The Woman who Robbed $1 BILLION (and almost got away)
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- The Most Hated Woman in Uzbekistan
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Who is the Princess of Uzbekistan, really? I spent a few weeks talking to experts and scouring the internet to get a better understanding of who she is, what she’s done, and what exactly makes her one of the most hated women in Uzbekistan.
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
0:00 Intro
3:31 Who is She?
6:51 Uzbekistan?
10:36 Who is She Really?
14:15 She’s Gone Too Far
23:25 Downfall
25:55 House Arrest
29:02 Conclusion
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"You mind if I clean up behind me"
*cuts to johnny*
*complete disarray behind him*
lmaooooo this is too true
@@johnnyharris pls make a video about Armenia Azerbaijan NK conflict
@@johnnyharris
@@johnnyharris So this person asked you if she could take some time to tidy up because she didn’t want her untidy room to appear in your video. You decide to ignore her request and put that part in the video too. Kinda disrespectful.
@@VuotoPneumaNN anything can be disrespectful… particularly when one is narcissistic. Alternatively, however, one could always decide to be less stiff about every little thing.
As a guy from Uzbekistan all you you have said are actually true. However you missed worst parts of the story. She tried sell our gold, but plane carrying the gold bars were plundered by Putin's regime when the flew through Russia. Overall damage of Gulnara to our country to be estimated 15$ billion not 842 millions. Imagine those amount of money was distributed to ordinary people. She was a really insatiable beast. I can't imagine her being our leader. I think it would be interesting if you make a video about his father.
don't imagine what could never happen - money would never be distributed to Ordinary People
@@georgharutunian9258 That's true in the literal sense of handing over cash to citizens, but on a larger scale the idea of money being "distributed" to ordinary people comes primarily in the form of infrastructure - road and rail networks, public schools and hospitals, that kind of thing. That type of "distribution" can and often does happen, even in dictatorial regimes, because supporting the workforce typically means a stronger nation overall.
So it mostly comes down to any particular dictator's priorities. If their main goal is to enrich themselves, then yeah there will be little to no distribution of wealth in any form. However if their goal is to increase their political power (especially with respect to other nations), investing in their country is (usually) super helpful.
This girl's goals were obviously the former - enriching herself. That makes sense as she wasn't head of state anyway so increasing the power of the state doesn't benefit her all that much (it would benefit daddy instead).
Of course that's the problem with dictators in general. In theory a "perfect" dictator is the ideal form of government as they can get things done immediately and don't have to compromise integrity in order to win opposition votes. Obviously in reality that theory falls apart very quickly - nobody is perfect regardless of their wealth and power, and certainly nobody lives forever. Even the best "benevolent dictators" fall eventually, whether to age or corruption, and then all bets are off for the future of their nation. And few are anywhere close to benevolent in the first place.
Plot twist : his father
@@georgharutunian9258 So should I explain the UAE to you or...
I’m unsubscribing from JH’s channel. This video it's like someone getting into a rabbit hole in a POV recording his thoughts but can't deliver a clear message after 30 min, do you want to say “What the fruit* is Uzbekistan?”? In addition to several random screen recordings of Google search, Google Maps, and Gmail copy and paste, After Effects screen recordings? I mean we already know that you know how to do research and book Zoom meetings. Read the comments of your audience, carefully, I don't want to go deeper in this comment and I don't know what is happening in your life, Johnny, but I hope you can go through it. We're living on unprecedented times, take a break if you needed, your fans will support you and you'll be a good example for your community that taking a pause is needed.
I used to enjoy your videos, they used to be interesting and captivating but I see how the quality of the narrative has decreased into a “style” to become considered to fall into clickbait. Objectively speaking it's your channel and you can do whatever you want, but your voice does have an impact on audience perspectives, I don't see a clear vision of the message on your videos or a clear purpose to keep watching your videos.
I'm a TH-camr from Uzbekistan. Johnny, thank you for this well-researched episode. This truly delves into the darkest side of our recent history and the greatest robbery ever to happen to Uzbekistan. I was aware of all this corruption, but I was amazed at how openly she used to write about everything on Twitter. That's insane! 🤯
What do you think about today's robbery by governors, relatives of president, and his daughters
Lets do this bro
So bro hali ketmagan demak😀
Bilardim subyektiv senzuraga kirib ketmaganini 😊. Omad
Assalamu Alaykum, jamiyatimiz ichida shu Gulnora Karimovani yonini oladigan odamlar borligiga xayron qolaman....
As a citizen of Uzbekistan, I can tell you that the saddest part is that people are not aware of these things. Media doesn't dare to touch this topic. People are brainwashed by propaganda and still think that she is a hero and feel sorry for her spending her time in prison. Our people are waking up eventually. Thank you for your effort and attention!
All Turkic countries follow a similar pattern of dictators, corruption, media control and propaganda brainwashed people, like, without exception.
Is she still in prison?
@@KhanKhan-kz3vm No, he died in 2016 shortly after the death of his father.
This reminds me of something
Please lower the cuts! I can't focus on the contents anymore. I'm just seeing some shots and listening to some voices
😂
Well pay attention to the voices and the visuals and you might learn something. I thought it was cool AF. I actually was an overwhelming volume of information and it was cool to see the information falling together in a way that you could see how overwhelming it was. I loved t.
I actually really enjoyed it, and I normally hate stuff like shorts and tiktok primarily because of the fast cuts. It felt like watching a Darren Aronofsky x Johnny Harris documentary.
This felt like a 30-minute tiktok, so much going on, so much sounds effects and vfx.
And? It’s called embellishment. It’s entertaining and engaging.
@@28th_St_Air And it distracted me from the narration and the point of the video
I felt a bit tired too
Agreed, I found it a bit nauseating how much it hopped around and all the tiny clips of google searches.. just unnecessary for the context of the video. I love Johnnys videos but this one was a bit overtop on the editing IMO
This was indeed a bit over edited.
To the point where I was more listening than watching.
Keyboard click sounds are an not embellishment 🤣
As a follower from Uzbekistan who never skips any of your videos, I'd never expected to see you doing video about the hugest thief of Uzbekistan. Wow!
Hugest thief? Lol
As if what’s going on right now is not a theft. I’d say current government is no less atrocious than the previous one!
What about CCP Olympics Swimming Scandal ❓❓❓❓
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Manam
Thief is a small word, tortured people to death.
Maybe even thousands of times, thief is a small word.
I recall myself as a young boy, around the age of 14 or 15, picking cotton in the fields instead of attending my school. Meanwhile, Gulnara was walking confidently down international catwalks, promoting her clothing brand, which was built on the hardships endured by children like me.
For me, it was a really good time to spend with friends. But now I think it was kinda cruel.
English is not my first language, and even though I have a high level of proficiency in English, this was still difficult to follow. I can see that you were taking us through your own mental workflow, and I really appreciate the artistic aspect of this editing. However, please keep in mind that you have people watching from all over the world, and with this type of editing, we can easily lose track of the story while trying to keep up with the noises, movement, voices overlapping other voices, and the fast pace...
Since this is my first comment here, I just wanted to add that your work is impeccable and truly inspiring! I'm looking forward to seeing your next videos.
English is my first language and even I had a hard time following, it was really all over the place.
It's not just you, English is my native language and this video did have a lot of visual information in it which could make it hard to follow.
the whole video feels like intro, too chaotic
well said
Yeah. I was interested in the story but I gave up around the middle of the video.
Nailed it. Didn't care for how this was put together.
Agree with this. The editing is distracting.
As his work space...
Some of the "dramatic editing" is too over the top and really distasteful. It's like watching indian soap opera but for mini-documents.
I agree
Nah, It was engaging, May be you got a bad taste in editing
This is intended as constructive feedback and not a criticism of your work, but I found this video to be excessively chaotic. The combination of keyboard sounds, multiple voiceovers overlapping, water spilling, eating sounds, and drinking/slurping didn't seem to fit well in a documentary-style format. It felt more suitable for a fast-paced TikTok video. However, I did appreciate the detailed information provided and the parts of the video that were less chaotic worked quite effectively. The content and story were very interesting as well.
The edit on this one was all over the place, it felt so much more chaotic. A LOT of keyboard and mouse noices. It distracted me from the story. Either way keep the good work you guys are great
yes was going to say the same its an interesting style but I think overdone here
Thanks for the feedback. I was trying to capture the chaotic immersive research process totally understand that that’s not your cup of tea.
@@johnnyharrislol you’ve got it the point in society where they have added so much SFX for the zoomers that natural sounds are off putting for people, lol.
@@johnnyharris I loved the editing of you doing the research. It showed off the dedication of your research.
Ok so I wasn't the only one feeling this way. Just felt a bit off I couldn't follow it. Won't be a negative though as this channel produces a lot of good work.
When she screams for her father, you can tell by her tone she knows she's about to have a *really* rough time in prison.
prob ded already
She fled the country
screaming the name of the man who ruined her. How ? By raising her like that. Such poetic irony.
Hey Johnny: I generally like the super-informal studio scene, but you overdid it this time. The editing is atrocious, unfortunately. Very, very distracting.
I couldn't watch this video for more than 5 minutes for this reason, shame really.
yeah, it needs to be a little bit more simple
F* All 3 of you people, I loved it, I thought the editing style was a unique and cool AF way to tell a story. You can literally see the information being dug up and falling into place to visually and audibly tell a story in a way that allows the viewer to see the information fall into place.
@@ElvenJustice You have sophisticated public manners. A man of class clearly.
Wow look at u, using the f word to make it really clear u disagree w ppls opinion. Maybe one day u might grow up to not have to use any foul language. Oh just kidding that wont happen, silly me 😁@ElvenJustice
Something about the editing made this difficult to watch.
If you had a "How to spot a narcissist" checklist she would tick all the boxes
Johnny should test himself
@@eXislander ...then what ! tone himself down.. maybe narcissistic tendencies are the New W🌐rld No®mal™
@@eXislander It's like he went from making videos about interesting topics, to videos about *him* making videos.
@@vitoc8454 so true
Johnny too
As an Uzbek I can confidently say that she sold all artifacts and museum pieces from my country to private collections
The best thing about this video was you showing how you approach a story, great video johnny ...liked it
Okay on my part found the editing really engaging and really loved this video Johnny!!
This felt like a fever dream instead of a independent documentary/journalism.
needlessly long too
@@SheriffYetiit’s 29 minutes!! I was expecting way more tbh. Both your comments (Anthill) are bizarre. How was this not like a documentary & then it being too long ? Like, what’s wrong with yall? 😂
Yeah those music videos were wild
@@SheriffYeti Too much information for you to absorb in 30 min, bro? There's medication that can help with that.
@@shadelings There isn't a lot of info in 30 minutes, that's the problem. Johnny's stretching this video to talk more about his personal discovery of the story, rather than telling everyone about the actual story.
Anybody else felt the weird editing distracting from the story compared to his over videos? I found this story interesting and then it would weirdly cut someone talking with clicking and keyboard typing that found ut hard to follow.
He is trying something new for sure, like you said the editing on this video was all over the place place, too distracting. Fast forwarded the video multiple times and at the end I felt confused trying to understand the subjects story. But hey, Johnny wanted to do something different
@@DanielRoPhotos yeah, I did a lot of 10 sec jumps. I got a chaotic vibe which may have been the intent but it may have been not the right story to do it with
appreciate the feedback, we're always looking to expand our work and formats and the team really did an amazing job with this, but totally understand if it isn't your thing
@@johnnyharris oh my gosh, didn’t expect a reply. And I want to say I am a fan of your channel and your content. So I’m saying this as someone who just found the editing to be distracting. I hope it didn’t come off as lecturing from someone who knows nothing about your team’s creative process/editing expertise.
Riveting, Johnny, but you’re aging yourself with that dark view of the world.❤
Your videos are insanely well done. I can only imagine how much work goes into them.
Her biggest mistake was staying in Uzbekistan after she knew that the security services turned on her. I hope her kids are safe, at least.
As an Uzbek, I find this documentary simply astonishing! Props to Johnny for bringing up such an intriguing topic concerning Uzbekistan. He never fails to surprise me with the diversity and unpredictability of his content. I'm impressed by how accurate the details of this documentary are. As someone who lived there throughout that period and heard dozens of stories, I'd add that it wasn't just millions but billions stolen. It’s just a matter of time until she and people such her get fully exposed. People were also fleeing the country due to the horrific dictatorship. As of today, I would not say a lot has changed. There's another corrupt government in power with its family practically doing the same, if not worse.
This is meant as constructive criticism and not a dig at you but this video was far to chaotic. Keyboard sounds, 6-8 different vo over top of each other, water spilling, eating food, and drinking/slurping. It just doesn’t fit in a documentary style format. If it was a TikTok video with a subway surfers and gta on top of it I would understand. I do like the details you went into on everything and the parts that weren’t chaos really worked well.
I think it works perfectly, it's a reflection of the absolute chaos she unleashed
@@iulianhodorog9979years and years condensed into 30 minutes is not doctor approved.
@@iulianhodorog9979 More like a reflection of the overly chaotic editing, because it is. The subject is no more chaotic than others, rather than talk about the point he spent half the video overdramatizing him talking about himself researching the video as if it's some theatrical compilation. There's no rhyme or reason to the chaos, that's why it's off-putting. You can disagree, but there's very valid reasons why a large portion of viewers disliked the editing in this one.
I know some people are not happy with this editing style but it’s very interesting to see the workflow, please keep up
I really enjoyed how different this video was from your other ones. It gave a glimpse into how you do your research and process the information as you uncover it. Very well done (as usual ❤).
It's stated that in 2019, she was taken to prison for violating her terms of house arrest, then received an additional 13-year sentence after being found guilty of extortion, money laundering, and other crimes. Her daddy died in 2016.
Daddy Issues 🗯️💭🗨️
What happened to the rest of her family????
I suspect she is more of a political prisoner in the same way she was a political "celebrity" while her dad was alive.
@@Haskellerz Well since she was talking about her mother and siblings being witches and against her, I guess they were on the safe side.
@@Haskellerz her son was studying in London 10 years ago or so
I was a student when I met her in a concert. She seemed so glamorous with elegant clothes. Actually, she was revered by many people in my country. She stole literally every business in my country back then.
Hello Johnny. You are a LEGEND
I love these new style videos where we get to see more behind the scenes of the video making process. You will always be one of my favourite TH-camrs Johnny. Thanks for everything you do
Lesson 1 “ do not ever mess with the rich or the powerful “
Lesson 2 “never forget lesson 1”
Johnny dropping water on keyboard is the most Johnny thing ever
lol...yeah
@@johnnyharris Draw red lines for apartheid Israel, NOT college students in America 🇵🇸
@@MansaMusa_ll_of_Timbuktu palestine aint real and will never be
@@miliba yeah that’s why they have observer status at the UN and are fighting for statehood. Also why 34,262+ are gone. What do you call them? “Ayerabs”, “Musloms”, “them people”, “3/5 of an Israeli”? They are Palestinians with a flag, cry about it 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@@MansaMusa_ll_of_Timbuktu those are confused arabs whose ancestors have colonized the Levant and wiped out the original cultures which inhabited that area. Now they can't fathom the idea of some jews living there, as was originally
Judging from how chaotic the Video was, I feel like there’s a lot of detail and nuance that didn’t make it into the video.
Will there be a part 2 or a more extended version of this video? Would really appreciate that.
As always, this was a banger. Probably the best I’ve watched and as an aspiring video editor from Nigeria, I always find myself analyzing your videos to find what makes them soooo good
Hopefully, I’ll get it. Thank you
The editing was kind of weird. No need to see all the emails being sent and the lady fixing her seating and all the keyboard stuff is really annoying. But the story was important
Don't usually comment here, but wanted to say that while I don't like the somewhat "chaotic" editing at play in this video, I can definitely see the intent behind it in trying to capture the chaos of the situation in a visual stimulus. I think thats a very nice touch and wouldn't mind seeing more experimental edit types/them-syncs.
Enjoyed the content as always though. Keep up all you fine folks do!
Thanks for the feedback! very much appreciated
@@johnnyharris What about CCP Olympics Swimming Scandal ❓❓❓❓
Agreed, however music was a bit loud some of the time.
I am from uzbekistan, affect of corruption and fraud schemes almost killed the economy, it's just underestimated, people can do nothing but accept their fate
Your videos are always SO interesting. Not only the incredible in-depth research you do and the people you interview, but the filming and editing is incredible. Obsessed.
Oh my goodness! A hell lot of research. Loved all those small snippets of little things you were doing calling, sending mails to the people.
I didn’t expect googoosha here 😅
Heck yeah
The name googoosha sends shivers down my spine
@@AZIZBEKHABIBULLAYEV didn't expect you here too m8 big fan hope you doing good in Korea btw when's the new video?
Yeah bro our country is famous but not from good side. Foreigners know us only from this side Sardoba reservoir, Gogosha and other terrorist guys 😶😶
There's a cool song called 'Sorry Kid' by Ben Howard about this lady.
I was really distracted by this video. I couldn't tell if it was about the princess of Uzbekistan, or Johnny drinking tea, or subconscious propaganda for fast food and paper waste.
This was awesome! So refreshing to see proper journalism & a window into the process in long form. Please please please never sell out or become co-opted Johnny. The bigger you get and the more stones you roll over and look what crawls out. The more people who don’t like real journalism will try cancel you
i've been seeing this video in my recommended for a while and to my shock it was from johnny?? the thumbnail made it feel so different
this is an extreme example of how a privileged background can effect somebody..
Not really. There is no control to compare against. The only thing this shows is that having wealth and power provides access and ability and well... that's so obvious its may as well be part of the definition of "wealth and power".
Her story says nothing about how ruthless and corrupt she may have been if her father was a goat herder instead of a dictator. There's plenty of ruthless poor people in the world - we just rarely hear about them because far fewer news stories (or TH-cam minidocs) are written when someone does $15,000 worth of damage to their local village as there is when they do $15billion damage to an entire nation.
she got an art degree
It's only an "extreme" example because she is one of the few you recognize as corrupt.
100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt.
Of course most of them are smarter and keep at least the blatant criminality on the other side of many firewalls and do a better job of disguising their empires behind "philanthropy".
@@justinkirschenman2232 > 100% of the billionaires of the world are at least as corrupt.
That's overly generalized. You certainly don't get to be a billionaire by being entirely above board, but to call them all just as corrupt as a woman who nearly took down her own country is perhaps a stretch. Certainly she's not the only one but "all" is still quite a large group of people and you're basing your argument on a sample size of one.
> disguising their empires behind "philanthropy".
The idea that philanthropy = tax write-off is mostly an American thing. Certainly other countries have philanthropy but its not treated as a tax haven anywhere close to the same way it is in the US. There's generally caps and other rules that prevent American-style abuse of the concept.
(Not that I'm intimately familiar with every country's tax code - I'm sure there's some surprises here and there outside of the US. Rich people have always been very good at finding ways to avoid contributing to the society that made them rich in the first place.)
That said, I can guarantee you Uzbekistan isn't taxing their dictator or his family anywhere close to enough to warrant the need for a tax write-off in the first place.
BS
I'm living in Uzbekistan now, and heard rumors about her story. Thanks for covering a story from such an obscure part of the world!
Slava TSMC 🇹🇼
I personally dont like the "im doing research and clicking things" style.
Johnny the joke thinks he is a journalist researcher
What a mess of video edit. It's like watching a confused person go through dementia
thanks for the feedback!
That's what I was thinking. The whole video had a kind of performative amateurism to it. In my view, as long as their team is doing real journalism they don't need to excuse their budget. I don't care if you have your mic onscreen. Just cover real topics with real research because that's badly needed in this time.
@@johnnyharrisI like it a lot. Shows you don’t have someone do 99% of your work then take all the credit like most.
Appreciate your journalism Johny.
Your videos are getting better by the day.
If i learned one thing from this video is that rich foreigners should not be allowed to buy property in other countries, it's clearly a form of money laundering.
She even stole her stage name. Googoosh is a very beloved Iranian singer.
Wow 😢
I noticed that! I was like, "hey, wait - there's already Googoosh!" I've known her music for a long time. Lol. The Uzbek Trump.
I heard that’s what her grandmother used to call her - Googoosha. Her family was from Samarkand, so maybe it’s a word in Tajik/Persian.
@@seanst8855 It's possible. Googoosh is a Turkish word for a kind of cuckoo bird and Turk people are spread throughout west and middle Asia.
Bro hits that keyboard with the hate of all of his ancestors
Welcome to the Central Asia.
Johny thanks for the video, I enjoyed it, I had a basic idea of what she did back then. I also think you can find many stories like this about all the Central Asian countries. Please do it.
Wow. That's some epic corruption. She must have just gotten too greedy for her fellow corruptees.
Even too greedy for her own father.
Exactly, she was beating them at their own game. So they squashed her.
@@mariaangelova8275"beating them" corruption isn't some competition, it's like a ponzischeme with the leader on top and the people at the bottom. And sometimes the people right under the leader get replaced by the (new) leader. She didn't squash anybody, she became irrelevant and a risk instead of an asset probably like always. The fact they made her the face of Uzbekistan shows that she was a small PR leech, the real winners are the ones you don't know.
@@houseplant1016so in other words she beat them. You are what’s wrong with modern internet commenters. Always trying to argue some bs
@@user-nw1wc1jo4l So being in prison and getting your own father to betray and disown you, is "beating them"? My houseplant iq detector is going off. So for you, Prigozin has also won? Ah no according to your logics, he is in the last level and won the endgame.
now the real questions, is the keyboard still working?
for now, but only time will tell
@@johnnyharris I mean this in the nicest way possible JH - I hope the keyboard breaks and forces you to look at other options (hopefully NOT a direct replacement of that same terrible keyboard)! There are so many better options out there. Pre-built keyboards to complete custom keyboards that are tuned to your liking, and aesthetic preferences, etc. A good place to see some quick examples of what I am talking about is on the r/CustomKeyboards subreddit. Think about how much you use a keyboard in your daily life - its worth checking out some better options, it certainly makes a difference. If you go down that path though, I would also recommend having a side table or something OFF the desk to put your drinks on :)
@@ob1_kb exactly what I thought. I was kind of hoping it would break, no one deserves that thing. They charge a premium price for something objectively worse than the mediocre stuff out there.
By the way, great investigative work. Thank you.
✌️♥️☀️
You’re literally the only investigative journalist I watch you are so amazing at these deep dives. Excellent video as usual!
Boyboy & Channel 5 are top tier as well, check them out 🙏
“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others”.
The only guarantee of power is that one day you’re going to lose it. Power works until you use too much of it .... Every time you abuse power, you awaken people to the fact that you cant be trusted with power and thats when power changes hands.
King Charles III👑 : Another cup of tea 🍵☕ please ❓
Thank you johhny. I am so glad of this video. I am from uzbekistan. I support you. Please make more videos on uzbekistan. Thank you so much❤
This aspect ratio is literally perfect for my iPhone full screen and I love it. Please shoot all your videos in this aspect ratio!!
I'm from Uzbekistan. I'm 32. I grew up during her youth foundation.
It was interesting to see things from another perspective. After 2016, Uzbekistan changed dramatically. Now, we don't have the SNB.
Is the country better now? Human rights and opportunities to grow?
@@rolgolding Learn about the protest happened in 2022 with Karakalpakstan)
@@ladyup20what it has to do with Karakalpakistan?! You kazakhs love self esteem
@@Meem1. We are Karakalpaks, first of all. This person asked about human rights, so the situation I mentioned has so much to do with it).
@@rolgolding Yap, it did. Obviously there are still a lot to do, though. I don't think one can expect it to be paradise right away.
I have never ever thought that u will make video about someone from my country 🤯
But it is about Gogosha. Maybe it will be good for our tourism. If everyone know about Uzbekistan, they would interest it
@@Uchqunbekuz
Where is she now?
I am from Brazil and i hope someday i will be able to visit 🇺🇿, such an amazing country.
@@Uchqunbekuz how is telling whole world how bad and corrupt your country could be good for tourism?
@@aresnir2725exactly. This actually makes me not want to go there as the corruption seems rampant.
When you spilled the water on your keyboard😂 I totally can understand that bro, done that many times with many different liquids 😂
Keep up the good work, I normally don’t comment on videos but your work is really admirable and inspiring!
Johnny I'm huge fan of you. Never expected you to do content on this topic. Greetings from Uzbekistan
“A country most of us can’t place on map” lol most Americans can’t place their own country on a map
kinda true
Admittedly I had to look it up in the early 2000 went there for some work....
All maps are wrong 😂
@@andrewhobbs6962oooooooh, you went there 😅😅😅😅😅
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Hi Johnny ! wanted to tell you something I have been seeing in your videos lately, just as a random person that loves your videos.
In new videos it seems that we see more of "you doing the research" than the actual research (only in some parts of the videos obviously). not throwing hate at all just something I noticed and sometimes it feels that we are watching you go scroll websites and information instead of getting the actual information of the topic you are talking about.
love your videos! hope this feedback is taken in good faith
Love this editing style. It’s like Distracting but the distraction is the content so I’m not losing any info lol.
This story was insane. Only Johnny can make in-depth stories like this on TH-cam. Amazing job!
Currently she is in prison and current authority would not let her out. Cuz she knows too many info about current authority's crimes whether it's financial or other
I’m going to be honest: I loved this new style of editing. It isn’t for every video, that’s for sure, but when researching something people really don’t know about, it helps the viewer have that AHA moment with you
So sad. This “father, father” outcry was heartbreaking.
On another note - your storytelling is big screen worthy, Johnny. 🥇👌🔥
Great video, Johnny! This story really sheds some light on how things have been in the Central Asian countries, and there’s a lot of similarities to the Nazarbayev family in Kazakhstan; Dariga Nazarbayeva comes to mind first, as well as her late son Aisultan. Thanks for bringing attention to this topic ❤
I live in Uzbekistan we have another rising princess just like her i hope you will cover it in the upcoming future
Who
@@herogebrial sorry buddy i am still in Uzbekistan i dont want trouble
@@herogebrial you can have a “guess”
We all Uzbeks know that she carried out many bad things, but she helped a lot many poor people as well. AND SHE LOVES CHILDREN
Whatever she was "virus" Uzbekistan's budget
hey Johnny, creating the map animation but never actually playing is criminal offense!! kidding love the vid as always keep going!!
OMG Johnny made a video about someone from my country!!! Please make a video about events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, and about what happened in Karakalpakstan in 2022
Foreign supported guys tried to destroy order in the country.
Johnny you and your team are great for looking into stories from global regions that are often overlooked. I've been a fan for years for that very reason. Keep it up!
Thanks for taking the time to properly explain this. ❤
My first question when I see these powerful people fall is, who did they piss off?
Great job Johnny and the team. Hectic edit but experiments are how we refine. Looking forward to the next one! What a time to be alive
Such an interesting video and topic. Really like the end part with Natalia Antelava - need more journalists telling the facts straight away.
Waiting for your video about Ruja Ignatova.
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I love your videos so much! The editing is always so good
great video, great storytelling. I Love the editing format, showing the stuff on the screens, a voice in the near background reading the stuff as you're discovering it, like an avalanche of video and audio information filling in details as the narrator describes it. This is a cool form of editing and putting that story together. I'd like to see more Like this. I might try editing a documentary project using this style. Quite Unique and very cool.
5:37 The way Johnny looks like he needs a cauldron of miso to process that question.
HAHAHAH u get me
@@johnnyharris There’s a reason why I love tuning in
10 years in jail to 5 years in house arrest to 13 years in prison.
So she's finally going to jail for 13 years? 👏 👏 👏
@@herogebrial s💀... Uzbeki☠sentence 🪦basically
Loved the video! Very informative. Really like the style of this piece too, there's this david fincher vibe to it, really like the clicking and typing sound.
A president's son/daughter taking bribes because of their father's name?! That could NEVER happen in America!
And son in law
@@jamesboddington9565 Who's Biden's son in law?
@@dedgzus6808 Jared Kushner
Cant say what i do for a living but i had a contract with this beautiful woman from uzbekistan. She had an incredible amount of wealth for seemongly no reason. Her husband was buying cars like crazy and had a massive gambling issue. He had fled the country to dubai when the authorities came for him as he had done some sketchy things and racked up a considerable amount of debt. She had contacted us when this all went down to help cover up her tracks and involvement. When i had first met her i thought the wealth came from her husband. But it was all from her and he was just living the life with her money. She had made it seem like her husband was doing this behind her back and fled without speaking to her but i discovered after that she had set it all up. Tip him off to eacape the authorities but also i think she wanted him gone from her life. I wonder where shes at now and i feel like she may be connected to these people in some way.
johny can u do a documentry about algeria war
maybe I can
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I totally agree with him Johnny i really think u can do a great documentary about our country Algeria @@johnnyharris
@@johnnyharris si scherza 😄
Please this would be amazing
Johnny whispering "really quickly" in the background at 5:28 after he mentions Gulnara getting her PhD made me laugh for a solid minute.
Amazing video! I can definitely agree with some of the comments here though that the edit was a bit confusing, a lot of random tea (?) footage. I was distracted by the brewing process haha anyway I love your videos keep it up
Hey, awesome video! I love that you also included sources in the description, a lot of people don't do that and it's cool that you do
we're glad you appreciate it! the audience pushed for this and they were totally right to do so.
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Good research - thanks for your work on the story!
The content of this video was already so interesting but the editor turned it to next level.🙌
Loving the rebranding you're doing at the moment. A very cinematic aesthetic.
Feels like maybe you're practicing for a potential feature? 👀
As Uzbekistan🇺🇿 citizen i’m gonna say thank you for this video bro🔥🔥🙂😅
“Bro” 🤣
@@Matt_990 😅
As an uzbek, most sadly part is that many people from my country still regard her as a hero and patriotic. There are even a number of her fan pages on some social media platforms. The propaganda has had a significant impact on the people.
A few additional points on the Central Asian context:
- Re: the number of degrees she "earned" from universities in Uzbekistan, keep in mind that corruption is a systemic problem in Uzbekistan's higher education system, and that was even more so during the Karimov years. Degrees get awarded to prominent "students" who completed a fraction of the necessary coursework -- who maybe even only set foot on campus a handful of times, or not at all -- simply because they have the right connections, and those connections pressure the academic bureaucracy to sign off on the necessary paperwork. If you're a professor at a university in Uzbekistn, and the daughter of the President comes in to sit for the final exam, even if she turns in a blank sheet of paper, you're going to give her a passing mark, because you know what the secret police are going to do to you if you don't. It's best to think of those as more-or-less honorary degrees, not genuine certification of academic achievement.
- It's common for authoritarian leaders to give their immediate family members prominent positions within government. As an extreme example, Rustam Emomali, the son of Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon (who is just as bad, if not a worse dictator than Karimov was) currently serves as the mayor of the country's capital, Dushanbe, and as chairman of the rupper-stamp national senate. Quite a busy man. As a more reasonable example, Saida Mirziyoyeva, eldest daughter of Uzbekistan's current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (who by most assessments is still very much an authoritarian, but a marked improvement from his predecessor) is currently a senior advisor in the Presidential Administration and informally serves as a sort of cultural-ambassador-at-large, often representing Uzbekistan internationally. This gives them leadership experience, but more importantly, a public profile and an opportunity to build relationships with other elites.
- Inoyatov was widely considered the second-most powerful man in Uzbekistan, after only President Karimov himself, someone with an independent power base due to his control over the secret police. He is also identified by some analysts as the kingmaker who helped the current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, secure the top spot.
- The overall situation in Uzbekistan has improved quite a bit since the new president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, came to power at the end of 2016. The political situation has improved -- Uzbekistan's score on the Freedom in the World index has improved from 3/100 in 2017 to 12/100 in 2024. Notably, Mirziyoyev sidelined Inoyatov and eventually forced him out of government, though this was probably more about securing his own position than concern for human rights or anything. Mirziyoyev talks like a reformer and, to some extent, he walks the walk. Economic privatization and liberalization is one of the key points of his governing agenda, but this is somewhat limited, both by resistance from within the government and by external factors beyond his control. For example, the government has been incredibly keen to sell off several state-owned banks, but fear of sanction contagion after the increased sanctions against Russia has spooked potential international investors.
Uzbekistn really is a wonderul country. It has a rich, fascinating history, and some of the kindest people you'll ever meet. It's a shame that their fortunes are held back by people who abuse their power.
The edit on this was artistic AF. What do you call the filter that was used to simulate screen recordings? Nearly made me want to make videos. Keep up the good work.