Lily Samarine

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Nate Ostiller |Mikheil Gvadzabia |Yousef Bardouka |Lily Samarine

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberFormer Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili has been remanded into police custody for failing to pay bail after refusing to attend the government’s commission formed to investigate the alleged crimes of the former ruling United National Movement (UNM) party.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Mikheil Gvadzabia |Nate Ostiller |Yousef Bardouka |Lily Samarine

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberThe ruling Georgian Dream party and its satellites have passed a legislative package on banning political parties in its final reading in parliament.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Nate Ostiller |Yousef Bardouka |Lily Samarine |Xandie Kuenning

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberRati Burduli, a Georgian volunteer soldier fighting against Russia in Ukraine, has shared a written order purporting to be from Georgia’s Interior Ministry stating that the country is revoking weapons possession permits for Georgians fighting in Ukraine.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Lily Samarine |Nate Ostiller |Tamar Kapanadze |Xandie Kuenning

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberKeko Chelidze’s 2020 documentary gently and considerately explores the unusual relationship between a Georgian mother and her musician son.