Officially, the Georgian Dream won 1,120,000 votes in the October elections in Georgia. This thread demonstrates that most votes were secured through coercion, vote manipulation, patronage, and propaganda. 🧵 1/10

Guram Gabeskiria, the Mayor of Sokhumi, was murdered just after the city fell on September 27. In this rare footage, captured moments before his execution, a voice in Russian commands, "On your knees." His reply is defiant: "Never in my life." Never. In. My. Life.

For the past three weeks, almost every single day the regime’s courts have been announcing evacuations, claiming to receive bomb threats. I’m afraid there’s something more to this; that it could be used to frame some of the protesters.

Russia’s openly staunch political backing of Georgian Dream has piled up in recent months — serving as rock-solid proof of the geopolitical dimension of the country’s trajectory and of Moscow’s view that Georgia’s current course is its own victory and a defeat for the West.

Labour MP Perran Moon MP 〓〓🌹 🇺🇦 speaks of existential threat to Georgian democracy and Putin’s grip on Georgia during a debate at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Moon hailed UK sanctions on Georgian Dream-linked figures and called for more UK action to help the Georgian

People are chanting “the revolution” as they’re marching towards the Rustaveli Avenue. #GeorgiaProtests

Georgians are NOT giving up! Today in Tbilisi. It is time for European democrats to do more! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My thoughts are with the people of Georgia, who stand for freedom and their European future. Democracy cannot be silenced. Moldova is by your side.

All you need to know about Georgia's recent local elections: Endorsed by the Russian MFA "free and competitive"

Georgian Illegitimate Government Expands Political Repression Through New Legislation: The Ivanishvili regime is preparing repressive laws targeting protesters and political opponents. Proposed amendments could lead to criminal charges and up to one year in prison for repeated

Today, Georgia has more political prisoners per capita than Russia. It jars the ear—but that is today’s Georgia. Worse is coming. A new Kremlin-cheered crackdown is already in motion—one that not only aims to outlaw opposition parties but in effect bans protests altogether. The

SovLab and writer Lasha Bughadze to present our joint flagship book Georgia vs Joseph Stalin at the FrankfurterBuchmesse in Frankfurt on Sunday, October 19. Mr Bughadze and the project author Giorgi Kandelaki will lead a discussio on "How Stalin stole 20th century from his native Georgia"

For many months, the Georgian leadership has been agitating against the EU, 🇩🇪 & also German Amb. Fischer personally. Johann Wadephul has therefore decided to recall Amb. Fischer for consultations on how to proceed. Tomorrow, the EU Foreign Affairs Council will address #Georgia.

"The Georgian Dream-led counter-revolution in Tbilisi seems to be moving rapidly from an authoritarian phase to a totalitarian era." - Eurasianet eurasianet.org/georgian-dream…

BREAKING: Russia is now officially using oil refinery in Georgia to feed its war machine. This is a stark reminder that the Georgian Dream's definitive demolition of democratic order is inseparable from geopolitics and must be viewed in that prism. Helping the Georgian people,

Georgian journalist Vasil Ivanov-Chikovani and his wife Maia Bokeria have been arrested. They have three minor children at home. Vasil was fired from the Public Broadcaster after criticizing pro-government management and demanding justice for political prisoners like journalist

The world’s headlines are crowded today. For Georgia-watchers, the spotlight has fallen squarely on the charging of former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili. Yet this political spectacle is obscuring a far grimmer story: another wave of arrests sweeping across the country,

Since the sacking of Jeffrey Sachs made headlines, it’s clearer than ever: a cohort of Western “respected” “academicians” has sold its soul to autocrats. These entitled hypocrites sell their sole not only to Putin, but also to Ivanishvili. Let's dive into Wolfgang Herrmann. [1/9]

Gogita Paghava was a rising star of Georgia’s democratic dawn—a young leader whose ascent embodied the very success of the nation’s democratic experiment. In 1919, at just twenty-four, he became the youngest member of Georgia’s first freely elected parliament. When Soviet Russia

📣 The Anti-corruption mechanisms are being repurposed not to hold those in power accountable, but to target independent civil society organizations in Georgia. ❗While high-ranking officials of the "Georgian Dream" and businesses associated with them are embroiled in