Meanwhile, China and other dictatorships is showing stuff like this to their citizens and saying: "See? This is what western liberal capitalist democracy really is - same colonialism as always".
Can we really say they are wrong in claiming that?
In China, the people see ONLY what their 'leaders' want them to see. Or hear, or read. For instance, information on the Tiananmen Square massacre is forbidden.
"War is a Racket," Gen Smedley Butler, USMC (Ret.). A book that explains everything about the empire. That empire is now so powerful that it can, and does, eliminate anything and anyone that gets in its way.
Thanks very much for this analysis. Kit Klarenberg and Alex Rubenstein have some lively reporting, discussions and analysis involving critiques of Western governments fomenting undue influence, changes of government and outright war as part of attempting to tackle Russia, or at least the Russian government: https://activemeasures.substack.com.
On one hand, this makes sense, since Russia strikes all over Ukraine, well beyond the eastern parts which have, or had, majority Russian populations and which were the subject of years of attacks by the Azov Brigade as part of the Ukrainian military.
On the other hand, this - and the specific support for the Azov Brigade, which, as Russia has repeatedly stated, has explicit Nazi ideologies - can only confirm the veracity of Russian's reasonable fears about the West, including especially the United States and the UK, encroaching militarily and politically upon its borders in ways which would never be accepted by any Western nation.
I am not defending Russia's invasion or Putin and all the corrupt mechanisms of the current Russian regime. Many Russians, including those who are running the country at present and who are driving the war against Ukraine, have reasonable concerns about anti-Russian (in terms of the whole country and culture, not just its current government) encroachment by nuclear-armed countries.
Also, in https://activemeasures.substack.com/p/whos-behind-the-color-revolution, we are told that there is one NGO for every 150 citizens: tens of thousands of NGOs, mostly driven by foreign funding. Assuming this is the case (I have no expertise an any of these matters) this represents a blatant attempt by Western governments to influence beliefs and actions of Georgians in order to change the country's government in ways which suit the particular Western governments and other organisations which want to press the country into service in their long-standing efforts to contain and/or change Russia.
"Let there be no doubt: what the GMF, NED and other organizations of their ilk are doing in Georgia today is a regime-change operation designed to topple the ruling Georgia Dream Party. It is a frontal assault on Georgian sovereignty, an insult to all Georgians, and a flagrant betrayal of the very principles of self-determination that underpin the global community in the era of the United Nations."
It is not unreasonable for those in the West to want Russians and the Russian government to be more conducive to Western values and practices (though these involve anti-democratic censorship and corruption at many levels). However, messing with countries like this, and opposing Georgian government attempts to get some kind of grip on this extreme level of foreign interference, exposes the worst elements of the way many Western countries are run and will reasonably alarm Russians and encourage them to defend their country, including by military force.
"He reiterated the EU’s call for the foreign agent bill to be dropped, and said he had been trying to warn Kobakhidze “not to enflame further the already fragile situation by adopting this law which could lead to further polarisation and to possible uncontrolled situations on the streets of Tbilisi.”
So let me clarify this. The EU guy denies that he threatened Georgia and then states the above? A clear threat of civil unrest becasue a country choses their own laws? How bold. How powerful must they feel. Very disturbing.
Meanwhile, China and other dictatorships is showing stuff like this to their citizens and saying: "See? This is what western liberal capitalist democracy really is - same colonialism as always".
Can we really say they are wrong in claiming that?
In China, the people see ONLY what their 'leaders' want them to see. Or hear, or read. For instance, information on the Tiananmen Square massacre is forbidden.
Scott Ritter wrote a very informative article on the situation https://open.substack.com/pub/scottritter/p/dancing-the-khorumi-on-rustaveli?r=qvw4p&utm_medium=ios
Quoting Scott Ritter is like broadcasting you’re a Russian troll.
The convicted paedophile is fully on board with Putler, so you can guarantee anything that the pervert Ritter says or writes is 100% lies.
“This law that points out we are controlling entities in your country will go really bad for you if you let it pass” hmm
Sounds to me that Varhelyi basically made a second threat.
Countries need to stay out of each other’s law-making. 😡
Leave Georgia alone.
Kinda looks that way, doesn’t it? Unification is accelerating in the global governance
"War is a Racket," Gen Smedley Butler, USMC (Ret.). A book that explains everything about the empire. That empire is now so powerful that it can, and does, eliminate anything and anyone that gets in its way.
The proposed transparency law should be passed in every country.
Thank you for this information. Hungary just passed a law exactly like this. Seems like many countries are acting in the same way again.
Thanks very much for this analysis. Kit Klarenberg and Alex Rubenstein have some lively reporting, discussions and analysis involving critiques of Western governments fomenting undue influence, changes of government and outright war as part of attempting to tackle Russia, or at least the Russian government: https://activemeasures.substack.com.
Their most recent article, a few hours ago: https://activemeasures.substack.com/p/exclusive-boris-johnson-praises-nazi, has a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6g7i-4wswk of a bellicose Boris Johnson addressing members of the avowedly neo-Nazi Azov Brigade. A reply comment by ActiveMeasures states that the video was recorded "last night, May 22, 2024". He exhorts Western governments to allow their weapons to be used by Ukraine to strike within Russia.
On one hand, this makes sense, since Russia strikes all over Ukraine, well beyond the eastern parts which have, or had, majority Russian populations and which were the subject of years of attacks by the Azov Brigade as part of the Ukrainian military.
On the other hand, this - and the specific support for the Azov Brigade, which, as Russia has repeatedly stated, has explicit Nazi ideologies - can only confirm the veracity of Russian's reasonable fears about the West, including especially the United States and the UK, encroaching militarily and politically upon its borders in ways which would never be accepted by any Western nation.
I am not defending Russia's invasion or Putin and all the corrupt mechanisms of the current Russian regime. Many Russians, including those who are running the country at present and who are driving the war against Ukraine, have reasonable concerns about anti-Russian (in terms of the whole country and culture, not just its current government) encroachment by nuclear-armed countries.
Boris Johnson is now widely regarded as having been instrumental in steering Ukraine away from peace negotiations in the first few months of the war: https://modernity.news/2024/02/10/boris-johnson-has-meltdown-after-being-exposed-for-sabotaging-ukraine-peace-deal/.
Also, in https://activemeasures.substack.com/p/whos-behind-the-color-revolution, we are told that there is one NGO for every 150 citizens: tens of thousands of NGOs, mostly driven by foreign funding. Assuming this is the case (I have no expertise an any of these matters) this represents a blatant attempt by Western governments to influence beliefs and actions of Georgians in order to change the country's government in ways which suit the particular Western governments and other organisations which want to press the country into service in their long-standing efforts to contain and/or change Russia.
Scott Ritter on these NGOs: https://scottritter.substack.com/p/dancing-the-khorumi-on-rustaveli. ". . . re almost exclusively the byproduct of the policies and monies of organizations like the German Marshall Fund . . ." and:
"Let there be no doubt: what the GMF, NED and other organizations of their ilk are doing in Georgia today is a regime-change operation designed to topple the ruling Georgia Dream Party. It is a frontal assault on Georgian sovereignty, an insult to all Georgians, and a flagrant betrayal of the very principles of self-determination that underpin the global community in the era of the United Nations."
It is not unreasonable for those in the West to want Russians and the Russian government to be more conducive to Western values and practices (though these involve anti-democratic censorship and corruption at many levels). However, messing with countries like this, and opposing Georgian government attempts to get some kind of grip on this extreme level of foreign interference, exposes the worst elements of the way many Western countries are run and will reasonably alarm Russians and encourage them to defend their country, including by military force.
"He reiterated the EU’s call for the foreign agent bill to be dropped, and said he had been trying to warn Kobakhidze “not to enflame further the already fragile situation by adopting this law which could lead to further polarisation and to possible uncontrolled situations on the streets of Tbilisi.”
So let me clarify this. The EU guy denies that he threatened Georgia and then states the above? A clear threat of civil unrest becasue a country choses their own laws? How bold. How powerful must they feel. Very disturbing.
Well, they have shown us they can blow up the pipeline. There is no stopping them from getting what they want.
“Another US proxy war in the making?”
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And featuring a Salome and a Hercules too!
Who’s gonna show up next?
Thanks for this report and again, for the one about Robert Fico.