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Over 25,000 NGOs are active in Georgia, and most rely on funding from Europe and the US. A new bill aiming to reign in Western meddling has sparked furious anti-government protests explicitly encouraged by Washington. A dark political atmosphere is swirling over the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, and grows more ominous by the day. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has been told by an EU commissioner he will suffer the fate of Robert Fico, the Slovakian leader still fighting for his […]

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Protests against a Russian-style law on ‘foreign influence’ have been touted as signs that Georgia is heading for its 'Maidan’ moment – but experts say the reality is more complex

Since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine Central Asian states and the EU have been forging ties to end their reliance on the sanctioned country

The Prime Minister's party took millions of pounds in funding from Russia-linked individuals, while rewarding those who played into Putin's hands

Putin may replace his long-standing Defence Minister but cannot tackle the real cause of his disastrous foreign policy – himself

Amid massive public protests and deepening international pressure, the ruling Georgian Dream party has said it may be willing to negotiate on their controversial ‘Russian law'

Georgia’s accelerating authoritarian slide into Russia’s orbit has now seen its government launch a full-scale Belarusian-style crackdown on opposition voices.

Marko Suprun, an influential NATO state-funded Ukrainian ‘fact-checker’ with close ties to Nazi activists, was taken into police custody in Washington, DC, after assaulting a contributor to The Grayzone at an event hosted by a neocon Beltway think tank.  The Ukrainian-Canadian host of a self-styled ‘anti-disinformation’ outfit — which receives thousands of dollars from the US and UK governments and works with Facebook to censor content — was arrested on Capitol Hill last week after assaulting a contributor to The […]

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