I guess your heart doesn't wrench because of those civilians who had been shelled, harmed and killed when Georgian army had attacked this region and created all this situation
@@OXiG96 Ossetia is not russia. Why did South ossetians bomb Georgians for years before they tried to stop it ? And what right does russia have to attack from ossetia (Which is not their country to being with) to Georgia without warning ?
@@VeXu666 1. What do you mean by "ossetians bomb Georgians for years"? If you mean 1991-1992 South Ossetia War, it was started by Georgia too. 2. I didn't say that Ossetia is Russia. However, Ossetia is Russia's friendly state, so it was protected from the Georgian attack. Or do you think that Russian army came in Ossetia against Ossetians will, which wanted to be shelled to death? Also, there were Russian peacekeepers, which have died because of this attack. Is it good enough reason for intervention? 3. "without warning" - which warning do you mean? If you start a war against another state be ready that its' allies can come and help that state. It was a peace enforcement operation, if Russian army wanted, they could easily take Tbilisi and install puppet government like US always does, but they didn't do that, so I don't see a problem here. 4. I'm impressed how you guys in the West love to apply double standards. Let's imagine Finland was attacked by some country. Finland's government had asked NATO for help and NATO or US came to Finland, protected territories and have stopped the war. Would you call that event "NATO aggression" too?
Full support for the amazing Georgian nation that wins the hearts of the everybody who becomes acquainted with their national culture, folklore, history and identity in general. Much love from across the sea (Bulgaria), you are strong people, you know how to stand your ground and protect what's yours, don't lose faith, better times await Saqartvelo!
Antonio Lombardi Have you considered that they are joining NATO because russia keeps pulling shit like this and has been doing so forever. My country hasnt gone a century in the past thousand years without having atleast one war with russia.
This is more relevant than ever now with the war in Ukraine. I pray for Georgia to never ever have any occupation and they may remain independent. It's such a lovely country.
The Ukrainian army has been shelling the breakaway Republics since 2014 and have killed more than 15000 people before Russian patience finally snapped. Do you think it's right to support a morally bankrupt, failed state that murders people it says are theirs but actually wants to grind their bones to dust?
@@paintsilj Everything you just said is false. The only ones that makes that claim are Putin and the simpletons too dumb and lazy to check that claim. The over 13,000 death toll is the total dead from that conflict, not just the dead in Donbas. That war was started, continued, and escalated by Russia and extremists in Donbas, not Ukraine.
Русский Гопник Well let me enlighten you, your people have killed thousands of Georgians and made more then 300 000 flee and leave their homes you have took our land and made from one of the most beautiful place in the world hell on the earth, nowadays you only have 200 000 population and some of you are Georgians who have betrayed our country and have surnames ending with ia and some are from Adyghe and you want indenpendence? I am not talking about Samachablo which has only 1000 soldiers in their army. Both regions Abkhazia and Samachablo are our lands and whole word knows it I respect your view and accept your hate but none forces you to live with us just give us our land back and let refugees return to their homes and then you are free to stay or go where ever you want.
Wake up. Walk outside. See a grad rockets falling across your yard. Realize Georgia just started firing everything they have at you. That´s what i call one hell of a morning. For dummies - Chinvalli ...
+1 from me, another Bulgarian loving Georgia with all my heart, veeery interested in all things Georgian, I even visited Georgia recently. Words fail to describe properly what an amazing nation the Qartvelians are. Stay strong and protect your national identity and culture, it's a real treasure in this politically fucked up world. Me mikhvars Saqartvelo!
Thank you very much but could you give us Hereti back. That's our land given to Azerbaijan by ussr. But the sad truth is thst nobody is gonna give anybody the land that they control for free
@@tesstickle6974 No idea what you’re talking about. In turn, I can name at least several territories of Azerbaijan that are populated by Azerbaijanis but are part of Georgia now. We never set forth any territorial claims with regard to Georgia and we strongly recommend you to do keep up such mutual respect. Otherwise, you risk to dive in the same trouble as Armenia. Azerbaijan has demonstrated that we are able to solve our problems. In turn, you’d better think about liberating your own lands from occupation rather than trying to “take back” internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan. Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. Good luck.
@@РаминБабаев-ю3с i wasn't trying to be aggresive bro and i wasn't trying to blame you guys anything. I'm sorry my previous comment came ouy aggresive. Hereti (or Zaqatala i think it's called now) was lost on November 15, 1921 and is now recognized by probably everybody (idk there might be some countries that don't) as Azerbaijans territory nobody is denying that (though i still don't understand why did the georgian goverment hand over hereti just like that our ancient historic land. You know what now that i think of it at the time georgia was a newly out of the Russian empire our millitay was just now starting to form. The soldiers were young and innexperianced. If a war started with Azerbaijan over hereti our country would just collapse. Well, my thepry just shattered because i realized that georgia was already occupied by Russia before hereti was hamded over to Azerbaijan so i'm still asking why?) Anyeays i have no f*ucking clue what i was trying to say in my previous comment and i'm not gonna try to explain it by my limited knowledge of english and i know that i mad a lot of mistakes in my comments but i'm not gonna go through this to cprrect mistakes it's almost 11 pm and i really need to sleep. So, goodby friend, good luck to you and one more time i want to thank you for supporting us friend. Love from georgia brothers! ❤
@@tesstickle6974 I am glad that we have no claims towards each other 🙂 Let there always be peace and brotherhood between Azerbaijan and Georgia. 🇦🇿 ❤️ 🇬🇪 Good night to you too! 🙂
For anyone who's interested, that man currently has pneumonia, and the Russian puppet government, in an act of pure disregard for human life, denied him medical assistance and has blocked his relatives from visiting.
2:41 "Your dog's not respecting the border." There's an interesting historical footnote related to that. A small conflict between Greece and Bulgaria 90 years ago was instigated - according to one of the parties - because a soldier strayed across the border to go after his dog and was shot. At least a hundred died in the conflict. Strangely enough, when the normally ineffectual League of Nations demanded a cease-fire, it actually ended the conflict.
As an Ukrainian I understand Georgia's pain and I think that we have to unite with each other to become against them and save our territory and our people. If you think it's not necessary you're going to get occupied by Russian Armed Forces.
+Winstonsees Nah, that is how a lot of your degenerate soldiers die. ruSSia didn't even exist when Ukraine did. When Kiev existed, no major ruSSian cities existed. Face it, ruSSia came into existance after the decay of the golden horde. You are just a mongoloid bitch.
+Mark Fenton It feels like Putin is trying to implement the Russification policies of 150 years ago. Stand strong, for eventually the Russians will push a little to hard and the west will be forced to act.
+laetrille Nobody will move a finger for Ukraine, Georgia, or any other shit holes you mentioned nobody cares if he wanted them he could take them in a week , and he can not invade the EU even if he wanted becausethe russian people will support that..it will ruin there vacations and the investments ..and prove right the assholes on TV
@ Please, can u provide the facts, u are talking about ? (any research, publication, links..) Really curious about the "reality", where Georgia started war..
Firstly, Russian so called "peacekeepers" entered Ossetia, and Its common knowledge that they were not peacekeepers and towards Georgia it was violation of its sovereignty and of course Georgia reacted and sent troops to its own territory, and Russia claimed that we bombed our own city - Tskhinvali (total bullshit) and got excuse to do what it did, check euronews.com and history.com as well, have a nice time 😊
@@manavrawat4192 well you can preach morallity to a russian soldiers but when they are behind 900mms of steel with rumbling engine they wont hear a thing
Firstly, as a Georgian I would like to express gratitude to all the journalists who made this video - you are doing a great job to show to the whole world what we are suffering from. After 2003 Georgia has done everything to become part of NATO but unfortunately just in vain. Up to this time 31 Georgian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan and 100s of them have been injured. Our only wish is to join NATO but every time we are saying this, they reject us. Of course they do help us by doing some kind of military exercises but it is not sufficient. Georgia has lost 25% of it's territory and this loss is still going on. On our own we can't stop it and ask other nations to unite because the next one might be you (just like Ukraine at the moment).
I know it's sad. To be fair though Georgia was well on it's way to joining NATO, with the U.S. especially welcoming Georgia with open arms. Unfortunately NATO can't except any country that has border disputes, especially ones with Russia. That's why this conflict is going, even though the fighting stopped years ago, because Putin knows once he allows the border to stop moving and settlements to be reached, Georgia will dash towards NATO. But it won't be like this forever. Russia's population is declining, and they have already extended their budget with their war on the west. They had to cancel the mass production of their SU-57, make military budget cuts, and back down on pension reforms, which will only become more desperately needed as time goes by. And oil/gas, which is their biggest source of money, will decline as the world switches to renewable energy. Russia can not afford to continue Putin's foreign adventures indefinitely. Eventually Putin will be gone and the oligarchs will take over, and they will face angry Russians who see more and more of their money going to the military while they get poorer, and the Putin cult won't be there to stop it. At that point they will makes concessions so that the sanctions can end, the oligarchs can do business with the west and Russia won't be so limited on cash. And then hopefully Georgia, along with Ukraine, can join NATO.
The problem is that NATO is to far away to do something other than send weapons. In fact the posibility of Georga and Ukraine joining NATO made Russia scale up their agression.
@@ricardosoto5770 actually once Ukraine joins NATO Russia will have a hard time sustaining a military force large enough to threaten NATO, because they will have to fight a front over 2000 kilometers long, which will spread out Russia's military, and they will no longer be able to threaten Baltics and potentially cut it off from the rest of NATO without having to fight a war in their southern territory, as well as in their far east with American forces coming from Alaska.
@@TWE_2000 Its a interesting theory, but actually it means that NATO also will have to defend a 2000 km border with no real geographical features. Poland its geographical the crown jewel of NATO because is a natural bottleneck in the great European plain that goes from the French Atlantic coast to the Urals. From the Baltic to the Tantras and the Carpatian Mountains, Poland becames a natural bottle neck. The only problem is the Kaliningrad enclave. That shall be insolated or destroyed before reinforcing the Baltics. But NATO shall develop ties with Ukcraine, once the Crima and Donestk stuff is solved. Like Finland and Sweden they are "neutral" countries that know that their only real enemy is Russia, and Russia knows that too. That is why they tried to invade Finland in the past, and how do war games against Sweden. An independent "neutral" Ukraine shall know that their only real enemy would be a Russian invasion, anyways. So they will arm themselves with Nato compatible equipment and tactics and Nato will low key sell them arms and training to make an invasion constly.
+Will James Do you think *they* have nothing to do exept answering to all those comments.....you really that naive ? People who comment by that or other side are just trolls, but only us backed trolls get paid for rus trolls do it for free.
@@waltersobchak517 Yep, that's what you call free thinking/disagreeing now. "Payed by the Enemy". Actually, both Russians and Westerns screw Poland, allways, everytime. History's most betrayed nation ever.
@@sababugs1125 this video is full of simple manipulations. They interviewed only georgian people, don't you think they might be just a bit biased? Why they didn't interviewed opposite side of the coin? - For instance the old guy at 5:39 says that he always been a Georgian citizen, which is a lie. He was a Soviet citizen until 1991. Then he proceed by telling: "They want to make me a Russian citizen". Which is another lie. Abkhazia and South Osetia just wanted to be independent from Georga. Why they didn't ask people from those regions opinion on that matter? Do they want to be Georgian? Another manipulation is to showing crying people. That's pretty cheap journalist trick to make you sympathize one side and hate the other. Also how can we check the information this women provide? Maybe her husband indeed crossed the border and therefore has been arrested. Also there is no mention that in 2008 Georga start the war by bombing city of Tskhinvali killing hundreds of people. But of course your media not interested in finding the truth. But in pushing their agenda. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EpbgRn-j5eo.html
+charlie yang lets see now, Russian Bases, Taking Georgian territory, Russia just ANNEXED a part of Ukraine, yes your right,, very biased towards a peace loving man like Putin
If Russia wants Georgia so bad, we have a perfectly good Georgia they can have. It has a couple decent sports teams, Turner media, and a shit ton of black people.
Jacqueline Gomez Maybe in your third world country. Here in America I have the legal right to be as racist as I want. You better sneak in before we build the wall.
+antonio stelzer You are completely wrong. ruSSia has no legitimate claims to any of its territory. It is an artificial state. ruSSians are responsible for their crimes during the soviet era as they were basically the ruling party and because a majority of modern day ruSSians support the genocidal acts their ancestors did. ruSSia has no legitamite claims to Crimea. You are selectivelly looking at history. Go back to the times of the golden horde and you will see that ruSSia came into existance from the decay of that empire. Furthermore, in 1994 ruSSia signed a document garaunteeing the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which basically inadvertantly made them acknowledge that Ukraine had claims to Crimea and they did not. Don't get me wrong, not all russians are bad; the problem is the terrorist government and the 95% of the population that is brainwashed to believe kremlin propaganda.
This video is 8 years old but it's still absolutely true to what's happening. A few people in this disputed border were detained for absolutely no reason earlier this year (2024) too, and it took quite a bit of intervention to release them. Absolutely heinous.
The Russian military intervention in Georgia in August 2008 has raised significant questions about Russian thinking and practice on the legitimate use of military force abroad, especially in relation to neighbour states. The arguments advanced by Russia to justify this campaign show how Russian interpretations of customary international law as well as norms related to the use of force have served as an instrument of state policy, rather than being rooted in any broader international consensus. The Russian discourse in this context about sovereignty, self-determination and the legitimacy of recognising South Ossetia and Abkhazia as states appears similarly to be strongly influenced by political self-interest and Russian views about its entitlement within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. Among Russian claims, Moscow's commitment to support its ‘citizens’ abroad has been particularly controversial. This article examines these issues and also the possibility that, through its justifications for waging war against Georgia, Russia is more broadly contesting the interpretation of certain international norms, that it regards as essentially constructed by Western states. Some potential implications of these legal and normative arguments for future Russian policy in the CIS region, including Ukraine, are also examined. The Russian Case for Military Intervention in Georgia: International Law, Norms and Political Calculation - ResearchGate. Available from: www.researchgate.net/publication/240522027_The_Russian_Case_for_Military_Intervention_in_Georgia_International_Law_Norms_and_Political_Calculation [accessed Nov 5, 2015].
The Kremplin keeps using that excuse (see Ukraine right now: 05/05/2022). Putin never offers those people to move to Russia, he just like to get the land. Such a lovely man.
Poor Georgians. I feel solidarity w these shepherds and their poor families. And wish I could help their plight. Russians should be ashamed of their heartless shameless cruelty, if they were capable of it.
+Laurie Kace You mean poor ossetians when the Georgians were committing ethnic genocide. If you want a real story watch fox news interview with Amanda Kokoeva.
VICE News investigates how Georgia is handling Russia’s quiet invasion, and meets those getting caught in the crossfire. Watch "The Russians Are Coming: NATO's Frontier” - bit.ly/1O5ruzt
+Troll Ov Metal Did you even watch the video before comment? There is no Russian side, it's Georgian territory recognized by UN and all countries except Russia. And this people from "Russian side" are kidnapping Georgians every week. Good luck talking and trusting kidnappers, drug lords and drunk Russian army soldiers who are willing to sold their own mother for bottle of Vodka!
+Troll Ov Metal "that most people believe what they're told without getting all of the facts", so was it dream when Russian jets drop bombs in Tbilisi few kilometers from my home? Do you ever heard sound of actual bombing at midnight when you and all your family is sleeping? "most people believe what they're told" my ass... I was there and I have seen everything with my own eyes! I don't need Vice or any other freaking news agency to know that!
Do one about Russian atrocities throughout the past 100 years. The Czarist Russian Empire's End Years • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) - Against Japan to conquer Korea and Manchuria in NE China (100,000 dead) • World War I (1914-1918) - Against Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria to dominate in SE Europe (14 million dead) • Basmachi revolt (1916-1934) - Against Central Asian and Afghans who resisted Russian Communist occupation (20,000 dead) • Russian Civil War (1917-1922) - Against Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and White Russians (1.1 million dead) The Russian Bolshevik Regime • Ukrainian War of Independence (1917-1921) - Against Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Greece to force Communism on Ukraine • Kazakhstan Campaign (1917-1920) - Against Kazakhstan to force Communism on the people • Finnish Civil War (1918) - Against Finland and Germany to force Communism on the people • Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) - Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland (4,000 dead) • Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) - Estonia, United Kingdom, Baltische Landeswehr (5,000 dead) • Lithuanian-Soviet War (1918-1919) - Against Lithuania and German volunteers to force Communism on the people • Georgian-Ossetian Conflict (1918-1920) - 5,000 dead • Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921) - Against Poland and Ukraine to force Communism on the people (48,000) • Invasion of Azerbaijan (1920) - To overthrow Azeri government and install Communist dictatorship • Invasion of Georgia (1921) - Against Georgia to install Communist dictatorship (4,000 dead) • February Uprising (1921) - To occupy Armenia and force Communism on the people • East Karelian Uprising (1921-1922) - Crush Finnish rebels The Soviet Empire • August Uprising (1924) - Against Georgia to force Communism on the people (16,000+ dead) • Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) - Maintain control of Chinese railway in Manchuria (2,000) • Soviet-Japanese border conflicts (1932-1941) - Part of the border clashes with China • Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) (10,000) • Invasion of Poland - To force Communism on East Poland (200,000+ killed and 300,000+ others sent to concentration camps/gulags) • Winter War (1939-1940) - To grab Finland as a buffer zone with Germany and to force Communism on the people (70,000 dead) • Occupation of the Baltic states (1940-1941) - To use Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania as a buffer zone with Germany and to force Communism on the people (100,000 raped, murdered, tortured and sent to concentration camps/gulags) • World War II (1939-1945) - To force Communism on Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Germany, Finland, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia (60 million dead) • Guerilla war in the Baltic states (1944-1956) - To crush the resistance in the Baltic States (2,000 killed) • Occupation of Korea and Korean War (1948-1953) - To establish Communist dictatorship in North Korea and conquer South Korea to force Communism on the people (4 million dead) • Berlin Blockade of 1948 - East Berliners are starved as all paths to the West are blocked. The Berlin Airlift ensures the East Berliners’ survival. • Post-WWII Germany - In 1944 roughly 12.4 million Germans were living in territory that after the dismemberment of Germany became part of post-war Poland and Soviet Union. Approximately 6 million fled or were evacuated before the Red Army occupied the area. Of the remainder, up to 1.1 million died, 3.6 million were expelled by the Poles. Thousands starved and froze to death while being expelled in slow and ill-equipped trains. Another 165,000 were transported by the Soviets to Siberia. • Uprising of 1953 in East Germany - Crush Anti-Russian revolution (50 dead). • Poznan 1956 protests in Poland - Against Soviet dictatorship (80 dead) • Hungarian Revolution (1956) - To overthrow democratically elected Imre Nagy and crush anti-Russian rebellion to reinforce the Iron Curtain (6,000 dead) • Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) - To halt reforms and maintain Czechoslovakia as a Communist dictatorship (200 dead) • Sino-Soviet Border Conflict of 1969 - Against China (160 people dead) • War of Attrition (1969-1970) - Against Israel • Eritrean War of Independence (1974-1990) - Against Eritrea (150,000 dead) • Angolan Civil War (1975-1991) - Against resisters of Communist occupation - UNITA, FNLA and FLEC (500,000 dead) • Ethio-Somali War (1977-1978) - Against Somalia (6,000 dead) • Afghan-Soviet War (1979-1989) - Against Afghan people and freedom fighters resisting the puppet Afghan Communist dictatorship (PDPA) and the brutal Russian occupation (1.5 million Afghans dead, 5 million displaced and 1/3rd of the nation made homeless) Russian Federation • South Ossetian War (1991-92) - Against Georgia to help separatists (1,000 dead) • War of Transnistria (1992) - Against Moldova to help separatists (600-900 dead) • Abkhazian War (1992-1993) - Against Georgia to help separatists (30,000 dead) • East Prigorodny Conflict (1992) - Inter-ethnic Conflict involving Russia (200 dead) • Civil War in Tajikistan (1992-1997) - Russia invades Taijikistan (100,000 dead) • Georgian Civil War (1993) - Russia invades Georgia • First Chechen War (1994-1996) - Russians invade Chechnya to crush rebellions (100,000 dead) • Second Chechen War (1999-2009) - Russians invade Chechnya to crush rebellions (80,000 dead) • Russo-Georgian War (2008) - Russia invades Georgia to help separatists (200 dead) • North Caucasus Insurgency (2009-Present) - Russia invades rebel movements in the Northern Caucasus (2,000 dead) • Crimean crisis 2014 - Annexes Crimea • Intervention in Ukraine (2014-) - Russia supports militants to rule over Eastern Ukrainian regions and expand west (6,000 dead)
+thetoughguy jr. Well. South Ossetia is not part of Russia, it's independent country. I agree they were invaded many times for no good reason during Imperial and Communist days however.
@@Thelostgoldhunters US invasions are a drop in the bucket by comparison. What did I miss about WWII? The Russian imperialists began the war in an alliance with the Nazis and divided Europe into their respective spheres of influence. The Russians repeated their traditional invasion routes for the old empire, and when the Nazis attacked, they expanded their new communist empire as far as Germany. They were planning on an advantageous entry into the war.
If Russia wanted to occupy Georgia, they could have done so in 2008. The Georgian army (which started the war according to the EU commission report) was beaten and the Russian columns were in Mtskheta, 15km from Tbilisi. Their mission accomplished (self-defense), they turned around and went home. Since then, all hysterical claims that Putin wants to take occupy or annex Georgia have been groundless. He had the opportunity, he did not do it. As for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, this shit happened in 1990 due to Georgia's first president, Ghamsekhurdia, who was an extreme nationalist who threatened minorities and took away Abkhazia's autonomy and said everybody would speak Georgian. Russia had it's own problems (and still does) - it had nothing to do with this. (Not to mention then President Yeltsin was a US stooge.) Basically, it was the same way rabid nationalist Ukrainians destroyed their country 2 years ago.
But then you can put all the blame on Russia and say "we're increasing military budget, moving closer to Russia, because Russia is moving closer to the West", and as far as you can see in the comments, people are believing that bullshit.
@@OXiG96 You don't want to be a Russia's vassal, they cannot take care of themselves, how are they gonna add value to other countries? Are you 100% sure your country would be a perfect place without the USA? Everything Russia puts its hands on, became like Russia, a third world in total poverty and corruption, with no freedom of speech. Not to mention your women getting raped by russian soldiers.
georgian people are oldest people in the world they are fearless people dont have fear soon i think war will start and georgians will do something amazing i think :)))))))))))
Many Empires have fallen, but Georgia has existed forever and will until the earth stops moving. The god loves Georgia and is with them. Everyone against them should be afraid of karma.
@@What___ever bcssssss Georgia never was empire u fool all empire will fall only reason why Georgia is still exist bcs they don't want to become empery
@@jackkeruak8994 NO FRIEND OLDEST HUMAN SKELETON IS DISCOVERD IN GEORGIA OLDEST IN EUROASIA THIS PROOVES THAT EUROPE AND ASIANS ARE NOT COMING FROM AFRICA 2 MILLION GEORGIAN 💀 AND 2 MILLION AFRICAN💀 DOES NOT LOOK EACH OTHER
i am from georgia and in 2021 my country is still occupied by russian! may god help us and gave us strength to solve this occupation and stop agression which is coming by northen "friend"
Why are some people blaming Georgia? The Ossetians had bombarded Georgian villages for weeks before the 2008 war and the Russian army was ready to invade.
@@zazazazadze9933 Thats basically what im saying these people are saying that Russians are that this etc but the Ossetians in Russia arent asking for independence but in georgia they do why?
Long Live independent and strong Georgia! death Russian Imperialism!!! soon all Russian republics: Chechnya, Ingushetya, Dagestan, Adyga, KarachayBalkarya, Kalmikya, Tatarstan and etc... will be free!!!
+Will James not true georgia started the war www.spiegel.de/international/world/eu-report-independent-experts-blame-georgia-for-south-ossetia-war-a-650228.html
Russia: 771 000 active army personnel. 69.3 $ billion army budget. 10 bases abroad, most in bordering countries. NATO: 3 585 000 active army personnel. USA's alone army budget. 640 $ BILLION. NATO bases expanding since the fall of the Soviet Union, long before Russia was active on the global scene. Why? More and more NATO bases around the borders of Russia. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia etc. long before Ukrainian crisis. Yep. Russians are totally coming.
im slovenian and my fiancee is from russia...i like russia. But they shouldnt do this...this people are good,hardworking....leave them alone coz they deserve to live normal life...they are not terorists or anything like that.I hope your life will become different withouth opeession like this. peace to you.
yes, sadly the world not work that way. this is nothing new in history. history book always talk well of great nation but that great nation always abuse the power because human work that way. unless human become contrite, pentinent, sees his place before God - if not this then human will always fight other human to be #1.
That couple at the end where just to pure. All of the Georgians i have met have been wonderful, warm, friendly people. There needs to be more attention paid to russias incessant incursions on the borders of sovereign nations
Why is this a problem in Ossetia/Georgia and a national right of defence in Israel? 'The Russians' affect a handful of people (tragedy), Israel affects millions (statistics). Tragedy vs Statistics is a Georgian notion - Stalin's.
Katjuscha they had their rightful autonomy, If they wanted Russian goverment they could might as well moved to north Ossetia. Majority of South Ossetian population still was Georgian. So if majority was Georgian, Georgians and Ossetians were getting along and they had no rightful claim on terrytory which was Georgian since it's exsistence, maybe rebels were supported for preventing Georgia from joining Nato? pro tip: it was Russia.
I've been to Georgia in 2016 with my Russian girlfriend, and we've felt nothing but welcome. Of course, we never managed to get anywhere near Abkhazia or South Ossetia (we tried to go to Abkhazia but we found the train line going there was shut down) but we went to almost every region of the country and enjoyed the famous Georgian hospitality everywhere. Almost every middle-aged man we met had served in the Soviet army once and even knew my girlfriend's not too well-known birthplace. Everyone we met was happy to practice their Russian skills with us and constantly gave us gifts and invited us to their homes. It was a great time. Most people we met were very critical of Sakashvili, the president who started the war with Russia, but admitted that he did a lot to stop crime and corruption. The only complaint we'd heard about Russia was that Georgians needed a visa to visit Russia, but Russians did not need a visa to visit Georgia.
Saakashvili did not start a war in 2008(don't listen to the imperialist girlfriend). Russia invaded Georgia with tanks, and we do not meet the enemy with flowers.
well Georgia did not really start the war the war started because of the ossetians bombing the Georgian villages so that they could drag Georgia into war and Russia would have an opportunity to invade Georgia
Russia is an occupant ! Learn history, Abkhazia and "south ossetia" in fact it is Samachablo region and not "south ossetia" always was and will be part of Georgia.
Trolls are coming, but they won't change the simple truth of geography, Tskhinvali region (AKA south Osetia) is located in Georgia and there is no reason for Russians to be there. What people don't understand is the history of the region, Georgia was an independent country with a long history as a country. Far long then Russia itself. Georgians fought for independence from Russia since 18 century. Russia employs various tactics against my nation, including faking history, fueling internal conflicts and manipulating information. They want confusion around this issue to push their narrative and weaken my country's stand in the fight for freedom and independence. So I ask you, skeptical people, not confuse your dislike for America or west in hating everything which shows Russia's evil side.
have been saying the same thing for years man....my country has been slowly destroyed by suck actions but its almost like we have nobody that supports us
Today is 2023 and the Russian occupation continues in Georgia after 2008. People are still being abducted illegally by the Russian occupation troops. If we sleep in Georgia today, we don't know where we will wake up tomorrow.
All the independent nations around Russia need to stand together as one " while they can " and drive Russia back within its own proper borders !!! Otherwise Russia will continue to chip away at all of them until they take it all!!!
Thank you so much vice for doing this!!!! Please continue rising awareness about this issue. People are dying country is fading and u barely can find content on the web! Russian totalitarian imbeciles will never go through Georgia! Russian propagandists below commenting, I wish all the pain in the world upon you.
I Hope you can right now understand why i hatte russia. Dude, After Abkhazia, now Samatschablo(South Ossetia). Ist terryfying. We want our Territories back. WTF?!The situation is not even complicated, as in Palestine or Pakistan or Syria, for example. It's all our territories and Russia is 100% occupier.
Hey Simon, nothing left to report in Ukraine? If you wanted to interview a Georgian, you could have just gone to Odessa. Whilst there, a the local reaction to the EU report into the conduct of Ukraine's officials and their investigation into the Odessa Massacre. I also look forward to your groundbreaking investigative journalism into the Maidan Sniper shootings.
