abkhazia and south ossetia in the east. russia decided to recognize each of those places as their own count country. you don t become your own country by saying that you are. ask taiwan. if you want to be your own country, other countries have to see you that way as well. that s why taiwan was will to pay vanuatu and why russia has the same problem when it comes to these two countries it wanted to create inside georgia. russia wanted to create these two countries so russia recognized them. then they said, okay, south ossetia, you recognize abkhazia. abkhazia, you recognize ossetia. somebody call vanuatu. it was 2011 by the time russia was shopping around the world for microcountries it might be able to persuade to recognize the two fake new countries it had invented inside georgia. vanuatu for a while was happy to go along with the russians plan. we don t know what russia
they re open to almost anything for a price. for example, the ongoing and very tense standoff between china and taiwan. taiwan in some ways wanting to be an independent nation. china insisting taiwan will never be independent, it will always be part of china. in 2004, vanuatu decided they were going to recognize the independent nation of taiwan. opened up diplomatic relations with the capital, it taipei. china, of course, was furious. taiwan reportedly paid vanuatu $30 million for that recognition. and it s no small thing to make china, all of places, mad at you. you know what, $30 million is $30 million. if you re the kind of country that cycles through prime ministers every few hours, that gives you a way to unburn your bridges in cases like this. yeah, vanuatu made china mad at them, but when the prime minister who made that decision got thrown out of office, just a month later vanuatu reversed the policy, making up with china,
russia decided to recognize each of those places as their own country. you don t become your own country by saying that you are. ask taiwan. if you want to be your own country, other countries have to see you that way as well. that s why taiwan was will to pay vanuatu and why russia has the same problem when it comes to these two countries it wanted to create inside georgia. russia wanted to create these two countries so russia recognized them. then they said, okay, south ossetia, you recognize abkhazia. abkhazia, you recognize ossetia. somebody call vanuatu. it was 2011 by the time russia was shopping around the world for micro countries it might be able to persuade to recognize the two fake new countries it had invented inside georgia. vanuatu for a while was happy to go along with the russians plan. we don t know what russia
hopefully pocketing the old hard taiwanese cash. whatever you think of a country diplomatically prostituting itself like this, it s one way to make money and opportunities like this arise from time to time. four years after the china/taiwan deal, cha-ching, russia was trying to create two new countries inside the nation of georgia. you ll remember that vladimir putin in 2008 invaded georgia. russia and georgia went to war for about a week. there are pro-russia local governments in these two places inside georgia in abkhazia and south ossetia in the east. russia decided to recognize each of those places as their own country. you don t become your own country by saying that you are. ask taiwan. if you want to be your own country, other countries have to see you that way as well. that s why taiwan was will to pay vanuatu and why russia has the same problem when it comes to these two countries it wanted to create inside georgia.
is essentially decided to market their diplomatic relations to whoever wants to pay for them. what are the things an actual country can do that nobody else can do is have international relations. sounds dirty and it sometimes is. if you would like to have international relations of some kind with vanuatu, open your checkbook and swivel your wrist. they re open to almost anything for a price. for example, the ongoing and very tense standoff between china and taiwan. taiwan in some ways wanting to be an independent nation. china insisting taiwan will never be independent, it will always be part of china. in 2004, vanuatu decided they were going to recognize the independent nation of taiwan. opened up diplomatic relations with the capital, it taipei. china, of course, was furious. taiwan reportedly paid vanuatu $30 million for that recognition. and it s no small thing to make