South Caucasus and the New Geopolitical Landscape In 2025, the South Caucasus finds itself in a reshaped geopolitical landscape: Georgia, once a key strategic partner of the West in the post-Soviet period, has moved away from Western alignment under the "Georgian Dream", gravitating instead towards Russia and China.

4 days ago · Public Defender Levan Ioseliani has condemned the police violence that took place during a protest near Tbilisi Mall on February 2. Video footage has surfaced showing excessive force against citizens, journalists, and opposition leaders, including the arrests of …

2 days ago · Friends of Georgia, a group consisting of multiple Western politicians and researchers, is calling for the immediate release of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli and 52 other journalists, along with many political prisoners currently jailed in Georgia, amid what they describe as an ongoing crackdown on democracy, human rights, and Georgia's Euro-Atlantic future, which has been ongoing for 69 days and ...

1 day ago · Following the Georgian Dream's (GD) decision to revoke the mandates of 49 opposition MPs, three GD lawmakers: Ilia Injia, Varlam Liparteliani, and Nika Elisashvili, announced they were leaving GD to form a new opposition group called the European Socialists.

1 day ago · Georgian Dream party leader Mamuka Mdinaradze announced a series of restrictive laws aimed at tightening control over civil society organizations (CSOs), media, drug policy, juvenile justice, and migration. The laws are expected to pass within the next two months by Georgia's one-party parliament ...

1 day ago · On February 5, following a meeting with EU ambassadors and four opposition political parties, President Salome Zourabichvili declared that the political situation in Georgia had reached a breaking point. In her statement, Zourabichvili emphasized that …

2 days ago · Konstantin Kosachev, Deputy Speaker of the Federal Council of Russian Federation has expressed support for the Georgian Dream (GD) party's decision to recall its delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), saying it …

Dec 9, 2024 · On December 7, Georgian Public Defender Levan Ioseliani condemned violent attacks carried out by groups of alleged Titushky - unofficial enforcers often associated with suppressing protests - against demonstrators and journalists near Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.

The head of Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Tamar Zhvania resigned on Wednesday, citing that her resignation would “allow political parties to elect a CEC chairperson based on the updated Election Code.”

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