Do you really what is going on in Georgia? Do you really know who is rally legit? I would think that last thing anyone want is to support another CIA plot!
This report really doesn't do the situation justice. For two weeks the streets have been choke full of people protesting the parliamentary rule. Hundreds have been randomly detained and beaten, hunted in the streets after protests and even at their homes. Many of the opposition figures have been arrested on token charges. The parliamentary rule has been employing a massive police force and water cannons to quell the protests, and even thug gangs, dubbed titushky, have been attacking, beating and even abducting participants with full impunity or even cooperation from the police. The "new president" was not chosen in a democratic election. It was unilaterally elected by the Georgian Dream PMs in a closed doors ceremony in which he was the only candidate, while the opposition PMs refused to participate. This is a recent change the majority GD politicians implemented and the first "election" of its kind in modern Georgia. Other recent changes includes prohibiting the sale and possession of material associated with the protests, like fireworks and gas masks. Even through that, the public's participation in the protests has only grown, many economic sectors have joined the cause in protest, from the usual suspects like academia and arts, to surprises like hotels, restaurants and even _insurance_ . The general sentiment against the current rule seems to span all sectors of the population.
just curios, what would you do, if you win the election, but the smaller half of the country would not accept it, disrupt everything, unwilling to accept the loss and doing everything against the majority. When Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, it was considered as an assault against the democracy. When Georgian protesters are trying to make the state nonfunctional, it's presented in western media as a fight for Europe against bad Russia. But there were international observers present at Georgian parlamentary votes and even OBSE said, that there were some incidents (one man tried to vote multiple times, etc), but they (as many others) considered votes as regular. Question is, who decides, if the votes should be approved or denied by world? Biden administration? Ursula? Putin? Xi Jinping? or most of the voters in the country?
But if that party won the parliamentary elections, then it seems that most Georgians support it. I get that some are against, but it is a democracy after all.
The issue is that the integrity of the elections are called into question. If the opposition is right, then the elections were tampered with/influenced, meaning the results would be pointless and not truly democratic
@@biornr.4031 the "secrecy of vote" was violated and it was visible for everyone to see who voted for whom. Secondly there have been proven facts of bribery and people working in the public government funded sectors were under pressure of losing their jobs etc. all these evidences were collected by The president Salome Zurabishvili and they went to constitutional court but 10 out of 12 judges said that nothing was wrong. However it's been known for years that georgian constitutional court is not independent and they're simply just doing what they're told. Which was proven by thousands of facts and there's a whole chain and connection about why they're not independent . The government controls every legal and institutional way and the only thing that we have left is Protest in the streets.
Every educated person knows English and chooses that language with international press. But I get it - KGB has always been suspucious of people who know foreign languages. Old habits die hard, don't they, comrade?
@@elizabethhardy5357 When someone is being interviewed and that interview is broadcasted in a foreign country they always provide a translator so that's clearly not the reason
Every member of the majority party is a puppet of one person, the de facto leader, for whom they press the "yes" button for the laws they approve. That person is the only billionaire in the country, and he made all that fortune in Russia after the Soviet collapse. His fortune, I believe, is equivalent to around more than a third of the country's GDP. They rigged the elections. They took away IDs from people and had their henchmen vote multiple times. They had their own people working at the voting facilities. Now tell me how democratic that sounds. Bonus: The majority party ran on the "To Europe, but with dignity" campaign and 1 month after the elections they said, "actually, we're stopping all the talks about joining the EU until 2028".
It is not obvious Georgia is a authoritarian regimes. Apparently the currently government in power is pro-Russian. That don't make it authoritarian! I think if you don't know stay out of it. I think the US should stay out of this mess.
@@bobcharles7716 It actually does, if Georgian people cannot choose their president then it is setting foot towards authoritarianism.. And if all blankets are removed and Russia does admit election fraud, then its already too late and you have been played..
Georgians finally have a GEORGIAN president and not a puppet, who was born and raised in France, studied in the US under Brzezinsky and worked for the Bureau of Strategic affairs of NATO
I am Georgian and she sounds Georgian to me, but that does not prevent her from being brainwashed. These protests do not represent the opinion of Georgian people as a whole. In fact, I live in EU and last week I was in Georgia, I was actually afraid of the protests that something would happen like on Meidan (snipers etc). For entire week I lived in the area where protests take place, until late evening there were not even traffic jams. It is just pictured as if huge numbers of people are protesting. Not true at all
Yes DW, democratic results of elections don't matter, what matters is the street demonstration by a bunch of confused youngsters and the French national Salomy's refusal to step down as the Georgia's constitution demands. Long live to the Western colour revolutions, right?
it's not democratic to stuff ballots. it's also not democratic to lie to your voters and then do a 180 spin right after elections showing ones true pro Kremlin colors.
When you want to be part of progress and grownt that the EU offers, instead of chronic misery and repression by Russia, then you will understand why the people are out proteating day and night for weeks
@@carlosc4968 "the progress and growth that the EU offers"" is funny) the EU is dying and it needs new victims to survive. The EU is definitely not progress and growth.
@@Paketspaketami-14pf its not dying. Its not perfect either. But it is definitely way better than what Russia can offer. At least we have State of Law and we can call this war for what it is. Every single ex soviet republic has joined the West the second they had a chance. Look at them now: Lithuania for example, almost the same GDP per capita than Spain. It is a success despite the challenges
nobody is even letting us jump on that ship; they just want to sacrifice us for the illusion they created for us. When people in the US were complaining about sending huge amounts of money to Ukraine, Blinkin answered "how can we make a better investment, we are weakening Russia with Ukrainian soldiers", that is exactly what democrats want from Georgia. I am Georgian, and I want to be neutral; let us be neutral, for God's sake. Neocons are bigger enemies to Georgia right now than Russia itself.
The international organisation OSCE was tasked to observe and report on the parliament elections in Georgia. Their initial report stated that although there were several incidents during the voting, there was no reason to call these elections not valid. In other words, they were free and fair enough to be legit. People have the democratic right to protest but not to change the outcome of a democratic, free and fair election, and for sure not to attack the police with fire works. The incumbent President, however, is inciting these violent protests and refuses to obey the constitutional election process in her country. If she refuses to step down, she is acting against the law and should be arrested.
They should be pro Georgian. Their Action tells they are. Why they need to be pro west or labelled as pro PUTIN ? PR? Leave them Alone. Let them decide. Dont make another UKRAINE
The election was not accepted by the opposition but the Georgian Dream Party received 53% of the vote. The second party received 12%. It does not seem that the opposition could point to irregularities of that scale. This looks like a profound policy dispute dressed up as a question of voting propriety.
How do you make big bucks after retiering from a proven poor football (soccer) career? You put up an even poorer perfomance as politician in your country and rake in the bick bucks from selling your country to the moscow mob. This man found a way to betray his country twice.
@nigelgarrett7970 you know this is old school. I was looking for Vicky Nuland distributing cookies however in a last effort of professionalism the editor in chief must have though it was too much. This is a remake of the Maidan. The end will be different this time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@felicehomestream1650 A remake of Maidan - so it's another government going against the will of the majority of the people, just like Maidan was. Thanks for the confirmation.
Literal videos upon videos of blatant ballot stuffing, paying voters, and election officials illegally checking votes before processing them, but you're not someone who believes in evidence, are you?
Election monitor attacked in Marneuli after trying to film ballot stuffing by a member of the ruling party. Opposition members attacked and hospitalised on election day. Election observers recorded instances of voter intimidation. An investigation by the Georgian Prosecutor General.
5:31 he clearly struggles with pronunciation, why did DW give him taht topic? To embarrass himself? . And to the news person - try to pronounce names beforehand, so it wouldn't be that cringe to watch.
@user-ox6gs9kl3f ha haa so fanny. And who decides what is European is Asyan? Geography? Are not all these social construction? In the end of the day it is one continent.
@@nigelgarrett7970UEFA and Eurovision includes Israel; they're just entertainment clubs. The UN, which is a supranational organisation, classes Georgia (and the other Caucasian countries) as Western Asia.
GEORGIAN ARE LIKE DICTATOR STALIN WHO IS GEORGIAN AND HE LAW AND DEMOCRACY A D THE PROTEST IN GEORGIAN REMINDS ME DICTATOR STALIN A GEORGIAN WHO HATES ANY OPPONENTS TILL HE GETS HIS WAY AND WILL USED FORCE TO GET IT 😅😅😅
I like how Georgians are so much fluent in English
We 💙 Georgia!
Do you really what is going on in Georgia? Do you really know who is rally legit? I would think that last thing anyone want is to support another CIA plot!
This report really doesn't do the situation justice. For two weeks the streets have been choke full of people protesting the parliamentary rule. Hundreds have been randomly detained and beaten, hunted in the streets after protests and even at their homes. Many of the opposition figures have been arrested on token charges. The parliamentary rule has been employing a massive police force and water cannons to quell the protests, and even thug gangs, dubbed titushky, have been attacking, beating and even abducting participants with full impunity or even cooperation from the police.
The "new president" was not chosen in a democratic election. It was unilaterally elected by the Georgian Dream PMs in a closed doors ceremony in which he was the only candidate, while the opposition PMs refused to participate. This is a recent change the majority GD politicians implemented and the first "election" of its kind in modern Georgia. Other recent changes includes prohibiting the sale and possession of material associated with the protests, like fireworks and gas masks. Even through that, the public's participation in the protests has only grown, many economic sectors have joined the cause in protest, from the usual suspects like academia and arts, to surprises like hotels, restaurants and even _insurance_ . The general sentiment against the current rule seems to span all sectors of the population.
Thanks for the reporting.
just curios, what would you do, if you win the election, but the smaller half of the country would not accept it, disrupt everything, unwilling to accept the loss and doing everything against the majority. When Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, it was considered as an assault against the democracy. When Georgian protesters are trying to make the state nonfunctional, it's presented in western media as a fight for Europe against bad Russia. But there were international observers present at Georgian parlamentary votes and even OBSE said, that there were some incidents (one man tried to vote multiple times, etc), but they (as many others) considered votes as regular. Question is, who decides, if the votes should be approved or denied by world? Biden administration? Ursula? Putin? Xi Jinping? or most of the voters in the country?
This deserves more attention!
@@BVasquezp the fireworks are unnecessarily dangerous but I have been there and I support the aspirations of Georgians to live as free Europeans.
Only minority supports pro-EU candidates
Georgia is Europe 🇬🇪 🇪🇺
Georgia is Georgia.
@@vasilisvasili3231 THEREFORE it is Europe. 🇬🇪 🇪🇺
@vasilisvasili3231 ❌️ Boycot Russia ❌️
@@byheartsoreno it’s not 😂
@@samanthaw4955 it indeed is 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 :) cope & cry
Electing Kavelashvili was the Russian FSB's message to the Georgian people. We can do anything, just live with it. Classic Russian humor.
what about Salome Zurabishvili? Wake up already, ქვეყანა თავზე გემხობა და რაღაც სისულელეებს წერ
But if that party won the parliamentary elections, then it seems that most Georgians support it. I get that some are against, but it is a democracy after all.
Yes sure...! By the way: How much money do you get per comment? From Putin I mean... just curious.
@@katarn999 How much you get from western funded NGOs?
@@katarn999 I get 1 billion Nato is poor . I don't need money to state facts and truth .
The issue is that the integrity of the elections are called into question. If the opposition is right, then the elections were tampered with/influenced, meaning the results would be pointless and not truly democratic
@@biornr.4031 the "secrecy of vote" was violated and it was visible for everyone to see who voted for whom. Secondly there have been proven facts of bribery and people working in the public government funded sectors were under pressure of losing their jobs etc. all these evidences were collected by The president Salome Zurabishvili and they went to constitutional court but 10 out of 12 judges said that nothing was wrong. However it's been known for years that georgian constitutional court is not independent and they're simply just doing what they're told. Which was proven by thousands of facts and there's a whole chain and connection about why they're not independent . The government controls every legal and institutional way and the only thing that we have left is Protest in the streets.
This was a democratic vote, but for the West, it seems that democracy is only democracy if it is their way.
Exactly my friend 😂😂
Maybe get a democracy before you try schooling the people that have them? Russians aren't exactly experts on fair elections.
to be fair, there were allegations that some intimidation was going on, but probably not enough to have tipped the scales
OK Ivanushka
West love dictator who body them ,doesn't like democracy as it's hard to control
The amount of sour grapes and cognitive dissonance in this report is hillarrious
I like how the Georgian "protestors" are speaking English in Georgia 🙃
They want other people to understand, obviously
Every educated person knows English and chooses that language with international press.
But I get it - KGB has always been suspucious of people who know foreign languages.
Old habits die hard, don't they, comrade?
I've been to Georgia and English is not a problem in Tbilisi.
@@EnhancedNightmare Forgive him - old KGB school... Everyone who knows English is suspicious.
@@elizabethhardy5357 When someone is being interviewed and that interview is broadcasted in a foreign country they always provide a translator so that's clearly not the reason
Georgia should not be EU or Russia it should be only Georgia
true, but nobody is letting us do our own thing.
Stalin was from Georgia!
and?
But he left his country for 'Russia'.
@madhulikasaran6164
It was one country then😂
USSR lol, learn history
Can DW and other Western media interview the other side? Anyone from the ruling party?
@@georgeberadze17 they don't the screenplay is from a NATO script. It just needs to build a collective hysteria against the imaginary enemy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If the result is not what we like , then it is not legitimate.
Every member of the majority party is a puppet of one person, the de facto leader, for whom they press the "yes" button for the laws they approve.
That person is the only billionaire in the country, and he made all that fortune in Russia after the Soviet collapse. His fortune, I believe, is equivalent to around more than a third of the country's GDP.
They rigged the elections. They took away IDs from people and had their henchmen vote multiple times. They had their own people working at the voting facilities.
Now tell me how democratic that sounds.
Bonus: The majority party ran on the "To Europe, but with dignity" campaign and 1 month after the elections they said, "actually, we're stopping all the talks about joining the EU until 2028".
This france president does not want to lose her job.
Peaceful protests Never work with authoritarian regimes
It is not obvious Georgia is a authoritarian regimes. Apparently the currently government in power is pro-Russian. That don't make it authoritarian! I think if you don't know stay out of it. I think the US should stay out of this mess.
Oh it works, as escalations will definitely intensify further protest. Until a point is crossed where protesters evolve to outright revolt
Baltic Line
@@bobcharles7716 It actually does, if Georgian people cannot choose their president then it is setting foot towards authoritarianism..
And if all blankets are removed and Russia does admit election fraud, then its already too late and you have been played..
Nor do riots.
Congratulations new president of Georgia 🇬🇪
Welcome to BRICS,
Russia in agony.. they even refuse to realize that Georgia is a totally different case, than Belarus.
Tell us a bit more plz.
@@dimitrimorakhovski5287 I'm trying but it's being removed (. ru bots in work, perhaps
Georgians finally have a GEORGIAN president and not a puppet, who was born and raised in France, studied in the US under Brzezinsky and worked for the Bureau of Strategic affairs of NATO
@@Takei-531num-y7o says Basher al Assad host
You mean a "president" with barely a high school diploma who literally IS 'georgian dreams' puppet? 😂
Give it up Krembot. No more dollars for you. The foreign reserves are spent.
Says takei-531, an account created 2 months ago 👏🏼
Embarrassing 🤖
Instead they have the leader of the ruling party who spent most of his life making money in Russia.
0:54 she’s so Georgian…
All this for a fistful of dollars, pathetic
Isn't it weird that Georgians are speaking English in Georgia?
@ a few actor trying to take over a country, bad actors at that…
I am Georgian and she sounds Georgian to me, but that does not prevent her from being brainwashed. These protests do not represent the opinion of Georgian people as a whole. In fact, I live in EU and last week I was in Georgia, I was actually afraid of the protests that something would happen like on Meidan (snipers etc). For entire week I lived in the area where protests take place, until late evening there were not even traffic jams. It is just pictured as if huge numbers of people are protesting. Not true at all
@neoachilleos6891 I'm frome Bosnia and I speak English so what's your point and if I can ask where are you frome
Viva Georgia🎉You made a great choice!
Shame , shame for Georgia
Only one thing ruzzia understands.
Yes DW, democratic results of elections don't matter, what matters is the street demonstration by a bunch of confused youngsters and the French national Salomy's refusal to step down as the Georgia's constitution demands. Long live to the Western colour revolutions, right?
it's not democratic to stuff ballots. it's also not democratic to lie to your voters and then do a 180 spin right after elections showing ones true pro Kremlin colors.
Democratic results of elections when there is not a free or fair election is not democracy, unless you are somewhere like Belarus.
When you want to be part of progress and grownt that the EU offers, instead of chronic misery and repression by Russia, then you will understand why the people are out proteating day and night for weeks
@@carlosc4968 "the progress and growth that the EU offers""
is funny) the EU is dying and it needs new victims to survive. The EU is definitely not progress and growth.
@@Paketspaketami-14pf its not dying. Its not perfect either. But it is definitely way better than what Russia can offer. At least we have State of Law and we can call this war for what it is. Every single ex soviet republic has joined the West the second they had a chance. Look at them now: Lithuania for example, almost the same GDP per capita than Spain. It is a success despite the challenges
The EU is collapsing there's no future for the EU. Why do you want to jump on a sinking ship 😂😅😂😅
nobody is even letting us jump on that ship; they just want to sacrifice us for the illusion they created for us. When people in the US were complaining about sending huge amounts of money to Ukraine, Blinkin answered "how can we make a better investment, we are weakening Russia with Ukrainian soldiers", that is exactly what democrats want from Georgia. I am Georgian, and I want to be neutral; let us be neutral, for God's sake. Neocons are bigger enemies to Georgia right now than Russia itself.
Collapsing? I believe you’re saying that from your comunist building in Russia?
Did the parliament elect the President?
Yes. 2-3years ago government adopted new rules by which president is appointed by parliament and no longer elected by citizens.
C i a has its goals, like Ukraine 2014, democracy is only valid if its results are suitable to the US.
The international organisation OSCE was tasked to observe and report on the parliament elections in Georgia. Their initial report stated that although there were several incidents during the voting, there was no reason to call these elections not valid. In other words, they were free and fair enough to be legit.
People have the democratic right to protest but not to change the outcome of a democratic, free and fair election, and for sure not to attack the police with fire works.
The incumbent President, however, is inciting these violent protests and refuses to obey the constitutional election process in her country. If she refuses to step down, she is acting against the law and should be arrested.
Illegitimate!
The elections in Georgia were unfair and the elections in Moldova were fair enough. Yes, sure. Give me a break plz.
Occupation is starting from the top of the state now.
French citizen gone ..!
Not so...
They should be pro Georgian. Their Action tells they are. Why they need to be pro west or labelled as pro PUTIN ? PR? Leave them Alone. Let them decide. Dont make another UKRAINE
Let them decide? They couldn't decide. The election was manipulated by the GD regime and russia. There's so much video evidence.
How can you be so blind 😅😅
What was the voice of the second person interviewed 1:13s? Don't even do that again if you want people to trust you...
The election was not accepted by the opposition but the Georgian Dream Party received 53% of the vote. The second party received 12%. It does not seem that the opposition could point to irregularities of that scale. This looks like a profound policy dispute dressed up as a question of voting propriety.
Most international NGOs have found that there was widespread fraud what are you smoking?
How do you make big bucks after retiering from a proven poor football (soccer) career? You put up an even poorer perfomance as politician in your country and rake in the bick bucks from selling your country to the moscow mob. This man found a way to betray his country twice.
The actors giving interviews are simply ridicoulous
As are the actors making comments!
@nigelgarrett7970 you know this is old school. I was looking for Vicky Nuland distributing cookies however in a last effort of professionalism the editor in chief must have though it was too much. This is a remake of the Maidan. The end will be different this time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@felicehomestream1650 A remake of Maidan - so it's another government going against the will of the majority of the people, just like Maidan was. Thanks for the confirmation.
Dozens of government supporters...there are more Russian bots in the comments 😂
Nato bots are scared of truth and facts. Keep believing nato you will find out truth one day I am sure .
The hand is the hand of the West- US and NATO, the leg is the leg of Russia !
Georgions protest. Well any opposition will protest and thats the norm these days
You are not legitimate enymore
there are not thousands of people a few hundred at most. use AI or are you too lazy.
its really hard to support georgia because its in the middle of russia and iran, 1 mistake will probably make them poland 1939 2.0 😂😂😂
Speaking of getting dragged back into Russia´s hemisphere of control..
EU sponsored protest. EU has lots of its own problems at home
russian manipulateed the elections. russia has many problems at Home.
EU is ok Herman.... you should worry about Russia.
New boss same as the old boss. Putin will punk u if your step out of line
This is democracy.
Thousands -- against
Millions -- $upport new President
Democracy? Don't make me laugh...
@@katarn999 democracy is about % , no ?
@@happymelon7129 Why do you ask? Ahh... yes! You are from Russia and don't know how a democracy works! My bad! 🤣
@@katarn999 Don't even know how to answer ?
Try to avoid direct question ?
Wow. Looming civil war.
Nope. Looming revolution.
Why bot interview of government supporters ? You 're a bias dishonnest channel.
Football players take over 😂
Better than a comedian clown!
@ same same
The Ex-president acts like she has a choice.
Another CIA action?
No, Russian FSB...
@@katarn999 So KGB is protesting against their own government in Gruzia? Nonsens.
@@theuntouchable7277 It's "nonsense", Ivan.
@@katarn999 ty
@@theuntouchable7277 You're welcome.
Well, not in Georgia... but you get my meaning...
👏👏👏🎊✌️👍
Verifiable evidences of fraud?
ANY? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
ivan, leave
@CyberBeep_kenshi You mean ZERO evidences? Hahahaha Hahahaha Hahahaha Hahahaha Hahahaha Comic
The evidence is that the new president does not have a formal educational degree. Just like your president likes it..
Literal videos upon videos of blatant ballot stuffing, paying voters, and election officials illegally checking votes before processing them, but you're not someone who believes in evidence, are you?
Election monitor attacked in Marneuli after trying to film ballot stuffing by a member of the ruling party. Opposition members attacked and hospitalised on election day. Election observers recorded instances of voter intimidation. An investigation by the Georgian Prosecutor General.
5:31 he clearly struggles with pronunciation, why did DW give him taht topic? To embarrass himself? . And to the news person - try to pronounce names beforehand, so it wouldn't be that cringe to watch.
Congratulations to President Kavelashvili!
Not president. No no no
😂😂😂
let me just make one thing clear, Georgia is not an European country. other things I don't know
How do you know that?
@ I’m a professor of Geography.
@user-ox6gs9kl3f ha haa so fanny. And who decides what is European is Asyan? Geography? Are not all these social construction? In the end of the day it is one continent.
@@mariposa3943 well, for what it’s worth, at least you need to get it right on a test.
@user-ox6gs9kl3f can I ask yin which country you study Geography?
He looks the part! Stay strong Georgia!
uhh thats like 100 people. what is this nonsense?
It's actually 200,000 protestors and counting but sure?
TrashDiscourse - Having trouble with numbers today?
Or ... you definitely need glasses!
Is anchor from Bavaria or Westfalia?
From your mom
New Guinea.
They really think that they are Europeans😂.
That's because they are.
@@nigelgarrett7970
No they are not 😂
@@kltpzyxm_ I guess that you need to consult an encyclopedia.
Perhaps you can tell me why they are a member of UEFA and not AFC?
And you really think we don't recognize a Russian troll when we see one? Hilarious...
@@nigelgarrett7970UEFA and Eurovision includes Israel; they're just entertainment clubs. The UN, which is a supranational organisation, classes Georgia (and the other Caucasian countries) as Western Asia.
Bravo Georgia!
DAMBROSIO BAND NO CHANCE LEFT LIMA PERU WORLD ALBUM
The reporters mouth didn’t even match his words😂
😝foreign asset project y00uukrain 2.o failed .
With him, no BLM in Georgia
This choose between russia and the west thing will devide europe further.
Actually, it has the potential to unite Europe.
How? lol. More people wanting to be in the EU is a huge W. Shows how good we are.
-2C is the reason for the small crowd? -2C in Georgia? LOL!!! Nice cope.
Slavia Russia ❤❤❤
There is no crisis. We elected! Fenita la comedia😂😂😂😂
GEORGIAN ARE LIKE DICTATOR STALIN WHO IS GEORGIAN AND HE LAW AND DEMOCRACY A D THE PROTEST IN GEORGIAN REMINDS ME DICTATOR STALIN A GEORGIAN WHO HATES ANY OPPONENTS TILL HE GETS HIS WAY AND WILL USED FORCE TO GET IT 😅😅😅
And rightly so, to make a strong and happy country you need a strong leader.
Another Ukrain?
Ukraine*