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Protesters in Tbilisi hold Moldovan flag during the unrest in the result of the local elections

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgia criminalizes masked protests, repeat offenders face prison

Georgia's parliament locked in criminal penalties for protest participation on 31 October, with 80 MPs backing amendments that make a third violation punishable by up to two years in prison.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgian opposition shut out as pro-Russian ruling party consolidates power in latest elections

Following the 4 October vote, the Central Election Commission finalized results on 16 October.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia owes Georgia $275 million for war crimes, ECtHR rules

European Court finds Moscow responsible for systematic human rights abuses in occupied Georgian territory, adding to hundreds of millions in unpaid judgments.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgian government bans all communications for five arrested opposition leaders

Tbilisi imposes total isolation on protest organizers, blocking phone calls, family visits, and letters in what rights groups call solitary-style detention.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgia’s PM courts authoritarian allies as Western ties collapse after sham elections

Kobakhidze meets with Chinese and Belarusian ambassadors hours apart, accepting congratulations on the contested vote Western democracies refused to recognize.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

Georgia protests against pro-Russian georgian dream Russian influence

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International

One oligarch bet $7 billion on Russia winning fast. Georgia is paying the price.

Three years later, he's trapped—dismantling Georgian democracy to prove Moscow loyalty as Ukraine still fights.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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International

Georgian protesters give government ultimatum after watching Moldova defeat Russia—all five leaders arrested

Pro-Russian party tightens control. Whether Georgia's democracy survives depends on what's next.

byMarianna Prysiazhniuk

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International

Georgia’s pro-Russian rulers claim landslide in local elections as opposition leaders warn of vote rigging

Lelo’s Tazo Datunashvili and For Georgia’s Giorgi Sharashidze cited systemic violations and tampered equipment.

byYuri Zoria

How EU firms funnel electronics to Russia’s war machine via an obscure Turkish firm

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgia finds 240 million tons of “new lithium” needed by West — but access may be tied to Ukraine’s war

A colossal find could help the West cut reliance on China, but Moscow lurks with leverage.

byOlena Mukhina

Georgian Dream promotional video, screenshot

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgian ruling party using Ukraine’s war destruction as campaign material, “crawling before Moscow”

Pro-Russian Georgian Dream party continuing pattern of weaponizing Ukrainian trauma to intimidate voters.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia creates diplomatic crisis, stranding 96 Ukrainian prisoners from occupied territories at Georgian border

For weeks, Russia has been dropping Ukrainians at Georgia’s border, where they live in limbo under tin roofs and the threat of winter.

byBenjamin Murdoch

The Kremlin in Moscow. Photo: Depositphotos

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Latest news Ukraine

HUR: Kremlin’s drive to reabsorb former Soviet states threatens freedom across Eurasia

Ukraine’s fight for EU integration stands as a barrier to Moscow’s plan to unify neighboring countries under its thumb.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

EU declares Georgia’s path to bloc effectively frozen until free elections, as protests rage for eighth consecutive month

The European Parliament backs Georgian protesters, while condemning the suspension of democratic standards.

byOlena Mukhina

Georgian fallen war volunteer soldiers Ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

Georgia denies military honors to Ukraine war volunteer in unprecedented snub

Defense Ministry silent on unprecedented departure from military tradition.

byAlya Shandra

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International

“I was not fierce enough”: Georgian activist’s brutal confession as democracy collapses

She saw the red flags, trained the people now dismantling democracy—and stayed silent too long.

byAlya Shandra

Drone strike spiderweb Ukraine trojan horse Russian airbases

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Analysis

The world’s largest bank says Ukraine will fail—apparently forgetting Ukraine doesn’t take orders

JPMorgan's $3.2 trillion credibility meets Ukrainian defiance.

byAlya ShandraandbyKhusanboy Kotibjonov

Tbilisi protests EU Georgia Russian influece

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Opinion

“We have practically lost”: Georgian student reveals brutal reality behind 128 days of protests

Tear gas burns your eyes. Police batons break your bones. But watching your country slide into Russia's orbit? That pain lasts forever.

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

"Plan B was needed yesterday." Is Ukraine on the brink of withdrawing from Kursk?

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Analysis

Why freezing Ukraine’s war would guarantee another Russian invasion

This war will not end in another uneasy ceasefire. It must end with Ukraine’s victory, because anything less is just a path to the next invasion.

byKhusanboy Kotibjonov

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Daily review

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1079: Ukrainian forces push deeper into Kursk Oblast

Meanwhile, France has delivered its first batch of advanced Mirage 2000-5F fighters to Ukraine.

byOlena Mukhina

11 minute read

International

Georgia’s ruling party is building a Russian-style dictatorship — and it’s working

Georgian Dream terminated the parliamentary mandates of 49 opposition lawmakers on Monday, as months of pro-EU protests face an intensifying crackdown through new restrictive legislation and police action.

byAlya Shandra