Thousands protest in Georgia as parliament gives green light to vote on controversial law
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2024
- Georgia's parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that would require media and nongovernmental organizations to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of funding from abroad. The bill has been met by protests and has been denounced as a "Russian law" because of similar legislation used by Moscow. #georgia #russia #moscow #news
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It’s the other Georgia folks. The one that brought us Stalin.
Stop RUclips censorship! Let people voice their opinions.
One more drop in the world-wide bucket of mayhem
ALL BECAUSE OF ONE SENILE MAN SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Seems like it would only be controversial if you had something to hide.
That is an odd comment. Would you allow cops to just walk into your house without a warrant because you “have nothing to hide”? Don’t be so willing to give the power to the government.
@patrickm6012
Ignorant comment. This is about the transparency of NGOs. America has the same law. The propaganda to blame Russia is an old usa trick. Why do the world trust and believe everything the usa says?
What are they voting for ? Give context
See description above.
The Foreign Agents Registration Act provides the public with an opportunity to be informed of the identity of persons engaging in political activities on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other foreign principals, so that their activities can be evaluated in light of their associations.”
That is the law in the US. The government in Georgia wants to have the same law. The only thing I don't get is why the protesters call it "Russian law". Are other countries not allowed to adopt the same laws in their countries as in the US without official permission from the US State Department? Does this practice violate international laws or some " copyright" laws?
@@yevgeniyterekhin3711 Ahh, but Georgia is under a dictatorship, while we in America are not...oh, wait a minute, we're under a dictatorship too...never mind.... 🤣
@@youtubeobserverz AHH BUT THERE IS NO DICTATORSHIP IN GEORGIA SO TRY AGAIN
@@yevgeniyterekhin3711according to AP’s description, a similar law is also used by Russia, thus the labeling
Don’t really see how that’s controversial…
There are 25,000 NGO’s in Georgia and they receive 90% of their combined funding from foreign countries. Georgia has introduced legislation to stop them from influencing their nation. All you need is two or three individuals from each of these NGO’s showing up to protest the loss of their high paying low effort jobs and boom, you’ve got yourself the illusion of popular support against the law.
Ok, what is the controversial law?
There are 25,000 NGO’s in Georgia and they receive 90% of their combined funding from foreign countries. Georgia has introduced legislation to stop them from influencing their nation. All you need is two or three individuals from each of these NGO’s showing up to protest the loss of their high paying low effort jobs and boom, you’ve got yourself the illusion of popular support against the law.
Why oppose the bill if they had nothing to hide?
this was better in the original russian comrade.
All about who controls the puppet strings
@@stevenhaas9622 RUSSIA HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE BILL
IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR RUSSIA NOT TO PASS THE BILL
SINCE THEY CAN KEEP THE FUNDING INTO ORGANIZATIONS IN GEORGIA A SECRET
@@spacecowboy5565 HOW WOULD THIS BILL CONTROL?
Because Russia can’t be trusted
Great idea.
CIA OPERATION
Gutless
The US has almost the exact same law. What’s gutless?
Just why?
This is the Russian agenda.
Yes, Georgia the country, not Georgia the state. ☺☺
Nothing to see here.
Why did the vote look so sus??? XD
There wasn't even a Orum how can they even vote on such a thing
Did you mean Quorum? I never heard of an Orum before. Tried looking it up. Didn't come up with anything about politics.
because they are a ruling class and people gave up their own power over themselves and gave it to these strangers in suits
@@saibisureddo5657
This is what happens when you use Chinese spell check. 🤣😂🤣😂
@@jamiemeza6148 ah lol
Florida has problems too
😂😅😂😅
You know this is Georgia the country not the state .🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
@@Irina-iw5ji Yes, most of us know.
The law seems to make perfect sense, what's the problem?
Honestly, the only issue lies with the monitoring clause, which grants the Ministry of Justice the right to access the personal information of individuals associated with an NGO labelled as an organization serving the interests of a foreign power without any valid grounds. The rest of the proposal is great. I am aware that the FARA unit in the US possesses similar authority, but I oppose it as well. The GD is currently engaged in negotiations with ambassadors, and if this change is made, I'd accept it wholeheartedly.
@@ari3903 thanks for giving this more context! On the face of it, the law seems quite honest. But the digging into peoples personal information, shows what the government's real go was, all along.
@@Cnichal Not really, it could have also just been a poorly thought-out clause. The rest of the law seems decent.
I have to ask all of you, are you so absolutely dull you think it's about the law, on paper?
Russian backed propaganda with a Russian agenda? Makes perfect sense? Try again!!!
If the people in Georgia don't like the law, they can move to Alabama 😂😂😂
😂😅😂😅
It might have been nice if, at some point in your video, you highlighted the story you're reporting on. I shouldn't have to read the description of your news video to know what's happening. That was a dude speaking Georgian, a bunch of people yelling in the rain, and Tblisi's former mayor mumbling some words that, outside of context, don't mean anything. This video was bad journalism. I can't believe you got paid for this.
Golly, nothing telling usually do- nothing folks there will be a protest to stimulate them. Thus one is about money, not about life or death.
What a weird thing to protest
Exactly!
None of my business.
This would be the law everywhere if governments want to limit outside interference.
U.S should have the same law
NOBODY WANTS THE SOROS SCOUNGERS
Hello, Comrade!
@@user-pp1yp2ig4j
Found the Soros special needs bot.
Russia's continued interference in foreign countries, is unacceptable! Bring Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine into the EU and NATO, now! These nations sovereignty is at stake!!!
Do they pay you well?
Ukraine lost its sovereignty when Cookie Girl Nuland funded the maidan coup and said f the EU as she installed her hand-picked lackey to be president of ukraine. Since then, ukraine had been fully controlled by the US. A country of 33 million decides to go to war with a country of 140 million with nuclear power? Ukraine is a proxy of nato. Lyndsay Graham went to ukraine last month and demanded they lower the conscription age to 25 because he said that they needed more men on the frontlines. America wants them to fight Russia to the last ukrainian.
Ukraine lost its sovereignty in 2014 when Nuland funded the maidan coup and sad for the EU as she installed her lacky president. Since then, ukraine has been fully controlled by america. Ukraine is a proxy for nato to weaken Russia. A country of 34 million decides to go to war with a country of 140 million with nuclear capabilities? Insane! Lyndsay Graham was in ukraine a month ago and demanded that they lower the conscription age to 25. He said they needed more men on the frontlines. He said ukraine will fight russia to the last ukrainian because that's money well spent. No Americans will die.
@@Pathippie The real question, comrade, is do "they" pay you well? Russian sychophants, agents, are not welcome commenting on these nations strife! Go back to Moscow!!!
FJB
Not sure you realize which Georgia this is about
Ah yes, this is the American education system at work! Forgetting there is a Georgia in Asia as well.
Trump/Epstein 24
Wrong thread dude.
What part of Georgia? Atlanta?
The country
Edit: the foreign language should’ve been the biggest sign
@@cantprocess Not if it's VP Kamala "Word Salad" Harris... 🤣
@@cantprocessAmerican education at its finest
@@tony_5156 it was a joke.
@@youtubeobserverz🤣🤣 nah don’t offend the Georgian language, Harris speaks more like a toddler with the word salad 🤣🤣.
United States of America has the same "Russian law"
Explain
If you look very closely, the video isn't about the US.
There are some similarities. I suspect the issue is that in the US those media companies can still produce media that is publicly available. In Georgia, they may be more concerned that it will then become illegal to report on certain topics in ways that Putin might not like, etc. The same law may be used in different ways in different countries.
@@jakel8627it should be!!
What a laugh. There is so much dark money in the US political system any such statute would be unenforceable. Just look how much money the Trump campaign took in from foreign powers both during the campaigns and while in office and nothing was done. Not so in Russia where they immediately shut them down or put them in prison for even the smallest amount of foreign funding.
"The Foreign Agents Registration Act provides the public with an opportunity to be informed of the identity of persons engaging in political activities on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other foreign principals, so that their activities can be evaluated in light of their associations.”
This is the law in the US. Why do the protests take place in Georgia? Also, Russia simply copied this law from the US. Why do they call it "Russian law"? Is it copyrighted? Does the Western democracies support Georgians protests because they against the copyrights violations?
I find it remarkable that so many people outside the US are New York Yankees fans. I found it astonishing that the mayor of a city in the Republic of Georgia was wearing a baseball cap with the New York Yankees logo on it. You would think that someone in the US State of Georgia would send the mayor of a city in the Republic of Georgia some hat with the logo of a US Georgian sports team.
Its funny but the actual reason you see this a lot is because teams from most sports when they make a crapton of merch for world series or playoffs or whatever else, super bowls. The losing teams end up with a crapload of merchandise that they can no longer sell. So they end up donating it to third world countries. This happens a lot to the Yankies because of how often they appear in the world series or even in the final series and end up losing. So you end up seeing their merch on peoples heads and shirts and stuff in places like the nation of Georgia or Africa or South America. Same with the my home team the Vikings (in the past) because of their 4 or 5 appearances that they never won.
@@saibisureddo5657 yeah I knew that about discarded clothing being sent to less developed countries. But in this case it was the mayor of Tblisi.
Do they even know about the Ray Chatles classic song over there?
I have always wanted to know...
These people are fighting for their freedom from Russia, and this is your response??? Sick and absurd!!!
@@user-pp1yp2ig4jYa think?😂😅
@@user-pp1yp2ig4j😂😅😂😅
@@user-pp1yp2ig4j Yes. That is my response.
@@user-pp1yp2ig4jNOT according...it's about a policy. Happens to be the policy like Russia.
Nothing will get accomplished
Wrong spirit! These people are fighting for their sovereignty!
It is a debate between Free Press and Full Disclosure. Which is more right than the other?
Tochinoshin is from Georgia
I thought thwy first meant he state Georgia.. then they were speaking arabic and still thought of the state cause thats how third world georgia is now.
Georgia is Europe and not f..g Russia! No to russian low!
Geographically, Georgia is not in Europe, but 25% of Russia land is in Europe.
Do you mean American law? Do you know that America's The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) was enacted in 1938?
@@Haijwsyz51846 it is eastern Europe
@@IrakliNadirashvili-vr7he no. Georgia is not in Eastern Europe. It’s in the Balkan region of west Asia.
@Haijwsyz51846 get a map!
There is nothing "controversial" about the proposed law. It is identical to the USA's Foreign Agent Registration Act. The only reason people are protesting is because the National Endowment for Democracy/CIA is creating chaos, as they have done in so many other places.
Very controversial, due to the use by the pro- Russian government in Georgia.
Thank you. Somebody gets it!