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The Latest Breaking News from Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgia: The Possible Birthplace of Wine and Definite Birthplace of Stalin

If geography really is destiny, then the Georgian situation has understandably necessitated a stiff, perpetual drink.

Reason

Georgian opposition figure Giorgi Vashadze jailed in widening crackdown

The sentence sees most opposition leaders behind bars as the ruling Georgian Dream squeezes critics and rivals.

Al Jazeera

Court rules to arrest Georgian opposition leader as anti-government protests continue

A court in Georgia ordered opposition party leader Zurab Japaridze detained Thursday on charges of failing to appear before a parliamentary inquiry, prompting protests against the country’s ruling Georgian Dream party

The Independent UK

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First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame

Autocracy is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient.

The Conversation

Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's total prison time extends to over 12 years in new verdict

Saakashvili was found guilty of illegal border crossing and given a second prison sentence of four and a half years on Monday, in addition to his existing sentence on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement.

Euronews

Georgia court hands ex-President Saakashvili further 4.5 years in prison

Opposition forces claim that sentences reflect regime’s fear of the former pro-Western leader.

Al Jazeera

Georgia sentences imprisoned former president Saakashvili to a further 9 years behind bars

A court in Georgia has convicted imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili on embezzlement charges and handed him another prison term of nine years

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Georgia Court Extends Ex-president Saakashvili's Jail Term

A Georgia court on Wednesday sentenced pro-Western reformer ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison for misspending public funds, adding three years to the jail term he is currently serving.

International Business Times

Salome Zurabishvili: Defiant Champion Of Georgia's EU Dream

Salome Zurabishvili was a French diplomat before entering the turbulent politics of her ancestral homeland, where she was elected Georgia's first woman leader in 2018 and became the beacon of Tbilisi's EU aspirations.

International Business Times

Georgia's pro-EU opposition calls for mass protests over 'stolen' election

Georgia's pro-EU opposition has called for mass demonstrations, accusing the ruling party of 'stealing' this weekend's parliamentary election in what the country's president called a "Russian special operation".

Radio France Internationale

Georgia Braces For Protests After Contested Vote

Georgia braced for protests on Monday, after the pro-EU opposition called for mass demonstrations, accusing the ruling party of "stealing" this weekend's parliamentary election in what the Caucasus country's president called a "Russian special operation."

International Business Times

Georgia’s pro-EU opposition calls for protest over ‘rigged’ election result

Pro-western president Salome Zourabichvili claims country has fallen victim to ‘Russian special operation’

The Guardian - UK

A nation torn between Russia, the West: Your simple guide to Georgia’s vote

Experts say that Saturday’s elections will define where the Caucasus nation’s geopolitical future lies.

Al Jazeera

Watershed moment as Georgia goes to polls in tussle between Russia and west

Observers say country’s democratic future hanging in balance after Moscow-aligned ruling party’s threats to ban opposition

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Al Jazeera

Angered by Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law, young protesters try new tactic

Young demonstrators fight on ahead of October elections in a bid to exhaust the administration behind the measure.

The Guardian - UK

Former Georgian president had fair trial, Strasbourg judges rule

European court of human rights rejects appeals over Mikheil Saakashvili’s criminal cases heard in Georgian courts

International Business Times

Top Rights Court Rejects Former Georgia President's Case

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday rejected appeals of criminal convictions by Georgia's former president Mikheil Saakashvili, finding the trials in his home country had been fair.

The Conversation

Georgians rally against controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill – it’s the latest chapter in the country’s long history of political protest

Thousands of Georgians have flocked to the streets of Tbilisi, even in the pouring rain, in protest at the passing of a Russian-inspired law that brands overseas-funded NGOs as “foreign agents”. Those who oppose the bill say it could be used to curtail civil liberties.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Georgia is now governed by Russia’: how the dream of freedom unravelled

‘Foreign agents’ law just one of many moves made back towards Moscow while the west looked the other way

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole country will strike’: protesters vow to keep fighting Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill

As draft law described by the US as ‘Kremlin-inspired’ nears its final vote, opposition and youth groups say they will keep defending civil liberties

Al Jazeera

‘No to the Russian law!’ Georgia protesters demand a ‘European future’

Violence has rocked Tbilisi as angry citizens fear Georgia will fall into ‘enemy hands’.

France 24

Georgia's next election will be referendum for or against Europe: President Zourabichvili

Georgia has erupted in protest once again, as the ruling Georgian Dream party pursues a "foreign agents" bill in parliament – something that has left a question mark hanging over the country’s European ambitions. The EU granted the ex-Soviet nation candidate status to join the bloc last December. We speak…

International Business Times

Georgia Pro-EU Protesters Erect Barricades Outside Parliament After Crackdown

Pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia built barricades outside parliament on Wednesday after police used tear gas and rubber bullets against thousands of protesters rallying for a third week against a controversial "foreign influence" bill, an AFP reporter saw.

France 24

Georgian police crack down on pro-EU protesters, making dozens of arrests

Georgia arrested 63 demonstrators at a late-night rally, officials said Wednesday, after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of pro-EU protesters who oppose a controversial “foreign influence” bill.

International Business Times

Georgia Will Fail As Independent State Outside EU: Jailed Ex-leader

Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.

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