Ia Eradze

Dec 27, 2024 | links.org.au | Ashley Smith |Ilya Budraitskis |Ia Eradze |Luka Nakhutsrishvili |Lela Rekhviashvili

First jointly published by Posle Media and Tempest. The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russa-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU.

Jun 7, 2024 | links.org.au | Ia Eradze |Giorgi Kartvelishvili |Luka Nakhutsrishvili |Tamar Qeburia

First published at Tempest. The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.7 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a political crisis. In early April, the governing party, Georgian Dream, introduced “a foreign influence law” very similar to the one imposed on Russia in 2012. Vladimir Putin’s law helped transform Russia from a so-called managed democracy into an authoritarian state, which has crushed any and all dissent, especially in the wake of its imperialist war on Ukraine.