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Senior Corruption Researcher @Transparency_Ge . About democratization and foreign policy. Covering 🇬🇪, Слава Україні! Opinions mine

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1 year
Georgia’s European future is not a choice of the ruling party, but national, constitutional end goal of the Georgian people. We will defend our future as a matter of principle and dignity. Georgia’s future will be European, not Russian. #NoToRussianLaw
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I just met an Ukrainian in the train in Amsterdam.
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#Tbilisi Now: People stand strong and together. The Constitution of Georgia is embodied in the Georgian people. Our national objective is Euro-Atlantic integration and we stand ready to defend it. Our message is clear: Georgia is Europe. Georgia will never be Russia.
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Woman holding an EU flag facing water cannon by herself. Happening now in #Tbilisi . Georgian people are out in the streets to defend the country’s European future amid ruling party’s adoption of Russian foreign agent law. Georgia’s future will be European. #NoToRussianLaw
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Meanwhile Ukrainian citizens in Tbilisi unfurled a massive banner: Make Ruzzia Pay for Everything. Moldova, Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine. Video: @FormulaGe
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Here @Reuters , fixed it for you.
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A bus with Russian plate and Putin Security Service badge parks in Tbilisi. Georgians:
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The land of freedom. #Tbilisi
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This is for Kremlin to remember there will never be a place for them in Georgia. Every time when Russia tried to cease our freedom, independence and sovereignty, we resisted and we will continue to do so. Georgia was there before Russia even existed. #GeorgiaIsEurope
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Georgia’s future will be European. #Tbilisi
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What a symbolic victory! Georgian professional MMA @MerabDvalishvil defeats the Russian rival at @ufc . Dvalishvili tattooed 🇬🇪 on his chest after being denied to bring 🇬🇪 flag to the octagon. He supported recent protests in #Tbilisi emphasizing that Georgia’s future is in Europe.
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If Russians think they are not going to face Ukraine and our support for Ukrainians in every inch of Georgia, they are wrong and were proven wrong by people of Batumi today. Cruise ship has left earlier than scheduled with the anthems of Georgia and Ukraine as a gift from 🇬🇪.
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#Tbilisi today.
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I want to thank all of our international friends and new followers for the attention to Georgia today. This means a lot to us. Please continue listening to us and following our updates. Dear Ukrainians, your support warms our heart! 🇬🇪🇺🇦 #Tbilisi #NoToRussianLaw
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I don’t know how can you watch this without breaking down in tears. Youth took to the streets in Tbilisi yesterday 5th day of non-stop protest against Russian law. They chanted Sakartvelo, sang the national anthem and swore an oath to defend Georgia and Georgia’s European future.
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#Tbilisi : 2 years since Russia’s barbaric war in Ukraine. Georgia stands with Ukraine 🇬🇪🇺🇦
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Students are marching towards the Parliament. #Tbilisi
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I love Tbilisi. I find Ukraine and Europe in each and every inch of the city through flags, graffitis, street art, inscriptions. Its more than what I saw 3 months ago. I wish I could share each and every effort of Georgians to demonstrate we stand with Ukraine and we are Europe.
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Third day of protest in Georgia. Full house again. Ruling party made verbal promises to withdraw the Russian law on foreign agents, but thinks the law is legitimate. People continue defending Georgia’s democracy and European future. #StandWithGeorgia #NoToRussianLaw
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How desperate of Moscow to think that any disinformation operation will work against our protests in Tbilisi. Georgia is united. Georgia is Europe.
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Georgia’s future will be Europe and never Russia. #NoToRussianFlights
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Cafe Mziuri in Tbilisi: There’s no time to be at a cafe now, we are at the protest rally.
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Just a casual street in Tbilisi.
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8-hours straight at 1AM thousands of Georgians stand in front of the parliament in protest against the Russian Foreign Agents Law and in Defense of the country’s Euro-Atlantic future. Protesters reiterate at that they remain peaceful and will continue so. #Tbilisi
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The country of Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze will always have 10 more people to keep the flag up if one is on the ground. Water cannons and tear gas can not stop Georgians objective and commitment to the European integration. #GeorgiaIsEurope
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Georgian Gen Z to the riot police
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The making of history 🇬🇪🇪🇺 @EUCouncil granted Georgia EU membership candidate status. Georgian people fought for this day for centuries and we will continue our efforts until the country joins the European Union. Georgia will be in the EU and never in the backyard of Russia.
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Tbilisi: The morale at the protest: we will fight and win. Georgia is UNITED, Georgia is EUROPE🇬🇪🇪🇺
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“You are tourists from an occupier country. Learn to apologize in Georgian.” Photo via Anako Turashvili
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Ukrainians in Georgia, together with Georgians, unfurled a 32-meter flag on the Peace Bridge, on the 32nd anniversary of independence. Happy independence day, Ukraine! 🇺🇦 You will be victorious! Video from Ukrainian activists in Georgia.
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No To Russian Law - Fuck Putin! inscriptions appear in #Tbilisi
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This is how people are greeted in Samegrelo, Georgia at Oda Family Marani.
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Today #Tbilisi protests the Russian law; The second hearing of the draft law is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Organizers have stated that the draft law on foreign influence is unconstitutional, therefore they call for cancellation of the plenary hearing. Footage @RTavisupleba
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I can not explain the emotions at Rustaveli right now. Tbilisi marches against Russian Foreign Agents Law. The stream of people does not end. #NoToRussianLaw
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BREAKING: The Georgian Dream to withdraw the Russian Foreign Agents Bill. Thread will be updated. #Tbilisi
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I think the message of the people in Tbilisi is clear.
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Georgia has been granted the EU membership candidate status! Congratulations to Ukrainian and Moldovan friends on accession negotiations opening! 🥹🥹
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Georgia’s European future is not a choice of the ruling party, but national, constitutional end goal of the Georgian people. We will defend our future as a matter of principle and dignity. Georgia’s future will be European, not Russian. #NoToRussianLaw
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“Russian ship” departed approx 2 hours earlier than scheduled. Goodbye, you won’t be missed. Video from @RTavisupleba live reporting.
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Brussels Now: People chant “Peace for Europe, Ukraine, Victory” at the massive demonstration in support of Ukraine.
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Day 9 of protests against Russian law in Tbilisi.
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Past three days are so tragic for Georgia that I lost my ability to talk about it. We are completely paralyzed, mentally and physically. News about the lost and dead do not end; We find smiling faces from photos of children and people in their 20s under a title "found dead".
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Russian law doesn’t belong in Georgia.
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My camera fails to capture the magnitude of the protest against Russian draft law on Foreign Agents/Influence tonight. Protest is high in morale, is extremely diverse and free, most importantly confident in its ability to oust Russian law. #NoToRussianLaw #არარუსულკანონს
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This is terrible to watch and post. Going after your own citizens in such a brutal and ruthless way to protect the occupiers and the enemies of your own country.
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Bands should better know not to call Georgians and Russians “brothers and sisters”, like @thekillers did today, which resulted to the large audience booing and abandoning the concert. No, we are not brothers and sisters. Russia is an occupier, not a sibling.
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21 hours of non-stop protest in Batumi.
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Every account claiming that protests in Georgia are orchestrated by the West is helping Kremlin propaganda. Kremlin that kills Ukrainians without a blink of an eye. Please think before becoming a part of Margarita Simonyan’s team.
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. @ABC mistakes #Atlanta , GA to the republic of #Georgia while reporting #elections On the right you can see N55 public school in Tbilisi.
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Enormous amount of special forces are headed towards protesters who stand at the parliament. Tear gas, water cannons, special units, full-scale mobilization against the Georgian people.
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Tbilisi marches for Ukraine.
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Long live free Georgia 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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#Tbilisi witnessed one of its biggest pro-EU rallies in protest of Russian law today. Government fails to uphold its constitutional obligation to bring the country closer to Euro-Atlantic integration, as official Brussels says this law puts EU bid at risk. Footage @RTavisupleba
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Day 6 of non-stop protests against Russian law in #Tbilisi . This is from today's spontaneous march from the parliament to government administration building passing through the Justice House, which houses key institutions involved in Russian law processes. Photo by Katie Mosiava
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Streets of Tbilisi this morning #NoToRussianLaw
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Gharibashvili thinks that he can drift Georgia into Kremlin’s orbit and go business as usual in Brussels. If you are surprised by violence in Tbilisi, look at @EmzarKvaratskh1 being beaten by Gharibashvili security in Brussels for holding a banner and calling him Russia’s slave.
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Russians line up in the queues to enter Georgia at the Larsi Checkpoint. Georgian people concerned, government completely ignores another wave of the Russian influx and long-demanded #VisaRegimeForRussians .
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. @ZelenskyyUa thanks all the people who waved Ukrainian flags on the streets of Georgia. He expresses respect for Georgia and wishes us democratic and European success. He also thanked the Georgian people for playing the anthem of #Ukraine in #Tbilisi .
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Crowd chants Putin Khuylo Tbilisi protests against Russian law continue for the 10th day, self-organized by youth since Thu. Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated no street blocking is necessary, citing the number of protesters “are decreasing”.
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Citizens broke the barricades in front of the parliament. They are faced with the massive amount of police, who use tear gas against citizens. Thousands of protesters are standing in front of the parliament.
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#Tbilisi : Ukrainian activists in Georgia painting the Russian army’s go to steal household appliances in bloody 🥇🥈🥉numbers, in protest against the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the upcoming summer Olympics in 2024. Check the end product below.
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Russian Law on Foreign Agent is not yet withdrawn. Verbal statement by the Georgian Dream that they are withdrawing the law means nothing. For the bill to be withdrawn after the 1st hearing, the only procedural way is to put in on the vote for the 2nd hearing and vote against it.
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We don’t have video footages of what’s happening at the Kvareli Resort at the moment, connection is down and people only manage to post texts. This is the latest special forces photo I could find in the feed, these people are beating up peaceful protesters right now.
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There’s a long crowd getting ready for Marching in the streets of Brussels at the National Demonstration in Solidarity with Ukraine.
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Massive turnout at today’s protest against Russian law in Tbilisi. Footage by Mautskebeli Georgia’s future is in the EU. #NoToRussianLaw
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We will probably break Facebook algorithm today in Georgia. Every single post celebrates 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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Thanks to the Georgian heroes 🇬🇪🇺🇦 - A mourning rally was held in front of the State Chancellery in Tbilisi, Georgia, after the country’s PM Gharibashvili denounced Georgian fighters in Ukraine, claiming they are tricked into seeking provocations by the “war party”.
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Also:
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Bravery.
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Pro-Russian Alt-right group Alt-Info took down and burned the EU flag in front of the Parliament. These people are responsible for violent crackdown on July 5-6, 2021 during #TbilisiPogrom , following which they did the same. The Georgian government hasn’t hold them accountable.
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Memorial of Georgian and Belarusian fighters who died in Ukraine fighting Russian occupiers, Tbilisi, Parliament of Georgia.
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Protest in Tbilisi against direct flights with Russia. #NoToRussianFlights
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Day 11, youth protests Russian law in #Tbilisi . Photo
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LIVE scenes from Batumi where the cruise ship from Sochi has arrived, bringing Russian tourists and [allegedly] propagandists to Georgia. Via @ipnge
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Protesters “welcome” just arrived Russians at the Tbilisi International Airport.
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Day 10, Tbilisi protests Russian draft law on foreign influence. Photo Lika Zakalashvili
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“Georgia” and “Europe” are heard in the streets of Rustaveli on the day of Georgia’s independence. Citizens carry massive EU and Georgia flags in demonstration of Georgia’s commitment to European integration. Footages via @RTavisupleba
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People march towards Justice House 🇬🇪🇪🇺 flags
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BREAKING: The Russian law on Foreign Agents is withdrawn. #TbilisiProtests
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Protests against Russian law in Batumi. Via
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Georgian Gen Z to the riot police 2.0 #Tbilisi
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Scenes from #Tbilisi
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Situation in front of the parliament
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Those who bravely fought for Georgia’s freedom, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity must be immensely proud seeing these generations of patriots, who deeply cherish their country and stand ready to defend it, its democracy, and its Euro-Atlantic future.
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Georgia is Europe 🇬🇪🇪🇺 Photo from Batumi via Levan Beriashvili
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The grounds of the Georgian Parliament have become a gathering place for generations to demonstrate their devotion and love for their homeland, Georgia. Chanting Sakartvelo at Rustaveli. Video via
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Scenes of celebration at the Parliament building in #Tbilisi as the Ruling Party finally withdrew the Russian Law on Foreign Agents amid public pressure and resistance regardless violent dispersals of peaceful protesters in the streets of Tbilisi. Photos via @RTavisupleba
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Tbilisi Now 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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#Tbilisi : Georgian heroes killed by Russian military forces in #Ukraine have been returned to their homeland and are honored by thousands outside of Tbilisi International Airport. დიდება გმირებს!
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Protests against Russian law continue, Tbilisi now. Photo
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People sang Georgia’s national Anthem in front of riot police. Video @netgazeti
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Its almost 11PM in Tbilisi, it’s raining, Rustaveli is full of protesters whose demands are audaciously ignored by the government. 16 people are arrested for protesting Lavrov’s family’s feast in Georgia. None of them are released, direct flights with Russia haven’t been ceased.
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If you think we have limits, you are wrong. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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#Tbilisi : Day 2 of protests against Russian draft law Credits, unknown
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Russian Azimuth plane arrives at the Tbilisi International Airport from Moscow:
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#Tbilisi : Protesters say they are not going home to sleep because our country doesn’t deserve Russia as a future.
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There’s no clearer way to say this: #NoToRussianLaw
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