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Georgia’s risky gamble on Russia backfires as country falls into a trap, say journalists
[editorial]100,000 Russians fleeing mobilization have settled in Georgia, carrying economic and primarily political implications. Meanwhile, Georgian society supports…
The politics of reform: Saakashvili’s Odesa mission
Georgia’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s offer to chair the Executive Committee of…
Operation Saakashvili: why the Georgian ex-president reappeared on Ukraine’s agenda
Failing becoming Vice Prime Minister of Reforms On 22 April 2020, Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgia president, reappeared on…
Saakashvili supporters demand snap elections, announce civil resistance committee creation
This Sunday, on 18 February 2018, Saakashvili’s supporters in Ukraine held yet another march in support of the…
Ukraine deports Georgian ex-President Saakashvili to Poland
At 15:55 on 12 February 2018, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested in the Kyiv restauraunt Suluguni,…
Georgia’s sentence against Saakashvili: restoration of justice or political persecution?
The New Year in Georgia was inaugurated with an upsurge of political controversies, triggered by Tbilisi City Court’s…
Saakashvili in Ukraine: revolutionary, Kremlin agent, or Poroshenko’s project?
The story of the political activity of Georgian ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili in Ukraine is diverse and ambivalent. Some…
Sunday Saakashvili rally attempted to seize palace in Kyiv, 32 law enforcers hospitalized
Speaking to his yet another “Impeachment March” on 17 December on Khreschatyk, the central street of the Ukrainian…
Georgian ex-President Saakashvili detained in Kyiv
Ex-Georgian President, former governor of Odesa Oblast Mikheil Saakshvili has been detained in Kyiv, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy…
Prosecutor General accuses Saakashvili in cooperating with pro-Russian oligarch, latter calls for protests
Following the morning detention of ex-Georgian President and ex-Odesa Oblast governor Mikheil Saakashvili in his house in Kyiv, Prosecutor…
UPDATING: Saakashvili detained in Kyiv for “supporting criminal organizations”
In the morning of December 5, law enforcers came to search the house of ex-Georgian President and ex-Odesa…
Kyiv protests fizzle out, demands for reform replaced with calls to overthrow Poroshenko
It has been a week since the start of new protests near Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament) demanding the…
4500-strong protest at Ukrainian parliament demands “great political reform,” camps for the night
On October 17, at least 4,500 people gathered in central of Kyiv to call on the Verkhovna Rada…
‘Russian Banking System on Brink of Collapse’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Poroshenko’s conflict with Saakashvili jeopardizes Ukraine
New players are clustering around Saakashvili and this does not bode well for Ukraine. Yesterday’s history with the…
Four things to know about the new political season in Ukraine
Autumn is a hot time for politics. On September 5, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) got back to…
Saakashvili enters Ukraine after fans storm border crossing
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, whose Ukrainian citizenship and passport were annulled after his relations with President Poroshenko went…
Saakashvili: Ukraine is my home, I want to go back home
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president, former governor of Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, and leader of the Ruh Novyh…
Saakashvili needs to respect the country that gave him shelter
Saakashvili has every right to defend his political reputation and rights, but he needs to learn to place…
Poroshenko strips “old buddy” Saakashvili of citizenship; Ukraine returning to selective justice
On 26 July 2017, Mikheil Saakashvili, former President of Georgia and current political opponent of Ukrainian President Poroshenko,…