Tensions rise as Russian men flee into Georgia - BBC Newsnight

Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilisation has seen tens of thousands of men flee Russia into Georgia. Estimates suggest up to 10,000 men a day were making the journey at one point.
Those who have made the trip have spent days waiting in a queue to cross the border, all to avoid fighting on the battlefield in Ukraine. But is the influx causing unease with local Georgians?
With a troubled history going back to the 2008 Russo-Georgia war, some politicians are asking the government to end the open-door policy that allows Russians to stay in Georgia for up to a year without a visa.
BBC Caucasus Correspondent Rayhan Demytrie reports on the situation on the ground and whether those who stay in Russia can resist the war from their own homeland.
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  • @haymaker710
    @haymaker710 Жыл бұрын

    A Russian soldier ran up to a nun. Out of breath he asked, “Please, may I hide under your skirt, I'll explain later.” The nun agreed. A moment later two military police ran up and asked: “Sister, have you seen a soldier?” The nun replied, “He went that way.” After the military police ran off, the soldier crawled out from under her skirt and said, “I can't thank you enough, Sister. You see, I don't want to go to Ukraine.” The nun said, “I understand completely.” The soldier added, “I hope I'm not rude, but you have a great pair of legs!” The nun replied, “If you had looked a little higher, you would've seen a great pair of balls too. I don't want to go to Ukraine either."

  • @tumawaka949

    @tumawaka949

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @bustablues75

    @bustablues75

    Жыл бұрын

    😂🤣

  • @jkn925

    @jkn925

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @iainmore3961

    @iainmore3961

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @justarandomguy6496

    @justarandomguy6496

    Жыл бұрын

    You are one precious existence on earth dude 👍

  • @vivibogdan
    @vivibogdan Жыл бұрын

    Maybe with so many Russians arriving in Georgia, Russia will consider that Georgia is also theirs and a "special military operation" is needed. Georgian people, stay safe.

  • @eshiestrik2756

    @eshiestrik2756

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a good point. I hadn't thought of that.

  • @laurencesmith2199

    @laurencesmith2199

    Жыл бұрын

    Chechnya might .

  • @wasserman7273

    @wasserman7273

    Жыл бұрын

    Russia already did it in 2008, their military is already on the ground, tensions are high

  • @paidwitness797

    @paidwitness797

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wasserman7273 Maybe now is the time to push ruzzians out then, same with every country forced to accept ruzzian boots on the ground. Ruzzia cant fight 1 war atm so probably wouldnt be able to hold what they have elsewhere either, maybe pool NATO resources between those countries oppressed by ruzzia.

  • @roimotngaymaianhdi8299

    @roimotngaymaianhdi8299

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes Pooper can say that and start a special operation...but it will be a long time from now .He got to make steam,he is loosing ground big,very big

  • @HerbertLandei
    @HerbertLandei Жыл бұрын

    I can absolutely understand the concerns towards the Russians, and that they can cause problems in Georgia. However, every man not fighting for Russia helps the Ukraine. And leaving the country weakens the struggling economy further. I think the West should recognize how important Georgia and other countries in the region are for weakening Russia, and send more help.

  • @RirottoPL

    @RirottoPL

    Жыл бұрын

    nah, there is enough people in russia for that not to make a difference, instead of fleeing they should stay in russia and openly fight against what is happening not look for escape from jail card

  • @KristinaKarina

    @KristinaKarina

    Жыл бұрын

    Good! #PutinisaWarCriminal

  • @user-by4be1px6e

    @user-by4be1px6e

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RirottoPL have ever tried russian prison? Sure you would survive a week there ?

  • @seferino

    @seferino

    4 ай бұрын

    True. Countries around Russia can help a lot for the Ukrainian cause. 💯💯💯

  • @cueball6969
    @cueball6969 Жыл бұрын

    Considering the situation with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and now this, I can't help but worry Georgia will be next Stay safe

  • @danrook5757

    @danrook5757

    Жыл бұрын

    I always thought They were coming to usa Georgia

  • @vl7297

    @vl7297

    Жыл бұрын

    What situation? That Georgia invaded another country in 2008? And she staged a genocide there, is this normal for you, is she not an aggressor? And the fact that if Russia had not intervened in 2008, the next one to be attacked by Georgia would have been Abkhazia, is that okay with you? Georgia benefits from Russian tourists and the country lives off tourism, and almost all the fugitives have already returned

  • @romanroman1453
    @romanroman1453 Жыл бұрын

    If only Russian men were as brave as Iranian schoolgirls

  • @beer1for2break3fast4

    @beer1for2break3fast4

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @ahuman2482

    @ahuman2482

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s not bravery, it’s that Iranian schoolgirls truly believe in what they’re advocating for. Russian men don’t

  • @TheSparkatron

    @TheSparkatron

    Жыл бұрын

    Best comment I've seen all day

  • @maddatheist7254

    @maddatheist7254

    Жыл бұрын

    And you haven't experienced a war before my friend.

  • @shilajitray2170

    @shilajitray2170

    Жыл бұрын

    US would be finished by then.

  • @gabro8978
    @gabro8978 Жыл бұрын

    As a Georgian, the situation here is being escalated. In a few months. We might be under the question of whether or not Russia will invade Georgia to "defend" its own citizens here. We know that this is one of the widely known tactics of the Russian government. Our primary concern is to, try to stay safe and avoid any escalation. Although we already had some facts about Russian citizens trying to make problems and get into fights with locals. Because of that, we are living under huge pressure and it's making it dangerous to live in our own country. But our government is afraid, any kind of odd move from them might lead to a full-scale invasion. We need a solution, but the only solution is to stay quiet because all other kinds of solutions might be fatal. 🇬🇪

  • @jsmith1561

    @jsmith1561

    Жыл бұрын

    A widely known tactic of the Nazi government, too.

  • @oldskoolrools3087

    @oldskoolrools3087

    Жыл бұрын

    simple....stop them entering, and form better relations with the west

  • @Al_Pollock

    @Al_Pollock

    Жыл бұрын

    Don’t bomb the Russians like Ukraine did in the Donbas and you shouldn’t have any problems.

  • @crankypipo

    @crankypipo

    Жыл бұрын

    I would be wary if they start smuggling weapons in

  • @justsomeguy1141

    @justsomeguy1141

    Жыл бұрын

    Shut the border you don't owe Russians anything

  • @nvelsen1975
    @nvelsen1975 Жыл бұрын

    "I want to see my daughter grow up" Well, that's probably what my friend felt in her last moments as her plane was falling out of the sky after a Russian BUK missile from the 53rd AA brigade ripped through flight MH17. But as her daughter wasn't even 5 years old yet she probably won't remember her mother. Russians stole her wedding ring and phone. They only returned the body after the Netherlands filed a military acces request with Ukraine to fly in troops, kill the Russians and secure the crash site. This man was quite okay with all of that stuff for years, but now that it's about him instead of his country murdering others, he flees? Screw him. He deserves everything that happens to him.

  • @basillah7650

    @basillah7650

    Жыл бұрын

    and Russia going to invade every country their people move to as well.

  • @andrewsitu3472

    @andrewsitu3472

    Жыл бұрын

    My cousin's wife's cousin was the flight captain of MH17.

  • @Olena.P.

    @Olena.P.

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I agree with you. What makes me most angry is that they were okay with invasion of Georgia in 2008, Crimean annexation in 2014, war in Donbas since 2014, infamous shooting down of MH17 with so many losses of people who have zero relation either to UA or RU. Yet the first time they've started to worry is when they realized their own sorry asses (sorry for being blunt) are under threat of being involved in war, so they suddenly become 'anti-war'. I have no sympathy here. It's pure cowardice.

  • @purepoison618

    @purepoison618

    Жыл бұрын

    @ N Velsen & Andrew Situ I want, no, I actually need to, express my deepest sympathies to both yourself and all the families, of the all those precious, innocent souls, that were taken that horrid day. To lose a loved one, especially when it’s totally unexpected,is always painful and hard but to lose one in a deliberative, uncaring act of violence is a pain that would rock to the depths that I just cannot imagine to have to deal with. My heart shattered for everyone when this happened and it still hurts my heart, when my mind goes back to the news reports that show the debris field and in the debris, it shows and a teddy bear, a backpack, a lone shoe, a child’s reading book, a now soiled suitcase etc, etc it brings me back to that unbelievable, yet, undeniable act Russian military took on a plane filled with innocent souls. It was a black day in history and I hope all of you that have been touched personally by this tragedy, have found the strength to move on. I don’t believe people heal or have any closures, when such horrendous tragedies are brought into their lives. I believe inner strength, perhaps, from those now up above, that don’t want you to suffer help you rebuild what your new life, is like without them. Bless you all. I truly and honestly wish this horrific event never occurred. Love to you all from one Canadian, who felt the anguish of your pain.

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather went by a Russian name

  • @hankherchiv8301
    @hankherchiv8301 Жыл бұрын

    I've always wanted to visit Georgia, but now I'm not so sure.

  • @vl7297

    @vl7297

    Жыл бұрын

    Russians go there every year, in large numbers as tourists and bring a lot of money to this country. This country lives at the expense of tourists. And almost all the fugitives have already returned

  • @lasselippert3892
    @lasselippert3892 Жыл бұрын

    Before mobilisation: “I’m not political, I don’t have any opinion about the special military operation”. After mobilisation: “Feet don’t fail me now”.

  • @birdstwin1186

    @birdstwin1186

    Жыл бұрын

    Ancient Greek Quote: The price of being indifferent to politics is to be ruled by lesser men.

  • @Drew_TheRoadLessTraveled

    @Drew_TheRoadLessTraveled

    Жыл бұрын

    Funny as...

  • @John_Smith_86

    @John_Smith_86

    Жыл бұрын

    Completely logical of them though

  • @kavbojctinko4131

    @kavbojctinko4131

    Жыл бұрын

    SAD but TRUE

  • @TravellingTechie

    @TravellingTechie

    Жыл бұрын

    "I'm not political..." read as "I don't support this war and I can't say anything against it"

  • @giorgialadashvili4771
    @giorgialadashvili4771 Жыл бұрын

    As a Georgian, I have to say that the level of entitlement of these deserters, who have no qualms getting here in the first place, is through the roof. It's just unbelievable. They demand food, shelter, money and immediate respect. Their chauvinistic attitudes has already lead to a few incidents, which are basically a perfect pretext for Russia to invade and try to occupy the country.

  • @thotmorgana

    @thotmorgana

    Жыл бұрын

    I would love to see more videos on these issues. I have seen videos of russians leaving but not any follow up of how well they assimilate in their new environments. They say only the best off russians can afford to leave but if they cause lots of problems it is all the more reasons to close the borders for them.

  • @SnoopyDoofie

    @SnoopyDoofie

    Жыл бұрын

    And who is responsible? You, the citizens. You elected a shitty government. Throw them out of office and boot all the Russians out. NOW!

  • @jksinorbit

    @jksinorbit

    Жыл бұрын

    Your govt should round them up and put them in a refugee camp just like the refugees arriving in the EU

  • @salazarreach1636

    @salazarreach1636

    Жыл бұрын

    Rise up residence fee for Russians in few times. Are you Russian? - pay 3 times more than locals or other country visitors. Taxes should be increased 2-4 times for Russians who works from Georgia too. They came to save their lives, not for perfect life conditions...Or are they lying? This is a good start to deal with them.

  • @MsBabydoll62

    @MsBabydoll62

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly why all bordersshould be closed to fleeing Russians regardless of any reason

  • @mkkrupp2462
    @mkkrupp2462 Жыл бұрын

    Young innocent men everywhere, now and in the past, are forced to pay the price for the egos of powerful older men.

  • @marjoriecoey3418
    @marjoriecoey3418 Жыл бұрын

    That line up is u believable! That's a lot of people for any country to try to.process quickly.

  • @Anashadk
    @Anashadk Жыл бұрын

    Never in history have so many run away from their own military.

  • @lockethomas7165

    @lockethomas7165

    Жыл бұрын

    Doubt that very much UK had 2 million Asian male immigrants in one year

  • @grace_from_dogville

    @grace_from_dogville

    Жыл бұрын

    Chinese

  • @hydrohasspoken6227

    @hydrohasspoken6227

    Жыл бұрын

    your source?

  • @grace_from_dogville

    @grace_from_dogville

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hydrohasspoken6227 What source? It's a history. After Mao's rise, millions of Chinese ran away from brutal communist regime and its red army.

  • @inesfi66166

    @inesfi66166

    Жыл бұрын

    Vietnam draft.

  • @Larsino2000
    @Larsino2000 Жыл бұрын

    Remember these people are not leaving because its a act of good will but pure selfishness. They didnt care until it affected them.

  • @hereitcomes3912

    @hereitcomes3912

    Жыл бұрын

    🤡

  • @j23lo5

    @j23lo5

    Жыл бұрын

    That part 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @ltipst2962

    @ltipst2962

    Жыл бұрын

    Er dur. Toxic comment brother. You're not as smart as you think. Each one who leaves is one less cannon fodder for his brutal war. Think bigger.

  • @TwistedHigh

    @TwistedHigh

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you know that they didn’t care? They just don’t have a voice in Russia

  • @brotakig1531

    @brotakig1531

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TwistedHigh They do if they all Fkn speak up, but they don't. You might have 400k riot police but they would be hard pressed to take down millions of activists. But they don't have the balls to do it.

  • @mkkrupp2462
    @mkkrupp2462 Жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry for young men forced to fight in war - especially in an unjust war. To die for what? If I had a son in Russia who risked conscription, I’d be encouraging him to leave.

  • @heekyungkim8147
    @heekyungkim8147 Жыл бұрын

    Georgia 🇬🇪 my favorite country i have visited. Hope it doesn’t get overwhelming by Russian coming over in so much numbers.

  • @vl7297

    @vl7297

    Жыл бұрын

    Russians go there every year, and much more as tourists and bring 800 million rubles to this country, their authorities are intrigued because they live at the expense of tourists

  • @czyettczarron5892
    @czyettczarron5892 Жыл бұрын

    Security risk should not be overlooked.

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    Attempting to force them back to join the army would be a much bigger security risk. Putin was well able to send as many spies into Georgia as he wanted long ago.

  • @salazarreach1636

    @salazarreach1636

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robinlillian9471 Should keep them so far, but do rise taxes and rent for them in 2-3 times 😁

  • @simplus1980

    @simplus1980

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed, but as Robin pointed out, letting Putin depopulate Russia is a pretty good thing in the long run. As the saying goes; don't interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake. Let's not fix it for him either.

  • @stagg2158

    @stagg2158

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't understand why after the invasion of Georgia 🇬🇪 in 2008 and the occupation of their territory by Russia 🇷🇺 Russian citizens are still allowed to just come to Georgia 🇬🇪 and stay without a visa...that is totally crazy 🤪 to allow that...I am a US citizen and I can't just go to Canada 🇨🇦 and stay a year and open a bank account over there...smh

  • @user-by4be1px6e

    @user-by4be1px6e

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stagg2158 Well that because Georgia is not a democracy and they can not do anything about that. But Russians obviously must take Putin down like it so easy really🤣

  • @zaczac2829
    @zaczac2829 Жыл бұрын

    God bless Georgia. God bless Ukraine. With love, respect and admiration from Kyrgyzstan.

  • @ottomanosman2463
    @ottomanosman2463 Жыл бұрын

    Georgians, we, the Turks, have to agree with you in this case. Do Russians ever truly speak out against the invasion? While there are protests, millions are cheering for Putin.

  • @lumiii1171

    @lumiii1171

    Жыл бұрын

    It's easier to say and judge.

  • @hereitcomes3912

    @hereitcomes3912

    Жыл бұрын

    Shut up atilla

  • @Aetheridon

    @Aetheridon

    Жыл бұрын

    Speaking out in Russia is a death sentence

  • @grahamjones7371

    @grahamjones7371

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes i agree but we in the west cant appreciate how substained fear and terror affects ordinary people,russia has been run by the secret police for 100 yrs. but i also appreciate why you Turks have to some extent play both sides,but can see that you choose Ukraine

  • @ltipst2962

    @ltipst2962

    Жыл бұрын

    Its not our place to judge brother but you are right. Really right. We played games with these Russians, they grew up with a hatred for us all. It is nice to see your intelligent words today. Keep fighting the propaganda.

  • @purepoison618
    @purepoison618 Жыл бұрын

    What truly irks me, is these men are leaving for their own preservation. While their neighbors were being tortured and killed, their lives went on the same. They went to work, they came home, ate their dinners, took their kids to the park, went to the local malls, just normal life. The thought of having to actually participate in such a barbaric act as “killing people or be killed yourself” in other words “war” wasn’t playing a large part of their day to day. Now it has come to their doorstep and in a large exodus they head for the borders. One fella dugs a picture of a precious baby out from his pocket and pulls on heart strings, saying he wants to stay alive and raise his child. I look at him and want to ask if it ever entered his thoughts about how many Ukraine’s have had those same thoughts but unfortunately, for them it just wasn’t to be. Then I see some men laboring about how so horribly difficult it was for them in those unbearably long hours it took to leave their country. I may sound totally hard, in fact I’m sure that I do, but the only thing these men should be saying is, How relieved they are that they escaped Russia and how very thankful they are that Georgia has allowed them in. I do hope Georgia experiences no repercussions from their doing so. I feel Putin is not to be trusted.

  • @zl8018

    @zl8018

    Жыл бұрын

    At the beginning of the war on Russian YT channels you could see many youtubers complaining about how the sanctions made their lives less attractive, but I haven't found even one expressing regret for all the atrocities their army was (and is) committing in Ukraine.

  • @peternolan4107

    @peternolan4107

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zl8018 Most of them have that common Russian attitude: "I'm not political." They think that absolves them from responsibility for the barbarism of their native country. I have no sympathy for any of them.

  • @443810

    @443810

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zl8018 they would just get jail time like navalny

  • @zl8018

    @zl8018

    Жыл бұрын

    @@443810 There are many ways to express what one is thinking and avoid accusations. Besides, talking about shortages of some luxury goods while your army is killing women and children is disgusting.

  • @defunctt

    @defunctt

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@peternolan4107 You seriously believe all citizens are responsible for every act their government ever does? Have you not considered that for a lot of human history, a huge proportion of human life has been under some sort of rule that they didn't ask for and never would have the chance to usurp ? People do have the right to consider themselves as not part of a collective if they chose to and I say this as a proud Englishman.

  • @halitosis75
    @halitosis75 Жыл бұрын

    Horrendous situation for everyone.

  • @loricrane5315
    @loricrane5315 Жыл бұрын

    It gives them a couple weeks to realize they are safe. And to figure out what to do and where to go next. But I would shorten that temporary stay to say 3 months.

  • @KSfreaky
    @KSfreaky Жыл бұрын

    Maybe if these “poor” guys hadnt closed their eyes when the war started, they wouldn’t need to run away.

  • @mentalstriker3009

    @mentalstriker3009

    Жыл бұрын

    you have no idea how many journalist and political oppositor have been killed or jailed, power abuse is a common thing in russia

  • @John_Smith_86

    @John_Smith_86

    Жыл бұрын

    Certainly not. Protests do not win out against bullets.

  • @DrMcMoist

    @DrMcMoist

    Жыл бұрын

    There was never anything they could have done about it and you know it.

  • @suehowie152

    @suehowie152

    Жыл бұрын

    Really? And what would they have done to avoid that?

  • @vitalino1981

    @vitalino1981

    Жыл бұрын

    @@suehowie152 same that Ukrainians did in 2014

  • @gazpachopolice7211
    @gazpachopolice7211 Жыл бұрын

    "Ukraine is Georgia is Ukraine" Man that hit really hard. I bet no one is praying harder for a Russian defeat , after Ukraine itself.

  • @Anashadk

    @Anashadk

    Жыл бұрын

    All of these bordering countries should unite and take their share of the combat instead of expecting Ukraine to do all the work. This will be to your eternal shame, one of you needs help and the others just watch, together you can beat Russia.

  • @magesalmanac6424

    @magesalmanac6424

    Жыл бұрын

    There are already Georgian and Chechen fighters on the side of Ukraine. They are volunteers.

  • @OriginalPuro

    @OriginalPuro

    Жыл бұрын

    "praying" has never in the history of the universe had any impact what so ever on the real world. Never. If "praying" worked there would be no famine, no poverty, no war, no crimes at all.. But there is. Every single day.. "praying" is just another way of saying "I'll sit still and do nothing to improve the situation".

  • @Anashadk

    @Anashadk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@magesalmanac6424 but not many.

  • @abdel-qadeercoubadja4750

    @abdel-qadeercoubadja4750

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Anashadk lolzlozlzlxl....you mean those vassal states.

  • @ebenburger111
    @ebenburger111 Жыл бұрын

    They did the right thing and shouldn't be judged.

  • @buddhabelly7961
    @buddhabelly7961 Жыл бұрын

    02:30 Look at that ring! That thing could feed a town!

  • @juliewebb7041
    @juliewebb7041 Жыл бұрын

    I fear that their kindness will bite them from behind.

  • @salazarreach1636

    @salazarreach1636

    Жыл бұрын

    Just question of time and grade.

  • @curtisep5885

    @curtisep5885

    Жыл бұрын

    Was it Walden that said "never trust a do gooder"?

  • @russianvoodoo

    @russianvoodoo

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. Guess mexicans in USA is a time-bomb too. stfu, seriously.

  • @deegigidaugherty1578

    @deegigidaugherty1578

    Жыл бұрын

    Trojan Horse…

  • @babygirllss

    @babygirllss

    Жыл бұрын

    It already is

  • @drewsale7288
    @drewsale7288 Жыл бұрын

    Rental prices in Tbilisi and Yerevan will go insane. Very hard for locals to keep up.

  • @wasserman7273

    @wasserman7273

    Жыл бұрын

    It is already, landlords prefer to take new tenants that are ready to pat more. And it's sort of understandable, but leaves locals on the street

  • @drewsale7288

    @drewsale7288

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wasserman7273 Yep, I saw that happening months ago. It'll be worse now Russian men are leaving to avoid conscription. Most of them will have money and willl price Georgians and Armenians out of the market.

  • @sollte1239

    @sollte1239

    Жыл бұрын

    The georgian government really has to do something about that.

  • @Trutsyajehebdbdb

    @Trutsyajehebdbdb

    Жыл бұрын

    Government should apply price ceiling in order to prevent astronomic rental prices

  • @sollte1239

    @sollte1239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Trutsyajehebdbdb and either social housing or it has to forbid to rent to a foreigner as long as a local needs the flat....

  • @ufosrus
    @ufosrus Жыл бұрын

    I have more respect for the ones who say they don't want to kill than those who say they just don't want to die.

  • @louise8328
    @louise8328 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the news

  • @docinparadise
    @docinparadise Жыл бұрын

    If I were Georgia I would be very worried about Russia using so many of its citizens as an excuse to “liberate” Georgia. It’s good the men don’t want to fight, but they should have to sign a legal contract saying they will never accept Russia’s protection while in Georgia and will never become a “separatist”. Otherwise these countries who are accepting deserters will become the next victim.

  • @rebeccahenderson7761

    @rebeccahenderson7761

    Жыл бұрын

    You are exactly right.

  • @peternolan4107

    @peternolan4107

    Жыл бұрын

    How many of these men are spies and saboteurs sent by the Kremlin to undermine these neighboring countries?

  • @asanitationstompout8473

    @asanitationstompout8473

    Жыл бұрын

    Wtf Georgia gon do if they kick over them again and drag their citizens back into Russia? Pointless, they might as well direct them to low populated countries as soon as possible before Russians spies pull up deep.

  • @binbag5238

    @binbag5238

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you think a “legal contract” means anything to people like these? They were probably cheering Russian victories last month.

  • @aaronwestley3239

    @aaronwestley3239

    Жыл бұрын

    Russia already invaded Georgia in 2008.

  • @FullCircleTravis
    @FullCircleTravis Жыл бұрын

    When you run from your country and don't realize you're the first wave of the invasion.

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    Not a chance. People always come up with nonsense excuses for refusing to help refugees. If it really was an invasion, they would have brought weapons and used them.

  • @ab_bloodstone

    @ab_bloodstone

    Жыл бұрын

    Putin doesn't have resources for any other invasion(Thanks to Ukrainian army).

  • @nomebear
    @nomebear Жыл бұрын

    They're saving their own lives by escaping. I feel so very sorry for these good people.

  • @mysteriousfox88

    @mysteriousfox88

    Жыл бұрын

    they need to be taxed 90%

  • @Hansulf

    @Hansulf

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, but they didn't act as much when their country was invading any neighbour, right?

  • @katiedavis5970

    @katiedavis5970

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Shadow-472-58 not many of them? Did you ask all of them regarding this matter? Apparently no so stop talking nonsense!

  • @chrisr.6638

    @chrisr.6638

    Жыл бұрын

    They'll be used as an excuse for putin to invade Georgia AGAIN. What a scumbag nation causing problems every generation

  • @guramiabramishvili4874

    @guramiabramishvili4874

    Жыл бұрын

    They are not good people by any means. Only cowards, who still support Putin but do not want to risk their lives themselves.

  • @slyasleep
    @slyasleep Жыл бұрын

    I wish our media had a Caucasus correspondent.

  • @chrisperry3430
    @chrisperry3430 Жыл бұрын

    They were okay with Putin attacking Ukraine using troops from the poorer backwaters, but now it has caught up with them how things have changed,

  • @lauracraig8110

    @lauracraig8110

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep - magically running now that they are threatened with conscription. You didn't think to leave before now, whilst Ukraine has been illegally invaded by Russia most of the year?

  • @anon_moose

    @anon_moose

    Жыл бұрын

    What are they gonna do about it? Vote? Besides, maybe you are rich enough to just up and leave whenever your government does something horrible, but most people - especially in a poorer country like Russia - need time to save money.

  • @gabrielam.7681

    @gabrielam.7681

    Жыл бұрын

    You'll really complain about their silence with the very freedom of speech that these people don't have? It's a lot to uproot your entire life, family and move out of the country, I imagine its especially scary when aware of the consequences fleeing might end up having. You can't blame them for only riling up the courage to do it when it gets as extreme as being forced to put their lives on the line for a cause they don't believe in. The only villain here is the russian government, not its people.

  • @nataliasalmanova6020

    @nataliasalmanova6020

    Жыл бұрын

    Chris Perry of course you know better if they were ok or not ok by asking each person on this border personally? 👀

  • @downundabrotha

    @downundabrotha

    Жыл бұрын

    Russians aren't okay they are being silenced in Social Media and other platforms. It comes down to their Toxic Leader on a Land grab once again.

  • @xxDrain
    @xxDrain Жыл бұрын

    Suddenly, all those Russians in Georgia start a referendum, decide their region is no longer Georgia and get Russia to annex it.

  • @mallardofmodernia8092

    @mallardofmodernia8092

    Жыл бұрын

    Wouldnt be surprised knowing Putin. I just hope Russians who just want to live their lives outside of Putin's game of chess don't dragged into his schemes in a few years time.

  • @RandomDudeOne

    @RandomDudeOne

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe is a good time for Georgia to take back South Ossetia?

  • @annabarr1304

    @annabarr1304

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a Trojan horse, Russian spies/ pro-putin propagandists are going to infiltrate now, Georgians will quickly loose their language as well. They need to close their borders ASAP.

  • @KazeHorse

    @KazeHorse

    Жыл бұрын

    That doesn’t work because they would need to be made citizens, or they’ll just get deported

  • @savvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvva

    @savvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvva

    Жыл бұрын

    These fleeing Russians are mostly educated middle class, working in IT, deign, development, they are not interested in none of that.

  • @jimwright1148
    @jimwright1148 Жыл бұрын

    The amount of men who left the country would be enough to overthrow a government

  • @maeva7949

    @maeva7949

    Жыл бұрын

    these persons were advising each other on social media to cover their pro-war z-signs on cars before entering the neighbouring countries. They are mostly not against war or killing Ukrainians who russians consider subhuman, they are just against being sent to war.

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maeva7949 How do you know? It's not like you could have asked them. You're just lying. Putin wants the young men back in Russia for cannon fodder. It seems you want them killing people in Ukraine, too.

  • @muuserino6845

    @muuserino6845

    Жыл бұрын

    More than enough, even the criminal Bolsheviks overthrew the rightful Russian government with 10.000 men.

  • @olasmith8132

    @olasmith8132

    Жыл бұрын

    ....yes, you are right; Georgian people must remain very, very cautious about their future.

  • @jacksos101

    @jacksos101

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe somebody should arm them and bus them back to Russia. If they don't want to fight, they'll have to fight.

  • @doctorsloth213
    @doctorsloth213 Жыл бұрын

    Be careful Georgia

  • @jaysimon4840
    @jaysimon4840 Жыл бұрын

    👍to the peace lovers god bless you all,

  • @bobmurga3917
    @bobmurga3917 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting development, Russian men fleeing from military service (that’s a statement), while Ukranian men fighting for their country.

  • @trumpforever6706

    @trumpforever6706

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't say nonsense, there were a lot of Ukrainian men who fled overseas. Zelensky had had to close the borders to prevent it. I still remember the one hidden in the luggage under the suitcases in the car his wife drove. In Italy I met quite a lot of Ukrainians, I asked young men why they weren't at the front defending their homeland invaded by Russians. They told me they were not stupid.

  • @ronanrogers4127

    @ronanrogers4127

    Жыл бұрын

    Europe is full of millions of Ukrainian men who fled

  • @hereitcomes3912

    @hereitcomes3912

    Жыл бұрын

    My country is full of ukrainians cwrds who fled the mobilisation.

  • @app11120

    @app11120

    Жыл бұрын

    Not everyone thinks their countries are worth dying for

  • @sashasurkova6498

    @sashasurkova6498

    Жыл бұрын

    Ukrainains defend their land. Russian man are send like piece of meat. That is big difference.

  • @alaska340
    @alaska340 Жыл бұрын

    They waited 8 months , staying comfortably home. Nobody said anything , therefore walking 5 days can’t bring lives back

  • @katiedavis5970

    @katiedavis5970

    Жыл бұрын

    How dare you to blame this people for not speaking up? You have no idea what it is to protest in Russia so stfu please!

  • @zeffe0528

    @zeffe0528

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ildar5184 she is not a Russian. Putin troll!

  • @2hillsinbetween

    @2hillsinbetween

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zeffe0528 ok bot

  • @erynn9968

    @erynn9968

    Жыл бұрын

    MANY said against, and many got injured forever for their opposition. Obviously you dare write this nonsense from quite a comfortable home!

  • @alaska340

    @alaska340

    Жыл бұрын

    @@erynn9968 oh yeah ? I’m Georgian Ukrainian , who has family there. Obviously you are judging without knowing

  • @paulgrieve7031
    @paulgrieve7031 Жыл бұрын

    Is this news? They’ve been coming since February and in apparently larger numbers since mobilization in September.

  • @Radification
    @Radification Жыл бұрын

    You can't blame People who don't want to be part of a war effort for trying to escape!

  • @truonghongkhoa
    @truonghongkhoa Жыл бұрын

    God bless Georgia.

  • @James-jl4jt
    @James-jl4jt Жыл бұрын

    They should’ve done what Lithuania did: refuse to let them in and tell them to stay in Russia and rise up against Putin

  • @JohnSmith-wp2yu

    @JohnSmith-wp2yu

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @bottytoohotty

    @bottytoohotty

    Жыл бұрын

    How empathetic.

  • @CG-99

    @CG-99

    Жыл бұрын

    Stupid, inhumane comment

  • @babajaga158

    @babajaga158

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't be stupid, those ppl are cowards. They would never fight they prefer to run.

  • @appletree6741

    @appletree6741

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, probably half of them was sporting Z signs before the mobilisation

  • @danielowens9295
    @danielowens9295 Жыл бұрын

    How many of them supported the war before it directly affected them?

  • @j23lo5

    @j23lo5

    Жыл бұрын

    Most of them

  • @danielowens9295

    @danielowens9295

    Жыл бұрын

    @@j23lo5 exactly

  • @estoniangooe3457

    @estoniangooe3457

    Жыл бұрын

    @@j23lo5 disagree. i'm russian and i can see the situation from the inside.

  • @russianvoodoo

    @russianvoodoo

    Жыл бұрын

    minority.

  • @muneirovalibas6194
    @muneirovalibas6194 Жыл бұрын

    Just a terrible situation all around, for everyone involved, particularly the citizens and civilians.

  • @rustyuk1077
    @rustyuk1077 Жыл бұрын

    I don't believe any info coming from the BBC "Why is it mostly Lorry's queueing??

  • @joseaca1010
    @joseaca1010 Жыл бұрын

    Im from venezuela so i understand their "resistance is futile" angle

  • @pakde8002

    @pakde8002

    Жыл бұрын

    Cowardice is more futile.

  • @filipekraus2880

    @filipekraus2880

    Жыл бұрын

    no one will overthrow such a regime by making peaceful protests, this is asking to be arrested, the resistance must be armed

  • @joseaca1010

    @joseaca1010

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pakde8002 well i fought in venezuela, i voted, i protested, but i eventually told myself: "i have a life ahead of me, a family that depends on me, im sick and tired of dealing with the consequences of the mistakes other people make" Putin has ruled russia since the year 2000, there are russian conscripts being sent to the front right now that grew up in putinland and never had a say on the matter, they never voted for the guy Tell me, what meaningful choice did those people have? Should they be forced to fight against a dictator that was imposed on them?

  • @Anashadk

    @Anashadk

    Жыл бұрын

    No single person can win against an embedded dictator, but there are so many russians that have left, why don´t they organise themselves so that a change can come?

  • @dirtytablecloth123

    @dirtytablecloth123

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joseaca1010 and then you hop a border and bring all your shitty problems with you to another country. great job

  • @131alexa
    @131alexa Жыл бұрын

    Kind of Georgia to let them in, but not necessarily wise policy.

  • @feurigessiegelstuck233

    @feurigessiegelstuck233

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully russia is defeated that badly that they lose their strenght to wage war in other countries like Georgia for the time being.

  • @korcidiamond3623

    @korcidiamond3623

    Жыл бұрын

    How would Russia ever lose? They have atom bombs

  • @SnoopyDoofie

    @SnoopyDoofie

    Жыл бұрын

    Kind?? How about stupid? That's more accurate.

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SnoopyDoofie How exactly were they going to stop such large numbers? There were probably far more young men fleeing than they have in their army.

  • @SnoopyDoofie

    @SnoopyDoofie

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robinlillian9471 How to stop them? Um, try putting your army at the border, like they do in most other countries.

  • @willis9637
    @willis9637 Жыл бұрын

    There is an age old saying; FOR EVIL TO PREVAIL IT ONLY TAKES GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING

  • @missustoad1

    @missustoad1

    Жыл бұрын

    Or to flee

  • @wjohnson9233
    @wjohnson9233 Жыл бұрын

    Tragic these bloody wars!

  • @abrahamlevi3556
    @abrahamlevi3556 Жыл бұрын

    The French philosopher Joseph de Maistre was once quoted as saying that each nation gets the government that it deserves.

  • @bilalrahman2786

    @bilalrahman2786

    Жыл бұрын

    Then the whole world is F'ed as we don't have a single good leader

  • @Slechy_Lesh

    @Slechy_Lesh

    Жыл бұрын

    Goes well with "kill them all and let God sort them out "

  • @gg-ps1vz

    @gg-ps1vz

    Жыл бұрын

    the french are usually wrong to be fair

  • @cheesball96

    @cheesball96

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gg-ps1vz 😂

  • @Lucario89187

    @Lucario89187

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gg-ps1vz hehe

  • @MrSilverPants68
    @MrSilverPants68 Жыл бұрын

    We need these people to stay in Russia and overthrow Putin, not flee their country

  • @j23lo5

    @j23lo5

    Жыл бұрын

    They are weak. They have had plenty of years to do that

  • @ruairi9733

    @ruairi9733

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@j23lo5 easy for you to say while your sat on your sofa in a western Country

  • @pakde8002

    @pakde8002

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ruairi9733 I'm in Indonesia. Here was a brutal dictatorship that disappeared thousands of people. Now Indonesia is a democracy again. They didn't get it from running away or being afraid.

  • @viatka1966

    @viatka1966

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ruairi9733 That's the thing though, people in western countries have political will to protest and make themselves heard, to move their governments in a direction they want. That's exactly what they are saying, russians could have protested back in the 90s during black october, they mostly allowed what happened. They did not protest war in Checnya, they did not protest putin, did not protest when he changed constitution. For more than 20 years russian majority did nothing, and now they pay for it. Yea, it's easy to say sitting comfortably in western countries where you go on protest every year to support or fight against certain policies.

  • @ruairi9733

    @ruairi9733

    Жыл бұрын

    @@viatka1966 protest in a western country about anything and you wont get secret police knocking at your door threatening to destroy your whole family

  • @hamzadhaoui13
    @hamzadhaoui13 Жыл бұрын

    At least the border crossing looks breathtaking!

  • @kassrripples3659
    @kassrripples3659 Жыл бұрын

    Where’s the fence across Europe?

  • @1arttu
    @1arttu Жыл бұрын

    Feel deeply for people in Georgia. Those russians are a real danger for Georgia's safety. The lady is right: they should deal with their government in their own country instead of bringing the problem to Georgia and other neighboring countries.

  • @andrews.5212

    @andrews.5212

    Жыл бұрын

    Ahahah tell that to any political refugee xD xD And illegal immigrant.

  • @vz8432

    @vz8432

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol wow. Try saying that to every single immigrant that has fled their country for freedom and liberty.

  • @loose4bet

    @loose4bet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andrews.5212 Did you watch the whole clip? Putin is using russian population abroad as a pretext for invasion he's done it already (in Ukraine among others) and he will do it again. Stop repeating your echo chamber talking points, watch the fricking clip and draw a conclusion for once in your life, smh

  • @eligebrown8998

    @eligebrown8998

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @maddatheist7254

    @maddatheist7254

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard this before 🤔 2015? 🤔

  • @rocketscience4516
    @rocketscience4516 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe if they HAD spoken out before, the war could have been ended. Their war should have been fought in Russia against Putin's regime.

  • @SantomPh

    @SantomPh

    Жыл бұрын

    With what? Another naive American.

  • @rocketscience4516

    @rocketscience4516

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SantomPh Protests. Molotov cocktails on army / police stations. Putin has remained in power because too many people have been cowardly. PS I'm not American.

  • @garyroberts2563

    @garyroberts2563

    Жыл бұрын

    Not even an open protest. They should have staged a general strike.

  • @RU-ei7bc
    @RU-ei7bc Жыл бұрын

    🙏🙏🙏Please God bless them to have a good trip 🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭

  • @19katherine1213
    @19katherine1213 Жыл бұрын

    The irony of finding sanctuary in a country you’re occupying

  • @D_isco_D_ancer
    @D_isco_D_ancer Жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry for the Russians that are genuinely fleeing for fear of a draft and a potential death. At the same time Georgia is in a complicated position. As a small country is hard to cope with large influx of migration

  • @FranFerioli

    @FranFerioli

    Жыл бұрын

    I understand the concerns. I still feel that young educated professionals leaving Russia in droves will significantly weaken Russia. If these people are sincere in their opposition to the war, maybe they should be given a place to go.

  • @ianmackenzie686

    @ianmackenzie686

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't. I feel for the women and children of Ukraine who bear the hardships of fleeing for their lives to neighbouring nations.

  • @Blankace.

    @Blankace.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ianmackenzie686 Why can't you feel for both? or are you just trying to be edgy? The truth is that the more people escaping the draft means less soldiers in Ukraine, this also looks really bad for Putin because if people are fleeing it means the propaganda machine in Russia is failing.

  • @nvelsen1975

    @nvelsen1975

    Жыл бұрын

    Nearly all of them were quite okay with it until their own skin was at risk. Where were these guys when the Russians were bombing Ukrainian hospitals? "I want to see my daughter grow up"? The Russian airforce murdered a mother and baby who wasn't even 1 hour old. He was okay with that, but when it's about him suddenly he flees?

  • @zbychulatara

    @zbychulatara

    Жыл бұрын

    They now fleeing from death but 6 months ago they were celebrating red army sucess in Ukraine. When they loosing they run like coward

  • @antoninogeniston7506
    @antoninogeniston7506 Жыл бұрын

    I am not sure if they do not want a war, or they do not want a war that they are losing. I hope they can eventually fix the problem of their country. Nobody else could but them.

  • @hundredcaws

    @hundredcaws

    Жыл бұрын

    thats right!

  • @gregbrowning5437

    @gregbrowning5437

    Жыл бұрын

    I think they just don't want to die on a battlefield. Neither would I.

  • @MAXlMUS

    @MAXlMUS

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the latter, bc they ran away only after they figured out they are losing

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    They are fixing the problem by leaving. Putin will have no army.

  • @salazarreach1636

    @salazarreach1636

    Жыл бұрын

    The only thing they do not want is a call for mobilization. All the rest is fine for them.

  • @markc6714
    @markc6714 Жыл бұрын

    This is like 2 weeks old ...but showing 21 hrs ago

  • @lashachakhunashvili1399
    @lashachakhunashvili1399 Жыл бұрын

    What were they doing between 24 February (invasion) and 21 September (mobilization)?

  • @vam9785
    @vam9785 Жыл бұрын

    Stay safe my dear Georgians! Keep Georgia safe … We know what happened to the rest of Caucasus. Georgia is the cultural center & heritage of Caucasus. Support from Azerbaijan.

  • @chrisdade620
    @chrisdade620 Жыл бұрын

    These men should pick up guns and fight with Ukraine against Putin. The world cannot afford to run from or ignore Putin's insanity, why should these men be allowed to leave their mess for everyone else to pick up.

  • @ksmith2852

    @ksmith2852

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be nice but would never happen. These are not brave men but cowards. They are educated so mabe they can be used in cyberwar. Georgia is not in NATO but we have a close relationship with them and many Georgians speak English, few Russians speak English.

  • @geraldocardoso4193
    @geraldocardoso4193 Жыл бұрын

    Força Ucrânia!🇧🇷❤🇺🇦

  • @danielblackred3698

    @danielblackred3698

    Жыл бұрын

    slava kokayinu

  • @qhhdje1020

    @qhhdje1020

    Жыл бұрын

    Go Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🪆🪆🪆

  • @silversheep4605

    @silversheep4605

    Жыл бұрын

    @@qhhdje1020 A joke right?

  • @stewedfishproductions7959

    @stewedfishproductions7959

    Жыл бұрын

    @@qhhdje1020 - A POOtin 💩TROLL !!!

  • @qhhdje1020

    @qhhdje1020

    Жыл бұрын

    @@silversheep4605 get killed by Iranian drones.

  • @arawiri
    @arawiri Жыл бұрын

    Georgia 🇬🇪 God bless 🙌🏾 🙏 ❤

  • @silversheep4605

    @silversheep4605

    Жыл бұрын

    God bless everyone in this situation.

  • @kismet2354
    @kismet2354 Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, if Georgia remains on this path of “welcoming” Russian refugees en masse, the consequences the Nation will pay as a result of their generosity WILL be quite detrimental & catastrophic in time to come. Sad Georgians have not learnt from their past strive & struggles with Russia.

  • @EYDuff

    @EYDuff

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah - as many countries are learning, do not let Russians in. In a few years time Putin will be beating the war drum to "protect" those Russian speakers and take a slice of your country.

  • @birdstwin1186

    @birdstwin1186

    Жыл бұрын

    No good deed goes unpunished.

  • @davidkanizsai9914

    @davidkanizsai9914

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally agree, I absolutely don't understand what the Georgian people are thinking. There are already much more Russian in Georgia than their combined military and police force

  • @sheep3370

    @sheep3370

    Жыл бұрын

    If it comes to that we'll help just as we're helping Ukraine

  • @kismet2354

    @kismet2354

    Жыл бұрын

    @@davidkanizsai9914 - You are so correct! Not to mention how many FSB agents from Russia have penetrated into Georgia masquerading as “refugees.” The situation in Georgia is now, frankly, extremely dangerous. It is a tinder box, waiting to be ignited.

  • @agolftweetler3995
    @agolftweetler3995 Жыл бұрын

    Russian hardliners will say it's fake. 😂

  • @finalfight505

    @finalfight505

    Жыл бұрын

    Here is the recommended clip that say it : kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5Z8o8OQqampqpc.html !

  • @st.golubets3836

    @st.golubets3836

    Жыл бұрын

    They just call them unpatriotic girls, and that russia doesn't need them

  • @1973Pippster

    @1973Pippster

    Жыл бұрын

    It is fake. Show a few boys who clearly look feminine and pretend that’s the reality. Stop already. These games are over.

  • @AmyJenkins

    @AmyJenkins

    Жыл бұрын

    @@finalfight505 that's some bs Indian video

  • @ltipst2962

    @ltipst2962

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AmyJenkins they are bots. Ignore links and scams on yt.

  • @kudzem
    @kudzem Жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry I know it’s not the point here but Georgian mountains and landscape looks beautiful

  • @supercheese7033
    @supercheese7033 Жыл бұрын

    As if we didn't have enough crime in Atlanta.🤣🤣🤣

  • @diomuda7903
    @diomuda7903 Жыл бұрын

    Funny. Did Russians actively condemn their government for attacking Czechoslovakia in 1968, or backstabbing Vietnam in 1979, 1988 and current South China Sea? I can see why Georgians don't want them. Respect from Czechia to Georgia.

  • @finalfight505

    @finalfight505

    Жыл бұрын

    Here is the recommended clip that say it; kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5Z8o8OQqampqpc.html

  • @jahrhome

    @jahrhome

    Жыл бұрын

    They were loyal back then that’s why

  • @bak6i6

    @bak6i6

    Жыл бұрын

    You forgot about Hungary in 56

  • @diomuda7903

    @diomuda7903

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bak6i6 You are right.

  • @ronanrogers4127

    @ronanrogers4127

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty ridiculous comment. You’re obviously young. People like me who lived through that period know there was no dissent allowed, worse than under Putin

  • @miqeladzemevele
    @miqeladzemevele Жыл бұрын

    when we where fighting against Russia in 1993-1994, 2008 nobody helped us; 20 percent of our land is under Russian occupation, you living in Europe or in Usa, sitting comfortly in a sofa, do not have right to teach us what we should do

  • @stekon9112

    @stekon9112

    Жыл бұрын

    So why you let russian in now? Close the border.

  • @davidkanizsai9914

    @davidkanizsai9914

    Жыл бұрын

    I live in Europe and I totally do not understand why you let Russians into your country. Yes, they occupied 20% of your country, and you still let them in. Are you Georgian people out of your mind? By the way, it seems Ukraine will completely destroy Russian army. This might be your only chance in the next like 100 years to take back your occupied lands. But if Georgia is full of Russian, you can't do it. What will you do when hundreds of thousands Russian will start protesting in your capital? You will need your whole police and military force to handle it.

  • @grahamjones7371

    @grahamjones7371

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes im ashamed to admit i was a former appeaser as i thought that trade,westernisation etc would bring russia closer to western values.How wrong i was! but being ex-mil as soon as putin invaded i knew this was a fight to the death between the west and putin and we should have been supportive of you guys and ukraine years ago.

  • @christiandovecraft6254

    @christiandovecraft6254

    Жыл бұрын

    @@grahamjones7371 Fellow former appeaser here as well. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’ll never be on the wrong side again.

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    Жыл бұрын

    Georgia was suckered into trouble by the people who had no intention of backing it up. Beware of encouragement by fat foreign politicians.

  • @StartledOctopus
    @StartledOctopus Жыл бұрын

    Did... Did she quote the borg?

  • @irinaiv6259
    @irinaiv6259 Жыл бұрын

    Just to remind, they are not against war, they are against mobilization, otherwise they would have left the country long time ago

  • @humps4coin558
    @humps4coin558 Жыл бұрын

    I would also try to dodge an unjust war. Not everyone is that fortunate though.

  • @laurencesmith2199

    @laurencesmith2199

    Жыл бұрын

    There has never been an ideological war .

  • @hughjaanus6680

    @hughjaanus6680

    Жыл бұрын

    Trump and his grandfather were draft dodgers also.

  • @jaymac7203

    @jaymac7203

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hughjaanus6680 You just can't let Trump go can you? Lol

  • @dzonikg

    @dzonikg

    Жыл бұрын

    I would doge any war

  • @hang9813

    @hang9813

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hughjaanus6680 stop keep hitting on Trump already and move on man. It’s 2022. Come on :)

  • @alaskakit5886
    @alaskakit5886 Жыл бұрын

    Well, this report is outdated. The queue has disappeared by the end of September. And most of them left Georgia already.

  • @drevil4454
    @drevil4454 Жыл бұрын

    I think the Georgians should block them from entering. Let them stay in Russia and fight for their freedom from dictatorship.

  • @saulshennan6825
    @saulshennan6825 Жыл бұрын

    "Yay Putin! Yay for Putin's war! Ya-- wait, what? We have to go fight Putin's war? Outties, later!"

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    You're so stupid. No one was cheering Putin's war. They just were lied to and had no choice. Now when the young men do leave to avoid murdering innocent people, you criticize them for that, too. Pathetic.

  • @batterycock
    @batterycock Жыл бұрын

    Imagine these people had as much determination to eject their "leader" as they do to flee.

  • @zeffe0528

    @zeffe0528

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dps2646 yes they have done it before, with not as much weapons as they can now.

  • @erynn9968

    @erynn9968

    Жыл бұрын

    I imagine they all would be dead, shot out from a couple of tanks left in Moscow specifically for the occasion. See, you severely lack imagination.

  • @batterycock

    @batterycock

    Жыл бұрын

    @@erynn9968 I guess your back hurts from all the bowing you do.

  • @erynn9968

    @erynn9968

    Жыл бұрын

    @@batterycock no my back is ok, why would you think so?

  • @misutatomasu

    @misutatomasu

    Жыл бұрын

    they don't want to "eject" their leader because they are in full agreement with him, they just don't want to fight the war themselves. Many occasions here where they openly express their hatred towards Ukrainians.

  • @alena.709
    @alena.709 Жыл бұрын

    Many of them are not against the war. They don't want to fight themselves. Another people can fight, they will applaud.

  • @jimjonsen1591

    @jimjonsen1591

    Жыл бұрын

    1000000% TRUE ask them does Crimea legally belong to Ukraine and then see what they say !!

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043
    @thomaschristopherwhite9043 Жыл бұрын

    Now those grown men will know what thousands of women and children felt.

  • @lucius8686

    @lucius8686

    Жыл бұрын

    Not all are grown men though, some are like 17-22

  • @godsmacked1000

    @godsmacked1000

    Жыл бұрын

    Not even close.

  • @russianvoodoo

    @russianvoodoo

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, thanks buddy. Because guilt is therapeutic and solves all the problems in this world. Thanks for reminding all these people to turn on their empathy switches.

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    Жыл бұрын

    @@russianvoodoo Yeah no problem man. It's what I do. I'm gift from god.

  • @zeffe0528

    @zeffe0528

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lucius8686 tell that to the Russian father that fights for Ukraine and that did lose his two sons, also fighting for Ukraine. One was 21, the other just 24. That family moved to Ukraine 2014 when Ruzzia did start to occupy parts of Ukraine. They couldn't stay in Ruzzia then. But instead of flee like rats they moved to the state being attacked. Stop feel sorry for the wrong people.

  • @JuiceMyRandomness
    @JuiceMyRandomness Жыл бұрын

    I wonder how the Georgia people feel about all of these Russian people coming to the country.

  • @bluecheese20401
    @bluecheese20401 Жыл бұрын

    The loss of the educated middle class will likely have a huge impact on russiA in the medium term

  • @amandacolla5544
    @amandacolla5544 Жыл бұрын

    Santa Claus never have problems in their land

  • @Thadnill
    @Thadnill Жыл бұрын

    As an engineering student i find that 4 hours of sleep sounds lovely

  • @cameron6770

    @cameron6770

    Жыл бұрын

    Automate it, medude!

  • @hughjaanus6680

    @hughjaanus6680

    Жыл бұрын

    There are many types of engineering. Mechanical, software, genetic, etc.

  • @Thadnill

    @Thadnill

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hughjaanus6680 thank you for the clarification. :)

  • @dzonikg

    @dzonikg

    Жыл бұрын

    When i was engineering student i tought that girls dont like me just becase then dont like engineering students. But after that when i look pictures how i looked back then ..always with luck off sleep ..how could they liked me

  • @fredriknilsson2105

    @fredriknilsson2105

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Thadnill as I understood it he had 4 hours of sleep for the past 60 hours, as a student, you get more than that.

  • @chesterrory
    @chesterrory Жыл бұрын

    In this report, these men are pictured as victims, ppl who have been exiled or had to run to avoid taking part in the bloodshed. The Russo-Ukrainian war enters its 8th month, what did they do in the last 7? They did ignore as others were killed, stripped away from their family, or left as orphans. As the last sentences of this video said, these ppl were just fine with this war so far, they were okay with it, as long as others were doing the killing and being killed. Isn't it ironic when the time arrived to get their hands dirty suddenly their sense of justice collectively awakened, and fled their country? I understand there is no way to oppose Putin, but if hundreds of thousands were left Russia as a sign of protest in March might be this whole conflict would look differently. I am not entirely sure the same ppl who leaving now would not cheer, and line up for service if the mighty RF would be on the winning side.

  • @xxxanonymusx

    @xxxanonymusx

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly my thoughts. Russians need to stand up for themselves and for the better world as we in Poland did many times.

  • @jazz5119

    @jazz5119

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes much agreed, women were raped , homes were bombed many pets were were killed and had to be left by their owners , children were killed , families were destroyed . Exactly my thoughts.

  • @yurikozhokin8348

    @yurikozhokin8348

    Жыл бұрын

    What did you personally do in the last 8 months to fight Putin? Nothing? Then shut it.

  • @matteofazio7845

    @matteofazio7845

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xxxanonymusx exactly what Africans and middle East illegals should do instead of living on the euorpean welfare

  • @mariyapolenovskaya3847

    @mariyapolenovskaya3847

    Жыл бұрын

    You are 100% right

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын

    Russian man fleeing mobilization: _"Main thing is we don't have to kill anybody."_ _IF_ being mobilized and 5 days later on the front line without training, equipment or surplies, sleeping in the snow - would this man survive long enough to kill anybody? I guess he should rather say: _"Now I won't have to be killed by anybody."_

  • @elkudos6262
    @elkudos6262 Жыл бұрын

    3:51 400k people is nothing next to, say, 5 million of men (and women). And with overwhelming numbers it's even easier to achieve local numerical advantage.

  • @HuatulcoGuy
    @HuatulcoGuy Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the American men who fled to Canada during the war in Vietnam.

  • @Silverback0687

    @Silverback0687

    Жыл бұрын

    Difference being the US wouldn't invade to 'protect' its citizens as Putin would if there are enough numbers.

  • @msemakweli133
    @msemakweli133 Жыл бұрын

    Russia's neighbors must never forget. Any concentrated settlement of Russians anywhere marks that area as a future territory of the Russian mainland.

  • @robinlillian9471

    @robinlillian9471

    Жыл бұрын

    Georgia was already part of the USSR. Putin has as much claim to Ukraine as to Georgia--none. With what army is he going to invade Georgia when he's lost most of it in Ukraine? Other countries already have most of the Russian men he wanted to turn into soldiers.

  • @angelachanelhuang1651

    @angelachanelhuang1651

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather married a lovely Russian lady

  • @kauzinoah3072
    @kauzinoah3072 Жыл бұрын

    This was very clear from the beginning. Some Russian natives were interviewed and asked if they supported putin for having invaded Ukraine, the answer was 'no! those are our brothers'

  • @jeffsutton1674
    @jeffsutton1674 Жыл бұрын

    great reporting. Tough spot georgia... hang in there mates...

  • @krizzyDeleon1850
    @krizzyDeleon1850 Жыл бұрын

    I am from the Philippines. We once governed by a dictator for 20 years. Last 1986, Filipinos ousted successfully the dictator, thru Edsa People Power Revolution, which we celebrated yearly. Together we made our voices heard and gained freedom from the oppressive military gov't. If Filipinos can do it why not others.

  • @almaddow3229

    @almaddow3229

    Жыл бұрын

    And now you have the son of that dictator in power! LOL so damn 🤣

  • @rejika22

    @rejika22

    Жыл бұрын

    But we've elected back the dictator's son into power. We are currently battling an economic crisis but where is the president? Partying at who knows where. He doesn't give an iota of compassion towards ordinary citizens like you and me. Yes, we deserve the government that we elected.

  • @84jordie

    @84jordie

    Жыл бұрын

    Well 20 years Dictatorship vs almost 100 years Dictatorship/Oligarchy to ingrain this system within their citizens is a lot different.

  • @SantomPh

    @SantomPh

    Жыл бұрын

    And then you elected his son. You hate yourselves

  • @alistair.mcallister8630

    @alistair.mcallister8630

    Жыл бұрын

    Last time I checked, you guys overwhelmingly voted the said dictator's son as president. So...

  • @zozahmessi9251
    @zozahmessi9251 Жыл бұрын

    What a difficult situation for Georgian citizens! Their safety is at risk but as a human being, I feel sorry for the Russians who need to flee from their country just because their leader is sick, mad, and greedy. I pray for global peace 🙏

  • @alwayslearning7672
    @alwayslearning7672 Жыл бұрын

    What will all these people do in Georgia?

  • @bak6i6
    @bak6i6 Жыл бұрын

    I thought they were all about that Z 😂 What happened? No more Z? 😂

  • @catalinacurio

    @catalinacurio

    Жыл бұрын

    Z is for skidz marks on their pants… 🇺🇦🌻🌻🌻🇮🇷

  • @ronanrogers4127

    @ronanrogers4127

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s because you’ve been consuming western MSM and therefore don’t know what’s really going on

  • @ltipst2962

    @ltipst2962

    Жыл бұрын

    Z represents Nazi. These are not Nazi these are no longer Putin's Russia. Think bigger.

  • @yotony0

    @yotony0

    Жыл бұрын

    Zee problem is they are losing

  • @everestshadow

    @everestshadow

    Жыл бұрын

    Z for thee not for me.

  • @rushelm8101
    @rushelm8101 Жыл бұрын

    These fleeing hoards may not "support the war", but they still don't really care about the loss of life in Ukraine, such is the Russian mindset. Remember Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 Australians, this is your war too! (lest we forget)

  • @yurikozhokin8348

    @yurikozhokin8348

    Жыл бұрын

    So average American ever cared about lives of nations they invaded? Stop bullshitting, ok?

  • @zambimaru
    @zambimaru Жыл бұрын

    Be careful, Georgia. I think Salome is pretty spot on.