Tag: Georgia
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Georgians organise self-defense units after mass beatings and arrests
Georgians in the capital city of Tbilisi have formed self-defense units after a week of repression took place in the capital city of Tbilisi. Following the protests of the weekend prior to the last, the Georgian government arrested numerous Opposition figures in broad daylight and organised masked-squads of thugs to beat up activists in the…
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Romanian Presidential candidate Elena Lasconi warns of Russian interference in Eastern Europe
Romanian presidential candidate Elena Lasconi warned of Russian interference in Eastern Europe after she called Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili to declare her support to Georgia’s fight for democracy. Elena Lasconi also stated that, alongside Moldovan President Maia Sandu and the President of Georgia, she is fighting against Russian propaganda aimed at steering their nations away…
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Protests in Tbilisi keep escalating: protests spread throughout Georgia
Protests in Tbilisi this weekend have kept escalating throughout Sunday as demonstrators kept setting up barricades and clashing with riot police in front of parliament. Images were reminiscent of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution in 2014. However, moments ago, police successfully cleared the last remaining protesters, arresting and reportedly assaulting hundreds in the process. Georgians are protesting…
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Georgians clash with police in Tbilisi after the government says there will be no EU membership
Georgians in the capital Tbilisi clashed with the police for the first time after the incumbent and illegitimate government declared it won’t be pursuing European Membership. Protests have been ongoing during the week, and escalated following the announcement by the pro-Russian government. A heavy police presence surrounded the Georgian parliament yesterday as riot police used…
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Georgia’s Tbilisi city centre engulfed by protests
Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi was engulfed by protests yesterday evening after earlier during the week, the illegitimate government, led by Georgian Dream, convened parliament despite opposition from the President and the opposition parties, who have boycotted the proceedings. President Salome Zourabichvili also attended the protests where she confronted riot police and asked them “Do you…
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Georgia’s parliament inaugurated under heavy police presence and Opposition boycott
Yesterday, Georgia’s parliament was inaugurated under a heavy police presence and mass protests in the capital city of Tbilisi. Opposition MPs boycotted the inauguration of Parliament after the incumbent-ruling Party falsified its election victory. Protests have been ongoing ever since. Only 88 MPs out of 159 members attended the parliament’s inauguration. The President of Georgia…
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Riots in Abkhazia as protestors storm parliament building in Sokhumi
Yesterday, protestors in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkkhazia stormed the regional parliament building in Sokhumi and called on President Aslan Bzhania and his government to resign. President Bzhania fled to a Russian military base with his government colleagues. Protesters broke into the parliament building and are still occupying it at the time of writing.…
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Georgian Opposition presents up 20,000 files of evidence of electoral fraud: boycotts parliament
The Georgian Coalition for Change has presented up to 20,000 files of evidence of election fraud to the Central Election Commission that was committed by the incumbent ruling-party Georgian Dream. The ruling party in Georgia held onto power despite losing the election, amid widespread evidence that the results were rigged to secure their position in…
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Russia attempts to disrupt elections in the U.S. state of Georgia with bomb hoax calls targeting polling stations
The FBI has released a statement announcing that polling stations in the US State of Georgia received hoax bomb calls from Russia. The Secretary of State of Georgia Brad Raffensperger has also given a press conference confirming the matter. Russia has been attempting to influence the election outcome in the U.S. state of Georgia through…
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Russia and its allies rush to recognise the illegitimate government of Georgia
Russia and its allies were quick to recognise the illegitimate government of Georgia, which retained power despite losing the election. So far, the countries that recognise the illegitimate ruling-government are Russia, Hungary, Venezuela, China, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and the United Araba Emirates. In Europe, the rhetoric surrounding Georgia appears to comrpomise with the official narrative…
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Georgia protests coup by ruling party Georgian Dream: Viktor Orban booed as he visited the capital
There were protests across Georgia yesterday, as the ruling party, Georgian Dream remained in power despite losing the parliamentary elections to the pro-European opposition, United National Movement. Hungarian President Viktor Orban was quick to support the fraudulent election results and the like-minded pro-Russian Georgian Dream by visiting the capital, Tbilisi. Viktor Orban’s motorcade was booed…
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Georgia’s Preident Salome Zourabichvili declares the government as illegitimate and asks foreign governments not to recognise it
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili held a press conference along the pro-European Opposition Leader Tina Bokuchava and the United National Movement, and declared the election result as invalid and the ruling-government as illegitimate. The President also called for street protests, and for foreign governments not to recognise the incumbent government. The election was mired in fraud…
