Georgia rocked by protests as government pushes Putin-style 'foreign agent' bill
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Why is that so bad?
Or try the classic Lord Arthur Ponsonby (1871-1946):
1. We don't want war, we are only defending ourselves;
2. The other guy is solely responsible for this war;
3. Our adversary's leader is evil and looks evil;
4. We are defending a noble purpose, not special interest;
5. The enemy is purposefully causing atrocities; we only commit mistakes;
6. The enemy is using unlawful weapons;
7. We have very little losses, the enemy is losing big;
8. Intellectuals and artists support our cause;
9. Our cause is sacred;
10. Those who doubt our propaganda are traitors.
If you recover the old NATO Summit in Bucarest/2008 you'll get also the details.
How are these two concepts remotely similar? Why should a travel agency or a freight shipping company register as a "foreign agent" (a positively Orwellian term)?
> and legal entities that own or use, jointly or with others, an internet domain and/or internet hosting intended for the dissemination of information through the internet in the Georgian language, must register in public registry as "agents of foreign influence" and be subjected to the monitoring of the Ministry of Justice, if they receive more than 20% of their annual income from "a foreign power".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%932024_Georgian_pro...
Anyways, lets look at the law text. This is from paragraph D of article 2 of the law:
> ისეთი იურიდიული პირი, რომელიც ერთპიროვნულად ან სხვასთან ერთად ფლობს ან/და იყენებს მასობრივი ინფორმაციის საქართველოს სახელმწიფო ენაზე გამავრცელებელი ინტერნეტსაშუალებისთვის განკუთვნილ ინტერნეტდომენს ან/და ინტერნეტჰოსტინგს და ...
Crucially, as in paragraph C which refers to legacy media, this explicitly says მასობრივი ინფორმაციის which is mass information. This is referring to things like news websites, not any company website.
Oh, and happy Victory Day!
[1]https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/HUDOC_38263_08_Ann...
> The Georgian allegations of a Russian invasion were supported, inter alia, by claims of illegal entry into South Ossetia of a large number of Russian troops and armour, prior to the commencement of the Georgian operation. According to Georgian answers to the Mission´s questions, the process of building-up of Russian forces in South Ossetia had started in early July 2008, continued in the course of August and included troops and medical personnel, tents, armoured vehicles, tanks, self-propelled artillery and artillery guns
(From your source)
Tskhinvali is in Georgia by the way. I think that says it all.
Sure, you could trace it all the way back to the Arab and Muslim colonization of Israel and Judea in 634, but the current war definitely started with Hamas' attack on Oct 7 2023, the most inexcusable, evil attack in the history of the region (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen... )
Great explanation for the type of person to think the Gaza conflict started on October 7th 2023.
Russian troops were preparing to repel upcoming Georgian takeover of South Ossetia. At the start of the war Georgian military commander announced on TV that they are moving to take control of South Ossetia and said nothing about Russian invasion.[0]