Alex Melikishvili
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Hungary is Putin's Trojan Horse in the West. Hungary must be kicked out from both EU and NATO. Orban's authoritarian regime is preventing not only adoption of 11th package of sanctions but also allocation of military funds for Ukraine.
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Kazakhstan will no longer have Russia's First TV channel. Kazakh TV broadcasting company TVCOM announced that a number of Russian TV channels will no longer be broadcast in Kazakhstan. This is good news. Less neo-fascist propaganda in Kazakhstan.
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1/5 Adding insult to injury. So get this. Organizers of
@la_Biennale
are OK with showing pro-Russian "documentary" that portrays Putin's cannon fodder in sympathetic manner, but they do not allow the screening of Georgian film by
@RusudanGlurjidz
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1/2 Now that it looks like Ukrainian forces are beginning to prevail against Putin's hordes, Macron establishes €100 million fund to buy weapons & ammunition for Ukraine. Another demonstration that Ukraine's battlefield success is key to securing support of wobbly Europeans.
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Russia is not in position to challenge West militarily in a long & costly war. Look at the basics here. Russian economy accounts only for $1.65 trillion. Italy's economy in 2021, reached $2.12 trillion mark. Don't lose sight of these facts in all the hype.
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1/5 Despite ongoing Russian military invasion, Ukraine managed to sow 69% of land with main crops. So out of 14.4 million hectares planned for this year to be sown, 9.9 million hectares have been sown, according to Ukraine's agriculture ministry. Attention,
@AlexKokcharov
.
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Generations of Russians will carry weight of what their country has done. Similar to generations of Germans, who continue to carry weight of Nazi Germany and its atrocities. Under Putin's rule, Russia has become a neo-fascist state. There will be no forgiveness, only reckoning.
Russia is in the process of isolating itself from Europe for decades. Sad reality. Self-inflicted. It did not have to be this way, but Putin decided otherwise. Infinite damage.
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On 16 June 1914, Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman assassinated Russian Governor-General of Finland Nikolai Bobrikov. Schauman then killed himself. He became the personification of Finnish resistance to Russian imperial rule. Schauman was born in Kharkiv.
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1/2 It's official! Georgian parliament votes for the second time and formally withdraws the controversial law on foreign agents. This is a victory for the Georgian people. I sincerely congratulate everyone, who stood their ground on Rustaveli. You are Georgia's European future.
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Whoever is curious about the historical significance of Shusha for Azeris, may want to consider reading about Panah Ali Khan Javanshir (1693-1763), the first ruler and founder of the Karabakh Khanate.
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2/5 inhuman mass deportation of Georgians from Russia in 2006 (for which, by the way, European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to pay €10 million to Georgia in 2019, but, of course, Moscow refused to pay). However, Venice film festival refused to
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1/2 Today Uzbekistan's foreign minister Kamilov told Uzbekistan's Senate that Uzbek government had no intention to recognize the independence of Russian-controlled separatist entities in eastern Ukraine. He also stated that Uzbekistan supported Ukraine's territorial integrity.
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5/5 war in Ukraine rages, neo-fascist Putin's regime finds legal means in Europe to suppress the screening of the Georgian film that speaks truth about what happened. Here's the trailer for The Antique (with English subtitles):
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1/2 Konstantin Zatulin, Russian MP, who is deputy chairman of Duma committee on CIS affairs, criticized Kazakhstan's President Tokayev for his remarks regarding non-recognition of Russian-controlled separatist entities in eastern Ukraine. He goes further to threaten Kazakhstan.
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Few things have changed in Russian military's behavior over centuries. This is how French newspaper caricatured Russian Empire's occupation of Wallachia in 1854. Caption reads: "Continuation of operations of Russian army in Wallachia." Looting for Russian military is a must.
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4/5 These companies allege copyright dispute regarding the film's script. Neo-fascist Russian government is obviously trying to suppress negative publicity related to that shameful deportation, which most Europeans don't even recall. It's sad that as the
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3/5 show Glurjidze's film under court injunction obtained by scumbag Italian lawyer Bruno Della Ragione (on the photo), who was hired by three film production companies: one in Russia (Viva Film) and two likely Russian proxies - Avantura Film in Croatia and Pygmalion in Cyprus.
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1/2 In my view, today marks beginning of end for Georgian Dream. The only thing they can do to slow their demise is to ditch the stupid law. If they don't, things will become much worse for them and for Georgia. I am ending coverage of unrest in central Tbilisi this evening.
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Netherlands are sending 200 Stinger missiles to Ukraine. This should have been done much, much earlier, but better late than never. Anything that can inflict very serious losses against invading Russian troops will be welcome at this point.
Nederland levert 200 Stinger luchtdoelraketten aan Oekraïne.
Ministerie heeft net bekend gemaakt dat ze zo snel mogelijk die kant op gaan.
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1/3 Kazakhstan's deputy foreign minister Aydarov: We have achieved agreements with 44 foreign companies that are relocating from Russia. The said companies are already in the process of relocating their offices, personnel or production facilities to Kazakhstan.
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Photos from yesterday's anti-government rally in Yerevan. Remember priest from Dadivank monastery? He was there too. These fools are so blinded by impotent nationalist rage that they don't realize that even if Pashinyan leaves, this won't change a thing.
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May they all fertilize Ukrainian soil soon. All of them.
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Repeat after me: Sanctions work. Sanctions work. Sanctions work. Sanctions work. Sanctions work.
⚡️ Russia’s Finance Ministry proposes to cut spending by 1.6 trillion rubles within next three years.
Russia’s Finance Ministry suggests decreasing funding for the development of transportation systems, science, and multiple other initiatives in 2023-2025.
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It sure looks like Armenians will use extra 10 days to completely destroy any semblance of civilian infrastructure in that district. Scorched earth tactic employed just out of spite.
Ethnic Armenian soldiers destroy power poles in the village of Knaravan/
#Kalbajar
.
Today
#Azerbaijan
has agreed to extend the evacuation plan of civilians from the region.
It would be wise for the Armenian community to cooperate and support the peaceful transition.
@Reuters
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2/2 Zatulin makes reference to northern regions of Kazakhstan bordering Russia, where Russian minority is concentrated and notes that, depending on Kazakhstan's behavior, nothing is off the table. This is a veiled threat against territorial integrity.
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@navalny
puts together another brilliant and richly detailed profile on
#Russia
's new PM
#Mishustin
. His NGO has been tracking this fellow since 2015. The video was posted on YouTube on 28 January, already close to 4 million views, + English subtitles.
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Havaş, largest company servicing aircraft across Turkey's airports, warned that it would no longer service aircraft belonging to Russia, Belarus, Iran and Russian oligarch Abramovich. Letter from Havaş CEO is accompanied by list with 170 Russian aircraft.
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What US & its allies can do now: (1) Turn off SWIFT for Russia; (2) Establish no-fly zone over Ukraine; (3) Provide more weapons & financial aid to Ukraine; (4) Begin discussions about imposing comprehensive trade embargo on Russia, including ban on import of oil & gas from there
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1/3 Salome Kenchiashvili became a hero for many in Georgia. She was the one, who was dancing with the strong stream of water directed against her from police water cannon on Rustaveli Avenue earlier this month. Contrary to calumnies spread by bastards from ruling Georgian Dream,
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Ukrainian military provides 1st update on counter-offensive in Kharkiv region. Brigadier General Gromov claims that Ukrainian troops recaptured 700 square kilometers, liberated 20 villages & advanced by 50km into territory controlled by Russian forces.
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Here's that 17-year-old protester, who was reading Russia's Constitution to Putin's rabid attack dogs in Moscow over the weekend
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If this document (Caucasian Calendar for 1870, printed in Tbilisi in 1869) is to be trusted, then it looks like under the Russian imperial administration there were 269 Shiite mosques in Yerevan governorship as compared to 226 in Baku governorship.
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2/2 Apart from owning a luxury 97 square meter villa on Lake Como, Solovyev and his large progeny all have permanent residence in NATO member-state Italy.
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Georgia has never experienced something like this before. Never. This generation is changing Georgia. I wish them strength and perseverance. They will prevail. They are writing Georgian Dream's obituary. They are spelling Ivanishvili's demise. God bless them.
📍Peaceful demonstrators gathered for an all-night vigil in front of
@Geoparliament
, ahead of the third reading of the
#ForeignAgentsLaw
/bill.
This demonstration is part of the
#antiRussianProtests
: 'Yes to Europe,
#NoToRussianLaw
.'
#TbilisiProtests
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Kazakh government is definitely going to take a note of this. Russia & Belarus are to hold join military drills at Ashuluk range in Astrakhan region on 22-25 August. Location of exercises is near Russia's border with Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is not invited.
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Contemporary Ukrainian artist Olena Papka (b.1990)
Courage
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NATO member Turkey and CSTO member Kazakhstan signed agreement on exchange of military intelligence. We live in interesting times. Here's the link to document itself. Agreement was reached in May in Ankara but approved by Kazakh government today.
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1/2 Reading press release from Azerbaijan's foreign ministry regarding accidental shoot down of Russian military helicopter this evening one can definitely extract polite WTF conveyed by Baku to Moscow. Namely, (1) Your helicopter was flying at low altitude beyond radar reach.
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@BBCSteveR
@BBCNews
What is it that you're trying to accomplish with these "human interest" stories? Are you trying to normalize ordinary Russians? Would you be doing same in Nazi Germany in late 1930s or early 1940s? Going around and asking random Germans what they think? Check your moral compas.
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Neo-fascist Putin's regime knows full well that if they rain missiles on Kyiv now, there will be World War Three in which nothing will be left of Russia. Biden's visit means a lot as it shows that Ukraine is exiting Russia's "sphere of privileged interests."
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2/2 So far, France's greatest contribution to Ukraine in terms of weapons transfers have been 18 CAESAR truck-mounted cannons. In monetary value, up until now France has committed €233 million, which is significantly less than other European nations.
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🚨 1/2 In a classical passive aggressive manner, Putin's regime shows its displeasure over Kazakhstan's President's remarks regarding non-recognition of Russian-controlled separatist entities in eastern Ukraine by restricting Kazakhstan's oil exports.
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Commendable move on the part of Kazakhstan's government. Yet another affront to Russia's neo-imperial ambitions in Central Asia.🤞, this will contribute significantly to the ongoing overhaul of Russia studies across Western academic institutions.
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North Korean dictator's bodyguards are cleaning the chair on which he'll be sitting with rubbing alcohol, just in case. Both Russian and North Korean leaders know a thing or two about poisoning. Vladivostok witnessed extraordinary security precautions due to this meeting.
Когда встречаются два труса-отравителя.😂
Охранники Ким Чен Ына протирают спиртом стул главы КНДР перед встречей с Владимиром Путиным
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Again, if this is verified in other sources, it would indicate that things are so bad in Ukraine that Russian top brass is now tapping reserves elsewhere, including troops deployed in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. There were not that many there to begin with.
Confirmed: Russian units from the 4th Guards occupation base in Tskhinvali are leaving the region through the Roki tunnel and heading to fight in Ukraine. via
@visionergeo
#Ukraine
#Georgia
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Name & shame!
@Haas_Automation
continues to indirectly supply critical industrial equipment 2 Russia.
@SimonOstrovsky
reported this in March, but nothing changed. I wonder why
@BISgov
,
@USTreasury
,
@CommerceGov
haven't levied penalties against Haas yet.
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Make no mistake about this. Carlson is there also, most likely, to act as an informal liaison between Trump and Putin. Neo-fascist leader of Russia would not have agreed to an interview with this idiot if it was not beneficial for him. Republican Party is rotten to the core.
When you are too pro-Kremlin and anti-American to keep a job in US propaganda mills, go to the source! Nothing surprising, but, as with Trump's treasonous embrace of Russia, watch who normalizes it.
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2/2 On behalf of the Uzbek government, Kamilov expressed grave concern over situation in Ukraine. Uzbekistan calls for immediate cessation of hostilities and diplomatic resolution of the conflict. Central Asia's 2nd most important state defies Kremlin.
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Where Russian oligarchs go to buy 2nd, 3rd, or 4th citizenship to hedge their bets against possible future contingencies in
#Russia
. Neutral Austria is on 1st place, followed by Cyprus & Malta (both playgrounds for rich Russians), but Turkey is a surprise.
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1/2 Georgian people again score another victory against collaborationist government. President
@Zourabichvili_S
moments ago held a press briefing at her residence. She stated that Russian foreign minister Lavrov's daughter and others were forced to leave Georgia, according to
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Here's selection of 4 latest tweets from Armenian defense ministry's representative
@arcrunmod
. Pay attention to the wording of posts. It changes from "near" Shusha to "in" Shusha. Catalog of quiet desperation. English translation of each post follows. Look at time stamps too.
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Take that, Putin. Chinese Ambassador in Ukraine Fan Xianrong at the meeting in Lviv Regional Military Administration: China will never attack Ukraine. We will respect the path chosen by Ukrainians because this is the sovereign right of every nation.
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Gerhard Schröder is a disgrace of German nation
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Incursion in Kursk just like Prigozhin's thwarted revolt in June 2023 demonstrate that neo-fascist Putin's regime is very brittle. All it takes is one strong kick at the right angle and the whole edifice will crumble. West must not be afraid of Russia's defeat and disintegration.
1/ Russian milbloggers are furious at the failure of Russia's Ministry of Defence to protect the Kursk region border from the current large-scale Ukrainian incursion. They call the situation there "hell on earth".
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Georgia's visionary entrepreneur Temur Ugulava (Rooms Hotels in Tbilisi & Kazbegi, Fabrika Hostel in Tbilisi, etc.) turned desert into almond orchards spreading over 7,500 hectares (Udabno project). Hard work pays off. Reviving Georgian agriculture one project at a time.
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On the sidelines of UN General Assembly, GUAM countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) signed an agreement to establish a free trade zone. I wholeheartedly welcome this initiative, which will hopefully foster more intra-regional trade.
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Azerbaijani armed forces are approaching strategically important Lachin Corridor, the umbilical cord that connects the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia proper. If they manage to sever it, separatist enclave will be finished. Time is not on Armenia's side.
Footage from last night (can tell from the sunset) confirms that the Azerbaijani advance was *much* further up the Hakari river valley, within 10km of the Lachin highway, which is Stepanakert's last road to Armenia
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I can't wait for this to happen. Georgia can't wait for this to happen. South Caucasus will breath a sigh of relief once this enmity is put aside. And can anyone guess who will be the main loser? Russia! Moscow's inapt divide-and-conquer game will come to an embarrassing end.
There will be a
#peace
treaty between
#Armenia
and
#Azerbaijan
, and it will be based on the joint official statements adopted at the highest level. There won’t be а new escalation! The international community must strongly support this narrative.
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1/2 Armenia continues to gamble with security of entire South Caucasus. Its strategy for development of energy industry until 2040, released by Armenian government yesterday, envisions extending life of Metsamor nuclear power plant (NPP) beyond 2026 and building another NPP.
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Polish foreign minister
@sikorskiradek
correctly calls for urgent rearmament of Europe. It is absolutely necessary to prepare for a war with Russia. He is also right about the need to introduce majority voting within EU to marginalize the likes of Hungary.
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Perfectly fits venerable
@TimothyDSnyder
's explanation of Putin's regime's approach, which he describes as schizo-fascism, which is quite simple really. It consists of accusing others of things that you are doing yourself. That's how neo-fascist Russia operates.
Foreign Minister of the country-aggressor, Sergei Lavrov declared today that the West, spearheaded by the US is leading a proxy war against Russia, with an aim of a "Final Solution to the Russian Question", similar to Hitler's goal.
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Scorched earth tactics just out of spite. Very unlikely to contribute to building trust anytime soon. Azerbaijani authorities will be preparing compensation claims against Armenian government based on this.
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Japanese airlines began to cancel flights to Moscow. After unleashing military aggression against Ukraine, Russia must be isolated as it is a rogue state.
Японские авиакомпании начали отменять рейсы в Москву
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Kazakhstan's defense ministry evacuates 35 ethnic Kazakhs from Kabul. They will be resettled in Kazakhstan. There are still hundreds of ethnic Kazakhs in Afghanistan, who want to leave the country to resettle in Kazakhstan. Kazakhs form a tiny ethnic minority in Afghanistan.
Казахстан вывез из Кабула 35 этнических казахов, среди пассажиров самолета – один кыргызстанец
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Not surprising. For Georgia, Armenia is neither a friend nor foe. Georgians are aware of such attitudes in Armenia. They are regretful, but c'est la vie. Armenia is prostrate now and Georgia is its main overland connection to the rest of the world. Tigran should be more careful.
Tigran Khzmalyan, the leader of the European Party of Armenia and a prominent pro-Western political figure: "A century ago, Tbilisi was an Armenian city. The Armenian population in Tbilisi either was Georgianized or was forced to relocate."
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Today marks the Circassian Genocide Day.
#CircassianGenocide
In 1864-1867 Russian Empire ruthlessly exterminated Circassian people.
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Recall that GRU operative, who killed Georgian citizen in broad daylight in central Berlin in 2019, entered EU on a tourist visa. There are many other examples. The least EU must do is to suspend 2007 visa facilitation agreement with Russia. I repeat this is the least EU must do.
There is no evidence that people-to-people contacts, exchanges, enjoying access to European life have induced any positive change on Russians, young or old. But plenty of evidence that tourist visas have negative consequences for us: morally, politically and security-wise. 👇
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No to Russian law!
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1/2 Ukraine's deputy defense minister Hanna Malyar: Russian armed forces lost close to 800 military personnel during the first day of war against Ukraine. In addition, Russian military lost 7 aircraft, 6 helicopters, more than 30 tanks, and 130 armored personnel carriers.
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Facing trade restrictions and sanctions, Russia is busy reconfiguring supply chains to procure Western goods. Georgia emerges as one of the transit countries for this purpose. This is because of the de facto collaborationist government in Georgia.
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1/2 Georgian journalist Basti Mgaloblishvili decided to make a little survey of Russian-owned bars and restaurants in Tbilisi. He visited eight. In direct violation of Georgian laws, none had a menu in Georgian. This is the result of capitulationist economic policy by
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Georgian public mood is souring because of the influx of tourists and "refugees" from Russia. All it will take for conflagration to take place is one incident. Georgian authorities should introduce visa regime for Russian citizens. The sooner, the better. This is from Tbilisi.
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1/3 Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon's speech at the Russia+Central Asia summit in Astana on 15 October, in my view, marks the beginning of the end of Russia's influence in Central Asia. Rakhmon's public litany of grievances directed against Russia was remarkable.
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2/2 (2) It was flying near Armenia-Azerbaijan border at a time when there are hostilities in Karabakh conflict zone; (3) Russian military helicopters did not fly in this area before. One can speculate from all of this that this could have been a set-up.
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1/2 I applaud
@bankofgeorgia
for requiring from Russian citizens, who would like to open bank accounts, to sign the following affidavit. Georgia has been experiencing an influx of Russian citizens, who are fleeing their country as it increasingly resembles a neo-Nazi state.
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@mironov_fm
@Rail_splitter1
@IlvesToomas
If you are a citizen of Russia, you bear responsibility for barbaric actions committed by Russian troops by the order of tyrant, who rules Russia, against Ukraine. Just like any citizen of Nazi Germany did during WW2. Also, wash your mouth well before speaking about
@IlvesToomas
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2/2 Opposition MPs celebrate this triumph in parliament. Procedurally speaking, ruling Georgian Dream can still resurrect the bill but with changes and only within 30 days. That's unlikely, in my view, because GD will face even larger and angrier protests.
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Anti-Russian and pro-Ukrainian street graffiti and stickers in central Tbilisi.
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2/2 Situation on Rustaveli Avenue remains tense but the protest momentum has dissipated for now. Riot police units continue to confront groups of protesters, who are arrested. There will be more protests tomorrow as the parliament goes ahead with motions to adopt the law.
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Finally. CNN wakes up to the political crisis in Georgia that has been unfolding for more than a month now. Better late than never. It's good that
@Zourabichvili_S
is making an outreach to foreign media. She's done exemplary job in this regard. Kudos to you, Madame President!
Today on Amanpour: Riot police move on protesters in Georgia after passage of a “foreign agents” law… which critics say will tilt the country closer to Russia. I speak to President
@Zourabichvili_S
, her first interview since passage of the controversial law.
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One has to seriously question Italian mainstream media after this. I mean why provide platform to the representative of neo-Fascist regime, who will spew falsehoods and disinformation?
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President Aliyev is correct to point out that Armenia's window of opportunity for any political settlement of this conflict is quickly closing. If Yerevan continues to dig its heels in, it will forfeit everything and on back of this Pashinyan's cabinet is likely to collapse.
In an interview to
@BBCWorld
@OrlaGuerin
, president of
#Azerbaijan
says that they're ready to stop the war if
#Armenia
withdraws from seven districts surrounding
#NagornoKarabakh
. But what status of NK will Azerbaijan recognize?
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Sadly Serj Tankian appears to live in a parallel reality with expectations and demands that don't take into account the outcome of Armenian military defeat in second Karabakh war. Especially amusing is that he believes that impotent Minsk Group is in a position to do anything.
Azerbaijan is responsible for another major breaking of the cease fire and should be penalized by OSCE Minsk group during negotiations not only with return of those territories but of all Artsakh territories (Hadrut, Shushi, Talish). They started the war and broke 4 cease fires
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@POLITICOEurope
What the hell is wrong with y'all at
@POLITICOEurope
?
@politico
, you need to urgently look into what your branch in Europe is doing. Heads must roll for this wording. Apparently folks in Politico Europe's editorial office subscribe to neo-fascist Russia's propaganda. Shameful.
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1/4 This is what Archil Khoferia, the father of Jaba Khoferia, who was killed in Ukraine, wrote in response to PM
@GharibashviliGe
's brazen lies about the opposition purportedly luring Georgian citizens to fights in Ukraine: "My heart won't be wounded by words anymore.
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1/3
@FrancescaEbel
, your article in
@washingtonpost
is a complete waste of space. It is based on Armenian paranoia regarding the "Zangezur corridor." Apparently neither you nor fact-checkers at Washington Post are aware that overland route connecting Azerbaijan with its exclave
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Gee. What a shocker. French media displays manifest bias in favor of Armenia in its coverage of ongoing military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
Lexis News's study on coverage of the NK war from Sep. 20 - Oct. 20 with most of the news covered by Russia - 82K, with Turkey - 2.206.
France & Turkey had a clear stance - 47% of the news in France was in favor of Armenia & none of Azerbaijan, while in Turkey - right opposite.
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Russia's refusal to recognize the interim decision of UN maritime tribunal to immediately release 24 Ukrainian sailors and three vessels it unlawfully captured in Kerch Strait in November further confirms its status as international pariah and rogue state.
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2/2 To be sure, technicality is cited for this (apparently unexploded ordnance dating back to WWII was discovered near the port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea). Most of Kazakhstan's oil is exported via that port. This is a hostile step from Russia. Watch this space.
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As more time passes, Armenia's beleaguered Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spills more beans about military defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. He states that radio-electronic warfare systems bought from Russia for $42 million in 2017 did not work.
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1/2 It's quickly turning into a whack-a-mole game in Tbilisi. Tonight protesters tricked police by feigning as if they were heading to the headquarters of Georgian Dream. In practice, only a small group of protesters went there and mocked massive riot police presence.
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According to separatist leader
@Pres_Artsakh
, Armenian side at partially lost control of Shusha already on 5 November & city fell to Azerbaijan's armed forces in its entirety on 7 November, but Armenian military & political leadership denied this then.
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5/5 Some grain can certainly be transported by rail to European and other markets via Poland but volumes will be certainly lower than by sea. Vulnerable countries in Africa and elsewhere should thank Putin's regime for global food crisis it has created.
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A shipment of UAVs for Russia was intercepted and confiscated in Kazakhstan. It was sent from Kyrgyzstan. This happened in Kazakhstan's southern Zhambyl province. In May Zhambyl provincial administration auctioned 14 DJI AgrasT30 UAVs. Each costs $13,577.
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@ForeignAffairs
@scharap
You both are either stupid or hard on hearing. Zelensky did offer neutrality to Putin but the war continues.
@scharap
is a thoroughly discredited pro-Putin shill and now
@ForeignAffairs
is soiling whatever is left of its reputation by publishing this garbage. Well done!
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Under Putin's rule, Russia has turned into a neo-Fascist state in full sense of this word. With each passing day it is acquiring all the relevant attributes, rhetorically and otherwise.
Ominous words from Putin about a “natural and necessary cleansing of the nation” to “spit out like flies” all representatives of a fifth column and “traitors” who do not back the Kremlin line. No wonder thousands are leaving the country in fear.
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What alliance? Who will join this alliance? What the hell are you talking about? And this semi-senile fellow is positioned to replace Pashinyan? I pity Armenia.
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HSBC becomes the first major bank to stop funding new oil and gas projects. I wonder how many others will follow.
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Russian Orthodox Church has nothing to do with Christianity. It is an evil cult serving a megalomaniac. All those, who invaded Ukraine, will burn in eternal flames of Hell until the Second Coming.
Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is so unconscionable that his propagandists—including the Russian Orthodox church that operates in concert with the government—are now claiming that dead soldiers are martyrs and are being resurrected by Christ himself.
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