of Russia Natalia Naryshkina (if genetic research is carried out, everything will be clarified in the end).

    Peter I was the last tsar and first emperor of Russia, a giant and a genius. He occupied the royal throne in 1682, at the age of 10. The name of the young king is associated with the implementation of large-scale reforms in Russia and the expansion of the territories of the Russian kingdom.

    In 1721, Peter I became the first emperor of the Russian Empire. He abolished the Russian kingdom and announced the creation of a new superpower – the Russian Empire on November 2, 1721. He was interested in studying science and studying Western European achievements and implementing them in his country. After a one-year trip to Western Europe, he introduced European customs and lifestyle to Russia, and the era of great reforms, reconstruction and enlightenment began in Russia.

  13. @lukasjablonskis6535

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    The law is very reasonable stop making things dramtic.

  14. @matsten

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    CIA at it again

  15. @onceupongeorgia

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    You infantile, media is free in Georgia. There wasn’t any media freedom during Saakhashvili!

  16. @giorgikhmiadashvili5913

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Thank you for reviewing it ❤ make it more public ❤❤❤

  17. @onceupongeorgia

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Saakashvili is in the preson, he, his defense minister, internal minister, justice minister minister are criminals, proved by strasburg court. So, he and he’s team want to come back on the power

  18. @AnanoIashvili

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Wrong facts – for example you say 20% of Georgia was lost by Saakashvili. Reality is Russia started occupying since 90s when they took Abkhazia first and only Tskhinvali region was occupied by them later in 2008

  19. @torniketor7932

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    biased information⛔⛔⛔ False news ⛔⛔⛔⛔ False news ⛔⛔⛔

  20. @ingapevzner3002

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    Just be quiet!..You know nothing about Georgia!..I am reporting you as misleading information!!!!!!
    Saakashvili was the most corrupted person and he did nothing good for the Country and Georgian people!…
    Today’s Georgian government is the best in entire world and thinks about their own people!..

  21. @torniketor7932

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    ⛔⛔⛔False news!!!⛔⛔⛔ False news ⛔⛔⛔⛔

  22. @torniketor7932

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    70%of your information is false!!!!

  23. @gikasmith5511

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    "Strong links to the Kremlin" – another lie. I wonder you are just misinformed, or have "vested interest" in grossly misguiding the public on Georgia?

  24. @gikasmith5511

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    What a shameful report. Unfortunately, what we see/hear here is a plain lie. "Authoritarian tilt" – seriously?! Hard authoritarianism was the trademark of Saakashvili's governance, with strict control of media and restricting dissent

  25. @pw3858

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    The 4th Reich trying to start another civil war like they did in Ukraine

  26. @gregmchale5011

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    this is what happened in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014 when its President signed an agreement with Russia turning away from the EU!

  27. @MMerlyn91

    May 2, 2024 at 8:57 am

    8:08 You literally advocated for anti-democratic methods of acquiring political power, love how you slowly show your true face lol.

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2 – https://decode39.com/9625/meloni-s-budget-secures-eu-ties/
3 – https://www.cer.eu/insights/can-melonis-balancing-act-continue
4 – https://www.ft.com/content/96d02345-1079-47d0-b208-1e80bcedf684
5 – https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/italy-meloni-trump-europe-tensions.html
6 – https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-donald-trump-meeting-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy/
7 – https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-takes-revenge-on-trumps-metals-tariffs-approved-as-countries-close-ranks/
8 – https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-europe-natural-gas-trade-tariffs/
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Trump says he will ‘pass’ on peace talks
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https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-ceasefire-plan-ukraine-jeddah-saudi-arabia-russia-fighting/
https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-puts-heavy-conditions-on-trumps-ukraine-ceasefire-plan/

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/putin-suggests-ukraine-could-have-un-led-government-to-organise-elections
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-angry-putin-zelenskyy-iran-sanctions-rcna198729
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-threatens-secondary-tariffs-russian-oil-if-unable-make-deal-ukraine-2025-03-30/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acvu2LBumGo

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