The Invasion Russia Doesn’t Want You to Know About

The dangerous border nobody is talking about

Russia is occupying parts of Georgia, affecting the lives of the people who live there. This is their story.

Special thanks to: Sophiko Vasadze, Natalia Antelava, Masho Lomashvili, Nini , Ani Tavadze, Liza Zhvania, Dzerassa Sanakoeva, ZEG, and all the Georgians who shared with me.

-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
01:37 At The Fence
03:26 The Russian Outpost
04:47 The History
07:20 What was Lost
10:12 Government V. The People
25:41 Credits

About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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[jwatthebot]

I was in high school when they invaded, the news that "Russia invaded georgia" was especially scary for us who were ass at geography

[HamzaDesigns]

here before johnny changes the thumbnail 20 times.

[Dr.ZoidbergPhD]

"Why do you stay here?"
Bro shes like 80yrs old, what do you mean

[aziz.khayumov]

I am amazed how so many Georgians speak English so well. Greetings from Uzbekistan. 👋🏻

[redbark]

Being Russian neighbour must be one of the worst things that could have happened to you

[steam_bigh]

Forget to mention that a country cannot join NATO that has regional conflicts. That's why Russia has everywhere a foot in the door.

[kacperw]

Poland's Lech Kaczyński in August 2008 traveled to Tbilisi together with the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to show solidarity with Georgia in the face of Russia's invasion of that country, according to accounts by officials.

He said at the time: "Today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic states, and then, perhaps, the time will come for my country, Poland."

[GeoDubVoiceacting]

🇬🇪 As a Georgian i thank you for taking your time and creating this video if you are still in georgia i will be more than happy to help you out on your travels 🇬🇪

[hedemegmondom]

"More than 80% of Georgians want to join EU." ..You are more European than most of Europe.

[HZAres]

Georgia has the crusader flag, thats about as European as it can get

[blubb]

Just came back from Georgia (and Armenia) yesterday to my hometown Vienna, Austria, and saw Johnny Harris dropping this video today. Awesome. During the last 10 days, I have been traveling through the whole country and have seen people fighting so desperately for the liberties we in the West so often take for granted. My deepest respect for the bravery and the willingness of the Georgian people. Austria and Europe are with you❤🇦🇹🇪🇺

[RajiPilipia]

Thanks Johnny for shedding light on the occupation of Georgia.
As a Georgian, I really appreciate you bringing attention to this important issue.
🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[dmytrokolosovskyi]

As a Ukrainian, I regret that I did not pay enough attention during the occupation of Georgia. You have done an incredible job of telling the world about this period of history ✊. 

საქართველოს მშვიდობა და კეთილდღეობა 🇬🇪
Peace for all the world 🕊

[zurakiladze-zgmh]

As an Georgian first emotion “thank you “ seeing your favorite content creator making documentary about things that’s me as an 20s generation facing everyday . Thank you for telling everyone our story .

We are Georgia 🇬🇪, we are Europe 🇪🇺.

[raindance]

That amazing grandma protecting her home and land by staying there is a true hero <3

[Kokozaftran]

Either you fight for your freedom like Ukraine, or you become subjugated like Belarus.

Your choice, Georgia.

[Blex_]

Okay, memo to myself: Don't bother reading the comments in the first hour, it's so full with AI generated comments about some investment scam, so annoying 🙄

[yarkobroda]

This is Russia's MO, create frozen conflict until the world forgets and then it becomes the status quo. This was the goal in Moldova in 1992, in Ukraine in 2014 and its the MO in 2024. Frozen conflict gives Russia immense leverage. Moldova/Transdnistria was the dress rehearsal for Georgia.


But in other news, can confirm Georgia is an amazing place. Ancient culture, great wine (therefore great brandy), 1200 year old churches. Just beautiful.

[DanielsimsSteiner]

Got to spend some time in Georgia last year and the graffiti on the streets of Tbilisi definitely made their stance with Russia clear

[GenoBady]

One of the reasons we have the Ukraine war, is because we never stood up to Putin when he started acting like a modern day emperor. We allowed him to do as he pleased with places like Georgia. And when i say, "We" i mean the international community not just America.